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William B. Draper ancestry (part 2)[edit]

Daniel F. Draper[edit]

Mary Ann Collins[edit]

Shell[edit]

JOHN DRAPER (born c.1690)[edit]

MARIAH HALL (1701-1766)[edit]

JOHN CHENEY (1676-c.1728)[edit]

ELIZABETH BURRAGE (born 1691)[edit]

JOSEPH DEAN (1711-1779)[edit]

HANNAH BAKER (born 1714)[edit]

EZEKIEL FISHER (1712-1793)[edit]

SUSANNA WADSWORTH (1721-1774)[edit]

ELIJAH BAKER (1720-1802)[edit]

Philip Eliot[edit]

HANNAH PUFFER (1726-1806) & SARAH PUFFER (born 1733)[edit]

JOHN FADDEN (1729-1755)[edit]

GRACE LISCOM (1732-1823)[edit]

Abigail Stone[edit]

SAMUEL WENTWORTH (1728-1783)[edit]


William Wentworth (b. 1584)[edit]

Family narratives[edit]

(9g) Anthony Fisher II[edit]

see Sandbox 9a

(8g) Anthony Fisher III[edit]

Fisher Gen:18-21,32-3[49]; NEHGR 151:183

Anthony, the son of Anthony and Alice Fisher of Syleham, Suffolk and Denton, Norfolk, England; and Dedham, Massachusetts, was bapt. Syleham 7 Aug 1623, d. 13 Feb 1669/70, probably at Dorchester, Mass., and m. Dedham 7 Sep 1647 Joanna FAXON, bapt. Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, England 19 May 1628, d. Dedham 23 Aug 1719. Joanna has been reported to have died in 1694, or to have m. (2) c. 1684 Capt. George Barber, and died as his widow in 1719. It is credible that the Joanna Fisher who d. 1694 was a wife of son Josiah, below, and the remarriage of this Joanna is assumed to be correct. Anthony became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1644, joined the Dedham church 20 July 1645, and was made freeman on 6 May 1646. He was surveyor at Dedham, and appointed to capture wolves; he was to be paid by Dorchester in 1662 for killing wolves. He described his dwelling location in Dorchester in a 1662 petition. Children, all births and baptisms recorded at Dedham:

  • Mehitable, b. 27 June, bapt. 2 July 1648, prob. d. young.
  • Experience, bapt. 11 Aug 1650, prob. d. young.
  • Josiah, b. 1 May 1654, d. Dedham 12 April 1736, m. (1) 27 Jan 16[79/?]80 Meletiah BULLEN, b. Dedham 15 Sep 1655, d. there 23 April 1693, daughter of Samuel Bullen and Mary Morse; m. (2) 1 Sep 1693 Joanna MORSE, b. c. 1674, d. Oct 1694, daughter of Ezra Morse and Joanna Hoare; m. (3) 15 Feb 1697 Abigail Greenwood, d. Dedham 6 Sep 1708, ; m. (4) 18 Oct 1716 Mehitabel VEAZIE, b. 17 Feb 1666, d. Dedham 18 May 1741, daughter of William Veazie and Elinor Tompson of Braintree. Mehitabel is bur. Hancock Cem., Quincy. Josiah had three children with his first wife, born 1681 to 1686, and two more with third wife, born 1698 and 1700.
  • Abiah, bapt. 3 Aug 1656, d. Dedham 18 Nov 1688, m. there 5 March 1684/5 Benjamin COLBURN, b. Dedham 24 Sep 1659, d. there 30 Sep 1714, son of Nathaniel Colburn and Priscilla Clarke of Dedham; no children. Benjamin m. (2) c. 1689 Bethia Bullen and had ten children.
  • Sarah, b. 29 Oct 1658, m. Dedham 22 May 1677 John GUILD, b. Dedham 29 Nov 1649, d. Wrentham, Mass. 24 Jan 1722/3, son of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke. John is buried in Wrentham Center Cemetery.
  • Deborah, bapt. 24 Feb 1660/1, living 1741, m. Dedham 20 Oct 1679 James FALES, b. Dedham 4 July 1656, d. there 4 March 1741/2, son of James Fales, Jr. and Ann Brock.
  • Judith, bapt. 5 July 1663, d. Medway, Mass. 9 Jan 1753, m. Medfield 3 Jan 1683/4 Ens. John BULLEN, bapt. Dedham 22 April 1649, d. Medfield 18 Nov 1703, son of Dea. Samuel Bullen and Mary Morse.
  • Eleazer, b. 18 Sep 1669, m. 13 Oct 1698 Mary AVERY (see below).

(7g) Eleazer Fisher[edit]

The Fisher genealogy:33-4[50]

Eleazer, the son of Anthony Fisher and Joanna Faxon, was b. Dedham, Mass. 18 Sep 1669, d. there 6 Feb 1722, and m. Dedham 13 Oct 1698 Mary AVERY, b. Dedham 21 Aug 1674, d. Stoughton, Mass. 2_ March 1749, daughter of William Avery and Mary Lane. Though there is no burial record for this couple, FAG memorials have been set up for them. Children, b. Dedham: [51]

  • Eleazer, b. 29 Sep 1699, d. Boston 4 Nov 1745, m. Braintree, Mass. 19 Nov 1724 Mary PENNIMAN, b. Braintree 20 June 1699, d. Dedham 13 March 1758, the daughter of Moses Penniman and Mary Veazie. Eleazer was a captain in the tenth company, Col. John Choate's 8th Mass. Regiment, in the expedition against Louisbourg. He was there for 16 months, and died in Boston shortly after his return. His will, dated 12 Aug 1740, was presented for probate on 15 Nov 1745. He and Mary had ten children, born 1725 to 1739.
  • William, b. 28 June 1701, m. Medway 21 May 1729 Elizabeth DANIELL, b. Medway 19 Jan 1703, daughter of Ebenezer Daniell and Elizabeth Partridge. They had 12 children born in Walpole 1730 to 1744.
  • Jemima, b. 28 Sep 1703, d. Stoughton 28 Oct 1780, m. Boston 16 April 1724 Hezekiah GAY, b. Dedham 30 Oct 1700, d. Stoughton 5 Sep 1774, the son of Timothy Gay and Patience Lewis. Jemima and Hezekiah both have extant grave markers in the Pearl Street Cemetery in Stoughton. [52]
  • David, b. 21 June 1705, d. 30 July 1779, m. (1) Walpole 16 Feb 1732 Deborah BOYDEN, b. Wrentham 23 June 1711, d. Dedham 18 July 1770, aged 59, the daughter of Thomas Boyden and Deborah Wight. He m. (2) Stoughton 27 Dec 1770 Elizabeth TALBOT, b. 1726 (an online source gives 1 Oct 1725), d. 2 July 1802, aged 76, perhaps the daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Talbot, per the Fisher genealogy. I find the death dates for David and Elizabeth only in secondary sources, and no location is given. I believe they lived in the part of Stoughton, however, that later became the town of Sharon. Several different dates for David's second marriage appear in the vital records, and my assumption is that any dates earlier than the one given here are likely for intentions. David had ten children with his first wife, born 1733 to 1755.
  • Ezra, b. 8 Feb 1707, d. Stoughton 12 March 1786, m. Braintree 2 Jan 1738 Mary FENTON, b. 1714, d. Stoughton 27 March 1807, aged 92. The provenance of Mary is uncertain. A Mary Fenton, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Fenton, was born in Bristol, RI 23 June 1715. Another Mary Fenton, daughter of William and Mary Fenton, was b. Charlestown, Mass. 13 June 1715. Neither of these may be the correct person. Ezra joined the Dedham church in 1732 and was dismissed to the church in Stoughton in 1744. However, he was taxed in Stoughtonham (later Sharon) in 1742. Ezra and Mary had eight children born in Stoughton from 1739 to 1758. They both have extant grave markers in the Pearl Street Cemetery in Stoughton. [53]
  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1708, d. in Dedham either 4, 9, or 19 January 1734/5, per the Dedham records, which are very difficult to read. in 1734 (1734/5?), Nathaniel's brother, Ezekiel, was appointed as the administrator of his estate.
  • Mary, b. 27 Oct 1710, m. Dedham 26 Jan 1732/3 William ALEXANDER of Stoughton. I find no records for this couple other than the marriage. An online account says William was born in Scotland in 1705, and died in York Co., South Carolina 3 March 1769, and had one known daughter.
  • Ezekiel, b. 12 Oct 1712, m. (1) Susanna WADSWORTH; m. (2) Experience (FULLER) Blackman (see below).
  • Timothy, b. 28 Aug 1714, was married in Medway on 11 Dec 1739 to Thankful DANIEL, b. Medway 3 July 1715, the daughter of Ebenezer Daniel and Mary Partridge or Harding. Timothy was taxed in Stoughton in 1742. In May 1756 he joined Capt. Nathaniel Blake's company in Jonathan Bayley's regiment during the French and Indian War. He "died in His Majts Service in ye Intend Expedition against Crown Point Nov'br ye 29th 1[756]." Coincidently, his son Reuben died in Stoughton on the very same date two years earlier, 29 Nov 1754. Following his death, his widow m. (2) Stoughton 30 Oct 1758 David Stone, cordwainer, b. Dorchester 11 Nov 1709, d. Stoughton 25 Sep 1794 in 86th year, who had married first Mindwell Priest. David Stone has an extant grave marker in the Pearl Street Cemetery in Stoughton. Timothy and Thankful had seven children born 1740 to 1754. [54]
  • Stephen, b. 11 July 1716, apparently died young. In the original hand-written Dedham vital record, Stephen's birth year is written 1715, but every other birth on that page has the date of 1716 or (towards the end) 1717. The 1716 year is much more plausible, because the 1715 year would put his birth at only 10 1/2 months after his previous sibling--not impossible, but improbable.
  • Benjamin, b. May, likely 1720, d. 18 Jan 1777, and m. Dedham 11 Aug 1742 Sarah EVERETT, b. Dedham 7 June 1718, d. 2 Aug 1795, the daughter of William Everett and Rachel Newcomb. Benjamin's birth record is at the bottom edge of a page of old Dedham records, and has been partially destroyed. The author of the Fisher genealogy interpreted his birth year as 1721, but all the other birth years immediately preceding Benjamin's give the year 1720. Claims have been made that Benjamin served during the American Revolutionary War, but the service records pertaining to a Benjamin Fisher of Dedham almost certainly all pertain to his son, Benjamin Jr., who died of Camp Fever in 1776 while at Ticonderoga. The death dates for Benjamin and Sarah come from the Fisher genealogy; they were not found in any public records. Benjamin's will, dated 23 Dec 1776, was proved 7 Feb 1777. They had nine children, born 1743 to 1760.

(6g) Ezekiel Fisher[edit]

Ezekiel Fisher, the son of Eleazer Fisher and Mary Avery, was born in Dedham, Mass. on 12 Oct 1712, d. Stoughton, MA 12 July 1793, and m. (1) in Stoughton 17 Oct 1739 Susanna WADSWORTH, b. Stoughton 26 March 1721, d. Stoughton 26 Feb 1774, the daughter of Ensign George and Sarah Wadsworth; he m. (2) Sharon, MA 8 July 1778 Experience (Fuller) Blackman, b. Sharon June 1739, d. Gardiner, Maine 14 June 1823, the widow of Josiah Blackman of Stoughton, and daughter of Jeremiah Fuller and Hannah Newell. When Ezekiel was about 11, his father died, and John Wight was appointed his guardian. In 1734 he was appointed administrator of the estate of his brother Nathaniel, of Dedham. By 1736 he had settled on Spring Lane in Stoughton, now in Canton, where he was taxed. By the time of his death, his homestead consisted of 66 acres in Stoughton, with dwelling house, stable and corn barn. Ezekiel and Susanna are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery in Canton; Experience is buried in the Sampson Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine. [55] [56] [57] Children, all b. Stoughton:

  • Nathaniel, b. 29 Sep 1740, d. 6 Dec 1796, m. 22 Apr 1763 Hannah BAKER. They are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [58]
  • Sarah, b. 16 Feb 1742, d. 19 Aug 1744
  • Susanna, b. 26 Dec 1744, d. Augusta, ME 31 (or 3) Aug 1831, m. 4 May 1775 Henry BAILEY, b. Stoughton 18 April 1737, d. Canton, MA 24 Oct 1819, the son of Richard and Esther Bailey. Following the death of her husband, Susanna moved to Augusta, Maine, where she lived with her daughter, Persis Hovey. Henry is buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery with a grave marker, while Susanna is buried in the Brackett Cemetery, near her daughter Persis, Augusta, Maine. Susanna and Henry had three children. [59] [60] [61]
  • Ruth, b. 15 Sep 1746, d. Canton 26 Oct 1819, m. 12 Apr 1770 Israel BAILEY, b. Stoughton 18 Nov 1747, d. Canton 17 June 1843, the son of Richard Bailey and Anna Mosman. They had five children. [62]
  • Ezekiel, b. 5 Aug 1748, d. 22 Aug 1802, m. (1) 20 (or 10) Jan 1771 Sarah MAY, b. Stoughton 25 Oct 1751, d. Stoughton 16 Jan 1778, the daughter of Nathaniel May and Hannah Stearns. He m. (2) 10 Feb 1791 (or 18 Oct 1787) Anna HORTON, b. Stoughton 11 Feb 1763, d. Canton 1 Mar 1841, the daughter of Levi Horton and Ann Kenny. Ezekiel was a sergeant in Captain James Endicott's company, Colonel Robinson's regiment, at the alarm of 19 April 1775, serving eight days. He also had later service during the Revolutionary War. He signed the petition for the incorporation of Canton, dated 17 April 1795. He had nine children. [63]
  • Mary, b. 8 July 1750, d. 20 Oct 1767
  • Abigail, b. 18 Aug 1752, d. Canton 26 Aug 1842, m. (pub) 1 Apr 1775 Deacon Elijah GILL, b. Stoughton 25 Oct 1752, d. Canton 26 Oct 1826, the son of Col. Benjamin Gill and Bethia Wentworth. They had seven children. Abigail and Elijah are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery with grave markers. [64]
  • Lemuel, b. 8 Dec 1754, d. Canton 23 Aug 1810, m. Stoughton 1 June 1780 Anna BILLINGS, b. Stoughton 20 Oct 1757, d. Canton 7 Feb 1827, daughter of Samuel Billings, Jr. and Reliance Hudson. Lemuel was a very powerful man and a famous wrestler. The story has been told that he dug an entire cellar hole in one day, thus winning a fifty dollar bet. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, first serving in Captain James Endicott's company, Lemuel Robinson's regiment, and marching on the alarm of 19 April 1775, with service for 13 days. He also served many times subsequently. Hi signed the 1795 petition for the incorporation of Canton. They had nine children. Both Lemuel and Anna have grave markers in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [65] [66] [67]
  • Hannah, b. 30 Jan 1757, m. 21 Sep 1780 Joseph SMITH, b. Stoughton 7 Aug 1759. They moved to Pompey, NY
  • Sarah, b. 24 Mar 1759, d. Augusta, ME 18 Aug 1818, m. Stoughton 31 Oct 1780 Beriah INGRAHAM, b. Stoughton 8 Mar 1756, d. Augusta, ME 6 Mar 1814, the son of Jeremiah Ingraham, Jr. and Abigail Hartwell. Sarah and Beriah had six children. Sarah and Beriah are buried in the King Cemetery in Augusta, Maine. [68]
  • Eunice, b. 3 Feb 1764, d. Augusta, ME 6 June 1832, m. Stoughton, MA 16 Sep 1784 Asa WILLIAMS, b. Easton, MA 8 June 1758, d. Augusta, ME 20 July 1820, the son of Seth Williams and Susanna Fobes. Asa moved in 1779 with his brother Seth, from Easton, Mass. to Hallowell (now Augusta), Maine. Eunice and Asa had nine children. Eunice and Asa are buried in the King Cemetery, Augusta, Maine, with a grave markers. [69]

With second wife:

  • Rebecca, b. 29 March 1783, d. W. Gardiner, ME 18 Feb 1857, m. Canton (pub) 16 Mar 1806 Jesse TUCKER, b. Stoughton 14 July 1780, d. Gardiner, ME 7 Mar 1846, son of Deacon Benjamin Tucker and Jane Babcock. Jesse, Rebecca, and her mother, Experience, traveled for three weeks aboard a packet from Boston to Hallowell, arriving in May 1806. Rebecca and Jesse had eleven children. Rebecca and Jesse are buried on their family farm in West Gardiner, Maine. [70]

(5g) Nathaniel Fisher[edit]

Nathaniel, b. Stoughton, Mass. 29 Sep 1740, d. there 6 Dec 1796, was the oldest son of Ezekiel Fisher and Susanna Wadsworth of Stoughton. He was married in Stoughton on 22 April 1763 to Hannah BAKER, the daughter of Elijah Baker and Hannah Puffer of Sharon, Mass. As early as 1757 he was a private in Major Stephen Miller's company of militia. During the Revolutionary War he was in Captain James Endicott's company which marched from Stoughton upon the Lexington Alarm, and in March 1776 he was a corporal when he marched to Dorchester Heights to help reinforce the Continental Army. During the war he was on a committee to consider the Constitution proposed at the State Convention, this being in February 1778. He was also charged with purchasing supplies for families of Continental soldiers. In December 1787, after the war, he was a delegate chosen by the town to consider the Federal Constitution. Also, from 1783-1792 he was one of the guardians of the Ponkapog Indians. In April 1795 he was on a committee to petition the General Court to incorporate the First Parish of Stoughton as the separate town of Canton. A year earlier he had been a surveyor, and created maps in order to effect this proposed change. In 1794 he operated a "great forge" and "corne mill" on the east branch of the Neponset River, and in 1797 scythes were crafted at the forge. Upon his death, the inventory of his estate included more than $10,000 in real estate and almost $2500 in personal property. He and Hannah had seven known children, all of them born in the part of Stoughton that in 1797 became Canton; they were: [71]

  • Jabin, b. 15 Mar 1764, d. Washintgon, NH 13 Jun 1842, m. Stoughton 10 Feb 1791 Mary Tucker, b. Stoughton 15 Apr 1770, d. Washington, NH 21 Mar 1853, the daughter of James Tucker and Rebecca Swift. Jabin and Mary have surviving gravestones in the Old Cemetery, Washington, NH. [72]
  • Elijah, b. 30 Jul 1765, m. (1) Susanna Hixon and (2) Mehitabel Fadden. Both of Elijah's wives have grave markers in the Canton Corner Cemetery, and there is little doubt he is buried there also, but without a marker. [73]
  • Abel, b. 26 Apr 1767, d. Newbury, OH 1 Oct 1831, m. (1) Stoughton 1 Oct 1789 Deborah White, b. Dedham 16 Jun 1772, d. Canton 26 Aug 1802, the dau of Ebenezer and Deborah White. He m. (2) Canton 24 Apr 1803 Ruth Tilden, b. Stoughton 6 Dec 1774, d. Newbury, OH 13 Feb 1833, dau of Ezra Tilden (1751-1819) and Sarah White (1747-1839). See Fisher genealogy for his business enterprises, and migration. Abel and his second wife have grave markers in the South Newbury Cem., Geauga Co., Ohio. Deborah has a marker in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [74]
  • Nathaniel, b. 24 Aug 1769, d. 25 Feb 1802, unmarried. He was a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1789. He has a grave marker in the Canton Corner Cemeter. [75]
  • Hannah, b. 14 Mar 1773, d. Canton 5 Jan 1833, m. Stoughton 25 Apr 1793 Benjamin Lewis, b. Stoughton 13 Nov 1766, d. Waltham, MA 20 May 1869, son of James Hawkes Lewis (1740-1795) and Lydia Pratt. Hannah has a surviving (though toppled) gravestone in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [76]
  • Samuel, b. 14 Nov 1776, d. Canton 22 Jul 1830, m. Canton 31 May 1798 Susanna Tucker, b. Stoughton 6 May 1778, d. Randolph, MA 11 Mar 1864, the dau of Benjamin Tucker (1744-1832) and Jane Babcock (b. 1744). Samuel and Susanna both have grave markers in the Canton Corner Cemetery, in Canton, Mass. [77]
  • Elizabeth, b. 17 Jul 1782, d. Lowell, MA 8 Jul 1859, m. Boston 5 Oct 1800 Henry Bass Curtis, b. Boston 17 Dec 1775, d. Boston 15 Mar 1828, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Curtis. They are buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. [78]

(4g) Elijah Fisher[edit]

Elijah, the son of Nathaniel Fisher and Hannah Baker of Canton, Mass., was born 30 July 1765, probably at Stoughton, Mass., d. 5 April 1813, probably at Canton, Mass., and m. (1) Sharon, Mass. 1 Jan 1788 Susanna HIXON, b. 1768, d. 1 Jan 1799 in her 31st year, daughter of Richard Hixon and Mary Stickney; m. (2) (int. Canton 18 Feb 1799) Mehitabel Wentworth FADDEN, b. Stoughton 1781, d. Canton 1 June 1808 aged 27, daughter of James Fadden and Mehitabel Wentworth. In 1790 Elijah built the house in Canton known later as the Haines House. Elijah ran a stage coach service from Canton to Boston, but sold out to his brother Abel in 1801. Elijah's second wife died in 1808, leaving him with five minor children, three from his first marriage, and two more from the second. There is a Canton guardianship document dated 1809 that involves the three older children. Elijah appears on the 1810 census in Canton with two young females, one under 10, and the other 10-15. These are his two daughters from his second marriage, so apparently his older three children had all been placed elsewhere under the 1809 guardianship. Elijah died in 1813 at the age of 48 at the home of his sister, Hannah (Fisher) Lewis. There is another guardianship document in Canton, dated 1813, that once again involves the three older children. The two younger children were raised by their mother's sister, Rachel (Fadden) Cobb. Both of Elijah's wives have gravestones in the Canton Cemetery, but he does not. There is no record of his burial, because he has no stone, and the records for this cemetery are only valid back to about 1913. Before this date, the cemetery was a part of the church next door, and there were almost no records kept, or at least that have survived, of the burials. Children with first wife, Susanna: [79]

  • Elijah, Jr., b. Sharon, MA 3 Feb 1792, d. New Orleans, LA 1820. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He was a member of one of the two Canton, Mass. militia companies, serving during the War of 1812, and being stationed at Fort Independence in Boston. He never married, and likely died of yellow fever in New Orleans.
  • Cyrus, b. Sharon, MA 15 April 1794, died before 1817. He was named in guardianships in Canton in both 1809 and 1813 (following the deaths of his step-mother and father, respectively). He enlisted in the Navy when he was 19, and supposedly died aboard ship. The administration for an Elijah Fisher in Canton in 1817 most likely pertains to him. He may have been buried at sea.
  • Nancy Anne, b. 27 Oct 1796, perhaps at Sharon, d. Madison, Morgan Co., GA 17 June 1869, aged 72, m. (1) Greensboro, GA 15 Dec 1844, as his third wife, Augustine GREENE, d. 1852; m. (2) Madison, GA 3 June 1856, as his third wife, John Crawford WOOD, b. NC Feb 1792, d. Madison, GA 5 Sep 1870. John had m. (1) Nancy Lewis, daughter of William Lewis and (2) Ellender ______, his wife in 1850. The couple lived on John's plantation about eight miles from the Morgan County courthouse in Madison, and this is where they both died. Nancy had no children from either marriage. They are buried in the Wood Plantation Cemetery, Madison, GA.

Children with second wife, Mehitabel:

  • Sally, b. Canton 6 Aug 1799, d. Suffolk Co., Mass. 9 April 1885, m. Martin DRAPER (see above).
  • Amelia, b. Sharon 6 March 1803, d. Canton 25 Nov 1878, m. Dedham, Mass. 5 March 1827 Horace GUILD, b. Dedham 24 Nov 1802, d. Canton 20 April 1876, son of Joel Guild and Hannah Weatherbee. Amelia's mother died when she was about five, and her father died when she was ten years old. She and her older sister Sally were raised by their Aunt, Rachel (Fadden) Cobb, a sister of their mother. A guardianship for Amelia in Canton was dated 1818. Amelia and Horace lived in Canton, where they were enumerated with their children on the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. They had seven children. Amelia and Horace have matching stones in the Canton Corner Cemetery, but his stone is down and the inscription cannot be read. [80]

(9g) William Avery[edit]

We Relate website, citing numerous sources

William, son Robert Avery of Barkham, Berkshire, England, was born say 1619, d. Boston, Mass. 18 March 1686/7, and m. (1) c. 1644 Margaret ALLRIGHT, b. say 1624, d. Dedham, Mass. 28 Sep 1678, daughter of William Allright of Arberfeild, Berkshire, England; m. (2) c. 1679 Mary (WOODMANSEY) Tappin, b. c. 1629, d. Boston 21 May 1707, widow of John Tappin, and daughter of Robert and Anna Woodmansey. Following the births of several children in England, William and Margaret immigrated to New England about 1650. His will was dated at Boston 15 Oct 1683. William and his second wife Mary share an extant gravestone in the King's Chapel Burying Ground in Boston. Children: [81]

  • Mary, bapt. Barkham 19 Dec 1645, d. lakeville (Plymouth Co.), Mass. 9 Sep 1713, m. Dedham 5 Nov 1666 James TISDALE, b. Duxbury, Mass. 1644, d. Middleboro, Mass. 15 Jan 1714/5, son of John Tisdale and Sarah Walker. They had six known children born from 1670 to 1682. Mary and James both have extant gravestones in the Fox Cemetery, Berkley (Bristol Co.), Mass. [82]
  • William, bapt. Barkham 27 Oct 1647, m. (1) Mary LANE; m. (2) Elizabeth WHITE; m. (3) Mehitable (HINCKLEY) Worden (see below).
  • Robert, Ens., bapt. Barkham 7 Dec 1649, d. Dedham 3 or 4 Oct 1722, m. Billerica, Mass. 3 April 1677 Elizabeth LANE, bapt. Dorchester, Mass. 16 Marh 1655/6, d. Dedham 21 Oct 1746, daughter of Job Lane and Sarah Boyce. They had seven children born from 1677 to 1697. Robert and Elizabeth both have extant gravestones in the Old Village Cemetery in Dedham. [83]
  • Jonathan, b. Dedham 26 May 1653, d. by 1690, and m. Dedham 22 July 1679 Sybil SPARHAWK, b. c. 1655, d. Cambridge, Mass. 6 Aug 1708, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Sparhawk and Patience Newman. Following Jonathan's death, Sybil m. (2) Braintree 23 June 1691 Rev. Michael Wigglesworth. Jonathan had four children born from 1681 to 1687. Sybil and her second husband have extent gravestones (perhaps the same stone) in the Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Mass. [84]
  • Rachel, b. Dedham 20 Sep 1657, d. c. 1678, m. Dedham 22 May 1677 Dea. William SUMNER, b. Boston 9 Feb 1656/7, d. Middletown, CT 20 July 1703, son of William Sumner and Elizabeth Clement. Following Rachel's death, William m. (2) (cb Nov 1679) by 1679 Hannah Henchman. William has an extant gravestone in the Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, CT. [85]
  • Hannah, b. Dedham 27 Sep 1660, d. there 15 Sep 1678, and m. there the same day as her sister Rachel, 22 May 1677 Benjamin DYER, b. say 1653, d. 15 March 1690. Not only were Hannah and Rachel married the same day, but they died at about the same time as well. Hannah's is the oldest gravestone in the Old Village Cemetery in Dedham. [86]
  • Ebenezer, b. Dedham 24 Nov 1663; not mentioned in father's 1683 will.

(8g) William Avery[edit]

Lane Genealogies 3:28- We Relate website, citing 1893 Gen. and Savage

William, the son of William Avery and Margaret Allright, was baptized at Barkham, Berkshire, England 27 Oct 1647, d. Dedham, Mass. 15 Dec 1708, and m. (1) 21 Sep 1673 Mary LANE b. 1652, d. Dedham 16 Oct 1681, aged 29, daughter of Job Lane and Sarah Boyce; m. (2) Dedham 29 Aug 1682 Elizabeth WHITE, b. say 1662, d. Dedham 2 Oct 1690; m. (3) Dedham 25 Aug 1698 Mehitable (HINCKLEY) Worden, b. Barnstable, Mass. 24 March 1658/9, d. c. 1726, widow of Samuel Worden, and daughter of Gov. Thomas Hinckley and Mary Richards. William was a blacksmith, and a deacon in the Dedham church. William and first wife Mary have extant gravestones in the Old Village Cemetery in Dedham, though Mary's stone is broken with part of the inscription missing. Children with first wife, Mary: [87]

  • Mary, b. Dedham 21 Aug 1674, d. Stoughton, Mass. 25 March 1749, m. Dedham 30 Oct 1698 Eleazer FISHER (see above).
  • Sarah, b. Dedham 9 Oct 1675, d. Dedham 28 June 1748, m. (1) Dedham 24 Nov 1696 Thomas METCALF, b. Dedham 7 May 1671, d. there 12 Dec 1704, son of Dea. Thomas Metcalf and Sarah Pidge; m. (2) Dedham 6 April 1709 Joseph WIGHT, b. Dedham 10 Dec 1681, d. there 14 July 1756, son of Joseph Wight and Deborah Colburn. Following Sarah's death, Joseph m. (2) Dedham 24 April 1750 Mary Smith.
  • William, Capt., b. 31 March 1678, m. (1) 26 June 1700 Esther HUNTINGTON, d. Dedham 13 May 1750; m. (2) ?
  • Hannah, b. Dedham 7 Jan 1679/80, d. Lebanon, CT 9 Nov 1755, m. Dedham 15 Jan 1700/1 Jonathan METCALF, b. Dedham 10 March 1675/6, d. Lebanon 5 March 1738/9, son of Dea. Jonathan Metcalf and Hannah Kenrick.

Children with second wife, Elizabeth (from Savage):

  • Samuel, b. 15 May 1683
  • Elizabeth, b. 16 May 1684
  • John, b. 26 Dec 1685
  • Joseph, b. 9 April 1687; Harvard College 1706
  • Deborah, b. 5 May 1689

(10g) William Allright[edit]

NEHGR 63(1908):362

William Allright, b. say 1598, d. c. 1667, m. say 1623 Joan _______, b. say 1603, living in 1666. It is not known if Joan is the mother of his children. The fact that there were only four children born within a presumed six or seven year time period, suggests an earlier wife who had died. William was called yeoman of Arberfeild, Berkshire England in his will, dated 18 March 1666 and proved 21 May 1667. In it he calls himself aged and weak of body, making bequests to wife Jone, children William Allright and Thomas Allright; Alice Wright, wife's sister; eldest daughter Margaret Avery in new England 20 shillings; cousin James Brant; youngest son Thomas Allright; Mary Ellis, Margarett Ellis, and William Ellis, three of the children of my son-in-law Edward Ellis; residue of estate to son William Allright who is sole executor. My brother James Allright and friend Samuell Norris overseers. Children:

  • Margaret, eldest daughter, b. say 1624, m. c. 1644 William AVERY (see above).
  • William, b. say 1626, executor and residuary legatee of father's 1666 will.
  • daughter, b. say 1628, m. Edward ELLIS, and had more than three children by the time of her father's 1666 will, but only three of the children were named in the will.
  • Thomas, youngest son, b. say 1630, named in father's 1666 will.

(13g) Robert Lane[edit]

Lane Gen

Robert Lane of Rickmansworth, Herts., England, husbandman, was b. say 1490, d. c. 1543, and m. say 1515 a woman whose name has not been found. He was named in the 1524 and 1525 subsidy rolls of Rickmansworth. In his will dated 4 July 1542 and proved 11 June 1543, he directs to be buryed in the church yard of Our Blessed Lady in Rickmansworth, and makes bequests to daughters Annes Page and Margaret Thorpe, to John Page, son of William Page and to John Thorpe, son of Edward Thorpe, and to Elyne, his son's daughter. The residuary legatee and executor is his son, Thomas. Children:

  • Thomas, b. say 1515, d. c. 1587, m. say 1540 Alice _______, b. say 1520, liv. 1586.
  • Annes, b. say 1518, m. bef. 1542 (say 1538) William Page. Their presumed daughter, Mary had a bequest in the 1586 will of her uncle Thomas Lane.
  • Margaret, b. say 1520, m. bef. 1542 (say 1540) Edward Thorpe. Margaret received a bequest from her brother Thomas in 1586

(12g) Thomas Lane[edit]

Lane Gen.

Thomas Lane, yeoman of Rickmansworth, was b. say 1515, d. c. 1587, and m. say 1540 Alice _______, b. say 1520, liv. 1586. George may have been married twice, since his presumed oldest daughter was born by 1542, and his presumed youngest daughter didn't marry until after 1586. The model here assumes just one wife, with birth dates estimated to create a 22 year span of birth dates. If his youngest daughter didn't marry, that simplifies things. George made his will 9 Dec 1586, proved 14 June 1587, directing to be buried in the churchyard at Rickmansworth, with bequests to the poor of Rickmansworth, to Son George Lane, to son John Lane, to son Richard Lane, to daughter Joan Wynchfield, to Elizabeth Culverhouse, to Mary Page, to James Lane, to daughter Dorothy at marriage, to sister Thorpe and to each of his six children. Residuary legatee and executrix wife Alice. Children:

  • Elyne, b. say 1541, named in the will of her grandfather, Robert Lane, in 1542, but not in her father's 1586 will.
  • George, b. say 1545
  • Joan, b. say 1548, m. _______ Wynchfield
  • John, b. say 1551
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1554, m. _______ Culverhouse
  • Richard, b. say 1558
  • Dorothy, b. say 1563, m. after 1586 perhaps Thomas Hull

(11g) George Lane[edit]

NEHGR 17(1863)266-7; Lane Genealogies 3:1-6 [88]

George, the son of Thomas and Alice Lane, was b. say 1555, d. c. 1628, and married say 1580 a woman whose name has not been found. The will of George Lane of Rickmansworth dated 6 Nov 1627 and proved 27 Sep 1628, makes bequests to son Henry Lane, son Symon Lane, daughter Isabell Lane, sons Jerome and James Lane, to Edward Lane, son of said James; to Anne Hull, daughter of Thomas Hull, to Thomas, Sara, Judith, Mary and Rebecca, children of Thomas Hull, to the poor widow, and to son John Lane. The residuary legatees and executors were sons Thomas and John.

  • Thomas,b. say 1581, co-executor of his father's 1627 will and trustee in 1629 will of his brother Symon. Not mentioned in 1646 will of brother Jerome or 1661 will of brother John.
  • Henry, b. say 1583, uncle of Job Lane, was dead by 1653, per a letter written by Jere. Gould to Job Lane
  • John, b. say 1585, uncle of Job Lane, d. 1661, and lived apparently at Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, based on a letter by Jere. Gould to Job Lane. He was named in the 1646 will of his brother Jeremie. His will is dated 7 Aug 1661 and proved 13 Jan 1661/2, naming his daughter Rebeca Baker and ten others.
  • Symon, b. say 1587, d. 1629, married say 1612 Alice _______, and had son Thomas Lane, perhaps the one in Dorchester, Mass. in 1635. Symon's will is dated 19 May and proved 15 June 1629, naming several children and wife Alice as residuary legatee and executrix.
  • James, b. say 1590; he and his wife, the parents of Job Lane, were dead by 1653, per a letter written by Jere. Gould to Job Lane. If he was the James Lane named in his grandfather's 1586 will, then his birth year needs to be adjusted, but it doesn't make sense that an infant would get a house and property from his grandfather, especially to the exclusion of all his other siblings.
  • Isabell, b. say 1592, called Isabell Lane in her father's 1627 will.
  • George, b. say 1594, iving in 1654, probably had son Richard Lane.
  • Jerome/Jeremie/Jeremiah, b. say 1596, m. Martha _______, living 1646. His will was dated 30 Sep 1646 and proved 2 June 1647.

