Miner Descent

Edward Jones

Posted on June 28, 2010 by markeminer

Edward (Eduard) JONES (c. 1685 – 1749) was Alex’s 8th Great Grandfather; one of 512 in this generation of the Miller line

Edward Jones was born about 1685 in New York state. He was possibly the son of Thomas JOANES of Jamaica, Long Island. (Not the famous pirate Thomas Jones of Jones Beach fame.) See below for a discussion possible origins. He married Catherine DECKER about 1715 in Staten Island. Edward died between 1735 and 1749 in Staten Island, New York.

Catherine Decker (Cathalintje Dekkers) was born about 1689 in Staten Island. Her parents were Matthew De DECKERS and Aefte Eve MESSECAR. Catherine died after 1750 in Staten Island, New York.

Children of Edward and Catherine:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Susannah Jones	c. 1716 Staten Island, NY	Zegar Decker (Catherine’s brother and son of Matthew DeDECKERS)
2.	Abigail JONES	22 Apr 1702 Staten Island, New York or c. 1717 Port Richmond, NY . baptized 22 Apr 1722 Staten Island, NY	Jean PERLIER III 13 Jun 1734 Edison, Bergen, New Jersey . Samuel De Hart? ca.1750 Staten island, NY
3.	Edward Jones	20 Jul 1718 Port Richmond Dutch Reformed church, Staten Island, NY		1725
4.	Mattheus Jones	8 Nov 1719 Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church.	Margritje Gowen 31 Mar 1741 New York Dutch Reformed church
5.	Edward (Eduard) Jones	14 Aug 1726 Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church.	Phebe Gould (Gold) 5 Nov 1741 Easthampton, Suffolk, Long Island, NY . Martha [__?__] Abt. 1769 in Staten Island, New York
6.	Abraham Jones	ca. 1731 Staten Island, NY
7.	Eva (Evan) Jones	ca. 1734 Staten Island, NY	Thomas Merrill 1752	After 1803

Edward Jones’ origins are an enigma. He has no known connection with anyone of this surname in New York outside of Staten Island. He may be the Edward mentioned in Jamaica, New York records in the 1720’s, but this is not proven. The naming patterns in his children gives us no additional clues to his identity.

All the records of Staten Island indicate that an Edward Jones owned land in Staten Island by about 1680. Obviously this could not be the same man, for our Edward was born after this date. This could be the Edward Jones, who married Jane Cone of Woodbridge, New Jersey, just across the Kill from Staten Island. However, it is known that a man named Thomas Joanes owned land in Staten Island in 1676 as shown in the New York Endorsed Land records. Whether this Thomas was the father of our Edward is not known. He never appears in Staten Island records again, and Edward, and his known ancestors never named one of their sons Thomas. Possible fathers for our Edward Jones of Staten Island include this Thomas, and an Edward Jones (Johnes) who lived in Easthampton, and Southampton, Long Island. That Edward did have a son named Edward who was born ca. 1690 or so.

That Edward Jones was related to John Jones of Staten Island is also in question, but it seems very logical that they were related, probably brothers, for they both attended the same church at the same time, and they owned farms next to each other, and witnesses to baptisms in both families were known to each family. It is possible, given the fact that no land transactions exist for either of these men, that they may have inherited the land which they occupied from their father, who may have been the Thomas Joanes who owned land in this area in 1676, but again this is not known for sure.

Edward Jones first appears in Staten Island records in the year of 1717 or so. Edward, and John Jones were the only men of this surname who lived in the area during the early 1700’s. At one time it was also thought by this author that the Edward Jones of Staten Island was the son of Edward Jones, and Jane Cone of Woodbridge, Middlesex county, New Jersey. This couple had a son born 26 Dec., 1697 in that town. However, this Edward appears in Woodbridge records after 1725, and our Edward was firmed established now in Staten Island, which could only mean that our Edward was now living in Staten Island, and only appeared as a witness to events in Woodbridge. Also our Edward was older than this Edward, by at least 10 years. Also the Woodbridge Jones family, which descended from a Jefferey Jones of CT., and Southhold, Long Island, had no dealings with Staten Island, and no land was owned in Staten Island by this family.

Our Edward married Cathalintje Decker ca. 1716 probably in Staten Island, for her family came from this area. No marriage record exists for this couple, either in Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, or Staten Island. The family had close ties to the Port Richmond Dutch Reformed church, where many of their children were baptized. Edward worked as a Weaver, and a farmer on his property in Staten Island.

The most likely theory is that our Edward Jones of Staten Island was the son of Thomas Joanes of Jamaica, Long Island. Edward and his brother John moved to this location when they arrived of age, and married and settled on this property. Edward Jones appears as a witness to the will of Timothy Denton of Jamaica, Long Island on 21 March, 1729, and also as a witness to the will of Solomon Denton of Jamaica on 19 May, 1727. A relationship to these men have not been discovered as of yet. Edward Jones, and Eva Dekker were witness to the baptism of Maria Dekker, the daughter of Pieter Dekker, and Susanna Hetfeel on 21 Sept., 1718 in the Port Richmond Dutch Reformed church. Both Edward, and Catharina were witness to the baptism of Catharina du Puy, the daughter of Nicholas du Puy, and Neeltje Dekker in this same church on 06 April, 1724. Nothing else is known about our Edward Jones of Staten Island.

Sibling

John (Jan) Jones was born Abt. 1702 in New York State, and died in Staten Island, New York. He married about 1729 in New York to Rachel Van Engelen (bapt. 22 Oct 1708 New York Dutch Reformed Church – d. Staten Island, New York) Her parents were Ahasuerus Van Engelen and Mary Corbet.

Children of John Jones and Rachel Van Engelen are:

i. Maria Jones, b. 7 Jun 1730 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church. She married John Van Pelt. Witness to Maria’s baptism were Jan and Lena Van Pelt. Maria and Jan had at least one child, Susanna (b. 1755 in Port Richmond)

ii. Elizabeth (Elisabet) Jones, b. 10 Apr 1732 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church.

iii. Johannes Jones, b. 9 Mar 1734/35 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church. Witness to the baptism were John Merrill Jr., and Elisabeth Macklein.

iv. Rachel Jones, b. 18 Sep 1737 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church.

v. Lucretia Jones, b. 30 Mar 1740 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church.

vi. [__?__] Jones, b. 6 May 1745 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church.

vii. Isaac Jones, b. 22 Apr 1747 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church. Isaac was listed as a freeman in Manhattan on 27 Sept., 1769, and he worked as a cooper.

Children

1. Susannah Jones

Susannah’s husband Zegar Decker was about 1709 in Staten Island NY. He was Catherine’s brother and his parents were also Matthew De DECKERS and Aefte Eve MESSECAR. He first married Elizabeth Depuy (b ~. 1712 in Staten Island, New York – d. 1733.) and had one child Eva (b. 1730 – d. bef. 1733). Elizabeth’s parents were Johannes De Puy (1655 – 1732) and Petroneltje Swaim (1686 – 1725)

Susannah was a witness to a baptism on 07 April, 1735 of Pieter Decker and Susanna Hatfield’s son Abraham in the Port Richmond DRC. She was a witness to the baptism of Johannes Decker, son of Johannes Decker, and Nence Merrel in the Port Richmond DRC on 19 April, 1743.

Child of Susannah Jones and Zeger Decker:

i. Eva Decker, b. 8 Apr 1733 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church.

Port Richmond baptism of child of Zeger Dekker & Susanna Jones 1733

2. Abigail Jones (See Jean PERLIER III‘s page)

It seems to me Eduard and Catherine’s Abigail really was born in 1722 and was too young to marry Jean Perlier in 1734. His Abigail Jones born 22 Apr 1702 Staten Island, New York must be someone else. This Abigail’s marriage to Samuel De Hart in 1750 Staten island must be her first.

3. Edward Jones

The first named Edward may have died young. Witness to his baptism were Barent Symonsz, and Eva Messeker.

4. Mattheus Jones

Mattheus (Mateus ) wife Margritje Gowen was born about 1721 in Staten Island, New York. Her parents were William Gowin and Margarita Daniels.

Mateus and Margritje married Mar 1741 in New York Dutch Reformed church..

Witness to Mattheus’ baptism were Pieter and Neeltyke Deckers.

Children of Mattheus Jones and Margritje Gowen:

i. Catrina Jones, b. 7 Jun 1743 in Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church.

ii. Elizabeth Jones, b. 15 Jun 1750 in Staten Island, New York. Elizabeth was baptized on 03 July, 1768 as an adult in the Port Richmond Dutch Reformed church

5. Edward Jones

Edward’s first wife Phebe Gould (Gold) was born about 1721. Her parents were Severus Gould (1695 – ) and Phebe Talmage (1699 – 1740). They were married 5 Nov 1741 by Rev. Nathaniel Huntting, East Hampton, LI, NY Phebe died 22 Jul 1743 after only a couple years of marriage.

It’s possible that the Edward Jones who married Phebe Gould was the son of Edward Jones (1678 – 1745) and Hannah Talmage (1653 -1 728) who was born in 1697 and died 1754.

Edward’s second wife Martha [__?__] was born about 1738 in Staten Island, New York. Edward Jones married Martha Abt. 1769 in Staten Island, New York. Martha died after 1779 in Staten Island, New York.

Witness to Edward’s baptism was Zeger Dekker.

Children of Edward and Phebe:

i. Talmage Jones, b. Abt 1742, East Hampton, Suffolk Co., LI, NY

ii. Phebe Jones, b. Abt 1743, East Hampton, Suffolk Co., LI, NY

Children of Edward Jones and Martha:

iii. Barnet Jones, b. 5 Mar 1770 in St. Andrews Church, Staten Island, New York;

The Barnet Jones who was married 16 Dec 1835 Staten Island to Sarah Hatfield was born about 1811 and died in 1894. He was an oyster dealer from Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Island. who also maintained a residence on the York River in James City, Virginia. His parents were Daniel Jones and Elizabeth Christopher.   Per a will written in 1891, Barnett Jones described the location of his Mariner’s Harbor home as “the house and lots on the southerly side of the Shore Road, bounded on the north by the estate of my brother Cornelius C. Jones, deceased, on the south by land formerly of John H. ?, and on the west by land of S.H. St. John and others”. Other Staten Island properties owned by Capt. Jones are described in the will. The will was dated 6 Nov 1891 and witnessed by Cornelius C. Jones, William L. Decker, and Calouie(?) D. Van Name, all residing at Erastina, Staten Island.

iv. Abraham Jones, b. 31 Mar 1772 in St. Andrews Church, Staten Island, New York; m1. 11 May 1791 in St. Andrews Church, Staten Island to his second cousin Ann Decker (b. in Staten Island, New York; Her parents were Jacob de Decker (1741 – 1824) and Sarah Simonson (1737 – 1827) Her grandparents were Pieter Decker and Susanna Hatfield and her great grandparents were Mattheus (Matthew) De DECKERS and Aefte (Eve) MESSECAR

m2. 28 Nov 1802 in Staten Island, New York to  Elsje de Pugh

v. Margaret Jones, b. 9 Feb 1774 in St. Andrews Church, Staten Island, New York; died in Staten Island, New York; m. 7 Aug 1791 Port Richmond Dutch Reformed church, Staten Island, New York to Isaac Decker (b. 30 Aug 1765 in Staten Island, New York – d. 21 Nov 1853 in Staten Island, New York). His parents were Jacob Decker (1741 – 1824) and Sarah Simonson (1737 – 1827) His grandparents were Pieter De Decker (1697 – 1772) and Susanna Hatfield (1697 – 1755) and his great grandparents were  Mattheus (Matthew) De DECKERS and Aefte (Eve) MESSECAR

iv. Daniel Jones, b. 14 May 1778 in St. Andrews Church, Staten Island, New York.

7. Eva Jones

Eva’s husband Thomas Merrill was born 19 Apr 1732 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. His parents were Thomas Merrill and [__?__]. Thomas died 12 Mar 1798 in Staten Island, New York.

While no baptism was located for Eva Aeltie, or Aefje Jones,, after an extensive search of records for Staten Island, Brooklyn, Jamaica, Queens, and Long Island, there is a pre-ponderance of evidence, especially with the naming patterns of the children, including a son named Matthew, after his maternal grandfather Matthew Decker. Eva no doubt was named in honor of her maternal grandmother Eva Messeker.

Thomas Merrill was mentioned in his father’s will in 1773, and in his brother John’s will in that same year. He married Eva Jones, whose last name was sometimes written as Jouns, and Yoons, or Yonge.

Thomas Merrill jr., posted his will on 31 Dec., 1791 on Staten Island. It was proved 30 April, 1803 in that county. Thomas was a farmer by trade, and from 1758-1762 he was listed as an Indian fighter in New York records. In 1790 he was listed in the Northfield, Staten Island census, with 3 males over 16, and he lived next door to his son Thomas Merrill. On 05 July, 1793 he granted a deed on Staten Island to Matthias, and Sarah Vroom, and Abraham, and James Woods, all of Staten Island (Liber F. p.209-213). His wife Eva Jones died after 1803, for she was listed in his will.

Thomas and Eva Jones had a daughter baptized October 31, 1756. This Thomas made his will December 31, 1791, proved April 30, 1803, in which he mentions his wife Eva and his sons John, Thomas and Matthew. John, son of Thomas and Eva (known in the family as Honnis), was born in 1742, and died December 19, 1826. His wife’s name was Charity. Thomas (known as “Sawmill Thomas”), son of John and Eva, had a son John, baptized August 17, 1788.

Children of Eva Jones and Thomas Merrill:

i. John “Hoonis” Merrill, b. Abt. 1751 in Staten Island, New York; d, 19 Dec 1826 in Staten Island, New York; m. in Staten Island to Charity [__?__]; (b. ~ 1752 in New York State – d. 31 Dec 1794 in Staten Island, New York)

John was a farmer, and rancher on Staten Island, and he was mentioned in his father’s will in 1803. John was also involved in Stagecoaches in the late 1780’s.

ii. Annetye Merrill, b. 31 Oct 1756 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York; died Bef. 1791. Annetye was baptized in the Port Richmond Dutch church, and she was not mentioned in her father’s will. Her mother’s name was written as Eva Joons, and her father as Tammas Merel in her baptism record.

iii. Matthew Merrill, b. ~ 1758 in Staten Island, New York. No baptism has been found for Matthew, but he was mentioned in his father’s will in 1803.

iv. Thomas Merrill, b. 26 Aug 1759 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York; m. Magadlena Decker (b. ~ 1761 in Staten Island, New York). Thomas and Magadlena had at least four children born between 1788 and 1794.

