Thomas French Jr.

Posted on June 20, 2010 by markeminer

Thomas FRENCH Jr. (1722 – 1793) was Alex’s 7th Great Grandfather, one of 256 in this generation of the Shaw line.

Thomas French was born 16 Apr 1722 in Attleborough, Bristol, Mass.  His parents were Thomas FRENCH Sr. and Mary BROWN.  He married Keziah PERRY on 2 Jan 1745/46 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.  Thomas died 10 Sep 1793 in Attleborough, Mass. and is buried in the Old Kirk Yard.

Thomas French Headstone

Keziah Perry was born 7 Aug 1724 in Rehoboth, Mass.  Her parents were Jasiel PERRY and Rebecca Peck WILMARTH.   Keziah died 13 Nov 1804 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass,

Keziah Perry

Children of Thomas and Keziah:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Mary French 14 Jan 1746/47
Attleboro		   15 May 1748 Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.
2. Mary French 28 Oct 1748 Attleboro 1 May 1749
Attleboro
3. Thomas French 18 Feb 1750 Attleboro 30 Sep 1757 Attleboro
4. Christopher Peter French 29 Mar 1752 Attleboro Margaret Perry (granddaughter of Jasiel PERRY)
25 Nov 1773
West Stockbridge
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Lydia Perry
25 May 1805
West Stockbridge		 2 Dec 1845
West Stockbridge, Mass
5. Keziah French 2 Mar 1754 Attleboro 20 Feb 1756 Attleboro
6. Keziah French 21 Feb 1756 Attleborough John Dryer
21 Apr 1778		 28 Aug 1826
New York
7. Sarah FRENCH 6 Apr 1758 Attleborough Seth RICHARDSON II
12 Jan 1778
Attleboro, Mass		 18 Feb 1816 Attleborough
8. Thomas French 23 Apr 1761
Attleboro		 Mercy Willmarth
24 Jun 1783
.
Polly Sweet
1 Jan 1801 Attleboro		 9 Apr 1838
Attleboro
9. Phebe French 2 Nov 1762
Attleboro		 15 Sep 1845
Attleboro
10. Lydia French (twin) 3 Sep 1969
Attleboro, Mass		 Daniel Balkcom
27 Mar 1792
Rehoboth, Mass
11. Lucy French (twin) 3 Sep 1769
Attleboro, Mass		 John or James Cobb
25 Nov 1786

Thomas French Jr was a Private in Captain Alexander Foster’s Company, Colonel John Daggett’s Regiment marching to Bristol Rhode Island on the alarm Dec 8, 1776.  Service 25 Days.   December 8, 1776 at Newport, Rhode Island – Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, under orders from Gen. William Howe, who had found Clinton’s insistent advice aggrevating, sailed into Newport with 6,000 soldiers and took possession of Newport without any resistance.
Conclusion: British Victory

Thomas also was part of Captain Stephen Richardson’s Company Attleborough Service 25 days.  Company marched from Attleborough to Rhode Island Apr 21, 1777 to hold the line until men could be raised for that purpose for two months .

Also Captain Israel Trow’s Company, Colonel Josiah Whitney’s Regiment May 14 – July 6 1777 in Rhode Island.  In July, 1777, the Massachusetts Council of War, suddenly aware of New England’s peril if the victorious progress of Burgoyne was not stayed, hurriedly sent heavy reinforcements of militia to aid Gen. Benj.  Lincoln, who was then harassing the rear of the invading army. Col. Josiah Whitney, on July 27 ordered a draft of one-sixth of the training bands and alarm lists in his regiment to march at once to Bennington with six days rations, and on Aug. 2 ordered one-half of the militia to follow with eight days rations.

Also Corporal in Captain Richardson’s Company, Colonel George William’s Regiment.  Company marched on a secret expedition from Taunton Sep 25 – Oct 29, 1777.

Our ancestors Thomas Frence Jr and his son-in-law Seth Richardson were both on this Secret Mission Source: A sketch of the history of Attleborough: from its settlement to the division By John Daggett 1894

Children

4. Christopher French

Christopher’s first wife Margaret Perry was born 21 May 1755 in Rehoboth, Mass. Her parents were David Perry (1719 – 1807) and Margaret Dryer (1722 – 1806). Her grandparents were Jasiel PERRY and Rebecca Peck WILLMARTH. Margaret died 16 Nov 1804 in West Stockbridge, Mass.

Some say Christopher’s second wife Lydia Perry was Margaret’s sister, but I haven’t found evidence of her parents.  According to the 1850 census, she was born 1764 in Mass. Lydia died 3 Jan 1854 in West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Mass.

Christopher French, his father Thomas French and his brother Thomas French jr. all served in the Revolutionary War. Christopher was Corporal in Captain Israel Trowbridge’s Company,  Colonel Josiah Whitney‘s regiment. the company served in Rhode Island from May 14, 1777 to July 6, 1777.

He migrated to Berkshire County with his family after he was discharged. Christopher had 12 Children and 2 wives. 1st Margaret Perry who died in West Stockbridge and 2nd her sister Lydia Perry.    The French family lives on or near Long Pond Road, in Williamsville, West Stockbridge, Mass, a couple of miles from the New York border.

West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts

West Stockbridge was first settled in 1766 and was officially incorporated in 1775. The town grew out of Stockbridge, formerly known as Indiantown, and was originally called Queensborough. The area was part of the disputed border between Massachusetts and New York, which eventually left the town in its current state. The town grew as five separate villages (West Center, West Stockbridge, Freedleyville, Rockdale and Williamsville), with West Stockbridge growing the largest because of the railroad, which hauled iron ore and marble. The town had an ironworks in Williamsville, founded by Colonel Elijah Williams, and the furnace smokestack is the only part which remains of the works.

Christopher French Gravestone — South Cemetery, West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Christopher  is buried in the Slauter cemetery (now called South Cemetery). This same Christopher French was a cooper in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was 92 years old and still working at his trade when his great grand-daughter, Julia Jayne Trumbull visited on her wedding Trip in 1843.

Children of Christopher and Margaret

i. Margaret French b. 18 Jan 1775 in West Stockbidge, Berkshire, Mass; d. 4 Feb 1848; Burial: Orcutt Cemetery, Noxen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; m.7 Mar 1793 in West Stockbridge to Joseph Jackson (b. 25 Apr 1769 in Granville,  Hampden, Mass – d. 29 Mar 1833 in Monroe, Wyoming, PA) Margaret and Joseph had eight children born between 1793 and 1810.

Joseph and Margaret French Jackson came from Massachusetts into New York State within 10 years after 1793, the year of their marriage, and settled at Pompey, Onaudago, New York.  The 3 oldest children were born in Massachusetts and the 3 sons, Goerge, Henry and Alonzo were born in New York State.

Sometime after 1802, Joseph and Margaret came from Pompey, New York to Bowmans Creek, Pennsylvania, later known as Monroe in Monroe Township PA. They settled on a farm on Leonards Creek in Monroe Township and built the large farm house later known as the “Tom May Place,” in the heavy virgin timber along the creek.  Leonard’s Creek is 16 miles northwest of Wilkes Barre along Pennsylvania Route 309. There were many large sawmills to prepare the lumber and great mills to prepare the corn and wheat flour on this creek. The graves of Joseph and Margaret Jackson are marked by a large white marble upright slab with the inscription of Joseph on one side and Margaret French on the opposite side.

ii. Mary “Polley” French b. 27 Oct 1777 in Attleboro or West Stockbridge, MA; d. 12 Aug 1810 West Stockbridge; m. 01 May 1798 in West Stockbridge to Solomon Reed  (b. 1779 in West Stockbridge-  d. 15 Apr 1839 West Stockbridge) After Polley died, Solomon married Amy French (b. 17 Oct 1785 in West Stockbridge, – d. 27 Nov 1863 in West Stockbridge). Amy’s parents were cousins Nathaniel French (1755 – ) and Bethiah French (1757 – 1832) Amy was Polley’s second cousin through her father’s side and third cousin on her mother’s side.

iii. Olive French b. 29 Sep 1779 in West Stockbridge, MA; d. 20 Nov 1844 Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois; Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Plot: block 10 lot 138; m. 6 Oct 1797 in West Stockbridge to Elijah Slater (b. 8 Dec 1775 in Wyoming County, PA; d. 6 Jul 1836 Springfield, Illinois; Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Plot: block 10 lot 108)

Elijah and Olive Slater were two of the original members of the Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Illinois. The church was founded in 1828 and Elijah was enrolled as an elder Jan 3, 1832.

In 1828 Springfield was still a prairie village with a population not exceeding 200 inhabitants living in 35 log cabins and 6 frame houses. There were a few stores and taverns which made the village a trading center for settlers and Indians who came from as far as 75 miles distance to make purchases. These consisted mostly of staples, including iron castings, nails, coffee, salt and whiskey. Much of the trade was by barter. The Indians brought furs and skins and the whites grain, produce and game. While the village was a crude one by our standards [1953], the crudeness applied only to the man-made part of it, the streets and buildings, and was offset by the natural beauty of the rolling meadows, winding streams.

Elijah Slater bio Source: History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : “centennial record”

I don’t normally include great grandchildren (our ancestors’ 2nd cousins), but the story of Samuel Slater’s escape from the Texas Vigilance Committee is so dramatic, that I had to make an exception:

Elijah and Olive Slater Children 1

Elijah and Olive Slate Children 2

Elijah and Olive Slater Children 3

Springfield’s original name was Calhoun, after Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. The land that Springfield now occupies was originally settled by trappers and traders who came to the Sangamon River in 1818. The settlement’s first cabin was built in 1820, by John Kelly, its site is at the northwest corner of Second Street and Jefferson Street. In 1821, Calhoun became the county seat of Sangamon County; due to the fertile soil, and trading opportunities. Settlers from Kentucky, Virginia, and as far as North Carolina came to the city. By 1832, Senator Calhoun had fallen out of the favor with the public and the town renamed itself Springfield after Springfield, Massachusetts.

iv. Christopher French b. 16 Jul 1781 in West Stockbidge, Berkshire, MA; d. 7 Oct 1782 in West Stockbidge

v. Christopher French II b. 15 Oct 1783 in West Stockbidge, Berkshire, MA; d. 18 Aug 1855 in W. Stockbridge, MA; m. 20 Aug 1804 W. Stockbridge to Lavina Lois Brown (b. 1788 in West Stockbridge – d. 24 Aug 1857 in West Stockbridge) Lois’ parents were Ebenezer Brown (1757 – ) and Bathsheba Nichols (1758 – ). Christopher and Lois had seven children born between 1805 and 1822 in West Stockbridge.

vi. John French b. 17 Aug 1785 in West Stockbidge, Berkshire, MA; d. 28 Mar 1839 in West Stockbidge; m. 21 Mar 1811 in Egremont, Berkshire, Mass. to Phena Alcott (b. 1789 in Egremont, Mass. – d. 1857)

vii. Esther French b. 29 Feb 1788 (leap day) in West Stockbidge, Berkshire, MA; d. 15 Mar 1877 Augusta, Oneida, New York; Burial Knoxboro-Augusta Cemetery; m.  22 Oct 1808 in W. Stockbridge to Oliver Otis Robbins (b. 3 Aug 1783 Bernardston, Franklin, Mass – d. 18 Dec 1871 Augusta, Oneida, New York; Burial Knoxboro-Augusta Cemetery) Oliver’s parents were Lemuel Robbins (b. 1741 Plympton, Plymouth Mass. – d. 3 Mar 1824 Burial Knoxboro-Augusta Cemetery, Augusta, Oneida County, New York,) and Rachel Bass (1750 – ). Ester and Oliver had eight children born between 1809 and 1828.

Oliver’s father Lemuel woked in forges in CT and MA. Owned a forge with son, Thomas in Salisbury, CT Worked iron forge in Litchfield Co, CT which were noted for their manufacture and supply of war materials during the Revolutionary War. Wife Rachel Bass (born 1750), insane at end of life. Father of 6 children. 1814 Moved to Augusta, NY, with son Oliver Otis

Bernardston is named for Governor Francis Bernard, who was royal governor at the time of incorporation. The town’s lands were originally set off for the officers and soldiers (or their descendants) involved in the “Falls Fight”, (See my post Turner’s Falls Fight) a battle loosely related to King Philip’s War, in 1676. During the later years of the French and Indian War, the area was the site of raids.

In the 1870 census, Oliver (86) and Ester (82) were living near Oriskany Falls in Augusta, Oneida, New York

viii. Lucenda “Lurena” French b. 3 Jun 1790 in West Stockbidge, Berkshire, MA; d. 5 Nov 1848; m. (int.) 2 Mar 1812  West Stockbridge to Sylvanus F. Slauter (Slaughter) (b. 22 Aug 1790 in West Stockbridge – d 17 Mar 1852 in Westfield, Hampden, Mass.) Sylvanus’ parents were Ephraim Slauter (1755 – 1843) and Lydia Fuller (1758 – 1825). Lurena and Sylvanus had nine children born between 1812 and 1831.

Sylvanus’ grandfather Gilbert Slauter (Gulbert Slawter in the rolls) was killed in action Nov 12, 1778. He was a private in the Winchester County New York Militia 2nd Regiment under Col. Thomas Thomas.

Ephraim Slauter Bio from his 2nd great grandson’s (Lucius Demming b. 1858) Sons of the American Revolution Application

ix. Peter French, b. 29 May  1792 in W. Stockbridge, MA; d. 07 Apr 1858 in W. Stockbridge, MA; m1.  30 Oct 1813 West Stockbridge to Malinda Slauter (b. 1794 in W Stockbridge – d. 6 Nov 1834 West Stockbridge); m2.  4 Apr 1835 in Washington, Berkshire County to Betsy M.. Codding (b. 1801 – d. 17 Dec 1837 West Stockbridge); m3. 6 Jun  1838 in West Stockbridge and Washington, MA. to Achsah Codding (b. 1809 – d. 2 Jun 1862 West Stockbridge)

x. Thomas French b. 24 Apr 1794 in W. Stockbridge, Berkshire, Mass; d. 8 May 1871 in West Stockbridge; m.  1 Jan 1817  to Esther Hale (b. ~1792 in Tyringham, Berkshire, Mass.; d 21 Jun, 1871 in West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass. Thomas and Esther had seven children between 1818 and 1828.

xi. Eliza “Elise” French b. 17 Jun  1797 in West Stockbidge, Berkshire, Mass; d.  ~1881 in Cilfton Park, NY; m. 20 Dec 1814 West Stockbridge to William Bishop (b. 7 May  1778 in W. Stockbridge, MA. – d. 1860) Eliza and William had six children born between 1815 and 1836.

xii. Almire (or Almira, or Elmira) French b. 13 Jul  1799 in W. Stockbridge, Berkshire, MA; d. 31 Dec 1881 Ovid,  Seneca, New York; m.~1829 to Chester or Otis Belden or Belding (b. 31 May 1799 in Columbia, New York – d.  22 Nov  1878 in Canaan, Columbia, New York) Chester’s parents were Job Kelsey Belding (1762 – 1830) and Martha Dean (1763 – 1850)

In the 1850 census, Chester and Almira were farming in Canaan, Columbia, New York with five children at home ages 12 to 27.

6. Keziah French

Keziah’s husband John Dryer, Jr. was born 23 Jan 1754 – Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass. His parents were John Dryer and Mary Read. John died 29 Sep 1826 in Junius, Seneca, New York

John’s name appears on a Muster Roll of Capt. Samuel Bliss’s Company of Minute Men from Rehoboth, from the 19th of April to the 27th , 1775 each 8 day’s service

His name also appears on a list of men under Capt. Samuel Bliss who enlisted for 8 months from April and May, 1775, in Col. Timothy Walker’s Regiment.