(10g) James Lane[edit]

NEHGR 42(1888):141-3; 17(1863):266-7; 173(2019):122-32 (James Lane Jr.); Lane Genealogies 3:1-2 [89]

James Lane, born say 1590, d. by 1653, m. say 1617 perhaps Katherine RUSSELL, born say 1595, d. by 1653. James lived in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, whose market town was Rickmansworth in Hertforshire. The will of Richard Russel of Co. Hereford, gent., dated 16 Aug 1627 and proved 10 June 1628, mentions Mr. James Lane and wife Katherine Lane. The problem is that Herford is in western England, and Hertford is just north of London--no where close. The parents of the following children were both dead by 1653, per a letter written by Jere. Gould to Job Lane. The children were:

  • John, eldest son, b. say 1618, dead by 1653; remained in England. He received joint inheritance with his brother James in his parents' estates by 1653
  • Job, b. c. 1620, m. (1) Sarah BOYCE; m. (2) Anna REYNER (see below).
  • Edward, b. say 1623, named in the 1627 will of his grandfather, George Lane. There is no evidence that this son of James was the Edward Lane of Boston, b. c. 1620 (36 in July 1656), d. prob. 1664, arrived in New England on 27 July 1656 aboard the Speedwell, aged 36. This Edward of Boston m. 11 Dec 1657 Anna KEAYNE, granddaughter and heir of Robert Keayne. His impotence, Anna's trial for adultery, and her subsequent life as wife of Nicholas Paige were chronicled by Edmund S. Morgan in 1942.
  • James, b. say 1626, d. c. 1676, and married say 1650 a woman whose name has not been found. He was a tradesman in London in 1654, and a member of the Guild of Turners. At that time he had joint ownership with his brothers John Lane and Job Lane of real estate inherited from their parents. James is first of record in New England on 19 Nov 1660 when he appointed his brother Job as his attorney. Later depositions suggest he was in Malden about 1658, but no evidence puts him in New England any earlier than that, despite what several accounts claim. He was called of Malden in this 1660 power of attorney, but may have already moved to Maine by then, where he settled with his family in Freeport, a part of old North Yarmouth. James died during King Phillip's War, and not in 1688 during later hostilities with the Indians, as is often written. An inventory of his estate was sworn on 18 Aug 1680. James had six known or suspected children, born from say 1651 to say 1667.

(9g) Job Lane[edit]

Lane Genealogies 3:8-26 [90]

Job, the son of James Lane and Katherine Russell, was born c. 1620, d. Malden, Mass. 23 Aug 1697, aged 77, and m. (1) England 1647 Sarah BOYCE, b. say 1627, d. Malden, Mass. about 19 May 1659; m. (2) 2 Sep 1660 Anna/Hannah REYNER, b. c. 1631, d. Malden 30 April 1704, aged 72, daughter of Rev. John Reyner and ______ Boyse of Gildersome, Yorkshire, England and Plymouth (now Mass.). Job was a master carpenter and house wright, owning property at RicKmansworth, Hertfordshire, England before emigrating. He was obviously educated, and had a significant correspondence with family members and others in England, and many of his letters have been preserved in the family and published in the NEHGR. He was first in New England about 1643, in Sekonk, Plymouth Colony (now Mass.). He joined the Sekonk Combination 3:5mo:1644 (3 July 1644), and was at Rehoboth on 9 June 1645 where he drew a lot. He went from there to Dorchester, but returned to England in 1647 to marry. "Job Lane...now in England" was named executor to the estate of Thomas Howell on 6 June 1647. In his refusal to accept this executorship on 19 Oct 1647, Job stated that he was a carpenter of Dorchester. Job settled at Marshfield about the time of its incorporation in 1649. Job was made freeman 14 May 1656, and bought land in Malden later that year. He contracted with the town of Malden in 1658 to erect and finish up a meeting house. He later had property in Billerica and Bedford, and may have lived in both places. Job and his second wife Anna both have extant gravestones in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Mass. Children with first wife, Sarah: [91]

  • Sarah, bapt. Dorchester 28 May 1648, d. 2 Oct 1679, m. 23 April 1673 Samuel FITCh, b. Reading (now Wakefield), Mass. 6 March 1645, d. 6 July 1684, son of Zachariah Fitch. Samuel m. (2) 26 July 1681 Rebecca Merriam.
  • Mary, b. 1653, m. William AVERY (see above).
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Dorchester 1655/6, d. Dedham 21 Oct 1746 in 91st year, m. Robert AVERY, bapt. Barkham, Berkshire, England 7 Dec 1649, d. Dedham 4 Oct 1722, son of William Avery and Margaret Allright. Elizabeth and Robert had seven children born from 1677 to 1697. They both have extant gravestones in the Old Village Cemetery, Dedham. [92]
  • Rebekah, b. April 1658, bapt. Dorchester 4 July 1658, appears to have died young.

Children of Job with second wife, Anna:

  • John, b. Malden May 1661, bapt. Dorchester 18 Aug 1661 "being about a quarter of a year old, by reason of their dwelling soe remote.", d. Billerica, Mass. 17 Jan 1714/5, and m. Salem, Mass. 20 March 1681/2 Susannah WHIPPLE, b. Ipswich, Mass. c. 1661, d. Billerica 4 Aug 1713, daughter of John Whipple and Martha Reyner. John was admitted freeman on 18 April 1690. As executor of his late father's estate, John sent a letter, dated Woburn, New England 23 March 1697/8, to his kinsmen in old England, concerning the family's property there. Administration of his estate went to sons Job and John Lane on 4 Feb 1714/5, with inventory, dated 15 Feb 1714/5, totaling 1464 pounds. They had nine children born from 1682/3 to 1698/9. John and Susannah have extant gravestones in the Old South Burying Ground, Billerica. [93]
  • Anna, b. 1 Sep 1662, d. 28 Nov 1662
  • Anna, b. 1664, d. 29 Sep 1732, aged 67, m. 7 Oct 1680, as his second wife, James FOSTER, b. Dorchester 13 April 1651, d. 4 Oct 1732, son of Hopestill Foster and Mary Bates. James had m. (1) Mary Capen.
  • Jemima, b. 19 Aug 1666, m. Matthew WHIPPLE, son of William Whipple and Mary Bartholomew.
  • Dorothy, b. Billerica, Mass. 24 July 1669, d. Malden 29 March 1727, and m. 4 or 24 Nov 1693 Edward SPRAGUE, b. c. 1662, d. Malden 14 April 1715, aged 52, son of John Sprague and Lydia Goffe. Dorothy and Edward both have extant gravestones in the Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden. [94]

(10g) Christopher Wadsworth[edit]

GMB 3:1888-91

Christopher Wadsworth was born say 1609, d. c. 1680, m. say 1633 Grace _______, b. say 1613, d. 1688. There is no evidence that she was Grace Cole, as stated in many sources. Christopher was in New England by 1632, and was named on a 1633 list of freemen "prior to those admitted 1 January 1632/3." He was first of Plymouth, but was on a Duxbury committee to revise laws in 1636. He may have returned to England in 1636 "to fetch Mr. [Ralph] Partridge," who would become the minister of Duxbury. He held numerous offices, including constable, deputy, and selectman, mostly in Duxbury. His will was dated 31 July 1677 and proved 27 Oct 1680. Children:

  • Joseph, eldest son, b. say 1634, m. say 1665 Mary _______ (there is no record of his having a wife Abigail, as is widely asserted).
  • Samuel, b. say 1636, m. c. 1659 Abigail LINDALL (see below).
  • John, b. c. 1638, d. Duxbury 15 May 1700, aged about 62, m. Duxbury 25 July 1667 Abigail ANDREWS, daughter of Henry Andrews of Taunton. His death entry in the Duxbury vital record reads, "Deacon John Wadsworth - Deceased May the 15th Anno dom. 1700, very early in ye morning before ye dawning of ye day being about Sixty-two yeares of age." A small stone with only his name sits in the Milton Cemetery, perhaps a cenotaph. [95]
  • Mary, b. say 1640, m. say 1659 Henry ANDREWS, son of Henry Andrews of Taunton.

(9g) Samuel Wadsworth[edit]

Savage 4:380; Giles Gen:318; We Relate website, citing numerous sources

Samuel, son of Christopher and Grace Wadsworth, was born say 1636, d. Sudbury, Mass. 21 April 1676, and m. c. 1658 Abigail LINDALL, b. say 1638, d. Milton, Mass. 20 March 1711/2, daughter of James and Mary Lindall. Some sources give the death date for Abigail as 1687, but it is more likely that she survived and remarried Thomas Rawlins, b. say 1622, d. Milton 7 July 1693, son of Thomas and Mary Rawlins. An "Abigail Rowlin" began being taxed in Milton on 25 Jan 1685/6, and in 1694 "widow rawlins and John Wadsworth" were assessed. Samuel was a distinguished military officer during King Philip's War, and as a captain of a company, he and Lt. Sharpe of Brookline went to the defense of Sudbury in April 1676, but were cut off with half their company, and died in battle. A monument has been erected in the Mount Wadsworth Cemetery, Sudbury, for those who perished during the battle. The date of the battle when many perished is incorrectly written as 18 April, but the NEHGR article (7:221-4) sets the record straight. Abigail and her second husband Thomas Rawlins are the only ones with that surname who have extant gravestones in the Milton Cemetery. Children of Samuel and Abigail: [96] [97]

  • Recompense, b. c. 1659, d. Cambridge, Mass. 12 July 1679 in his 21st year, died while a student at Harvard College, only a few days before graduation. "Apprehensive of my approaching end," he made his will 9 July, proved 23 July, 1679, mentioning mother, brothers and sisters, but only (brother) Benjamin Wadsworth by name. Unnamed mother and Mrs. hephzibah Minott to be executors.
  • Ebenezer, Dea., b. March 1661, d. Milton 1 Aug 1717, m. 1683 Mary _______ (see below).
  • Christopher, b. 1663, d. Milton 4 Dec 1687, aged 24 years, m. _______ DAVIS who died in child bed. Christopher left a will dated 3 Dec 1687 and proved 18 Jan 1687/8, naming brothers and sister, but no wife. He has an extant gravestone in the Milton Cemetery. [98]
  • Timothy, b. Dorchester, Mass. 19 March 1665/6, m. Susanna _______. He was a gunsmith and member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. He moved to Newport, RI.
  • Joseph, b. Milton 11 Feb 1667/8, m. Hannah _______, and was of Boston.
  • Benjamin, Rev., b. Milton 28 Feb 1669/70, d. Cambridge, Mass. 16 March 1736/7, m. Cambridge 30 Dec 1696 Ruth BOARDMAN, b. c. 1672, d. 17 Feb 1744/5, in her 73rd year. He graduated from Harvard College in 1690. Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth was ordained the pastor of the First Boston church in 1696, and dismissed in 1725 to become president of Harvard College. His will was dated 15 Feb 1736/7 and proved 23 May 1737. He has a large slate tablet inscribed in Latin, and Ruth has a standard gravestone in the Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Mass. [99]
  • Abigail, b. Milton 2 May 1672, d. by 1715, m. Milton 25 Nov 1689 (VR) Thomas DAVIS. They had a daugher, Abigail Davis, who d. Milton 1723.
  • John, Dea., b. Milton 22 Dec 1674, d. there 31 Jan 1733/4, and m. there 28 Dec 1698 (VR) Elizabeth VOSE, b. Milton 2 Sep 1678, daughter of Edward Vose and Abigail Sharp. John was a wealthy man, and a representative for many years. His will was dated 25 Jan 1733/4 and proved 18 Feb 1633/4. His inventory of 7 May 1734 totaled a staggering 7082 pounds, but a note in the Giles genealogy says that this was in a depreciated currency. John and Elizabeth had eleven children born from 1700 to 1720. John and Elizabeth both have extant gravestones in the Milton Cemetery. [100]

(8g) Ebenezer Wadsworth[edit]

Milton Vital Record, pp 73, 190, 244, 254; We Relate website, citing numerous sources

Ebenezer, son of Samuel Wadsworth and Abigail Lindall, was born Milton March 1661, d. Milton, Mass. 1 Aug 1717, aged 56 years and 5 months, and m. 1683 Mary _______, b. c. 1660 d. 8 March 1736/7 in 77th year. The Rev. William Holmes of Chilmark wrote the following in his diary concerning the death of Ebenezer: "I am informed that July 31, one Deacon Wadsworth of Milton, brother of Revd Ben Wadsworth, Pastor of the Old Church in Boston, went out that morning with a design to rake together some hay, and that some time after he was found lying upon his back with the rake across his breast, stone dead. This man was esteemed truly pious." Ebenezer was titled deacon on his gravestone, and was called yeoman of Milton, deceased, in the letters of administration, dated 31 Aug 1717, given to widow Mary Wadsworth and Samuel Wadsworth. The estate division on 28 Aug 1718 made provisions for widow Mary Wadsworth, daughter Mary Wadsworth, eldest son Samuel Wadsworth, second son Recompence Wadsworth, and youngest son George Wadsworth, under age. In a proceeding 19 years later on 18 Sep 1737, eldest son Samuel Wadsworth was to pay to brothers and sister, namely George Wadsworth, Mary Stimson, and heirs of Recompence Wadsworth, deceased. Ebenezer and Mary both have extant gravestones in the Milton Cemetery. Children, born Milton: [101]

  • Mary, b. 11 May 1684 (VR), d. Milton 6 July 1744 (VR), m. Milton 25 Oct 1721 (VR) John STIMSON, b. c. 1676, d. Milton 11 Aug 1732, aged 56. John has an extant gravestone in the Milton Cemetery. [102]
  • Samuel, b. 13 Dec 1685 (VR), d. Milton 19 Nov 1754 in 69th year, m. Milton 4 June 1718 (VR) Ann WITHINGTON, d. Milton 4 Sep 1756 (VR). Samuel has an extant gravestone in the Milton Cemetery. [103]
  • Recompense, b. 30 July 1688 (VR), d. Milton 15 march 1728 (VR), prob. the one who m. Milton 20 May 1714 Sarah MORY, d. Milton 18 April 1728 (VR)
  • George, b. 16 March 1699 (VR), m. Sarah PITCHER (called Hannah Pitcher in vital record, which is obviously in error based on the mother of all of the children being named Sarah) (see below).

(7g) George Wadsworth[edit]

Vital Record of Stoughton (note that births are roughly organized alphabetically by given name);

George, the son of Ebenezer and Mary Wadsworth, was born Milton, Mass. 16 March 1699, and d. Stoughton, Mass. Feb 1778. The Boston vital record clearly states that George Wadsworth and Hannah Pitcher were married there on 17 June 1720 by Samuel Checkley, Esq. (VR), and the Milton vital record (p 160) gives the same names and date, adding that they are both of Milton. Though the vital record appears unambiguous that the name of George's wife was Hannah, this conflicts with the Stoughton vital records, that give the parents of the children as "George and Sarah Wadsworth." If George married Hannah in June 1720, there is insufficient time for him to remarry and have a child with Sarah in March 1721. Therefore, there appears no alternative other than to accept that the marriage record for George incorrectly names his wife, and that she was actually Sarah Pitcher. The most plausible explanation appears to be that Mr. Checkley recorded her name incorrectly when he submitted the marriage to the city clerk. Sarah Pitcher was b. Milton 1 Nov 1693, d. Stoughton 5 April 1768, the daughter of Nathaniel Pitcher and Mary Clapp. George and Sarah lived in the part of Stoughton that became Canton in 1797. George was a miller by occupation, and served as an ensign in Capt Daniel Goffe's company during a 1740 expedition. Children, b. Stoughton: [104]

  • Susanna, b. 26 March 1721 (VR:20), m. Ezekiel FISHER (see above).
  • Esther, b. 6 Feb 1722/3 (VR:14), m. Stoughton 30 March 1743 Eleazer MAY, Jr., b. Dedham 31 May 1715, the son of Eleazer and Mary May of Dedham.
  • Ruth, b. 12 Dec 1724 (VR:20), d. Stoughton 18 March 1761, m. Stoughton 11 Jan 1743/4 Elijah TILDEN, b. Scituate, Mass. 18 March 1719, d. Canton, Mass. 7 March 1799, the son of David Tilden and Abigail Pitcher of Scituate. They lived in the part of Stoughton that became Canton in 1797. Ruth and Elijah had seven known children, born 1744 to 1756/7. A flag has been placed on the assumed grave of their son, Elijah, Jr. (b. 1746) in the Pearl Street Cemetery in Stoughton. [105]
  • Lydia, b. 23 March 1726 (VR:17), d. Stoughton 15 Nov 1797, m. c. 1742 Henry STONE, bapt 19 Feb 1720/1, d. Stoughton 7 Jan 1784, the son of David Stone and Thankful Withington. Henry was a sergeant in Capt Nathaniel Blake's company, Col Jonathan Bayley's regiment during the expedition against Crown Point during the French and Indian War. His dates of service were 22 April to 5 October 1756. Lydia and Henry had 13 children, born 1743 to 1770.
  • Recompense, b. 12 Feb 1729/30 (VR:20), d. Stoughton 8 Nov 1798, m. (1) Braintree, Mass. 24 Oct 1754 Hannah PAIN, b. Braintree 17 Oct 1734, d. Stoughton 1759. The intention of marriage, dated Stoughton 11 May 1754, called both the bride and groom of Stoughton, though the marriage took place in Braintree where Hannah was born. Recompense and Hannah had two children, born 1755 and 1757. He m. (2) Stoughton 21 Feb 1760 Abigail LYON, b. 29 May 1741, daughter of Elnathan Lyon and Hannah Tilden. Recompense was a private in Capt Peter Talbot's company, Col Lemuel Robinson's regiment that marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775, during the American Revolutionary War. His two brothers were also in the same unit. He had subsequent service during the war in 1776. Recompense and Abigail had eleven children, born 1760 to 1784.
  • Abigail, b. c. Jan 1730/1 (the date is gone from the vital record, p 12), d. 23 Jan 1730/1
  • Phebe, b. 30 June 1732 (VR:19), d. 12 May 1733
  • Christopher, b. 14 June 1733 (VR:13), d. Stoughton 4 Oct 1793, and m. (1) Stoughton 26 April 1753 Ann PAUL, b. 1737, d. 26 July 1759, aged 22, perhaps the daughter of Samuel Paul and Abigail Withington of Dorchester. Christopher and Ann had three children, born 1754 to 1758. He m. (2) Stoughton 15 Jan 1760 Abigail WITHINGTON, b. Dorchester 27 July 1740, d. Stoughton 15 Aug 1794 in her 55th year, daughter of William Withington and Deborah Damon. Christopher and Abigail had nine children, born 1762 to 1783. Christopher was a sergeant in Capt Peter Talbot's company, Col Lemuel Robinson's regiment, that marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. His two brothers were also in the same unit. He also had subsequent service in 1776. Christopher and both of his wives all have extant grave markers in the Pearl Street Cemetery in Stoughton. [106]
  • John, b. 12 Dec 1735 (VR:44), d. c. 1776, m. Stoughton 18 Oct 1759 Jerusha WHITE, b. Dedham 3 Dec 1740, the daughter of Benjamin white and Sarah Talbot of Stoughton. John was a Revolutionary War soldier, serving as a private in Capt Peter Talbot's company, Col Lemuel Robinson's regiment, marching on the alarm of 19 April 1775, with six days service. His two brothers also served in the same unit. He also served for two short periods in March 1776, being with the Stoughton unit that marched on Dorchester Heights and Braintree. Because of his 1776 military service, he could not have been the John Wadsworth who died in Milton, Mass. 11 Dec 1775. A published book about the Wadsworth family says that John died of disease during the Revolutionary War, and many unpublished accounts give the year as 1776. [107]

(10g) James Lindall[edit]

Giles Gen (1864):313-20; Mayflower Descendant 11(1909):87-92 (will and inv. of James Lindall)

James Lindall was born say 1605, d. 1652, and m. in England say 1630 Mary _______, b. say 1610, d. 1652. James came from one of the northern counties of England, according to the Bible record of his grandson, James Lindall of Salem. He is first of record in New England on 6 April 1640 when he had a grant of land on Stony Brook in Duxbury, then in the Plymouth Colony, but now in Massachusetts. His will was dated 10 Aug 1652 and proved on 4 March 1652/3 on the oaths of two witnesses, Capt. Miles Standish and Mr. John Alden. His inventory, dated 29 Oct 1652, amounted to 130 pounds. Mary was alive when James drafted his will in Aug 1652, but was dead prior to a review of the inventory, dated 8 Feb 1652/3. Children:

  • James, d. in England of plague
  • Caleb, d. in Englan of plague
  • Joshua, d. in England of plague
  • Abigail, b. say 1638, m. c. 1658 Capt Samuel WADSWORTH. She was a minor when her parents died in 1652 and put under the care of Constant Southworth, a special friend of James.
  • Timothy, b. 3 May 1642, d. 6 Jan 1698/9, aged 56 years and 7 months [actually 56 years and 8 months based on the dates given here], m. 28 Feb 1672/3 Mary VEREN, b. 1648, d. Salem 6 Jan 1731/2 (per Salem records; 7 Jan per gravestone) daughter of Nathaniell Veren. Timothy left Duxbury to live in Salem about 1660, and was admitted an inhabitant there in 1661. It wasn't until 1677 that he was admitted to the First Church there, and he became a freeman of the colony the following year. Timothy was a merchant, and apparently owned several vessels. He was several times a Salem selectman, and also more than once a deputy to the General Court. His will was dated 1 March 1697/8 and proved 4 Feb 1698/9. His estate was appraised at 1746 pounds. Timothy and Mary had nine children born from 1674 to 1689/90. Timothy and Mary have extant gravestones in the Burying Point Cemetery in Salem. [108]

(9g) Andrew Pitcher[edit]

GM 5:468-71; TAG 59(1983):201-5

Andrew Pitcher was born c. 1610, d. Dorchester, mass. 19 Feb 1660/1, and m. c. 1640 Margaret _______, b. say 1620, living 1660. Andrew was in New England by 1634, and was one of ten men to receive a grant of land in Dorchester on 1 September of that year. He was admitted to the Dorchester church on 16 April 1641, and became a freeman on 2 June following. His will was dated 4 Dec 1660 and proved 9 May 1661, making bequests to wife Margaret and children. His inventory was made 19 March 1660/1, totaling 286 pounds. Children, all baptisms at Dorchester:

  • Samuel, bapt. Dorchester 18 April 1641, m. (1) Milton 30 Nov 1671 Alice CAIG (VR:159), d. Milton 20 Nov 1680 (VR:238); m. (2) Milton 3 Aug 1681 Mary Blake (VR:159).
  • Experience, bapt. 25 Sep 1642, m. c. 1663 Joseph BUGBY, b. Roxbury 17 Sep 1664, son of Edward Bugby of Roxbury.
  • Mary, bapt. 30 Nov 1644, prob. d. young
  • Ruth, bapt. 25 July 1647, named in father's 1660 will, poss. m. Ephraim NEWTON.
  • John, bapt. 11 Aug 1650, m. (1) c. 1683 Hannah _______, d. c. 1690; m. (2) by c. 1695 Mary _______, d. E. Greenwich, RI 1703. John served in King Philip's War, in Capt. Moseley's company, beginning 10 Dec 1675, and at the Springfield garrison in June 1676. He collected pay in Aug 1676. John had two children with first wife Hannah, born at Boston in 1684 and 1688. By the late 1690s, John had left Dorchester and taken his family to East Greenwich, RI. In Nov 1698 he abandoned his family there, and went to Providence where he was found working as a carpenter. He had three children with second wife mary, born from c. 1695 to c. April 1699, the last one born after he had abandoned his family.
  • Nathaniel, bapt. 18 April 1652, m. Mary CLAP (see below).
  • Mary, bapt. 29 April 1655, prob. d. young, as not named in father's 1660 will.
  • Jonathan, b. say 1657, living in 1681, and may have d. 1703. Jonathan was in Capt Johnson's Company 10 Dec 1675 during King Philip's War, and his name appears on a list of those who were slain or wounded. He was not killed, as he collected 9 shillings in April 1676 for his services. Jonathan was paid for "carrying time" at Castle Island in Boston Harbor for 1701-2 and 1702-3. Administration of his estate was given to his brother Samuel Pitcher on 12 July 1703, he being called of Dorchester. It is possible that these latter records refer to Jonathan, the son of Samuel-2.

(8g) Nathaniel Pitcher[edit]

Vital Record of Milton, Mass., p 50

Nathaniel, the son of Andrew and Margaret Pitcher, was bapt. Dorchester, Mass. 18 April 1652, d. Milton, Mass. 12 Jan 1736[/7?] in 85th year (VR:238), and m. Milton 8 July 1685 Mary CLAPP (VR:159), b. Milton 26 April 1667, d. Milton 14 June 1709 (VR:238), daughter of Ezra Clap and Abigail Pond. Children, b. Milton:

  • Nathaniel, Rev., b. 30 Nov 1685 (VR:50), d. Scituate, Mass. 27 Sep 1723, m. Scituate 24 May 1710 Sarah CUSHING.
  • Mary, b. 26 April 1688 (VR:50)
  • Sarah, b. 1 Nov 1693 (VR:50), m. Boston 17 June 1720 George WADSWORTH (note that the Milton marriage record (p 160) gives her name as Hannah Pitcher, but the births of all of the children in Stoughton give the parents as George and Sarah Wadsworth. There was obviously a clerical error in the marriage record.
  • Edward, b. 24 Oct 1697 (VR:50), d. Milton 19 Feb 1697[/8] (VR:238)
  • Susannah, b. 2 Dec 1700 (VR:50)
  • Ezra, b. 31 May 1703 (VR:50), d. Boston, Mass. 26 Feb 1771, m. Scituate, Mass. 13 Aug 1732 Zerviah BOOTH.
  • Mary, b. 4 Nov 1705 (VR:50)

(13g) William Clap[edit]

Mary Lovering Holman: Stevens-Miller Anc (1948):276-280

William Clap was born say 1500, probably in Devonshire, England, d. prob. at Harford, Devon 1555, and m. c. 1522 Alice _______, living 1555. William called himself of Sidbury in the parish of Harford in his will made 20 May and proved 26 July 1555. Children, prob. b. in Sidbury, Devon:

  • Richard, b. say 1528, m. (1) _______ _______; m. (2) Christian _______ (see below).
  • Florence, b. say 1530, m. say 1550 William YBDEN and had two children by 1555.
  • Gyllian, b. say 1533, m. Thomas BADSTONE who was residuary legatee in his father-in-law's will, which is likely why Gyllian's legacy was small.
  • Alice, b. say 1535, m. say 1554 _______ YNGLAND and had a daughter by 1555.
  • Beaton, b. say 1537, named in father's 1555 will.
  • Johanne, b. say 1539, named in father's 1555 will.

(12g) Richard Clap[edit]

Mary Lovering Holman: Stevens-Miller Anc (1948):276-280

Richard, the son of William (and probably Alice) Clap, was born say 1528, probably in Sidbury, Devonshire, England, d. by 1609 when his widow made her will. He m. (1) c. 1551 a wife whose name has not been found, b. say 1531, d. bef. 1568; m. (2) c. 1568 Christian _______, d. Sidbury 1609. No will has been found for Richard, but Christian's will was dated 25 July and proved 12 Aug 1609. Richard is the ancestor of five American presidents: James Garfield, the Bushes, Franklin Roosevelt, and Calvin Coolidge. Children with first wife:

  • child, b. say 1552
  • child, b. say 1554
  • Peter, b. say 1558, d. Sidbury 1622, and m. Thomasine, living 1622. Peter's will was dated 26 March 1622 and proved at Exeter 10 Jan 1622/3. His inventory was exhibited 10 Jan 1622[/3].
  • Robert, b. say 1560, living 1622, may be the one who d. Venn Ottery 10 Sep 1629.
  • Mary, named in 1609 will of Christian
  • William, b. say 1565, m. Johan CHANNON (see below).

Children with second wife, Christian:

  • Nicholas, b. say 1570, d. Venn Ottery, Devonshire 14 March 1631, m. c. 1602 Elizabeth _______, bur. Venn Ottery 24 Mar 1631. They had ten children born from c. 1604 to c. 1620 (see below).
  • Eyde, m. _______ CRUTCHETT and had a daughter Ann by 1609.
  • daughter, d. by 1609, leaving a daughter, Ann Windaham.

(11g) William Clap[edit]

GM 2:79; GMB 1:364-70 (Roger Clap); Clap Mem:iv-ix; Mary Lovering Holman: Stevens-Miller Anc (1948):276-280

William, the son of Richard Clap with his unknown first wife, was born Sidbury, Devonshire, England say 1565, bur. Salcombe Regis, Devon 1 March 1640/1, and m. Sidmouth, Devon 11 Sep 1593 Johan CHANNON, b. say 1572, bur. Salcombe Regis 5 Aug 1629, daughter of Robert and Johan Channon (see below). William made an undated will that was proved at Exeter by Robert Clapp 25 March 1641. Children, born Salcombe Regis, Devon:

  • Jane, b. say 1597, d. Dorchester 2 Aug 1668, m. (1) George WEEKS, d. 27 Oct 1659; m. (2) Jonas HUMPHREY, d. 19 March 1662[/3?]. Jane's will was dated 29:11mo:1666 (29 Jan 1666/7) and proved 19 Nov 1668. Jane lived in New England.
  • William, b. say 1600, d. Salcombe Regis 1636, m. 10 Oct 1633 Dorothy GRAY, prob. daughter of Elezius Gray. William's will was dated 6 Sep 1636 and proved later that year. They had a son William, named in the will.
  • Robert, b. say 1603, living 1641, and had two sons by that year.
  • Edward, b. say 1605, m. (1) Prudence CLAP; m. (2) Susanna COCKERILL (see below).
  • John, b. say 1607, made his will 9 June 1680; settled in Colyton, Devon and had son bapt. 1658
  • Roger, bapt. Salcombe Regis, Devonshire 2 April 1609, d. Boston, Mass. 2 Feb 1690/1, and m. Dorchester 6 Nov 1633 Joanna FORD, , b. say 1615, d. [29?] June 1695, daughter of Thomas Ford. Roger was the youngest of five brothers, two of whom came to New England along with two sisters. In his journal Roger wrote that he arrived at Nantasket 30 May 1630. Roger and Joanna had fourteen children born at Dorchester from 1634 to 1660.
  • Sarah, bapt. 18 Aug 1611, d. Dorchester, Mass. c. 1648, m. c. 1636 her half first cousin, Nicholas CLAP, b. 1612, d. Dorchester 24 Nov 1679, son of Nicholas Clap, who was a half-brother of Sarah's father William. They had four children b. Dorchester 1637 to 1646.

(10g) Edward Clap[edit]

GM 2:76-81; Clap Mem:91-99

Edward, son of William Clap and Johann Channon, was one of many members of this family coming to New England from Devonshire, England. He was from the parish of Salcombe Regis. He was born say 1605, d. Dorchester, Mass 8 Jan 1664/5, and m. (1) c. 1632 his half first cousin, Prudence CLAP, b. say 1612, d. c. 1644, daughther of Nicholas and Elizabeth Clap, Nicholas being a half brother of Edward's father William. Edward m. (2) c. 1645 Susanna COCKERILL, d. Dorchester 16 June 1688, daughter of William Cockerill of Hingham. On 8 May 1635, Edward Clap and family were passengers on the Hopewell, which sailed from Weymouth to New England. Edward and Prudence joined the second church at Dorchester soon after its organization on 23 Aug 1636, and Edward was made freeman of the colony on 7 Dec 1636. Edward held some minor roles in the town government, including selectman for several terms. His will, date 3 Jan 1664/5 was proved 1 Feb 1664/5. Children with first wife, Prudence:

  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1633, d. Dorchester 16 Jan 1693/4 in 61st year, m. c. 1651 James BLAKE.
  • Prudence, b. Dorchester 28 Dec 1637, bapt. 1 Jan 1637/8, and m. Dorchester 13 Feb 1659/60 Simon PECK.
  • Ezra, b. Dorchester, 22 May and bapt. 23 or 24 May 1640, m. (1) c. 1666 Abigail (POND?); m. (2) Dorchester 22 May 1684 Experience HOUGHTON.

Children with second wife, Susanna:

  • Nehemiah, bapt. 10 Oct 1646, d. 2 April 1684, aged "38", m. Hingham (now Mass.) 17 April 1678 Sarah LEAVITT, daughter of John Leavitt of Hingham. On 26 Aug 1682, Nehemiah and Sarah were dismissed from the church at Hingham to join the church at Dorchester. His will was dated 5 March 1683/4. Sarah m. (2) by 1689 Samuel Howe of Sudbury. Nehemiah and Sarah had three children born from 1678 to 1683.
  • Susanna, bapt. 10 Dec 1648, named in her father's 1664/5 will.
  • William, bapt. 6 July 1651; nothing more
  • Joseph, bapt. 13 Aug 1654; nothing more
  • Esther, bapt. 3 Aug 1656, m. 19 June 1684 Samuel STRONG of Northampton (Mass.?). The marriage date is not found in the Dorchester records, but was published in the Clap Memorial. They had a child baptized at Dorchester in 1687/8, so the date appears to be valid.
  • Abigail, b. 27 April 1659, bapt. 1 May, d. Dorchester 8 Jan 1659/60.
  • Joshua, b. 12 May 1661, d. Dorchester 22 May 1662.
  • Jonathan, b. 23 March 1664, d. Dorchester 30 May 1664.

(9g) Ezra Clapp[edit]

GM 2:78; Clapp Mem:97-100[109]

Ezra, the son of Edward and Prudence (Clap) Clap, was b. Dorchester, Mass. 22 May 1640, baptized there on 23 or 24 May following, and d. 23 Jan 1717[/8?], aged 77. He m. (1) c. 1666 Abigail ______, b. say 1646, d. Milton, Mass. 12 Oct 1682, said in most sources, without proof, to be Abigail Pond. Anderson's take on this is that IF her surname is Pond, then she is almost certainly the daughter of William Pond. Ezra m. (2) Dorchester 22 May 1684 Experience HOUGHTON. Ezra's will was dated 11 July 1716, date of probate not given in Clap Memorial. Children with first wife:

  • Mary, b. 26 April 1667, m. Nathaniel PITCHER (see above).
  • Edward, b. Sep 1672. He went to Canada, probably in the 1690 expedition to fight the Indians, and apparently never returned. Provision was made for him in his father's 1716 will, should he return. He served in Capt. John Withington's company, of which 46 members were lost at sea.
  • Ezra, b. 29 Jan 1674, d. 10 April 1691.
  • Abigail, b. 1675, m. ______ KING, and d. by 1716, leaving children.
  • Sarah, b. 20 July 1677, m. John VOSE of Milton.
  • Judith, b. 6 May 1680, m. 27 May 1702 Joseph TUCKER.
  • Elizabeth, b. 1 Oct 1682, d. by 1716, m. 13 March 1700 John RICE, Jr. of Sudbury, son of John and Tabitha Rice. She left children.

Children with second wife, Experience:

  • William, B. July 1685, prob. d. young
  • Jane, b. 12 March 1687[86/7?], d. 17 Feb 1743[/4?], m. 30 Jan 1707[/8?] Ebenezer TUCKER.
  • Nehemiah, b. c. 1689, d. 18 July 1743, m. 16 Aug 1716 Lydia TUCKER of Milton. He was a deacon of the Milton church. His will was dated 23 June 1743. His inventory totaled 3019 pounds. They had eight children born from 1717 to 1734.
  • Mindwell, bapt. Milton 27 Sep 1691; nothing more
  • Ezra, b. 18 March 1693[2/3?], d. 20 Sep 1761, aged 68, and m. 17 Nov 1715 Watstill TUCKER, b. c. 1690, d. 31 July 1763, aged about 73, daughter of Manasseh Tucker of Milton. They were admitted to the church at Milton 28 April 1717, but were dismissed to the church at Middleboro 18 Dec 1726. They had four known children born from 1716 to 1725.
  • Ebenezer, b. Milton 3 Feb 1697[/8?], m. 4 Feb 1719[/20?] Abigail BELCHER. They were in Dorchester by 1726, and in Middleboro by 1730. They had two known children, born in 1721 and 1726.
  • Hester/Esther, b. 10 Feb 1699[/1700?], m. 26 Dec 1720 James ENDICOTT
  • Susanna, b. 7 March 1702[/3?], d. Nov 1734, m. 26 Dec 1723 George SUMNER.