Thomas was baptized in the Port Richmond Dutch church. Thomas went under the alias name of Sawmill Thomas, for he owned a very large Sawmill on Staten Island. In 1790 he was listed in the Northfield, Staten Island census, living next door to his father Thomas. His wife, and one boy under 16 were listed in his household (1790 Richmond County, New York Census). He deeded land in Staten Island on 20 June, 1815 to his son John Merrill. Thomas was a man of some influence on Staten Island during the 1790’s. He was baptized as Tammes Merel, and his father was so mentioned, and his mother was listed as Eva Yoons.

v. William Merrill, b. ~ 1760 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York; m. 4 Aug 1776 in St. Andrews church, Richmond, Staten Island, New York to Ann Merrill.

No baptism papers were found for William, but he was mentioned in his father’s will in 1803 (Richmond wills A. p.91).

vi. Elizabeth Merrill, b. 26 Apr 1763 in Staten Island, New York; d. 9 Jun 1847 in Staten Island, New York; m. Apr 1782 in Staten Island, New York to John LaTourette (b. 7 Jul 1762 in Northfield, Staten Island, New York – d. 7 Feb 1826 in Northfield) His parents were Paul LaTourette (1738 – 1827) and Sarah Merrill (1743 – 1818) Elizabeth and John had eight children born between 1783 and 1807.

Elizabeth’s baptism records are missing, but the date of her birth was received from two sources. The first was the Cemetery records in the Woodrow Church in Staten Island, where she was buried, and the second was the Isiah Merrill Lock Box Bible records held in the Manuscript collection in the New York Genealogical, and Biographical Society Library in New York City.

Elizabeth was for some reason not mentioned in her father’s will, so this has led some historians of this family to conclude that she may not be a daughter of this Thomas at all. All written records, including the family bible in possession of the La Tourette family, lists her father as Thomas Merrill of Staten Island, and the only Thomas Merrill in Staten Island at this time was Thomas, and Eva.

All known La Tourette, and Merrill family letters also mention this connection. So while there is no positive proof, except for the family bibles, it is this author’s belief that she was indeed the daughter of this couple, and so placed. Some historians however, believe that her real maiden name could have been Tyson, without proof however.

She was most likely related to a woman named Hannah B. Barger who was buried next to her in the Dutch Reformed church Cemetery in Port Richmond.

John owned his own wholesale Oyster business in Staten Island, and he was also a boatman. He spent his entire life performing this trade. During the American Revolution John worked as a boatman, and Oysterman, and he did not partake in the action. John’s parents owned a Plantation in Northfield, Staten Island in 1790, and both he, and his parents were found in the census in this location.

He was also found in the 1800, and 1810 Northfield census. John La Tourette was baptized in the Port Richmond Dutch Reformed church, and he lived his entire life on his farm in Staten Island.

The dates of the birth of his children were found in the Isiah Merrill Lock box Bible records housed in the New York Genealogical, and Biographical Library in New York city. This bible record also lists the name of John’s wife as being Elizabeth Merrill, as being the daughter of Thomas of Staten Island. This is the only record which lists her last name.

Sources:

http://www.barney.org/family/wga31.html#I5496

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/o/Dennis-J-Moore/BOOK-0001/0010-0001.html

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/c/Ellsworth-J-La-coste-/BOOK-0001/0040-0003.html#CHILD11

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/c/Dr-ellsworth-J-La-coste/BOOK-0001/0103-0001.html

History of Richmond County (Staten Island), New York from its discovery to the present time. By Mather Bayles. (page 37 of 72)

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John Scammon

Posted on June 27, 2010 by markeminer

John SCAMMON (1598 – 1660 ) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line. He was also Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather; one of 8,192 in this generation of the Miller line.

John Scammons was born on 29 Jun 1598 in Nettleton, Lincolnshire, England. His parents were Richard SCAMMON Sr. and Prudence WALDREN. Alternatively, his father was Capt Edmond Scammon. He married Elizabeth TALERE (TAYLOR) on 6 Nov 1623 in Nettleton, Lincolnshire, England. He arrived in Boston about 1630. It is believed that he first came to Barbados in the West Indies and later continued onto Boston. He ultimately settled in the area of Portsmouth, New Hampshire about 1640. He died about 1660 in Dover, Strafford, N. H.

John Scammon may well have been baptized and married Elizabeth at St. John the Baptist Church in Nettleton, Lincolnshire, England

Richard and John Scammons were brothers who both immigrated to New Hampshire. Most genealogies show they were born about the same date, died in Dover, Strattford, N. H. about the same date. Most of the children listed for both have the same names and born on the same dates which makes it easy for some to assume they are are the same person.

Elizabeth Tailor was born on 24 Oct 1602 in Nettleton, Lincolnshire, England. Elizabeth died in 1680 in Kittery, Maine.

Children of John and Elizabeth:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Elizabeth SCAMMON	1625 Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England	Thomas ATKINS 1645 Portland, Cumberland, Maine,	1680 Boston
2.	Humphrey Scammon	c. 1640 Strawberry Bank, NH	Elizabeh Harvey c. 1673 Kittery, Maine	1 Jan 1727 Saco, York, Maine

1637 – John’s possible father Captain Edmund Scammon commanded a British war vessel under Admiral Rainsborough.

Several families of the Scammon name are now landed proprietors in Lincolnshire, England.

Children

Sometimes John’s nephews and nieces from his brother Richard are attributed to him.

Henry Scammons b. 11 Feb 1626 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire
John Scammons b. 5 Aug 1632 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire
Sarah Scammons b. 2 Mar 1634 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire
Thomas Scammons b. 18 Jun 1637 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire

2. Humphrey Scammon

Humphrey’s wife Elizabeth was born about 1645 perhaps in Kittery, York, Maine. She may have been Elizabeth Harvey and her parents were William Harvey and Joane Hucker. If so, her grandparents were Thomas HARVEY and Joan COLLIER. Elizabeth may have died in 1746 in Kittery York, Maine, but I haven’t seen any record of her being a centenarian.

Humphrey was the first Scammon born in America. He lived in Kittery, Maine until 1679 when he moved to Saco, Maine, two and a half miles inland from the coast along the Saco River. He purchased 200 acres of land from the widow of Henry Waddock located along the Saco River a half mile from its mouth. At this location he operated a ferry and an inn, described at the time as a “publique house of intertaynment”, near Biddeford Pool.

Humphrey was first seen in America in Oct 1667 when widow Sarah Abbott withdrew a suit against him for refusing to satisfy her for lodging, etc., and for fish lent him in her husband’s lifetime.

His was a most important ferry for which his predecessor had been ordered to provide a good, sufficient boat, large enough to carry over three horses at one time. Scammon received “nine pence for the ferrage of a horse and man”. Early ferrage charges were 2d cash and 3d on account for each person.

Humphrey had also been “allowed to keepe a publique house of Intertaynmt” from 1680 until 1686 and was in charge of taking the tax lists to York in 1682. He was also in charge of seeing the minister’s cellar dug and stoned in 1686 and was a deputy in the same year. He had a sawmill at Blackman’s Falls on the Dunstan River and was a culler of fish in 1695/96. In 1699 he was on the grand jury.

He was chosen Cape Porpoise constable Feb 1678/79; of Cape Porpoise, bought the Henry Waddock farm in Saco, ME on 4 Dec 1679 and there was given town privilege and a ferry license in June 1680, followed by a tavern license from 1680-1686; townsman & comr. to take the lists to York 1682; j. 1684; gr. j. 1685; goodman S. & Edw. Sargent to collect the minister’s salary in 1685; he to see the minister’s cellar dug and stoned in 1686. Deputy 1686. He returned to Kittery in wartime, and bought Mrs. J. Bray’s estate in 1694; returned to Saco to be taken captive with wife and sons Humphrey & Samuel in 1703. One Humphrey was a resident of Truro, Mass. when that town was incorporated.

In 1697, Humphrey, his wife and sons Humphrey and Samuel were taken captive. The story of the capture is based upon the tale of Samuel’s granddaughter. While Humphrey [age 57] and Humprehy Jr.[age 20] were working at work on piece of marsh in neighborhood of lower ferry, a short distance from the house, Indians attacked the family residence.

At the time of the attack, Humphrey’s ten year old son, Samuel was sent by his mother with a mug of beer for his father and brother who were working in a marsh by the lower ferry. When he saw the Indians, he ran back to the house and put the mug on a dresser. Samuel wished to fasten the doors and windows, but his mother said “no”, fearing death if they showed signs of resistance . The Indians came and asked for her sanap (husband). She refused to answer. They threatened to carry her off alone “but promised if she would discover where he was to take them together without harm”. After smashing much of the furniture and emptying the beds to get the sacks they went to the marsh and took the two Humphrey

She led them to the ferry and the whole family was immediately marched away into captivity. The family was led through heavily wooded country to the Sokoki Indian capital, Peckwodgett, now known as Fryeburg, Maine. When they arrived, the war council were of a mind to kill the captives, but the chief remembering the promise spared the lives of their prisoners. Nevertheless, the captives were subjected to “great cruelty”.

At the Black Point garrison in August “a captive” was sent by the Indians with a flag of truce to the garrison. They sent “Elizabeth Scammon… but the officer well knowing their intreague slighted the message, secured the captive and suffered no messenger approach any nearer than what the muzzles of his guns have license for”. Elizabeth was rescued.

Later, the family was taken to Quebec, Canada where they were held for a full year. Such periods of captivity were common during the Colonial Indian Wars, which involved the English, the French in Canada, and various tribes of Indians who aligned themselves with both sides. It was also common for the captives to be subject to great cruelty as their French captors coerced the Puritan New Englanders to accept the Roman Catholic faith. (The story of the Scammon’s’ captivity is told in the book New England Captives Carried to Canada by Emma Louis Coleman, 1896)

When the Scammon family returned from their captivity in Canada following a peace treaty, they found their home exactly as they had left it. The family cat was still there awaiting their arrival, having lived at the home during their absence. The mug Samuel had been carrying to his father was still where he had left it.

That mug is still in existence, having been preserved as a tribute to the fortitude of those pioneers. It is a handsome piece of brownware with the likeness of Prince William of Orange who married Mary, the daughter of James II and was called to the throne of England in 1689. Prior to that he had enjoyed great popularity in Holland as a result of his victories over the French. It is believed that the mug was made in celebration of those victories. The mug is now in the collection of the Dyer-York Library and Museum in Saco, Maine and it was featured in the 1982 copy of Smithsonian Magazine.

The mug is salt-glazed stoneware and was made in the Westerwald district of Germany 1689-1702 and bears the likeness of King William III.

Scammons Mug

The attack on the Scammon home was also witnessed by a boy named Robinson, who immediately went to the nearby garrison to give warning. He could see that any resistance would be futile. He made his escape by horseback to the Saco River at Grey’s Point and swam from there to Cow Island, and then to the opposite shore. At the garrison, he found only women and a few old men. At his suggestion they all put on men’s clothing and uniforms and showed themselves around the fort, giving the impression that the place was heavily guarded. The Indians dared not attack. Many members of the Indian party attested to the success of this maneuver afterward.

In his will Humphrey stipulated that “1/2 acre of land at the ferry place be reserved forever as a burying place for my relations.” The exact site of Humphrey’s final resting place cannot be found, but the slate markers on the graves of his two sons are visible today.

Humphrey’s Children:

i. Elizabeth Scammon (1674 – ) m. 15 Jul 1697 in Kittery, York, Maine, to Andrew Haley (1677 – 1725)

ii. Humphrey Scammon (10 May 1677 – 31 May 1734) m. 1714 in Saco, York, Maine to Elizabeth Jordan (1670 – 1746)

iii. Rebecca Scammon (1680 – ); m. in 1703 to John Billings, who was a son of John Billings of Kittery Maine. She was his 2nd wife. No children.

iv. Mary Scammon (1682 – 17 May 1760)

v. Samuel Scammon (1689 – 1752) m. 1712 in Saco, York, Maine to Margery Deering (1689 – 1740)

Sources:

http://www.familyorigins.com/users/s/t/g/Bob–Stgelais/FAMO1-0001/d1452.htm#P21061

http://capecodhistory.us/genealogy/wellfleet/Names317.htm#SCAMMON

Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs …, Volume 1

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/j/Heather-W-Rojo/GENE16-0071.html

http://scammongenealogy.wordpress.com/

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mainegenie/SCAMMON.htm

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Thomas Atkins

Posted on June 27, 2010 by markeminer

Thomas ATKINS (1619 -1716) was a fisherman, who purchased from the sachem Mowhotiwormet, commonly called Chief Robinhood, the southern end of Phippsburg Maine. Atkins Bay bears his name. Here is a Google Satellite Map showing Atkins Bay and directions from Civil War Fort Popham to the lost site of the original 1607 Popham Colony. He was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. He was also Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line.

Atkins was also a very bad dad, see below.

Atkins Bay, Popham, Phippsburg, Maine was named for Thomas Atkins

Thomas Atkins was born in 1619 in St Clement Sandwich, Kent, England. His parents were [__?__] ATKINS and Ellyn WRIGHT. Records show a Thomas Atkins arriving in Bermuda in 1635. He married Elizabeth SCAMMON in 1645. Thomas died on 2 Apr 1716 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

Chief Robinhood 340 Robinhood Lane, Georgetown, ME – Thomas Atkins Thomas Atkins, a fisherman, purchased from the sachem Mowhotiwormet, commonly called Chief Robinhood, the southern end of Phippsburg (with the exception of Popham).

Elizabeth Scammon was born in 1625 in Tattershall, Lincoln, England. Her parents were John SCAMMON and Elizabeth TAILOR. Some sources say she was married first to Peter Lidgett, but actually that Elizabeth Scammons was her cousin. Elizabeth died in 1680 in Maine.

