Edward Wood

Posted on June 10, 2010 by markeminer

Edward WOOD (1598 – 1642) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, He is one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 4,096  in the Miller line.  (See his great grandson Thomas BROWNE for details of the double ancestors)

Immigrant Ancestor

Edward Wood was born at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, baptized 29 Oct 1598. His parents were Lewis WOOD and Margaret HOLMES of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. He married Ruth LEE on 20 Feb 1618/19 in Nuneaton, Warwick Co.   He immigrated before Aug 1639 to Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass.   Edward died 27 Nov 1642 in Charlestown, Mass.   When Ruth and Edward died, they left 7 orphaned children, who were raised by other families.

Ruth Lee was born in 1602 in Norfolk, England.  Ruth died on 29 Aug 1642 in Charlestown, Mass.  After the deaths of Edward and Ruth in 1642, Ralph and Alice Mousall took their daughter Ruth in, and raised her.

Children of  Edward and Ruth

Name Born Married Departed
1. Elizabeth Wood 1623
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England		 Solomon Phipps
15 May 1642 Charlestown, Mass		 1 Nov 1688 Charlestown, Mass.
2. Obadiah Wood 1625
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England		 Margaret Sparks
26 Mar 1650 Charlestown, Mass.
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Hazelelponi Willix
19 Nov 1671 in Ipswich, Mass.		 3 Dec 1694 Ipswich, Mass.
3. Josiah Wood 16 Oct 1626 Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England Lydia Bacon
28 Oct 1657 Charlestown, Mass.		 24 Sep 1691
Charlestown, Mass.
4. Ann Wood 1628 England Robert Hazeltine 26 Jul 1684
Bradford, Mass
5. Thomas WOOD bapt.
12 Sep 1633
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England		 Ann HUNT
 7 Jun 1654
Rowley, Mass.		 12 Sep 1687 Rowley.
6. Ruth Wood Jul 1636 Norfolk, England Lt. Phineas Upham
(Grandson of Richard UPHAM)
14 APR 1658 Malden, Mass.		 18 Jan 1695/96 Malden, Mass.
7. Tabitha Wood 30 May 1641 29 Aug 1642
Note same day as mom

Edward Wood was a Baker

Edward Wood was a baker, he bought half-interest in a house in Charlestown, Ma., which we learn from a deed transfer dated Nov 1, 1639, from William Brackenbury with the provision that Brackenbury would not engage in the bakery business so long as Edward was there. He was admitted to the First Church of Charlestown on Jan 30, 1640. His  estate, inventoried by Robert Long, William Blackenbury and Richard Russell on Oct 4, 1642 was valued at 20 pounds and consisted of a house, a garden, and two acres of planting ground.

Delorey, Janet Ireland, “The English Origins and Descendants to the Fourth
Generation of Edward Wood of Charlestown, Massachusetts”, THE GENEALOGIST,
Vol. 9, No, 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 90-159.

EDWARD, Charlestown, was adm. to join the church. 30 Mar. 1640, freeman. 13 May foll. and his w. Ruth join. in few days. She perhaps had Ruth, and certain. Tabitha, bapt. 30 May 1641; d. 29 Aug. 1642, and he d. 27 Nov. foll.
In Geneal. Reg. III. 81, the date of inv. would perhaps appear 4 Dec. aft.
He was made a freeman on May 13, 1640 in Charlestown, Mass

From Pope’s PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, pg. 510:

Edward, baker, Charlestown, bought half of a house Nov. 1, 1639. [L.] Adm. chh. 30 (1) 1640, frm. May 13, 1640. His wife Ruth adm. chh. 24 (3) 1640, d. 29 (6) 1642; ch. Tabitha bapt. 30 (3) 1641. Edward Wood, “the elder of that name,” died 27 (9) 1642. Admin. gr. 4 (10) 1642. [Reg. III, 81.]

Children

1. Elizabeth Wood

Elizabeth’s husband Solomon Phipps was born 1619 in Bristol, England. His parents were James Phipps and Mary [__?__]. Solomon died 25 Jul 1671 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass.