(12g) Robert Channon[edit]

Mary Lovering Holman: Stevens-Miller Anc (1948):279

Robert Channon, b. say 1545, d. by 1616, m. say 1570 Johan _______, b. say 1550, d. c. 1618. Johan was called widow of Sidmouth, Devonshire in her will, dated 19 Nov 1616, with inventory dated 28 Nov 1618, totaling 38 pounds. In her will she made bequests to son William Channon, daughter Elizabeth Slad and her daughter Jane Slad; to daughter Johan Clappe and her daughter Jane; daughter Charity Hardie and her daughter Mary; to William Hardie; to William Clap, son of daughter Johan Clap; to Tobias, son of daughter Catherine Peaten; to Barnard Hoard, son of daughter Mary, deceased; to Marie and Elizabeth, daughters of daughter Mary, deceased; to Jane Clappe, daughter of daughter Johan Clap; to Robert Clappe, son of daughter Johan Clapp; to Nicholas Slad, son of daughter Elizabeth; to Edward, John, and Roger, sons of daughter Johan; to __hn Slad, son of daughter Elizabeth; to William Clappe and my daughter Johan his wife; to Jeremias Maire; to Beaton Slade my god daughter; to Sarah Jennings, daughter of daughter Catherine; to Sarah Clapp daughter of daughter Johan; to Charles, Robert, and Johan, children of son Charles Channon; to Johan Peaton, daughter of daughter Catherine; to Thomasine Slade, daughter of daughter Elizabeth; to Elizabeth Channon, daughter of son William Channon; four daughters Catherine, Johan, Elizabeth, and Charitie; daughter Catherine Peaton as residuary legatee and executrix; wit: Henry Way, Clerk, Will(?) Slade, William Clappe. Inventory by William Clape, John Clape, Nicholas Slade, William Slade. Children in order of appearance in Johan's will, except daughter Johan is placed first:

  • Johan, b. say 1572, m. 1593 William CLAP; daughter Jane, son William, son Robert, sons Edward, John, and Roger, and daughter Sarah are named in Johan's 1616 will.
  • William and his daughter Elizabeth Channon were named in Johan's 1616 will.
  • Elizabeth, m. _______ SLADE; daughter Jane, son Nicholas, son __hn, and daughter Thomasine Slade were named in Johan's 1616 will. A William Slade and a Nicholas Slade both inventoried the 1618 estate of Johan Channon, so either one of them, or neither of them, could have been the husband of Elizabeth.
  • Charity, m. (William?) HARDIE and had daughter Mary named in Johan's 1616 will.
  • Catherine, m. ______ PEATON; her son Tobias, daughter Sarah Jennings, and daughter Johan Peaton were named in Johan Channon's 1616 will. Catherine was executrix and residuary legatee in this will.
  • Mary, m. ______ HOARD; her son Barnard and daughters Marie and Elizabeth were named in the 1616 will of Johan Channon.
  • Charles; children Charles, Robert, and Johan were named in 1616 will of Johan Channon.

(13g) William Clap[edit]

see above

(12g) Richard Clap[edit]

see above

(11g) Nicholas Clap[edit]

Mary Lovering Holman: Stevens-Miller Anc (1948):278

Nicholas, the son of Richard and Christian Clap, was born say 1570, d. Venn Ottery, Devonshire, England 14 March 1631[/2?], and m. c. 1603 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1583, bur. Venn Ottery 24 March 1631[/2?]. They had moved from Sidbury to Venn Ottery, probably not long before his death. Children, b. Sidbury, Devon:

  • Richard, b. c. 1604, lived in Venn Ottery
  • Prudence, b. c. 1606, d. by 1659, m. her half first cousin, Edward CLAPP, son of William Clap (see above).
  • Jane, b. c. 1608, prob. m. Hercules SEARLE.
  • Thomas, b. 1609 (aged about 69 in 1678), d. Scituate, Mass. 20 April 1684, m. (1) wife's name unknown; m. (2) Abigail (WRIGHT) Sharpe.
  • daughter, m. Francis PYLE.
  • Nicholas, b. 1612 (aged 52 in 1664), d. Dorchester 24 Nov 1679, aged 67, m. his half first cousin, Sarah CLAP, daughter of William Clap and Johann Channon (William Clap was the half-brother of the father of Nicholas who was Nicholas Sr.)
  • Barbara, b. c. 1614, d. 15 April 1655, m. (1) Joseph WELD; m. (2) Anthony Stoddard. She went to New England.
  • Radigone, b. c. 1616, apt. Sidbury 7 May [year torn off], d. 10 Dec 1645; m. Dorchester 20 Oct 1637 John CAPEN, son of Barnard Capen and Joan Purchase.
  • John, b. c. 1618, d. 1655 without issue, m. Joan _____ who m. (2) John Ellis of Dedham. John left a will.
  • Ambrose, b. c. 1620, remained in England.

(11g) Robert Pond (?)[edit]

This material comes from a website

Robert Pond was born say 1585, d. c 1637, and m. Mary _______ who m. (2) Edward Shepard. Robert's inventory was supposedly dated 27 Dec 1637, but he is not included in Anderson's Great Migration Directory (2015). Administration of his estate wasn't granted until 10 May 1648 to widow Mary and a William Pond, assumed to be his son. In an undated church record, widow Mary was dismissed from the church at Dorchester and admitted to the Cambridge church as the wife of Edward Shepard. On 24 Feb 1650/1, Edward Shepard of Cambridge deeded land at Dorchester to John Blackman of Dorchester "lately belonging to robert Pond, father-in-law to the said John, deceased." Mary was living when named in the will of Edward Shepard dated 1 Oct 1674 (proved 20 June 1680). Children, likely few with proved relationships:

  • Samuel, b. c. 1616, d. Windsor, CT 14 March 1654
  • William, b. c. 1618, d. Dorchester 4 April 1690, m. Mary DYER (see below).
  • Robert, b. c. 1621, d. Milton, Mass. 1662; inv dated 24 Dec 1662
  • Daniel, b. c. 1625, d. Dedham 4 Feb 1697/8
  • Jonathan, b. c. 1628, d. 1657 at sea; administrtion dated 19 Nov 1657.
  • Mary, b. c. 1630
  • Sarah, b. c. 1632

(10g) William Pond (?)[edit]

This material comes from a website; the book "Descendants of Thomas Farr of Hapswell, Maine..." has much of the material, but appears a bit outdated

William, the son of Robert and Mary Pond, was born say 1618, d. Dorchester, Mass. 4 April 1690, may have m. (1) c. 1640 a wife whose name has not been found, and m. (2) c. 1646 Mary DYER, b. say 1626, d. Dorchester 16 Feb 1710/1, daughter of George Dyer and possibly his wife Abigail. William was a housewright. Administration of his estate took place on 16 June 1690; inventory taken 25 April 1690. Children, all born or baptized at Dorchester:

Likely with unknown first wife:

  • Sarah, bapt. 6 Feb 1641/2, d. young.

Likely with wife Mary Dyer:

  • Abigail, bapt. 19 March 1646/7, d. Milton, Mass. 12 Oct 1682, m. Ezra CLAPP (see above).
  • Sarah, bapt. 4 Dec 1653, d. Dorchester 4 Jan 1715/6, aged 63, m. Dorchester 21 Oct 1679 (VR) Desire CLAPP, b. Dorchester 17 Oct 1652, d. Boston 12 Dec 1717, son of Roger Clapp and Joanna Ford. They had ten children born from 1680 to 1698. Sarah is buried in the Old Dorchester Cemetery, and Desire in the Kings Chapel Graveyard in Boston.
  • Samuel, bapt. 16 March 1655/6, d. Dorchester 2 Oct 1657 (VR).
  • Elizabeth (twin), b. 17 Feb 1657/8 (VR), d. Dorchester 26 Feb 1657/8 (VR)
  • Martha (twin), b. 17 Feb 1657/8 (VR), d. Dorchester 2 March 1657/8 (VR)
  • Judith, b. 16 Oct 1659 (VR), d. Dorchester 27 July 1690
  • Thankful, b. 15 Jan, bapt. 19 Jan, 1661/2 (VR), d. Dorchester 25 Dec 1711, m. Dorchester 17 Nov 1682 (VR) Philip WITHINGTON. Thankful is buried in the Old Dorchester Cemetery.
  • Experience, bapt. 3 Jan 1663/4
  • George, b. 20 Jan 1665/6 (VR)
  • Mindwell, b. 24 Aug 1667 (VR)
  • Mary, bapt. 19 July 1668

(11g) George Dyer (?)[edit]

GMB 1:603-6

George Dyer was born say 1590 and d. Dorchester, Mass. 18 June 1672 "being the 93rd year of his age." Anderson considers this age to be significantly inflated, and thus a birth year closer to 1590 is given, rather than one close to 1580. George had a wife, being the Abigail Dyer admitted to the Dorchester church in 1636 at the same time he was admitted. No other record of any wife for George has been found. George was likely a weaver, as he bequeathed looms to James White, and was in New England by 19 Oct 1630 when he requested freemanship, which was granted 18 May 1631. It is highly probable that he was a passenger aboard the Mary & John because (1) he was from the west country; (2) he appears in New England in 1630; and (3) his first residence in New England was Dorchester. In 1634, Rev. John White of Dorchester, Dorset, England prepared a list of associates with him in the fishing trade from 1623 to 1628, and toward the end of the list is "George Dier, living in New England." From this it appears probable that George had come from Dorset, or if not, then from Devon or Somerset. George served on many committees and held many minor offices in Dorchester, Mass., including that of selectman. His will was dated 31 Dec 1671 and proved 2 Aug 1672, naming his two daughters, but no wife, with the husbands of the two daughters as executors. His inventory was taken 29 June 1672, totaling 425 pounds of which 370 was real estate. Children, birth order assumed to be the order in which they appear in their father's will:

  • Elizabeth, b. say 1624, m. c. 1645 William TRESCOTT; they had a child born in Nov 1646.
  • Mary, b. say 1626, m. c. 1646 William POND (see above). NOTE: Anderson gives the birth year of Mary as "say 1636" based on eldest child Samuel dying in 1657 (as a youngster). However, there are as many as three Pond children who were baptized in Dorchester from 1641/2 to 1653 for whom the parents names were not given. Some researchers consider these children to belong to William and Mary Pond. However, if the oldest of these children was born in 1641/2, that would make Mary's marriage about 1641, and birth about 1621. This would almost certainly cause her to be the older of the two daughters, which goes against the order they appear in their father's will. Therefore, I am excluding the first Sarah, bapt. 1641/2, as a child of William and Mary, and making Abigail the eldest child (she was bapt. March 1646/7). The first Sarah, bapt. 1641/2, may have been the daughter of William with an unknown first wife.

(9g) Richard Baker[edit]

NEHGR 43(1889):279-82; 75(1922):143 (Withington)

Richard Baker was born say 1610, d. 25 Oct 1689, and m. c. 1639 Faith WITHINGTON, bapt. Leigh, Lancashire, England 13 Oct 1616, d. Dorchester, Mass. 3 Feb 1688/9, daughter of Henry Withington and first wife Anne Leech. Though the cited article says he arrived in 1635 aboard the ship Bachelor, Anderson, in his Great Migration Directory (2015) refutes this and gives his arrival as 1639, when on 4 November he was admitted to the Dorchester church. He became a freeman of the colony on 18 May 1642. He was active in town affairs most of his adult life, but only served one term as Dorchester selectman. His inventory totaled 1315 pounds. Children:

  • Mary, bapt. 14 Feb 1641[/2?], d. 27 Aug 1714, m. 1664 Samuel ROBINSON, bapt. 14 June 1640, d. 16 Sep 1718, son of William Robinson.
  • John, bapt. 30 April 1643, m. Preserved TROTT (see below).
  • Sarah, bapt. 22 June 1645, d. 13 Oct 1688, m. 22 Feb 1664/5 James WHITE, son of Edward White.
  • Thankful, bapt. 19 March 1646/7, m. William GRIGGS.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 27 Oct 1650, d. young
  • James, bapt. 30 April 1654, d. 30 March 1721, unmarried. He received the homestead estate of his father.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 20 July 1656, m. William PRATT of Weymouth. They had a daughter b. Weymouth 14 Oct 1683. They went to South Carolina as missionaries in 1695.
  • Hannah, b. 9 Jan 1662[/3?], d. 18 Sep 1690, m. 5 May 1685 John WISWALL, son of Enoch Wiswell.

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

NEHGR 43(1889):282-3; Cutter 1:204

John, the son of Richard Baker and Faith Withington, was bapt. Dorchester, Mass. 30 April 1643, d. 26 Aug 1690, and m. 11 July 1667 Preserved TROTT, b. 1646, d. 25 Nov 1711, daughter of Thomas Trott and Sarah Proctor. Children, probably all b. Dorchester, Mass:

  • Sarah, b. 12 Aug 1668, m. 1 Jan 1690[/1?] Oliver WISWALL.
  • Mary, b. 10 Nov 1670, d. 26 Jan 1670/1.
  • John, b. 25 Nov 1671, m. Hannah WITHINGTON (see below).
  • James, b. 4 Aug 1674, d. 24 Aug 1734, m. Judith "Judah" MAXFIELD, d. 21 Dec 1757. They had four known children born from 1708 to 1723.
  • Mary, b. 24 Aug 1676, d. 15 Feb 1716[/7?], m. 23 May 1696 John MINOT.
  • Thankful, b. 13 April 1679, d. 6 Dec 1761, m. 4 Aug 1702 Hopestill CAPEN.
  • Hannah, b. 22 July 1682, d. 9 Aug 1683.
  • Elizabeth "Betsey", b. 18 July 1684, d. unmarried.
  • Hannah, b. 11 July 1687, d. 12 Nov 1690.
  • Abijah, b. Dorchester 25 Feb 1690[/1?], d. 31 Dec 1761, m. Hannah LYON, d. 16 Sep 1776. About 1717 they moved to Medfield. They had eight children born from 1712 to 1730.

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

NEHGR 43(1889):283-5 [110]; Cutter 1:204; NEHGR 75(1921):146 (Withington)

John, the son of John Baker and Preserved Trott, was born Dorchester, Mass. 25 Nov 1671, d. Dorchester 9 Oct 1746, and m. 16 May 1708 Hannah WITHINGTON, b. Dorchester 19 Dec 1686, d. Dorchester 30 April 1768, the daughter of John Withington and Elizabeth Preston. Their dwelling house was located on the "Great Country Road", later Washington Street in Dorchester. The house was standing as late as 1889. John and Hannah are buried in the Dorchester North Burying Ground, now a part of Boston, Mass., but their grave markers may not have survived. Children, all b. Dorchester, Mass.: [111]

  • Hannah, b. 10 May (9 June, per withington article) 1709, d. Stoughton 4 Feb 1790, m. Dorchester 29 Dec 1730 Benjamin CLAP, b. Dorchester 17 Oct 1707, d. Stoughton 10 Oct 1793, the son of Samuel Clapp and Mary Paul. Benjamin was given the title of Lieutenant on his grave marker. He and Hannah both have surviving grave markers in the Pearl Street Cemetery in Stoughton. They had five children born 1732/3 to 1740. [112]
  • John, b. 15 April 1711, d. young
  • James, b. 24 May 1713, d. Dorchester 18 Nov 1776, m. Dorchester 14 Dec 1738 Priscilla PAUL, b. Dorchester 17 May 1718, d. Dorchester 26 Nov 1750, aged 32, daughter of Ebenezer Paul and Hannah Atherton. James and Priscilla are both buried in the Dorchester North Burial Ground, now in Boston, Mass., but their markers may not have survived. They had four children, born 1739 to 1750. [113]
  • John, b. 28 Jan (June, per Withington article) 1715, d. Dorchester 11 Nov 1798, m. (1) Dorchester 7 Feb 1738 Sarah WISWALL, b. Dorchester 29 July 1718, d. Dorchester 4 April 1788, aged 69, daughter of Thomas Wiswall and Elizabeth Jones. He m. (2) Dorchester 2 Feb 1790 Jane WHEELER. John and Sarah are buried in the Dorchester North Burial Ground. John and Sarah had only three known children, born 1740 to 1744. [114]
  • Thomas, b. 3 or 30 May 1717, d. 28 or 29 Dec 1745 in his 29th year, m. Dorchester 26 July 1739 Ann MATTOCK or MATTOX who d. 5 Oct 1758 according to the short Baker genealogy published in the NEHGR. Ann may be the daughter of Samuel Mattock and Admonition Tooker, b. Boxton 12 April 1721. Thomas died at a very young age from a disease that he caught from his brother George, following the latter's return from a military operation at Cape Breton (Nova Scotia). Thomas is buried in the Dorchester North Burial Ground, but it is not known whether his tombstone has survived. Thomas and Ann had three children, born 1739 to 1744. [115]
  • Elijah, b. 14 May 1720, m. Hannah PUFFER.
  • George, b. 13 Aug 1724, d. Dorchester 4 March 1810, m. (1) Dorchester 23 Feb 1747 Ruth WILLIAMS, b. 1717, d. Dorchester 30 June 1751, in her 35th year. He and Ruth had one child, George Jr., b. 1748. He m. (2) 11 April 1753 Mary (WISWALL) Jones, b. 1722, d. Dorchester 9 Dec 1776, aged 54, and together they had four children born 1754 to 1760. He m. (3) 2 Oct 1777 Susan VILES, who d. 26 Sep 1810. She may have been the daughter of Joseph Viles and Sarah Wales, b. Boston 20 March 1729. George enlisted in the Cape Breton expedition, sailing from Boston on 24 March 1745. He was ill when he returned, with "ship fever." His brother Thomas contracted the illness, and soon died from it. George and his first two wives are known to be buried in the Dorchester North Burying Ground, but it is not known if their grave markers have survived. [116]

(6g) Elijah Baker[edit]

NEHGR 43(1889):284-5

Elijah Baker, the son of John Baker and Hannah Withington of Dorchester, Mass., was born in Dorchester 14 May 1720, d. Sharon, Mass. 8 Nov 1802, "in 83rd year" and m. Stoughton, MA 29 Nov 1744 Hannah PUFFER, b. Stoughton 15 Oct 1726, d. Sharon 6 Apr 1806, "in 80th year", the daughter of Lt. John Puffer and Abigail Vose. Elijah was a fairly old man when he served as a private in Capt James Endicott's company, Col William McIntosh's regiment during the Rev. War. He enlisted on 20 Mar 1778 and was discharged 5 April, 18 days of service; marched to Roxbury; roll dated Stoughton 12 Mar 1782. He has not been found on the 1790 census, but he appears in Sharon in 1800 with wife and what appears to be a younger couple with two small boys. [117] [118] Children, all born in Stoughton, but births and baptisms recorded in Sharon: [119]

  • Hannah, b. 25 Dec 1745, baptized 2 Feb 1756, d. 5 Feb 1803, m. 22 Apr 1763 Nathaniel FISHER. They are buried Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Mass. [120]
  • Sarah, b. 16 Dec 1747, baptized 27 Dec 1747.
  • Thomas, b. Stoughton, MA 28 Sep 1749, baptized 15 Oct 1749, d. Milton, MA 28 Dec 1796, m. Sharon, MA 14 Jan 1772 Elizabeth CONEY, b. 3 Feb 1751, the daughter of Nathaniel Coney and Sarah Morse. [121]
  • Abigail, b. 21 May 1751, baptized 26 May 1751, d. Milton, MA 18 June 1827, m. Milton 9 Aug 1774 John Box BRONSDON, b. Boston 21 May 1751, d. Milton 22 Feb 1823, the son of Bant Bronsdon (1721-1774) and Elizabeth Box (1734-1790). John was a solider of the Revolutionary War, first serving as a private in Captain John Bradley's (Milton) company in Colonel Robinson's regiment, and then also having subsequent service. He appears on the 1820 federal census for Milton, Mass, as a male 45+ with a female 45+ and two younger males. Abigail and John are buried in the old section of the Milton Cemetery, as is their son Benjamin and his wife, but no grave markers were found for any of them where other members of the Bronsdon family are buried. [122] [123]
  • Elijah, b. Stoughton, MA 12 April 1753, , baptized 20 May 1753, d. Stockbridge, VT 16 Oct 1837, m. Sharon, MA 24 Feb 1779 Olive ROGERS, b. c. 1757, d. Stockbridge, VT 30 July 1826, daughter of William Rogers and Abigail-5 Shepard (John-4, Jacob-3, Thomas-2, Ralph-1). Elijah, Jr. was a Revolutionary War soldier, serving as a private in Capt Edward Bridge Savel's (1st) company, Col. Robinson's regiment, that marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775; seven days service. He also served several more times later. Elijah, called Elijah Jr., is found on the 1800 census in Sharon, Mass. with large family, and in the 1820 census in Stockbridge, Windsor Co., VT, being the one male 45 and over, with only his presumed wife, the female 45 and over. I do not find him on the 1830 census, likely because he is living with a daughter or another family. [124]
  • Mary, b. Stoughton 26 Dec 1754, baptized 13 Jan 1755, d. Canton 26 Feb 1839, m. Stoughton 21 Nov 1775 Joseph BELCHER, b. Stoughtoo 13 May 1749, d. Farmington, Franklin Co., ME 27 May 1814, son of Clifford Belcher and Mehitable Bird. .Joseph was a private in Capt. Peter Talbot's Co., Col Samuel Robin's Regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775: service 3 days. Also Capt. Simon Leach's Co., Col. Benj. Giles' Reg. marched to fortify Dorchester Heights, March 4, 1776. Service 5 days. Also Capt Theophilus Crane's Co., Col. Giles's Regt.marched from Stoughton and Braintree March 22, 1776. Service 2 days. Also Capt. Robert Lewis's Co., Col. Giles' Regt., marched to Squantum (the Moore) June 3, 1776 when the British Fleet had left Boston Harbor, service 3 days. Also Capt. Theophilus Wilder's Co., Dikes Regt. return of men in service from Dec 1776 to March 1777. The following was written by one of Joseph's grandsons, "I wanted to join the Sons of the Revolution, and I wanted very much to get it under the records of my good old grandpa Belcher. You never saw him and so did not know of his kindness, his love for the family and all those about him. To know him personally was to know perhaps the most popular man in Scott's woods, a fine singer and handsome man, and the most honorable man I ever knew." (This is extracted from a letter from Cephas Belcher Hunt to Mrs. M. Eleanor Clark, dated Oklahoma City, May 3, 1913. Joseph and his wife Mary Baker had 10 children. They both have grave markers in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton. [125]
  • Susanna, baptized 13 Mar 1757, d. before 1840, m. Sharon, MA 24 July 1796 Oliver SHEPARD, b. Stoughton 16 Oct 1768, d. Canton 19 Jan 1854, the son of Jacob-5 Shepard (Thomas-4, Ralph-3, Thomas-2, Ralph-1) and Bathsheba Puffer. Oliver appears on the 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses for Canton, Mass. He has an apparent wife his age in 1830 (aged 60-69), but also an older man, aged 80-89, and several younger people. In 1840 he is living in Canton, alone, aged 70-79. [126]
  • Mehitabel, baptized 8 March 1759, m. Foxboro, MA 6 Dec 1784 Neil McCOY, b. Scotland c. 1760, d. Utica, NY c. 1827. Neil was a soldier of the Revolution. [127]
  • Anna, baptized 15 August 1762. She may be the child of E. Baker who was buried 15 October 1764. The Mary Baker, daughter of Elijah, that was baptized on the same date as Anna was likely a clerical error, as Mary had been baptized seven years earlier.
  • John, b. Stoughton 7 March 1765, d. Sharon 22 May 1834, aged 69, m. in Canton (per Sharon VR) 15 Dec 1796 Abigail BLAKE, b. 1770, d. 15 May 1840, aged 70. John is buried in Sharon ("GR" per vital record of Sharon), and has been placed in the West Cemetery in find-a-grave. [128]
  • James, b. 21 April 1768, baptized 27 May 1768, m. Martha BIRD? The James Baker who married Martha Bird was called James Baker III, married her in Dorchester, and died in Dorchester in 1820. It seems improbable that this was the son of Elijah.
  • Bathsheba, baptized 22 Apr 1770, d. Lincoln, ME 21 Feb 1850, m. Sharon, MA 1 Oct 1789 Nehemiah Bradford SAMPSON, b. Plympton, Mass. 17 July 1764, d. Rochester, Strafford, NH 26 April 1818, the son of Jonathan Sampson and Deborah Bradford. The family appears in the 1790 census in Stoughton, Mass. under the name Nehe Sampson. In 1810 they are in Knox, Hancock Co., Maine, listed under the name Nehemiah Samson, with ten total people. Bathsheba and Nehemiah had at least seven children.

(10g) Henry Withington[edit]

see below

(9g) Thomas Trott[edit]

Thomas Trott was b. c. 1614, d. Dorchester, Mass. 28 Aug 1696, aged 82, and m. c. 1645 Sarah PROCTOR, b. say 1627, d. Dorchester 27 May 1712, daughter of George and Edith Proctor. Thomas was in New England by 29 May 1644 when living at Dorchester and made a freeman of the colony. On 15 Sep 1648 he bought of Christopher Gibson of Boston a dwelling house at Dorchester with an outhouse and three acres of planting ground. His will, dated 11 Aug 1694, was probated 10 Sep 1696 at Dorchester, naming children of his deceased son Thomas, wife, sons John, James, and Samuel, and daughters Preserved Baker, Sarah Capen, and Thankful Kingsley. Thomas has an extant gravestone in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. Children: [129]

  • Preserved, bapt. 19 Jan 1645/6, m. John BAKER (see above).
  • Thomas, b. say 1650, d. 13 Jan 1693/4, m. (1) _____ _____; m. (2) Ann _______.
  • Sarah, bapt. 12 Jan 1653/4 (but a birth record says born 26:11:1653, which is 26 Jan 1653/4), m. Bernard CAPEN. She was named in her father's 1694 will.
  • Mary, b. 26 Nov 1656, likely d. young, as neither she nor any of her offspring are mentioned in her father's will of 1694.
  • Samuel, b. 27:6mo:1660 (27 Aug 1660), named in father's 1694 will.
  • John, b. 24:9mo:1664 (24 Nov 1664), named in father's 1694 will.
  • Thankful, bapt. 5 Dec 1667, m. _______ KINGSLEY, named in father's 1694 will.
  • James, b. 2 June 1671, named in father's 1694 will.

(10g) George Proctor[edit]

GM 5:536-40

George Proctor, the son of Christopher Mathew alias Proctor of Stoke St. Mary, Somerset, England, was born say 1601, d. Dorchester, Mass. 29 Jan 1661/2, and m. c. 1626 Edith _______, b. say 1606, and who was living on 25 June 1668. On 24 April 1632, George Mathew alias Proctor, of Pitminster, Somerset, England was presented at the court of the Diocese of Bath and Wells "for not frequenting his parish church in the afternoon upon Sabbath days in evening prayer time." On 8 May 1632 his wife Edith was presented for the same. George and family were in New England by 1634, based on his being given a grant of land at Dorchester, Mass. on 10 Feb 1634/5. It is quite possible that he was the "George P____" who sailed to New England aboard the Recovery in 1634, but after 14 April 1634 when his daughter was baptized at Pitminster. George was admitted a freeman of the colony on 17 May 1637, implying he was already a member of the Dorchester church. About 4 Nov 1639 he and a woman (presumably his wife) were admitted to the second church at Dorchester. George held a few minor offices in Dorchester. His will was dated 27 Jan 1661/2 and proved 26 Feb following. In it he names his children, but his daughters were not given surnames. His inventory, taken 14 Feb 1661/2 totaled 458 pounds. On 25 June 1668 "Edeth Procter, widow, & Samuell Procter, cooper, both of Boston" sold house and orchard in Dorchester to David Jones of Dorchester. Children:

  • Sarah, b. c. 1627, m. Thomas TROTT (see above).
  • Mary, bapt. Pitminster, Somerset 25 Dec 1629, married, and was named, without a surname in her father's 1661/2 will.
  • Thomas, bapt. Pitminster 11 March 1631/2, d. Dorchester, Mass. 16 Dec 1637.
  • Hannah, bapt. Pitminster 14 April 1634, m. Boston 3 March 1653[/4?] John LOWELL.
  • Abigail, b. Dorchester, Mass. 24 Aug 1637, m. Boston 8 March 1660[/1?] Joseph LOWELL.
  • Samuel, b. Dorchester 8 Nov and bapt. there 26 Nov 1640, m. c. 1670 Mary _______ (child born Dec 1671).

(11g) George Withington[edit]

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The father of Henry Withington appears to be George Withington, b. say 1558, m. Leigh, Lancashire, England 8 July 1583 Margaret Pinnington, b. say 1563. Children:

  • Marie, b. (bapt.?) Leigh 29 Nov 1584
  • Nicholas, b. (bapt.?) Leigh 14 Feb 1586[/7?], m. 26 Feb 1608[/9?] Alice Astley
  • Henry, bapt. Leigh 22 Feb 1589/90, m. (1) Sep 1615 Anne Leech; m. (2) 30 Sep 1622 Elizabeth Smith; m. (3) 25 June 1662 Margery Turner

(10g) Henry Withington[edit]

NEHGR 75(1921):142-5; 16(1862):52-4 (will & inv)

Henry, the son of George and Margaret Withington, was bapt. Leigh, Lancashire, England 22 Feb 1589/90, d. Dorchester, Mass. 2 Feb 1666/7, and m. (1) Leigh Sep 1615 Anne LEECH, bur. Leigh 26 Sep 1621, daughter of Richard Leech and Anne Yate; m. (2) Leigh 30 Sep 1622 Elizabeth SMITH, d. Dorchester, Mass. 16 Feb 1660, sister of Thomas Smith, a merchant of London; m. (3) Dorchester June 1662 Margery (TURNER) Paul, d. Dorchester 20 May 1676, widow of Richard Paul of Taunton. Henry came to New England with his second wife and four children, arriving 16 Aug 1635, perhaps with Rev. Richard Mather on the James. Henry signed the covenant founding the Dorchester church, and was the first ruling elder of the church, holding that position for 29 years, until his death. He was a Dorchester selectman, a blacksmith by trade, and an original shareholder in the Mill River iron works at Taunton, which carried his name. The Rev. Richard Mather called Henry his "Beloved Friend" and made him overseer of his will in 1664. Rev. Samuel Danforth called Henry "A man that excelled in wisdom, meekness and goodness." His will was dated 8:11mo:1664 (8 Jan 1664/5), and proved by Enoch Wiswell and Samuel Paule on 15 Feb 1666[/7]; and his inventory taken 6 March 1666/7 totaled 850 pounds. Children with first wife, baptized at Leigh:

  • Faith, bapt. 13 Oct 1616, m. Richard BAKER (see above).
  • Richard, bapt. 3 May 1618, m. Elizabeth ELIOT (see below).

Children with second wife, prob. b. London, England:

  • Mary, b. c. 1623, d. Cambridge, Mass. 26 March 1697, m. 23 Feb 1643/4 Thomas DANFORTH, b. Framlingham, Suffolk, England 20 Nov 1623, d. Cambridge 5 Nov 1699, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Danforth. Thomas was a Cambridge rep. to the General Court, an Assistant, and Deputy Governor of the Mass. Bay Colony from 1679 to 1686, at which time he was also President of the Provine of Maine. He was later Associate Justice of Province of Mass. Bay, and he strongly opposed the Salem witch trials. Mary and Thomas had twelve children born from 1645 to 1667.
  • Anne, b. c. 1625, d. Huntington, Long Island 1700, m. c. 1647 James BATES, bapt. Lydd, Kent, England 19 Dec 1621, d. prob. at Huntington 1692, son of James Bates and Alice Glover. They move from (Dorchester?) to Haddam, CT, and then to Huntington. They had nine children, b/bapt from 1648 to 1666.

(9g) Richard Withington[edit]

NEHGR 75(1921):143-9

Richard, the son of Henry Withington and Anne Leech, was bapt. Leigh, Lancashire (county Lancaster), England 3 May 1618, d. Dorchester, Mass. 22 Dec 1701, and m. c. 1648 Elizabeth ELIOT, bapt. Nazing, Essex, England 8 April 1627, d. Dorchester 18 April 1714, dauther of Philip Eliot and Elizabeth Sybthorpe, and niece of Rev. John Eliot, Appostle to the Indians. Richard was admitted a freeman 13 May 1640, elected a member of Anciet and Honorable Artillery Company, and was deacon of the Dorchester church. He served several times as a Dorchester selectman. Children, b. Dorchester:

  • John, b. 1 July 1649, m. Elizabeth PRESTON (see below).
  • Ebenezer, b. 7 Sep 1651, d. Dorchester 11 Feb 1728/9, m. (1) Mary _______, d. 10 Jan 1690/1; m. (2) Dorchester 2 Feb 1692/3 Mary ROYAL, b. Dorchester 8 Sep 1670, d. there 31 Dec 1746, daughter of Isaac Royal and Ruth Tolman. He was a Dorchester selectman in 1685 and a freeman on 18 April 1690. Only known child with second wife: Ebenezer, b. 22 Dec 1693, d. 10 Jan 1693/4. Ebenezer and second wife have extant gravestones in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. [130]
  • Henry, b. 2 Oct 1653, d. Dorchester 2 Feb 1687/8, m. there 29 May 1684 Sarah LEADBETTER, b. Dorchester 20 Jan 1659, d. there 18 Dec 1696, daughter of Henry Leadbetter and Sarah Tolman. She m. (2) Dorchester 2 Feb 1692/3 Ebenezer Holmes, b. 1669, d. 1 Feb 1746, son of Nathaniel Holmes and Patience Topliffe. He was a member of Capt Johnson's military company in 1675 and made a freeman 10 Oct 1677. Henry had three children b. Dorchester 1685 to 1688, the last one posthumously.
  • Ann, b. 24 Aug 1656, d. Dorchester 21 Sep 1723, m. Dorchester 13 Nov 1679, as his second wife, James BIRD, b. Feb 1644, d. Dorchester 1 Sep 1725, son of Thomas and Anne Bird. They had six children born from 1680 to 1692/3.
  • Philip, b. 26 March 1659, d. Dorchester 27 Dec 1736, m. (1) Dorchester 17 Nov 1682 Thankful POND, b. Dorchester 15 Jan 1661/2, d. there 23 Dec 1711, daughter of William Pond and Mary Dyer; m. (2) Sarah _______, b. c. 1670, d. Dorchester 18 April 1746 in her 76th year. Philip had eleven children with his first wife, born from 1683 to c. 1707. Philip and both wives have extant gravestones in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. [131]
  • Constant (or Constance), b. 16 Nov 1661, d. prob. at Falmouth, Maine c. 1720, m. Richard BROADRIDGE of Falmouth.
  • Elizabeth, b. 16 April 1666, d. Dorchester 12 Aug 1700, m. there 1691 Jonatham HALL, b. Dorchester 8 April 1659, d. there 29 Dec 1718, son of Lt. Richard Hall and Elizabeth Collier. He m. 92) 4 April 1701 Elizabeth Clap, b. 29 Feb 1675/6, d. 5 Oct 1752, daughter of Hopestill Clap. Elizabeth had four children born from 1692 to 1699.
  • Joseph, b. 15 June 1668, d. Dorchester 3 Aug 1698, m. Boston 29 Mar 1693 Deliverance LEADBETTER, b. Dorchester 9 April 1667, d. Milton 16 Nov 1747, daughter of Henry Leadbetter and Sarah Tolman. She m. (2) Milton 20 Dec 1703 John Trott. Joseph was a Dorchester selectman in 1696. He had four children born from 1693/4 to 1698, the last one posthumously.