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Sarah ATKINS	1645 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, Maine.	John STAPLES Jr. 1672 Braintree, Mass . Samuel Gurney Jul 1717 in Abingdon, Plymouth, Mass . Richard Williams 4 Feb 1720 in Abington, Plymouth, Mass	1 Apr 1723 Abington, Plymouth, Mass.
2.	Elizabeth Atkins	c. 1646	Lawrence Davis 1663 Falmouth, Cumberland, ME . Robert Nichelson 15 Jul 1716 in Beverly, Essex, Mass	13 Jun 1727 Maine
3.	Ann Atkins	c. 1647	Samuel Clark 1669 Marblehead, Mass	1716 Marblehead, Mass
4.	Mary Atkins	c. 1647 Maine	William Hackett 2 DEC 1665 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, ME
5.	Susanna Atkins	1647 Maine	Richard Green 1682 Plymouth, Mass	2 Apr 1716 Bridgewater, Mass
6.	Abigail Atkins	1652 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, ME	John Hayford 8 APR 1679 Braintree, Mass	13 Dec 1732 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass.
7.	Rachel Atkins	1654 Plymouth, Mass.	John Drake 1678 in Boston . [__?__] Berry	11 Nov 1725 Boston
8.	Esther Atkins	c. 1658 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, ME	George Pike c. 1681 Mendon, Suffolk, Mass . John Reed 1 Jan 1717	After 1716 Mendon Mass
9.	Rebecca Atkins	c. 1660 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, ME	[__?__] Hall 1678 Maine	2 Apr 1716 Tarpolin Cove, ME
10.	Margaret Atkins	1662	[__?__] Hackett
11.	Ruth Atkins	c. 1667 Maine	Joseph Peck 26 JUN 1698 Windsor, CT . John Hoskins 14 DEC 1699 Windsor, CT	1743 Windsor, CT

Alternative birthdates from Cape Cod History: children born in the Phippsburg area of Maine
ELIZABETH ATKINS b: 1645
MARY ATKINS b: 1647
REBECCA ATKINS b: CIR 1649
SUSANNAH ATKINS b: 1651
HESTER ATKINS b: AFT 1653
RACHEL ATKINS b: 1653
SARAH ATKINS b: CIR 1655
ABIGAIL ATKINS b: CIR 1655
ANNE ATKINS b: CIR 1655
RUTH ATKINS b: 1657

The surname ADKINS was derived from a combination of the surname Adam and the diminutive kin. The many spellings of the name (, Atkinson although Adkins, Adkinson, Atkins, Adkyn, Adkyns, Adkynson, Atkyn, Atkynson, Adkinson, Attekson, Addykin, Akin, Akins, as well as the above four) came about during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth centuries.

Thomas was the first settler in Phippsburg. Fisherman, had 10 daughters (all with biblical names). Bought southern end of Phippsburg except for Popham which was separated by a creek at the marsh. The land cost him one beaver skin, a quarter rent of a bushel of corn and a quart of liquor. He bought it from Indian Sagamore Robin Hood.

Ten Daughters of Thomas Atkins of Kennebec” by Mrs. John E Barclay, found in “New Eng Hist and Gen Reg” vol 121, (1967) pg 241.

There is a marriage of Thomas Atkins and Elizabeth in the 1994 IGI, married about 1644, of Mendon, Suffolk, Mass, LDS proxy sealing 3 Nov 1993 IFALL. There is a Mrs. Thomas Atkins in the IGI, married abt 1656, Kennebec, Kennebec, Maine, proxy baptism 24 Jun 1941 SLAKE, endowed 21 Aug 1941 SLAKE. His must have been done at the same time. There are several in the British IGI which could be him, but no way of idenifying. IGI has one of his daughters shown with mother Elizabeth Scammon, film 1760930), and Torrey’s “New England Marriages….” has a suggested name, “Scammon” for her but follows it with two question marks and the surname appears to have been crossed out. (see her notes) Duane Josephson’s “Emigrant Ancestors” states that Torrey said Thomas and Elizabeth were married in Salisbury. Torrey’s manuscript does give Salisbury as one of his places of residence but I don’t think that means he says they were married there. He gives no definite date of marriage.

One of the sources given by him was “Salisbury Families 190”, probably “Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts”, by David W. Hoyt, 1897, which says, on page 190, speaking of William Hackett of Dover, “In 1665 or ‘6 he bought of Thomas Atkins and wife Elizabeth, land in Sagadahock [Bath, Me.]” In a note at the bottom of the page it says “A Mary Haccat was dead in 1716, leaving daus. Mary, Sarah and Rebeca Haccat, and sisters Rachel Berry of Boston, and others. They were daus. of Thomas Atkins, of Boston, but formerly inhabitant and owner of land at Small Point near Sagadahock ….”. This is the only information in the book about Thomas Atkins and it doesn’t say he was a resident of Salisbury.
Small Point is about 75 miles up the coast from Salisbury.

The explanation may be in the 1967 NEHGR article which says, in the information about his first daughter, Mary, on page 242, that Mary’s husband, William Hackett of Dover, Exeter and Kennebec, has often been mistaken for that of Capt. William Hackett of Salisbury. Duane Josephson’s book also says according to “Emigrant Ancestors, Miscellaneous” in his CD data base, there was a Thomas Atkins, age 16, aboard the ship Dorset bound for “ye Bermodos” (Bermuda?) in 1635. This could possibly be the Thomas Atkins who later showed up in Maine. Bermuda records could be searched for his marriage.

Hotten’s “ORIGINAL LISTS…..” shows a Thomas Atkins in the Sept 1635 list of those aboard the Dorset, bound for Bormodos. (pg 133) It also lists a Thomas Atkins on page 434 in a list of burials of the Parish of St. Michaels, Barbados, with date 17 June 1679.

The article in the 1967 NEHGR says “Thomas Atkins, called ‘a Kennebec farmer, lived in that area now known as Phippsburg, Maine. From the data at hand we assume that Thomas Atkins and his wife Elizabeth (her parentage is unknown) were married in England somewhere near 1640; thus he would have been born before 1620. No date of their arrival in this country has been found but he is first mentioned, 15 May 1654, in a list of inhabitants along the Kennebec, who were ordered to meet at the house of Thomas Ashley at Merry Meeting upon the 23rd of the present month to take the oath of fidelity and for the setting of a government under the jurisdiction of New Plymouth (Plymouth Colony Records ‘Court Orders’, vol 3 pg 58-62). However, there is some slight evidence he may have been there as early as 1648: a Thomas Ackings is mentioned in the accounts of Mr. Francis Knight and Mr. John Holland, 1647-8 (Suffolk Deeds, Liber 3, p. 100). In 1656 he bought a large tract of land of the Indians, ‘the whole neck down to Small Point,’ according to Depositions in York Deed, Book 6, p. 17, 140, 161).

Atkins Bay Satellite Map. Shows directions from (A) Civil War Fort Popham to (B) Site of 1607 Popham Colony. Parker Island (now Georgetown) purchased by John PARKER Jr. is in the northeast corner of the view

Phippsburg was included in the Pejepscot grant to Purchase and Way, and after Wharton’s purchase their lands were confirmed anew to some of the purchasers. The south part of the town was bought from the Indians by Thomas ATKINS, the remainder by John Parker, III. in 1659, and the northern part was assigned to his brother-in-law, Thomas WEBBER, who also obtained an Indian title. Silvanus Davis, widely known in his day, owned and improved a farm south of Webber’s . In 1734, Colonel Arthur Noble built a strong garrison on the north side of the peninsula near Fiddler’s Reach. The first house of worship known in this settlement was erected near this garrison in 1736.

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire.

Thomas was a farmer. He bought land from the Indians in Phipsburg in 1656. He returned after the King Phillips War. His farm was on the Kennebec River adjoining Atkin’s Bay. He died before Nov 10, 1686 at Phipsburg, Maine. He was also found in Salisbury and Bath, Maine.

Phippsburg was the site of the Popham Colony, Phippsburg was — between 1607 and 1608 — the first English settlement attempted in New England. During its brief existence, colonists built Virginia of Sagadahoc, the first ship in Maine’s long history of shipbuilding. Our ancestor John PARKER Sr. (1568 – 1651) was first mate on the Mary and John which arrived at the Popham Colony Aug 16, 1607.

On October 8, 1607, colonist John Hunt drew a map of the colony showing 18 buildings including the admiral’s house, a chapel, a storehouse, a cooperage, and aguardhouse. Hunt was listed in the colony register as “draughtsman”. It is not known if all the buildings were completed at the time. Hunt’s map was discovered in 1888 in the Spanish national archives. A spy had sold it to a Spanish ambassador who had sent it to Spain. It might be a copy of the now-lost original map, and is the only known plan of the original layout of any early English colony

Overlay of the Hunt Map on an 1865 topographic map of Sabino Head (Brain 2001) The stone spit of Sabino Head stretches out into Atkins Bay.

The next British settlement at the mouth of the Kennebec River began in 1653; Thomas Atkins, a fisherman, purchased from the sachem Mowhotiwormet, commonly called Chief Robinhood, the southern end of Phippsburg (with the exception of Popham). Atkins Bay bears his name. The population gradually increased until King Philip’s War, when Indians in August 1676 attacked the eastern side of the Kennebec River,massacring and scalping the colonists, or else carrying them into captivity. Dwellings were burned and stocks of cattle killed. The entire area was abandoned

During the American Civil War, the Union army built Fort Popham in the area, directly on the Kennebec River at the mouth of Atkins Bay (about 500 m east of the Popham Colony site).

Resettlement commenced in 1679 at Newtown, located on the southern end of Arrowsic Island (across the river from present-day Phippsburg Center), but in 1689 the area was again destroyed and deserted during King William’s War. With the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1713, conflict was formally ended between the Abenaki Indians and English settlements.

7 Aug 1660 (CA, PCR 3:197-98):

Att this Court, Thomas Attkins, an inhabitant att the River of Kennebecke, appeered before the Court, haueing bine apprehended and committed to jayle for committing insest with his owne daughter, named Mary, whoe accused him that hee had committed the said acte sundry times with her; and being strictly examined hee deneyed that hee euer hee had to doe with her in that kind, and was returned to the jayle againe, and there to remaine vntill the next Court for further tryall. The summe of the examination is elsewhere extant in the Court.

2 Oct 1660 (GC, PCR 3:199-200):

Att this Court, Thomas Attkins, inhabitant att the River of Kennebecke, and late prisoner att Plymouth, for committing insist with Mary Atkins, his owne daughter, came to his tryall according to law, which accordingly was procequted against him, by a bill of inditement prefered, and a jury of twelue men were impanneled for the tryall of the case, the prisoner examined, and all the euidence that could bee produced was presented.

The said Thomas Atkins put himselfe vpon tryall of God and the countrey. The grand jury found the bill of inditement a true bill, and indorsed on it bella vera. These brought in a verdict, wherin they expressed that they found the said Thomas Atkins not guilty of the said fact, and soe according to the law hee was cleared.

And wheras, in the examination of the said Thomas Atkins, it appeered that on a time hee being in drinke in the night season in his owne house, hee offered some vnclean, insestious attempts to his daughter, Mary Attkins, aboue said, in his chimney corner, as hee himselfe, in parte, confessed. Hee was sentanced to suffer corporall punishment by whiping, which accordingly was executed, and soe the said Atkins cleared and sett libertie to returne to his owne home.

Children

1. Sarah ATKINS (See John STAPLES Jr.‘s page)

2. Elizabeth Atkins

Elizabeth’s husband Lawrence Davis was born in 1643.

Elizabeth’s second husband Robert Nichelson was born about 1640 in Marblehead, Essex, Mass.

3. Ann Atkins

Ann’s husband Samuel Clark was born 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. Samuel died 9 Jan 1690 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

4. Mary Atkins

Mary’s husband William Hackett was born 1635 in Kennebec, York, Maine. William died after 5 Jan 1687 in York, York, Maine.

5. Susanna Atkins

Susanna’s husband Richard Green’s origins are unknown.

6. Abigail Atkins

Abigail’s husband John Hayford was born in 1648 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massa. His parents were William Hayford (1620 – 1710) and [__?__]. John died 15 Apr 1710 in Braintree, Suffolk, Mass.

7. Rachel Atkins

Rachel’s first husband John Drake was born 12 Mar 1659 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass. His parents were Thomas Drake and Jane Holbrook. His grandparents were Thomas HOLBROOK and Jane POWYES. John died 10 Oct 1717 in Easton, Bristol, Mass

Rachel’s second husband [__?__] Berry’s origins are not known.

1670 – John Drake was a fisherman and the earliest settler Small Point Harbor.

Rachael sold her land to Wentworth and Noyes for about $45. She bought Hermit Island, Cape Small Point from Greggory Mudge and Sheepsgut John (Indians) before her marriage to John Drake. They had a daughter, Martha, and after Rachael became widowed she remarried a Berry, and then sold her lands. Her daughter, Mary, inherited the part of Drake’s lands that included the area now known as Morse’s Mountain and north about a mile and west to Casco Bay.

8. Esther Atkins

Esther’s first husband George Pike was born 5 Dec 1640 in Mendon, Essex, Mass. His parents were George Pike and Sarah [__?__]. George died 2 Apr 1716 in Mendon, Worcester, Mass.

Esther’s second husband John Reed was born about 1640.

9. Rebecca Atkins

Rebecca’s husband [__?__] Hall was born

10. Margaret Atkins

Margaret’s husband [__?__] Hackett was born

11. Ruth Atkins

Ruth’s husband Joseph Peck was born 22 Dec 1650 in Hartford, Hartford, CT. Joseph died 25 Nov 1718 in Lyme, New London, CT.

Ruth’s second husband John Hoskins was born 29 May 1654 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. John died 21 Feb 1734 in Windsor, Hartford, CT.

Sources:

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_a.htm

http://capecodhistory.us/genealogy/wellfleet/i2204.htm#i15253

http://capecodhistory.us/genealogy/wellfleet/Names18.htm

http://www.familyorigins.com/users/s/t/g/Bob–Stgelais/FAMO1-0001/d1452.htm#P21061

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=37079037

http://www.athenapub.com/popham.htm

http://www.georgetownhistoricalsociety.org/Georgetown%20History%2010-07.html

http://andreabrand.com/sebasco/history.htm

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=37079037

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Unknown Simpson

Posted on June 26, 2010 by markeminer

Unknown (Matthew, James or Hugh) SIMPSON ( ) was Alex’s 5th Great Grandfather; one of 64 in this generation of the Blair line.

3 Irish Protestant Brothers arrived in Quebec somewhere between 1830 and 1842. All 3 settled in Rockburn, near Hinchinbrook, Quebec on Concession 8 lots 2 and 3. Matthew Sr., James, and Hugh. I’ve got lots of census records, but seems everyone had kids around the same time and named them all the same names!