Elizabeth and Solomon married a few months before her parents died in 1642. o this union nine children were born: Mary Phipps d. Sep 02, 1682, Mehitable Phipps d. Jul 15, 1657, Elizabeth Phipps b. Apr 23, 1643, Captain Solomon Phipps b. 1645, d. July 1693, Captain Samuel Phipps b. 1655 d. Aug 07, 1725, Mehitable Phipps b. Dec 10, 1657 d. Bef. 1659, Mehitable Phipps b. Apr 06, 1659, Joseph Phipps Baptised Aug 13, 1661 d. young, Captain Joseph Phipps b. Oct 08, 1666, d. Abt. 1718

Solomon Phipps Gravestone — Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk, Mass

2. Obadiah Wood

Obadiah’s first wife Margaret Sparks was born 1625 in England. Her ancestry is unknown, but it is known that her brother John was a farmer and innkeeper at Ipswich, and was born about 1635. At one time John Sparks was apprenticed to Obadiah Wood, “biskett baker”. Margaret died 5 Jul 1667 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass.

Obadiah’s second wife Hazelelponi Willix was born in 1636 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Her parents were Balthasar Willix, an Englishman of Flemish ancestry, and Hannah [__?__]. She married first John Gee. Her name, which is frequently mangled, is of Old Testament origin. Hazzelelponi (meaning “coming shadows”) was a woman of the tribe of Judah, sister of Jezreel, and is mentioned in 1 Chr. 4:3. The name appears on her gravestone as “Hasel Elpony” and elsewhere as Haselelpony, Hazelpanah, Hazaell, Hazelpony, Hazillpenah, Haselphena and Hasselphena. Hazelelponi died 27 Nov 1714 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Obadiah came to New England with his parents probably when he was a teen-ager. In 1646 he sold five acres of land in “mystike field”, land which had come to his as eldest son and heir of his father, who had been granted the same five acres six years before. At this time he was still in Charlestown. The first reference to him in Ipswich town records is in 1649, when he is said to have shared ownership with Richard Schofield of a triangular tract of land bordered by East, Water, and Hovey Streets. He owned a house and lot bordering on Water Street and the Ipswich River. He had voting rights by 18 Feb 1678/79 and was a freeman by 2 Dec 1679.

Obadiah carried on his father’s profession as a baker. He also apparently sold beer and cider, for in 1681 he was presented to the County Court for selling it without a license, but the fine was respited. He served in King Philip’s War for which he was paid 15 shillings 8 pence in 1676, but his service was credited to Charlestown. This may be because although he lived in Ipswich, he joined the same company as his brother Josiah who had continued to live in Charlestown.

A deed of gift in 1681 from Obadiah to “my brother Josiah Wood, and my couzen Samuell Phipps ” of Charlestown is significant because it is part of the chain of documents tying the Wood family together. In his will, Obadiah mentioned his wife, and sons James, Obadiah, Nathaniel, Josiah, and Samuel, and daughters Elizabeth, Mary, a child of Ruth (deceased daughter), Susanna and Margaret.

3. Josiah Wood

Josiah’s wife Lydia Bacon was born 1637 in England. Her parents were Michael Bacon and Mary Jobb. Lydia died 25 Nov 1674 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Mass.

4. Ann Wood

Ann’s husband Robert Hazeltine was born 1616 in Biddeford, Devon, England. His parents were Peter Robert Hazeltine and Joanna Swan. Robert died 27 Aug 1674 in Bradford, Essex, Mass.

Robert Haseltine and his brother, John Haseltine, came from Devonshire, England, with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and a colony of about sixty families, and landed at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637. After remaining at Salem about a month they removed to and founded the town of Rowley, Essex county, Massachusetts, and later founded Bradford, on the Merrimac river, of which latter town both were selectmen.

Robert Haseltine, the elder of the two brothers who settled Rowley and Bradford, married at Rowley, October 23, 1639, but though the marriage is recorded, the name of the wife is not given. She died July 26, 1684. Robert Haseltine was for many years proprietor of the ferry between Bradford and Haverhill. He was selectman of Bradford in 1668, and died there in 1674.