Children of Keziah and John:

i. Israel Dryer b. 31 Mar 1774 in Rehoboth, Mass; d. 26 Dec 1866 New York; m1. 10 May 1802 in West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Mass to Sarah Wood (b. 22 Jun 1786 in West Stockbridge, Ma – d. 23 Mar 1820); m2. 23 Oct 1825 to Eunice Wadhams Cross (b. 1795 in Tyre, New York – d. 26 Feb 1835); m3. 1836 to Lydia Beebe. Israel had three children with Sarah and three more with Eunice.

ii. Mary Dryer b. 1781 in Richmond, Berkshire, Mass.; d. 1853 Clyde; m. 19 May 1803 in Richmond to Luther Redfield (b. 26 Nov 1780 in Richmond – d. 10 Jun 1867 in Monroe, Michigan) Luther’s parents were Beriah Redfield and Dorothy Stevens. Mary and Luther had eight children born between 1804 and 1818.

In January 1806 Luther and Mary moved to Junius, Seneca, NY, then a wilderness. He was an active, substantial citizen… a farmer. He was Captain of the militia. When the British landed at Sodus on Sunday, Jun 18, 1813 he and his company were summoned from worship. In May of 1822 moved to Clyde, Wayne, County, NY. Died June 10, 1867 in Monroe, Michigan.

Luther Redfield (1780 – 1867

In the 1850 census, Luther and Mary were retired in Galen, Wayne, New York.

iii. John Dryer b. 13 Dec 1783 in

iv. Keziah Dryer b. 5 Nov 1786 in

v. Huldah Dryer b. 7 Sep 1789 in Mass; d. Penfield, Monroe, New York; m. 15 May 1809 in Junius, Seneca, New York to Elias Grow (b. 7 Apr 1785 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont – d. 3 Sep 1831 ) Elias’ parents were John Grow and Deborah Davison. Huldah and Elias had seven children between 1812 and 1825.

vi. Daniel Dryer b. 7 Apr 1792 in West Stockbridge, Mass;

vii. Chester Dryer b. 16 Mar 1795 in West Stockbridge, Mass; d. 1 Mar 1882 Ottawa, Illinois; m1. Susan Thorn (b. 1796 – d. Aug 1841 in Ottawa, Illinois); m2. 8 Mar 1842 La Salle, Illinois to Mary Little (b. 30 JUL 1819 in Campton, Grafton, New Hampshire) Mary’s parents were Ebenezer Little (1789 – 1839) and Pheobe Palmer (1792 – 1854)

viii. Thomas French Dryer b. 17 May 1801 in Richmond, Mass; d. 9 Mar 1889 Michigan; Burial: Richards Cemetery, Armada, Macomb County, Michigan m1. 30 Dec 1824 in Mass. to Cleora Anne Brown (b. 9 May 1804 in Berkshire, Mass. – d. 3 Jul 1831 in Richmond, Michigan) Cleora’s parents were Nathan Brown and Anna [__?__]. ; m2. Electa Ball Condit (b. 1 May 1812 in Junius, New York – d. 1916 in Michigan) Electa’s parents were Moses Condit and Electa Ball.

8 Oct 1835 – Thomas was issued 160 acres Meridian: Michigan-Toledo Strip
State: Michigan
County: Macomb
Township: 4-N
Range: 14-E
Section: 19

In the 1850 census Thomas and Close were farming in Lenox, Macomb, Michigan with seven children at home ages 8 to 23.

7. Sarah FRENCH (See Seth RICHARDSON II‘s page)

8. Thomas French

Thomas’ first wife Mercy Willmarth was born 5 Nov 1760.  Her parents were either Thomas’ aunt and uncle Nathan Wilmarth Jr. (1723 – 1813) and Mercy Titus (1725 – 1799) or his great uncle Nathan Wilmarth Sr. (1700-1764) and his second wife Rebecca Brown (1725 – ?)   Even though Nathan Jr was of a more likely  generation, it appears that Nathan Sr. might truly have fathered Mercy with his second wife when he was sixty years old.  Nathan Wilmarth Sr was the son of our ancestor Jonathan WILMARTH.

Thomas’ second wife Polly Sweet was born 18 Feb 1774 in Attleboro, Bristol, MA.  Her parents were Thomas Sweet and Margaret Foster. Polly died 4 Aug 1832 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass

Children of Thomas and Mercy:

i. Mary French b. 12 Feb 1785 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.; d. 1828 Pawlet, Rutland, Vermont; m. 26 Nov 1801 in Attleboro to David Robinson (b. 4 Nov 1780 in Attleboro – d. 1828 in Pawlet, Vermont) David’s parents were Nathaniel Robinson (1752 – 1841) and Hannah Woodcock (1752 – 1845.) Mary and David had eleven children between 1802 and 1828.

ii. Nancy French b. 27 Oct 1789 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.; d. 1868 Norton, Bristol, Mass; Burial: Norton Center Cemetery; m. 10 Oct 1816 in Attleboro to Benjamin Blandin (b. 22 Oct 1781 in Attleboro – d. 1857 in Norton, Bristol, Mass.; Burial: Norton Center Cemetery) Benjamin’s parents were Capt. Benjamin Blandin and Susannah [__?__]. Nancy and Benjamin had six children between 1817 and 1827.

From 1812 to 1814, Benjamin was a sergeant in Capt. Elihu Daggett’s Company, Lt. Col. C. Howard’s Regiment raised at Attlebourgh, service at Plymouth.

iii. Mercy French b, 17 Dec 1792 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.; d. 31 May 1853 Attleboro; m. 18 Nov 1830 in Attleboro to Asa Fisher (b. Attleboro – d. 1850 in Indiana)

iv. Thomas French b. 17 Jan 1795 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.; d. 6 Aug 1857 Attleboro; m. 21 Dec 1821 in Foxboro, Mass to Sally Capron (b. 27 Apr 1794 in Attleboro – d. 11 May 1854 in Attleboro) Sally’s parents were Otis Capron and Rachel Sweet. Thomas and Sally had seven children between 1815 and 1832.

In the 1850 census, Thomas and Sally were farming in Attleboro.

v. Sally French b. 21 Dec 1797 in Attleborough, Bristol, Mass.; d. 28 Oct 1821 Attleborough;

10. Lydia French

Lydia’s husband Daniel Balkcom was born 20 Jul 1765 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.  His parents were Daniel Balcom and Rebecca Cobb.  His great grandfather was our ancestor Alexander BALCOM Jr. Daniel died in 1833.

Children of Lydia and Daniel

i. Metilda Balkcom b. 6 Nov 1808 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass;

ii. Polly Balkom b. 1808 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.; m. 27 Dec 1824 in Rehoboth, Mass. to Daniel Hunt

11. Lucy French

Lucy’s husband was either John Cobb or James Cobb.

John Cobb was born about 1770 in Abington, Massachusetts. John died in Northampton, Mass.

James Cobb was born 1762 in Attleboro, Bristol, Mass James parents were James Cobb (1731 – ) and Judith Wellman (1735 – )

Sources:

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=26652778

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b-_f.htm

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/o/d/e/Mary-Odell-VA/GENE1-0005.html

http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=2204&path=135.329

http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney%2C_Josiah_%281731-1806%29

http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=2204&path=129.340

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maberksh/towns/weststockbridge/ws-m-aj.html

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=simplicity&id=I11438

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Roger Shaw

Posted on June 20, 2010 by markeminer

Roger SHAW (1594 – 1661) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line.

Roger Shaw – Coat of Arms

Roger Shaw was baptized 26 Aug 1594 in St. Peter’s upon Cornhill, London, England.  The church was badly damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The parish tried to patch it up, but between 1677 and 1684 it was rebuilt to a design by Christopher Wren.  His father was Ralph SHAW.  He married Ann [__?__].  After Ann died, he married Susanna, (widow of William Tilton of Lynn Mass. who died 28 Jan 1655).  Roger died 29 May 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH.

Roger Shaw’s Stone, Founders Park, Hampton, New Hampshire

Hampton, NH Founders Park

Susanna [__?__] was born about 1604 in England. She first married 18 Dec 1638 in Wolston, Warwickshire, England to William Tilton (b. 28 Feb 1586 in Wolston, Warwickshire, England – d. 1653 in Lynn, Essex, Mass.) She was known to have had two sons by her first marriage, namely, Abraham and Daniel Tilton, remembered in the will of Mr. Shaw made Aug 25, 1660 ; probated Aug 10, 1661, after his death on May 29th of the same year. His eldest son, Joseph, was made sole executor of this will in which he is instructed to pay Abraham and Daniel Tilton their portion according to “Covenant,” when they shall become of age. He also designates “Samuel Fogg and said Joseph as trustees, to order and direct my son Benjamin (then  twenty years old) until he comes to the age of twenty-one years, according to law in all things. Susannah died 28 Jan 1655 in Hampton, New Hampshire.

Children of Roger and Ann:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Margaret Shaw c. 1634 Cambridge, Mass Thomas Ward(e) 15 Apr 1704
2. Joseph Shaw c. 1635 Cambridge, Mass. Elizabeth Partridge
26 Jan 1660/61		 8 Nov 1720 Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH
3. Ann SHAW 6 Jun 1636 Cambridge, Mass Samuel FOGG
12 Dec 1652  Hampton, NH		 9 Dec 1663 Hampton, NH
4. Esther Shaw Jun 1638 Cambridge, Mass.
5. Mary Shaw 26 Nov 1639 Cambridge, Mass Jan 1640 Cambridge, Mass.
6. Benjamin Shaw 1641 Cambridge, Mass Esther Richardson
25 May 1663		 17 Jan 1717/18 Hampton, Rockingham, NH
7. Mary Shaw 29 Jul 1645 Thomas Parker
Abt. 1668
8. Deliverance Shaw 1647  Cambridge, Essex, Mass Abraham Tilton
1669 Ipswich, Essex, Mass		 May 1732
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Roger Shaw is first mentioned in history as appearing at General Court from Cambridge, Mass. in 1636.  He was made Freeman in Cambridge in 1638,  having previously bought two hundred aeres of land and built a house on the southside of Arrow street.

From Roger Shaw, 1594-1661 (1904) By Farwell, Harriette Favoretta (Kilborn)

Harleian Records taken from the Register of St. Peter’s, Cornhill, London, Eng.,

“1594, September 1st, Sunday,christening of Roger Shaw, sonne of Ralph Shaw,Vintnor at the Sunne, on Cornhill ; borne Monday ye 26th of August.”

Although it is not positively proven that the christening alluded to was that of the immigrant Roger Shaw above mentioned, yet the probabilities are strongly in favor of such a conclusion, as no subsequent record of him has been found in the old country ; and the fact that he was accounted competent by General Court to be installed Vintnor and Keeper of the Ordinary at Hampton, N. H.,where he finally settled, would seem to imply that he had some previous knowledge of the business.

In 1639, he was drawn juryman, and the following year was elected Town Clerk of Cambridge, Mass. He was also selectman for the same town for the years 1641, 1642, 1648 and 1645.

The settlement of Hampton, NH , (formerly  known as Winnacunnet)  was led by our ancestor Reverend Stephen BACHILER, who had formerly preached at the settlement’s  namesake:  Hampton,  England. It was authorized by General Court in 1638, and incorporated in 1639, Roger Shaw’s name appearing as one of the petitioners. In 1640 he bought of “John Crosse” land in the new town, and 15 Nov 1647 he obtained a grant of lands from Charles I [see discussion in comments] which, included with his former purchase, constituted a large estate. In 1648, he moved to Hampton, selling his real estate in Cambridge, Mass., consisting of a house and two hundred acres of land, and settled on his first purchase, some part of which were still owned by his descendants in the 1880’s.  The original house was enlarged and improved by his son Benjamin and grandson Edward, and was used in colonial times as a garrison . It was taken down, however, sometime in the 1850’s to make room for a “modern one.”

Roger seems to have been a man of prominence among the early settlers, for from 1651 to 1653 he served as Representative to General Court, and was selectman in 1649 and 1654, and filled many other important offices. Controversy arising from the occupancy of lands on the New Hampshire borders by authority of Massachusetts, was, in 1651, carried into General Court adding to the responsibilities of Representatives for that year.  He was also the same year appointed “Commissioner for trying small cases.” On the 20th  of September, 1658, the town of Hampton appointed Roger Shaw first, on a Committee of
three, together with the Town Clerk, “to examine all grants and appointments of lands, highways and such like,and to recorde the same in ye new Towne Book.”

On  9 Feb 1659, the same committee were appointed “to lay out and record convenient highways to men’s land in the towne and to allow satisfaction to the proprietors for the same according to their discretion :” which satisfactionwas to be made from the town’s land.

He was for a time Vintnor and Keeper of the Ordinary in Hampton, and in 1650 Avas empowered and ordered by General Court “to sell wine or any sort of strong liquors to Christians and the Indians, as in his judgment shall seem meet and necessary, on just and urgent occasions, and not otherwise.”

Roger Shaw m. 1st Ann ; 2d, Susanna, widow of William Tilton of Lynn, Mass., who d. January 28, 1655. She was known to have had two sons by her first marriage, namely, Abraham and Daniel Tilton, remembered in the will of Mr. Shaw made August 25, 1660 ; probated August 10, 1661, after his death on May 29th of the same year. His eldest son, Joseph, Avas made sole executor of this will in which he is instructed to pay Abraham and Daniel Tilton their portion according to “Covenant,” when they shall become of age. He also designates “Samuel Fogg and said Joseph as trustees, to order and direct my son Benjamin (then  twenty years old) until he comes to the age of twenty-one years, according to law in all things.”

Children

His “son-in-law” [step-son] Abraham Tilton was apprenticed 5 Dec. 1653 to John Hood, weaver, of Lynn; whose wife Elizabeth, acting under a power of attorney from her husband then is England, released the apprentice 10 Nov. 1656, although she had previously sent him to Peter Tilton, living in Connecticut. [Nor. Rec. I] Samuel Tilton, another of the children of “my late wife Susanna”, received a tract of land from Mr. Shaw April 6, 1660, and receipted in full for his portion 12 June 1661, and for that of his brother Daniel Tilton 13, July 1663.

1. Margaret Shaw

Margaret’s husband Thomas Ward(e) was born 1620 in Filby, Norfolk, England. His parents were Francis Warde and Susanna Browne. Thomas died in 1680 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Thomas was a selectman of Hampton for 8 years.

Shaw records; a memorial of Roger Shaw, 1594-1661 (1904) By Farwell, Harriette Favoretta (Kilborn),

2. Joseph Shaw

Joseph’s wife Elizabeth Partridge was born 14 Feb 1643 in Salisbury, Mass. Her parents were William Partridge and Ann Gerrish. Elizabeth died in 1702

3. Ann SHAW (See Samuel FOGG‘s page)

6. Benjamin Shaw

Benjamin’s wife Esther Richardson was born 1645 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Her parents were Ezekiel Richardson and Susanna Bradford. Her grandparents were Thomas RICHARDSON and Katherine DUXFORD. Benjamin died 16 May 1736 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

7. Mary Shaw

Mary’s husband Thomas Parker was born 1634 in Biddeford, Maine. His parents were John PARKER and Mary CROCOMBE. Thomas died 13 Nov 1684 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine.

Thomas Parker  of whom but little information has been gleaned. In 1640, land was granted to wid. Judith Parker of Hampton, who, it is presumed, was his mother. At a Town meeting in the spring of 1663, “liberty was granted to Thomas Parker to come into the town and follow his trade,” (that of shoemaker) although for some reason not recorded, there was a dissenting vote of nine prominent men*. They removed finally to Reading, Mass. Children’s names (no dates obtained) were Samuel, Sarah, Deborah, Abigail, Ruth, Elizabeth.

Thomas lived and died in Georgetown, ME. Had about 1/3 of the island now known as Georgetown facing the sea.