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Ellen SIMPSON	c 1818	Gerrard FENNELL 20 May 1852	19 Aug 1888 at the Gore, Hinchinbrook, age 70 years.
2.	James Simpson	1812	Anne Grier 7 Jan 1845 Hinchebrook
3.	Matthew Simpson	1827	Eleanor Devine 8 Mar 1841 Hinchebrook	17 Jun 1890?

Children

2. James Simpson

m. Anne Greer 7 Jan 1845 Hinchebrook Witnesses to James Simpson marriage: William Arthurs, Martha Fennell. Was this Martha our ancestor or her mother? Episcopal Church at Chateauguay, Ormstown, Huntigdon and Parts Adjacent. James and Anne were previously married in the U.S., hence their child Alexander that was baptized in 1843.

Children

i. Mary Simpson b. 1834 Ireland; m. John Malhern Labourer in 1852 census. John and Mary were living next to James Simpson.

ii. Anna Simpson b. 1838 Canada

iii. Nancy Simpson b. 25 Jan 1840. She was baptized at Episcopal Church at Chateauguay and Ormstown and Parts Adjacent. Witnesses were Hugh Simpson, Ellen Simpson and James Simpson.

iv. James Simpson b. 1842 Canada

vi. Alexander Simpson b. 4 Jun 1843. Witnesses James Simpson, William Greer and Robert Sadler. Episcopal Church at Chateauguay, Beauharnois, Ormstown, and Parts Adjacent.

vii. William Simpson b. 27 Apr 1845 He was baptized at Episcopal Church At Huntingdon and Parts Adjacent  Witnesses were James Coulter and Andrew Hopper.

viii. Helen Simpson b. 1848 Canada

ix. Mary Jane Simpson b. 24 Jan 1849; She was baptized at Episcopal Church At Huntingdon and Parts Adjacent  Witnesses were: James Coulter and Edward Dawson. (Not in 1852 census)

x. Martha Jane Simpson b. 30 Oct 1849. Baptized at United Church of England and Ireland at Durham, Ormstown. Witnesses: Daniel Hopper, John Law and James Simpson. (Not in 1852 census)

xii. Isabella Simpson b. 5 Apr 1852. She was baptized at United Church of England and Ireland at Durham, Ormstown.  Witnesses were: George Chayne, James Simpson and Anna Simpson. (Not in 1852 census)

xiii. Elizabeth Simpson b. 1 Apr 1854. They lived in Hinchinbrooke where James was a farmer. United Church of England and Ireland at Durham, Ormstown.

xiv. Sarah Anne Simpson b. 19 May 1859. She was baptized at the Church of England at Ormstown and Parts Adjacent. Witnesses were John Shepard, John Taylor and James Simpson.

1852 Hinchinbrook Census

In the 1852 census, James Simpson lived very near to his brother-in-law Gerrard FENNELL.

Malhern, John Labourer Ireland Episcopalian 1828
Simpson, Mary Ireland Episcopalian 1834
next to

Simpson, James Farmer Ireland Episcopalian 1812
Grace, Ann Ireland Episcopalian 1835
Simpson, Anna Canada Episcopalian 1838
Simpson, Nancy Canada Episcopalian 1840
Simpson, James Canada Episcopalian 1842
Simpson, Alexr Canada Episcopalian 1844
Simpson, William Canada Episcopalian 1846
Simpson, Helen Canada Episcopalian 1848

3. Matthew Simpson

Matthew Sr. b. 1827 in Ireland (Irish Free State) d. 1890 in Rockburn, Quebec. m. Charlotte Beatty/Beattie around 1847

m. Eleanor (Ellena) Devine Witnesses to Matthew Simpson marriage: Wiliam Arthurs, John Bochard, Mary Ann Bochard. Episcopal Church at Chateauguay, Ormstown, Huntigdon and Parts Adjacent.

Children

i. William Simpson b. 1848 Canada

ii. Martha Simpson b. 1850 m. 10 Apr 1877 Samuel Henderson, married Martha Simpson, eldest daughter of Matthew Simpson, all of Hinchinbrook, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. William A. Johnston

ii. Hannah Simpson b. 4 Feb 1841. She was baptized at Episcopal Church At Huntingdon and Parts Adjacent  Witnesses were William Kidd, Matthew Simpson and Ellena Simpson.

iii. Mary Ann Simpson b. 7 Jul 1843. She was baptized at Episcopal Church At Huntingdon and Parts Adjacent  Witnesses were Matthew Simpson and Elleanor Devin.
5 Feb 1885 Robert Graham, married Mary Simpson, third daughter of Matthew Simpson, Esq., at the residence of the bride’s father, in Hinchinbrook, by Rev. William A. Johnston.

iv. John Simpson b. 11 May 1845. He was baptized at Episcopal Church At Huntingdon and Parts Adjacent.  Witnesses were: William Fennell (Martha’s brother) and Matthew Simpson.

v. Hugh Simpson b. 1 Aug 1847. He was baptized at Episcopal Church At Huntingdon and Parts Adjacent  Witnesses were Matthew Simpson and Ellen Devine.

vi. John Simpson b. 19 Jul 1850. He was baptized at United Church of England and Ireland at Durham, Ormstown.  Witnesses were: J. Brethour, Matthew Simpson and Ellen Devine.

1852 Hinchinbrook Census
Simpson, Martha Canada Episcopalian 1850
Simpson, Mathew Farmer Ireland Episcopalian 1827
Bailey, Charlotte Ireland Episcopalian 1827
Simpson, Wm Canada Episcopalian 1848
Simpson, N Canada Episcopalian 1851

Living right next to Mathew and Charlotte were another Mathew Simpson a little too young to be his father and a single Hugh Simpson.

Simpson, Mathew Farmer Ireland Episcopalian 1812
Doolin, Helen Ireland Episcopalian 1816
Simpson, Anna Canada Episcopalian 1842
Simpson, Mary Canada Episcopalian 1844
Simpson, Mathew Canada Episcopalian 1846
Simpson, Hugh Canada Episcopalian 1848
Simpson, John Canada Episcopalian 1850
Simpson, Hugh Ireland Episcopalian 1802

Other Simpsons

…01-19-1894 Dorothea Simpson, Widow of the late Robert Platt, died at Hinchinbrook PQ, aged 93 years 08 months. A native of Londonderry, Ireland.

1852 Hinchinbrook Census
These Simpsons were Presbyterians while the others were Episcopalians

Simpson, John Wheelwright Ireland Presbyterian 1802
Platt, Rebecca Ireland Presbyterian 1814
Simpson, Mary Ireland Presbyterian 1836
Simpson, Jane Ireland Presbyterian 1837
Simpson, David Ireland Presbyterian 1840
Simpson, Sarah Ireland Presbyterian 1843
Simpson, Rebecca Ireland Presbyterian 1846
Simpson, Ann Ireland Presbyterian 1848
Simpson, John Ireland Presbyterian 1850

1852 Hinchinbrook Census
William Simpson lived next to Robert Platt
Simpson, Wm Carpenter Ireland Presbyterian 1812
Brown, Betsey Ireland Presbyterian 1817
Simpson, John Canada Presbyterian 1846
Simpson, William Canada Presbyterian 1847
Simpson, Elisabeth Canada Presbyterian 1849
Simpson, Robert Canada Presbyterian 1851
Platt, Robert Farmer Ireland Episcopalian 1794
Simpson, Dulcey Ireland Episcopalian 1804

1852 Hinchinbrook Census
Willson, Henry Farmer Scotland Presbyterian 1800
Simpson, Elisabeth Scotland Presbyterian 1800
Willson, Henry Canada Presbyterian 1839

1852 Hinchinbrook Census
Burrows, Thomas Shoemaker Canada Presbyterian 1826
Simpson, Margt Milliner England Presbyterian 1830
Burrows, Francis Canada Presbyterian 1848

Source:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qchuntin/gleaner/

http://www.swquebec.ca/results.asp?ID=46440 ec.ca/results.asp?ID=16010

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/159749/person/-2117293614

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census52/

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John Staples Sr.

Posted on June 26, 2010 by markeminer

John STAPLES Sr. (1608 – 1683) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. He was also Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line.

John Staples Sr was born about Aug 1608. It used to be thought that he was born in Chard, Somerset, England, but it now has been shown that his true origin was Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England. His parents were Jeffery STAPLES and Margery CHRISMAS. He married Rebecca [__?__] in 1636. He was in Weymouth Mass by 1636. His home was on King Oak Hill in Weymouth.
Click here to see a Satellite view of King Oak Hill from Google Maps. John died 4 Jul 1683 in Dorchester Mass.

Rebecca [__?__] was born in 1615 in Chard Parish, Somerset, England. Rebecca died in 1681 Weymouth, Suffolk, Mass.

Children of John and Rebecca:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Abraham Staples	26 OCT 1638 Weymouth, Mass	Mary Randall 19 SEP 1660 Weymouth	20 OCT 1704 Mendon, Worcester, Mass
2.	Rebecca Staples	27 Nov 1639 Weymouth	Samuel Sumner 7 MAR 1658/59	1696 Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass
3.	Joseph Staples	19 Feb 1640/41 or 19 Feb 1641/42 Weymouth		Died Young
4.	Sarah Staples	c. 1645 Weymouth	Increase Sumner 26 MAR 1667 Dorchester, Mass	1754 Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass
5.	Joseph Staples	c. 1647	Mary Macomber c. 1669 Taunton, Bristol, Mass	1692 East Taunton, Bristol, Mass
6.	John STAPLES	c. 1648 Weymouth	Sarah ATKINS c. 1672 Braintree, Mass	30 Aug 1692 Braintree, Mass

The Staples family name is of considerable antiquity in England. The name has been variously written Staple, Stapel, Stapelle and Stapul. A number of persons are mentioned of this surname among the nobility of England and the coats-of-arms they have borne are described in various works on heraldry. The Irish family carries on its coat-of-arms a representation of an iron staple, showing perhaps the supposed origin of the name and two English branches carry similar designs on their armor. However, it is more likely that the surname of this family was taken from the trade, stapler, meaning wool dealer.

A NEHGR article on Jeffrey Staple of Weymouth, includes, as son of Jeffery, a John Staple, baptized Aug 1608, died in Dorchester, Mass., 4 July 1683, m. ____ at age 18, had dau. Rebecca born 27 Nov 1639 in Weymouth. He left a will dated 18 March 1681/2 proved 2 Aug 1683. This article will provide some Staple ancestry, but not enough detail to prove later links, he died at Dorchester July 1683. He and his wife, thought to be named Rebecca, had 5 children, his fifth born was John Staple b abt 1647 in Weymouth, m Sarah Atkins, one of ten daughters of Thomas and Elizabeth Atkins of Plymouth and “Kennebec” in the area now known as Phippsburg, Maine.

John Staples, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, before 1636, when he had six acres of land assigned to him in the plain and three acres in the east field; also in Harris lot in the West Plain and in a second division in 1651 he drew a “great lot.” His home was at the foot of King Oak hill in North Weymouth.

“The number of acres in each person lotts in the First Division beginning on the Brauntry lyne as followeth:
#8 John Staple 6 acres

He was admitted a freeman, May 10, 1648. He and his son were active in town affairs. He died at Dorchester.

John Staple appointed Fence Viewer in 1660, 1661 and 1662 A fence viewer in colonial times was a participant in a perambulation and arbiter of boundary disputes.

In a meeting of the Select men (of Weymouth, 14 December 1663) John and the “widdow Staple” (probably Jeffery’s widow) are given land (along with others)

His inventory was taken July 13, 1683. His will was dated March 18, 1681-82, and proved August 2, 1683, bequeathing to sons John, Abraham, Joseph and to daughters Rebecca and Sarah. Children: 1. John. 2. Rebecca, born November 2, 1639, married Samuel Sumner. 3. Abraham, born about 1640, mentioned below. 4. Joseph, born February 19, 1641-42. 5. Sarah, married Increase Sumner. 6. Joseph, born 1647, according to one authority, indicating that the first of the name died young.

(Suffolk Probate, 6: 425.)

John Staples, Sr., of Weymouth, being lame and weake, made his will 18 Mar. 1681-82, and it was proved 2 Aug. 1683. In it he mentions his son John to have a salt marsh at Braintree purchased of John Harbour, his son Abraham, his son Joseph, his son-in-law Samuel Sumner, and to his daughter Rebecca, wife of said Samuel, his son-in-law Increase Sumner and his daughter Sarah, wife of Increase, to have his estate in Weymouth; son John Staples and son-in-law Increase Sumner, executors. Witnesses: Thomas Dun and William Chard.

Children

1. Abraham Staples

Abraham’s wife Mary Randall was born 20 Mar 1642 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass. Her parents were Robert Randall and Mary French. Mary died 9 Mar 1712 in Mendon, Worcester, Mass.

Abraham Staples was a weaver, and when a young man lived at Dorchester where he united with the church under the Rev. Richard Mather, March 20, 1658, and from there he was dismissed to the Weymouth Church, Jan 13, 1660. He married, Jul 7, 1660, at Weymouth, Mary Randall, daughter of Robert Randall, who came from Berkshire, England. Her sister, Hannah Randall, married John Warfield. Both the families settled at Mendon. Some of the town records have been shown to err in giving the name Hannah as the wife of Abraham Staples; he was married but once.

This stone was erected on the graves of Abraham and Mary Randall Staples by descendants in 1877; it is the only stone locating the graves of the first settlers of Mendon, Massachusetts.

In 1662 Abraham Staples was associated with a number of Weymouth and Braintree men to form a new settlement. Their petition to the general court was granted, and after purchasing the tract from the Nipmuck Indians they began their settlement in Mendon, as the town was called later, in the fall of 1662 or spring of 1663, for Abraham Staples. Jr., was born in Mendon, June 14, 1663. His lot was on the Main street west of the church from a little stream across the main street and down the eastern slope of the hill to Muddy brook; the northern line cuts the present street diagonally, running through the village near the brick office of the late

2. Rebecca Staples

Rebecca’s husband Samuel Sumner was born 18 May 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass. His parents were William Sumner and Mary West. Samuel died in 1698 in Dorchester, Mass.

4. Sarah Staples

Sarah’s husband Increase Sumner 23 Feb 1643 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass. His parents were William Sumner and Mary West. Increase died 3 Sep 1683 in Dorchester, Mass.

5. Joseph Staples

Joseph’s wife Mary Macomber was born 1643 in Taunton, Bristol, Mass. Her parents were John Macomber and Mary Babcock. Mary died in 1723 in East Taunton, Mass.