5. Thomas WOOD (See his page)

6. Ruth Wood

The reference in Ralph Mousall’s will to his “daughter” Ruth Wood is to his FOSTER daughter, who was still single at that time, and not to a genetic daughter who had married a Wood . . Curiously enough, there is a trace of Ralph Mousall (with a variant surname spelling) in Nuneaton, suggesting that the Mousalls and Woods had known each other in the old country.  The Mousalls also took in a child by the name of Mary Gove and gave her their name. Her father, John, with her mother’s consent, gave her to be the Mousall’s “own child forever – A silver porriger and 5 pounds out of the house bought in Charlestown to bring up the child.”  Dec. Ralph Mousall was born about 1596  in Norwich, Norfolk, England.  Another source shows is birth as 1596. He emigrated in 1630 from The Winthrop Fleet.  Ralph signed a will on 13 Apr 1657 and died  30 Apr 1657 in Charleston, Middlesex, MA. Alice Mousall was born about  1607 at Norwich, Norfolk, England.  Alice died  between 1674 and 1677 in Charleston, Middlesex, MA

Ruth’s husband Lt. Phineas Upham was born in 1635 in Weymouth, Mass.  His parents were John Upham and Elizabeth Slade.  His grandparents were Richard UPHAM and Maria [__?__].  Phineas died 8 Oct 1676 in Boston, Middlesex, Mass of wounds suffered in King Philip’s  War Great Swamp Fight

Phineas (which means the peace of God) was the first Upham born in this country in Weymouth, MA.  He became an Officer in the Army,  engaged in the Indian wars.  In a letter, an account of this expedition from Lieut. Upham,

“From Mendon, ye 1st of October, 1675.
“Honor’d Gouvner and Counsill,
“These are to certify to your worships that Capt. Gorum with myself, and our soldiers of both companies are in good health at prest. through mercy; and to give our honors an account of our serverall marches:  First, we marched to Mendon on the sixth day of the week at night, being the 24th of Sept.; and, on the 24th day, we marched from Mendon in to Hassanamissit, (now Grafton,) hoping there to have had an Indian for our guide, but the Indians were all gone from thence, and we were thereby disappoint ed of our expectations; and on the next day we marched unto Pakachoug, (now Worcester,) where we found a field of good corn, and well formed, which we did think convenient not to destroy, concluding that, for aught we knew, some of the nearest found inhabitants would be willing to save it; but we could not find any Indians, neither the sign of any being there of late, and we marched from thence unto Manchang (now Oxford), and Chabanamagum (now Dudley), where we found some cornfields and some wigwams, which corn and wigwams we burnt and destroyed, but could not find our enemies, which was a great discouragement to us, having taken so much pains to find them.  Then we returned and marched to an Indian planation called Shockologaud, where we cold not find any Indians, but found a quantity of good corn, which we did not destroy, but reserved it at the request of some of Mendon, who thought to fetch it home for their own use, and from thence we came to Mendon on the 30th of Sept.

Now, seeing in all our marches we find no Indians, we verily think they are drawn together into great bodies far remote from these parts.  If your honors please to send us on any farther service, I hope we shall not be unwilling, but forward to do our uttermost endeavors, withall desiring that you should be pleased to add to our numbers, seeing that besides the garrison men which must be left here in the garrison, we have but thirty men besides myself, – Capt. Gorum [our ancestor Capt. John GORHAM who also died of wounds in the Great Swamp Fight] being now on his march to Mount Hope, and, if we go farther, we desire we may have a surgeon, and some other that may be acquainted with the woods where you may send us – the want of which has been a discouragement to our men.

And for the town of Mendon I am desired to commend the desolate condition of them unto your honors, several of their inhabitants being removed from them, and those in garrison being but poor helps, and in number but twelve men, with their arms very defective.  The planation is very remote, and there arms very defective.  The plantation is very remote, and therefore so much the more stands in need of help.  It is likely to be a prosperous place, if it please God to put an issue to this trouble, and therefore it is more the pitty to have it deserted by the people, who think it must be, if they have not some assistance.  They hope that twenty men, well fitted with their own resources, might be sufficient, if your honors so cause; and resources, might be sufficient, if your honours so cause; and farther, they desire to acquaint your honors that ye Indians of Hassanamissett, which  your honors appointed to sit downs with the, have deserted their own town, and so came not to Mendon; and so, not having any more to trouble your honors withall, I rest,

Your humble to command,
“PHINEAS UPHAM, Leftenant.”