(8g) John Withington[edit]

NEHGR 75(1921):145-6,149-150

John, the son of Richard Withington and Elizabeth Eliot, was b. Dorchester, Mass. 1 July 1649, d. 1690, and m. c. 1672 Eliabeth PRESTON, b. c. 1653, d. Dorchester 19 Nov 1722, in 70th year, daughter of Daniel and Mary Preston. She m. (2) 13 Feb 1695/6, as his second wife, James White, b. Dorchester 1 Jan 1637, d. there 11 Nov 1713, son of Edward White. James had m. (1) Sarah Baker, daughter of Richard Baker and Faith Withington. John was made freeman on 7 May 1673 and served as a Dorhester selectman for three years. He was the captain of a military company under Sir William Phips going against Quebec, but drowned with 46 others of the Dorchester military company while enroute. Elizabeth and her second husband, James White, both have extant gravestones in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. Children, b. Dorchester: [132]

  • Mary, b. 2 Dec 1673, d. 15 Sep 1676
  • Elizabeth, b. 5 Aug 1676, d. Dorchester 24 Dec 1765, m. c. 1700 Humphrey ATHERTON, b. Dorhester 26 Jan 1672/3, d. Stoughton, Mass. 2 Feb 1748, son of Consider and Annable Atherton. They had five children born from 1701 to 1716/7. Elizabeth and Humphrey have extant gravestones in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. [133]
  • Mary, b. 10 March 1678/9, d. 1 Oct 1679.
  • Richard, b. 1 Aug 1680, d. Dorchester 18 March 1748, m. Boston 15 May 1707 Sarah ATHERTON, b. Dorchester 8 May 1683, d. there 14 March 1762, daughter of Consider and Annable Atherton. They had five children born at Dorchester from 1707 to 1723/4. Richard and Sarah both have extant gravestones in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. [134]
  • Silence (twin), b. 15 Jan 1682[/3?], d. 29 Jan 1682/3
  • Submit (twin), b. 15 Jan 1682[/3?], d. 3 Feb 1682/3
  • Samuel, b. 4 May 1684, d. 15 Dec 1726, m. Dorchester 11 July 1715 Abigail PIERCE, b. Dorchester 20 Aug 1694, d. there 23 May 1761, daughter of John Pierce and Abigail Thompson. She m. (2) 21 Oct 1729 Joseph Weeks, b. 19 Oct 1701, d. 22 May 1751, son of Joseph Weeks and Sarah Sumner. Samuel had two known children born 1720 and 1726, the latter stillborn. Samuel has an extant gravestone in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. [135]
  • Hannah, b. 19 Dec 1686, d. Dorchester 30 April 1768, m. 16 May 1708 John BAKER (see above).
  • Susannah, b. 18 Feb 1689/90, d. 14 Oct 1762, m. Dorchester 11 Aug 1708 Preserved CAPEN, b. 10 April 1686, d. 18 Oct 1757, son of Preserved Capen and Mary Payson. They had ten children born from 1710 to 1729. Susannah and Preserved both have extant gravestones in the Pearl Street Cemetery in Stoughton, Mass. [136]

(14g) William Eliot[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):250-9; 162(2008):65-7

William Eliot was born say 1450, d. by 1529, and m. (1) _______ _______; m. (2) Elizabeth WILSON, daughter of Thomas Wilson and Margaret Songer of Cottered, Hertfordshire. After William's death, Elizabeth m. Thomas Green of Stanford River, Essex. Children with first wife:

  • Thomas, b. say 1480, m. ______ ______ (see below).
  • George, b. say 1483, d. Sep 1551, m. Eleanor _______, bur. St. Mary le Bow, London 18 Nov 1540. George was a mercer in London, but from the parish of Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire. The brass burial plaque for George in St. Michael's Church in Bishops Stortford reads that he died 6 Sep 1551, but his final will was dated 8 Sep 1551, so likely the plaque date is in error. His original will was dated 15 Jan 1548, with final will regarding his lands made 8 Sep 1551; will proved 29 Jan 1554. George and Eleanor had three known children born in the 1520 to 1540 timeframe.
  • John, Senior, b. say 1485, d. 20 Oct 1557, m. (1) ______ ______, d. c. 1521-22; m. (2) say 1524 Margaret SHEPEY, b. say 1505. They lived at Bishops Stortford, his place of residence in his will, dated 22 Oct 1557, with no probate date found. John had two known children with first wife, born round 1520, and eight known children with second wife born say 1525 to say 1542.
  • Robert, b. say 1488, bur. Hunsdon, Hertfordshire 10 March 1551/2, and m. Elizabeth _______, bur. Hunsdon 11 May 1568. It is not known if Elizabeth was the mother of his children. Robert was a Hunsdon tenant as early as 1532. They had three known children born from say 1520 to 1525.
  • John, Junior, or "the younger", b. say 1495, bur. Widford 2 March 1569/70, m. Joan _______, bur. Widford 16 July 1563.
  • Joan, m., apparently as his second wife, John HAYNES, d. c. 1556. John's will was dated 20 July 1551 and proved 20 Oct 1556, naming wife Joanne and several children, most of whom were apparently Joan's stepchildren.
  • Peter, b. say 1500, d. between 1548 and 1551, m. St. Mary le Bow, London 30 Nov 1538 Bridget WATSON.

Children of William with second wife Elizabeth:

  • Richard, b. c. 1504, bur. Stanford Rivers, Essex 6 May 1607, aged 103, m. (1) Marion _______, bur. Stanford Rivers 15 Jan 1561/2; m. (2) Stanford Rivers 9 Aug 1563 Catherine TOMSON, bur. there 2 Feb 1573/4; m. (3) Elizabeth _______

(13g) Thomas Eliot[edit]

NEHGR 161(2007):252-3; 162(2008):68-72

Thomas, the son of William Eliot, was b. say 1480, d. c. 1554, and married, wife's name unknown, and not in his will, dated 26 Nov 1551 and proved 13 Nov 1554, in which he names his three sons. They are:

  • Thomas, b. say 1515, d. c. 1558, m. Margery _______. Widow Margery m. (2) Widford 20 Nov 1558 John Colubell, and m. (3) Widford 30 Oct 1570 Clement Dawes. Thomas and Margery had four known children born from say 1545 to say 1555.
  • John, b. say 1517, bur. Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England 13 May 1585, and married, probably twice. His second wife was probably ________ UNDERWOOD. He was called of Olives in his will, dated 22 April 1585 and proved the next month. John had daughter Katherine, b. say 1541, perhaps with unknown first wife, and seven children with Underwood wife born from say 1545 to

1560.

  • Simon, b. say 1520, m. (1) Katherine HAYNES; (2) Jane _______

(12g) Simon Eliot[edit]

NEHGR 162(2008):72

Simon, the son of Thomas Eliot, was born say 1520, d. by 1562, and m. (1) Katherine HAYNES; m. (2) Jane _______. Following Simon's death, Jane m. (2) by 1580 John Adams. Child of Simon with second wife Jane:

  • Bennett, b. say 1560, m. Lettice ALGER.

(11g) Bennet Eliot[edit]

NEHGR 162(2008):135-8

Bennet, the son of Simon and Jane Eliot, was born say 1560, bur. Nazeing, Essex, England 21 Nov 1621, and m. Widford, Hertfordshire 30 Oct 1598 Lettice ALGER, b. say 1578, bur. Nazeing 6 March 1620/1, daughter of Francis Alger and Lettice Peacock. Bennet's will was dated 5 Nov 1621 and proved 28 March 1622. Children:

  • Sarah, bapt. Widford, Herts. 13 Jan 1599/1600, d. Roxbury, Mass. 27 March 1672/3, aged about 73, m. Nazeing, Essex 6 Aug 1618 William CURTIS, b. c. 1592, d. Roxbury 9 Dec 1672, aged 80.
  • Philip, bapt. Widford 25 April 1602, d. Roxbury 22 Oct 1657, m. St. Andrews by the Wardrobe, London 28 Oct 1624 Elizabeth SIBTHORPE (see below).
  • John, bapt. Nazeing, Essex 6 Feb 1602/3, bur. there 18 Feb 1602/3
  • John, Rev. "Apostle to the Indians," bapt. Widford 5 Aug 1604, d. Roxbury 21 May 1690, m. Roxbury Oct 1632 Ann MOUNTFORD, d. Roxbury 22 March 1686/7.
  • Jacob, bapt. Widford 21 Sep 1606, d. Boston, Mass. 6 May 1651, m. c. 1631 Margery _______.
  • Lydia, bapt. Nazeing 1 July 1610, d. c. 1676, m. (1) High Laver, Essex 26 July 1631 James PENNIMAN, d. Braintree, Mass. 26 Dec 1664; m. (2) Medfield, Mass. 7 [Dec?] 1665 Thomas WIGHT, d. Medfield 17 March 1673/4. Thomas Wight's will was dated 7 Feb 1672/3 and proved 2 April 1674.
  • Francis, bapt. Nazeing 10 April 1615, d. 23 Oct 1677, probably at Braintree, m. c. 1639 Mary SAUNDERS, bapt. All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk, England 26 Aug 1619, d. Medford, Mass. 17 Jan 1696/7, daughter of Martin and Rachel Saunders of Braintree. Francis was made freeman 2 June 1641. His will was dated 20 Oct and proved 12 Nov 1677. They had five children born at Braintree from 1640/1 to 1658/9.
  • Mary, bapt. Bazeing 11 March 1620/1, d. Roxbury 24 March 1697/8, and m. Roxbury 1 Jan 1642[/3?], as his second wife, Edward PAYSON.

(10g) Philip Eliot[edit]

GM 2:413-16

Philip,rthe son of Bennett Eliot and Lettice Aggar, was bapt. Widford, Hertfordshire 25 April 1602, d. Roxbury, Mass. 22 Oct 1657, and m. (lic.) 20 Oct 1624 Elizabeth SYBTHORPE, daughter of Robert Sybthorpe and Anne Averell of Little Hallingbury, Essex. In his marriage license, Philip was called of "Nasing, Essex, husbandman." On 3 April 1635, Eliz. Elliott, aged 30, Lyddia Elliot, aged 4, and Phillip Elliot, aged 2, were enrolled at London for passage to New England on the Hopewell. Also on the ship were Marie Elliott, aged 13, Sara Elliott, aged 6, and Elizabeth Elliot, aged 8. It is unknown if the child Philip is actually the missing father, with the age recorded in error, or if the senior Philip is just missing from the manifest. Philip was admitted to the Roxbury church as member #133 in 1635, and made freeman 25 May 1636. He was very prominent and beloved in church affairs, and active in civil affairs as well, having served as Roxbury deputy to the General Court on multiple occasions. His will was dated 21 Oct 1657 and proved 11 Feb 1657/8. His undated inventory totaled 554 pounds of which 270 was real estate. Children:

  • Elizabeth, bapt. Nazeing, Essex 8 April 1627, m. Richard WITHINGTON (see above).
  • Sarah, bapt. Nazeing 26 Jan 1628/9, m. Dedham 27 Sep 1650 John ALDIS.
  • Lydia, bapt. Nazeing 12 June 1631, m. c. 1657 John SMITH
  • (poss.) Philip, b. c. 1633 (aged 2 in 1635); no further record. This child appearing on the ship passenger list may have been given an erroneous age, and may have actually been the father, who was aged 32 at the time.

(12g) Francis Alger[edit]

NEHGR 160(2006):181-4

Francis Alger, presumably the son of Robert and Joane Algore, was b. say 1550, d. 1582, m. say 1577 Lettice PEACOCK, b. say 1557, daughter of Thomas Peacock. Lettice m. (2) Nazeing 3 Sep 1582 John Miller. Francis was presumably the son of Robert Algore of Nazeing, whose will was dated and proved in 1557, naming wife Joane, son Francis, and daughter Elyn; sister Isabell and brother George. Child:

  • Lettice, b. say 1578, m. Widford, Hertfordshire, England 30 Oct 1598 Bennet ELIOT, son of Simon and Jane Eliot (see above).

(13g) Thomas Peacock[edit]

NEHGR 160(2006):183-4

Thomas Peacock, d. Nov/Dec 1583. He was a yeoman of Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, England whose will was dated 1 Nov 1583 and proved 4 Dec 1583. Children:

  • Lettice, b. say 1557, m. say 1577 Francis ALGER (see above).
  • Robert, named as executor in father's 1583 will
  • William, d. c. 1619, m. Jane _______, named in father's 1583 will. He was of Upshire in Waltham Holy Cross, Essex with will dated 26 Feb 1613[/4?] and proved April 1619.
  • Christopher, d. spring 1612. He was apparently not named in his father's 1583 will. He was of the hamlet of Upshire in the parish of Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, yeoman, with will dated 16 April 1612 and proved 9 May 1612.
  • Julian (dau), m. _______ REYNOLDS.

(11g) Robert Sybthorpe[edit]

TAG 80:214-6

Robert, the son of Robert Sibthorpe of Little Hallingbury, Essex, was b. say 1547, d. c. 1622, and m. Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England 1 May 1572 Anne AVERELL, b. say 1553, living 1624, daughter of Bennet and Agnes Averell. The family originally lived in Thorley, Herts. where the children were baptized. Robert's will was dated 20 Jan [1621/2]. Children, all baptisms at Thorley, Herts.:

  • Robert, bapt. 3 April 1575, m. Thorley 15 April 1598 Margaret COWLE.
  • John, bapt. 7 oct 1576
  • William, bapt. 22 Dec 1578
  • Edward, bapt. 15 Feb 1578/9, prob. bur. Thorley 3 Dec 1583, as he is not named in father's will.
  • Mary, bapt. 5 June 1582, m. _______ STACEY, and named Mary Stacey in her father's 1621/2 will.
  • John, bapt. 26 Sep 1584
  • Sarah, bapt. 22 Jan 1586/7, m. _______ THURGOOD, and called Sara Thurgood in her father's 1621/2 will.
  • Joseph, bapt. 19 Jan 1588/9, m. Manuden, Essex 11 Feb 1616/7 Sara THURGOOD.
  • Daniel, bapt. 18 April 1591
  • Martha, bapt. 15 July 1593
  • Thomas, bapt. 13 July 1595
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 25 March 1598, d. Dedham, Mass. 8 Jan 1660/1, and m. Philip ELIOT (see above).

(14g) Philip Averell[edit]

TAG 80(2003?):208-11

Philip Averell was born say 1450. His wife's name has not been found, but a variety of early documents have given the names of many children, particularly the will of his son Henry:

  • William, b. say 1480, m. Avis/Annis _______ (see below).
  • Henry, b. say 1482, d. 13 Nov 1540, was a Citizen and Goldsmith of London. His will was dated 4 Sep 1540 and proved 9 Jan 1544, in which he asked to be buried in the parish church of St. Vedast, and names his sisters and nephews, but only one of his own sons--John.
  • Maargaret, named in 1540 will of brother Henry
  • Elizabeth, named in 1540 will of brother Henry
  • Agnes, named in 1540 will of brother Henry
  • Joan, named in 1540 will of brother Henry
  • Custans, named as a sister in the 1540 will of her brother Henry.

(13g) William Averell[edit]

TAG 80(2003?:211-13

William, the son of Philip Averell, was born say 1480, d. by 1532, and m. say 1510 Avis/Annis _______, b. say 1490, d. c. 1551. Widow Avis left a will that was proved 18 April 1551. Children:

  • Bartholomew, b. say 1510, d. 14 May 1562, m. 1546 Felice HARRIS, daughter of Sir William Harris and Joan Smith. He was a haberdasher, and of the Walbrook Ward of London in 1548. His will was dated 1 May 1562. He and Felice had four known children.
  • Bennet, m. Agnes _______ (see below).
  • William, b. Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England say 1515, m. Johanne _______. He was a yeoman of Asheldham, Essex when he wrote his will, dated 2 March 1563[/4?] and proved 10 April 1566. He left all lands and tenements in Standon, Herts. to his wife Johanne, and identifies his brothers Henry and Bennet.
  • Henry, d. April 1585, does not appear to have married. He is called yeoman of Asheldham, Essex in his will, dated 11 April 1585 and proved 23 April 1585.
  • Eleanor, m. John TREDGOLD.

(12g) Bennet Averell[edit]

TAG 80(2003?):112-14; 213-4

Bennet Averell, b. say 1520, bur. Sawbridgeworth 18 April 1572, m. (2?) Thorley, Herfordshire 13 April 1551 Agnes _______ (surname not given in marriage record), bur. 21 Feb 1594/5. His probable first wife has not been identified. His will, dated 11 April 1572 and proved 18 Nov 1572, named his wife Agnes and as executor Nicholas Wall, husband of his daughter Mary; and other children. Widow Agnes m. (2) Sawbridgeworth 13 April 1573 William Spencer. Child, likely with unknown first wife:

  • Mary, b. say 1548, d. 1613, m. Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 27 Sep 1568 Nicholas WALL, bapt. Great Hallingbury, Essex 13 June 1542, d. Feering, Essex 16 Dec 1591, the son of Nicholas Wall. They were the grandparents of New England immigrant James Wall of Hampton and Exeter. Following Nicholas's death, Mary m. (2) Feering 28 July 1592 William Witham who died within six months, and Mary m. (3) Feering 24 July 1593 John Gaywood. Mary's will was dated 12 May 1613 and proved 19 July 1613.

Child, likely with second wife Agnes:

  • Anne, b. say 1552, living 1624, m. Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 1 May 1572 Robert SYBTHORPE, son of Robert Sibthorpe of Little Hallingbury, Essex (see above).

(11g) Adam Preston[edit]

TAG 14(1937):134-7

Adam Preston was b. say 1558, liv. 1594, and m. Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England 2 June 1583, Isabel Braithwatie, b. say 1563, d. aft. 1594. Children, bapt. Giggleswick:

  • Margaret, bapt. 24 Aug 1583
  • Thomas, bapt. 20 Aug 1585
  • Janet, bapt. 1 Sep 1588
  • Katherine, bapt. 13 Aug 1589
  • William, bapt. 28 Jan 1590/1, m. (1) Elizabeth SALE; m. (2) Mary _______ (see below).
  • Richard, bapt. 30 Sep 1594

(10g) William Preston[edit]

GM 5:519-25; TAG 14(1937):134-7; NEHGR 65(1911):64; GM 1:47-51 (Joseph Alsop)

William, the son of Adam Preston and Isabel Braithwaite, was baptized at Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England on 28 Jan 1590/1, d. July/Aug 1647, and m. (1) Chesham, Buckinghamshire 11 Oct 1613 Elizabeth SALE, bapt. Chesham 8 June 1590, bur. Chesham 22 Feb 1633/4, daughter of Edward Sale of Chesham; m. (2) c. 1635 Mary _______, b. c. 1601, who m. (2) c. 1661 Thomas Kimberly. William was churchwarden at Chesham in 1617. On 19 Sep 1635, Wm Preston, aged 44, Marie Preston, aged 34, Eliz Peston, aged 11, Sarah Preston, aged 8, Marie Preston, aged 6, and Jo Preston, aged 3, were enrolled at London as passengers for New Engalnd aboard the Truelove. Upon arrival in New England, Preston settled in Dorchester, Mass. where he was granted three acres on 18 Feb 1635/6. They were in the New Haven Colony by 1640 when they had a child baptized at the church there. His will was dated 9 July and proved 7 Sep 1647, with inventory taken 30 Aug 1647, totaling 65 pounds, against which were debts. Children with first wife:

  • William, bapt. Chesham 5 Oct 1614, bur. there 4 June 1633.
  • John, b. say 1616, bur. Chesham 24 Nov 1623.
  • Edward, bapt. Chesham 14 Nov 1619, m. c. 1651 Margaret _______. On 16 March 1634/5, Edward Preston, aged 13, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Christian. Edward settled at New Haven, and later at Boston.
  • Daniel, bapt. Chesham 3 March 1621/2, m. Mary _______ (see below).
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Chesham 18 Jan 1623/4, m. c. 1646 Joseph ALSOP, b. c. 1621, d. New Haven, CT 8 Nov 1698. Joseph Alsop, aged 14, was enrolled at London on 13 April 1635 for passage to New England aboard the Elizabeth & Ann, traveling with his brother Thomas, aged 20. Joseph was a mariner and sailed up and down the Atlantic coast of North America. Elizabeth had most likely predeceased Joseph, as Hannah Alsop of New Haven, singlewoman [certainly his daughter] made bond to administer his estate on 29 [torn] 1699. Joseph (and presumably Elizabeth) had ten children born from say 1648 to 1670/1.
  • Sarah, bapt. Chesham 23 July 1626, m. c. 1646 William MEEKER.
  • Mary, bapt. Chesham 13 Dec 1629, perhaps m. by 1649 Peter MALLORY.
  • John, bapt. Chesham 4 March 1631/2, possibly the one who m. Boston, Mass. 28 May 1661 Susanna (_______) Read, widow of Robert Read.

Children with second wife:

  • (poss.) Hannah, b. say 1636, m. c. 1655 Abraham KIMBERLY, son of Thomas Kimberly.
  • Jehiel, bapt. New Haven 14 June 1640, m. (1) c. 1661 Sarah FAIRCHILD, daughter of Thomas Fairchild; m. (2) c. 1682 Temperance NICHOLS, daughter of Isaac Nichols.
  • Hackaliah (twin), bapt. New Haven 9 April 1643, m. Stratford 20 April 1676 Emm FAIRCHILD, daughter of Thomas Fairchild.
  • Eliasaph (twin), bapt. New Haven 9 April 1643, m. (1) c. 1673 Mary _______; m. (2) c. 1676 Elizabeth BEACH, daughter of John Beach; m. (3) Martha (BRADLEY) Munson, daughter of William Bradley and widow of Samuel Munson.
  • Joseph, bapt. New Haven 24 Jan 1646/7, m. aft 1689 Joanna (LEEK) Stevens, daughter of Philip Leek and widow of Henry Stevens.

(9g) Daniel Preston[edit]

NEHGR 14(1860):26;

Daniel, the son of William Preston and Elizabeth Sale, was baptized at Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England 3 March 1621/2, d. Dorchester, Mass. 10 Nov 1707, and m. say 1644 Mary _______, b. say 1624, d. Dorchester 5 Oct 1695. On 27 April 1635, Daniell Preston, aged 13, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Elizabeth & Ann. He came to New England with his uncle, Edward Sale, and they came ahead of his father and siblings, who departed England in September 1635. He was made freeman 3 May 1665, and lived in Dorchester, Mass. where he was a selectman in 1675, and deacon. Children:

  • Mary, b. c. 1645, m. (1) Boston, Mass. 28 May 1662 Eleazer FAWER, b. Dorchester 8 Sep and bapt. 2 Oct 1642, d. c. 1668, son of Barnabas and Dinah Fawer. Eleazer's mother died 19 days after he was born. Following Eleazer's death, Mary m. (2) Dorchester 6 July 1670 Samuel JENKINS.
  • Daniel, b. Dorchester 2 Oct 1649, d. Dorchester 13 March 1725/6 in 77th year, m. Abigail JACKSON, b. 14 Aug 1647, d. 24 April 1723 in 75th year, daughter of John Jackson of Cambridge. He was freeman in 1690 and ruling Elder in the church. They had nine children born from 1675 to 1693.
  • ? John, b. 14 Sep 1651, d. Hadley, Mass. 4 March 1728
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1653, d. Dorchester 19 Nov 1722 in 70th year, m. (1) c. 1672 John WITHINGTON, b. Dorchester 1 July 1649, d. 1690, son of Richard Withington and Elizabeth Eliot; m. (2) 13 Feb 1695/6, as his second wife, James WHITE, b. Dorchester 1 Jan 1637, d. there 11 Nov 1713, son of Edward White. James had m. (1) Sarah Baker, daughter of Richard Baker and Faith Withington. See Withington, above. Elizabeth and her second husband, James White, both have extant gravestones in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. Children, b. Dorchester: [137]

(12g) John Sale[edit]

NEGHR 65(1914)63-9; TAG 21(1944):243-5

John Sale, b. say 1525, bur. Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England 15 Nov 1577, was called of Bledlow, Buckinghamshire when he married at Chesham 27 April 1562 Agnes (PARKER) Byrch, b. say 1525, bur. Chesham 20 Jan 1599/1600, widow of William Byrch (who she married Chesham 20 Oct 1543, and daughter of George Parker. She was called of Chartridge (a hamlet), Chesham, and she had six children with her first husband by 1560. The will of John Sale of "Chartregge in the Countie of Bucks., Husbandman" was dated 20 Jan 1576/7 and proved 21 Feb 1577/8 by his widow. Children, all baptisms and burials at Chesham:

  • Edward, bapt. 4 April 1563, m. Elizabeth GIFFORD (see below).
  • John, bapt. 26 Nov 1564, bur. 24 Feb 1575/6.
  • Joan, bapt. 13 Jan 1565/6, bur. 2 Aug 1607, m. 9 Feb 1589/90 George LITTLEPAGE. They had seven children baptized at Chesham from 1590/1 to 1607.
  • John, bapt. and bur. 1 Nov 1567.
  • Richard (prob. twin of John), bur. 1 Nov 1567
  • Ellen, bapt. 7 Nov 1568, bur. 24 July 1611, m. Chesham 12 Nov 1599 William TILER.
  • Josias, bapt. 28 Oct 1570, m. (1) 16 June 1606 Rebecca WOODHOUSE, bapt. 20 Arpil 1584, d. c. 1607, daughter of Henry and Anne Woodhouse; m. (2) c. 1609 Susan _______. He had one child with first wife, bapt. 1607, and seven children with second wife, baptized from 1610 to 1622.

(11g) Edward Sale[edit]

NEGHR 65(1914)63-9; TAG 21(1944):243-5; GMB 2:759-63 (Christopher Gibson); GM 6:141-5 (Edward Sale, Jr.)

Edward, the son of John Sale and Agnes Parker, was bapt. Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England 4 April 1563, bur. there 13 Dec 1620, and m. there 20 Oct 1589 Elizabeth GIFFORD, b. c. 1567, bur. Chesham 14 Aug 1634, daughter of John Gifford. Edward was churchwarden at Chesham in 1598 and later. Children, baptisms and burials at Chesham:

  • Elizabeth, bapt. 8 June 1590, m. William PRESTON (see above).
  • Lydia, bapt. 23 July 1592, bur. 16 April 1600.
  • Abigail, bapt. 13 Feb 1593/4
  • Dorcas, bapt. 28 Feb 1596/7, possibly the one bur. Chesham 29 April 1619, though this burial could also pertain to the daughter of Josias Sale.
  • Thomas, bapt. 2 March 1599/1600, bur. 19 April 1619
  • Sarah, bapt. 6 April 1602, d. c. 1635, m. Chesham 23 Aug 1625 Christopher GIBSON, b. c. 1600, d. Boston, Mass. 3 Oct 1674. After Sarah's death, Christopher m. (2) by 1636 Marie _______, d. by 1655; and m. (3) Dorchester by 1655 Margaret Bate, likely d. by 1674 (not in husband's will), daughter of James Bate. He had no children with any of his wives. Christopher came to New England in 1630 and first settled at Dorchester, and then Boston. Many have claimed that he arrived on the Mary & John, but he was married in Buckinghamshire, which is well outside the west country origins of the known passengers of that vessel. Christopher was a chandler and soap boiler, was literate, held many offices, including selectman, and left an estate of over 500 pounds. His remarkable undated will, proved 12 March 1674/5, he named, in the absence of any children, numerous relatives and others, allowing the English origins of several Great Migration immigrants to be established.
  • Mary, bapt. 21 Oct 1604
  • Martha, bapt. 18 Sep 1607
  • Edward, bapt. 24 Dec 1609, d. Weymouth c. 1692, and m. c. 1636 Margaret _______; m. (2) by an unknown date Rebecca _______, d. Rehoboth (now Mass.) 13 July 1664 by hanging herself. Edward came to New England aboard the Elizabeth and Ann in April 1635, aged 24, bringing with him his nephew Daniel Preston. He was of Marblehead, Weymouth, and Rehoboth. In 1637 Edward was censured for his "beastly drunkennes" and sentenced with time in the "bilboes" and then to be severely whipped. Shortly thereafter, his wife was found guilty of adultery with two men and sentenced to be whipped and banished. On 30 March 1638 "Edward Seale of marblehead [was bound in] twenty pounds for his wife's appearance when she shall be called for after her deliver". Despite his record, Edward Sale was made a freeman on 2 Nov 1637, and was soon in Hingham, adjacent to Weymouth. He settled in the wilderness community of Rehoboth in the early 1640s, may have later gone to Boston, but was again in Rehoboth until about 1664, after which he returned to Weymouth where he stayed. He had five confirmed children from 1638 to say 1646, though some writers have given him more, without evidence. Edward's inventory was taken 6 Oct 1692, and administration of his estate was granted to John Rogers of Weymouth on 13 April 1693.

(12g) John Gifford[edit]

NEGHR 65(1914)65

John Gifford was b. say 1540, bur. Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England 30 Dec 1604, and m. c. 1566 Joane _______, b. say 1546, bur. Chesham 12 Oct 1620. It is not known if she was the mother of his following children, all baptisms and burials at Chesham:

  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1567, m. Chesham 20 Oct 1589 Edward SALE (see above)
  • Thomas, bapt. Chesham 28 Aug 1569, m. there 25 Sep 1592 Anne DELL, daughter of Robert Dell. They had seven children baptized at Chesham.
  • Richard, bapt. 2 Dec 1571, bur. 12 June 1580
  • Ciceley, bapt. 7 March 1573/5, bur. Chesham 26 Oct 1630, m. there 17 Jan 1602/3 Thomas TOOKEFIELD, bur. Chesham 11 Dec 1636. He was a weaver. They had four children baptized at Chesham.
  • John, bapt. 12 Aug 1576, bur. 14 June 1580.
  • Robert, bapt. 5 Oct 1578, m. c. 1610 Alice _______. They had nine children recorded at Chesham.
  • Mary, bapt. 19 March 1580/1, m. Chesham 26 Sep 1603 Thomas CLEYDON, weaver; eight children at Chesham.
  • Jonas, bapt. 5 July 1584, bur. Chesham 27 Sep 1616, m. there 14 July 1608 Mary TOPPAM; five children bapt. Chesham.

(10g) George Pougher/Puffer[edit]

NEHGR 171(2017):315-317; 3(1849):247; 37(1883):285; 22(1868):288; 151(1997):31-7 (Jonathan Bliss)

George Pougher (Puffer) was born say 1600, d. Braintree, Mass. 29 Sep 1639 as "George Pocher", and m. Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England 15 Nov 1624 Martha HOARE, b. say 1604, d. Braintree, Mass. 18 Feb 1676/7 as "Widow Poffer." A "Georgius filius Georij Pougher" was baptized in Earl Shilton 15 March 1580/1, but this seems too old to be the George Puffer who came to New England. George, his wife, and his three children, were in New England by 1639. A record of death for George "Pocher" is given at Braintree as 27 Sep 1639, but this date conflicts with a land grant given him on 24 Feb 1639/40, unless the grant was made without knowledge of his earlier death. No New England record gives the name of George's wife, and it has only been found in her English marriage record. The three known children of George and Martha were all baptized at Earl Shilton, and all came to New England:

  • James, bapt 17 Aug 1625, d. Braintree 25 July 1692, m. there 14 Feb 1655[/6?] Mary "Swalden" who was probably the Mary LUDDEN b. Weymouth, Mass. 17 Dec 1636, daughter of James Ludden of Weymouth. She may be the Mary Puffer "an aged woman" who died Braintree 22 July 1700, as there doesn't appeaar to be a baptismal record for a sister of James. They had seven childdren born from 1657 to 1672.
  • Mathias, bapt. 25 Feb 1626/7, m. (1) Rachel FARNSWORTH; m. (2) Abigail EVERETT; m. (3) Mary (Spurr) Crehore (see below).
  • Rachel, bapt 12 Sep 1630, m. c. 1649 (child b. Feb 1649/50) Jonathan BLISS, bapt Daventry, Northampton 2 April 1626, bur. Rehoboth, Mass. June 1687, the son of Thomas Bliss and Dorothy Wheatly of Rehoboth.

(9g) Mathias Puffer[edit]

Puffer genealogy: [138]; NEHGR 22(1868):288-9

Mathias, the son of George Puffer and Martha Hoare, was bapt. Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England 25 Feb 1626/7, d. Dorchester, Mass. 9 May 1717, and m. (1) Braintree 12 March 1662[/3?] Rachel FARNSWORTH, b. say 1642, killed in the Indian raid on Mendon, Mass. 10 July 1675, daughter of Joseph Farnsworth of Dorchester; (2) Dedham, Mass. 11 April 1677 Abigail EVERETT, b. Dedham Dec 1647, d. there 27 Dec 1685, daughter of Richard and Mary Everett; and (3) Milton, Mass. 14 May 1697 Mary (SPURR) Crehore, daughter of Robert Spurr of Dorchester and widow of Teague Crehore of Dedham. In 1662 Mathias received land in Mendon where he lived from 1666 to 1675, and was selectman 1671-1672. He later lived in Dedham, and then finally in Dorchester, though he was admitted to the church in Milton in 1693. He was highway surveyor in Dorchester, 1702 and Tythingman there in 1705. He presumably lived in the part of Dorchester that later became Stoughton. His will was dated 23 April 1714, distributing lands in Dorchester, Milton, and Dedham. Children with first wife, Rachel:

  • Joseph, b. Braintree March 1663, killed by Indians at Mendon 10 July 1675
  • John, b. Braintree 10 Oct 1665, m. Mary HOLBROOK (see below).
  • James, b. Mendon 4 June 1668, d. 1718, m. Dorchester 17 Dec 1695 Abigail NEWTON, daughter of Ephraim Newton of Milton. They had four known children, born 1696 to 1709.
  • Esther, b. c. 1674, d. 27 June 1748, m. 2 June 1697 William SUMNER of Milton who d. 22 Dec 1738

Children with second wife, Abigail:

  • Benjamin, b. Braintree 1678, probably d. young
  • Jonathan, b. Dedham 28 Sep 1679, m. Roxbury 18 July 1717 Abiel BEACON
  • Samuel, b. Dedham 22 Feb 1681, d. 26 Dec 1685
  • Eleazer, b. Dedham 30 Jan 1684, d. 14 Jan 1747, m. Dorchester 27 Nov 1713 Elizabeth TALBOT and lived in the part of Dorchester that became Stoughton in 1726. They had eight children born Dorchester/Stoughton 1714 to 1729.
  • Abigail, b. Dedham 18 May 1685, m. 25 March 1708 William CRANE of Dorchester who d. Stoughton 20 July 1742.