6. John STAPLES (See his page)

Sources:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~staples/fam_history.htm

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_s.htm

Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs …, Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dano/secondsite/p16.htm

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=25525598&st=1

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John Staples Jr

Posted on June 26, 2010 by markeminer

John STAPLES Jr (1648 – 1692) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather; one of 1,024 in this generation of the Shaw line. He was also Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miller line.

John Staples Jr. was born about 1648 in Weymouth, Mass. His parents were John STAPLES Sr and Rebecca [__?__]. He married Sarah ATKINS about 1672 in Braintree, Mass. John died on 30 Aug 1692 in Braintree, Mass.

Susan Atkins was born in 1645 in Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, Maine. Her parents were Thomas ATKINS and Elizabeth SCAMMON. After John died, she married Samuel Gurney in Jul 1717 in Abingdon, Plymouth, Mass and later Richard Williams on 4 Feb 1720 in Abington, Plymouth, Mass. Susan died 1 Apr 1723 in Abington, Plymouth, Mass.

Samuel Gurney was born 14 Mar 1671 in Mendon, Mass. His parents were John Gurney and Ruth Retchell. Samuel died Jul 1717 in Abingdon, Plymouth, Mass.

Richard Williams was born 1649 in Abington, Plymouth, Mass. Richard died in 1726.

John’s son Benjamin’s 1707 account book was published in 1942. The index says his mother was Sarah Jewett, not Sarah Atkins.

Children of John and Susan:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	John Staples	c. 1673 Braintree, Mass	Jemima Jewett 6 Jul 1693 Braintree, Norfolk, Mass	5 Nov 1700 Braintree, Mass
2.	Thomas STAPLES	19 Apr 1674 Weymouth, Mass	Elizabeth GRIFFIN 21 Apr 1694 Haverhill, Mass.	1735 in Haverhill, Mass
3.	Benjamin Staples	NOV 1677 Braintree, Mass.	Mary Cox 26 MAY 1699 Boston	AFT JAN 1718/19 Abington, Mass.
4.	Rebecca Staples	ABT 1682 Braintree	Benjamin Gurney 30 DEC 1701 Braintree	30 Dec 1701
5.	Joseph Staples	1676 Braintree	Dorothy Sears 8 Feb 1716 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Mass	28 Feb 1753 Wrentham, Mass
6.	Samuel Staples	1680 Weymouth, Mass	Elizabeth Pratt 25 Dec 1704 Bridgewater, Mass . Rebecca Tirrell 21 Nov 1726 Abington, Plymouth, Mass	25 Dec 1743 Weymouth, Mass

John was co-executor of his father’s will along with his brother-in-law Increase Sumner. The will, proved 2 Aug 1683, gave John a salt marsh at Braintree purchased of John Harbour.

Children

1. John Staples

John’s wife Jemima Jewett was born 1675 in Dorchester, Norfolk, Mass. Her parents were Nehemiah Jewett and Experience Pierce. After John died she married 31 Jul 1701 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass to Nathan Clark (b. 10 Oct 1678 in Braintree – d. 8 Nov 1718 in Middleboro, Norfolk, Mass.) Jemima died 25 Apr 1716 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Mass.

John and Jemima’s daughter Jemima Staples, (b 1694) married in 1711 to Jonathan Clark (who had been Jemima’s step-brother since she was six years old), son of Joseph Clark and Damaris Francis and had 13 children.

2. Thomas STAPLES (See his page)

3. Benjamin Staples

Benjamin’s wife Mary Cox was born 1679 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass. Her parents were Robert Cox and Martha [__?__]. Mary died 1 Apr 1723 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass.

Benjamin was a Cordwainer. A cordwainer is a shoemaker who makes fine soft leather shoes and other luxury footwear articles. The word is derived from “cordwain”, or “cordovan”, the leather produced in Córdoba, Spain. Historically, there was a distinction between a cordwainer, who made luxury shoes and boots out of the finest leathers, and a cobbler, who repaired them.

Benjamin’s 1707 account book was published in 1942. The index says his mother was Sarah Jewett, not Sarah Atkins.

4. Rebecca Staples

Rebecca’s husband Benjamin Gurney was born 1676 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass. His parents were Richard Gurney and Rebecca Taylor. Benjamin died in 1739 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Mass.

5. Joseph Staple

Joseph’s wife Dorothy Sears was born 1687 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Mass. Her parents were Silas Sears and Anna Bursell. Dorothy died 28 Feb 1753 in North Dennis, Barnstable, Mass.

6. Samuel Staples

Samuel’s first wife Elizabeth Pratt was born 1687 in Scituate, Mass. Her parents were Joshua Pratt and Mary Stockbridge. Elizabeth diede 24 Aug 1726 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Mass

Samuel’s second wife Rebecca Tirrell was born 2 Mar 1692 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass. Her parents were william Tirrell and Abigail Pratt. Rebecca died in 1749 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.

Sources:

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_s.htm

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~staples/fam_history.htm

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=29411406

Account book of Benjamin Staples, cordwainer of Braintree, Massachusetts in 1707 Staples, Benjamin, b. ca. 1678 (Main Author) Darling, Elena J. (Editor) [Vineland, New Jersey : Elena J. Darling, 1942]

Benjamin Staples, son of John Jr. and Sarah Jewett Staples of Braintree, Massachusetts, was born ca. 1670-8 and married Mary Cox in 1699.

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John Shatswell

Posted on June 25, 2010 by markeminer

John SHATSWELL (1574 – 1642) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line. He also was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather; one of 8,192 in this generation of the Miller line.

John Shatswell Coat of Arms

John Shatswell was born in 1574 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. He was baptized as an infant in Bitteswell, Leicestershire, England. He married Judith DILLINGHAM in 1599 in Suffolk England. John came to Ipswich in 1633 with his wife and four children. He was one of the first to erect a house for himself, and was appointed a surveyor of the land upon which others built. His homestead is still in possession of his descendants, and has never been out of the name. John died on 11 Feb 1645/46 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.

St Mary’s Bitteswell, Leicestershire, England. Our ancestor Henry DILLINGHAM Rector of Cottesbach who was also patron of the living of Bitteswell in 1606. His son Edward was a Gentleman landowner of Bitteswell before emmigrating to Massachusetts in 1632

Judith Dillingham was born in 1578 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Since our ancestor Rev. Henry DILLINGHAM was rector in the small parish of Bitteswell and his son Edward DILLINGHAM grew up nearby, many genealogies show Henry as her father. He was only ten years older than she, so that’s not possible, but there must be a family connection. Judith died on 17 Apr 1648 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass

Children of John and Judith:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Sybil Shatswell (See discussion of Elizabeth Wise below)			England
2.	Richard Shatswell	1602		1 Oct 1638 Ipswich, Mass.
3.	John Shatswell	c. 1604 Ipswich, Suffolk, England	Joanna [__?__]	Will was proved 30 March 1646/7 Ipswich, Mass
4.	Margaret Shatswell	c. 1605	Matthew Curwen (Matthias Cornin) 1627 Suffolk, Mass.	31 Aug 1658 Southold, Suffolk, New York
5.	Theophilus SHATSWELL	c. 1607 Ipswich, Suffolk, England or 1609 1614	Susanna BOSWORTH c. 1640	17 Aug 1663 in Haverhill, Mass.
6	Mary Shatswell	c. 1606	John Webster 1624 Suffolk, England . John Emery Sr. 29 October 1647 Newbury, Mass	28 April 1694 Newbury, Mass.
7.	Curwin Shatswell	1608 Ipswich, England		1655
8.	Judith Shatswell	1612 Ipswich, England		1642 Ipswich, Mass

The English origins of the Shatswell sibling immigrants to New England is disclosed in a court case where Mathias/Mathew Corwin initiated a lawsuit against the executor of the estate of Judith’s husband (not named) for inappropriate distributions.

An article by David A. Macdonald titled “A new look at the Corwin and Shatswell Families” in the Register (NEHGR) 150:180 (Apr 1996). discusses a Chancery court proceeding in 1627 against the administrator of the estate of widow Judith Shatswell of Sibbertoft, Northhamptonshire, England, who had died more than a decade earlier.

The document in question, a chancery suit of 1627, shows that there were five Shatswell siblings: John, Theophilus, Margaret (who was already married to Matthew Curwen), Mary and Sibyl. The fate of Sibyl is not known, but the other four came to New England, Mary having married John Webster who settled in Ipswich.

This leaves us without any demonstrated connection between this family and William Shatswell of Ipswich. Furthermore, [our ancestor] WILLIAM SARGENT did not marry a Shatswell sibling, and his connection with Theophilus Shatswell must have come about in some other manner.

Macdonald thinks that Theophilus was born between Margaret and Sibyl because of the order of their mention in the suit, and thinks the age given in the suit is wrong. The age would make him born about 1608. There is no mention of a William Shatswell, although there is reference to “two of ye uncles and neere kinsemen”. So it looks like we can say that Mary (Shatswell) (Webster) Emery was from Sibbertoft, and her mother was named Judith.

John Shatswell House – Ipswich, Mass

“Historical and Genealogical Shatswells of Ipswich, No 1” by Augustine Caldwell, p. 1-4:

John and Johanna Shatswell came to Ipswich in 1633. He was one of the first to erect a house for himself, and was appointed a surveyor of the land upon which others built. His homestead is still in possession of his descendants, and has never been out of the name. The lands granted to John Shatswell in April, 1635, are found recorded by the Clerk in 1635, April 20, as follows: ‘April 20, 1635. Their was granted to John Shatswell, about six acres of ground uppon percell whereof the said John Shatswell hath built an house, lying betweene Mr. Wades house lott on the East, and Mr. Firmans on the west, hauving goodman webster house lotte on the north east. Also a percell of land part marsh part upland, containing twenty-five acres in the whole, lying between Mr. Dudley’s toward the Southland humphrey Bradstreet towards the North. Also a farme containing two hundred acres lying beyond the North commonly called Egypt River, adjoying to the bounds of Newbery.’

Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony … By Thomas Franklin Waters, Sarah Goodhue, John Wise, Ipswich Historical Society 1927

John Shatswell’s Ipswich Lot

John Shatswell was one of the earliest grantees, and under date, April 20, 1635, he is mentioned as owning six acres of ground, where his house is built, between Mr. Wade’s house lot east and Mr. Firman’s on the west, Goodman Webster’s lot, northeast. I cannot identify this with the present Shatswell location. This early grant was on the north side of the highway wherever it was, and if another house lot bounded it on the northeast it could not be located on High St. as the lots on the other side of the highway are on the hill side, On the 21 May, 1685, John Day bought one and a half acres and the line was laid, “from said Dave’s fence corner by his brick house,” near Mr. Tuttle’s and Richard Shatswell’s. The Day lot, which still shows the refuse bricks of an ancient brickyard, is probably included in the western part of Mr. John Cogswell’s pasture on the Linebrook road. It touched on the land of Shatswell and Tuttle. Shatswell may have been in possession many years at this time. The estate was divided between the sons John and Richard in 1695, and it was bounded by Brewer’s land east and Mrs. Turtle’s west (24: 40).

John Shatswell House – A current owner of the house, touching an original beam in the cellar.

Children

Many online genealogies say Elizabeth Shatswell married Anthony Stoddard and/or John Weld so this tangle took awhile to untie. My conclusion is that Elizabeth was Elizabeth Wise (Wyse) and we don’t know much about Sybil Shatswell.

Elizabeth was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, while the other Shatswell children were born in Ipswich Suffolk. Elizabeth immigrated to Roxbury, Mass while the other children immigrated to northern Mass (Ipswich, Newbury and Haverhill)

Here’s a likely scenario: Elizabeth came with her husband, children, sister, brother-in-law and mother, also Elizabeth Wise to Sudbury, Suffolk to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 and settled in Roxbury. (based on admission to the Roxbury church in 1635)

Herr mother was a widow when she was admitted to Roxbury church as member #121, among those admitted in early 1635.

Elizabeth was born about 1600, She married 11 Oct 1620 All Saints, Sudbury Suffolk to Joseph Weld. After Elizabeth was buried at Roxbury in Oct 1638, Joseph married (2) Roxbury, 20 Apr 1639, Barbara Clapp, daughter of Nicholas Clapp of Venn Ottery, Devonshire. They had 4 known children. On 7 Oct 1646, Mr. Joseph Weld died of a cancer in his tongue & jaws.” Barbara married (2) soon after 24 Jul 1647, Anthony Stoddard {1639, Boston}. Barbary the wife of Mr. Anthony Stoddard died 15 Apr 1655 at Boston. Anthony first married in 1639 to Mary Downing (1619 – 1647) and third married in 1655 to Christian Ayers (1628 – 1669)

(See my reply comment below for more on Joseph and Elizabeth Weld)

1. Sybil Shatswell

The fate of Sibyl is not known, but the other four came to New England. Macdonald thinks that Theophilus was born between Margaret and Sibyl because of the order of their mention in the suit, and thinks the age given in the suit is wrong.

3. John Shatswell

John’s wife Joanna [__?__] was born 1608 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. She married (2) about 1650 John Green of Charlestown. “Joanah Shatswell, widow,” died at Ipswich on 17 April 1673, apparently having reassumed the surname of her earlier husband.

John was a very early settler in Ipswich for on 3 Sep 1633 he was fined by the General Court for being “distempered in drink.”

He had a servant named Andrew Alling.

In 1646 Dr. John Clarke had trouble collecting from Shatswell for medicl services and we learn that he had charged £3:2:0 for curing Shatswell’s son £3 for the servant’s cure and 8s. for “physic” or drugs.

26 April 1648 – A deed was recorded in which Josias Cobham and Mary his wife and John Ilsly and Sarah his wife sold to “John Shatswell, late of Ipswich, yeoman,” twenty acres of meadow and upland in Ipswich; “[T]his land was sold about eight years since, & [is] now in possession of Richard Shatswell”.