The Phineas Upham House, built in 1703, is a historic house at 255 Upham Street in Melrose, Mass.

In 1700, Phineas’ grandson Phineas Upham,  received a land grant in North Malden which is now called Melrose. In 1703, Phineas Upham married Tamzen Hill and built the house which is still standing today called the Phineas Upham House of Melrose. It has been passed down through family tradition that the house was built for Phineas Upham in 1703 and that Phineas came to this house, then new, on horseback with his new bride, Tamzen. (Elevation)

Sources:

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

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~corey/wood/d1.htm#c4699

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1416126/person/67815704

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=simplicity&id=I00537

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=simplicity&id=I00537

Delorey, Janet Ireland, “The English Origins and Descendants to the Fourth
Generation of Edward Wood of Charlestown, Massachusetts”, THE GENEALOGIST,
Vol. 9, No, 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 90-159.

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Thomas Wood

Posted on June 10, 2010 by markeminer

Thomas WOOD (1620 – 1687) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, He is one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 2,048 in the Miller line.  (See his grandson Thomas BROWNE for details of the double ancestors)

Thomas Wood was baptized 12 Sep 1633 at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Alternatively, he was born 12 Sep 1620 in England.  His parents were Edward WOOD and Ruth LEE.  He emigrated with his parents after 1637.  Both his parents died in 1642 and most of his five younger siblings were raised by other families.  He married Ann HUNT on 7 Jun 1654  in Rowley, Mass. Thomas died on 12 Sep 1687 in Rowley.

Ann Hunt was born 17 May 1635 in Ipswich Mass.  Her father was Enos HUNT and Elizabeth BEST.  Ann died on 29 Dec 1714 in Rowley.

It’s not certain that Thomas’ wife Ann was the daughter of Enos Hunt. Because Thomas Wood in a deposition called John Todd “brother”, some have assumed that Ann was Ann Todd. The will of Mary Grant, widow of John Grant of Rowley, dated 2 Feb., proved 16 Feb 1697/98, discloses that Ann, wife of Thomas Wood, and Susanna, wife of John Todd, were sisters of the testator. Susannah was the daughter of Enos HUNT.

Richard William Cutter, states that John Grant married Mary Hunt but does not cite authority for the statement. It is probable that there is a relationship with the Hunt family of Concord and Billerica. When Mary Grant was granted administration on the estate of her husband, Samuel Hunt of Billerica and John Todd were the sureties on her bond; in her will Ann Todd “is to have one feather bed that Jeremiah lyes on. Jeremiah is probably Jeremiah Hunt.

Children of Thomas and Ann:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Mary WOOD 15 Mar 1655 Rowley, Mass James CHUTE Jr.
10 Nov 1673 Ipswich Mass		 15 Jan 1697/98 Byfield Parish, Newbury
2. John Wood 2 Mar 1656 Rowley Isabel Hazen (daughter of our ancestor Edward HAZEN Sr.)
16 Jan 1680
Rowley		 24 Jun 1735 Littleton, Middlesex, Mass.
3. Thomas Wood 10 Aug 1658 Rowley Mary Hunt
26 Jun 1683		 1 Dec 1702 Rowley
4. Ann Wood 8 Aug 1660
Rowley		 Benjamin Plummer
15 Jan 1679
Rowley		 Before 13 Sep 1715 in Byfield, Essex, Mass.
5. Ruth Wood 21 May 1662 Rowley Joseph Jewett (Nephew – NOT Son of our ancestor Maximillian JEWETT)
16 Jan 1679/80
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John Lunt
26 Oct 1696
Rowley, Essex, Mass		 29 Oct 1734 Rowley
6. Elizabeth Wood 5 Sep 1664 Rowley In a house fire
31 Jul 1675 Rowley
7. Josiah Wood 5 Sep 1664 Rowley Margaret Hopkins
23 Dec 1686
Rowley		 10 Dec 1728
Enfield, Hartford, CT
8. Samuel Wood 26 Dec 1666 Rowley Margaret Elithorpe
21 Jan 1688/89
Rowley		 25 Nov 1690
Canada Expedition
Port Royal Canada
9. Solomon Wood 17 May 1669 Mary Hazeltine
15 OCT 1690
Bradford, Mass.		 13 Jan 1751/52 Uxbridge, Worcester, Mass.
10. Ebenezer Wood 29 Dec 1671 Rowley Rachel Nichols
5 APR 1695
Rowley		 22 Sep 1736 Mendon, Worcester, Mass.
11. James Wood 22 Jun 1674 Rowley Elizabeth Best? 18 Oct 1694 Rowley