8. Deliverance Shaw

Deliverance’s husband Abraham Tilton was born 1638 in Lynn, Essex, Mass. His parents were William Tilton and Susannah [__?__]. Abraham died 28 Mar 1728 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass.

When Deliverance and Abraham married in 1669. Susannah was Deliverance’s step-mother.

Deliverance  whose birth is not mentioned in any of the public records,  according to “Savage” married Abraham Tilton, at Kittery Me., 1669. Her will, dated Nov. 9, 1730, and probated July 2, 1733, names sons, Abraham, Samuel and Isaac ; daughters, Sarah Martin ; Mary, widow of Tristram Brown ; and Rebecca, widow of Thomas Durges. First kinsmen, John Lamb, and Abigail, widow of John Bell.

Sources:

Roger Shaw Bio – Shaw records; a memorial of Roger Shaw, 1594-1661 (1904) By Farwell, Harriette Favoretta (Kilborn),

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

http://www.hamptonhistoricalsociety.org/foundpk.htm#list

Shaw records; a memorial of Roger Shaw, 1594-1661 (1904) By Farwell, Harriette Favoretta (Kilborn), Mrs., 1834- [from old catalog]

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Samuel Fogg

Posted on June 20, 2010 by markeminer

Samuel FOGG (1628 – 1672) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miller line.

Immigrant Ancestor

Samuel Fogg was born on 1 Jan 1627/28 in Exeter, Devon, England. His parents were  John FOGG b: in Epping, Essex, England  and  Mary LEGATE b: in Theydon, Essex, England. He married Ann SHAW on 12 Dec 1652 in Hampton, NH.  After Ann died, he married Mary Page on 28 Dec 1665 in Hampton, NH. Samuel died 15 Apr 1672 in Hampton,NH.

In 1646 he was apprenticed to his uncle, John Legate and in 1647 (with 5 years to serve) to William Fuller of Hampton.  Samuel sued Fuller for not teaching him the locksmith trade and Samuel was “bound over to expert locksmith Isaac Cosen of Rowley for the remaining period”.  He was a Hampton proprietor in 1650, a freeman Oct 3, 1654 and a selectman 1655/63.  In 1658 he recieved several land grants and bought Capt. Christopher Hussey’s original homestead at Bride’s Hill, the Anthony Emery place of 1893; the large farm has never been conveyed by deed but has passed down from generation to generation by virtue of the original grant.  He belonged to the Congregational Church.  Mary joined in May 29, 1698.  He was a constable in 1660.

Fogg Stone, Founders Park, Hampton, New Hampshire

Hampton, NH Founders Park

Alternatively,  Samuel was born in Theydon, Essex, England and his parents

Ann Shaw was born 6 Jun 1636 in Cambridge, Mass.  Alternatively, Ann was born Apr 1632 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England.  Her parents were Roger SHAW and Ann [__?__].  Ann died 9 Dec 1663 Hampton, NH.

Mary Page was born about 1644 in Hampton, NH. Her parents were Robert Page and Lucy Ward.  Mary died 8 Mar 1699/1700.

Children of Samuel and Mary:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Samuel Fogg 25 Dec 1653 Hampton, NH Hannah Marston
19 Dec 1676 Hampton, Rockingham, NH		 19 Oct 1710
Alloways Creek, Salem County, NJ
2. Joseph Fogg 25 Mar 1656 Hampton, NH 17 Apr 1660
Hampton, NH
3. John Fogg 15 Jul 1658 Hampton, NH. 21 Apr 1660
Hampton, NH
4. Daniel Fogg 12 Jun 1660 Hampton, NH Hannah Libby
1684
.
Anne Bacon
1713		 9 Jun 1755
Kittery, York County, Maine
5. Mary FOGG 1 May 1662 Hampton, Rockingham, NH George HARDY Jr.
24 Nov 1686 Newbury, Mass		 8 Aug 1707 Newbury, Mass.
(Alternatively, Kittery, ME)

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Children of Samuel and Mary Page

Name Born Married Departed
6. Seth Fogg 28 NOV 1666 Hampton, Rockingham, NH Sarah Shaw
1686 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
7. James Fogg 18 Apr 1668 Hampton, Rockingham, NH Mary Burren
9 Jan 1695 Hampton, Rockingham, NH		 7 Jun 1760 Hampton, Rockingham, NH
8. Hannah Fogg 6 APR 1671 Hampton, NH 22 Jun 1680
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

There is a tradition that two brothers came with him. There were two others in Massachusetts , but their relationship has not been established, James Fogg was living in Gloucester in 1648.   Ralph Fogg came from Dedham, Essex, England , was the first at Plymouth , then at Salem.

Hampton NH was settled in 1638 by a group of parishioners led by Reverend Stephen BACHILER, who had formerly preached at the settlement’s  namesake:  Hampton,  England.

Samuel came to Hampton within a few years of its settlement.  He obtained about one hundred acres of land, remained there through his life. This land, it is said, has never been conveyed by deed, but has been passed down through his descendants to the present  generation by virtue of the original grant.

Our ancestos’ lots are underlined in red. Samuel Fogg’s lot was on today’s Park Ave. — Map of the homes of the original settlers of Hampton, NH, recreated from published maps and ancient records in 1892

  • Lafayette Road, and Winnacunnet Road, Hampton, NH on Google Maps
  • The main road going horizontally across the top of the map then, at right, angling down to the right corner, is today’s Winnacunnet Road. At the bottom right corner it leads “To The Sea”.
  • Today’s Lafayette Road/Route One starts in the top left and goes vertically down (south) into the thicker road, then about 2/3 of the way down angles sharply off to the left corner in the small road reading “To Salisbury”. That road today is pretty much straight as an arrow north to south.
  • Midway down that same road a small road angles off to the left that reads “To Drake Side”. That is today’s Drakeside Road.
  • The fat road leading from the point where Route One angles off “To Salisbury” to the right and its meeting with Winnacunnet Road, is today’s Park Ave.
  • The two roads leading off the bottom of the map both say “To the Landing”, and at the time were both ends of a single road that went in a loop. Today they are still there, called Landing Road, but are cut off in the middle by a new highway.
  • Lastly the small road in the top right is Mill Road.

First called the Plantation of Winnacunnet, Hampton was one of four original New Hampshire townships chartered by the General Court of Massachusetts, which then held authority over the colony. “Winnacunnet” is an Algonquian Abenaki word meaning “pleasant pines” and is the name of the town’s high school.

In March 1635, Richard Dummer and John Spencer of the Byfield section in Newbury, came round in their shallop, came ashore at the landing and were much impressed by the location. Dummer, who was a member of the General Court, got that body to lay its claim to the section and plan a plantation here. The Massachusetts General Court of March 3, 1636 ordered that Dummer and Spencer be given power to “To presse men to build there a Bound house”.

The town was settled in 1638 by a group of parishioners led by Reverend Stephen Bachiler, who had formerly preached at the settlement’s namesake:Hampton, England.  Incorporated in 1639, the township once included Seabrook, Kensington, Danville, Kingston, East Kingston, Sandown, North Hampton and Hampton Falls.

He was a soldier in King William’s war, and was much honored as a townsman, having served as selectman in 1655 and 1663, besides filling minor offices.

30 Jan 1647 at court in Ipswich, MA “John Legate in behalf of Samuell Fogg, his kinsman, vs. William Fuller of Hampton. For not teaching him the trade of a locksmith. He had four more years to serve. To be bound for the remainder of his time to Isaack Cosen, an expert smith of Rowley”. Samuel was allowed 30/ costs and 2/ for ferriage.  William Fuller was a planter and locksmith. Samuel was first apprrenticed to him Sept. 1646 by his kinsman Mr. John Legate.

Samuel was an apprentice locksmith.  Here a gunsmith  soots a brass lock with a guttering candle.

“William Fuller of Hampton, having had notice of the order of court putting out his servant Samuel Fogg to Isacck Couzens of Rowley, an expert smith, to learn his trade and presented his servant to the court and was thus relieved.”  Isaac was a gunsmith and locksmith and arrived in Rowley with his wife Elizabeth in 1644 when he bought the house and blacksmith shop of Edmund Bridges. In June 1652 he sold his property and received a grant in Haverhill and was a blacksmith there.

Samuel was a witness for his new master the next year and was made a freeman 3 Oct. 1654.

Capt. Christopher Hussey of Hampton sold to Steven Sanborne and Samuel Fogge for £70 a house and lot in Hampton 10 Aug. 1651.

Aug 1653 – Samuel bought one share in cow common from Jonathan Redman and another share from Henry Roby.

His first home was bought from Capt. Christopher Hussey and he received grants of land in 1658 which included a quarter acre on the Hampton Meeting House Green, given to him by Roger Shaw, who had become his Father-in-law in 165

In 1658 a review of the old grants was made:

“1 Impris: Eight Acres & Halfe of upland bought of Mr. Hussey, being the one half of His grant in the East field lying between the medow of the sd Samuel Fogg towards the East and the land of Wiliam Moulton sometimes Mr. Husses towards the West, abutting upon the High Waye towards the East & the land of Will. Sanborn towards the West bee it more or less as it is layd outt.

3. Itt. A quarter of an acre of land in the Meeting house green the wh was granted to John Cross sometimes of Hampton, & by the sd John Crosse sould unto Roger Shaw by the sd Roger Shaw given to Samll Fogge and so appointed by the town to ly adjoining to that peece of land whereupon his House standeth wch was formerly Mr. Husseys: being bounded with the sayd peece of land towards the South & otherwise soe bounded with the Meetinghouse Green, more or less as it is layd outt.”(2)

1663 – Joseph Shaw of Hampton, planter sold to Samuel 10 acres of marsh in Hampton.

1663  – He drew Lot # 60 for 100 acres.  In 1893 this land was still in the Fogg Family having been transferred without Deed from generation to generation for 230 years.

Dow’s History of Hampton, NH”Owners of the Shares in the Cow Common, March 23, 1663………Origl rights  and how their titles were derived from the original owners.The Almes Lot   Samuel Fogg, 1 share bought of John Redman. Isaac Perkins      Samuel Fogg, 1 share bought of Henry Roby
————-” Bounties for New Settlements””…

After the lapse of a quarter of a century from the first settlement of the town, the population was still confined to the part of the territory lying near the seacoast; but now there was on the part of many of the inhabitants a desire that other portions should be occupied. When the New Plantation had been laid out a little more than a year, the town, for the purpose of procuring its immediate settlement, agreed upon a measure that seemed likely, to some extent at least, to effect an object so desirable. As an inducement for persons to settle there, it was voted, November 24, 1664, that any who would give in their names to the selectmen should be allowed to take up twenty acres of land to a man, for house lots, on condition that they would make use of their lots, for this purpose, within twelve months. Soon afterwards (December 9), permission was given to such of the inhabitants as had land granted to them in the township near Great pond, to take up ten acres each in Ashing swamp, between Ass brook and the township, which should be laid out at the discretion of the lot-layers, and should be accounted as so much of the land granted to them. The plan however, did not prove successful, and a few years afterward it was thought expedient to offer other and greater inducements. It was then voted, that those inhabitants of the town, who would give in their names at a meeting to be holden for that purpose, and agree to improve land at the New Plantation, by building upon it and fencing it, should be allowed to take up forty acres apiece, to begin at the northern part of the western boundry, next to Exeter, and have their lots laid thence homeward towards the town, provided that none of them should extend more than three-quarters of a mile eastward of Ass brook. This was April 14, 1669. Twelve men accepted the terms, and the town voted that lots should be laid out for them in two divisions. These twelve men were: William Sanborn, Abraham Perkins, Sen. Samuel Fogg, Nathaniel Batchelder, John Moulton, Morris Hobbs, William Marston, John Smith (the cooper), Henry Moulton, Robert Smith, Anthony Taylor, Thomas Marston.”

14 Apr 1669 – Twelve men including Samuel received 40 acres to be improved beginning at the western boundary at Exeter and extending towards town.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SAMUEL FOGG

In the name of God I Samuel ffog of Hampton in the county of Norfolke being of very weake and infirme in Body but of sound undrestanding and of a Disposing mind Doe make this my last will & testament as followith. I Sollemly Comitt my soule unto Almighty God the father of Spirits and my fraile and weake Body unto the Earth from whence itt was taken to bee buried in such Decientt manner at my Executors hereafter mentioned shall appoint.

And for whatt Estate the Lord of his bounty hath bestowed upon mee in this word my will is a followith

1st I Give and Bequeath Unto Mary my Beloved wife…During the terme of Her naturall life as her dowry the one Halfe of my Salt marsh which lyeth on this side ofthe falls Riber towards the towne the which was formerly the marsh of Roger Shaw and so much of the five Acres in the little comon as will make up Her thirds of all the marsh in my possesion.

Itt. I Give Unto mary my wife for her Improvement the one Halfe of Eight Acres of plantingland in the Ease field viz thatt partt thatt which lieth towards william Samborns Land towards the north so much as will make up her thirds of the Uplands att the South Eng of my House Lott.

Itt. I give unto my wife Mary the west end of my Dwelling House duering the terme of her widdowhood & no longer, butt if shee shall remove her dwelling from thence in the time of her widowhood then the whole house to bee leatt with the lands by my executors untill my eldest sonn shall come to the age of twenty one years, and then my eldest sonn is to possess itt and pay unto Mary her thirds of the rentt.

Itt. I give unto Mary my wife two cows & the whitt Rone mar and whatt household stuff she brought into the house with her or whatt beding or other household stuff she hath elsewhear to bee & remain to her & her heirs for ever.

Itt. I give & bequeath unto my eldest son Sammuell fog the other two thirds of my land marshes & meadows & comonage the which he is to enter upon & possess when he shall come to the age of twenty & one years, butt shall nott have full power in selling or disposing of said estate withoutt the consentt of my executors until hee shall come to the age of twenty four years.

Itt. I gove unto my son Samuell Foge all my housing & bame & out housing the which he is to enter upon & posess att the age of twenty one years paying the thirds of the rentt for the house to my wife duering the time of her widowhood and for my stock of cattle & other moveable & tooles & implements of husbandry nott otherwisw disposed of ny this my last will they are to bee improved & renewed att the discression of my executors so as shall the stock my bee maintained & nott wasted imbasteled until my sone shall come to the age of twenty one years and then to bee and remaine to him & att his disposall payeing those following Legacies.

Itt. I give & bequeath unto my son Daniell Fogg the some of fifteen pound to be payd by my son Samll Fogg when Daniel shall arrive to the Age of twenty one years.

Itt. I give unto my daugthter Mary fog one featherbed & one feather boulster & one pillow & two blankets and one of them a Red blankit and two payer of sheets which were her mothers.

Itt. to my daughter mary one Brtass pay & three puter platters and som other puter & Earthin Dishes which were her Mothers, and those Goods being prized to my Daughter Mary my son Samuel is to make Up the some of fifteen pound to Her when she shall Come to the Age of twenty one years or att Her marriag which shall Happen first.

Itt. I doe Give Unto my son Daniel fogg the other third partt of my Land, which he is to Enter Upon & poses att my wives Decease & within one year after to pay the some of fifteen pounds back Unto my son Samuel if hee hath Received itt before the land fall to him.

Itt. I Give Unto my son Daniel fog my two new puter platter & a puter Bason.

Itt. I Give Unto my son Samuel Fog my two tables & one bed & one bed stead & one Greatt Chayer & three Chests and one new Greene Rug and a sute of Curtins, and one fowling piece and all the Rest of my household stuff I Give and bequeath Unto mary my wife & to the three Children which I have by her.

Itt. I Give Unto my son Seath Foge the some of Six pound to bee payed to Him by my son Samuel when he shall come to the Age of twenty one years.

Itt. I Give unto my son James Fog the some of Six pound to be payed shen he shall come to the Age of twenty one years to be payed by my son Samuell.