In his will, dated 11 Feb 1646/47 and proved 30 Mar 1647,

“John Satchwell of Ipswich though weak in body” bequeathed to “my son Richard” all my houses and land, except part of the twenty-five acre lot from the upper end of the plowed land to the sea, and sixteen acres of pasture beyond Muddy River towards Rowley, which parcells of land I give to “Johan my wife” for her life and to her issue if she have any, and for want of such issue, then to return to Richard “my son his heirs and assigns.” “If Richard shall not marry with Rebecca Tuttle which is now intended then my wife shall have her being in the house … during her life unless she see good to dispose of herself otherwise.” If both Richard and Johan die without issue, then the land remaining should “be equally divided between my brother and sisters’ children that are here in New England”; to “my brother Theophilus Satchwell” my best cloth suit and coat; to “my brother Curwin” my stuff suit; to “my sister Webster” seven yards of stuff and a young heiffer; “my wife” sole executrix.

The undated inventory of the estate of John Satchwell was not totalled, and included £307 in real estate: “one dwelling house and homestall with barn, cowhouse, orchard yard with the appurtenances”, £100; and “several parcels of land, meadow and upland” £207. He also had “a swarm of bees,” £1; and “in England upon bond,” £18

EDUCATION: He signed his will. His inventory included 4 Bibles, £1, and several books, valued at 15s.

4. Margaret Shatswell

Margaret’s husband Matthew Curwen (Matthias Corwin) was born 1590 in Warwickshire, England. His parents were John Corwin (Curwen) and Marjorie [__?__]. Matthew died 12 Sep 1658 in Southold, Suffolk, New York.

5. Theophilus SHATSWELL (See his page)

6 Mary Shatswell

Mary’s first husband John Webster was born 27 Jan 1605 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. John’s parents were not Thomas Webster and Margery [__?__], nor were they Matthew Webster and Elizabeth Ashton. (See my reply comment for details) John died 4 Nov 1646 in Ipswich, Mass.

John Webster, baker by trade, who was admitted an inhabitant of Salem in 1637 and had a grant of land; who was witness in the Essex court in 1639 and applied for land at the Creek in 1642. . Mary’s second husband John Emery and his son. John Emery Jr, were appointed guardians of Israel Webster, aged eighteen ; and Nathan Webster, aged sixteen, at their request November 26, 1662. The family removed to Newbury from Ipswich.

Administration was granted to John Webstcr’s widow Mary, November 4, 1646, and later at her desire division was made to the eight minor children : to the eldest son John the farm, he paying to the youngest son five pounds or quarter of the value of the farm ; Mary, Stephen and Hannah to have equal shares in the island .bought of Widow Andrews; Elizabeth, Abigail and Israel to have twenty nobles apiece ; all at twenty-one years of age

John Webster Bio – Source: Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury (1938)

Mary’s second husband John Emery Sr. was born 29 Sep 1598 in Romsey, Hants, England. His parents were John Emery and Agnes Northend. He first married 26 Jun 1620 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England to Alice Grantham (b. 1599 in West Dean, Wiltshire, England – d. 1646 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.) John died 3 Nov 1683

John Emery Bio – Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury (1938)

Children of Mary and John Webster

i. John Webster b. ~1630; d. aft. 1716; m. 13 Jun 1653 to Ann Batt

ii. Mary Webster b. ~1633; m. John Emery

iii. Stephen Webster b. 1638; d. 10 Aug 1694 Haverhill; m1. 24 Mar 1662/63 in Haverhill to Hannah Ayer; m2. n26 May 1678 Haverhill to Mrs. Judith Broad, widow of William Broad of Portsmouth.

iv. Hannah Webster b. ~1639; m. Michael Emerson

v. Elizabeth Webster b. ~1640; m. bef. 1669 to Samuel Simonds

vi. Abigail Webster b. 1642; d. 12 Aug 1712 Newbury, Mass; m. 18 Jan 1660/61 to Abraham Merrill

vii. Israel Webster b. 1644; d. 7 Dec 1683; m1. 3 Jan 1665 Newbury to Elizabeth Brown; m2. 9 Nov 1669 Newbury to Elizabeth Lunt

viii. Nathan Webster b. 1646 Ipswich, Mass; d. 25 Apr 1694 Bradford; Mass. m. ~1674 to Mary Hazeltine (b. 9 Oct 1648 probably in Boston, but recorded in Rowley – d. 27 Mar 1735 Bradford) Marys parents were John Hazeltine and Joan Anter.

.

Children of Mary and John Emery:

ix. Ebenezer Emery (daughter) b. 16 Sep 1648 Newbury; m. 21 Apr 1669 to John Hoag

x. Jonathan Emery b. 13 May 1652; d. 29 Sep 1723; m, 29 Nov 1676 to Mary Woodman

7. Curwin Shatswell

8. Judith Shatswell

Sources:

From Annis Spear, 1945 by Walter Goodwin Davis

John Shatswell 1 Source: Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury (1938)

John Shatswell 2

John Shatswell 3

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_s.htm

http://genealogy.drnewcomb.ftml.net/b282.htm#P8857

http://genforum.genealogy.com/shatswell/messages/49.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~degroff/pafg259.htm#5161

Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony … By Thomas Franklin Waters, Sarah Goodhue, John Wise, Ipswich Historical Society 1927

Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury (1938) By Holman, Mary Lovering, 1868-1947; Pillsbury, Helen Pendleton Winston, 1878-1957

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Theophilus Shatswell

Posted on June 25, 2010 by markeminer

Theophilus SHATSWELL (1612 – 1663) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. He also was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line.

Theophilus Shatswell was born about 1612 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. His parents were John SHATSWELL and Judith DILLINGHAM. He immigrated about 1633. He married Susanna BOSWORTH about 1640 in Haverhill, Mass. Theophilus died on 17 Aug 1663 in Haverhill, Mass

Susanna Bosworth was born about 1609 in Boston, Lincoln, England. Her parents were Joseph BOSWORTH and Alice [__?__]. Some genealogies say that Hanniel was Susannah’s father and not her brother and he was born in 1589 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England instead of 1615. These genealogies move his marriage to Abigail Scott up to 17 Mar 1614 in England instead of 17 Mar 1654. They also change Abigail’s birth to 5 Mar 1591 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. In both versions Hanniel died 25 Sep 1683 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass. and Abigail died 1684 in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass. Susanna died in 1672.

In his will of 20 June 1663 Theophilus Shatswell of Haverhill named “my brother Wilyam Sargent & my kinsman Lieutenant Philip Challis” his overseers; Philip Watson-Challis had married Mary, the eldest child of William Sargent. Recent research has shown that no sibling of Theophilus Shatswell married [our ancestor] William SARGENT, and the two wives of William Sargent have been identified. The most likely remaining solution is that Theophilus Shatswell married a sister of William Sargent. Perhaps Theophilus married William’s sister Susanna SARGENT in 1639 in Ipswich, Mass instead of Susanna Bosworth.

Susanna Sargent may have been born in 1618 in England and died in Oct 1672 in Ipswich, Mass., but I can find no mention of her in the Sargent records.

Children of Theophilus and Susanna:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Lydia (Lidea) SHATSWELL	c. 1645 Haverhill, Mass. or c. 1642	John GRIFFIN 17 Sep 1663 Haverhill	21 Dec 1729 Bradford, Mass.
2.	Hannah Shatswell	5 AUG 1651 Haverhill . or 6 Jul 1651	Richard Mercer 18 MAR 1668/69 Haverhill	27 DEC 1670 Haverhill
3.	Mary Shatswell	c. 1652 Haverhill . or c. 1640	William Dell 30 JUN 1662 in Haverhill, Mass . Nicholas Smith . Charles Rundlett 10 Jan 1675 Exeter, NH

The year of Theophilus’ birth is not certain. Macdonald (TAG, 150:185) estimates 1599. Davis (p. 285) states he was born about 1614. From Davis, p. 285:

Theophilus’ name first appears upon the Ipswich records in 1639, and in 1642 he was one of the young soldiers sent by the town to disarm the Indian chief Passaconoway.

Mar 1646 – With Edward Chapman and Thomas Perkins he sued Roger Cheston.

1648 – He was a subscirber to Major General Denison’s salary.

By 1650 he had moved to Haverhill where he took the Oath of Fidelity and served on a Norfolk county trial jury, as he did in 1652 (dismissed) and 1653. A partner in a Haverhill sawmill as early as 1651, he and Daniel Ladd erected a mill at Spiggot river in 1659.

1653 – He was possibly not a man of average good health, for in 1653, when he would have been only thirty-nine years old, the town of Haverhill gave him’liberty to train or not according as he is able, provided he pay 12d. aday to the Haverhill company.’

1653 – He also sold his dwelling house in Ipswich, near the north end of the town, to William Marchent who had been his tenant. He was not often in the courts.

1653 – He was sued by Job Clement for mowing and carrying away Clement’s hay in the Hawkes meadow.

1654 – He sued Tristram Coffin for not insuring him three acres of accommodation according to promise. He lost both cases.

1659 – He was appointed Edward Clarke’s attorney.

In 1659 – Aged forty-five, he testified that he had made an agreement for the sale of a house between merchant Joseph Jewett of Rowley and his kinsman Richard Shatswell.

1659 – A partner in a Haverhill saw-mill as early as 1651, he and Daniel ladd erected a mill at Spiggot river.

He was a signatory to the petition in favor of the liberal Robert Pike (son-in-law of Joseph MOYCE) See Moyce’s page for details.

From “Its About Time, Chronological Historic and Genealogical Research Notes on Some of the Maternal Ancestors and Descendants of America (Spilman) Mears (1846-1935),” compiled by William L. DeCoursey:

1663 – In the last will and testament of Theophilus SHATSWELL of Haverhill, dated 20 day of fourth month in the year 1763, he left portions of his estate to: eldest daughter Mary, daughter Lidea, daughter Hannah, Hannill Clark (if he should ‘stay with me or mine until he be one and twenty years of age’). His wife Susanah and Daughter Hannah were named executors. He named ‘my Brother Wilyam SARGENT and my Kinsman Lefttenent Philip CHALIS’ overseers. Witnesses were Jonathan SINGLTARY and Edward CLARKE. The will was proved in Hampton court 13: 8: 1663 by Edward CLARK. Inventory of the estate of Theophilus SHATSWELL was taken 8 Sept. 1663 by John EATON, Sr. and John EMMERRY, Sr. Essex County, Mass. Probate Files, Docket 25,121.”

Pioneers of MA by Charles H. Pope, p.409 and Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines Vol 1 by Mary W. Ferris pp. 105, 106 & 179 have some Shatswell/Bosworth info. Both of them say Haniel CLARK (not BOSWORTH) was mentioned in the will of Theo. Haniel B. would have been 48 in 1663. Haniel Clark was the nephew of Susanna, son of her sister Dorcas and was apparently living at Theo’s home. Haniel B., Dorcas and Susanna were siblings it appears.
Dawes-Gates has quite a bit re: this relationship. Ferris, however, only mentions the first husb/o Mary Shatswell, William Deale.
Please contact him at markelbob@webtv.net

Children

1. Lydia SHATSWELL (See John GRIFFIN‘s page)

2. Hannah Shatswell

Hannah’s husband Richard Mercer was born 1644 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass. His parents were Abiel Mercer and [__?__]. Richard died 29 Apr 1671 in Haverhill, Mass.

Hannah died in childbirth 27 Dec 1670, her husband Richard Mercer dying 29 Mar 1671, leaving their baby son Abial Mercer. Edward Clark was appointed administrator of the Mercer estate and entered an inventory 10 Oct 1671. In May 1671, Clarke drew up a petition to the Supreme Judicial Court, stating that Theophilus Shatswell had left his daughter Hannah practically nothing and that, as he had named her joint executrix with her mother, it had be supposed that she would have the homestead and other lands after her mother’s death, but that the other heirs opposed this, stating that the lands were entailed on their children. He set forth the plight of the baby Abial, whose parents had died leaving him penniless. He asks for advice and direction. In 1683, Haniel Bosworth, Abial’s great uncle, who had been appointed Abial’s guardian, asked that the estate be settled on Abial and that Israel Elea be appointed guardian and administrator in his stead. Having grown to manhood, Abial himself was appointed administrator of the Shatswell estate in 1704, his two aunts having renounced their rights and it is pleasant to learn that there remained apparently for his undisputed possession, his grandparents’ home and other property worth £190.

10 Apr 1683 – Haniell Bosworth of Ipswich petitioned the court at Ipswich, as administrator of the estate of Theophilus SHATSWELL and guardian of Abiall Messer [MERCIER] of Haverhill. He requested that the estate be settled on the said Abiall according to the will of Theophilus SHATSWELL of Haverhill, his grandfather, and also that Isarell Ela be appointed guardian and administrator in his place. He also states that he has received but one small warming pan and three ‘smale puter platers, the rest of the moveables John GRIFIN had and hath not yet given account of.’ . . .

19 June 1704 – Abiall Mercier of Haverhill was named administrator of the estate of his late grandfather, Theophilus SATCHWELL. Essex County Probate Records, vol.308, p.230; Docket 25,121.”

3. Mary Shatswell

Mary’s first husband William Dell was born about 1633. William died 15 Apr 1665 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass

Mary’s second husband Nicholas Smith was born 1629 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He first married Judith Gilman (b. 1699 in Newmarket Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire – d. 1753 in Newmarket Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire). Nicholas died 22 Jun 1673 in Exeter, Norfolk, New Hampshire

Mary’s third husband Charles Rundlett was born about 1650. Charles died 1 Apr 1709 – Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Mary married in Haverhill 30 Jun 1662 to William Dell, whose name is variously spelled – Deale, Dello, Dellow, and Dilloway – and who was an unpleasant character who had been a servant of her cousin Richard Shatswell in Ipswich. John GRIFFIN deposed that he had heard Theophilus Shatswell say that he would never let his daughter Mary have any estate so that her husband William Delle could pay his debts with it. This deposition mujst be out of place in the Essex County Court files as it is with the case of Shatswell v. Dellow, march 1659, three years before the marriage of Dell and Mary Shatswell.

Dell was always in difficulties and once, at least, specnt an uncomfortable hour in the pillory. William Deale of Haverhill made his will 14 Feb 1664 leaving his estate to his wife Mary and their two children and naming his wife executrix, but she refused to have anything to do with the will and administration was granted to Edward Clarke 10 Oct 1665. Mary married again to Nicholas Smith of Exeter and a third time 10 Jan 1675 to Charles Runlett of Exeter.

Charles Rundlet was born in 1652 and settled in Exeter, N. H. in 1672. It is thought by historians that he was not an immigrant, but rather the son of one. However, he was listed as a servant to Philip Chesley in 1667. (Libby Davis Noyes’ Genealogical Dictionary of New Hampshire and Main) It seems likely that Mr. Chesley might have paid his passage to America in the expectation of having his services for a certain length of time. Perhaps by 1672 his debt to Chesley had been paid, and he was free to take up land and become a settler in his own right.