Upon his parents deaths in 1642, Thomas and his brother Josiah lived with his sister Elizabeth and her husband Solomon Phipps. Thomas Wood was a carpenter. It is probable that he learned carpentry from Solomon who had been a carpenter.

In 1763 Colonel Eliphalet Dyer (wiki) visited England and brought back for Annie (Wood) Elderkin, wife of Colonel Jedediah Elderkin, and daughter of Thomas, son of Thomas Wood, of Rowley, a crest and coat of arms, supposed to be those of the Wood family to which she belonged, the Woods of Norwich.

The first known of Thomas Wood is his marriage recorded in Rowley. Thomas and Ann Wood were married 4 months, 7 days, 1654. His wife was Ann Hunt, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Rowley records show him to have been a man of excellent Christian character and of high standing among his townsmen.

1661 – The town resurveyed the rights of commonage for its inhabitants because of the number of land parcels that had changed hands since Rowley had been founded in 1639. In the original distribution the number of “gates” was assigned according to the acreage owned: the greater the acreage, the more “gates”. In the resurvey, Thomas Wood is shown to have one gate. Thomas was among the recipients of land when the Hog Island marshes were divided.

25 Mar 1662 – Made a freeman

28 Aug 1667 – Thomas Wood was accused before the Rowley Church, 28 Aug 1667, of having the deed to his land altered to include about sixty rods of meadowland belonging to Rev. Samuel Phillips, the minister of Rowley, and of pulling down the fence. Brother Wood confessed his sin.

In 1667 and 1671, he was selected a “pindar,” the person in charge of impounding stray cattle. He was admitted a freeman in 1671. In 1677, Thomas was shown to be a freeholder of two lots.

31 Jul 1675 – They lost their home and their daughter in a house fire In the Diary of Hon. Samuel Sewall (Vol. 1, p. 10) is the following:”1675 July 31, at midnight, Tho.
Wood, carpenter, of Rowley, had hishouse and goods burnt, and voe malum, a daughter of about 10 years of age, who directed her brother so that he got out, was herself consumed to ashes.”

1680 – The town appointed Thomas Wood and ten others as tithing men in 1680. His obligation was to keep a watch on ten families. This job is akin to being a “religious policeman.” He had to take notice of who attended services, find out why those who didn’t attend weren’t there, and keep order at the church service. His sign of “office” was a long black staff.

7 Nov 1687 – Will of Thomas Wood

(Suff. X: 167-73) The will of Thomas Wood Senr late of Rowley, Co. Essex, Deced. Adm. granted thereon unto his wife Ann and Sonne Thomas Exors.

Made 21 July 1687, mentions wife Ann during her natural Life, Provided shee marrye not again; eldest sonne John Wood, he to pay unto his Brother Josiah Wood, and unto his Brother Samuell, and his Brother Josiah, and to my Daughter Chute of Ipswich; my Brother Obadiah Wood of Ipswich; my son Solomon (a minor); my two youngest Sonns Ebenezer and James, when they come to the age of one and twenty yeares, and they are to mainteyn their mother; my three daus. Mary Chute , Ann Plommer and Ruth Jewitt.

Son Thomas & wife Exors. In prsence of Phillip Nelson Senr, Obadiah Wood Senr, Samuell Platts Jr. and Daniell Wicomb. Proved 23 Nov. 1687.

His inventory was apprized 16 Nov. 1687

Children

1. Mary WOOD (See James CHUTE Jr.’s page)

2. John Wood

John’s wife Isabel Hazen was born Jul 1662 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Edward HAZEN Sr. and Hannah GRANT. Isabel died in 1726.