Itt. I Doe Give Unto my youngest Daughter Hannah Fog the some of Six pound to bee payed by my son Samuell when she shall come to the Age of twenty one years and if her marriag shall Happen Sooner then to bee payed att her Day of Marriag.

And my will is thatt if my Eldest Son should Die withoutt Heirs of his owne body thatt then His portion of land to Descend to my next son, and if any of my other Children should die withoutt issue thatt then Their portion shall be devided amongst the Rest of my children thatt shall Survive.

And I Doe by these Appoint my Loving Father in Law Robertt Page and my loving Friends William Fuller & Nathaniell Bachelder to bee my Lawfull Executors to this my Last will & Testamentt: to see thatt the same bee performed according to the Tru Intentt & meaning hereof and if God shall take away any of them thatt if god pmitt they shall Have power & Liberty to make Choyce of whom shall suply in his or their place inpoint of Executorship and I Doe appoint my Loving Brother Thomas Ward & my loving Friend Samuell Dalton to bee as overseers to his my will who Have the lime power to make Choice Choyce of suply in their places in Cause of Death or Removall.

I Affix my Hand & Seal as my last will this ninth Day of Hanuary 1671.

The inventory of his estate 3 May 1672 amounted to £249/19/0.

Children

1. Samuel Fogg

Samuel’s wife Hannah Marston was born 21 Aug 1656 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Her parents were William Marston and Rebecca Page. Hannah died 24 Dec 1701 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Samuel Jr. was ten when his mother died. He had a young stepmother, 9 years older than he, Mary Page. He was 19 when his father died and 21 when he inherited 2/3 of his father’s land and the house. He was to pay varying amounts of money to the younger children when they reached age 21. His stepmother was given the west end of the house during her widowhood or as long as she chose to live there. Samuel married at age 23 on 19 Dec 1676, Hannah Marston. He served in the Indian Wars, King Phillips War and King Williams War. He moved south when in his 40’s. When he came to Salem County, he had meetings of the Baptists in his home, and he and son, Daniel, were instrumental in the start of Mill Hollow Baptist which later became First Baptist of Salem, NJ.  The area was predominantly Quaker, but neither Hannah nor Samuel appear to have been Quakers, for their names are not found in the Quaker records.

4. Daniel Fogg

Daniel’s first wife Hannah Libby was born 1655 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine. Her parents were John Libby and Judith [__?__]. Hannah died in 1733 in Kittery, York, Maine.

Daniel’s second wife Anne Bacon was born 9 Apr 1677 in Barnstable, Mass. Her parents were Samuel Bacon and Margaret Foxwell. She first married to 6 May 1697 Edward Gilman (b. 1675 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey – d. 1715 in Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey).

Daniel was 12 years old when his father dies in Hampton. He learned the trade of blacksmith. At age 22, he settled at Spurwick Rover, Scarboro, Maine, and later Black Point, where he received several grants of land. In 1690 the Indians leased them out. In 1699 Daniel and the Libbys lived side by side in Eliot (Kittery), Maine. The lands were on the Old Road, an ancient Indian Trail and the most ancient white man’s path in Maine. His home site was near several springs. The stern view from his house was a mile wide river of great beauty. Daniel was 6’1″ tall, with fine physique, handsome and had a strong character which lead him to various public offices. In 1714 he was chosen constable of Kittery. He was one of seven men who organized a church in 1721. He died in 1755, aged 95 years.

5. Mary FOGG (See George HARDY Jr.’s page)

6. Seth Fogg

Seth’s wife Sarah Shaw was born 22 Jun 1669 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Her parents were Benjamin Shaw and Esther Richardson. Sarah died 10 Apr 1756 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Seth settled in Hampton, was admitted into the church there Jan. 17, 1697.

7. James Fogg

James’ wife Mary Burren was born in 1670 in Kittery, York, Maine. Her parents were George Burren and Saarah [__?__]. Mary died 14 Oct 1750 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Sources:

Shaw records; a memorial of Roger Shaw, 1594-1661 (1904) By Farwell, Harriette Favoretta (Kilborn),

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

http://fam.eastmill.com/i518.htm

http://genforum.genealogy.com/fogg/messages/302.html

http://www.hamptonhistoricalsociety.org/foundpk.htm#list

New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the …, Volume 1 edited by William Richard Cutter 1915

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Capt. George Hardy Sr

Posted on June 19, 2010 by markeminer

Capt George HARDY Sr (1633 – 1694) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miller line

George Hardy Sr was born in 1633 in England.  His parents were John HARDY and Olive COUNCIL. He married Mary JACKSON in 1666 in Isle of Wight, Virginia.  He died in 1694 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Immigrant Ancestor

Mary Jackson was born in 1640 in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Her parents were Richard JACKSON and Mary BENNETT. Mary died in 1693.

Children of George and Mary:

Name Born Married Departed
1. George HARDY Jr. 1661
Hampton, Rockingham, NH		 Mary FOGG
24 Nov 1686 in Newbury		 6 Dec 1694
Newbury, Mass.
2. Mary Hardy 1666
Isle Of Wight		 [__?__] Jarett
1684 in Isle Wight, Virginia		 5 Mar 1692/93
Isle Of Wight
3. Katherine Hardy 1670 1719
4. Thomas Hardy 1670
Isle Of Wight		 Mary Peter
1719 in Surry, Virginia		 7 Jan 1710/11
5. Sarah Anne Hardy 1674
Isle of Wight		 Charles Pitt
1699 Virginia		 1748
Isle of Wight Co., Virginia
6. Richard Hardy 1675
Isle of Wight		 Mary Chambers 4 Mar 1756
Isle of Wight

The Hardy’s were 30th generation descendents of Emperor Charlemagne.

George Hardy was the owner of several large estates in Isle of Wight and Surry Counties, and had interest in several vessels.  He was a liberal supporter of the Established Church of England.  And came to the Colonies before 1654.

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Immigrant Ancestors, edited by Frederick Adams Virkus, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1980, p.36

George Hardy, (1633-1693), from Eng. to Isle of Wight Co, VA., c1660; burgess, 1642-52; m. Mary Jackson

(Hardy and Hardie Past and Present, H. Claude Hardy and Rev. Edwin Noah Hardy, The Syracuse Typesetting Co., Syracuse, NY 1935, pp.238-239)

Captain George Hardy came from England before his parents about 1650. He was the owner of the Old Hardy Mill in Isle of Wight County, which is still standing. He owned large estates in both Isle of Wight and Surry Counties and had an interest in several vessels. He was a liberal supporter of the established Church.

Adventurers of Purse and Persons VA 1607-1625, Compiled and edited by Annie Lash Jester, 1956, p 271.:

Captain George Hardy’s wife was Mary, dau. of Mr. Richard Jackson; late of the county, deceased 19 June 1666. Source; Early Wills and Deeds, Isle of Wight County.  “Records of divers will, deeds, conveyances and other ancient writings collected from the primary old records which lay unbound in the clerk’s office”  Transcribed in the 1773″ by James baker, clerk.  Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600-1800s.  Article reproduced on Broderbund Software’s Family Archive CD #174 (Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s).

Mary Jackson (Elizabeth, Alice Pierce) to whom, with her sisters Sarah, their grandmother deeded 150 acres of land in Isle of Wight county, 1647, married Captain George Hardy, who in 1648 had patented land across the creek from Alice Bennett.  George Hardy, who made a deposition 9 April 1670 stating that he was 37 years of age, named in his will, 5 March 1693/94 – 9 June 1696, Isle of Wight two sons, two daughters and grandchildren.

Will of George G. Hardy – Legatees in the Will of George G. Hardy; son Richard, youngest son Thomas, daughters Marg. & Sarah, 2 grandchildren Rich & Geo Jarett

In the Name of God Amen, I  George Hardy being very sick and weak in body but…and memory Revoking all form and other wills forhere make my last will & testament in manor and form as follows.  First I give…my soul to God that gave it me; and my body to the earth from whence it was taken and for all my worldly goods as follows –

Impr.  I give and bequeath unto my son Rich. Hardy Sovon hundred acres of my Isle of Wight County and one hundred and fifty acres in Surrey belonging to ye Mill to him and his Heirs forever…

Item. I give and bequeath to my youngest son tho. Hardy Sovon Hundred and fifty acres of land in surrey County to him and his heirs forever…

Item.  I give and bequeath to my two grandchildren, Rich. & Geo Jarrott..

I give to my two daughters Marg. and Sarah each of them a gome of a hog of..

Signed George G. Hardy

Hardy Mill

Hardy’s Mill in 1937  Historic marker at the intersection of Hwy 10 and Wrenn’s Mill 
states that the mill “had been dismantled in the 1990’s”..

The mill was on  Wrenns Millpond (Google Map), Hardy, Isle of Wight, Virginia 23430. 20 miles south of Jamestown and a couple miles west of the James River

1937 WPA Historical Inventory Report on Hardy’s Mill

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Children

1. George HARDY Jr. (See his page)

2. Mary Hardy

Mary’s husband [__?__] Jarett was born 1660 in Isle Wight, Virginia,

4. Thomas Hardy

Thomas’ wife Mary Peter was born 1677 in Isle Wight, Virginia. Her parents were Moses Peter and Sarah Mathews. Mary died in 1721 in Surry, Virginia.

Thomas Hardy inherited the famous Hardy Mill. He had large estates in Isle of Wight and Surry Counties. He took a prominent and active interest in religious and public affairs.

5. Sarah Anne Hardy

Sarah’s husband Charles Pitts was born in 1667 in Isle Of Wight County, VA. His parents were Henry Pitt and Mary Galloway. He died in 1750 in Surry, Virginia.

Charles assumed the name Pitts instead of Pitt. In his Will he left his wife two cows, daughter Milea dishes and plates, daughter Lucy dishes, etc., and the remainder to his son Joseph and named Joseph as executor.

Sarah Ann’s aunt Olive Hardy was the wife of Charles’ uncle Col. John Pitt.

6. Richard Hardy

Richard’s wife Mary Chambers was born 1710 in Virginia. Her parents were William Chambers and Olive Ruffin. Mary died in 1756

Sources:

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

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lzrslong/b2064.htm

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guyasims/pafg31.htm

Hardy and Hardie Past and Present, H Claude Hardy & Rev Edwin Noah Hardy, The Syracuse Typesetting Co, Syracuse, NY 1935,

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=20975743

http://www.retracing-our-family-legacy.com/Hardy_Mill.html

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George Hardy

Posted on June 19, 2010 by markeminer

George HARDY Jr (1661 – 1694) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather; one of 1,024 in this generation of the Miller line

George Hardy was born in 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH.  Many genealogies say parents were George HARDY Sr. and Mary JACKSON, but don’t say how he got from Virginia to New Hampshire.  

There were other Hardys in New England.  Thomas Hardy, who was one of twelve men specially chosen by Governor Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633 to settle a plantation at Agawam, now Ipswich, signed a protest against the departure of John Winthrop, Jr., to go to Connecticut soon after the settlement was completed, and became a most influential citizen. His brother John, of Salem, Massachusetts, was Town Clerk in 1674… (“Hardy and Hardie, Past and Present”, 1935, Authored by H. Claude Hardy, Ph.D. of White Plains, N.Y. and Rev. Edwin Noah Hardy, Ph.D., of Greenwitch, Connecticut, excerpts from pages 18-21)

George married Mary FOGG 24 Nov 1686 in Newbury, Mass. George died 6 Dec 1694 in Newbury, Mass.

Mary Fogg was born 1 May 1662 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH.  Her parents were Samuel FOGG and Ann SHAW.  After George died, she married Benjamin Poore on 13 Apr 1696 in Newbury, Mass and had two more children. Mary died 8 Aug 1707 in Newbury, Mass.

Benjamin Poore was born 22 Feb 1666 in Essex, Essex, Mass. His parents were Samuel Poore and Rebecca Church. After Mary died, Benjamin married (2)  Dorothy Pillsbury 24 Feb 1707/08 in Newbury, Essex, MA.  She was born 09 Apr 1675 in Newbury, Essex, MA, and died 25 Mar 1755 in Newbury, Essex, MA. Benjamin died 1 DEC 1737 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Children of Joseph and Mary:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Mary HARDY 2 Feb 1691/92
Newbury, Mass		 Joseph LOWELL
6 Dec 1707
Newbury, Mass		 4 Nov 1747
Salisbury, Mass

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Children of Mary and Benjamin Poore:

Name Born Married Departed
2. Sarah Poore 6 Sep 1697 Newbury, Mass Philip Flood
1 Mar 1721/22
Newbury, Mass.
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Richard Drain (Urain)
22 Nov 1742
Newbury, Mass.
3. Ann Poore 31 Oct 1700
Newbury, Mass.		 Edmund Cheney
16 Sep 1748 Newbury, Mass.		 15 Jul 1762 “of Consumption & Dropsy.”

Early New England Hardys

Thomas Hardy was born in England, in about 1605, and died in Bradford, Massachusetts, Jan  4, 1677.  Most of the writers of Hardy history agree that he came to America with Governor Winthrop in 1630.  Unfortuantly the passenger list of that fleet of eleven ships bringing about 1,000 persons was lost.  Later immigrants are accounted for and so we can safely assume that he was with that group.  In 1732/33 , Thomas Hardy and his wife were among the thirteen families who joined in the settlement of Afawam, under the leadership of John Winthrop, Jr.  The members of this party had been carefully selected by the Board of Assisants of the Bay State, before Jan. 17, 1732/33.  They were young men who were friends.

This new settlement of Agawam, later known as Ipswich, was important, for the French were pushing in and the Bay Colony knew it was necessary to occupy the area.  As there were no roads, the trip would have had to be made in small boats along the coast.  Presumably their wives did not accompany them at first.  Agawam had been cleared by the Indians and hence it was not the wilderness home that many early settlers knew.

The first house was erected by “Thomas Hardee”, probably in 1634.  He and his wife were members of the church which was organized in Ipswich.

In 1653, he moved to Rowley, later known as Groveland.  Ten years later he moved to Bradford, where he owned one thousand acres of exceptionally good land.  In 1676, Thomas and two sons, Thomas, Jr. and John, gave two acres of land for the village church in Bradford.  Lydia, his first wife (maiden name unknown), was buried in Haverhill, and he was buried in the Old burial ground in Bradford.  His second wife, Ann (maiden name unknown) survived him by eleven years.

Children of Thomas Hardy and Lydia Lyd possibilities for George’s real father, they would have been the right age:

i. Thomas Hardy (1635 – 1716) m. Mercy Tenney (1644 – 1730)

ii. Sarah Hardy (1637 – 1684)

iii. Corporal Joseph Hardy (1642 – 1727) Called “Corporal”, no record of his wife or children.  He willed his property in 1723 to the children of his brother, Jacob, especially mentioning his nephew Joseph, but reserved the use of it for himself until his death.  He probably was the “Joseph Hardy” admitted to the Bradford church on June 26 1720.

iv. Deacon William Hardy (1643 – 1728) m. 3 May 1678 in Bradford, Mass to Ruth Tenney (1653 – 1689)

v. Mary Hardy (1644 – 1678)

vi. John Hardy (1646 – 1715) m. 2 Apr 1667 in Bradford, Mass to Mary Jackman (1644 – 1689)

vii. Jacob Hardy (1649 – 1706) m. 1685 Haverhill, Mass to Lydia Eaton (1662 – 1737)

George took the “Oath of Allegiance” in 1678.

Children

1. Mary HARDY (See Joseph LOWELL‘s page)

2. Sarah Poore

Sarah’s first husband Philip Flood was born 24 APR 1700 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Philip Flood and Mary Carteret.