The name Rundlet means “round cask”and it has many spellings. But whether it is Randlett, Rundlett, Randlet or Rundlet, it is believed that all persons having that name descended from a common ancestor. They have settled in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Charles was captured by four Indians in September 1675, and they left him in the custody of one of their number names James. Charles was successful in inducing him to connive at his escape. (Charles H. Bell’s History of the Town of Exeter, N. H. p. 215) That year in December Charles married Mary Smith , a widow, whose maiden name was Satchwell [Shatswell] Twins, Charles and Jane, were born to them on May 8, 1676 and according to the strict customs of those days, Charles and Mary had to confess to the sin of fornication before marriage and be forgiven by vote before they could partake of Communion and be members of the Church. They were taken to Court in Salem, Massachusettes and fined.

Sources:

From Annis Spear, 1945 by Walter Goodwin Davis

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_s.htm

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/l/a/Robert-Mason-Blake/GENE2-0061.html

http://karetom.com/Shatswell.htm

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/n/Kirk-D-Mengelt/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0286.html

http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.cfm?pid=122467

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/findex42.htm#SHATSWELL

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=414777

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Humphrey Griffin

Posted on June 25, 2010 by markeminer

Humphrey GRIFFIN (1605 – 1662) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. He was also Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line.

Humphrey Griffin Coat of Arms

Humphrey Griffin (aka Griffing) was born in 1605 in Stepney, Middlesex, England. He married Elizabeth ANDREWS in 1639 in Ipswich Mass. Humphrey died about 1662 in Haverhill, Mass.

A will belonging to Robert Andrews mentioning Humphrey and John Griffin indicates that Humphrey was first married to Joan and that she died 17 Jul 1657. His second wife was Elizabeth. That would mean that Joan is the mother of the children. Note: “The Pioneers of Massachusetts” – In this book he talks about Humphrey working in a slaughterhouse and that he came to Ipswich in 1639 but was not accepted because the town was full. He moved on to Bradford, Mass. But then on 19 Jan 1641 he bought a house and lot from Daniel Denison (this is also spoken of in Robert Andrews will) and he was able to get into Ipswich by purchasing this property. It says that he married Elizabeth Andrews, Dau. of Robert Andrews and then it talks about Andrews will and the Griffins.

Humphrey Griffin was a Butcher

Elizabeth Andrews was born in 1624 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Her parents were Robert ANDREWS and Elizabeth [__?__] or was a child of Elizabeth’s previous marriage, see Robert Andrew’s page for details. After John died, she married Hugh Sherratt on 10 Feb 1662/63 in Haverhill, Mass. Elizabeth died on 18 Apr 1670 in Haverhill, Mass

Children of Humphrey and Elizabeth:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Abigail Griffin	3 Nov 1640 Sudbury, Mass.		17 Nov 1660 Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass.
2.	Elizabeth Griffin	ca. 1641 Ipswich	Edward Deare 3 Mar 1659/60 Ipswich	Dec 1677 Ipswich, Mass.
3.	John GRIFFIN	c. 1641 Ipswich, Mass	Lydia SHATSWELL 17 Sep 1663	27 Mar 1688 Bradford, Mass
4.	Sarah Griffin	20 Nov 1642 Sudbury, Mass	Jonathan Stanhope 11 May 1674 Sudbury, Mass.	1681 – Sudbury, Middlesex, Mas
5.	Samuel Griffin	9 Jan 1644/45 Sudbury	Lydia Younglove 27 Jun 1674	23 Oct 1691
6.	Nathaniel Griffin	c. 1646 Ipswich, Mass	Elizabeth Ring (daughter of Robert RING) 26 Aug 1671 Andover, Mass.	Salisbury, Essex, Mass.
7.	Jonathan Griffin	22 Jun 1647 Sudbury	Mary Long 25 Oct 1678 Sudbury	2 Feb 1685/86 Sudbury
8.	Lydia Griffin	c. 1649 Ipswich, Mass.

Humphrey was also known as Hugh and Griffin was also spelled as Griffing.

He was a butcher. He was refused admission to the town of Ipswich in 1639 “the town being full”. The Griffins remained in town He was finally admitted as a formal resident on Jan. 1, 1641 by purchase. On 18 Jan 1641, Robert Andrews (Elizabeth’s father) witnessed a deed from Daniel Denison to Humphrey Griffin of a dwelling house and two acres of land, a meadow, and a planting field near the mill.

He was often a guest of the court system, being charged for “reviling his mother-in-law, drinking, profaning the Sabbath by working before sundown and fined for “undue pride” by allowing his daughter to wear a silk hood.

1639 – Humphrey Griffing, a butcher, made application to become a freeman of Ipswich, Mass. in 1639. This application was at first refused on the ground that the ‘town was full,’ but he was allowed to remain. . . .

19 Jan 1641 – Humphrey Griffing bought a house and two acres of land near the mill at Labor-in-vain and a planting lot at Heartbreak Hill near Ipswich, Mass. from Daniel Denison. The deed was witnessed by Robert Andrews.

1646 – Humphrey Griffin contributed a day’s work and voluntary carting toward the building of the east bridge at Ipswich in 1646. . . .

1648 – On 4 Jan 1648, Humphrey Griffing sold property in Ipswich to John Brunham, who on the same date sold it to Anthony Potter. . . .

1655 – The town of Ipswich, Mass. gave Humphrey Griffing permission to erect a ‘shambles’ or slaughter-house, twenty feet square, near the pound

1657 – he was ‘a common packer of beef and pork.’ The meat was salted and packed in barrels.

1656 – when Humphrey Griffing fell off his horse and used ‘evil words, — his breath scenting much of strong liquors,’ as the witnesses testified, he was found ‘not drunk but admonished as to drinking!’

1656 – He was fined for unloading barley before sundown, thus profaning the Sabbath. –

1658 – Humphrey Griffing, aged 53, made a deposition in which he referred to Corporal John Andrews as ‘my brother.’ – Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Annis Spear (1945), pp.145-148. . . .

1659 – ‘The daughter of Humphrey Griffin wore a silk hood in for which evidence of undue pride her father was fined 10s. Only the wealthy could wear silk with impunity.’ –

19 Nov 1661 – Administration on the estate of Humphrey Griffen was granted to his widow, Elizabeth, by Mr. Samuel Symonds and Major General Denison. It was ordered that an inventory be brought into the next Ipswich Court. – Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol.1, p.97. . . .

25 Mar 1662 – The inventory of the estate of Humphrey Griffing was taken, at Ipswich, Mass. The inventory was appraised by [our ancestor] James DAVIS and [also our ancestor] Theophilus SHATSWELL. ‘The estate was ordered to be divided as follows: To John GRIFFEN, the eldest son, £20; to the two younger sons, £10; and the rest of the estate to the widow.’
“The widow Elizabeth Griffin sued John Gaines for her dower in a house and land that Mr. Ropert Paine had taken from her husband by execution and of which Gaines was in possession, and won her case in 1662, in which year she also sued Peter Nash for debt.
“Elizabeth (Andrews) Grifing widow of Humphrey Griffing, married (2nd) 10 February (or 10 November) 1662/63 at Haverhill, as his second wife, Hugh Sherratt . Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol.1, p.104, vol.14, leaf 149; Published Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, p.353.

“Hugh Sherratt was a proprietor of Ipswich in 1635 and a freeman there March 4, 1634. He removed to Haverhill where he was a proprietor in 1644. He was licensed to sell wines on 26 May 1647. He secured to his second wife (the widow of Humphrey Griffing) the sum of 42 pounds by a mortgage deed of house and lands 27 April 1665.”

“1647 – On 31 (1) 1647, Elizabeth Andrews, widow of Robert Andrews, had a law suit against her son-in-law, Humphrey Grifing, husband of her daughter Elizabeth.

Robert Andrews was John’s Grandfather through his mother Elizabeth Andrews. His grandmother was also named Elizabeth.

1 Mar 1643 – Will of Robert Andrews.

In ye name of God Amen. I Robert Andrews of Ipswich in New England being of perfect understanding & memory doe make this my last will & testiment.

Imprimis, I commend my soul into the hands of my mercifull Creator & Redeemer and I doe commit my body after my departure out of this world to be buryed in seemly manner by my friends &c.

Concerning my estate, Imprimis, I doe make my eldest son, John Andrews my executor.

Item, I give unto my wife Elizabeth Andrews forty pounds, & to John Griffin the son of Humfrey Griffin sixteen pounds to be paid unto him when he shall be twenty one years & if he shall dy before he comes to that age, it shall return to my two sonnes John & Thomas Andrews.

Item, concerning my son Thomas Andrews my will is that he shall live with his brother John Andrews 3 years, two of which he shall be helpfull to his brother John Andrews in his husbandry, & the last of the 3 years he shall go to scole to recover his learning, & if he shall go to the University, or shall set himselfe upon some other way of living, his brother John shall allow him ten pounds by the yeer for four yeers & then fifteen pounds by the yeer for two yeers succeeding after.

Item, concerning the fourscore pounds, which is to be paid unto my son in law Franklyn’s daughter, Elizabeth Franklyn, my will is that if she dy before the debt is due, it shall be thus disposed of, ten pounds of it shall go to my son Daniel Hovey’s child, Daniel Hovey my grandchild, & the other seventy pounds shall be divided between my two sonnes John & Thomas Andrews & if those my two sons should dy, then thirty pounds of it should be divided between my 3 kinsmen John, Thomas & Robert Burnam by equal portions & twenty more should go to Humfrey Griffins two other sonnes & the other twenty shall go to Daniel Hovey.

And because my son John Andrews is yet under age. I doe commend him unto Thomas Howlett as his guardian untill he shall come of age.

Witnesses hereof
William Knight
John Whiffle
Thomas Scott
Joseph Metcalfe
This will was proved in ye court held at Ipswich 26th of ye
first month 1644.

1665 – Elizabeth (Andrews) Griffing Sherratt, administrix of the estate of Humphrey GRIFFIN was successfully sued for Humphrey Griffin’s debts by Thomas Bishop and by Gov. Simon Bradstreet in 1669.

30 Jul 1670 – Elizabeth (Andrews) Griffing Sherratt made her will (Probated 10 Oct. 1670). In it she left property to her children by her first husband, vis:– John, Nathaniel and Samuel Grifing and Lydia Grifing and Elizabeth (Grifing) Deare, and to her son John GRIFING’s three children and her son-in-law Edward Deare’s 4 children.

Children

2. Elizabeth Griffin

Elizabeth’s husband Edward Deare’s origins are unknown

3. John GRIFFIN (See his page)

4. Sarah Griffin

Sarah’s husband Jonathan Stanhope was born 1642 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass. His parents were Jonathan Stanhope and Susannah Ayre. Jonathan died in 1702 in Mass.

5. Samuel Griffin

Samuel’s wife Lydia Younglove was born 1644 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Samuel Younglove and Margaret Legatt. After Samuel died, she married 23 Oct 1691 in Gloucester, Essex, Mass. to Henry Witham (b. 1643 in Gloucester – d. 27 Apr 1702 in Gloucester). Lydia died 1 Nov 1702 in Gloucester, Essex, Mass

6. Nathaniel Griffin

Nathaniel’s wife Elizabeth Ring was born 1652 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Her parents were Robert RING and Elizabeth JARVIS. Elizabeth died in Salisbury, Mass.

7. Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan’s wife Mary Long was born 24 Feb 1647 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Robert Long and Alice Short. Mary died 1720 in Newbury, Essex, Mass

Sources:

From Annis Spear, 1945 by Walter Goodwin Davis

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_g.htm

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/a/u/Pamela-L-Sauers/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0899.html

http://helenesgenes.com/Griffin.html

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/l/a/Robert-Mason-Blake/GENE2-0061.html

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/n/Kirk-D-Mengelt/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0280.html

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=35106798

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John Griffin

Posted on June 25, 2010 by markeminer

John GRIFFIN(G) (1641 – 1688) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather; one of 1,024 in this generation of the Shaw line. He was also Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miller line.

John Griffin(g) was born about 1641 in Ipswich, Mass. His parents were Humphrey GRIFFIN and Elizabeth ANDREWS. He married Lydia SHATSWELL on 17 Sep 1663 in Haverhill, Mass. John died 27 Mar 1688 in Bradford, Mass

Lydia Shatswell was born about 1647 in Haverhill, Mass. Her parents were Theophilus STATSWELL and Susannah BOSWORTH. Lydia died 21 Dec 1729 in Bradford, Mass.

Lydia Shatswell Griffin Headstone Ancient Burying Ground Bradford, Essex County, Mass.

Children of John and Lydia:

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Lydia Griffin	21 Jun 1664 Haverhill, Mass.	Martin Ford 21 Mar 1684 . William Knowlton? 1705	1709? – Salem, Essex, Mass
2.	Theophilis Griffin	2 Feb 1665/66 Haverhill	Mary Colby (daughter of John COLBY) 1688 Haverhill	17 Mar 1688
3.	Elizabeth GRIFFIN	14 Oct 1667 Bradford, Mass	Thomas STAPLES 21 Apr 1694 Haverhill, Mass	1709 Haverhill, Mass
4.	John Griffin	13 Jun 1671 Bradford	Mary Green 1694 Haverhill, Essex, Mass . Mrs. Mary (Capen) Baker 11 Aug 1730	23 June 1739 Amesbury, MA
5.	Hannah Griffin	13 Jun 1671 Bradford	Daniel Morrison 1690 Newbury	9 OCT 1700 Newbury
6.	Ebenezer Griffin	26 Oct 1673 Bradford	Mary (Harris) Hubble 10 Feb 1702 New London, Conn.	distribution of estate 17 July 1725
7.	Susannah Griffin	1 Sep 1675 Bradford	Capt. Christopher Bartlett 9 Sep 1703	c. 1717 Haverhill
8.	Samuel Griffin	27 May 1678 Bradford
9.	Nathaniel Griffin	1680 Bradford	Hannah Barker 6 Jan 1709
10.	Abigail Griffin	1684 Bradford	Daniel Way 10 Jul 1710 Bradford, Mass.	30 SEP 1718 New London, CT.

The family name was sometimes spelled Griffing in records of the time.