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

NEHGR 22(1868):289

John, the son of Mathias Puffer and Rachel Farnsworth, was b. Braintree 10 Oct 1665, d. Stoughton 16 Jan 1750/1, and m. Dorchester 17 Dec 1695 Mary HOLBROOK of Roxbury b. c. 1673, d. Newport, RI 16 April 1736, in her 63d year. John lived in the part of Dorchester which became Stoughton in 1726, and was called "old Lieut. Puffer" upon his death. John at one time had a gravestone, in poor condition, in the "Proprietor's Burial Ground" in Canton, which is undoubtedly what is known as Canton's Oldest Cemetery. Mary has an extant gravestone in the Common Burying Ground in Newport, RI. Children, b. Dorchester: [139]

  • John, b. 5 Oct 1698, m. Abigail VOSE (see below).
  • Miriam, b. 14 Aug 1702, m. 11 Jan 1720 Benjamin WIATE of Dorchester
  • Mary, b. 3 Nov 1706, m. Boston 26 Jan 1726 Samuel BELCHER

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

NEHGR 22(1868):290; Vose Gen:43-45

John, the son of John Puffer and Mary Holbrook, was b. Dorchester, Mass. 3 Oct 1698, d. Stoughton, Mass. 21 Feb 1765, and m. Boston, Mass. 14 Dec 1725 Abigail VOSE, b. Milton, Mass. 24 Dec 1701, d. Stoughton 8 Feb 1774, the daughter of John Vose and Sarah Clapp of Milton. All four of John's sons and two of his sons-in-law not only served in Major Stephen Miller's company of militia in 1757, but they all served during the American Revolutionary War as well. A Find-a-grave memorial has been created for John in Canton's Oldest Cemetery, and the Vose genealogy confirms that he is buried there, as is his wife. Children, all b. Dorchester: [140]

  • Hannah, b. 15 Oct 1726, m. Elijah BAKER (see above).
  • Mary, b. 20 Nov 1728, living Sep 1816, m. Stoughton 15 April 1756, as his second wife, Jonathan FARRINGTON, b. Dedham 29 April 1728, d. Canton 25 Feb 1807, son of Jonathan Farrington and Prudence Childs of Brookline. Jonathan had m. (1) Dedham 7 March 1750 Mary Fales, b. 1 Nov 1729, d. Dedham 13 March 1752. Jonathan was a Revolutionary War soldier, and a member of the Second Company that marched from Stoughton on the alarm of 19 April 1775. Mary and Jonathan had six known children. [141]
  • Seth, b. 11 March 1730/1, d. 1786, m. Stoughton 5 June 1755 Patience TOLMAN, b. Stoughton 23 Dec 1734, d. 22 Dec 1790, daughter of Bliss Tolman and Mary Beal of Braintree. Seth was in Capt James Endicott's Stoughton company following the Lexington Alarm of 1775, and also served in 1777 and 1782. An administrator for the estate of Seth Puffer was assigned on 14 Feb 1786. Patience has/had a grave stone in the Tisdale Cemetery in Sharon. Seth and Patience had six known children born in Stoughton. [142]
  • Sarah, b. 30 May 1733, m. Stoughton 1 Feb 1753 Samuel WENTWORTH (see below).
  • John, b. 13 April 1735, d. Canton 24 Oct 1815, apparently did not marry. He was a member of Major Miller's company of militia in 1757, and on 23 June 1760 his name appears on a company roll whose mission was the "total destruction of Canada." He was a corporal in the company of Capt Lemuel Bent on 8 April 1762. During the American Revolutionary War, he was a sergeant in Capt Thomas Endicott's company upon the alarm of 19 April 1775. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 23 March 1776, and served as lieutenant under Capt Robert Shaw in the Rhode Island expedition in 1777. John has a surviving grave marker in the Canton Oldest Burying Ground (Ponkapoag), and apparently beside him is an Abigail Puffer, aged 85, who could be his wife, but his will mentions neither wife nor children. [143]
  • Abel, b. 27 March 1737, d. Canton 20 May 1813. He had the title of "Dr.", and served in 1777 on a secret expedition to Rhode Island. He is buried in the Ponkapoag Cemetery. [144]
  • Abigail, b. 26 April 1739, d. Canton 26 May 1833, m. Stoughton 5 March 1761 James ENDICOTT, b. Stoughton 17 Aug 1738, d. Canton 4 April 1799, son of James Endicott and Esther Clapp. James was Captain of a company of Stoughton militia that marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775. He received his commission on 23 March 1776. His company assisted in fortifying Dorchester Heights, went to Moon Island when the British fleet was driven out of Boston Harbor, and was at Ticonderoga from 11 Sep to 17 Nov 1776. Abigail and James are buried in the Canton Cemetery. They had five known children born in Stoughton. [145]
  • Joseph, b. 29 May 1741, d. Canton 8 June 1818. He was in Major Miller's company of militia in 1757. He enlisted 16 April 1759 in Col Miller's regiment for the invasion of Canada, and served until 6 May 1760. He was later a member of Capt Lemuel Bent's company and served from 27 June 1761 to 6 Jan 1762. During the American Revolutionary War he was in Capt James Endicott's company (this being his brother-in-law) during the Lexington alarm, and served in each year from 1776 to 1781. He is buried in Ponkapoag Cemetery (Canton Oldest Burying Ground). [146]
  • Bathsheba, b. 15 Nov 1745, d. 23 Feb 1809, married Stoughton 5 Dec 1765 Jacob SHEPARD, b. Stoughton 17 April 1739, d. Canton 21 June 1798, the son of Thomas Shepard and Amity Morse. Jacob was in Major Miller's company of militia in 1757. During the American Revolutionary War he was in Capt James Endicott's company in the march on the 19 April 1775 alarm, in fortifying Dorchester Heights, and in driving the British fleet out of Boston Harbor. He served in Capt Lyon's company at Castle Island in 1778. Bathsheba and Jacob had five known children. They are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery with extant grave markers. [147]

(10g) Joseph Farnsworth[edit]

WikiTree website; Farnsworth Gen (1891) [148]; Revised Farnsworth Gen. (1976?)

Some of the events in this bio are based on the assumption that he is the Joseph Farnsworth who m. at Saint Peter, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England Elizabeth Mason. This couple had two children, Joseph and Ester, baptized there, and the New England immigrant had two children with those names.

Joseph Farnsworth, b. say 1600, d. Dorchester, Mass. 12 Jan 1659[/60], may be the one of the name who m. Saint Peter, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England on 29 Dec 1625 Elizabeth Mason, b. say 1605, d. c. 1647. He m. (2) after 22 May 1651 the widow Mary (Lane) Long, wife and presumed widow of Joseph Long, and daughter of William and Agnes Lane, b. say 1616, d. Hartford, CT 3 April 1671. She had m. (1) Dorchester, Mass. c. 1636 Joseph Long, who supposedly went to England alone, and never returned, and was assumed dead, and after Farnsworth's death, she m. (3) Dorchester 20 April 1660 John Wilcox, Jr. with whom she moved to Connecticut. Joseph Farnsworth was in New England with his family (first wife and three children) by 1636. He was made freeman in 1638/9. His will was dated 2 Jan 1659[/60] and proved 1:11mo:1659 (1 Feb 1659/60), with inventory dated 20 Jan 1659/60 amounting to 206 pounds and change. Children with first wife:

  • Joseph, presumed to be the one baptized at Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England 24 Dec 1626, called eldest son in his father's 1659[/60] will.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1630, was called Elizabeth Mansfield in her father's 1659[/60] will.
  • Esther, presumed to be the one baptized at Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England 30 June 1633, named without a surname in her father's 1659[/60] will.
  • Mary, b. Dorchester, Mass. March 1637, d. Scituate, Plymouth Co., Mass 1705, m. (1) Hingham, Plym. Col. c. 1659 Abraham Ripley; m. (2) Hingham 17 June 1684 Edward Jenkins. Mary left a will dated 26 Jan 1704/5 and proved 20 Dec 1705, with inventory taken 18 Sep 1705. On 29 Dec 1709 her son-in-law, Nicholas Wade, was granted administration of her estate.
  • Hannah, b. Dorchester 14 Dec 1638, d. Hingham, Ply. Col. 16 April 1659, and m. say 1657 Simon Peck. In his 2 Jan 1659/60 will, Hannah's father made a bequest to "Joseph Peck, ye sonne of Simon Peck (who marryed with Hannah, my Daughter, now deceased)".
  • Rebecca, b. Dorchester 2 Jan 1639/40, d. Braintree, Mass. 28 Oct 1714, m. Braintree 18 March 1662 John Ruggles, b. Braintree 31 Dec 1637, d. there 11 Nov 1709, son of George Ruggles and Elizabeth Bateson. She is named in the Jan 1659/60 will of her father, but not given a surname (she was not yet married). After her father's death, she chose William Pond to be her guardian, he being a friend of her father's.
  • Ruth, b. Dorchester 3 June 1642. She supposedly married William Puffer. However, her birth is the ONLY mention of a Ruth Farnsworth in this time and place, and there is flatly no record of a William Farnsworth anywhere in early colonial Massachusetts. THEREFORE, it is speculated that this Ruth is actually the Rachel Farnsworth who married Mathias Puffer. Sadly, neither a Ruth nor a Rachel are named in the 1659/60 will of Joseph Farnsworth.
  • Samuel, b. Dorchester 27 Aug 1644, d.y.
  • Samuel, b. Dorchester 30 March 1647, d.y.

Child with second wife:

  • Samuel, bapt. Dorchester 14 Sep 1656, m. Windsor, Conn. 3 June 1667 Sarah/Mary Stoughton, daughter of Thomas Stoughton, Jr.; she d. Windsor 28 Aug 1684; m. (2) Nov 1685 Mary Moses. He was called under age in his father's Jan 1659/60 will, but according to the baptismal date here, he was of age. He was called "Samuel ffarnworth of Winsor in the Colony of Connecticot, housewright" in a 1678 deed.

(9g) (poss.) John Holbrook[edit]

TAG 67(1992):9-10

John, the son of Richard and Agnes Holbrook, was b. c. 1638, d. Roxbury, Mass. 25 Dec 1678 of smallpox, and m. Dorchester, Mass. 24 Nov 1663 Elizabeth HEMINGWAY, b. Roxbury 31 May 1645, d. there 30 Nov 1719, daughter of Ralph Hemingway and Elizabeth Hewes. Following John's death, Elizabeth m. (2) Roxbury 22 May 1679 Richard Hall, bapt. Dorchester 25 Jan 1656/7, d. Roxbury 9 April 1727 in 71st year. Children of John and Elizabeth:

  • John, b. Dorchester 21 Sep 1664, bapt. Roxbury 30 April 1671, d. Roxbury 26 Sep 1735, aged 71, and m. Roxbury 24 Sep 1684 Mary CHENEY, b. Cambridge, Mass. 17 April 1665, d. Roxbury 24 April 1751 in 87th year, daughter of Thomas Cheney and Jane Atkinson.
  • Elizabeth, b. Roxbury 16 April 1670, bapt. there 30 April 1671, d. there 7 Feb 1734/5 in 65th year, and m. there 10 March 1691/2 Joseph MAYO, b. Roxbury 11 Jan 1666/7, d. there 5 March 1747, aged 82, son of John Mayo and Hannah Graves.
  • Abigail, b. Roxbury 27 and bapt. 30 Aug 1674
  • Daniel, b. Roxbury 15 March 1675/6, d. there 31 July 1719 by drowning, m. there 29 May 1696 Elizabeth SEAVER, b. Roxbury 20 Jan 1674/5, d. Lebanon, CT 21 April 1720, daughter of Caleb Seaver and Sarah Inglesby. They had four known children born from 1697 to 1703.

Children of Elizabeth with second husband, Richard Hall:

  • Martha, b. 6 and bapt. 12 Sep 1680, d. Roxbury 12 Nov 1701, aged 21y 2m.
  • Richard, b. 31 Jan and bapt. 4 Feb 1682/3.

Query-is Mary Holbrook, wife of John Puffer, of this family?

  • Mary, b. c. 1673, d. Newport, RI 16 April 1736 in 63d year, m. Dorchester 17 Dec 1695 John PUFFER, b. Braintree 10 Oct 1665, d. Stoughton 16 Jan 1750/1, son of Mathias Puffer and Rachel Farnsworth. Mary was called of Roxbury in her marriage record. Is there any other Holbrook family in Roxbury? Mary would fit well among the children. However, she was not baptized in Roxbury as were the other children. Now, a Daniel Holbrooke, son of Daniel, was b. Roxbury 13 Nov 1671. No other children of this Daniel are found in the Roxbury records. Mary would fit nicely as a child born immediately after this Daniel, Jr. There is no onomastic evidence for either Daniel or John Holbrook being the father of Mary.

(11g) Thomas Vauce/Vose[edit]

Vose Gen:2-8

Thomas Vose, possibly a son of John Vauce of Garston, a tenant of Norris in 1566, was born say 1565, d. late winter 1640/1, m. (1) Margery _______b. say 1570; m. (2) Anne _______, living in 1640/1. On 11 Dec 1599 was an indenture of lease from Edward Norris of Speke (Lancashire) to Thomas Vose of Garston, husbandman, and Margery Vose now his wife. On 1 March 1619/20 was a sale by Sir William Norris of Speake, K.B., to Thomas Vose of Garston, yeoman, and Edward Vose, son and heir apparent of the said Thomas, for 5 pounds of a messuage or cottage in Little Wolton now in the occupancy of Margaret Walker widow with lands etc. Thomas made his will on 23 Feb 1640[/1], proved 29 April 1641, naming his "now wife" Anne Vose, children, and grandchildren. Inventory was taken 8 March 1640[/1]. Children, all with first wife, Margery:

  • Margaret, b. say 1590, m. Ralph VOSE of Blackrod and had two sons and two daughters. Ralph was a legatee in the 1640/1 will of Margaret's father, and children of this couple were named in the will.
  • Edward, b. say 1592, d. 1624/5, married Margery _______, and had a daughter Mary. He was likely the oldest surviving son of Thomas, as he was the heir-apparent to his father Thomas in a 1619/20 deed. He was called of Halewood in his will dated 25 Jan 1624/5, to which Richard Mather (later of New England) was a witness. The will was proved 1 March 1624/5, and inventory taken 4 Feb 1624/5.
  • William, b. say 1595, apparently did not marry, and was not named in his father's 1640/1 will.
  • John, b. c. 1597, married and had three daughters and a son. He was a legatee in his father's 1640/1 will. On 27 March 1668, John Vause, yeoman of Wavertree, aged 70, made a deposition testifying that he believed his brother Robert's sons William and Edward were both alive and living in New England. He also testified that his own parents, Thomas and Margery, died twenty years ago or more.
  • Robert, b. c. 1599, m. Jane MOSS. He was a legatee in his father's 1640/1 will.

(10g) Robert Vose[edit]

Vose Gen: 9-20

Robert, the son of Thomas and Margery Vose of Garston, Lancashire, England, was born c. 1599, d. Milton, Mass. 11 Oct 1683, and m. (lic. 25 July 1629) Jane MOSS of Childwall, b. say 1609, d. Milton, Mass. Oct 1675. They lived in Ditton in 1641 and Cronton in 1650, both places being in Prescot Parish, Lancashire. Robert was of Dorchester, Mass. by 13 July 1654 when he bought the 500-acre estate of John Glover "for the sum of three hundred and fowre score pounds sterl." Most of this acreage was in the part of Dorchester that later became the town of Milton (in 1662). John Glover had come from the same parish in Lancashire that was home to the Vose family. Robert became freeman on 30 May 1666, and served in various civil roles in Milton, including selectman in 1669 and 1677. Robert was received into the Milton church 17 July 1681 under Rev. Peter Thacher, the church's first pastor. Robert's will was dated 10 Sep 1683, and proved by Robert Badcock and Walter Mory on 20 Dec 1683. Inventory was taken 24 October 1683; the modest amount suggested he had already conveyed his lands to his children. They were:

  • William, b. say 1631, d. Milton 1 Aug 1669
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1635, d. Milton 15 Jan 1675[/6?], m. Dorchester 9 Dec 1657 Thomas SWIFT, b. Dorchester 17 June 1635, d. Milton 31 Jan 1717/8, son of Thomas Swift and Elizabeth Capen. Thomas m. (2) Milton 16 Oct 1676 Sarah Clapp who d. Milton four days after her husband on 4 Feb 1717/8. They had three known children baptized at Dorchester from 1659 to 1670. Thomas and his second wife both have extant gravestones in the Milton Cemetery. [149]
  • Edward, b. c. 1637, m. Abigail SHARP (see below).
  • Thomas, bapt. Prescot, Lancashire 18 Feb 1640/1, d. Milton 23 April 1708, aged 67, m. Waitstill WYATT, bapt. Dorcehster, Mass. 2 March 1645[4/5?], d. Milton 8 Jan 1727[/8], aged 84, daughter of Edward and Mary Wyatt. Thomas was very active in the affairs of the town of Milton, serving as selectman 18 years, and as town clerk 17 years, as well as being representative to the General Court for 10 years. He was a lieutenant during King Philip's War, and a captain in 1690 during the expedition to Canada. Thomas and Waitstill had four known children, born from 1661 to 1667. They both have extant gravestones in the Milton Cemetery. [150]
  • Martha, b. say 1645, m. (1) Lt. John SHARP, b. 12 March 1643, d. Sudbury 21 April 1676 during the attack there, son of Robert Sharp and Abigail Wright; m. (2) Jabez BUCKMINSTER, d. Muddy River (now Brookline?) 20 Sep 1686, son of Thomas and Joanna Buckminster. Martha had five children with her first husband, born at Muddy River from 1665 to 1674.

(9g) Edward Vose[edit]

Vose Gen:15-16,21-30

Edward, the son of Robert Vose and Jane Moss, was b. England c. 1637, d. Milton, Mass. 29 Jan 1716[/7?] in 80th year, m. Abigail SHARP, b. c. 1647 (aged about 17 in April 1665), d. Milton 18 May 1712, daughter of Robert Sharp and Abigail Wright of Braintree, Rehoboth, and Boston. Edward held several minor offices in Milton, and was selectman in 1694 and 1695. His will was dated 3 Feb 1713[/4?]. Edward and Abigail both have extant gravestones in the Milton Cemetery. Children, born and baptized in Milton: [151]

  • Robert, b. 24 Nov 1666, d. 22 Nov 1668.
  • Jane, b. 21 Nov 1668, d. Milton 2 Oct 1707, m. Milton 1 July 1657 Joseph HOUGHTON, b. Lancaster 1 July 1657, d. 22 March 1737. Joseph m. (2) Milton 8 Dec 1708 Margaret Reding of Milton who d. April 1737, with will proved 5 May 1737. They had eight children b. in Milton from c. 1696 to 1706.
  • Abigail, b. 27 July 1670, d. young.
  • Nathaniel, b. 17 Nov 1672, d. Milton 10 Oct 1753, m. Milton 16 Dec 1696 Mary BELCHER, b. Braintree 16 Oct 1670, d. Milton 22 Jun 1758, daughter of Samuel Belcher and Mary Billings. They were admitted to the Milton church 4 Dec 1698. He held several town offices and carried the title "Captain." They had six children born from 1697 to 1710.
  • William, b. 9 Nov 1674, d. 6 Dec 1717, m. Milton 3 April 1700 Mary BADCOCK, b. Milton 29 June 1680, d. c. 1718, daughter of Samuel Badcock and Hannah Eames. They had six children born from 1701 to 1718. William has an extant gravestone in the Milton Cemetery. [152]
  • John, b. 20 Nov 1676, m. Sarah CLAP (see below).
  • Elizabeth, b. 2 Sep 1678, d. Milton 5 May 1766, m. Milton 28 Dec 1698 John WADSWORTH, b. Milton 22 Dec 1674, d. there 31 Jan 1733/4, son of Capt. Samuel Wadsworth and Abigail Lindall. John's will was dated 25 Jan 1733/4; Elizabeth's dated 25 Dec 1750. His estate was valued at over 7000 pounds. They had eleven children born from 1700 to 1720. They both have extant gravestones in the Milton Cem. [153]
  • Martha, b. 27 Aug 1680, m. Jonathan WYATT. They had five children born in Stonington, Ct from 1706/7 to 1717.
  • Mary, b. 17 Feb 1682[/3?], d. young
  • Sarah, b. 30 Aug 1684, d. Stonington, CT 17 Dec 1758, m. Milton 12 June 1706 James BABCOCK, b. Westerly, RI 23 Dec 1688, d. Stonington 9 April 1731, son of Capt. James Babcock and Elizabeth Saunders. They joined the Stonington church in 1708, then went with others to form the North Stonington church in 1727. They had ten children born from 1708 to 1724. They have extant gravestones in the Pendleton Hill Cemetery, North Stonington, CT, moved in 1900 from the original family plot. [154]
  • Grace, b. say 1687, m. Stonington, CT 7 Aug 1712 Walter PALMER, bapt. Stonington 7 June 1685, d. there 11 Feb 1726/7 in 43rd year, son of Dea. Gershom Palmer and Ann Denison. Grace was given administration of Walter's estate on 11 April 1727. They had only one child of record, Walter Jr., b. 1717. Walter has an extant gravestone in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, CT. [155]
  • Bathsua, bapt. 29 March 1691, d. 22 Sep 1704.

(8g) John Vose[edit]

Vose Gen:23-24, 45-47

John Vose was b. Milton 20 Nov 1676, d. Stoughton 14 July 1734, m. there 1 July 1700 Sarah CLAPP, b. Dorchester 20 July 1677, d. Stoughton 7 March 1732/3, daughter of Ezra Clapp and Abigail (Pond?). John lived in Milton until 1717, but in 1718 moved to Dorchester Village, which became Stoughton, and later Canton. He opened a tavern there as early as 1717. His will was dated 26 June 1734, dividing his estate eually among his three daughters, with his three sons-in-law as executors. He was titled captain in 1728. John and Sarah are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Mass.; he has only a surviving footstone, and she has a surviving headstone. Children, b. Milton: [156]

  • Abigail, b. 24 Dec 1701, m. John PUFFER, Jr. (see above).
  • Sarah, b. 18 Dec 1703, m. (1) Dorchester 7 April 1726 Benjamin HEWINS, b. Dorchester 27 Jan 1697/8, d. Stoughton 7 July 1734, son of Joseph Hewins and Mehitable Lyon; m. (2) Stoughton 17 Jan 1737, as his third wife, Samuel CUTLER, b. Salem, Mass. 12 June 1694, d. c. 1743, son of Samuel Cutler and Sarah Satle. Sarah had two children with her first husband, b. 1726 and 1728/9. Benjamin has an extant gravestone in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [157]
  • Bathsheba, b. 22 Nov 1706, m. Stoughton 22 Sep 1726 Samuel EMERY, b. Wells, Maine 14 Aug 1698, son of Rev. Samuel Emery and Tabitha Littlefield. They moved from Stoughton to Wells in 1728. They had eight children born 1727 to 1747, all but the first baptized at Wells.
  • Edward, b. 18 Sep, d. 1 oct 1709
  • Susanna, b. 23 April 1714, d. young.

(10g) Robert Sharp[edit]

GM 6:255-9 (Robert Sharp); GM 3:352 (Thomas Holbrook)

Robert Sharp was born c. 1615 (aged 20 in June 1635), d. c. 1654, and m. c. 1641 Abigail WRIGHT, b. c. 1623, d. c. 1707, daughter of Richard and Margaret Wright. Abigail m. (2) c. 1657 Thomas Clapp, b. c. 1609 (aged about 69 in 1678), d. Scituate, Mass. 20 April 1684, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Clap (see, above); and m. (3) by 1696 William Holbrook, bapt. St Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire 12 June 1620, d. Scituate 3 July 1699, son of Thomas Holbrook and Jane Powys. A Robert, son of Richard Sharp, was bapt. St. Mary Islington, Middlesex, England on 21 Sep 1617, but there is insufficient evidence that this was the New England immigrant. The Alice Sharpe, maidservant of Mr. William Tyng, admitted to the Boston church in 1642, and wife of Peter Aspinwall, was almost certainly a sister of Robert Sharp, as Peter Aspinwall managed Robert's estate. On 17 June 1635, Robert Sharp, aged 20, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Abigail. He first settled in Boston, was later of Braintree and Rehoboth, and then returned to Boston; he was a carpenter. Robert died a fairly young man, and the inventory of his estate was taken 19 Jan 1654/5, totaling 172 pounds, against which were debts of 83 pounds. The will of Abigail Holbrook of Scituate, Mass. was dated 28 Nov 1702 and proved 13 Feb 1707/8, making bequests to daughters Abigail [Sharp] Vose and Abigail [Clapp] Tilden, and to her many grandchildren. Inventory of her estate was taken 31 Oct 1707. Children of Abigail with first husband, Robert Sharp:

  • John, b. Braintree 12 March 1642[/3?], d. Sudbury 21 April 1676 during the attack there, m. c. 1664 Martha VOSE, b. say 1645, daughter of Robert Vose and Jane Moss. Martha m. (2) Jabez Buckminster, d. Muddy River (now Brookline) 20 Sep 1686, son of Thomas and Joanna Buckminster. John and Martha had five children born at Muddy River from 1665 to 1674. John was buried near where he was killed, and a large monument was erected to him and those who died with him at Sudbury. [158]
  • Abigail, b. c. 1647 (aged about 17 in April 1665), m. c. 1665 Edward VOSE (see above).
  • Mary, bapt. Roxbury 5 Dec 1652, d. Scituate (now Mass.) 19 Feb 1689/90, m. Scituate 5 Nov 1673 Nathaniel TILDEN, b. Scituate Sep 1650, d. there 17 Dec 1731, son of Joseph Tilden and Elizabeth Twisden. Following Mary's death, Nathaniel m. (2) Scituate 3 Jan 1693/4 Margaret Dodson. Nathaniel has an extant gravestone in the Men of Kent Cemetery, Scituate, Mass. [159]

Children of Abigail with second husband, Thomas Clapp (from We Relate website, citing Scituate vital records and the Joseph Neal ancestry (Davis...), p 67):

  • John, b. Scituate (now Mass.) 18 Oct 1658, d. there c. 1671
  • Abigail, b. Scituate 29 Jan 1659/60, d.Marshfield, Mass. 2 Feb 1736, m. c. 1685 Stephen TILDEN, b. Scituate 14 May 1659, d. Marshfield 2 Nov 1732, son of Joseph Tilden and Elizabeth Twisden. Stephen's will was dated 22 Nov 1727 and proved 7 Dec 1732. Abigail and Stephen are buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield; Stephen has an extant gravestone, but it isn't known if Abigail's has survived. They had seven children born from 1686 to 1702. [160]

(11g) Richard Wright[edit]

GMB 3:2072-4; TAG 67(1992):33-46

Richard Wright was born say 1595, living in March 1667/8, and m. (1) c. 1620 Margaret _______, b. say 1600, d. say 1630s; m. (2) say 1642 unknown wife who may have been mother of William Sabin of Rehoboth. Richard was a steward, who managed the farms of others. He was in New England by 1630, as he was admitted as member # 89 of the Boston church which would have been in late 1630. He lived in Lynn, and was Deputy there in 1632. He was made freeman on 14 May 1634, and recommended to the church at Mount Wollaston on 16 Feb 1639/40, and a Braintree commissioner in Oct 1640. He moved frequently, and was of Rehoboth in 1643, Boston in 1649, Ipswich in 1652, Twelve Mile Island (in Connecticut River) in 1662, and in Podunk (E. Hartford) in 1666. He had returned to England in 1646, but was back in New England by 1649. His known children, all daughters, were:

With first wife:

  • Elinor/Elizabeth, b. c. 1621, living 29 Dec 1701 when she testified as Elinor aged fourscore years or thereabouts, m. c. 1644, probably at Rehoboth, James CLARK, d. Muddy River 19 Dec 1674, son of John Clark alias Kingman of Wells, Somerset, England. "Elizabeth Clark, wife of James Clark...brother wrights daughter" was admitted to the Roxbury church between 1644 and 1647.
  • (prob.) Ann, b. c. 1622 (aged 45 in June 1667), d. Hartford, CT 5 Aug 1703, m. c. 1645 Thomas BURNHAM, b. c. 1617, d. 28 June 1688, aged 71, probably at Podunk (E. Hartford). They had ten children born from c. 1646 to say 1664.
  • Abigail, b. c. 1623 (aged about 78 in Dec 1701), m. (1) Robert SHARPE; m. (2) c. 1657 Thomas CLAPP; m. (3) c. 1696 William HOLBROOK.

Children with second wife:

  • Sarah, b. say 1643, living at Hartford Oct 1691, m. c. 1664 Thomas HARRIS, d. say 1685. They had eight probable children born c. 1664 to c. 1691.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1644, m. 1666 _______ PADDON.
  • (prob.) Ann, b. say 1645, m. Lynn 7 April 1665 Samuel GAINES, b. c. 1637, d. Glastonbury, CT c. 1700, son of Henry Gaines and Jane Partridge. Samuel m. (2) by 1668 Hannah Burnham, b. c. 1646/7, living March 1716/7, daughter of Thomas Burnham and Ann (Wright?). Ann had one child, Benoni ("son of my sorrow"), suggesting she died in childbirth, probably in 1666 or 1667. Samuel had nine children with his second wife (see NEHGR 85:39).

(10g) Edward Clap[edit]

see above

(9g) Ezra Clapp[edit]

see above

(11g) Robert Pond (?)[edit]

see above

(10g) William Pond (?)[edit]

see above

(8g) Andrew McFadden[edit]

Scotch Irish Pioneers:331-2 [161]; summary from Andrew McFadden Family of Maine (Grace Lewsthop and others)

Andrew McFadden was born in Scotland c. 1675, d. Maine 1753?, and m. (1) c. 1693 Marsy MALLORY; m. (2) c. 1704 Jane LINDSAY, b. c. 1684, living 1766. Andrew went from Scotland to Northern Ireland in 1693 and settled in Summersett, a village on the Bann Water. Somerset is currently a park in the District of Coleraine, County (London)Derry, along the River Bann, near its mouth at the North Sea. Here he raised his children from both wives. He left Ireland with his family in 1718 aboard the ship Maccallum out of Londonderry, and arrived in Boston 6 Sep 1718. On 19 June 1766, Jane McFadden of Pownalborough, ME, aged about 82, testified that she and her late husband, Andrew Macfadden, lived in the town of Garvo in County Derry "on the ban Water in Ireland" at a place called "Summersett." About 1720 Andrew and Jane moved from Ireland to Boston, Mass. and then to a place called Merry-Meeting Bay on the Kennebeck River where they called their attractive property Summersett, after their place in Ireland. Known children with first wife, born at Somerset:

  • James, b. 1701, m. Rebecca PIERCE (see below).

Children with second wife:

  • Andrew, b. c. 1715
  • Summersett (dau), b. 1720
  • Daniel, b. 1722

From the web: Andrew was born about 1675 on the Isle of Mull, Highlands of Scotland. Andrew McFadden married first Marsey Mallory in 1693 in Garragh, Londonderry, Ireland. His second marriage was to Jane Lindsay or Linsey in 1704 in Ireland. He passed away in 1764 in Georgetown, Sagahadoc, Maine and is buried on Arrowsic Island, Maine. [1] Andrew McFadden emigrated to Northern Island, then to the United States. In September 1718, Andrew came to America from Ireland aboard the "MacCallum" with his wife, Jane, first to Boston, Massachusetts, then on to Merrymeeting Bay in Maine. He was one of the first settlers of Kennebec County, so-called. He and his family settled on a point of land between the Cathance River and the Agagadusett River. This opposite and a little towards the northward side of Brick Island. The place he first settled was then known as Cathance Point. He called the place Summersett after his home in Ireland. In 1722 when the French and Indian War broke out Andrew along with his family went to the garrison at Arrowsic Island in Georgetown. This was due to fear that the Indians would attack them at Summersett. He spent the rest of his life there at Georgetown. [2]

The MacFadyens of the Isle of Mull in Scotland may be the oldest recorded McFadden clan. Their story begins in the 14th century when Hector the Stern of the Clan MacLean was granted lands on Mull and found them already inhabited by MacFadyens. Hector was the founder of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie and the MacFadyens would become a sept of that clan. Any McFaddens (or variants) with connections to Mull or the surrounding area, including the nearby isles of Tiree and Coll, are almost certainly affiliated with Clan Maclaine.

Some of the Maclaines converted from Catholicism in the early 17th century and variants of that surname are associated with The Plantation of Ulster. It is likely that many McFaddens who trace their line to Ulster, especially those that trace to the eastern counties, are descended from the MacFadyens of Mull.

Hopefully McFaddens with known ties to Mull will join our project and allow us to attempt to determine the Y-DNA signature(s) of that clan and compare them with other McFadden lines.

(7g) James McFadden[edit]

James McFadden was the son of Andrew McFadden and Marsy Mallory. He was born in Gano?/Garvo?, Somerset, Ireland c. 1701, died Georgetown, Maine 6 Jan 1754, and married c. 1728 Rebecca PIERCE, b. c. 1708, (d. 1796 per one account). James's parents lived in a place called "Summersett", which today is a park near the mouth of the River Bann in the Coleraine District of County (London)derry, Northern Ireland. Children, all born in Georgetown, ME, apparently from a family Bible, but I pulled the births from the web: [162]

  • John, b. 31 May 1729, m. Grace LISCOM (see below).
  • Mary, b. 9 July 1731, d. Herman, ME 1 March 1824, m. Georgetown 13 Nov 1756 Nathaniel MAYHEW, b. Chilmark, Dukes, MA 1720, d. Bangor, ME 28 Oct 1808, the son of Zaccheus Mayhew and Susanna Wade. They had eight children born c. 1758 to c. 1775. Nathaniel is buried in the Kenduskeag Village Cemetery, Penobscot Co., Maine, but there is no photo of the monument in Find a grave. [163]
  • James, b. 2 Nov 1733, d. 1753; no record of this person found.
  • Hannah, b. 22 Feb 1736, d. Georgetown 20 Aug 1810; no record of this person found.
  • Thomas, b. 10 Oct 1740, d. Embden, ME 18 Nov 1840, aged 100y 1m 8d, m. (1) Woolwich, Maine 31 Dec 1767 Hannah SAVAGE, b. Woolwich 28 Oct 1746, d. New Portland, ME or Embden, ME 5 June 1807, the daughter of James Savage and Mary Hilton. He m. (2) 20 Dec 1807 Ruth Spinney, b. Georgetown 1765, d. Embden 15 Jan 1825. Thomas and Hannah had 13 children born 1768 to 1791. Thomas and both wives are buried in the Sunset Cemetery, North Anson, Somerset Co., Maine. [164]
  • Andrew, b. 3 Jan 1743, d. 1834. I find no record, census or otherwise, that this person exists.
  • Jane, b. 13 Oct 1748, d. 1794; no record of this person found.

(6g) John McFadden[edit]

John, the son of James McFadden and Rebecca Pierce, was b. Georgetown, ME 31 May 1729, d. at sea off of Cape Cod 5 March 1755, and married in Stoughton, Mass. on 12 April 1751 Grace LISCOM, b. Stoughton 14 Aug 1732, d. 1823, the daughter of John Liscom and Joanna Leonard. John Fadden was a mariner. Following his death, Grace married in Stoughton (recorded in Sharon, Mass.) 24 Aug 1758 Comfort WHYTON/WHITING, b. Hingham, Mass. 15 Sep 1736, d. 25 Jan 1823, a mariner, and the son of Solomon Whiting and Jael Dunbar. Grace had eleven children with her second husband. While hard evidence is lacking to establish that the John McFadden of Georgetown, ME is the same as the one who married Grace Liscom of Stoughton, the circumstantial evidence is strong. The John of Stoughton had only two children before his wife remarried in 1758, meaning he died within a few years prior to then. This fits perfectly with the death date of the John McFadden of Georgetown, who died at sea in 1755. A compilation of newspaper extractions from the Noetheast, 1704-1930, pulled the following item from the Boston Gazette: "McFadden, John, master of a wood sloop from the Eastward, wrecked and frozen to death on Cape Cod. issue Mar. 25, 1755. Gaz." As for Grace, she appears to be living in 1800 and 1810 in Canton, when Comfort Whiting appears on the census, aged 45+ both years, and with a like-aged female both years. Neither Comfort nor Grace is found in the 1820 census, so they likely either died or were living with relatives. Comfort is NOT the one of his name who died 4 Jan 1830 and buried with a grave marker at Canton Corner Cemetery. That person was only 23 when he died. During his short life, John McFadden had the following children with his wife Grace: [165] [166]

  • James, b. c. 1752, m. Stoughton 13 Aug 1772 Mehetible WENTWORTH. The relationship between James and his father was expressed in the Boston Transcript, perhaps the work of the noted genealogist, G. Andrews Moriarty? [167]
  • John, likely the one baptized at Milton, Mass 18 March 1753, where the Milton Church baptismal record reads "John, son of John McFadden by virtue of his wife's owning the Cov't at Dorchester" (NEHGR 24:43 [1870]). He is likely the one of his name whose marriage intention appeared in Stoughton, Mass. on 11 Feb 1775 to Mary BILLINGS. Very soon after this date, John Fadden became heavily involved as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and his service was extensive. What happened concerning his marriage is not certain, but his wife appears to have either died, or else they were divorced. Supporting the latter theory is the record of the marriage of a Mary Fadden of Stoughton who married 4 March 1787 Ozias Whiting. As for John, it appears that he remarried during the war, In Albany, NY on 4 December 1778 to Catharine Amanda Van Der WERKEN, b. c. 1759, d. Noyan, Quebec 19 Feb 1849, of a Dutch family. Did he just abandon his first wife, with no intention of returning to Massachusetts? John had many children with Catharine, and lived in both New York and Vermont. In 1790 he is enumerated on the federal census in Albany, New York, under the name "John Fadon", apparently living with wife, four sons and one daughter. John applied for a pension on 28 March 1818, based on his war service, and in a 12 June 1820 document he called himself a resident of Franklin County, Vermont, aged 66. He died in Albany, New York on 29 July 1825, and on 18 July 1837 his widow, Catherine, applied for a pension in Grand Isle County, Vermont, she being 78 years old at the time. Also on that date, a son of John, James Fadden, of Caldwells Manor in the Province of Lower Canada, made an affidavit and provided significant information about himself and his siblings. The pension file for John Fadden is 39 pages in length, and available on the Fold-3 website. John Fadden had a child with his first wife, Mary: John, b. Stoughton (birth found in Canton records) 18 Nov 1776. The children of John and Catherine were: (1) Margaret "Peggy", b. c. 1780, d. 1817; (2) James, b. Albany, NY 15 Mar 1782, living 18 July 1837 when he made an affidavit; (3) Comfort William, b. Albany, NY 2 Aug 1784, d. Clinton Co., NY 25 Apr 1874; (4) child whose name is illegible in brother's affidavit, b. 25 April 1789; (5) child, name illegible, b. 9 Sep 1792; (6) Joseph, b. 13 March 1795; and (7) Caty, b. 16 March 1798.