Sarah’s second husband Richard Drain (Urain)

3. Ann Poore

Ann’s husband Edmund Cheney was born 29 Jun 1696 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were John Cheney and Mary Chute. His grandparents were James CHENEY and Mary WOOD. He first married before 1715 to Mary Plummer (b. 1694 in Rowley, Mass – d. 28 Jun 1748 Newbury) Edmund died 14 Mar 1761 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Edmund and Ann were members of the Byfield Parish church, and there their children were baptized. He was bred to the business of a miller and fuller. His father conveyed to him a house and land in the town of Newbury at the outset of his business career; but he had the spirit of adventure, and in 1723 sold this, and removed to the Squadron river in Weston [aftwerward Sudbury,” buying a place of Josiah Brewer Dec. 4, 1723. Here he ground the farmers’ grain, carded and fulled their cloth for some years, but returned about 1730 to his old home, where he finished his days. He d. “of a Consumptive Disorder” March 14, 1761, having lived an upright, enterprising, useful life.

Sources:

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

http://newbury.essexcountyma.net/hardy.htm

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=20976194

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3623217/person/-1669159464

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John Goodale

Posted on June 19, 2010 by markeminer

John GOODALE (1563 -1625 )  was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line.

John Goodale born about 1563 in Downham Norfolk, England.  He was the son of Thomas GOODALE. He married Bridget Portler on 21 Sep 1588 at Downham, England.  Bridget  bore him seven children and was buried at Downham on 24 Nov 1607.  After Bridget died, but before 1610 he married a young widow, Elizabeth PARLETT.  John was a chandler of Stadsett, Great Yarmouth, England and died there  7 Jul 1625.

John Goodale – Coat of Arms

Bridget Portler was born 1567 in Stradsett, Norfolk, England. Bridget Portler’s  family were yeomen from Stradsett, a parish two or three miles east of Downham. A review of a number of Portler contemporary wills do not make a connected pedigree as Bridgett Portler is not mentioned in these wills. Bridget died 24 Nov 1607 in Downham, Norfolk, England

Elizabeth Parlett was born 1584 in Stradsett, Norfolk, England.  She was a widow when she married John Goodale, but the first name of her Taylor husband is not known and the two Taylor children, Peter and Susan, were not baptized in Downham.   Elizabeth came to  Newbury, Mass on the Mary Anne in 1637. With her came Ann, Susanna, Joanna and Elizabeth. John was a chandler [one who made or sold candles].  Elizabeth died 8 Apr 1647 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.  Administer of her estate granted March 27, 1648, and re-affirmed by General Court 31 May, 1652, to her sons-in-law Abraham Toppan and John Lowle.

The Parletts were also from Stradsett and in the process of raising from yeomanry to gentry. The Parletts were related to the Portlers as their wills show but examination of nine of these wills fails to identify Elizabeth Parlett Taylor Goodale. There was a relationship between the Parletts and the Goodales with Francis and William Parlett being witnesses of Richard Goodale’s will. As such the date of birth and ancestry of Elizabeth Parlett is uncertain.

Children of John and Bridget Portler are:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Frances Goodale 28 Jan 1590 William Marsten of Martham, Norfolk Aug 1652
Hemsby, Norfolk
2. Ellen Goodale 28 Apr 1591 prior to 1625
3. John Goodale 10 Mar 1593 31 May 1593
Downham
4. Richard Goodale 29 Jun 1594 Dorothy Whittrents  1666 Salisbury, Mass.
5. Thomas Goodale 25 Nov 1596 10 Dec 1596 at Downham
6. Rebecca Goodale  2 Jul 1598 Walter Moorefleete
21 Jun 1626 Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
7. Elizabeth Goodale  c. 1600 2 Jan 1603 Dowmham
8. Joanna Goodale  c. 1604 4 Jun 1677 Newbury, Mass
9. Ann Goodale 1608 Downham Edward French 9 Mar 1682/83 Salisbury, Mass.
10. Susanna Goodale 1607 Norwich Abraham Tappan 20 Mar 1688/89 Newbury, Mass.

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Children of John and Elizabeth:

Name Born Married Departed
11. John Goodale 11 Nov 1610 Living in England in 1647 when his mother died
12. Christopher Goodale 17 Dec 1611 Living in 1625
13. Elizabeth GOODALE 5 Jun 1614, probably Yarmouth, England. John LOWELL
1640 in Newbury, Mas		 23 Apr 1651 in Newbury, Mass.
14. Thomas Goodale 29 Mar 1616 Not mentioned in his father’s will
15. Hester Goodale 15 April 1618
Yarmouth, England.		 Before 1625
Yarmouth, England.
16. Joseph Goodale 15 Apr 1618 Living in 1625
17. Mordechaus Goodale 11 Oct 1620 Living in 1625
18. Benjamin Goodale 11 October 1620 Before 1625

The family name Goodale  applied to the maker or seller of good ale, i.e., a bewer or tavern keeper.

Our lineage commences with Thomas Goodale, the Elder who was born in the 1530’s and died prior to 03 Oct 1588, Both at Downham, Norfolk which is located in the far western end of the county and a few miles south of Kings Lynn. We know few specifics of his life. However Thomas , the Elder, had a brother, Richard, who made a will on 12 July 1587 which was proved 03 October which does provide a fair amount of information.

Richard Goodale, a tallow chandler of Downham Market, first directed that he be buried in the churchyard of Downham and made misc bequeaths to the poor. He then made a bequest of forty shillings for each of four young men who were not yet twenty years of age, i.e., Robert Goodale, son of Thomas Goodale, the Elder, Richard Goodale, son of John Goodale, and Thomas and William Goodale, sons of Thomas Goodale, the Younger. To John Goodale, son of Thomas Goodale, the Elder, he left a messuage, bought from Richard Danbye, in Downham Market upon condition that he pay Richard Goodale the nine pounds bequeathed to him by John Goodale, his father. He named John Goodale, “my nephew”, his residuary legatee and executor. Witnesses: Fraunces Parlett, William Lyffen, William Parlett. From the above we find that Thomas Goodale, the Elder, had two brothers, i.e.. Richard and John; that Thomas Goodale, the Elder, had three sons, i.e., John, Robert, and Thomas, the Younger; finally, John Goodale, brother of Thomas, the Elder, had a son Richard and that Thomas, the Younger, had two sons, Thomas and William. The commonality of names does create some confusion.

John Goodale was a wealthy chandler (a maker and seller of goods including maybe ale?) Who resided, from about 1613 until his death in 1625, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the famous port of herring fishery. His will, dated 25 June 1625, was proved 24 September 1625 by Elizabeth (Parlett Taylor) Goodale, executrix with power reserved to John Goodale, the son, executor.

John signed a will on 25 Jun 1625.

(John Goodale of Great Yarmouth, chandler, after the usual religious preamble, left to the poor of Yarmouth 30 shillings and the same sum to the poor of Downham. To his son Richard Goodall “if now living,” he gave £6 yearly for life, and £10 at age 35. He made bequests also to daughter Rebecca, “my now wife Elizabeth,” who received “all my houses and lands in Norfolk, Lincolnshire or elsewhere, free and copyhold, until the children I had by her attain the age of 21, she to keep the premises in good repair and educate and maintain the children.” He made bequests to his wife’s children Peter and Susan Taylor, and to his son John Goodall, “my eldest son by this wife,” at age 21 all his lands, houses and fish-houses in Yarmouth and lands in Ormesby, Scroutby, and Potter Heigham, he paying to his brother Richard and sister Rebecca their yearly portions. To his son Christopher he left lands and houses in Downham Market, Denver, Bexwell, and Wimbotsham, at age 21, and to son Joseph all lands and houses in Wybberton, Boston, and Frampton in Lincolnshire at 21, and also £20. To his youngest son Mordechaus, he left the houses and lands of Edward Atfen in Runham and Philbie, and £100 at age 21. His daughter Elizabeth was to have £100 at 21 years or her marriage “if to the liking of her mother and her brother John.” Youngest daughter Marie was to have £100 at age 21 or marriage, which was to be out at 6 per cent interest for her when she reached age 12 until she became 21.

He mentioned also cousin Richard Goodall’s son of Lynn; Mr. George Hardware senior of this town, my loving friend; cousin William Parlett senior of Downham, my cloth gown lined with lamb skins. To John Preste my godson and son to Robert Preste, late of Downham, 20s at age 21. To my maid Marie Underwood, 6s 8d. To John Searles senior of this town, for remembrance of our loves, 20s. To Frances Marston, my daughter, wife of William Marston, late of Martham, in lieu of £55, the residue of £65 which her husband gave me to employ for his wife and children, being part of the money I gave her in marriage, she being under age, and then did promise to insure her an interest in his lands, which he performed not, but sold them away and spent all but this money given to me) £5 a year while she lives and for a year after her death. To William her husband, £10. To John Marston, his son, at 21, if his mother be not living, £20; if she be living to be paid a year after her death, if he be 21. To Marye Marston, at 21 after her mother’s decease, £10. To Elizabeth Marston, another of her daughters, at 18, if her mother is not alive, £10….

To my friend Thomas Williams of Norwich, tailor, 40s and to his wife a gold ring worth 10s at least. To Clement Eade’s wife of Monslye, 10s. To Richard Goodall my son’s two children, 40s each at 21. To Edward Atfen of Runham, 20s. To John Moneby of Downham, my old servant, 40s. To John Parlett’s children of Stradgesett, my wife’s brother, 20s each at 21, that is Nicodemus Parlett and Elizabeth Parlett. To Richard Nuttings of Wilberton and his wife, 20s apiece. Residue to my wife Elizabeth and my son John, and they to be my executors. My well-regarded friend and loving kinsman William Parlett senior of Downham Market, draper, to be supervisor, and I give him my best gown and my best god ring or £5. Witnesses: John Searles, Edward Coxe, Samuel Bowles, Francis Parkins. He was buried on 7 Jul 1625 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. (Buried as “Mr. John Goodale”>) Will (proved) on 24 Sep 1625.

A definitive account of him was published by the late Walter Goodwin Davis, F.A.S.G., in “The American Genealogist”, in 1945. Mr. Davis suggests that John was probably the son of Thomas Goodale “the elder” and a nephew of Richard Goodale, a tallow chandler of Downham Market, who left a will dated 12 July 1587 and proved 3 October 1588, in which named his nephew John Goodale, son of Thomas Goodale the elder. To John he left a messuage (house) in Downham Market that he had bought from Richard Danbye, and he also named him residuary legatee and executor.

Estate of Elizabeth Goodale

Children:

1. Frances Goodale

Frances’ husband William Marsten was born 1590 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England. His parents were Henry Marston and [__?__]. William died 30 Jun 1672 in Hampton Mbc, Norfolk, England

4. Richard Goodale

Richard’s wife Dorothy Whittrents was born in England.

Richard Goodale, called a planter and a turner (lathe operator), soon after settling in Newbury, moved across the Merrimac river to the new town, first call Colchester, and later called Salisbury where he was an original grantee and as such received a grant of land. He was a recipient of further grants of land in 1639, 1643, and 1654. He was a member of the Norfolk County grand jury in 1652 and 1654. Tradition states that Richard was an outstanding great hunter.  He had an Irish servant by the name of Cornelius Conner.

Richard and Dorothy settled in Newbury, MA by about 1638. Richard’s widowed step-mother also lived there. They moved across the Merrimac River to Salisbury by the following year, where they were original settlers. They received more land grants in 1639, 1643, and 1654. Richard was a “turner”. He was a member of the Norfolk grand jury in 1652 and 1654.  Tradition says that he was a great hunter.

After Dorothy’s death, Richard lived with daughter Ann and her husband William Allen who were paid for “diet and attendance”, at 10s. a week from the 3rd of May to the 16th of September 1666.

In Richard’s will he left his goods, housings, lands, orchards, pastures, meadow, either marsh or upland, plow land and any other land and cattle he left to be equally divided between his son and his daughter Ann. He left to his granddaughter Hubberd a cow named Primrose.

6. Rebecca Goodale

Rebecca’s husband Walter Moorefleete was born in 1596.

9. Ann Goodale

Ann’s husband Edward French was born 1590 in England. His parents were Thomas French and Anne Olmstead. Edward died 28 Dec 1674 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass

10. Susanna Goodale

Susanna’s husband Abraham Tappan was born 10 Apr 1606 at Calbridge, Coverham, Yorkshire, England
His father was William Topham, of Calbridge, in the parish of Coverham, Yorkshire, England. Abraham died 5 Nov 1672 at Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Tophan/Topham, used by his grandfather’s generation, and earlier. Tappan, used by his descendants.

He was admitted as a Freeman of Yarmouth, England in 1627, having been apprenticed to Richard Elvyn. He lived for some time

Abraham Toppan, along with his wife Susannah, two children Peter and Elizabeth and maid Anne Goodin emigrated from Great Yarmouth, England to New England in May, 1637, on the ship Marey Anne.

The passenger register reads:

“May: the 10th 1637. The examination of ABRAHAM TOPPAN of Yarmouth, Cooper ageed 31 yeares and Susanna: his wife ageed 30 yeares with two Children Petter: and Elizabeth: and one Mayd Sarvant ANNE GOODIN: ageed 18 yeares and desirous to passe to New England to inhabit.” [Jewson, p. 29.]
Toppan’s mother-in-law also made the journey with them to New England.
Abraham Toppan was admitted to the township of Newbury, Massachusetts on 16 October, 1637. At different times the following year, several lots of land were granted to him, on one of which, he erected his home, near where the town’s meetinghouse was built in 1646.

He served several years as a selectman in Newbury.

During his life it is said he made, “sundry voyages to the Barbadoes, of which one or two were profitable.” In the county records of Salem, Massachusetts, a “sometime servant to Abraham Toppan” testified that “the produce being brought home in sugar, cotton, wool and molasses, which were then commodities rendering great profit, being at twelve pence for wool, sugar at six or eight pence per pound profit – of which he brought great quantities” (Registry of Deeds, Salem.)

He made his will on 30 June, 1670. In it, he speaks of “having done for his son Peter beyond what I have done or can do in proportion for ye rest of my children.” He died 5 November, 1672, in his 66th year, in his home on “Toppan’s Lane.” The home was built around 1670 for his son, Jacob. His widow died 20 March, 1689, aged 82 years. Her mother, Mrs. Goodale, died in Newbury 8 April, 1647.

13. Elizabeth GOODALE (See John LOWELL‘s page)

Sources:

From Abel Hunt 1963 by Walter Goodwin Davis

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

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/u/r/Camella–Turner/BOOK-0001/0002-0022.html

http://stanleyhistory.net/descnarratives/ThomasGoodale.htm

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=128121706&st=1

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Percival Lowell

Posted on June 18, 2010 by markeminer

Percival LOWELL (1571 – 1665)  determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World. and the Lowell clan settled on the North Shore at Newbury after they arrived in Boston 23 June 1639.(See wikipedia article)Percivial was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line.

The Lowells were exceptional among our ancestors having a coat of arms at the time of their immigration

Percival Lowell was born in 1571 in Kingston, Seymour, Somerset, England.  His parents were Richard LOWLE and Ann PERCEVAL.  He married Rebecca [__?__] about 1600 in Bristol, Somerset, England.

Percival Lowell – Memorial

With his wife and sons, John and Richard, and daughters, Joan and Anne, sailed in the “Jonathan” to Newbury, Mass. in 1639.  Joan’s husband, John Oliver, his partner William Gerrish, his clerk Anthony Somerby, Anthony’s brother Henry, and Richard Pole who was apprenticed to son John, all came over with the family.

Percival Lowell’s name is included on the Newbury Settlers Monument

Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop needed solid dependable people to settle the North Shore area as a buffer against the French from Canada and he urged that the Lowells relocate to Newburyport on the Merrimack River, at the border of the failing Province of Maine.  Percival died 8 Jan 1664/65 in Newbury, Mass aged 94.