John and Lydia settled in Haverhill at the time of their marriage. He was deputy constable of the town in 1664; served on the trial jury in 1666 and 1667; was deputy marshall of the county in 1666; and kept the Haverhill ferry across the Merrimac river in 1669.

John Griffin operated a ferry across the Merrimack River in Haverhill, Mass in 1669.

According to Davis (p. 147) ‘In 1669 John was a witness against John Godfrey who was suspected of witchcraft, testifying that when he started on a journey from the Merrimac river to Andover on horseback he saw Godfrey setting out on foot and yet, although he ran his horse, Godfrey was comfortably seated by the fire in Goodman Rust’s house when he arrived there. Much other testimony dealt with Godfrey’s ability to be in two places at one time.

John Godfrey was tried three times for witchcraft – 1659, 1665 & 1669. He apparently was a roving herdsman who demanded jobs and threatened people when he did not get them. He also caused accidents to happen to these animals, but was never caught doing it. He was also accused of arson, suborning witnesses and theft. He did not limit his activities to extra legal and illegal acts. He also liked to sue people. He usually won, but that did not stop other people from suing him.

Griffin later served on a committee designated for setting up a meeting-house in the town of Bradford; served as deputy marshall and a selectman of Bradford in 1680; and was a member of the committee to settle Rev. Zachariah Symmes in the pastorate of the Bradford church.

Bradford is a former town in Essex County, Massachusetts. The name currently refers to the area on the south side of the Merrimack River in Haverhill, Massachusetts that was once Bradford. Bradford still has its own post office and zip code: 01835.

Bradford was originally part of the town of Rowley, and was called “Rowley on the Merrimack”, “Rowley Village by the Merrimack”, “Merrimac Lands”, or just “Merrimack” before the name was changed to Bradford at a town meeting held January 7, 1672. It was named in memory of Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from which some of the settlers had emigrated, and first paid colonial tax on October 13, 1675.

The original meeting house was located where the Old Bradford Burying Ground is at 326 Salem St. This first church was replaced in 1705.

Ministers of Bradford were: Rev.Zechariah Symmes 1682 to 1707, Rev.Thomas Symmes 1708 to 1725, Rev.Joseph Parsons 1726 d.1765, Rev. Samuel Williams 1765 to 1780, Rev. Jonathan Allen 1781 d.1827, Rev. Ira Ingraham 1824 to 1830, Rev Loammi Ives Hoadly 1830 to 1833, Rev. Moses Searle 1833 to 1834, Rev. Nathan Munroe 1836 to 1854, Rev. James T. McCollom to 1865, Rev. John D. Kingsbury.

John was a veteran of King Philip’s War. In 1676 Thomas Kimball, son of Richard KIMBALL was killed by Indians in Bradford during King Philips War.

NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER (Oct. 1894), p.414; Davis, Walter Goodwin,

7 April 1709 – “Know ye that we whose names are mentioned, viz:– Lydia GRIFFIN , widow, (of) Bradford, and her children: John, Ebenezer, Samuel and Nathaniel Griffin,— Daniel Morrison , in behalf of his former wife, Hannah Griffin; and daughters Lydia, wife of William Knowlton ; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas STAPLES, Susanna, wife of Christopher Bartlett, Jr. and Abigail Griffin,” for 105 pounds sold to Stephen Barker , one hundred seventy-eight acres, given the widow Griffin by her father Theophilus SHATSWELL. The land was on the north side of the Merrimack river in Haverhill. –

1 Mar 1643 – WILL OF Robert ANDREWS.
Robert Andrews was John Griffin’s Grandfather through his mother Elizabeth ANDREWS. His grandmother was also named Elizabeth.

In ye name of God Amen. I Robert Andrews of Ipswich in New England being of perfect understanding & memory doe make this my last will & testiment.

Imprimis, I commend my soul into the hands of my mercifull Creator & Redeemer and I doe commit my body after my departure out of this world to be buryed in seemly manner by my friends &c.

Concerning my estate, Imprimis, I doe make my eldest son,
John Andrews my executor.

Item, I give unto my wife Elizabeth Andrews forty pounds, & to John GRIFFIN the son of Humfrey GRIFFIN sixteen pounds to be paid unto him when he shall be twenty one years & if he shall dy before he comes to that age, it shall return to my two sonnes John & Thomas Andrews.

Item, concerning my son Thomas Andrews my will is that he shall live with his brother John Andrews 3 years, two of which he shall be helpfull to his brother John Andrews in his husbandry, & the last of the 3 years he shall go to scole to recover his learning, & if he shall go to the University, or shall set himselfe upon some other way of living, his brother John shall allow him ten pounds by the yeer for four yeers & then fifteen pounds by the yeer for two yeers succeeding after.

Item, concerning the fourscore pounds, which is to be paid unto my son in law Franklyn’s daughter, Elizabeth Franklyn, my will is that if she dy before the debt is due, it shall be thus disposed of, ten pounds of it shall go to my son Daniel Hovey’s child, Daniel Hovey my grandchild, & the other seventy pounds shall be divided between my two sonnes John & Thomas Andrews & if those my two sons should dy, then thirty pounds of it should be divided between my 3 kinsmen John, Thomas & Robert Burnam by equal portions & twenty more should go to Humfrey Griffins two other sonnes & the other twenty shall go to Daniel Hovey.

And because my son John Andrews is yet under age. I doe commend him unto Thomas Howlett as his guardian untill he shall come of age.

Witnesses hereof
William Knight
John Whiffle
Thomas Scott
Joseph Metcalfe
This will was proved in ye court held at Ipswich 26th of ye first month 1644.

Children

1. Lydia Griffin

Lydia’s first husband Martin Ford was born 1661 in Bradford, Essex, Mass. His parents were Robert Ford and Mary Kent. Martin died around 1694 in Bradford, Essex, Mass.

Lydia’s second husband William Knowlton was born 1642 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass. His parents were John Knowlton and Elizabeth Welch. He first married 28 Oct 1666 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass to Susannah Whitridge (b. 20 Apr 1648 in Ipswich – d. 3 Mar 1695 in Mass.) William died 16 Mar 1718 in Wrenham, Essex, Mass.

Lydia married Mathew Martin Foard or Ford on 25 Mar. 1684 in Bradford, Essex Co., MA. The vital records of Bradford. in the notation for the birth of their daughter Lydia in 1686, terms Matthew “a Frenchman” His name is given sometimes as Martin and sometimes as Matthew in the Vital Records. He disappears from any records around 1694.There isn’t a single marriage listed for any of the children under any variation of spelling in the Bradford vital records.

Children of Lydia and Matthew:

i. Lydia Ford (1686 – 1743)
ii. Theophilus Ford (1687 – 1688)
iii. John Ford (1689 – 1753) m1. 1 Jan 1709/10 to Abigail Polley. Her parents were our ancestors John POLLEY and Mary EDWARDS. m2. Judith Richards
iv. Mathew Forde (1691 – 1769)

2. Theophilus Griffin

Theophilus’s wife Mary Colby was born in 1669 in Amesbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were John COLBY and Frances HOYT. Mary died 1688 in Amesbury, Mass

He died soon after his marriage. Seven months after his death, Mary Colby gave birth to his son Theophilus Griffin Jr. who married Hannah Fisher 18 Dec 1710 in Amesbury.

3. Elizabeth GRIFFIN (See Thomas STAPLES‘s page)

4. John Griffin

John and Hannah Griffin were twins.

John’s first wife Mary Green was born 13 Nov 1673 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Peter Green (1644 – 1672) and Elizabeth Duston (1648 – 1677). Mary died 16 Mar 1727 in Bradford, Essex, Mass.

John’s second wife Mary Capen was born 1688 in Bradford, Mass. Her parents were Joseph Capen and Priscilla Appleton. She first married 5 Jan 1710 in Topsfield, Essex, Mass. to Thomas Baker (b. 17 Feb 1687 in Topfield – d. 1725 in Boxford) Many sources say Mary died 16 Mar 1728 in Boxford, Essex, Mass., but that conflicts with her marriage date with John Griffin of 11 Aug 1730

5. Hannah Griffin

Hannah and John Griffin were twins.

Hannah’s husband Daniel Morrison was born 1668 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Samuel Morrison and Mary Granville. After Hannah died, he married 27 May 1707 in Newbury, Essex, Mass to Mary Folsom (b. 27 Sep 1684 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire – d. 14 Feb 1711 in Newbury), He married third 8 Nov 1712 in Rowley, Essex, Mass to Abigail Kimball (b. 12 Jun 1669 in Amesbury, Mass – d. 1716 in Wells, York, Maine). Daniel died 10 May 1737 in Rowley, Essex, Mass.

Daniel was a resident of Newbury, Mass, in 1690, where he resided many years, and was a farmer. On May 20, 1695, he and Thomas STAPLES purchased of Abiel Long and wife Hannah, eighteen acres of land. On February 28, 1696, he was one of sixty-four persons taxed for building the West End meeting house. On March 14, 1699-1700, then of Newbury, he bought of Moses Chase of that town, fifteen acres. On February 3, 1706-7, he purchased of Stephen Greenleaf of Newbury, twenty-seven acres, known as the “Rate lott.”

20 Jun 1710 – Daniel Morrison of Newbury, yeoman, having bought in partnerships with his brother-in-law, Thomas STAPLES, May 20, 1695, eighteen acres of woodland of Abiel Long, and it not being mentioned in sd bill of sale what each party should have of sd land, I, sd Morrison say that I am satisfied with 1/3 of sd estate.

9 Jun 1714 – He bought of Sarah Thompson, woodland on the Bradford road.

16 Mar 1726 – Daniel Morrison of Newbury, yeo. for love and affection, made a deed of gift of forty acres, in Newbury, on the Bradford road, to his son John Morrison.

1 Apr 1731 – He sold for £790, to Timothy Morse, 8 tenement of housing and thirty-two acres of land. This was probably his home, as he on Dec 23, 1731, bought of John Stevens of Rowley, for £280, thirty acres in Rowley. He removed from Newbury, and became a citizen of Rowley soon after this date, for on June 6, 1734, Daniel Morrison of Rowley, and wife Mary, for love and affection, “deeded to Roger Chase and his wife Abigail of Newbury, thirty acres in Rowley, with my dwelling house, barn and orchard.

Mr. Morrison married Hannah, daughter of John and Lydia (Shatswell) Griffin of Merrimack Village. She died October 9, 1700. By implication of the Griffin deed, he had a wife living April 7, 1709. He married 2d, March 27, 1707, Mary, daughter of Deacon John Foulsom of Exeter, N. H. She was born September 27, 1664; died February 14, 1711. He married 3d, Mary . who survived him. He made a will November 3, 1736, proved May 10, 1737, showing that he died between those dates.

To his wife Mary he gave £10 bills of credit, provided she accept of this my last will and testament. In case she does not accept of this my last will, then I do not give her anything. The reason why

I thus deal with her is because I have given her £40, which she hath disposed of, which money was in Lien of a bargain made between us before marriage. His trusty friends John Case and Joshua Bayley were executors.

Children:

i. Daniel Morrison b. in Newbury, Mass., August 1, 1691. Resided in Rowley, Mass.
ii. John Morrison b. in Newbury, March 28, 1693. Bought lands in Stratham, December 9, 1717
iii. Hannah Morrison b. in Newbury, January 27, 1695-6.
iv. Ebenezer Morrison b. in Newbnry, October 6, 1697. Resided at Stratham, formerly a part of Exeter, N. H., in 1723.
v. Mary Morrison born in Newbury, March 20, 1699. By Newbury records, were marriage intentions between her and Charles Annis, October 6, 1716, whom she married
vi. Abigail Morrison mentioned in her father’s will as daughter Abigail Chase. She married Roger Chase of Newbury, March 16, 1725.

By second marriage: Two children, stillborn to them April 1 and 2, 1702. Lydia and Beriah, b. February 4, 1710. , (They probably died young as they are not mentioned in their father’s will.)

6. Ebenezer Griffin

Ebenezer’s wife Mary Harris was born 21 May 1667 in New London, New London, CT. Her parents were Gabriel Harris and Elizabeth Abbott. She first married 1693 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT to Ebenezer Hubbell (b.16 Nov 1659 in Guilford, New Haven, CT -d. 1698 in New London). Mary died 27 Jan 1723 in New London, New London, CT.

A distribution of the Estate of Ebenezer Griffin, dated 17 July 1725 names children Lydia, John, Samuel and Mary. Thomas and Peter, born respectively, June 8, 1705 and June 19, 1707, are not named in the distribution. Thomas was a twin with Samuel (and may have died young).

Their children include:

i John Griffin m. 1725 Elizabeth Trueman;
ii. Thomas
iii. Samuel (1705-1737) m. 1727 Ann Avery. Her parents were Thomas Avery (b.1679), son of Thomas and Hannah (Miner) Avery, married 12 July 1704 to Ann Shapley (1685-1751), dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Picket) Shapley . Ann Avery m. (1) Samuel Griffing and m. (2) Sylvanus Miner.
iv. Peter died Sept. 10, 1722.
v. Lydia
vi. Mary Griffing m. 1731 Nicholas Darrow. – Wurts’ MAGNA CHARTA, v.5, pp.1368-1370.

7. Susannah Griffin

Susannah’s husband Capt. Christopher Bartlett was born 26 Feb 1679 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Christopher Bartlett and Deborah Weed. After Susannah died, he married 11 Feb 1718 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass. to Mary Clement (b. 20 Feb 1681 in Haverhill – d. 10 Oct 1735 in Haverhill). Third, he married 24 Mar 1736 in Bradford, Essex, Mass. to Rachel Atwood (b. 15 Nov 1691 in Malden, Mass – d. 25 Sep 1774 in Bradford). Christopher died 28 Jun 1747 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass

9. Nathaniel Griffin

Nathaniel’s wife Hannah Barker was born 11 Mar 1687 in Andover, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Richard Barker and Anna Kimball. Hannah died 27 Jan 1762 in Andover, Essex, Mass.

10. Abigail Griffin

Abigail’s husband Daniel Way was born 23 Dec 1688 in New London, New London, CT. His parents were Thomas Way and Ann Lester. After Abigail died, he married 1 Mar 1718. to Sarah Smith b. 4 Mar 1691 in Lyme, New London, CT – d. Apr 1767 in New London). Daniel died Mar 1768 in New London, New London, CT.

Sources:

http://troutwind.tripod.com/griffin.html

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_g.htm

http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/conewlondon/billc1700.html#top

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=35147578&st=1

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