Grace had eleven children with her husband Comfort Whiting, all born in Stoughton, but only four of them are known to have reached maturity. The first five children are found by searching on the surname Whyton, and the remainder are found under the surname Whiting, though I find no birth records for the last three: [168]

  • Joanna, b. 27 April 1759, d. Milton, Mass. 3 Oct 1813, aged 55, m. Stoughton 17 Dec 1778 Joseph MAY, b. Brimfield, Mass. 1755, son of John May and Hannah Martin. They had six known children, born 1779 to 1794.
  • Nathaniel (twin), b. 28 Jan 1761, (d. Stougton Oct 1761--no VR found)
  • Philip (twin), b. 28 Jan 1761
  • Mary, b. 1 Dec 1762
  • Ruth, b. 6 Nov 1764
  • Rebecca, b. 6 March 1767, d. Canton 3 Jan 1861, aged 93y 9m 29d, m. Stoughton 2 Dec 1784 Peter BILLINGS, b. Stoughton 18 May 1767, d. c. 1805. The federal census records portray an interesting story about this family. Peter's name appears on the 1790 and 1800 censuses in Canton, but thereafter it is Rebecca's name that appears: 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860. However, there is a like-aged man living with her in 1810, and perhaps 1820. Is this a brother or father? The assumption is that Peter was living in 1800, but dead by 1810. In 1850 Rebecca was living with Rachel Hewitt, 58, and two Hewitt children; in 1860 she was living only with Rebecca Hewitt, aged 68. I assume this was her daughter. [169]
  • Nathaniel, b. 24 Dec 1768, d. Canton 6 May 1844, m. c. 1813 Polly (HOLBROOK) Tower, b. Braintree 1779, d. Canton 10 Jan 1861, aged 81 (d. rec) or 82 (tombstone), daughter of Nehemiah Holbrook and Elizabeth Hubbard (or Hobart). Polly had married first in Braintree on 9 April 1800 John Tower, b. 1778, d. 1812, and with him had three children born 1800 to 1804. Nathaniel and Polly both have grave markers in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [170]
  • Abigail, b. 1 March 1771, supposedly died the same day. The birth is found in the Stoughton vital record, but the death is not.
  • Lemuel, b. 8 Nov 1773, but not found in vital record. There are several contemporaries of this name whose dates are similar. The best match for this person, if he survived childhood, is the Lemuel Whiting who died 14 March 1826, aged 53, buried in Ashby First Parish Burial Ground. There are no other Whitings in that cemetery. Did he die 20 Dec 1824 and m. Rebecca _______, b. 21 Dec 1775? If so, they are buried in Abington in Plymouth County, Mass. and both have grave markers. This doesn't make sense, though.
  • Grace, b. July 1775, d. Canton 8 Oct 1817, m. (1) (int. Stoughton 30 April 1796) Nathaniel PETTINGILL, b. c. 1765, d. 1800, son of Nathaniel Pettingill (and possibly his first wife Ruth Copeland). Grace m. (2) Canton 21 Nov 1802 Spencer WENTWORTH, b. 1781, d. Canton 15 Oct 1857, the son of Seth Wentworth and Jane Warren. Following Grace's death, Spencer m. (2) Canton 24 June 1825 Joanna Belcher, b. 1778, d. 1840, and m. (3) Canton 25 Jan 1843 Caroline _______, b. 1801, d. 1900. Grace had one son with her first husband, William Pettingill, b. 1797. She had six more children with her second husband, born 1803 to 1814. Grace has a grave stone in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [171]
  • Comfort, b. March 1777; no further record found.

(5g) James Fadden[edit]

James, b. Stoughton, Mass. 1752, d. Canton, Mass. 16 April 1795, was the son of John Fadden and Grace Liscom of Stoughton. His father was a mariner. James was married in 1772 to Mehitable WENTWORTH, b. Stoughton 31 Dec 1753, d. Canton 7 Oct 1824, the daughter of Samuel Wentworth and Sarah Puffer. James' Revolutionary War service record is extensive. He was a private in Capt James Endecott's company of militia, Col Lemuel Robinson's regiment which marched on the alarm of 19 Apr 1775, and served for nine days. Later, he was a Drummer, Capt William Bent's company, Col John Greaton's regiment on a muster roll dated 1 Aug 1775 with enlistment date of 27 Apr 1775 and service for 3mos and 12 days. He also served in Capt Bent's company, 36th regiment where his name appears on a company return dated at Fort No. 2, 5 Oct 1775. On 27 Dec 1775 his name appears on an order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money for service in Capt William Bent's company, Col John Greaton's regiment. He was a drummer in Capt Theophilus Lyon's company, Col Benjamin Gill's regiment with two days' service, when the company marched from Stoughton to Braintree 22 Mar 1776. He was also on a list of men mustered by Col Nathaniel Barber, the Suffolk Co., MA Muster Master, dated Boston 16 Mar 1777, and was placed in Capt Patrick's company, Col Alden's regiment. On a return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt Endicott's company, Col Benjamin Gill's regiment, dated 27 Jun 1777, he gave his residence as Stoughton, and enlisted for that town for a period of three years, joining Capt Patrick's company, Col Alden's regiment. He was a Sergeant in Major's company, Col John Brooks' (late Alden's) regiment, and appears on Continental Army pay accounts for service from 1 Mar 1777 to 31 Dec 1779. He appears on various returns with Patrick's company, Alden's (6th) regiment, including one dated at Albany 12 Jan 1778, and one certified at Cherry Valley 24 Feb 1779. He also was on a muster roll for March and April 1779 in Capt Luke Day's company, Alden's regiment, and from 1 Jan to 1 Mar 1780 he was a Sergeant in Capt Day's company, Col Brooks' regiment, per Continental Army pay accounts. I don't know if he is the same James Fadden who was a Private, Capt Thomas Cushing's company, who enlisted 15 Aug 1783 and served till 24 Oct 1785, 26 mos, 10 days, at Castle and Governor's Islands, and appearing on pay rolls for service at the Castle from 25 Oct 1785 to 25 Apr 1786. James and his wife both have grave markers at the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Mass. Children: [172]

  • James, b. Stoughton, Mass. 1774, d. Canton, Mass. 11 Aug 1849, was the son of James Fadden and Mehitable Wentworth of Canton, Mass. He was married in Dedham, Mass. on 23 July 1803 to Polly Pond, whose parentage has not been determined. A Polly Pond, daughter of Abijah and Molly Pond, was born in Wrentham, Mass. 19 Oct 1781. James appears on the 1810, 1820, and 1830 censuses for Canton. His death record called him a farmer, born in Canton, and died of consumption. While a burial record or grave marker has not been found for him, since he lived his entire life in Canton, and since his parents and son are buried here, he is without doubt buried here as well. [173]
  • Mehitable, the daughter of James Fadden and Mehitable Wentworth, was born Stoughton, Mass. 1781, d. Canton, Mass. 1 June 1808, and m. Elijah FISHER of Stoughton as his second wife. They had two girls who soon became orphans following the deaths of Mehitable and Elijah. She is buried in the family plot with her parents and brother Andrew. [174]
  • Rachel, b. Stoughton, Mass. 28 Aug 1783, d. Canton, Mass. 25 Jan 1856 was the daughter of James Fadden and Mehitable Wentworth of Stoughton, Mass. She was married in Canton on 16 December 1810 to Jabez COBB. On 5 May 1840, Rachel Cobb, wife of Jabez Cobb of Canton, was allotted a portion of the estate of her brother Andrew Fadden, deceased. Rachel died of consumption, and her husband died of the same disease five months later. Jabez and Rachel appear on the 1820, 1830, and 1850 censuses in Canton, and in the latter living with them was Clarissa Cobb, aged 39. While burial records for the Canton Cemetery don't begin until about 1911, Rachel is almost certainly buried in the same plot as her husband and daughter in the Canton Cemetery, though for some reason her name is not on the family monument, nor does she have a separate grave marker. [175]
  • Andrew, born 1790 in Brookline, Mass., d. Canton, Mass. 1 April 1839 in his 50th year, was "non compos mentis." On 25 March 1817, Abigail Blackman and Elijah Endicott, two "relations" requested guardianship for him. On 1 April 1817, the bond of guardianship was signed by Jabez Cobb, cordwainer, Thomas French Jr., and Ezra Tilden. On 5 April 1825, Nathaniel Wentworth, a "near relation" [Andrew's uncle] was appointed guardian. On 7 May 1839, Martin Draper of Dedham was appointed administrator of the estate of Andrew, signing the bond with Jabez Cobb and Horace Guild, both of Canton. Abel Wentworth, John Gay, and Benjamin Gill appraised his inventory on 2 July 1839, and the distribution of his estate, dated 5 May 1840, went to James Fadden of Canton, Rachel Cobb, wife of Jabez Cobb of Canton; Amelia Guild, wife of Horace Guild of Canton; and Sally Draper, wife of Martin Draper of Dedham. Andrew is buried in the same plot with his parents and sister Mehitable Fisher. [176]

(8g) Philip Liscom[edit]

NEHGR 162(2008):47-53; Milton vital records;

Philip Liscom, b. say 1675, d. Stoughton, Mass. 27 June 1743 (church record), m. (1) Milton, Mass. 24 Dec 1701 Charity JORDAN, b. 3 March 1678, d. 28 March 1742 (church record), the daughter of John Jordan of Milton, Dorchester South Precinct, and Stoughton, Mass. Based on research published in the New England Historical Genealogical Register in 2008, Charity's mother was either Esther or Naomi Sylvester, daughters of Richard Silvester of Weymouth and Marshfield. Based on their baptismal dates, and onomastic evidence, there is almost an even probability that Charity's mother was Naomi or Esther. Following Charity's death, Philip m. (2) Braintree 6 April 1743 Elizabeth Neal, less than three months before his own death. The provenance of Philip isn't known, but two New England couples were of an age that could have been his parents: John Liscomb and Hannah Hazard of Boston, and William and Susanna Liscomb of Salem, Mass. and Saco, Maine. Evidence favors the latter. Philip was a resident of Milton from the time of his first marriage to about 1708 or 1709. At a Milton meeting of selectmen on 12 Dec 1707 an "Ernest request and desire of Abigal the daughter of dina Tomson" was registered to go with her cousin, "Philep Liscom", he being about to remove to a new plantation within the plantation of Punkapaug. Dinah Tomson was a sister of Philip's mother-in-law, who was a daughter of Richard Sylvester. Abigail was inflicted with a condition requiring constant attention, and Philip and his wife Charity would be her caretakers for as long as they lived. The date of the foregoing town meeting suggests that Philip likely moved to Ponkapaug (a part of Dorchester that later became Stoughton, and then Canton) around 1708, but he may not have moved immediately as his daughter Naomi's birth was recorded in Milton in September 1709, and his daughter Elizabeth's baptism took place in Milton in 1711.

Philip purchased land from the Fennos on the way to Bear Swamp, now on York Street in Canton. In 1718 he was constable for the southern part of the town. On 18 Sep 1724 Philip Liscum of Dorchester deeded to his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Niles, wife of Benjamin of Braintree, several pieces of land, buildings and livestock. On 22 Dec 1726 the South Precinct of Dorchester was incorporated as the town of Stoughton, and at the first town meeting Philip was chosen a constable. On 25 June 1728, Philip Liscom of Stoughton deeded to Benjamin Silvester Jr. and (presumed wife) Charity 35 acres in Braintree. Philip was involved in the estate settlement of his father-in-law, John Jordan, and received a legacy on 24 March 1728 and a payment on 26 July 1731. In his will, dated 20 Jan 1736 and proved 5 July 1743, Philip calls himself of Stoughton, and makes bequests to wife Charity, sons John and Philip, daughters Charity, Elizabeth, and Katherine (no surname), and daughter Grace Keny, deceased, or to son-in-law Jonathan Keny. To son Benjamin, now single, all the rest. Son Noyce was also mentioned in the will, with sons John and Philip named executors. An agreement of heirs names Charity Wentworth, John, Philip, and Benjamin Liscum, Charity Dwelly, Benjamin Sprague, Catherine Phillips, John Noyes, and Samuel Jordan. The division of the estate gives to Catherine Phillips, Elizabeth Silvester, Benj. Liscum, Philip Liscum, Charity Dwelly, Abigail & Naomi Noyce, children of Naomi Noyce, deceased, and Grace Jordan, only child & heir of Grace Keny, deceased. Children, first five born in Milton, others born in Dorchester (baptisms from NEHGR 23:16-17): [177]

  • John, b. 2 Dec 1702, m. Joanna LEONARD
  • Philip, b. 15 Feb 1703/4, d. Stoughton 25 Oct 1772 (Bible record in NEHGR 75:79 (1921)), m. Scituate, Mass. 8 Dec 1724 Desire SILVESTER, b. 8 Dec 1706, d. Stoughton 21 May 1790 (Bible rec), the daughter of Richard Sylvester and Desire Stetson of Scituate. Desire's obituary appearing on 27 May 1790 says she "fell dead after breakfast." Philip served in the Crown Point Expedition during the French and Indian War. [178]
  • Grace, b. 26 July 1705, bapt. Milton Church 29 July 1705, d. 1724, and m. Boston 10 Oct 1723 Jonathan KENEY, b. Milton 9 Feb 1702, the son of Jonathan-2 Keney (John-1). Jonathan Keney m. (2) Boston 8 March 1724/5 Jemima Blackman. Grace Jordan was the only child and heir of Grace Keny, named in Philip's estate division, c. 1743. [179]
  • Charity, b. 1 April 1708, bapt Milton 11 April 1708, d. 20 Aug 1741 (Hist of Canton, 1893), m. Boston 24 June 1725 Samuel DWELLY, b. Scituate, Mass. 25 July 1693, the son of Richard Dwelly (and Aime?). Samuel owned a piece of land southwest of Charles Wentworth in 1725. Charity joined the church at Stoughton in 1730. [180] [181]
  • Naomi, b. 5 Sep 1709, bapt Milton 18 Sep 1709, m. (int Abington, Mass. 9 Oct 1726) John NOYES, b. Newbury, Mass. 13 Feb 1706, the son of John-4 Noyes (John-3, Nicholas-2, William-1) and Mary Thurlo. John was a blacksmith, and left Newbury for Abington, Mass. supposedly in 1728, but his marriage intention suggests he was there earlier. On 19 April 1728 he sold his land in Newbury to David Pearson, also a blacksmith. John was named in an agreement of the heirs of Philip Liscom, Sr., c. 1743. Naomi was called Naomi Noyce, deceased, in the division of her father's estate, c. 1743, and her two children Abigail and Naomi were named. On 3 Sep 1755 John bought the thirds or rights of dower of his mother, Mary (Noyes) Fitts of his siblings. The death date for Naomi has not been found, but she was likely living in 1729 when her second child would have been born, but dead by 1743. [182]
  • Elizabeth, b. 14 Aug 1711, bapt Milton 19 Aug 1711, d. c. 1754, m. (int. Stoughton 18 May 1728) Benjamin SYLVESTER, b. Scituate, Mass. 17 Feb 1698/9, son of Benjamin-2 Sylvester (Richard-1). The name of Benjamin's mother has been given variously as Lydia Standley, Lydia Standlake, and Mary Standlake. Following Elizabeth's death, Benjamin m. (2) Braintree 9 Oct 1755 Sarah Marquand. Elizabeth and Benjamin had nine children born in Braintree from 1729 to 1744.
  • Katherine, b. 30 March 1718, d. Ashfield, Hampshire, Mass. 5 Feb 1775, m. (int Stoughton 20 Dec 1735) Thomas PHILLIPS, b. Easton, Bristol, Mass. 25 Jan 1711/2, d. Ashfield 11 Aug 1800, the son of Capt John Phillips and Elizabeth Drake of Easton. They had nine children born from 1736 to 1755. Some sources say that Thomas m. (2) 1777 Rachael Wood. Thomas Phillips has a modern memorial marker in the Beldingville Cemetery, Ashfield, Mass., giving a death year of 1791. [183] [184]
  • Benjamin, b. 4 Nov 1720, called single in his father's 1736 will. Benjamin wrote his will in 1745, naming his brother Philip as sole heir and executor. In his will he talked about unspecified dangers that he might face. He was reportedly killed by Indians the following year (dying "in the twentieth year of his majesty's reign, leaving no wife nor child nor any legal heir"), making the language in his will sound somewhat prophetic. The 20th year of the reign of King George II was 1746. [185]
  • Noyes, b. c. 1722, named in father's 1736 will, but received nothing in division of estate.

(7g) John Liscom[edit]

John, the son of Philip Liscom and Charity Jordan of Milton, Dorchester, and Stougton, Mass., was b. Milton 2 Dec 1702, d. c. 1756, and m. Stoughton 11 June 1728 Joanna LEONARD, b. 22 March 1709, daughter of Uriah Leonard and Abigail Stone, of Stoughton. John was bequeathed part of his father's estate on Bear Swamp Road, presumably in Stoughton. He was a private and volunteer in the old French War in 1756 as a sentinel, on the Crown Point Expedition. He was in (Capt?) Nathaniel Blake's company, (Col?) Bagley's regiment; on a roll from July to 11 October, he was reported dead. Children: [186]

  • Joanna, b. Stoughton 10 Jan 1728/9 (VR), appears to have died young
  • John, b. Stoughton 1 Aug 1730 (VR). If he survived childhood, he could be any one of a number of John Liscoms appearing in census records in western Mass. and New York in the early 19th century.
  • Grace, b. 14 Aug 1732, m. (1) John McFADDEN; m. (2) Comfort WHYTON or WHITING (see above)
  • Joanna, b. Stoughton 1 Sep 1734, m. Stoughton 3 April 1755 John HILL.
  • Abigail, b. Stoughton 23 Feb 1738/9
  • Charity, b. Stoughton 9 Feb 1740/1, d. Milton 14 Nov 1798, m. (1) Stoughton 23 Oct 1760 (also recorded in Milton) Thomas HOUGHTON of Milton, b. c. 1737, d. c. 1772, son of Ebenezer-3 Houghton (Joseph-2, Ralph-1) and Sarah Evans. Thomas was taxed in Milton from 1759 to 1772. Charity m. (2) as his second or third wife, 17 Dec 1774, Noah DAMON, b. Milton 28 April 1723, d. Bridgewater, VT 1799, the son of Noah Damon and Sarah Dickerman. Noah had married first in Milton on 2 April 1754 Hannah Merrifield with whom he had four children. An online account says he married second Abigail Blake, but I think it was his father, Noah Sr., who married Blake. Charity had five known children with her first husband.
  • Nathanael, b. Stoughton 11 April 1743, m. Milton 1767 Bridget McMULLEN. Nothing more known of this couple.

(9g) John Jordan[edit]

NEHGR 162(2008):47-53

John Jordan, b. say 1650, d. 1728, m. (1) c. 1672 either Naomi or Esther Sylvester, b. say 1652, d. c. 1698, the daughter of Richard and Naomi Sylvester of Weymouth and Marshfield, Mass. Naomi Silvester was baptized in 1650; Esther in 1654, which gives about an even probability of either being Jordan's wife. Likewise, onomastic evidence makes the probability of either being about the same. John Jordan m. (2) Boston 4 Oct 1699 Mary Frizell, b. 1675, d. 14 Dec 1738, aged 63, the woman named in his will. Widow Mary Jordan married 3 Nov 1730 at Stoughton, Joseph Tucker. On 4 April 1684 the Rev. Peter Thacher wrote in his journal "My dear went to see Goodwife Jordan & Goodwife Crane", the former certainly refering to John Jordan's first wife. The will of John Jordan, yeoman of Dorchester, dated 18 Sep 1723 with codicil 26 Sep 1723, was proved 1 Apr 1728, with Deacon John Wadsworth of Milton and Peter Lyon of Dorchester as executors. Bequests were made to wife Mary and to sons (not named) and four daughters (not named). An accounting on 24 Mar 1728 mentions a legacy to Benjamin Jordan, Thomas Jordan, Joseph Jordan, Elizabeth Niles, John Taylor, Jonathan Jordan and Philip Liscum. Another accounting on 26 July 1731 made payments to widow, to Elizabeth Lee for her share £5/2/3, to Philip Liscom £5/2/3 and to David Sprague & John Fuller the same. Children, all with first wife, births of #2 through #7 in Milton, Mass.: [187]

  • Esther, b. 1673, d. Milton 27 Sep 1673
  • Naomi, b. 26 Aug 1675, d. Milton 8 Oct 1675
  • Esther, b. 26 Aug 1676
  • Charity, b. 3 March 1677/8, m. Philip LISCOM (or LISCOMB or LISCUM) (see above).
  • Sarah, b. 29 Nov 1678, m. Milton 13 June 1706 David SPRAGUE, b. Hingham, Plymouth Colony, 23 Dec 1683, d. Scituate, RI 6 Dec 1773, the son of John Sprague and Lydia Goffe of Hingham. Sarah and David had seven known children, born from 1707 to about 1720.
  • Naomi, b. 22 July 1679, m. by 1715 John TAYLOR, b. Providence, RI c. 1677. John was of Providence on 24 May 1730 when he bought property of Richard Waterman; his brother-in-law, David Sprague, was a witness. John Taylor is mentioned in the 1728 accounting of the estate of Naomi's father, John Jordan. Naomi and John were married relatively late in life, but they nevertheless had five children born from 1715 to 1722, with the oldest born in Milton, Mass. and the remainder born in Providence, RI.
  • John, b. 31 Oct 1680, m. Dorchester 30 Dec 1715 Elizabeth WENTWORTH.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1681, m. (1) Braintree 19 May 1698 Benjamin NILES; m. (2) Stoughton 9 July 1729 Thomas LEE. She was called Elizabeth Niles in her father's probate documents in 1728, but Elizabeth Lee in a 1731 accounting.
  • Thomas, b. c. 1683, d. Dorchester 20 April 1750, m. Dorchester 15 May 1706 Olive CORBIN. Thomas was named in father's probate settlement, 1728. Thomas and Olive had seven children born in Dorchester (later Stoughton) from 1713 to 1725.
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1685, d. either 1768 or d. Stoughton 22 June 1784, m. Dorchester 30 Dec 1715 Abigail WENTWORTH, b. c. 1694, daughter of John and Martha Wentworth of Dorchester and Stoughton. Benjamin was named in his father's probate settlement in 1728 (some of this from Wentworth Gen.).
  • Joseph, b. c. 1687, m. Milton 18 Oct 1716 Abigail PITCHER. Joseph was named in father's probate settlement, 1728
  • Jonathan, b. c. 1690, named in father's probate settlement, 1728

(10g) Richard Silvester[edit]

GMB 3:1677-81; NEHGR 85(1931):247-265; 162(2008):47-53

Richard Silvester was born c. 1608, d. late summer 1663, and m. c. 1632 Naomi _______, b. c. 1612, d. Nov 1668. Richard was in New England by 19 October 1630 when he applied to become a freeman, but was not admitted until 1 April 1634 in Dorchester. He lived at Weymouth, from about the time of his arrival in New England until nearly two decades later, but by 1650 he was living in Marshfield in the Plymouth Colony. His will was dated 16 June and proved 2 Oct 1663, with the inventory of his estate dated [27?] Sep 1663. The date of Naomi's inventory was 26 Nov 1668. Children:

  • Lydia, b. Weymouth 8 Dec 1633, m. (1) Scituate 4 Sep 1652 Nathaniel RAWLINS, d. Scituate 23 Dec 1662, son of Thomas Rawlins; m. (2) Scituate 25 May 1664 Edward WRIGHT. Lydia was granted administration of her first husband's estate on 5 Oct 1663. She had seven children with first husband born from 1653/4 to 1662, and seven more with her second husband baptized from 1665 to 1673.
  • John, b. Weymouth 14 March 1634/5, d. summer 1706, m. c. 1658 Sarah _______, living 4 Aug 1706. His will was dated 4 Aug and proved 12 Sep 1706. John and Sarah had six children, all born at Marshfield from 1659 [1658/9?] to 1681, but bapt. in the Second Church of Scituate.
  • Peter, b. c. 1637, bur. Weymouth 13 Aug 1642, after shooting himself with his father's gun. The incident was well-described in the Plymouth court records (see GMB and NEHGR article from 1931).
  • Joseph, b. Weymouth 12 April 1638, d. 1690, m. c. 1663 Mary BARSTOW, d. c. 1715, daughter of William Barstow and Ann Hubbard. On 29 Oct 1670 Joseph was appointed guardian of his nephew John Lowell, Jr. and on 8 March 1670/1 he was one of two appointed guardian of his younger brother Benjamin. During King Philip's War, Joseph's house was burned by the Indians. Joseph was a tailor by profession, but he also kept an inn, being licensed in March 1683/4. Joseph was a Scituate representative to the General Court in 1689 and 1690. He was a captain in the expedition against the Indians in 1689, and served in the expedition against Canada in the summer of 1690. However, he became ill during the expedition, and on 22 July 1690 he recited his nuncupative will before three of his men. His inventory was taken the following winter on 29 ___ 1690/1 (month lost), amounting to 434 pounds, against which there were 16 pounds in debt. The value of two negro servants was given as 30 pounds. The inventory of the estate of widow Mary Silvester was dated 22 Oct 1715. Joseph and Mary had nine children born at Scituate from 1664 to 1685, and baptized in the Second Church there.
  • Israel, b. prob. Weymouth c. 1640, d. Scituate 25 March 1727, aged 8_, m. c. 1673 Martha _______, living in 1726. Israel's will was dated 19 April 1726, but no date of probate appears in the 1931 article about the family. He and Martha had eleven children born from 1674 to 1696. The 1931 mentions his gravestone in the South Parish Cemetery, originally in southern Scituate, but now in the town of Norwell, Mass.
  • Dinah, b. Weymouth 2 April 1642, d. by 1703, m. _______ TOMSON. In March 1660/1 she was before the court at Plymouth, charged with accusing the wife of William Holmes of witchcraft, and was compelled to retract and apologize. On 1 Oct 1661 Richard Silvester and his daughter Dinah complained against John Palmer, Jr. for acting fraudulently against Dinah in not performing his engagement to her in point of marriage. On 31 Oct 1666 Dinah, with her brother John and sister Naomi, were tried for resuing their mother from the hands of the constable. Dinah was fined on 3 July 1667 for committing fornication, and on 1 June 1669 Elkanah Johnson was summoned to court "in reference unto a child laid unto him by Dinah Silvester." This child apparently did not survive, but Dinah had an illegitimate daughter, Abigail, born in 1673. On 8 Dec 1673 Dinah Silverster was whipped with 20 stripes in the presence of the Milton selectmen, then she and her child were delivered by the constable Edward Vose to the selectmen for maintenance. Abigail required medical attention during her life, and that care was provided by Philip and Charity Liscom while they were alive, Charity being Abigail's first cousin. Abigail's mother, Dinah, was a sister of Charity's mother (who was either Naomi or Hester/Esther). Dinah was apparently dead by 22 Dec 1703, when care of Abigail was transferred from Edward Vose to Philip Liscom, and the town of Milton agreed to pay Liscom six shillings per week for this care. The Liscoms continued to care for Abigail until they died, after which her care was given to Samuel Jordan, son of Joseph and Abigail (Pitcher) Jordan. Abigail was still living on 15 May 1749 when Samuel Jordan relieved the town of Milton from any further obligation to her.
  • Elizabeth, b. Weymouth 23 Jan 1643/4, m. Scituate 24 Jan 1658/9 John LOVELL. They lived at Boston, Rehoboth, Lynn, Dunstable, and Sudbury, all now in Massachusetts. They had six children born from 1660 to 1668.
  • Richard, b. c 1647, d. Hull "about July 1678" and did not marry. He served during King Philip's War under Capt Poole at Hadley, Mass. in 1675, and under one Moseley at Narragansett from Dec 1675 to July 1676. His name is on several payrolls, and he was credited to the town of Milton. On 5 July 1678 he was before the Plymouth Court, and was fined 5 pounds, and if he did not marry the daughter of "old Leonard of Taunton," he was to be fined 5 more. He likely neither married nor paid the fine, as he was dead by 14 Jan 1678/9 when his brother-in-law, Edward Wright, was appointed administrator of his estate. His inventory says he "deceased at Hull about July 1678."
  • Naomi, bapt Scituate 14 April 1650, living in 1666 when charged with her brother John and sister Dinah for rescuing their mother, Naomi Silvester, from the hands of Constable Ford of Marshfield. Either Naomi or Esther was the wife of John JORDAN of Milton, but which is not known.
  • Charity, b. c. 1652, m. Boston by 1673 John RICKS, son of William Ricks. They had ten children.
  • Esther/Hester, bapt Scituate 26 March 1654, chose her brother-in-law, John Lovell Sr. of Rehoboth to be her guardian in 1670. Either Esther or her sister Naomi was the wife of John JORDAN of Milton, but which is not known.
  • Benjamin, bapt Scituate 17 May 1657, living in 1737, m. c. 1686 Mary STANDLAKE, b. Scituate 24 March 1665/6, the daughter of Richard and Lydia Standlake. They had eight children born at Scituate from 1687 to 1705.

(11g) Thomas Leonard[edit]

NEHGR 5(1851):414.2-414.3; 7(1853):72-3; TAG 10(1933):162-6,200-1

Thomas, the son of Henry Leonard, was married to _______ WHITE, and remained in England, though many of his children immigrated to New England. He was involved with the ironworks at Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, and also had lived just across the Bristol Chanel in Somersetshire, England, where his daughter Sarah was born. The Friends' records in New Jersey say she was born in Spencefield, Somerset, but such a place does not seem to exist.

  • James, b. say 1615, m. (1) _______ MARTIN and m. (2) Margaret _______; was of Lynn, Mass. in 1651.
  • Henry, b. c. 1618 (aged 37 in 1655), m. at Lynn by 1650 Mary _______, living in 1675. He was at Lynn in 1642 and of Braintree in 1652 and then of Taunton in 1652. He returned to Lynn by 1655 and was of Rowley Village in 1674, after which he went to New Jersey. Six children identified, the last born in 1666, and the first three (all male) were adults in 1674.
  • Margery, m. Henry SAMSON of "Gallaway" (Galway?), Ireland
  • William, stayed in England
  • John, stayed in England
  • Joan
  • Philip, d. 3 July 1708, m. Lydia _______, d. 13 Nov 1707; possibly the nailer of Marshfield in 1678, was later of Duxbury, and it is in the history of that town that the death dates are given, but the 1853 article says he died at Taunton. His only daughter, Phebe, m. 6 Nov 1694 Samuel Hill of Duxbury.
  • Thomas, drowned at Piscataway (NJ)
  • Sarah, b. "Spencefield", Somersetshire, England say 1635, d. c. 1721 at New Salem, NJ; m. (1) 1676 Robert FAIRBANKS, d. c. 1678; m. (2) by 1682 John THOMPSON. Robert had previously married and had a grown daughter, Elizabeth Stubings, when he emigrated from Ireland, and arrived in west New Jersey in 1677 with wife Sarah, daughter Elizabeth, and her husband Henry Stubings. They had set sail aboard the vessel Mary of Dublin on 16:9mo:1677 (16 Nov 1677), and arrived at Elsinburgh (NJ) 22:12mo:1677 (22 Feb 1677/8). He had moved from England to Ireland in 1653. John Thompson had m. first Jane Humbly and had sons Thomas, b. 1666, and James, b. 1668. Inventory of the estate of Richard Fairbanks was made by Richard Guy and Andrew Thompson, and dated 23 Sep 1678. Administration of the estate of Richard Fairbanks was given to John Thompson of Elsenburgh, husband of Sarah, on 13 Nov 1682. The will of Sarah Thompson of Elsenburgh, dated 23 May 1720 and proved 25 Oct 1721, divided her "worldly estate" between kinsmen Henry Leonard of Cape May, Thomas Leonard of East Jersey, and others including children of brother James Leonard.

(10g) James Leonard[edit]

NEHGR 5(1851):414.3-414.5; 7(1853):72-3; 38(1884):265,273-4

James, the son of Thomas Leonard and _______ White, was b. say 1615, d. Taunton 1691, and m. (1) say 1640 _______ MARTIN; m. (2) Margaret _______, b. c. 1634, d. 1701. James was in New England by 1651 when his name appears on a document by the Plymouth Colony desiring to establish an iron works on Two Mile River in Taunton. James had likely already been working at the iron works at Lynn or Braintree, or both. In 1666 James purchsed of William Haylston about 10 acres on the Mill River where he erected a forge or "bloomerie" called the "Whittington Forge." His three sons, Joseph, Benjamin, and Uriah worked the forge. The division of James's estate was made among his surviving children in two deeds dated 5 Nov and 10 Nov 1691. They were to make provision for their "mother-in-law" [i.e. stepmother] Margaret. The will of widow Margaret Leonard was dated 12 Nov 1700 and proved 9 April 1701, naming children and grandchildren of her husband. The order of the male children and of the female children is given in the 1853 article. Children, all with first wife:

  • Thomas, b. c. 1641, d. 24 Nov 1713, aged 72, m. 21 Aug 1662 Mary WATSON, b. c. 1642, d. 1 Dec 1723, aged 81. They had eleven children born from 1663 to 1686.
  • James, b. c. 1643, d. 1 Nov 1726 in 84th year, m. (1) c. 1667 Hannah _______, b. say 1647, d. 25 Feb 1674; m. (2) 29 Oct 1675 Lydia GULLIVER, b. c. 1659, d. 24 July 1705 in 47th year, daughter of Anthony Gulliver; m. (3) c. 1707 Rebecca _______, b. c. 1663, d. 3 April 1738, in 76th year. He had four children with first wife, born from 1668 to 1672/3; nine children with second wife, born from 1677 to 1694; and one child with third wife born in 1708.
  • Abigail, b. say 1650, m. John KINGSLEY, d. c. 1698. They had seven children, one of whom was born c. 1676
  • Hannah, b. say 1653, m. 24 Jan 1677/8 Isaac DEANE. They had seven children born from 1678 to c. 1695.
  • Joseph, b. c. 1655, d. 17/18 Oct 1692 in 38th year, m. 15 Dec 1679 Mary BLACK of Milton. They had seven children born from 1680 to c. 1692.
  • Benjamin, b. say 1657, m. 15 Jan 1678/9 Sarah THRESHER. They had seven children born from 1680 to 1695.
  • Rebecca, b. say 1658, m. 2 Sep 1678 Isaac CHAPMAN of Barnstable. They had nine children born from 1679 to 1697.
  • John, b. say 1660, d. at about 20 years old, so say 1680.
  • Uriah, b. 10 July 1662, m. Elizabeth CASWELL (see below).

(9g) Uriah Leonard[edit]

NEHGR 5(1851):414.3-414.5; Cutter 3:1341; Halls of New England, p 574; Mayflower Descendant 35(1985):120 (Caswell family)

Uriah, the son of James Leonard, was born 10 July 1662, d. c. 1742 (aged about 80 upon death), and m. Taunton 1 June 1685 Elizabeth CASWELL, b. Taunton 10 Jan 1664/5, living in 1721/2, daughter of Thomas and Mary Caswell of Taunton. Uriah worked the forge in his father's iron works, and was given a large share of the business upon his father's death in 1691. He sold his interest to his brother James in 1699, and he became a farmer. On 10 Jan 1737 he sold land to son William, and on 25 Oct 1739 he sold land and part of his homestead to his son James. Children, order only approximate:

  • Uriah, b. Taunton (now Mass.) 10 April 1686, m. Abigail STONE (see below).
  • William, b. c. 1688, d. 7 June 1772, m. 10 Aug 1714 Anna BARNEY, b. 23 Nov 1693, d. 13 Jn 1774, daughter of John Barney and Mary Throop.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1690, m. 23 July 1712 Joseph ATHERTON.
  • Margaret, b. say 1692, m. 12 Nov 1712 Joseph WHITE of Mansfield. Margaret was named in the 1700 will of her father's step-mother, Margaret Leonard.
  • Philip, b. c. 1694, d. 13 Nov 1695 when accidently shot by his brother William.
  • Jonathan, b. say 1696, signed a document in 1729
  • daughter, b. say 1698
  • daughter, b. say 1700
  • Seth, b. say 1702, m. Easton, Mass. 18 April 1728 Deborah HALL, b. 14 Feb 1708, daughter of George Hall and Lydia Dean.
  • James, b. say 1704, perh. d. Wrentham 9 May 1779, m. 27 Sep (1729?) Mary DEAN of Raynham.