Alternatively, he was born in Portbury, Somerset, England.

Rebecca [__?__] died 28 Dec 1645 in Newbury, Mass

Children of Percival and Rebecca:

Name Born Married Departed
1. John LOWELL 16 Feb 1605 in Kinston, Seymour, Somerset, England Mary Gooch

Elizabeth GOODALE
1640
Newbury, Mass		 10 Jul 1647 in Newbury, Mass.
2. Richard Lowell 1602, Kingston Seymour, England Margaret [__?__] 5 Aug 1682
Newbury, Mass
3. Benjamin Lowell ca. 1604
4. Joanna Lowell 1609
Bristol, Somerset,
England		 John Oliver
England
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Capt. William Gerrish
7 Apr 1645
Newbury, Mass		 14 Jun 1677
Newbury, Mass
5. Anne Lowell 1612
Somerset,
England		 Thomas Millard
England
1641
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Daniel Peirce
26 Dec 1654 Newbury, Mass.		 27 Nov 1690
Newbury, Mass

In England Percival resided at Kingston-Seymour, Clevedon, Portbury, Weston-in-Gardano, all in Somersetshire, also Bristol of Gloucestershire.
Click to view Google Map of the five locations

Spelling for the Lowell family name was standardized after 1721 by the Rev. John Lowell.  Before that it could be spelled  Lowle, Lowel, Lowle, Lowell, Lowl, Louell, or Louel.

In 1591 the heralds visited Somerset and among those asked to prove their right to a coat of arms and enter their pedigree was John Lowle of the parish of Walton.  He made good on his claims and and his coat and pedigree were duly registered over his signature.  In the 1591 visitation pedigree,  Percival Lowell’s name appears as son and heir of Richard Lowle.  While his parents and grandparents are undoubtedly correct, the geneologist Walter Goodwin Davis has his doubts about the more ancient ancestors this pedigree claims.  According to Davis “The Elizabethan herald were, many of them, excessively obliging.”

They had their well authenticated coat of arms with other evidence of their high position.  See Edward I for the full lineage.   They had a large mercantile establishment in Bristol under the firm name of “Percival Lowle and Co.” This firm was composed of the father Percival, his son John, and perhaps his son Richard, and possibly William Gerrish.

Oct 1576 – In a general survey of Henry Lord Berkeley’s commissioners sitting in Berkeley in  the records of the manor of Portbury show that Crispiana (or Christiana) Lowle widow wife of Richard Lowle was admitted (with Andrew Lowle) tenant tenant of a messuge and land in Portbury for a fine of Ð20 at an annual rent of 32/4 on April 10, 1570. At the same commission Percival Lowle and Margaret Lowle are shown to have been admitted tenants of 8 acres of land in Portbury for a fine of Ð40 on April 14, 1573. (Margaret was dead in 1576)

1597 – Percival was assessor in Kingston-Seymour, England.

1621 –   The manor of Portbury was a Berkeley manor and is near Bristol. Among the rents collected  it is stated that Percival Lowle succeeds John Thring deceased as bailiff of the manor (Portbury) at an annual fee of 43s-4d.

1626  – His fee is reduced to 33s-4d paid from the issues of wood sales of 1 acre of woodland within the manor.

1642 – Newbury, MA was organized 1642 with 90 proprietors, of whom were Percival and John Lowle.

17 Mar 1742 –  Freeholder.

1648 – In a deed to Mrs. Gerrish he is called “Gent,” meaning a person of high station. Percival and sons had means when they arrived in America and purchased real estate quite extensively in old Newbury, MA and vicinity.

1649 – His signature appears with that of Thomas Parker and James Noyes on a petition to the General Court begging that Plum Island might be used as a common and exclusive pasturage for Newbury.

1653  – Percival Lowle was appraiser of the estate of Thomas Millard of Newbury, MA.

1688 – On the Town Rate of Newbury , “Mr. Per. Lowle” was placed for: “2 Heads, 1 horse, 5 plowlands, 10 meadows, 1 house, 4 oxen, 4 cows , 1 3 yr old, 1 2 yr old, 1 1 yr old, 10 sheep, 2 hogs.” On the same rate Mrs Lowle (probably widow of John, oldest son of Percival) and Thomas Lowle were also for a little less than Percival.

(D. R. Lowell.1899. The historic genealogy of the Lowells of Ameri ca from 1639-1899, p xlviii-xlix)

(D. R. Percival’s ancestors were recorded to live in County Somerset, England for more than four centuries prior to his birth . At the age of 26 Percival held the office of Assessor of Kingston-Seymour. The causes that led to the abandonment of his nativity, and to exile himself from the associations of a lifetime – the island home of a long line of distinguished ancestry – is a study of interest. He was then sixty-eight years of age. He had been successful even to opulence, and his age and circumstances would seem to have invited him to ease and retirement befitting his surroundings at Bristol. Surely the change had no mercenary incentive. The rude conditions of the new world would clothe him in new habits, new modes and methods in an arena alive with vicissit udes and dangers. The cause is not hard of solution that impelled him to thus forego the seductions of aclosing career in quietude, and to seek an asylum in old age amid the infant settlements in America. Percival was a contemporary of Charles I, then on the throne. This tyrannical monarch hedged around the cival (sic) and religious liberties of the people of England such odious limitations and oppressive exactions, constantly increasing in their repulsiveness , that in the year 1629 there was chartered what is known as the “Massachusets Bay Colony.” This corporation afforded an avenue of escape for the Puritans from these illegal impositions – especially in the matter of religious freedom and church procedure; and within twelve years after the charter, more than 20,000 English Puritans left the mother country for the New England wilderness.

31 Jan 1670/71 –  in the Town of Newbury Records, when, with others, he was accorded permission to build, at his own charge, a pew in the southeast corner of the Meetinghouse for the use of his wife and daughters . The House herereferred to was the First Church of Newbury, which was succeeded in 1699 by what is described “as a large and commodious edifice.”

Lowell Family Tree Ancestors from 1591 pedigree

William Lowle
b.bef.1288 Yardley, Worcestershire, England; parents ukn

d.Yardley, Worcestershire, England
m.dau. of the family Lyttleton

CHILDREN included:

  1. James
  2. Andrew
  3. Samuel

…Within a few miles of Yardley, lived a noble Norman family, the Lyttletons. With the family, William became connected by marriage. The Lyttletons held large domains spreading out around Frankley and extending toward Yardley, whereon today’s Hagley Hall, seat of its present head, Earl Cobham, Lord of Lyttleton.

James Lowle
b.s/o William Lowle and d/o Lyttleton family

m.dau. of the family Baskerville

CHILDREN included:

  1. Raffe
  2. George
  3. Edmund
  4. Andrew

Raffe Lowle
b.s/o James Lowle and d/o Baskerville family

m.dau. of the family Haselrigg

CHILDREN included:

  1. Walter b.abt.1430
  2. Thomas
  3. Anthony
  4. Sabity

Walter Lowle
b.abt.1430 s/o Raffe Lowle and dau. of Haselrigg

m.Joane Russel

CHILDREN included:

  1. Richard Lowle b.abt.1460

Richard Lowle
b.abt.1460 Yardley, Worcestershire, England; s/o Walter Lowle and Joane Russel

d.Yardley, Worcestershire, England
m.dau. of the family Turner

CHILDREN included:

  1. Thomas
  2. Richard d.slain at Birmingham, County Warwick

Thomas Lowle
b.s/o Richard Lowle and d/o Turner family – The furthest back Lowell that Walter Goodwin Davis could verify.

m.dau. of the family Layhouse

CHILDREN included:

  1. John b.ca.1485-90
  2. William Lowle
  3. Thomas Lowle
  4. Roger Lowle

John Lowle
b.ca.1485-90 Northampton, England; s/o Thomas Lowle and dau. of Layhouse.  He left the Midlands and settled in Somerset. The visitation pedigree states that he married a daughter of the Wake family and this is highly probable as that Northampton family acquired the manor in Clevedon in 1432. The name derives from the Old English, ‘Cleve’ meaning cleave or cleft and ‘don’ meaning hill,

d.March 8, 1552/53 Clevedon [Clyudon], Somerset, England
m.dau. of family Wake
b.1507 Clevedon, Somerset, England

CHILDREN included:

  1. John Lowle b.about 1510
  2. Roger b. about 1515
  3. Mary m. [__?__] Collins; she left a legacy as “my sister” in the will of John Lowle in 1552/53.  She may of course been a half-sister or a sister-in-law.
  4. A Daughter ,. [__?__ Beny] and mentioned as a sister in the will of Roger Lowle.

John Lowle
b.ca.1510 Walton, Somersetshire, England, son of John Lowle and d/o Wake family

d.March 8, 1552/3 (will proved) Portbury, Somersetshire, England
m. Apolyn Leversedge; d/o Richard Leversedge
b.1529 in Walton, Somersetshire, England

CHILDREN included:

  1. Richard Lowle b.bet.1535-1547 d.aft.1591 Clyvadons, Somersetshire, England
  2. Edmond Lowle b.abt.1543 Poniberge, England Not named in his father’s will in 1552/53
  3. John Lowle b.abt.1546 Poniberge, England. Not named in his father’s will.

Richard Lowle

b.abt.1535/1547 Somersetshire, England; s/o John and Apolyn (Leversedge) Lowle
d.aft.1591 Clyvadons, Somersetshire, England
m.bef.1573 Bristol, Somersetshire, England; Anne Percival.  The Lowell “Historic Genealogy” leaps to the happy conclusion that this ‘daughter of Perceval’ was one of the daughters of the contemporary head of that Somersetshire household Edmund Percival of Weston-in-Gordano who died in 1551. Weston-in-Gordano is very close to Portbury and Clevedon and a match is possible, but there is no direct evidence.
b.abt.1549 d/o Edmund Perceval and Elizabeth Panthuit of Weston-in-Gardanc.

CHILDREN included:

  1. Percival b.1570/71 Kingston, Seymour, Somersetshire, England d.Jan. 8, 1664 Newbury, MA

Children

1. John LOWELL (See his page)

2. Richard Lowell

Richard’s wife Margaret [__?__]

4. Joanna Lowell

Joanna’s first husband John Oliver was born 1613 in Bristol, Somerset, England. His parents were James Oliver and Frances Cary. John died 1642 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Joanna’s second husband Capt. William Gerrish was born 20 Aug 1617 in Bristol, Somerset, England. His parents were William Gerrish and Anne [__?__]. William died 9 Aug 1687 in Salem, Essex, Mass.

William Gerrish came with the Lowell family on the “Jonathan”  from England to Massachusetts in 1639.  William was instructed in the mercantile business by Mr. Lowle while both still lived in England.  Not long after the group arrived in the colony, William married widow Joanna Lowle Oliver.  Together they had ten children, at least eight of whom survived to adulthood.

Residing with his family in Newbury, William became a freeholder in 1649.  As he grew in the esteem of his townsmen he was appointed to such positions as Commissioner of Common Causes, Lieutenant and then Captain of their local militia (known as band), and ultimately deputy to the General Court (the lower house of representatives in Massachusetts).  He was the equivalent of a road and public works commissioner seeing to road and bridge repair and the town’s water millconstruction.

As he became more involved in his community the townspeople asked that he not be in charge of both the Horse and the Foote troops at the same time, possibly implying he was gaining too much power.  As a deputy to the General Court (ultimately the lower house of representatives in Massachusetts) he and six others listed a number of actions which had displeased the king.  They in turn were asked to defend their statement.  Apparently this was done to the satisfaction of his peers, for in 1686, after he had moved to Boston and remarried, he was asked to give the opening and closing prayers at the semi-centennial celebration of the city of Boston.

In his final years William Gerrish was the owner of Number Three Long Wharf.  He died on August 9, 1687 at the house of his son Benjamin in Salem, where he wrote and signed a detailed will, regrettably more generous to his sons than to his daughters.

He married, 2d, Ann Sandy, widow of John Sandy, and daughter of Richard Parker of Boston, and moved to Boston in 1678. He was taken sick in the Summer of 1687, and
on the 3d of August he was carried from his home in Cornhill in a sedan chair to a boat and taken to Salem, where he died Aug. 9. His friends thought that taking him to Salem
by water might help him. He was buried In Capt. Prince’s [Price’s] tomb.

5. Anne Lowell

Anne’s first husband Thomas Millard was born 1600 in Eaton, Derbyshire, England. His parents were Thomas Milward and [__?__] Alsop. Thomas died 29 Sep 1653 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Anne’s second husband Daniel Peirce was born 1611 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Daniel died 27 Nov 1677 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Estate of Daniel Peirce Sr. of Newbury

Bee it knowne unto all [men by these copy] prsent that I Daniel Peirce Senr. of newbury beeing sencible of my weekenes and mortality beeing of perfect memory doe hereby male my last will and testament Comending my Soule into the hands of my blessed Redemer the Lord Jesus Christ and my body to the dust inan assurred hope of a blessed Resurection.

And for my worldly goods which god of his mercy hathlent vnto meI dispose of as followeth Nouember 12st 1677 Imprs. I giue and bequeth my housesing lands goods & Chattells vnto my Son Daniell Peirce that is to say all my housing & lands that are vndisposed of & appoint him my true & lawfull heire of all & also my sole Executor of this my last will & testament Desireing him to Doe for his brother Joshua Peirces children as he shall see in his discretion meet to be done for them. And wheas vpon my marriag agreement with Anne my wife she was to haue twenty pounds a yeare dureing her naturall life I appoint my said executor that in all conditions shee shalbe in, that he prouide all such necessaryes for her that shee shall stand in need of and that she shall inioy her former libertyes in the house dureing her life And for my wiues son in Law Thomas Thorpe prouided he wil bee content & neuer trouble nor molest my son after my decease I giue him a farme at New Jarsy scituate vpon Row Riuer Joyning to John Bishops lande but if he shall forfeit the said gift And wheras I haue giuen my houseing & lands as abousaid vnto my said Son that is the farme I now Dwell vpon I giue it vnto my heire & his heirs so that it shall neuer be sold nor any part duided from the lawfull heire male of the same name & kindred but if it should fall out hereafter that my son Daniels Male posterity faile that it should come to Joshuas posterity then the said heire male of his posterity shall pay eight hundred pounds to the daughters of my son Daniels posterity. My funeral being discharged.
Daniel Perce Sener

Witnes: Anthony Sombery, Jno. Dole
Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 26, 1678 by the witnesses.

Inventory of the estate of Daniell Peirce, Senr. of Newbury, deceased Nov.27, 1677 taken by Anthony Somerby and Robert Long :

  • a Farme of about two hundred & thirty acres of upland & meadow with the houseing , Barnes & orchard 1200li. ;
  • A Mault house with about twenty acres of upland and three & thirty acres of meadow & furniture to ye malthouse, 255li. ;
  • his wearing Apparrell, books Armes, 40li.;
  • horse & mare & yearling colt, 7li.;
  • about forty head of neat cattle, oxen, cowes & young Cattle, 94li.;
  • about a hundred & sixty sheep yong & old 40li.;
  • eighteen small swyne, 5li. 16s.;
  • foure feather beds with other bedings, Rugs, sheets blankets, pillows, bedsteads & 2 paire of curtaines, 30li.;
  • Anvil, vice, shop tooles with iron potts, kettles, Brass, pewter, 2 old furnaces, 2 pr. of cottrils, spits, fire shovel & tonges, 20li;
  • 2 trunks, chests, 2 tables, carpet, table linnen, chayres, cushions &c., 8li. ;
  • Barrels, tubs, keylers, bowles, & trayes with other lumber , 2li. 10s.;
  • Carts, wheels, dunpot, ploughs, chaynes and all other utensils for husbandry, 5li. corne & grayne of all sorts in the house and in the Barne, 60li;
  • Negros, 60li.;
  • Debts about 10li ;
  • total, 1837li. 10s. more a farme & stock at new Jarsye, 60li.