(8g) Uriah Leonard[edit]

NEHGR 5(1851):414.5; We Relate website, citing Taunton, Stoughton, and Dorchester VRs and Suffolk Co., Mass. probate

Uriah, the son of Uriah Leonard, was born Taunton (now Mass.) 10 April 1686, d. Stoughton, Mass. c. 1772, and m. Taunton 12 June 1708 Abigail STONE, b. Bristol, RI 9 July 1689, daughter of William Stone and Hannah Walley. His will was dated 9 Jan 1770 and proved 5 June 1772, naming son Uriah, daughter Joanna Liscom, daughter Abigail Andrews, children of son Nathaniel Leonard, deceased, daughter-in-law of son Walley Leonard, deceased, and grandson Enoch Leonard executor. His inventory was dated 6 July 1772, totaling 126 pounds. Children:

  • Joanna, b. 22 March 1709, m. John LISCOM (see above).
  • Abigail, b. say 1711, named Abigail ANDREWS in her father's 1770 will.
  • Hannah, b. 22 March 1713, d. Stoughton 1 June 1730.
  • Uriah, b. 9 Nov 1715, living in 1775, m. Billerica 9 Sep 1736 Elizabeth FARLEY, b. c. 1713, d. 6 Nov 1775 in 63d year as wife of Uriah. They had three known children born from Oct 1736 to 1742. Elizabeth is buried in the Plain Cemetery in Taunton. [188]
  • Nathaniel, b. 7 March 1717, d. Stoughton 12 Aug 1766, aged 49, and m. (1) 26 Jan 1743/4 Mary SHEPARD, daughter of John Shepard and Rebecca Fenno of Stoughton; m. (2) 14 Feb 1765 Jerusha (WENTWORTH) Fenno, b. Stoughton 4 June 1734 (VR:64), d. West Bridgewater, Mass. 1 April 1816, aged 81, daughter of Charles Wentworth and Bethia Fenno. Jerusha had m. (1) Stoughton 14 Dec 1752 (VR:64) her first cousin, John Fenno, Jr., b. Stoughton 11 Feb 1729/30, d. 1763, son of John Fenno and Hannah Billings, with whom she had two children. Nathaniel had four known children with his first wife born from 1744 to 1760, and had a son, Nathaniel, b. 1767, with second wife Jerusha. Following Nathaniel's death, Jerusha m. (3) Stoughton 5 or 25 Dec 1771 Ebenezer Capen, b. Dorchester 15 April 1716, d. W. Bridgewater 4 Jan 1787, son of Preserved Capen and Susanna Withington. They had two children together, born 1773 and 1775. Ebenezer had married as his first wife in 1736, Elizabeth Leeds, daughter of Samuel Leeds and Elizabeth Wales, and as his second wife in 1763 Abigail Kingsbury, daughter of Jeremiah Kingsbury and Rest White. Jerusha has, or had, a gravestone in Sharon, but the published vital record does not specify which cemetery. It is likely the West Cemetery where other members of the Capen family are buried (much of this material from Wentworth genealogy). [189]
  • Walley, b. 18 Aug 1720, d. Stoughton 14 June 1764, and m. Stoughton 22 May 1744 Meredeth LYON, b. Dorchester, Mass. 15 May 1719, daughter of Elhanan Lyon and Meredith Wyatt. He had six children born from 1745 to 1762. Walley died of smallpox, and administration of his estate was given to widow Meredith on 30 Nov 1764. He is buried in the Gridley Cemetery in Canton, Mass. [190]

(10g) Thomas Caswell[edit]

Mayflower Descendant 35(1985):111-120

Thomas Caswell was born say 1620, d. 1697, and m. c. 1648 Mary _______, living in 1691. There is a good possibility that he came from Somersetshire in England, as Caswell is a fairly common name there. It is possible that he is the Thomas, son of Thomas Caswell baptized in the parish of North Curry, Somerset, on 20 Oct 1618. Thomas is first of record in New England when his name appears on an August 1643 list of males in the Plymouth Colony aged 16 to 60 able to bear arms. He was living in Taunton, a town undoubtedly named for the city in Somerset. Thomas did not create ripples in Plymouth society, but he accumulated land and wealth, and with wife Mary raised a large family. His will was dated 28 Sep 1691, with codicil added 15 March 1696/7. The instrument was proved on 14 Sep 1697. Children, all born in Taunton:

  • Stephen, b. 15 Feb 1648/9, m. Hannah THRASHER, sister of Israel, below.
  • Thomas, b. 22 Feb 1650/1
  • Peter, b. 31 Oct 1652
  • Mary, b. 31 Aug 1654, living 1722, m. Taunton 15 Aug 1676 Israel THRASHER, b. Taunton 15 Sep 1648, living 1721/2, son of Christopher Thrasher, and brother of Hannah Thrasher, above.
  • John, b. 31 July 1656
  • Sarah, b. 31 Nov 1658, living 1722, d. by 1730, m. Taunton 3 July 1677 William HOSKINS, b. 3 Nov 1647, d. Taunton 1730, son of William Hoskins and Ann Hinds. William's will was dated 26 Marh and proved 27 May 1730. Sarah and William had ten children born Taunton from 1677/8 to c. 1700.
  • William, b. 15 Sep 1660
  • Hannah, b. 14 July 1661, living 1721/2, m. Daniel RAMSDELL, b. Plymouth 14 Sep 1649, d. by 1721/2, son of Joseph Ramsdell and Rachel Eaton, and grandson of Francis Eaton of the Mayflower. They had five known children born from c. 1680 to 1700.
  • Samuel, b. 26 Jan 1662/3
  • Elizabeth, b. 10 Jan 1664/5, m. Uriah LEONARD (see above).
  • Abigail, b. 27 Oct 1666, living in 1722, m. Taunton 6 April 1696 Joseph JONES, b. Taunton 5 July 1664, living 1721/2 but d. by 1728/9. They had four known children, dates not known.
  • Esther/Hester, b. 4(?) June 1669, living 1722, m. Samuel SMITH, d. by 1721/2, perhaps the son of Samuel Smith of Taunton.

(10g) John Stone[edit]

see GM 6:552-3 for an older John Stone who may have been, but probably wasn't, the father of this John Stone.

Sources: Salem and Beverly vital records;

John Stone was b. c. 1622 (aged about 55 in Nov 1677), d. 1691, and m. c. 1653 Abigail DIXEY, bapt. Salem, Mass 25 Dec 1636, living in 1691, d. by 1703, daughter of Capt William and Anna Dixey. John lived in Beverly, Mass. where he kept an inn from 1673 to 1682. He was called a seaman in 1677, suggesting his wife probably ran the inn. Children:

  • John, b. Salem 25 Nov 1654 (VR), m. Beverly 12 April 1683 Hester GAINES of Ipswich. A John Stone d. Beverly 28 July 1736, aged about 77 years, but this is five years off the known birth date.
  • Samuel, b. Salem 15 Nov 1658 (VR), d. Beverly, Mass. 23 Nov 1717 aged about 59 (VR), m. Beverly 11 March 1683/4 Elizabeth HERRICK, b. Beverly 2 March 1657, living 1730, daughter of Zachariah Herrick and Mary Dodge.
  • William, b. say 1661, m. Hannah WALLEY (see below).
  • Jonathan, son of "John, jr. and Abigail" bapt. Beverly 10 May 1668
  • Nehemiah, bapt. Beverly 29 May 1670, m. c. 1691 Lydia HART; son Nehemiah bapt. Beverly 1 March 1695/6, daughter Lydia bapt. Beverly 1 March 1695/6, daughter Sarah bapt. there 1 March 1695/6, son Israel b. Beverly 10 April 1700, son Jonathan bapt. there 20 Sep 1702, daughter Abigail b. Beverly 7 July 1705, daughter Experience b. there 29 Aug 1707, son John b. there 21 Feb 1711/2, son Dixey b. there 20 Nov 1713. The widow of Nehemiah (not named) d. Beverly bet. Sep 1732 and July 1734
  • Israel, bapt. Beverly 27 June 1675

(9g) William Stone[edit]

NEHGR 63(1909):232 (will of William); We Relate website, citing Taunton and Bristol vital records; Barnstable Families:25 (Bacon family)

Note: I've seen no evidence that this William Stone, mariner, is the son of John Stone and Abigail Dixey.

William, presumably the son of John Stone and Abigail Dixey, was b. say 1661, d. c. 1696, and m. Bristol, RI 2 June 1686 Hannah WALLEY, b. c. 1666, d. Taunton 2 Aug 1725 in 60th year, daughter of Thomas Walley and Hannah Bacon. Following William's death, Hannah m. (2) Taunton 28 Feb 1698/9 the much younger James-3 LEONARD, b. Taunton 11 May 1677, d. there 16 Jan 1764, the son of James-2 Leonard and Lydia Gulliver. Following Hannah's death, James Leonard m. (2) 1726 Lydia Gulliver; m. (3) 1739 Sarah Butterworth; and m. (4) Mercy Crossman. The subject William Stone was a mariner and in his will dated 22 July 1692 and proved 29 May 1697, he named wife Hannah and children Hannah and Abigail. The inventory of his estate was taken by Shadrach Wilbore and Henry Hodges at Bristol, RI 14 Nov 1696. In the inventory he is called late of Bristol, but mentions "what of his Estate is Now in Taunton." The inventory totals 378 pounds. Children, born Bristol, RI:

  • Hannah, b. 26 March 1687
  • Abigail, b. 9 July 1689, m. Uriah LEONARD, Jr.
  • William, b. 27 June 1693

Children of Hannah Walley and James Leonard:

  • Lydia, m. Thomas COBB
  • Elizabeth, m. Edward ADAMS

(11g) William Dixey[edit]

GMB 1:553-7

William Dixey was born c. 1607 (based on multiple depositions), d. c. 1690, and m. c. 1631 Ann/Hannah _______, living 1681, but d. by 1684/5 (husband's will). In a Feb 1680[/1?] deposition, William Dixey testified that he arrived in New England in June 1629 at Cape Ann, where no English people were found. The party then sailed to Salem where they found Gov. Endecott and other inhabitants. William settled first at Saugus, later called Lynn, but was living at Salem by 1634, and by 1671/2 was living at Beverly, Mass., where he died. He became a freeman of the colony on 14 May 1634 while living at Salem, and subsequently held many minor offices, and was frequently a juryman. He held the title of Sergeant in the 1630s, but by 1657 he was an Ensign, and not long after had the title of Captain, which he was frequently called thereafter. His will, dated 21 Feb 1684[/5] and proved 24 June 1690, gave all his lands to his five daughters, and three of the daughters to get all the household items; loving sons John Stone and Edmund Gale named executors; loving friends Sgt. John Hill and Lt. John Dodge overseers. Codicil of 11 Aug 1688 named John Stone sole executor. Inventory taken 2 June 1690 valued at 113 pounds, with John Stone a creditor in the amount of 31 pounds. Children:

  • Mary, b. prob. at Lynn say 1632, m. Salem Dec 1650 Hugh WOODBURY, son of William Woodbury.
  • Abigail, bapt. Salem 25 Dec 1635, m. John STONE (see above).
  • Anna, bapt Salem 17 June 1638, m. (1) Salem 11 Aug 1657 Nehemiah HOWARD; m. (2) Gloucester 25 Nov 1665 Thomas JUDKIN.
  • John, bapt. Salem 19 Dec 1639, apparently dead by 1684/5 when not mentioned in father's will, but two of his daughters were; m. Swansea (now Mass.) 6 Nov 1668 Elizabeth ALLEN.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Salem 17 Oct 1641, m. there 15 Dec 1658 Samuel MORGAN.
  • Sarah, bapt. Salem 2 July 1643, m. c. 1665 Edmund GALE.

(11g) Rev. Thomas Walley[edit]

TAG 64(1989):117-18; NEHGR 17(1893):105-6; Savage 4:  ; Whitechapel Independents and the English Revolution (Keith Lindley) in Historical Journal 41(1998):283;

Thomas Walley, was born c. 1616 based on his age of 61 given in one account of his death. His death is widely reported as being 24 March 1677/8, including in Swift's Barnstable Families, but this is incorrect. First of all, his will was "exhibited" on 5 March 1677/8, indicating he had already died by that date. Secondly, the handwritten vital records of Barnstable clearly show his death date as 24 January 1677 [i.e. 1677/8]. Thomas Walley m. (1) a wife whose name has not been found, b. say 1616, d. bef. 1643; m. (2) Stepney, London 1643 Margery _______ (Independents:283); and m. (3) bef. 1677 Sarah _______, the wife named in his 1677 will. Lindley gives Walley as the son of Robert Walley, baptized 11 May 1607 in St. Mary Whitechapel. However, this is in conflict with his age given at death and is questionable. A Thomas, son of Thomas "Wolleye" of Malpas, Cheshire, England was baptized 3 March 1618/9, but the subject Thomas Walley has no known connection to Cheshire, which borders Wales and Shropshire.

In about 1645, Walley was the "intruded" vicar of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, but moved to Whitechapel in East London in June 1646, and installed as the rector there the following March. Other than a short tour as a missionary in Ireland, he remained in Whitechapel until being ejected during the Restoration (1661?), and then arrested in March 1662 for continuing to preach there. He arrived in New England aboard the Society on 24 May 1663, landing at Boston with seven other ministers. He soon became the minister of the Barnstable church, and held that position until his death in 1677/8. Swift's Barnstable Families (p 242) says Walley was recognized as the minister of the town in 1662, but this is doubtful as he had not yet arrived in New England. After Rev. John Lothrop died in 1653, Mr. William Sargent and Rev. John Smith officiated at the Barnstable church, but were never regularly settled there. Thomas Walley's will was dated 10 Dec 1677 and "exhibited" 5 March 1677/8. Children, first two perhaps with first wife; remainder likely with second wife:

  • Thomas, b. c 1636, m. Hannah BACON (see below)
  • John, b. say 1640, d. 11 Jan 1711/2, prob. at Boston, m. by 1671[/2?] Sarah _____, d. Boston 11 Nov 1711, who may have been Sarah BLOSSOM, daughter of Thomas Blossom and Sarah Ewer. The will of John Walley was dated 4 Jan and proved 25 Feb 1711/2. They had seven children born from say 1675 to 1691.
  • Hannah, b. say 1644, m. 10 May 1664 Samuel ALLYN
  • Mary, b. say 1647, m. Nov 1668 Job CROCKER
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1649, m. c. 1669 Jacob JESSON

(10g) Thomas Walley II[edit]

NEHGR 17(1893):105-6; Barnstable Families:25 (Bacon family); Mayflower Descendant 19:164 (will of Thomas Walley, Jr.)

Thomas, son of Rev. Thomas Walley, b. c. 1636, d. May/June 1672, m. c. 1663 Hannah BACON, b. 4 Sep 1643, d. Taunton Sep 1685, aged 42, daughter of Nathaniel Bacon and Hannah Mayo. Thomas's will was dated 6 May and proved 7 June 1672, leaving bequests to his three minor children--Thomas, Hannah, and Elizabeth Walley; naming his children's two grandfathers, Mr. Thomas Walley and Mr. Nathaniel Bacon; and naming wife Hannah as residuary legatee and executrix. Following Thomas's death, Hannah m. (2) 16 Feb 1675 Rev. George Shove, b. c. 1634, d. Taunton 21 April 1687, son of Edward Shove and Margery Sandys; he had m. (1) 12 July 1664 Hopestill Newman, and m. (3) Taunton 8 Dec 1686 Sarah _______. Hannah was a "remote member" of the Barnstable church in 1683. Children of Thomas and Hannah (Bacon) Walley:

  • Thomas, b. say 1664, had no issue.
  • Hannah, b. c. 1666, m. (1) William STONE; m. (2) James LEONARD
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1668, m. Edward ADAMS, cordwainer

Children of Hannah Bacon and George Shove, b. Taunton:

  • Mary, b. 11 Aug 1676
  • Johanna, b. 28 Sep 1678, d. by 1719, m. by 1705 John HOWLAND, b. Barnstable 31 Dec 1674, d. there 14 Feb 1737/8, son of John Howland and Mary Lee.
  • Edward, b. 3 Oct 1680, d. Bristol, RI 12 Oct 1746
  • Mercy (baptized as Yetmercy), b. 7 Nov 1682, living in Dighton, Mass. 21 May 1760, m. Barnstable 24 Nov 1709 Josiah HOWLAND, b. Plymouth 6 Aug 1676, d. Bristol, RI 8 Feb 1717/8, son of Lt. Jabez Howland and Bethia Thacher.

(11g) Nathaniel Bacon[edit]

Barnstable Families:21-27; We Relate website, citing Barnstable, Taunton, and other vital records.

Nathaniel Bacon was born c. 1613, d. Oct 1673, and m. 4 Dec 1642 Hannah MAYO, b. say 1622, living in 1691, daughter of Rev. John Mayo, who was then teacher of the Barnstable church. Nathaniel was in New England by 1642 when he married and built his house in Barnstable, in the Plymouth Colony (now Mass.). He requested freemanship in June 1645, and was admitted in June 1646. He was a Barnstable constable in 1650 and Deputy to the Plymouth General Court for 13 years from 1652 to 1665. In 1657 he was Assistant and held that position until his death in 1673, and was otherwise quite prominent in the affairs of the town and colony. Inventory of his estate was taken 29 Oct 1673, and widow Hannah was given administration of his estate. On 4 March 1673/4 Thomas Hinckley, Thomas Walley [Sr.], William Crocker, John Thompson, and Thomas Huckins were appointed by the Court to settle Nathaniel's estate. Children, all born in Barnstable:

  • Hannah, b. Barnstable 4 Sep 1643, baptized 8 Dec 1644, m. Thomas WALLEY, Jr. (see above).
  • Nathaniel, bapt. Barnstable 15 Feb 1645/6, d. Dec 1691, aged 46, and m. 27 March 1673 Sarah HINCKLEY, b. Barnstable 4 Nov 1646, d. Dorchester, Mass. 16 Feb 1686/7, aged 40, daughter of Gov. Thomas Hinckley and Mary Richards. He m. (2) Hannah (LAMBERT?), who m. 1698 John Davis, Jr.. She was called of Falmouth in 1705. Nathaniel's will was dated 6 Aug 1691 and proved 9 May 1692. He had four children with his first wife born from 1674 to 1682.
  • Mary, b. Barnstable 12 Aug and bapt. 20 Aug 1648.
  • Samuel, b. Barnstable 25 Feb 1650/1, d. Hingham 18 Feb 1680/1, m. 17 Dec 1675 Mary JACOB.
  • Elizabeth, b. Barnstable 28 Jan 1653/4, d. 1676, unmarried, "in the 28th year of her age" according to the Plymouth records, though she was actually only 21 or 22.
  • Jeremiah, b. Barnstable 8 May 1657, d. there 1706, and m. there 10 Dec 1686 Elizabeth HOWES.
  • Mercy, b. Barnstable 28 Feb 1659/60, d. 10 Dec 1737, aged 77, and m. 18 July 1683 Hon. John OTIS, b. Hingham 21 Nov 1657, d. West Barnstable 23 Sep 1727, the son of John Otis and Mary Jacobs. Mercy and John both have extant gravestones in the West Barnstable Cemetery. [191]
  • John, b. Barnstable beginning of June 1661, d. 20 Aug 1731 "in his 67th year" (which conflicts with the town record), and m. (1) Barnstable 17 June 1686 Mary HAWES, b. Yarmouth 10 June 1664, d. Barnstable 5 March 1725/6, daughter of Capt. John Hawes and Desire Gorham; m. (2) Plymouth 28 Sep 1726 Sarah (DOTY) Warren, b. Plymouth 9 June 1666, d. by 1749, daughter of Edward Doty and Sarah Faunce, and widow of James Warren. John is buried in Cobb's Hill Cemetery in Barnstable with an extant gravestone. [192]

(12g) John Mayo[edit]

NEHGR 103(1949):37-42; 95(1941):39-49,100-108; Cutter 2:756

John Mayo was born c. 1597, d. Yarmouth (now Mass.) May 1676, and m. say 1619 Tamsen _______, b. say 1599, d. Yarmouth 26 Feb 1682/3 (103:41). Clues to the provenance of Mr. Mayo may be found in the following records: The will of a John Mayo of Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire, was dated 18 Jan and proved 20 March 1629/30 with a bequest to "My sonne Mr. John Mayo." In the parish register of that place is a Joyce Mayo, bapt. 21 Aug 1603. In the adjoining parish of Middleton Cheney is the baptism on 2 April 1598 of a son of John Mayo, with name impossible to read (103:41). Some websites give the maiden name of Tamsen as "Brike" without a shred of evidence. John was almost certainly the Mayo of Northamptonshire who matriculated in Oxford University from Magdalen Hall 28 April 1615, aged 17. He does not appear to have graduated, but this was true of several prominent puritan ministers in New England. He resided for a time in Warwickshire (103:38). Mayo and his family were likely in New England by 1639. He was made freeman in 1640, and signed a certificate at Dorchester on 6:5mo:1640 (6 July 1640) stating that a a notice of marriage between Mr. Tylly of Barnstable and a Mrs. Bloomer of Boston had been published three times in the meeting at Barnstable. When the town of Barnstable was formed, Joseph Hull became the pastor and John Mayo the teaching elder. In 1646 he moved to Eastham where he remained until 1655. Mayo was ordained on 9 Nov 1655 as the first minister of Boston's Second Church, also known as the North church or Paul Revere's Church. He was also an overseer of Harvard College. When Increase Mather returned from England in Sep 1661, he was invited by Mayo to preach at the North church, and soon thereafter was offered a position there. In March 1662 all of the ministers in Massachusetts attended the Synod, adopting the Half-way Covenant, admitting children of non-communcants to baptism. In summer 1664 the Royal Commissioners were in Boston, creating anxiety for the colonists. Mayo and Mather both signed a petition in October, praying that the Colony's liberties would continue. Aging, and infirm, Mayo stepped down from the pulpit on 15 April 1673, and he was given a pension by his church following his 33 years in the ministry which had begun at Barnstable. John Mayo did not leave a will, but his estate was appraised on 1 June 1676, totaling 111 pounds. Children (95:41,48):

  • Samuel, b. say 1620, d. 1664, m. c. 1644 Tamsen/Thomasine LUMPKIN, b. c. 1625, d. 16 June 1709 in 84th year, daughter of William and Thomasine Lumpkin. Samuel settled at Barnstable and established himself in the fishing trade (95:46), and in 1650 became master of the bark Desire. During much of the 1650s he lived at Oyster Bay on Long Island, but in 1658 he moved to Boston, near his parents. The inventory of Samuel's estate was made 25 April 1664, and administration was given the next day to Samuel's father, John Mayo, his widow having declined. Following Samuel's death, Tamsen m. John Sunderland. Tamsen and her second husband both have extant gravestones in the Old Burying Ground in Brewster, Mass. [193]
  • Hannah, b. say 1622, m. 4 Dec 1642 Nathaniel BACON (see above).
  • Nathaniel, b. say 1624, d. 1661/2, m. Eastham (now Mass.) 13 Feb 1649/50 Hannah PRENCE, b. c. 1628, d. Eastham c. 1698(?), daughter of Gov. Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster. Nathaniel's will was dated 19 Dec 1661 and proved 4 March 1661/2. His inventory was dated 24 Feb 1661/2. They had six children born from 1650 to 1662. Hannah had three additional children with her second husband born from 1669/70 to c. 1674.
  • John, b. say 1626, m. Eastham (now Mass.) 1 Jan 1651/2 Hannah Ricroft/Reycraft. John and Hannah had nine children born from 1652 to 1672.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1630, m. (1653?) Joseph HOWES, b. say 1625, d. Yarmouth 19 Jan 1694/5, son of Thomas Howes and Mary Burr.
  • Some sources give a daughter Bathsheba, but provide no justification for doing so, and she is not mentioned in the NEHGR articles cited above.

(29g) Reginald Wentworth[edit]

Gen 1:6

Reginald Wentworth was named in the Domesday pedigree as Rynold de Wynterwade. He was living at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 AD. He was the possessor, in Saxon times, of the lordship of Wentworth, in the Wapentake of Strafford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The parish name is/was Wath-upon-Dearn, nine miles from Sheffield, and 13 miles from Doncaster. It is certain that the name Wentworth existed before the conquest, and that the family was therefore Saxon, and not Norman. The next several generations are in the pedigree from the College of Arms, and found in the published Wentworth genealogy. All of the rough birth estimates were provided by me, the wikipedia editor.

(28g) Henry Wentworth[edit]

(27g) Richard Wentworth[edit]

(26g) Michael Wentworth[edit]

(25g) Henry Wentworth[edit]

(24g) Hugh Wentworth[edit]

Gen 1:6

Hugh, the son of Henry Wentworth, was born say 1150, and d. 1200.

(23g) William Wentworth[edit]

(22g) Robert Wentworth[edit]

Gen 1:7

Robert, the son of William Wentworth, was born say 1210, and m. Emma WOODHOUSE, daughter and heir of William Woodhouse. Robert was living during the reign of Henry III and Edward I, perhaps as late as 1275.

(21g) William Wentworth I[edit]

Gen 1:7-8

William, the son of Robert Wentworth and Emma Woodhouse, was born say 1235, d. 1308/9, and m. say 1260 Beatrice THAKEL, b. say 1240, daughter of Gilbert Thakel of Yorkshire. Known children:

  • William, b. say 1260, m. (1) Dionysia Rotherfield; m. (2) Lucy Newmarch (see, following)
  • Richard, d. 1339, became a Prebendary of St. Paul's, and in 1338 was elevated to the Bishopric of London and the same year was made Lord High Chancellor of England.

(20g) William Wentworth II[edit]

Gen 1:8

William, the son of William Wentworth and Beatrice Thakel, was born say 1260, d. 1295, and m. (1) 1288 Dionysia ROTHERFIELD, daughter of Peter de Rotherfield; m. (2) Lucy NEWMARCH Children:

  • William, b. say 1290, m. Isabel Pollington (see following)
  • John, b. say 1290, m. Alice BISSETT, daughter of John Bissett, Esq., of North Elmsall, Yorkshire

(19g) William Wentworth III[edit]

Gen 1:8-9

William, the son of William Wentworth and Dionysia Rotherfield, was born say 1290, and m. say 1320 Isabel POLLINGTON, b. say 1300, daughter of William Pollington, Esq., of Pollington in Yorkshire (and son of Sir Thomas Pollington, Knight). Children:

  • William, knighted
  • John, b. say 1335, m. Joan le Tyas (see, following)

(18g) John Wentworth I[edit]

Gen 1:26

John, the son of William Wentworth and Isabel Pollington, was born say 1335, and m. Joan le TYAS, daughter of Richard le Tyas of Burghwallis, Yorkshire. John was of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, and inherited the estate from his uncle John Wentworth, it being in the parish of South Kirkby, about 9 miles from Doncaster. Child:

  • John (see below)

(17g) John Wentworth II[edit]

Gen 1:26-50

John, the son of John Wentworth and Joan le Tyas, was born say 1370, living in 1413, and m. Agnes DRONSFIELD, sister of Sir William Dronsfield of West Bretton, Yorkshire. Children:

  • John, b. say 1395, m. Joan BEAUMONT (see below).
  • Roger, Knight, b. say 1398, d. 21 Oct 1452, and m. June 1423 Margery Le DESPENSER, d. 20 April 1478, daughter of Sir Philip le Despenser, Knight, of Nettlested, Suffolk. They settled at Nettlested and had six known children.
  • Thomas, lived at Doncaster, Yorkshire; his will was dated 9 March 1449/50.
  • Richard, m. Cecilia TANSLEY, daughter of John and Alice Tansley. He lived at Bretton, Yorkshire, but in his will dated 20 Dec 1477 he called himself also of Everton, Nottinghamshire. They had five known children.

(16g) John Wentworth III[edit]

Gen 1:51

John, the son of John Wentworth and Agnes Dronsfield, was born say 1395, and m. Joan BEAUMONT, daughter of Richard Beaumont, Esq., of Whitley Hall, Yorkshire. They lived at North Elmsall, Yorkshire. Children:

  • John, m. Elizabeth CALVERLEY (see below).
  • Roger
  • William

(15g) John Wentworth IV[edit]

Gen 1:51

John, the son of John Wentworth and Joan Beaumont, was born say 1435, and m. say 1462 Elizabeth CALVERLEY, b. say 1442 (parents married in 1441), daughter of William Calverley, Esq., of Calverley, Yorkshire and his wife Agnes Tempest (m. 1441). Children:

  • Jane, b. say 1463, m. William GOLDTHORPE of Goldthorpe, Yorkshire.
  • Thomas, b. say 1465, m. Jane MIRFIELD (see below).

(14g) Thomas Wentworth[edit]

Gen 1:51-55

Thomas, the son of John Wentworth and Elizabeth Calverley, was born say 1465, and m. say 1495 Jane MIRFIELD, b. say 1475, daughter of Oliver Mirfield, Esq., of Howley, Yorkshire and his wife Isabel Savile. The family lived at North Elmsall, Yorkshire. Children:

  • John
  • Roger, m. Elizabeth WENT, daughter of John Went, Esq., of Pontrefact, Yorkshire. They settled at South Kirkby, Yorks. They had two daughters and a son.
  • Oliver, b. say 1500
  • William
  • Thomas
  • daughter, m. Walter HAWKSWORTH, Esq., of Hawksworth, Yorkshire.
  • Isabel, m. Thomas WENTWORTH, Knight, of Bretton

(13g) Oliver Wentworth[edit]

Gen 1:55-58

Oliver, the son of Thomas Wentworth and Jane Mirfield, was b. say 1500, d. 1558/9, and married say 1525 Jane _______, b. say 1505, d. Aft. 1558, named in his will as executrix and residuary legatee. He resided at Goxhill, Lincolnshire, about 40-50 miles from North Elmsall. His will was dated at Goxhill 7 Dec 1558, and proved in the Archdeaconry of Lincoln on 28 Jan 1558/9. Known children:

  • William, m. (1) Ellen GILBY; (2) Anne _______ (see below).
  • Francis, bur. Waltham, Lincolnshire 2 Oct 1611. His will is dated 13 Aug 1611 and proved 7 May 1612.

(12g) William Wentworth[edit]

Gen 1:58-60

William, the son of Oliver and Jane Wentworth, b. say 1530, d. 22 May 1574 (per inquisition post mortem), m. (1) Ellen (GILBY) Ferrars, daughter of John Gilby of Ravendale (Lincolnshire?), and widow of John Ferrars; m. (2) Anne _______. His will was dated 16 May and proved 24 May 1574, and he called himself of Waltham, Lincolnshire therein. Children:

  • Thomas, b. 1554, d. before 1610 without issue.
  • Oliver, b. c. 1556
  • Christopher, b. c. 1558, was under the guardianship of Garrett Southill, Esq.; m. Catherine MARBURY.

(11g) Christopher Wentworth[edit]

Gen:1:60-63

Christopher, the son of William Wentworth and Ellen Gilby, was born c. 1558, d. Alford 1633, and m. St. Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England 19 Aug 1583 Catherine MARBURY, b. say 1562 (but possibly as early as 1552 if she was an OLDER sister of Francis, as many claim), living on 15 May 1633 (when she proved her husband's will), the daughter of William Marbury and Agnes Lenton of Girsby, Lincolnshire. His will was dated 8 Dec 1628 at Barrow, a village near Goxhill, and proved 15 May 1633 at Alford. Children: [194]

  • William, bapt. St. Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, Lincolnshire 8 June 1584, m. 28 Nov 1614 Susanna (CARTER) Fleming, daughter of Edward Carter of Well, and widow of Uther Fleming, son of Robert and Jane Fleming. He was living in Alford from 1614 to 1620, but by 1621 was at Rigsby.
  • Anne, bapt. Irby, Lincolnshire 28 Oct 1585, m. Rev. John LAWSON, but died before her father.
  • Faith, bapt. Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire 14 May 1587, living and apparently unmarried in 1628 (will of father).
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Irby 15 Aug 1589, living in 1628, m. John WINNE
  • Frances, bapt. Irby 8 Nov 1590, d. by 1628 (date of father's will).
  • Francis, bapt. Conisholm, Lincolnshire 24 May 1593, bur. there 4 Dec 1593
  • Priscilla, bapt. Waltham, Lincolnshire 14 June 1594, living in 1628, but dead by 1648, m. Waltham 1 Sep 1619 William HELMES, gent. of Long Button (or Sutton St. Mary), Lincolnshire. William left a will, dated 21 March 1648/9, directing that he be buried near Priscilla. Priscilla and William are buried at the parish church of Sutton St. Mary.
  • Christopher, bapt. Waltham 27 Feb 1596/7, bur. there 24 May 1597.

(10g) William Wentworth[edit]

Gen:1:63-70

William, the son of Christopher Wentworth and Catharine Marbury, was baptized St. Peter at Gowts in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England 8 June 1584, living in 1628 (father's will), and m. 28 Nov 1614 Susanna (CARTER) Fleming, daughter of Edward Carter of Well, Lincolnshire, and widow of Uther Fleming, bur. Alford 22 Jan 1613/4, son of Robert and Jane Fleming. He was living in Alford from 1614 to 1620, but by 1621 was at Rigsby. Shortly after that he appears to have moved to Bilsby where the Rev. John Wheelwright had just begun preaching. Children:

  • William, bapt. Alford 15 March 1615/6
  • Edward, bapt. Alford 18 Jan 1617/8, d. 1681/2, m. Mary _______, d. by 1681/2. His will, dated 15 Jan, was proved 6 March 1681/2. They had five known children.
  • Christopher, bapt. Alford 4 June 1620, bur. Rigsby 18 May 1621.

(9g) William Wentworth[edit]

Wentworth Genealogy 1:71-174 [195]

William, the son of William Wentworth and Susanna Carter, was baptized at Alford, Lincolnshire, England on 15 March 1615/6, d. Dover, NH 15 March 1696/7. See discussion of his wives, below. William was a follower of John Wheelwright, and an early settler of New Hampshire. He likely didn't come to New England with Wheelwright in 1636, but more likely arrived in Boston in 1637 with several others from Lincolnshire. No records are found of him in Boston. When Wheelwright was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in late 1637 for his role in the Antinomian Controversy, he established the settlement of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Wentworth followed him there and then to Wells, Maine. After Wheelwright left Wells for Hampton, New Hampshire, Wentworth went to Dover, New Hampshire, and this is where he lived the remainder of his life. He was the proprietor of a sawmill, and held several town offices, but is most noted for being an elder in his Dover church for nearly 40 years. This is what is known about the wives of Elder Wentworth: his wife in 1653 was Elizabeth Kenney, per a French record of returned captives; his wife in an 18 Nov 1666 or 1667 deed was Elizabeth, who left her mark; his wife in deeds dated 16 April and 27 May 1696 was Elizabeth, who left her mark; and his widow who returned his inventory on 4 April 1697 was Elizabeth. The conclusions drawn about the wives from the family genealogy is that Elder Wentworth m. (1) c. 1640 Elizabeth KENNEY, b. say 1620, d. say 1665; and m. (2) say 1666 Elizabeth KNIGHT, b. say 1650, living in 1697, daughter of Ezekiel Knight. He had 11 children likely the first 8 with first wife, and last 3 with second wife, and has numerous descendants, including many of great prominence. Children, assumed to be with first wife, Elizabeth Kenney:

  • Samuel (Gen:113-18), b. c. 1641, d. 25 March 1690[/1], m. 1664 Mary BENNING, b. Tatmour High Cross, London, England c. 1647, d. 20 Jan 1724/5, aged 77. It is likely that Mary was related to Harry Benning who witnessed a 1670 deed from Samuel and Mary Wentworth. Mary's mother was living in Portsmouth in 1671/2 based on a deposition of that date. Samuel was on the Dover tax list from 1659 (!) to 1668 and a juror there in 1669. He moved to the part of Portsmouth known as Great Island (now New Castle) in 1669, and received a license for an inn on 3 March 1670/1. He sold his tavern in 1678 and moved to Portsmouth proper, and operated another inn. He was a freeman in 1676 and a Portsmouth selectman in 1684. He was an overseer in the 1688 will of Gov. Walter Barefoote. Samuel died of smallpox at the age of 49. His will was dated 13 March 1690/1. His widow m. c. 1692, as his fourth wife, Hon. Richard Martyn who d. 2 April 1694. She was admitted to the Portsmouth church in 1693. A large engraved slab covers Samuel's grave at Point of Graves Burial Ground in Portsmouth. Samuel and Mary had seven known children born from 1666 to 1682, of whom the third, John, was deputy governor of the province.
  • John, b. c. 1645, m. Martha _______ [maiden name given as Miller or Stewart in different accounts] (see below).
  • Gershom (Gen:122-135), b. say 1647, d. 2 March 1731[/2?], m. 18 March 1695/6 (by Major Robert Pike) Hannah FRENCH, living in 1730, daughter of Edward French of Salisbury, Mass. If he had an earlier wife, he had no surviving children with her. He is first found on a Dover tax list in 1670, and served on a grand jury in 1676 and 1677. He was made deacon of the Dover church in 1717. They had six children born from 1697 to say 1707.
  • Ezekiel (Gen:135-141), b. say 1649, d. about the end of 1711, and m. Elizabeth who survived her husband. He was on the 1672 Dover tax list, was a Dover selectman in 1702, assessor in 1705 and Representative to the General Court in 1711. Seven children have been identified, one born in 1678 and another in 1687.
  • Elizabeth (Gen:141-150), b. 1653, m. (1) James SHARP "of Kent"; m. (2) Richard TOZER, Jr., b. c. 1659, son of Richard Tozer and Judith Smith. Elizabeth was taken captive by Indians in 1690, generating the record that gives her birth year and parents names. A James Sharp lived at Great Island (Newcastle) in 1671. "Of Kent" makes no sense, unless it meant of Kittery. On 18 June 1683 Richard Tozer, jr. was appointed administrator of the estate of his mother Judith Tozer. Richard and Elizabeth sold their farm in 1734 to Capt. Samuel Lord, and that is the last heard of them.
  • Paul (Gen:151-154), b. say 1655, d. c. 1750, m. c. 1679/80 Catherine _______, living in 1726. He was taxed in Dover in 1682, but at about that time had moved to Rowley, Mass. He was admitted to the Rowley church in 1696. He was called of Newbury, Mass. in a 1696 deed to his brother Benjamin. He and his wife Catherine were dismissed the the Rowley church to that in New London, CT in 1707, but was of Norwich in 1715. Paul and Catherine had 13 children born from late 1680 to 1700, but the birth dates of the first three are impossible, as presented in the family genealogy.
  • Sylvanus (Gen:154-5), b. say 1658, m. Rowley, Mass. 7 Nov 1685 Elizabeth STEWART, possibly a daughter of Duncan Stewart. He was of Dover, NH in 1689 when he signed a petition there. Their only known child, Elizabeth, was born in 1689, with birth recorded at Rowley.
  • Timothy (Gen:155-9), b. say 1660, d. 1719, m. Sarah CROMWELL, living in 1750. His will was dated 3 May and proved 8 July 1719. Five children have been identified, but dates for them are not known.

Children with second wife, Elizabeth Knight:

  • Sarah (Gen:109-111), b. say 1667, m. (1) by 24 Aug 1687 Benjamin BARNARD, d. Watertown, Mass. 12 Sep 1694. Two children: Sarah, b. c. 1691 and Benjamin, b. 24 Aug 1693. Their uncle, Paul Wentworth, became guardian to the two children on 19 Dec 1705. Benjamin was of York Co., ME in 1676, 1679, 1685, and 1689. He and wife Sarah were of Dover on 24 Aug 1687. Sarah m. (2) 11 Jan 1698/9 Samuel WINCH, d. Framingham, Mass. 3 Aug 1718. They had two children born 1700 and 1702.
  • Ephraim (Gen:159-169) was b. say 1669, d. c. 1748, and m. (1) c. 1697 Mary MILLER, daughter of Richard and Grace Miller of Kittery; m. (2) by 1735 Elizabeth _______. He was surveyor of highways in 1702 and fence viewer in 1709. His will was dated 16 March 1738 and proved 29 June 1748. Seven children have been identified, but without dates, but perhaps from say 1698 to 1715.
  • Benjamin (Gen:169-174), b. say 1671, d. c. Aug 1728, m. c. 1697 Sarah ALLEN, b. c. 1679, d. 12 July 1770, aged 91. A news item in the New England Journal, 5 Aug 1728, states that "...some days ago, Mr. Benjamin Wentworth, riding over a bridge (otherwise called the boom) in the river in Cochecho, N.H., fell into the said river, where both he and his horse were drowned." Benjamin was deeded land by his father on 9 May 1693, so was likely 21 by that time. He was a Dover constable in 1711 and 1713, and surveyor of highways in 1703 and 1717. They had twelve children born from 1698 to 1720.

(8g) John Wentworth[edit]

Wentworth Gen: 1:118-22

John, the son of immigrant William Wentworth, was born about 1645 and died about 1716. John's name first appears on a tax list in 1668, allowing for the approximation of his birth date. His son's name appears in the records as "John, Jr." until 1716, after which the "jr." is no longer found, suggesting that John Sr. died about that year. His wife's name was Martha, and her surname has been given as Miller or as Stewart in different accounts. Martha, b. say 1655, appears on three different instruments dated 1679, 1680, and 1709. John lived in Dover, New Hampshire; York, Maine; Newbury, Mass., and the part of Dorchester, Mass. that became Stoughton (and became Canton after his death), known as Punkapaug. It was in this last place that he had leased land of the Indians as early as 1704. A FAG memorial has been created for John in the Ancient Dorchester Cemetery, but he certainly isn't buried there. He is most likely buried in the Punkapoag or Oldest Canton Cemetery. Known children: [196]

  • John, b. York, ME 1676, d. Stoughton 6 Jan 1772, aged 95, m. say 1704 Elizabeth BAILEY, b. say 1683, d. Stoughton 14 Jan 1761, the daughter of Henry Bailey of Dorchester. Henry Bailey deeded land to John on 2 July 1710 and again on 23 March 1716. John and Elizabeth had seven known children, born 1705 to 1720.
  • Charles, b. York, ME 1684, m. Bethia FENNO (see below).
  • Shubael, b. c. 1688, d. 1759, m. (1) 11 April 1717 Damaris HAWES, b. c. 1695, d. Stoughton 7 Dec 1739; m. (2) 10 Sep 1741 Hannah Andrew whose will was dated 1 Dec 1759; she was living in 1760. Shubael's inventory was dated 19 April 1759. He and first wife Damaris had eleven known children, born 1718 to 1737.
  • Mary, b. c. 1690, m. Boston 24 Sep 1712 James WRIGHT.
  • Edward, b. Newbury 1692, d. Stoughton 12 Feb 1767, aged 74, m. (1) 1717 Kezia BLACKMAN, baptized 18 June 1693, d. 16 Oct 1745, aged 55, daughter of Dea. Benjamin Blackman of Stoughton; m. (2) 22 Jan 1746 Sarah HAYWARD who d. 23 April 1779, the daughter of John Hayward, Jr., and widow of Josiah Winslow of Freetown. Edward had seven known children with his first wife, born 1718 to 1733.
  • Abigail, b. c. 1694, m. Dorchester 30 Dec 1715 Benjamin JORDAN, b. Dorchester c. 1680, d. either 1768 or d. 22 June 1784 in Stoughton, the son of John Jordan and (Naomi or Esther) Sylvester.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1700, m. Stoughton 16 May 1728 John KENNEY. Query: could she have been the daughter of John, Jr.

(7g) Charles Wentworth[edit]

Wentworth Gen: 1:194-7; Stoughton vital records

Charles, the son of John Wentworth and Martha [Miller?], was b. York, Maine 1684, d. Stoughton, Mass. 8 July 1780, aged 96, and m. Dorchester, Mass. 15 Dec 1713 Bethia FENNO, b. 1690, d. 29 April 1780, aged 89, the daughter of John Fenno and Rachel Newcomb of Stoughton. On 1 Jan 1710 Charles bought 40 acres of land in the west precinct of Dorchester (now in Canton) for 9 pounds. The History of Canton, Mass. tells us that Charles received 280 acres of land, probably in the part of Dorchester that became Stoughton in 1726 and Canton in 1797, bounded by land of Benjamin Blackman, Edward Wentworth (his brother), Samuel Dwelley, Robert Pelton, and Edward Wiatt. This tract was located west of "the Turnpike" and bounded on the south by Pequit Brook. No date was given for the instrument. Charles was prominent in the affairs of Stoughton, serving at times as moderator, and as selectman during the years 1730-1732, 1734-1737, 1739, 1741-1743, and 1746. On 18 June 1744, when he was 60 years old, he was appointed by Governor William Shirley as lieutenant of the 3rd company of the 4th regiment of militia. When Capt John Shepard was promoted in 1746, Charles moved up to become captain of the company. His will was dated 19 May 1780, and his inventory showed a sizeable estate of nearly 9,000 pounds. He once owned slaves, and an intention of marriage was dated 25 Nov 1752 between "Cuff Negro Slave to Capt Charles Wentworth of Stouchton & Mary Robin of Stoughton" (VR:71). Of note is that Charles and Bethia lived to celebrate their 66th wedding anniversary, and died within two and a half months of each other. Children, probably all born in the part of Dorchester that was incorporated as Stoughton in 1726: [197]

  • Rachel, b. 13 March 1714/5, d. Stoughton 11 Aug 1798, m. 26 Jan 1741 John ATHERTON, b. Dorchester 13 May 1714, d. Stoughton 4 Oct 1785, son of Humphrey-3 Atherton (Consider-2, Humphrey-1) and Elizabeth Worthington. Rachel and John both have extant grave stones in the Pearl Street Cemetery in Stoughton. [198]
  • Amariah, b. 1719, d. Feb 1799, m. Stoughton 22 Oct 1741 Rebecca SHEPARD, b. Stoughton 19 July 1723 (VR), d. Stoughton 15 Sep 1791, the daughter of John Shepard and Rebecca Fenno. The administration of Amariah's estate took place in early 1799. Amariah and Rebecca had six known children born 1742 to 1762.
  • William, b.. 7 Feb 1721/2, d. 29 Oct 1778, m. 24 Dec 1747 Jerusha SHEPARD, b. Stoughton 20 July 1729, d. 1791, the daughter of John Shepard and Rebeca Fenno, and sister of Rebecca Shepard, Amariah's wife. Administration of the estate of Jerusha Wentworth was dated 27 Dec 1791. William and Jerusha had three known children.
  • Seth, b. 29 Sep 1726, d. Dorchester 1 Nov 1726.
  • Samuel, b. Stoughton 24 April 1728 (VR:20), m. (1) Hannah ENDICOTT; m. (2) Sarah PUFFER
  • Bethia, b. Stoughton 3 April 1731 (VR:13), d. Canton 22 March 1817, m. Stoughton, Mass. 9 Jan 1752 (vR:64) Benjamin GILL, b. Stoughton 2 June 1730, d. Canton 23 April 1807, Be the son of Benjamin Gill and Abigail Fisher. Benjamin was a Stoughton selectman for many years, and a deacon in the church of which Rev. Samuel Dunbar was pastor. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant of militia in 1766, and Captain in 1773. On 17 Nov 1774 he was elected Lieutenant Colonel of Col. Lemuel Robinson's regiment, the promoted to Colonel shortly after the American Revolutionary War commenced. On 4 March 1776 he led his regiment to Dorchester Heights, then marched to Braintree on 22 March 1776. On 13 June 1776 he marched to Moon Island under the orders of Brigadier General Palmer. He served in the Northern Department from 12 Aug to 12 Dec 1777, and commanded his regiment at the surrender of Burgoyne on 17 Oct 1777. Bethia and Benjamin had nine children born 1752 to 1772. They both have extant grave markers in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [199]
  • Jerusha, b. Stoughton 4 June 1734 (VR:44), d. West Bridgewater, Mass. 1 April 1816, aged 81, m. (1) Stoughton 14 Dec 1752 (VR:64) her first cousin John FENNO, Jr., b. Stoughton 11 Feb 1729/30, d. 1763, the son of John Fenno (the brother of her mother) and Hannah Billings. They had two children, born 1754 and 1757. Jerusha m. (2) 14 Feb 1765 Nathaniel LEONARD, b. Taunton, Mass. 7 March 1717, d. Stoughton 12 Aug 1766, aged 49, the son of Uriah Leonard and Abigail Stone. They had one son, Nathaniel, b. 1767. Nathaniel had married as his first wife Mary Shepard, daughter of John Shepard and Rebecca Fenno. Jerusha m. (3) Stoughton 5 or 25 Dec 1771 Ebenezer CAPEN, b. Dorchester 15 April 1716, d. W. Bridgewater 4 Jan 1787, son of Preserved Capen and Susanna Withington. They had two children together, born 1773 and 1775. Ebenezer had married as his first wife in 1736, Elizabeth Leeds, daughter of Samuel Leeds and Elizabeth Wales, and as his second wife in 1763 Abigail Kingsbury, daughter of Jeremiah Kingsbury and Rest White. Jerusha has, or had, a grave marker in Sharon, but the published vital record does not specify which cemetery. It is likely the West Cemetery where other members of the Capen family are buried. [200]
  • Sarah, b. Stoughton 26 Jan 1739/40 (VR:47), d. 20 Sep 1758 in her 19th year. She has an extant gravestone in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [201]

(6g) Samuel Wentworth[edit]

Wentworth Gen:1:351-3; Stoughton Vital Records [202]

Samuel Wentworth, the son of Charles Wentworth and Bethiah Fenno, was b. Stoughton, Mass. 24 April 1728 (Canton VR:20), d. 23 Dec 1783, and m. (1) Stoughton 19 Oct 1748 (VR:63) Hannah ENDICOTT who d. c. 1752. He m. (2) Stoughton 1 Feb 1753 (VR:64) Sarah PUFFER, b. Dorchester 30 May 1733, daughter of John Puffer and Abigail Vose. Samuel was a drummer in Maj Stephen Miller's company of militia in 1757, and was Captain in a list of officers commissioned for the 4th regiment under Col Nathaniel Hatch in 1763. He served in the American Revolutionary War in 1779, 1780, and 1781. [203] Child with first wife: [204]

  • Mary, b. Stoughton 7 April 1749 (VR:66), m. Stoughton 13 Oct 1768 Enoch LEONARD, b. Stoughton 19 April 1745, d. Westminster, MA 1808, the son of Walley Leonard and Meredith Lyon. They had eight known children.

Children with second wife, all born in the part of Stoughton that became Canton:

  • Mehitable, b. Stoughton 31 Dec 1753 (VR:56), d. 7 Oct 1824, m. 13 Aug 1772 James FADDEN. They both have surviving grave markers in the Canton Corner Cemetery. [205]
  • Bethia, b. Stoughton (rec. in Canton) 25 July 1755, d. Milton, MA 21 Dec 1843, m. Stoughton 16 Jul 1783 James REED, b. Boston, MA 4 Feb 1762, d. Topsham, Maine 19 Jan 1808, the son of James Reed and Mehitable Fenno of Milton, Mass. James is buried in Topsham, ME. [206] [207]
  • Samuel, b. Stoughton 26 July 1757 (VR:81), d. Canton 4 Sep 1827. His obituary appeared in the Columbian Central newspaper on 12 Sep 1827, stating that he was a Revoutionary War pensioner. He enlisted for duty on 2 May 1781, serving in Captain John Rimick's company of the 1st Regiment of the Massachusetts Continental Line under Colonel Joseph Vose. He served for nearly two and a half years, and was discharged near the Hudson River in the state of New York by General Knox on 22 October 1783. On 28 April 1819 he made a deposition about his Revolutionary War service, requesting a pension. On 20 Sep 1819 a certificate of pension was issued to him in the amount of $8 per month to retroactively commence on the date of his deposition. No record of his being married has been found, and no mention of any family is made in his pension file. [208]
  • Abel, b. Stoughton 22 Sep 1759 (VR:88), d. Stoughton 5 Feb 1763 (VR:125)
  • Nathaniel, b. Stoughton 11 Nov 1761 (VR:94), d. Canton 9 Jul 1849, m. Stoughton 3 April 1792 Olive CAPEN, b. Stoughton 28 Sep 1772, d. 12 May 1859, the daughter of Samuel Capen and Elizabeth Withington. Nathaniel was a revolutionary war soldier and pensioner. He served from 1 Nov 1776 to 31 March 1777 (5 months) as a private in Captain Stephen Penniman's company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' regiment, and again in November 1777 for 3 months as a substitute for Eliphalet (Prine? Pirne? Pimm?). On 21 Aug 1832 he, a resident of Stoughton, appeared in court to make application for a pension, which was granted in the amount of $26.66 per annum. On 1 Nov 1850 his widow made application for a widow's pension, which was granted in the amount of $20.00 per annum, and backdated to her husband's death date of 9 July 1849. On 4 June 1855, his widow, aged 82, made application for bounty land. Nathaniel appears on the 1850 Mortality Schedule for Medway, Mass, being called married and aged 88 at time of death due to old age. Olive appears on the 1850 census for Canton, aged 78, living with her son Francis, aged 40, and his presumed wife Lavinia, aged 20 and born in Maine. Nathaniel and Olive are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery in a large Wentowrth plot with mausaleum and several gravestones. Nathaniel and Olive had five known children. [209] [210] [211] [212]
  • Abel, b. Stoughton 21 March 1764 (VR:100), d. 9 July 1816, m. c. 1789 his half-niece, Esther LEONARD, b. Canton (actually Stoughton) 6 Nov 1770, d. Canton 16 Feb 1862, daughter of Enoch Leonard and Mary Wentworth. Esther appears on both the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses for Canton, living with her son Abel, and others who may have been boarders. They had three known surviving children. They are buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton. [213]
  • Rachel, b. 19 Jan 1766, d. 23 May 1780.
  • Sarah, b. Stoughton 3 Nov 1767 (VR:109), d. Canton 27 Dec 1840, m. Stoughton 22 Feb 1787 (VR:168) John BILLINGS, b. 7 June 1763, the son of Stephen Billings and Betty Kinney. The fate of John has not been discovered, but Sarah is buried in the Canton Corner Cemetery. They had four known children: John, Jabez, Semira, and Eliza. [214]
  • Abigail, b. Stoughton 29 Oct 1769, d. Canton 10 Dec 1847, m. Stoughton 5 Apr 1787 Samuel BLACKMAN, b. Stoughton 18 Oct 1759, d. Canton 25 March 1837, the son of Samuel Blackman and Mary Sergeant. He was a revolutionary war soldier, and his military service is extensive. He first served in late November 1776, in Capt William Babcock's company of Colonel Lovell's Massachusetts Regiment, that marched to Providence, RI, Danbury, CT, to the Hudson River, then to Peekskill, NY, and finally to Morristown, NJ where he was discharged in late March 1777. He had later enlistments in 1777, 1778, and 1780. Under the 1832 pension law, he was allowed a pension of $50.66 per annum, commencing 4 March 1831. Following his death, his widow was issued a certificate of pension in the same amount on 19 Oct 1843. Abigail and Samuel had 13 children. [215]
  • John, b. Stoughton 5 Oct 1771 (VR:110 does not give the day), d. Canton 1825, m. (1) Stoughton 15 April 1792 Polly CRANE, b. Stoughton 16 Feb 1773, d. Canton 24 Dec 1811, the daughter of Thomas Crane and Eunice Stone. John m. (2) Canton, 1816 Elizabeth (WILBUR) Wetherell, b. Raynham, MA 1 Aug 1781, d. Plymouth, MA 3 Dec 1837, the daughter of Ephraim Wilbur and Hannah Field of Newton, MA., and the widow of Samuel Wetherell, b. Norton, MA 26 Aug 1776, who she married in Norton on 14 April 1799, the son of Abijah Wetherell and Mary Ranger. Following John's death in 1825, his widow married Barnabas Holmes of Plymouth, likely the one of that name who died in 1837 and is buried in Burial Hill in Plymouth. John was a soldier in the War of 1812. He had at least eight children with his first wife, and two more with the second. [216] [217]

(10g) Rebecca Fenner[edit]

GM 2:517; Bent:3

Rebecca Fenner was b. c. 1610 (aged 25 in 1635). She was aged 25 when she was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Truelove as Rebecca "Fenner." As Rebecca "Vener", she was admitted to the Dorchester church about 1637 or 1638. A map of the "meadows beyond the Naponset River," drawn about 1637, shows a six-acre lot held by "[blank] Venner." Allen Bent, in his short genealogy of the Fenno family, considers this Rebecca Fenner to be the same as the Rebecca Fenno who received 68 acres of land in Milton in 1660; the same as the Rebecca Fenno, Sr. who was admitted to the Milton church on 12 Aug 1683, and the same as the Rebecca Fenno who died at Milton 12 June 1690, but this was actually the wife of John in the next generation. Assumed child:

  • John, b. 1629, m. Rebecca TUCKER (see below), not found on ship passenger list with Rebecca Fenner.

(9g) John Fenno[edit]

Cutter 4:1680; Fenno Family by Bent:3-5 [218]

John, possibly the son of Rebecca (_______) Fenner (though any evidence is lacking), was b. c. 1628, d. Milton, Mass. 7 April 1708, aged 79, and m. c. 1661 Rebecca TUCKER, b. c. 1642, d. Milton 12 June 1690 (as wife of John--VR), daughter of Robert Tucker and Elizabeth Allen. John was granted 20 acres of land in Unquity (now Milton) in 1660 and soon built there. He was a soldier in King Philip's War (1675-6). In his will, dated Aug 1702, Fenno describes property of his in "Lancashire in ye Realme of England." His three sons, John, Benjamin, and Ephraim were named as co-executors, and his three living daughters were named, but without surnames. Children, all b. Milton:

  • Rebecca, b. 23 Sep 1662, d. Braintree July 1741, m. 27 April 1688 Dependence FRENCH. Rebecca was named, without surname, in her father's 1702 will, as having already received 50 pounds as her portion of his estate.
  • John, b. 29 Aug 1665, m. Rachel NEWCOMB
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1667, d. Milton 21 Sep 1669 (VR)
  • Joseph, b. 1 Sep 1670, did not return from expedition to Canada (1690?), as stated in his father's will.
  • Benjamin, b. 4 Feb 1673[2/3], d. 19 May 1750, aged 77, m. 23 Sep 1696 Mary BELCHER of Milton, b. 1676, and probably the one who d. Milton 25 Dec 1758. They had seven children born from 1698 to 1717.
  • Mary, b. 31 July 1677, m. 18 Feb 1701[/2?] James BADCOCK of Milton, b. 1677, d. 1740; moved to CT where they lived in Windham and then Coventry. Mary was named, without surname, in her father's 1702 will, as having earlier received 50 pounds.
  • Elizabeth, b. 31 March 1680, d. prob. Boston, Mass. 1746, m. 3 Oct 1706 John WALDO of Windham, CT. She was bequeathed 50 pounds in her father's 1702 will.
  • Ephraim, b. 30 June 1682, d. Newton c. 1767, and m. (1) 22 July 1706 Elizabeth SMITH, d. 22 Nov 1713; m. (2) 7 April 1715 Elizabeth BARNES, b. Boston 22 Jan 1685[/6?], d. 11 March 1724, aged 39, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Barnes; m. (3) 3 Jan 1725 [prob. 1724/5] Martha (PEARCE) Steel, b. c. 1682, d. Newton 1781, aged 89, widow of John Steel. Ephraim likely lived his early years in Milton, but was of Boston about 1705 as a cordwainer. In 1736 he bought 33 acres in Newton, and moved there. Ephraim had four children with his first wife, born from 1707 to 1712; six children with second wife, born from 1715 to 1719 (two sets of twins!); and five children with third wife, born from 1726 to 1737.

(8g) John Fenno, Jr.[edit]

Cutter 4:1680; Bent:3-5

John, the son of John Fenno and Rebecca Tucker, was b. Milton, Mass. 29 Aug 1665, d. Stoughton, Mass. 23 April 1741, and m. 25 June 1690 Rachel NEWCOMB, b. c. 1670, d. 16 Oct 1750, daughter of John Newcomb and Ruth Marshall. John was on a Dorchester committee on bounds in 1695, and surveyor of highways in 1704 and 1709. John has an extant gravestone in the Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Mass. Children: [219] Children, first five recorded in Milton; remainder in Dorchester (later Stoughton, then Canton):

  • Bethia, b. 12 Oct 1692, m. Charles WENTWORTH (see above).
  • Joseph, b. 21 Feb 1695[/6?], d. Stoughton 26 June 1764, m. 8 Dec 1726 Sarah WHITE, d. 29 Sep 1760.
  • Rebecca, b. 8 Sep 1697, d. Canton (actually Stoughton) 13 March 1783, m. 2 Jan 1727[/8?] John PIERCE of Watertown, d. Stoughton 9 March 1774.
  • Isaac, b. 14 Nov 1699, d. Stoughton 2 July 1771, m. (1) 9 Jan 1728 Hannah PUFFER, b. c. 1710, d. 30 July 1731, aged 21, daughter of James Puffer; m. (2) 10 April 1732 Mary NILES. He had two children with first wife, born 1729 and 1731, and three children with second wife, born from 1733 to 1741.
  • John, b. Milton 7 Feb 1703, d. Stoughton 15 Dec 1759, m. 15 Dec 1726 Hannah BILLINGS, b. 25 Feb 1707[/8?], d. 23 Oct 1768, daughter of Joseph Billings and Rahanna Babcock. John and Hannah had eight children, all born Stoughton, Mass. from 1727 to c. 1747.
  • Ruth, b. 30 May 1705, d. Stoughton 28 March 1768, m. 10 Oct 1728 Eliphalet LEONARD, d. 4 Feb 1786.
  • Elizabeth, b. 7 May 1707, d. 17 Oct 1783, m. 9 June 1729 Stephen BILLINGS, d. 10 June 1767.
  • Seth, b. 28 Oct 1709, d. 31 Oct 1740
  • Freelove, b. 1 Feb 1714[/5?], m. 18 Apirl 1733 John BRETT of Bridgewater.

(10g) Robert Tucker[edit]

Hist. Weymouth (1923) 4:700-1; Parker-Ruggles (1913):361-6; Milton deaths; Torrey marriages; NEHGR 76(1922):232-40 (demonstrating that Robert Tucker is NOT the son of George in England); will of Robert Tucker (from 1895 fam gen);

Robert Tucker, b. c. 1603, d. Milton, Mass. 11 March 1681/2, aged 78, m. c. 1638 Elizabeth ALLEN, b. say 1618, living in March 1681/2, a sister of Deacon Henry Allen of Weymouth and Boston. Robert was of Weymouth by 1639, Gloucester by about 1650, then of Milton after 1656. He was the Gloucester town clerk from 1652 to 1656 and a Milton deputy in 1669 and 1679 to 1681. He built a house in Milton about 1670, and today (2019) it is considered the second oldest house in the town. His will was dated 7 March 168[1/]2, and proved 30 March 1682. Children:

  • Sarah, b. Weymouth 17 March 1639, d. Boston 20 April 1676, m. 1 Aug 1660 Peter WARREN of Boston.
  • James, b. c. 1641, d. Milton 5 March 1718[/9?], in 78th year (VR), m. Rebecca TOLMAN, b. Dorchester 6 April 1647, d. there 13 March 1717, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Tolman.
  • Rebecca, b. Weymouth c. 1642 (cb 1662), m. John FENNO (see above)
  • Benjamin, b. Weymouth c. 1644, d. Roxbury 27 Feb 1713/4, aged 69, m. (1) c. 1670 Ann PAYSON, bapt. Roxbury 3 or 30 Nov 1651, daughter of Edward Payson and Mary Eliot; m. (2) by 1696 Elizabeth (WELD) Gore, b. Roxbury 14 Nov 1655, d. Roxbury 1725, widow of Samuel Gore, and daughter of John Welde. Elizabeth m. (3) Roxbury 31 Oct 1723 John Smith. Benjamin has a gravestone in the Eustis Street Burial Ground.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1647, d. Milton 20 Dec 1701, m. Ebenezer CLAPP, b. Dorchester July 1643, d. Milton 31 July 1712, son of Nicholas and Sarah Clapp
  • Joseph, b. c. 1650 (cb 1678), m. Hannah PIKE and had three children.
  • Expedeane (daughter), b. Gloucester 23 July 1652 (VR), d. Gloucester 19 Nov 1652 (VR).
  • Ephraim, Deacon, b. Gloucester 27 Aug 1653, d. Milton 1 Oct 1736 in 84th year (VR), m. Milton 27 Sep 1688 (VR) Hannah GULLIVER, b. c. 1665, d. Milton 21 April 1733
  • Manasseh, Deacon, b. c. 1655, d. Milton 8 April 1743 in 89th year (VR), m. Milton 29 Dec 1679 (VR) Waitstill SUMNER, b. Lancaster, Mass. 20 Dec 1661, d. Milton 19 March 1748, daughter of Robert and Mary Sumner. Waitstill has an extant gravestone in the old Milton Cemetery. [220]
  • Mary, b. c. 1658, d. Dorchester 9 Jan 1738, m. Samuel JONES, b. c. 1655, d. 1715, son of Richard Jones and Alice Thacher.

(10g) Francis Newcomb[edit]

GM 5:242-5; Dawes-Gates:459-62; Annis Spear:41-46; TAG 52(1976):92;

Francis Newcomb, b. c. 1604 (aged 30 on 6 April 1635), d. Braintree 27 May 1692, m. All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk 27 May 1630 Rachel BRACKETT, bapt. All Saints, Sudbury 28 April 1614, living in 1685, daughter of Peter and Rachel Brackett of Sudbury, Suffolk. On 6 April 1635, husbandman Francis Newcomb, aged 30, wife Rachel Newcomb, aged 20, [daughter] Rachel Newcomb, aged 2 1/2, and John Newcomb, aged 9 months, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Planter. They first settled in Boston where Rachel, the wife of Francis Newcomb, was admitted to the Boston church on 28 Feb 1635/6. On 16 Feb 1639/40, Rachel was one of 13 Boston church members who was recommended to the church at Mount Wollaston (now Braintree). Francis Newcomb lived a long life, but left behind few records. He served on a Suffolk County petit jury in 1678, and owned land mentioned in the deeds of others, but none of his own transactions are of record. Children:

  • Rachel, bapt. All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk 13 Nov 1631, sailed to New England with her parents, but no further record.
  • John, bapt. All Saints 8 Aug 1634, m. (1) Ruth MARSHALL; m. (2) Elizabeth _______ (see below).
  • Hannah, bapt. Boston 15 Oct 1637, m. Dedham 8 Jan 1657[/8?] James THORP of Dedham.
  • Mary, b. Braintree 1 April 1640, m. (1) Braintree 9 Dec 1657 Samuel DEERING; m. (2) Braintree 27 April 1675 George SPEAR.
  • Sarah, b. Braintree 30 June 1643, no further record.
  • Judith, b. Braintree 16 Jan 1645[/6?], m. Watertown 30 Oct 1666 Samuel JENNISON, son of Robert Jennison.
  • Peter, b. Braintree 16 May 1648, d. 1725, m. (1) Watertown 26 June 1672 Susan CUTTING; m. (2) by 1704 Mary (PHILLIPS) Humphrey, d. 1738, daughter of Richard Phillips and widow of Jonas Humphrey. Peter served several minor offices in Braintree. His will was dated 8 April and proved 10 June 1725. Mary's will was dated 21 March and proved 9 May 1738. Peter had eight children with first wife born at Braintree from 1673 to 1694, and one child, Richard, with second wife born in 1704.
  • Abigail, b. Braintree 16 July 1651, no further record per Anderson, but Dawes-Gates says living in 1702, prob. unmarried.
  • Leah, b. Braintree 30 July 1654, m. c. 1687 William PRICE.
  • Elizabeth, b. Braintree 26 Aug 1658, m. (1) Dedham 3 July 1677 John PIDGE, son of Thomas Pidge; m. (2) Dedham 28 Dec 1695 James EMERY, son of Anthony Emery.'

(9g) John Newcomb[edit]

Annis Spear:42-3

John, the son of Francis Newcomb and Rachel Brackett, was bapt. All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk, England 8 Aug 1634, d. Braintree 21 March 1721/2, and m. (1) c. 1658 Ruth MARSHALL, b. c. 1636, d. Braintree June 1697, aged 61, sister of John Marshall, a "Scotishman"; m. (2) Elizabeth _______, who survived him. John was a farmer, and his place was called Newcomb's Landing, then in Braintree, but now in Quincy. His second wife Elizabeth was dismissed from her church at Bridgewater to that at Braintree on 29 Jan 1698. John's will was dated 13 May 1721, and proved 11 June 1722. Children, born and baptized in Braintree:

  • John, b. 13 April 1659, m. c. 1685 Elizabeth EVERETT, d. 14 Feb 1708. They had five children born from c. 1686 to 1700.
  • Samuel, b. 25 Feb 1660/1, d. c. 1708, m. 16 Jan 1689 Sarah SHEFFIELD, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Sheffield. Samuel's widow, Sarah, was given administration of his estate on 8 May 1708. They had seven children born from 1690 to 1703.
  • Ruth, b. c. 1663, m. c. 1682 John COPELAND of Braintree.
  • Mercy, b. April 1665, m. John PRATT
  • Rachel, b. c. 1670, bapt. 13 Oct 167_ (prob. 13 Oct 1672, same date as sister Hannah), m. c. 1691 (cb 1692) John FENNO (see above).
  • Hannah, bapt. 13 Oct 1672, m. (1) 22 Nov 1693 William HAYWARD; m. (2) Mendon, Mass. 20 Dec 1712 Benjamin THAYER.
  • Bethia, b. 14 Jan 1673/4, m. Bridgewater, Mass. 1 Dec 1698 John KINGMAN.
  • Abigail, bapt. 25 March 1677, m. 21 May 1707 Richard DAVENPORT.
  • Isaac, bapt. 23 March 1678/9, d. young.

(11g) Peter Brackett[edit]

see sandboxb3

(10g) _______ Marshall[edit]

TAG 61(1985):111-4

Mr. Marshall had:

  • John, b. say 1633, d. 1672, m. say 1658 Ruth HAWKINS, b. c. 1640, d. Boston 9 March 1715/6, aged 75, daughter of James Hawkins and Mary Mills; they had son John (a diarist) b. Boston 2 Oct 1664. The elder John is first of record in Boston on 29 Sep 1659 when James, son of John Marshall, "a Scotishman" and Ruth his wife, was born. His last child was born 14 April 1672, shortly after which his widow Ruth was appointed administrator of his estate on 29 Nov 1672, the same day his inventory was taken. Ruth m. (2) by 1679 Daniel Fairfield, b. c. 1632, d. Boston 22 Dec 1709, aged about 77. They had a son Daniel b. Boston 1 Dec 1680. Ruth and her mother both have extant gravestones in the Kings Chapel Burying Ground in Boston. [221]
  • Ruth, b. c. 1636, d. June 1697, aged 61, m. c. 1658 (cb 1659) John NEWCOMB, son of Francis Newcomb.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Anderson, Sandborn & Sanborn 2001, pp. 403–407.
  2. ^ Anderson, Sanborn & Sanborn 2001, pp. 60–63.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Sanborn & Sanborn 2001, pp. 446–452.
  4. ^ Anderson 1995, p. 1781.
  5. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1779–1782.
  6. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1888–1891.
  7. ^ Anderson 2007, pp. 536–540.
  8. ^ Anderson, Sanborn & Sanborn 2001, pp. 413–416.
  9. ^ Anderson 2007, pp. 519–525.
  10. ^ see Anderson (2003), p 350 for earlier generation
  11. ^ Anderson 2009, pp. 255–259.
  12. ^ Anderson 1995, p. 2073.
  13. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1677–1681.
  14. ^ Anderson 1995, p. 556.
  15. ^ Anderson, Sanborn & Sanborn 2001, p. 517.
  16. ^ Anderson 2007, pp. 242–245.
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