Attested in ispwich court Mar 26 1678 by Daniell Pearce to be a true inventory of the estate of his father Daniel Peirce.

Sources:

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

http://helenesgenes.com/Lowell.html#pel

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/v/i/d/Afton-C-Vidales/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0160.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_family

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg2022.htm#79989

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John Lowell

Posted on June 18, 2010 by markeminer

John LOWELL (1595 – 1647)  and his father were original proprietors of Newbury, Mass when it was formally organized in March 1642.  He was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miller line.

Percival Lowell - Coat of Arms

The Lowells were exceptional among our ancestors having a coat of arms at the time of their immigration

John Lowell was born in 16 Feb 1605 in Kinston, Seymour, Somerset, England.  His parents were Percival LOWELL and Rebecca [__?__].   On 17 Feb 1619, after being given a good education, he was apprenticed to Richard Baugh, glover of Bristol, England, and his wife Ann. If, as is usually the case, he was fourteen when he entered his service, he was born in 1605.  The apprentice papers read: “John, son of Percival Lowle, genersus.” Later he joined his father’s firm, which was a large import-export mercantile business.  He married Mary Gooch about 1628. In 1629, John became a burgress of Bristol. On 7 Sep 1637, he took as as an apprentice of his own, Richard Dole, for a period of seven years.

John was a Glover.  Pair of English Gloves c.1600

When Percival Lowell decided to come to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639, his entire family accompanied him: his wife, Rebecca; their three children, John, Richard, and Joanna; spouses of their children; their grandchildren; and several others associated with the Lowell business. Among those coming was Richard Dole, as he had five more years of his apprenticeship to serve with John.  After Mary died, he married Elizabeth GOODALE in 1640 in Newbury, Mass.   John died 10 Jul 1647 in Newbury, Mass.

Alternatively, John was born in 1595 in Bristol, Somerset or in Portbury, Somerset

Mary Gooch was born 1615 in Kingston Seymour, Somerset, England. Mary died 21 Nov 1639 in Newbury, Mass soon after the birth of their fifth child in Newbury, Mass.

Elizabeth Goodale was baptized 05 June 1614, probably in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England.  Her parents were John GOODALE and Elizabeth PARLETT. She, along with her widowed mother, siblings and step-siblings  came to Newbury about 1637. After John Lowell’s death,  Elizabeth, made her home with her half-sister, Susan (Goodale) Toppan in Newbury, where she died 23 April 1651. Her will is dated 17 March 1650 and was proved 30 September 1651. She remembered her half-sister, Susan, and her stepsons John, James, and Joseph; but the bulk of her estate went to her daughter Elizabeth, then five, and her son Benjamin, then nine. Her third child, Thomas, was not mentioned, no doubt he was already deceased.

Children of John and Mary Gooch:

Name Born Married Departed
1. John Lowell 1629 England Hannah Proctor
3 MAR 1652/53
.
Naomi Torrey
ABT 1665		 7 JAN 1693/94 Boston
2. Mary Lowell 1633 England John Figg
.
Thomas Wyborne
3. Peter Lowell 1635
England		 Mentioned in his step-mother’s will in 1651
4. James Lowell 1637
England		 mentioned in his step-mother’s will in 1651
5. Joseph Lowell 28 NOV 1639 Newbury, Mass. Abigail Proctor
8 MAR 1657/58		 19 Aug 1705
Boston

Children of John and Elizabeth:

Name Born Married Departed
6. Benjamin LOWELL 12 Sep 1642 Newbury Ruth WOODMAN
17 Oct 1666 in Newbury		 22 Oct 1714 Cambridge, Mass
7. Thomas Lowell 4 Jun 1644 Ann Lovell 19 Aug 1705
Ipswich, Essex, Mass
8. Elizabeth Lowell 16 FEB 1645/46 Capt. Philip Nelson
1 NOV 1666 Rowley,		 14 Dec 1731 Rowley, Mass.

From History of Ipswich: “Dame Elizabeth Lowle of Newbury had her riding suit and muff, silver bodkins & gold rings.”

John, as an active head of a family, was allotted four acres on the western side of High Street (#28).

1619 – While yet in England he apprenticed himself in  when24 years of age, to Richard Baugh of Bristol, England, who was a”Glover.”

1629 – He was admitted as a citizen of Bristol, England

7  Sep 1637 -He had Richard Dole apprenticed to him for seven years. Dole came with the Lowells to America and became a merchant of wealth and prominence in Newbury, where he settled.

2 Feb 1640 – John was made Freeman of Newbury

10 Dec 1641 – Constable of Newbury

17 Mar 1742 – With his father, was a freeholder.

1642 – One of John’s largest public responsibilities was as a member of the commission of eight appointed  to consider the desirability of moving the village to a new location. Four years later, these plans were carried out and the village was relocated about two miles north of the old site

7 Mar 1644 – Deputy in the General Court

14 May 1645 – One of three Commissioners of Newbury to settle small disputes involving less than 20 shillings and reappointed,  holding the position until his death; he held the office of town clerk at his death.

29 Jun 1647 – John Lowell made his will.  He died 10 July 1647. His will was proved 27 July 1647 in the General Court, Essex Co., MA. He left his widow, Elizabeth, one half of his estate, whether it be goods or land; and she was to choose property worth twenty pounds which came to her through her mother. The rest of his estate was to be divided equally among his living children. John’s brother, Richard Lowell, was named guardian of the minor children in May 1648, and later William Gerrish, husband of Joanna Lowell, served as guardian.

The inventory gives evidence of a great quantity of clothing and furnishings which the Lowells brought with them from England.  His house must have been small for with 4 acres of land, it was appraised at only £26, but it must have been filled to overflowing.  It would be interesting to see the black water grosgain suit, the five night caps and eleven day caps, the curtains with wrought valences, the wrought cushions, the fair cupboard cloth, the rugs and carpets, the quantities of table linen (including six drinking napkins), the flaring waistcoat, the coiffs and ruff, the two Somerset mantles.  According to Davis these are only a few of the curious items.

Children

1. John Lowell

John’s first wife Hannah Proctor was born in 1630. Her parents were George Proctor and Edith Tuttle. Hannah died in 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass.

John’s second wife Naomi Torrey was born 13 Dec 1640 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass. Her parents were William Torrey and Elizabeth Fry. Naomi died in 1666 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass

In addition to this John Lowle, cooper of Boston, there was another John Lovwell, a tanner, who married Elizabeth Sylvester 24 Jan 1658 in Scituate, Mass.  Naomi Torrey, daughter of William Torrey of Weymouth was our John’s second, not third wife.

2. Mary Lowell

Mary’s first husband John Figg was born

Mary’s second husband Thomas Wyborne was born

Aged 17, Mary petitioned the court 15 Oct 1653 that her uncle Richard Lowle, her guardian, be directed to pay her £10 of her legacy from her father as she was about to return to England to the friends with whom she had been brought up, presumably her mother’s family.  She married John Figg who in Suffolk County court of July 27, 1675 sued on her behalf the executors and overseers of her father’s estate for her portion, losing the case.

5. Joseph Lowell

Joseph’s wife Abigail Proctor was born

6. Benjamin LOWELL (See his page)

7. John Lowell

John’s wife Ann Lovell was born 1644 in Newburyport, Essex, Mass.

8. Elizabeth Lowell

Elizabeth’s husband Capt. Philip Nelson was born 1633 in England. His parents were Thomas Nelson and Dorothy Stapleton. He first married 24 Jun 1657 in Rowley, Essex, Mass to Sarah Jewett (b. 3 Jan 1635 in Rowley – d. 14 Feb 1665 in Rowley). Philip died 19 Aug 1691 in Rowley, Essex, Mass

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

http://helenesgenes.com/Lowell.html#jon

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/v/i/d/Afton-C-Vidales/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1494.html

http://www.genealogy.com/users/t/u/r/Camella–Turner/GENE9-0001.html

(D. R. Lowell. 1899. The Historic Genealogy of the L owells of America from 1639-1899)

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Sgt. Benjamin Lowell

Posted on June 18, 2010 by markeminer

Sgt. Benjamin LOWELL (1642 – 1714) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather; one of 1,024 in this generation of the Miller line.

Benjamin Lowell was born 12 Sep 1642 in Newbury, Mass.  His parents were John LOWELL and Mary [__?__].  He married Ruth WOODMAN on 17 Oct 1666 in Newbury, Mass.  Benjamin died 22 Oct 1714 in Cambridge, Mass.

In a deed at Newbury, Mass. 1697, Benjamin Lowell was called blacksmith.

Ruth Woodman was born 28 Mar 1646 in Newbury, Mass.  Her parents were Edward WOODMANand Joanna SALWAY.   Ruth died sometime after 2 Feb 1724.

Children of Benjamin and Ruth:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Ruth Lowell 4 SEP 1667 Newbury
2. Elizabeth Lowell 16 OCT 1669 Newbury Francis Willett
29 Jan 1696 Newbury		 22 Oct 1714
3. Mary Lowell 18 Nov 1671 Newbury Died Young
4. Benjamin Lowell 5 FEB 1673/74 Newbury 1698
5. Sarah Lowell 15  Mar 1675/76 in Newbury Died Young
6. Sarah Lowell 6 MAY 1678 Newbury Ebenezer Knowlton
15 FEB 1697/98 Newbury		 1678
Newburyport, Mass
7. Mary Lowell 6 NOV 1679 Newbury Thomas Williams
5 JAN 1694/95 Newbury		 31 DEC 1711
Newbury
8. Joseph LOWELL 12 SEP 1680
Newbury		 Mary HARDY
6 Dec 1707 in Newbury		 10 Oct 1736 Newbury
9. John Lowell 22 FEB 1682/83 Newbury Mary Davis
1707 Haverhill, Mass
.
Sarah L Bailey
23 Apr 1729 in Salem, New Hampshire		 Methuen, Salem, NH

Benjamin’s father died when he was five and his mother when he was  nine.   As an adult, Benjamin filed many suits against his guardians, Uncle Richard Lowell and Uncle William Gerrish, in regard to their management of his inheritance. These litigations went on for years. The last in 1679, reversed the judgment Benjamin had previously won. The lawsuit is on the records of the clerk’s court, Mass. Rec., 3:125, Salem, Mass., also in Boston Court House, Case No. 1791, estate Vol. 1. (D. R. Lowell. 1899. The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639-1899

17 Oct 1666. – Intention of marriage published

1668 – On the “Town Rate of Newbury, Mass.  Benjamin Lowle was set for “1 Head, 1 horse, 2 cows, 8 sheep, 1 hogg.”

19 May 1669, Benjamin Lowle was made freeman.

29 May 1671 – Benjamin was fined one noble [six shillings and eight-pence] for his part in the Parker-Woodman War.

Parker- Woodman War

For many years the church in Newbury had been divided, almost equally, between the original pastor, Reverend Thomas Parker, and Mr. Edward WOODMAN, of whom the noted historian Joshua Coffin wrote: “He was a man of influence, decision and energy, and opposed with great zeal the attempt made by the Rev. Thomas Parker to change the mode of Church government from Congregationalism to something like Presbytarianism.” This divison of the town was not due to a great difference of theology, but of church governemt.

As early as 1645 the Rev. Parker and his party maintained the church should be governed by the pastor, his assistants, and a ruling elder. Mr. Woodman’s party believed it was the right of the members of the church, and government should be by the congretation. In a letter to the church council, Mr. Edward stated, “As for our controversy it is whether God hath placed the power in the elder, or in the whole church, to judge between truth and error, right and wrong, brother and brother, and all things of church concernment.” These ecclesiastical problems, which grew more violent and partisan each year, plagued the town for over 25 yearsand became known throughout New England as the “Parker-Woodmam War.”

By 1669 difference of opinion had grown to such proportions that an appeal was made to the civil authorities. the court proceedings began March 13th at Ipswich and continued on and off for over two years. The decision of the court, on May 29, 1671, found in favor of Rev. Parker’s part and levied fines against the members of Mr. Woodman’s party. Edward Woodman was fined 20 nobles. [ A noble is six shillings and eight-pence so Edward’s fine was a little more than 13 pounds]

Mr. Richard Dummer , Richard THORLAY (THURLOW), Stephen Greenleaf [son of Edmund GREENLEAF], Richard Bartlet and William Titcomg, fined 4 nobles each. Francis Plummer, John Emery, Sr., John Emery, Jr., John Merrill and Thomas Browne, a Mark each. [A mark is thirteen shillings and fourpence. ]

All others Nicholas Batt, Anthony MORSE Sr, Abraham Toppan, William Sawyer, Edward Woodman junior, William Pilsbury, Caleb Moody, John Poor Sr, John Poor Jr, John Webster, John Bartlet Sr., John Bartlet Jr, Joseph Plumer, Edward Richardson, Thomas Hale Jr., Edmund Moores, Benjamin LOWLE (LOWELL), Job Pilsbury, John Wells, William Ilsley, James Ordway, Francis THORLA (THORLAY), Abraham Merrill, John Bailey, Benjamin Rolf, Steven Swett, and Samuel Plumer, a noble each.   However, the judgement of the court did not bring an end to the controversy, and the conflict continued for several years. Note: For a complete chronology, see pages 72-112 of Joshua Coffin’s History of Newbury..

1695 – He was called “Sergt,”

1697 – In a deed at Newbury, Mass. 1697, he was called “blacksmith.”

Children

2. Elizabeth Lowell

Elizabeth’s husband Francis Willett was born 22 Feb 1671 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Thomas Willet and Martha Silver. Francis died in 1703

6. Sarah Lowell

Sarah’s husband Ebenezer Knowlton was born 1674 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass. His parents were Thomas Knowlton and Hannah Green.

7. Mary Lowell

Mary’s husband Thomas Williams was born 16 Feb 1672 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. His parents were Joseph Williams and Lydia Olney. Thomas died 27 Aug 1724 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

8. Joseph LOWELL (See his page)

9. John Lowell

John’s wife Mary Davis was born 23 Mar 1683 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were John Davis and Sarah Carter. Her grandparents were Thomas CARTER and Mary [__?__]. Mary died in Apr 1729 in Haverhill, Mass

Sources:

From Phoebe Tilton, 1947 by Walter Goodwin Davis

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

http://helenesgenes.com/Lowell.html#ben

http://newbury.essexcountyma.net/lowell.htm

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Joseph Lowell

Posted on June 18, 2010 by markeminer

Joseph LOWELL (1680 – 1736) was Alex’s 8th Great Grandfather; one of 512 in this generation of the Miller line

Joseph Lowell was born 12 Sep 1680 in Newbury, Mass. His parents were Benjamin LOWELL and Ruth WOODMAN.  He married Mary HARDY on 6 Dec 1707 in Newbury.  Joseph died  Oct. 10, 1736 in Newbury, MA

Mary Hardy was born 2 Feb 1691/92 in Newbury, Mass.  Her parents were George HARDY and Mary FOGG.  Mary died 4 Nov 1747 in Salisbury, Mass.

Children of Joseph and Mary:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Mary Lowell 1 Dec 1709
Newbury, Mass		 Nathaniel Davis
28 Sep 1732 Newbury
2. George Lowell 28 Mar 1712
Newbury		 Elizabeth Morse
28 Jun 1732
Newbury
3. Abigail Lowell 2 Jan 1714/15
Newbury		 Moses Cooper
24 Feb 1736/37 Newbury, Mass.
.
Jeremiah Goodrich
18 Jan 1739 Newbury
4. Mercy LOWELL 20 Dec 1718 Newbury Francis BROWN II
5 May 1741 in Newbury
5. Joseph Lowell 20 Feb 1720/21
Newbury		 Mary Jones
11 Feb 1744/45 South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire		 Maine
6. Priscilla Lowell 10 Aug 1729
Newbury		 Henry Merrill
5 May 1748 Newbury		 May 1777
Newbury
7. Benjamin Lowell 24 Feb 1731/32
Newbury		 Bef. 11 Nov 1754
8. Stephen Lowell 1 Jun 1735
Newbury		 Before 1756

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Children

1. Mary Lowell

Mary’s husband Nathaniel Davis was born 15 Mar 1705 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Ephraim Davis and Elizabeth Kingsberry. Nathaniel died 1761 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Children of Mary and Nathaniel:

i. Mary Davis b. 9 May 1733 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 1819 Sandwich, Carroll, New Hampshire; m. 19 Mar 1752 in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire to Jasiel Harriman (b. 11 Mar 1727 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass – d. 17 Aug 1802 in Sandwich, New Hampshire) Nathaniel’s parents were Ephraim Davis (1655 -1721) and Elizabeth Kingsbury (1669 – 1713) Mary and Jasiel had nine children born between 1754 and 1771.

The biblical Jasiel was one of the mighty warriors in David’s army. He was a native of Metsobajah in Palestine.   Jasiel was a veteran of the revolution: SAR membership: 84026.

Jaasiel Harriman, one of [Col. Joshua] Howard’s companions, came from Haverhill, Mass. He was commonly called “Jesse,” and was a grantee of Haverhill, Bath [NH] and Newbury [VT]. He remained in Haverhill [NH] only a few years and then removed to Bath. His was the first family that settled in that town.

According to the History of Newbury, New Hampshire Jasiel Harriman, sometimes called Joseph Harriman, from whom Harriman’s Pond and Harriman’s Brook are named,  was the first blacksmith in Newbury.  Traditiona says his first anvil was a particularly hard stone laid on a stump.  Harriman soon removed from town, but Joseph Chamberlain was a blacksmith and carried on the trade for many years.

Situated at the south end of Lake Sunapee, Newbury has gone through numerous name changes. It started in 1753 as “Dantzic”, after the Baltic seaport. The first provincial grant in 1754 named the town “Hereford”, in honor of Edward Devereaux,Viscount Hereford. Colonial Governor John Wentworth renewed the grant in 1772 under the name “Fishersfield”, for his brother-in-law, John Fisher. The town was finally incorporated as “Newbury” in 1837, as suggested by settlers originally from Newbury,Massachusetts.

Bath New Hampshire

Bath New Hampshire

The town was granted to the Rev. Andrew Gardner and 61 others on September 10, 1761 by Governor Benning Wentworth, who named it for William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath. It was first settled in 1765 by John Herriman from Haverhill, Mass But the terms of the original grant were unfulfilled, so Bath was regranted on March 29, 1769 by Governor John Wentworth. The first census, taken in 1790, recorded 493 residents.

Situated at the head of navigation on the Connecticut River, and shielded from strong winds by the Green Mountains to the west and White Mountains to the east, Bath soon developed into “…one of the busiest and most prosperous villages in northern New Hampshire.”Intervales provided excellent alluvial soil for agriculture, and the Ammonoosuc and Wild Ammonoosuc rivers supplied water power for mills.

ii. Mercy Davis bapt. 28 Oct 1739 Newbury, Essex, Mass

iii. Mercy Davis b. 22 Jul 1742 Newbury, Essex, Mass

iv. Nathaniel Davis b. 7 Dec 1746 Newbury, Essex, Mass; m. 12 Jun 1766 Salisbury, Mass to Betty Flanders (b.  22 Jan 1744 Salisbury, Essex, Mass).  Her parents were Phineas Flanders (1720 – 1754) and Tabitha Clough (1707 – 172); Nathaniel and Betty had at least two children Moses (b. 1767) and Mercy (b. 1769)

2. George Lowell

George’s wife Elizabeth Morse was born 2 Apr 1714 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Samuel Morse (1688 – 1753) and Elizabeth March (1691 – 1723).

Children of George and Elizabeth

i. David Lowell b. 12 Jun 1734 Newbury, Essex, Mass

ii. George Lowell b. 12 Jun 1734 Newbury, Essex, Mass

iii. Baby Lowell b. Jan 1736 Newbury, Essex, Mass

iv. Samuel Lowell b. 17 Feb 1738 Newbury, Essex, Mass. d. 23 Feb 1784 Saco, York, Maine; m1. 1736 Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire to Susan Ellen Philbrook (b. 1745 in Greenland – d. 1769 in Greenland) Samuel and Susan had one child Susanna Ellen (b. 1768)

m2. 16 May 1771 in Saco, York, Maine to Charity Berry (b. 9 Jun 1745 in Biddeford, York, Maine – d. 14 Mar 1828 Saco, York, Maine) Her parents were Richard Berry (1707 – 1765) and Abigail Smith (1712 – 1776); Samuel and Charity had five children born between 1773 and 1784.

SAR Membership Number: 52938

Samuel Lowell Revolutionary Service

Samuel Lowell Revolutionary Service

v. Elizabeth Lowell b. 21 Jun 1741 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 19 Sep 1772  Newbury, Orange, Vermont; m. 12 Feb 1765 – Newburyport, Essex, Mass to Thomas Johnson (b. 21 Mar 1742 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass. – d. 4 Jan 1819 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont) His parents were John Johnson (1711 – 1762) and Sarah Haynes (1711 – 1750) Elizabeth and Thomas had five children born between 1766 and 1772.

Elizabeth Lowell Gravemarker

Elizabeth Lowell Gravemarker

After Elizabeth died, six weeks after the birth and four weeks after the death of their youngest son Lowell Johnson (7 Aug 1772 – 17 Aug 1772), Thomas married 26 Nov 1772 to Abigail Merrill (1750 – 1774) Thomas and Abigail had one child Abigail Johnson (1773 – 1796).

After Abigail died, Thomas married a third time 17 Feb 1775 to Abigail Carleton (1750 – 1833) Thomas and Abigail had eight more children born between 1776 and 1792.

Thomas Johnson SAR Membership: 17876

Thomas Johnson Revolutionary Service

Thomas Johnson Revolutionary Service

vi. Sarah Lowell b. 4 Apr 1744 Newbury, Essex, Mass

vii. John Lowell b. 1746 Newbury, Essex, Mass

viii. Ruth Lowell b. 1751 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont; d. Jun 1736; m. 20 Aug 1772 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont to Pelatiah Bliss (b. 3 Apr 1749 in Lebanon, New London, CT – d. 1798 in Newbury, Orange, Vermont; Burial: Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, Orange, Vermont)  His parents were Pelatiah Bliss (1725 – 1808) and Hepzibah Goodwin (1727 – ) Ruth and Pelatiah had seven children born between 1779 and 1797.

SAR Membership: 19289

Pelatiah Bliss Jr Revolutionary Service

3. Abigail Lowell

Abigail’s first husband Moses Cooper was born 1720 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were John Cooper and Sarah Salmon. Moses died 10 Nov 1803 in Massachusetts.

Abigail’s second husband Jeremiah Goodrich was born 4 Sep 1667 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Jeremiah Goodridge (1638 -1708) and Mary Adams. Jeremiah died 16 Jan 1729 in Newbury, Essex, Mass (1642 – )

Child of Abigail and Jeremiah

i. Barnard Goodrich b. 30 Jun 1746 in Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 6 Dec 1769 in Newburym. 26 Sep 1768 Newbury to Sarah Carr (b. 1745)

 

4. Mercy LOWELL (See Francis BROWN II‘s page)

5. Joseph Lowell

Joseph’s wife Mary Jones was born 5 Feb 1726 in Amesbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Joseph Jones and Mary Prowse.

Children of Joseph and Mary:

i. Anna Lowell b. 14 Feb 1746 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 1 May 1819 Brooksville, Maine; m. 1769 in Brooksville, Hancock, Maine to Joshua Grindle (b. 31 Mar 1746 in Berwick, York, Maine – d. 21 Feb 1819 in Brooksville) His parents were John “Old Tory” Grindle (1714 – 1794) and Mary Downs (1719 – 1748)  Anna and Joshua had nine children born between 1769 and 1790.

Joshua was a brickmaker in Brooksville. He was on the muster rolls of Ft. Pownall for two years.

Brooksville, Maine “A town in the Revolution, by Walter A. Snow reports: “The home of Joshua Gindle was at North Brooksville in the field by the present [1976] Francis Lymburner home on the western side of the Bagaduce River. A hop vine planted nearly 200 years ago still climbs bravely over the remains of the old cellar wall of the house built by this young pioneer. It was planted, no doubt, by the bride Anna (Lowell). These Lowells were of the Boston family.

ii. Eliphalet Lowell b. 2 Aug 1747 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d.. 28 Jul 1833 Penobscot, Maine; m. 1774 in Penobscot to Elizabeth Haney (b. 26 Jun 1758 in New Meadows, Maine – d. 28 Jul 1833 in Penobscot)  Her parents were Archibald Haney (1732 – 1821) and Margaret Howard (1735 – ).  Eliphalet and Elizabeth had two children.

iii. Mary Lowell b. 19 May 1754 Newbury, Essex, Mass; m. Joseph Webber (b. 19 Sep 1745 in York, York, Maine) His parents were Samuel Webber (1708 – 1782) and Sarah Bowden (1715 – ).  Mary and Joseph had six children born between 1772 and 1793.

iv.Hannah Lowell b. 23 Jan 1759 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 1802 Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; m. 6 Oct 1777 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine to Reuben Grindle (b. 20 Mar 1757 in Lebanon, Maine – d. 15 Jul 1835 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine) Hannah and Reuben had eleven children born between 1779 and 1802.

After Hannah died, Reuben married 6 Oct 1803 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine to Mary Winslow (b. 13 Mar 1777 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire – d. 9 Jan 1854) and had seven more children born between 1804 and 1818.

Reuben Grindle was one of three sons of John Grindle and his second wife Elizabeth. children: William, Daniel and Reuben.

It is an appraisal of his estate made Apr. 18, 1794 by Giles Johnson, Seth Blodget and John Grindle (Vol. 1, p. 80).” Reuben administered the estate. “The Grindle Family of Hancock County, Maine” (1978), pp. 11-12: states “Probably it was after Oct. 13, 1762 that John Grindle and his family settled permanently at Bagaduce since a deed of that date reveals he was a husbandman residing in ‘New Township head ot Berwick called Lebanon and Dorothy his wife, for $L13 sells Nathan Downes and Tristam Fall, both of Berwick all our rights in real estate of Matthew Farnam, dec’d, former husband of Dorothy, in Lebanon (ME.).” [quoting “Abstracts from Unpublished Deeds of York Co., ME” {LDS, Salt Lake City} by Dr. B. Lake Noyes, Vol. 37, York County Deeds.] “The Grindle Family…” continues: “During the Revolution Mr. Grindle’s political leanings were with the Tories, but four of his sons, Ichabod, William, Daniel and Reuben chose the side of the Patriots as did his sons-in-law, Thomas Davis, and Major Pelatiah Leach who all served on the side of the Americans.

Reuben born 20 Mar 1757, Lebanon, Maine. Vital records list “Lebalon”. Lebanon is a town in York County, Maine. On April 20, 1733, the Massachusetts General Court granted Towwoh Plantation to 60 colonists, who first settled it in 1743. The township was incorporated on June 17, 1767, renamed Lebanon after the biblical land of Lebanon. Dover, Maine is approximately 15 miles south of Lebanon, Maine.

With Anna he had 13 children and with Mary he had nine children. He was the first settler in South Penobscot, 1772, and Mark E. Honey (“Castine Patriot,” 8 July 2004, p. 5) states that he served as a soldier during the War for American Independence. Reuben served in Col. Jonathan Buck’s Reg. Aug. 19, 1777 to Sept. 28, 1777, served at Machias [DAR, SAR line].

Joshua, John, Ichabod, Daniel and Reuben Grindle were early settlers of Brookville. Ichabod, Daniel and Reuben were Revolutionary soldiers. The family, or at least some of them came from Newburyport, Mass and they were English people. John delivered the mail from Sedgewick to Passamaquoddy 1790. It took two weeks to make the trip along the shore in a small boat. john took up land about half way between what is now Brooksville and North Brooksville Reuben, Ichabod and Daniel owned land at West Brookville. (Limeburner, Grace. Stories of Brookville. 1924 (35)

Reuben was a Private in the Revolutionary War, served in Col. Jonathan Buck’s Reg. Aug. 19, 1777 to Sept. 28, 1777, served at Machias.

6. Priscilla Lowell

Priscilla’s husband Henry Merrill was born 27 Jun 1719 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were John Merrill (1673 – 1756) and Deborah Haseltine (1685 – 1728). Henry died 4 Jan 1804 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Children of Priscilla and Henry

i. Mary (Molly) Merrill b. 14 Jul 1749 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 1784 Newbury; m. 29 May 1773 in Newbury to Cutting Moulton (b. 25 Jul 1748 in Newbury – d. 25 Jul 1809 in Parsonsfield, York, Maine; Find A Grave Memorial# 66347402)

ii. Henry Merrill b. 4 Oct 1751 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d, 3 Apr 1844 Newbury; m. 25 Nov 1773 in Newbury to Rebecca Moulton (b. 16 Dec 1750 in Newbury, Essex, Mass – d. 10 Dec 1823 in Newbury) Rebecca’s parents were Samuel Moulton (1718 – 1756) and Mary Ordway (1721 – 1760) Henry and Rebecca had nine children born between 1774 and 17943

After Rebecca died, Henry married 10 Jan 1824 in Newbury to Hannah Chase (b. 2 Jun 1763 in Newbury – d. 30 Dec 1836 in Newbury)

iii. Priscilla Merrill b, 22 Jan 1754 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 17 Sep 1814 Newbury; m. 25 Nov 1779 in Newbury to Samuel Chase (b. 26 Aug 1754 in Newbury – d. 22 Feb 1834 in Newbury) His parents were John Chase (1731 – 1804) and Hannah Plummer (1725 – 1807) Priscilla and Samuel had at least one child, Mary (b. 1788)

iv. Stephen Merrill b. 22 Jan 1757 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. Parsonsfield, York, Maine; m. 13 Jul 1777 in Newbury to Anna Bailey.  Her parents were David Bailey (1687 -1722) and Experience Putnam (1698 – 1782).  Stephen and Anna had at least one child, Sarah (b. 1794)

Parsonsfield was part of a large tract of land sold on November 28, 1668 by Newichewannock  Indian  Chief Sunday (or Wesumbe) to Francis Small, a trader from Kittery. The price was two large Indian blankets, two gallons of rum, two pounds of gunpowder, four pounds of musket balls and twenty strings of Indian beads. Small then sold half his interest to Major Nicholas Shapleigh of what is now Eliot. In 1771, heirs sold the township to Thomas Parsons and 39 associates, upon which it was surveyed into 100-acre lots. Called Parsonstown Plantation, it was first settled in 1772 by 12 families.

On Aug 29, 1785, the town was incorporated as Parsonsfield after Thomas Parsons, one of the largest proprietors. The Blazo-Leavitt House, a fine example of the Federal style, was built in 1812.

v. Sarah (Sally) Merrill b. 11 Mar 1764 or 1765 Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 13 Jul 1822 Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire; m. 15 Dec 1785 in Newbury to Nathan Merrill (b. 6 Jan 1761 in Newbury – d. 29 Aug 1836 in Rumney, NH) His parents were Richard Merrill (1732 – 1791) and Mary Pillsbury (1737 – 1791) Sally and Nathan had ten children born between 1786 and 1806.

Nathan Merrill SAR Membership: 51157  He was said to be at Bunker Hill.

Sources:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/l/w/Robert-C-Elwell-MA/BOOK-0001/0002-0025.html

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

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=32646537

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