John and Isabel Wood settled soon in Bradford, Mass., and lived there for many years.  On 22 Aug. 1726, they sold their land there to Robert Savory, and followed their eldest son to Littleton, Mass., where John Wood had bought a farm, 11 May 1726. This farm of 160 acres with buildings thereon, John Wood, Sr., deeded 7 March 1728/9 to Joseph Wood, carpenter, both of Littleton. Richard and Josiah Wood witnessed this deed.

In Mr. George B. Blodgette’s Early Settler of Rowley [Essex Institute His. Coll., 24:61], it is stated that John Wood was of Rowley Village (Boxford), 20 June 1680, but this is based on the baptism on that date of “Goodman Wood of ye Village, son John”; however, Daniel Wood has settled in Boxford about 1675, and had a son John born 25 March 1680, to whom this baptismal record doubtless applies.

During King Philip’s War, John Wood served at Marlborough as a private under Capt. Samuel Brocklebank of Rowley, his name appearing on pay-rolls dated 24 March 1675/6 and 24 June 1676; also, 24 Aug. 1676 his wages (£3.15.08 ) were assigned to the town of Rowley. His name appears on the list of proprietors of Narragansett Township No. 6, now Templeton, Mass., granted 12 Feb. 1733 to veterans living in Littleton and neighboring towns. [Bodge, Soldiers in King Philips War, pp. 207, 271, 435.

3. Thomas Wood

Thomas’ wife Mary Hunt was born 28 Sep 1664 in Rowley, Essex, Mass.  She was Thomas’ first cousin.  Her parents were Nehemiah Hunt and Mary Toll. Her grandparents were Enos HUNT and Elizabeth BEST. Mary died 1 Dec 1702 in Rowley, Essex, Mass.

4. Ann (Mary) Wood

Ann’s husband Benjamin Plummer was born 23 Oct 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Joseph Plummer and Sarah Cheney. His grandparents were John CHENEY and Martha PARRATT. After Ann died, he married 1 Sep 1715 to Elizabeth Felt. Benjamin died 8 Jul 1724 in Byfield, Essex, Mass

5. Ruth Wood

Ruth’s first husband Joseph Jewett was born 1 Apr 1656 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. His parents were  Joseph Jewett and Ann Allen.  He first married Rebecca Law 2 Mar 1677 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. He married Ruth Wood 16 JAN 1679/80 in Rowley, Mass.   Joseph died 30 OCT 1694 and Ruth was the one to remarry. [Anyone with proof either way, please let me know, thanks!]

Ruth’s second husband John Lunt was born 22 Oct 1669 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were John Lunt and Mary Skerry  John died 22 Apr 1741 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass

6. Elizabeth Wood

Elizabeth died in a house fire in 1675. “Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts”:

“In the Diary of Hon. Samuel Sewall (Vol. 1, p. 10) is the following: ‘1675 July 31, at midnight, Tho. Wood, carpenter, of Rowley, had his house and goods burnt, and voe malum, a daughter of about 10 years of age, who directed her brother so that he got out, was herself consumed to ashes.'”

7. Josiah Wood

Josiah’s wife Margaret Hopkins was born 1659 – Essex, Mass. Margaret died 22 Jan 1752 – Ipswich, Essex, Mass.

The Josiah Wood that married Sarah Elithorpe 5 Mar 1681 in Rowley, Essex, Mass was our Josiah’s first cousin, the son of Obadiah Wood and Margaret Sparke. Sarah Elithorpe was born 1668 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Nathaniel Elithorpe and Mary Batt. Sarah died 9 Jan 1689 in Rowley, Essex, Mass.

After Sarah died, cousin Josiah married 17 Oct 1689 in Rowley, Essex, Mass to Mary Felt. Mary Felt was born 12 Dec 1669 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass. Her parents were George Felt and Philippa Andrews. Mary died 4 Aug 1753 in Enfield, CT.

8. Samuel Wood

Samuel’s wife Margaret Elithorpe was born 24 Jul 1672 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Nathaniel Elithorpe and Mary Batt.  After Samuel was killed, she married 19 Aug 1691 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. to Jonathan Harriman (b. 5 Dec 1657 in Rowley – d. 15 Feb 1741 in Rowley)  Margaret died 25 Jan 1754 in Rowley, Essex, Mass.

Samuel died 25 Nov 1690 in Port Royal.  The sons of three other of our ancestors also died in the 1690 Canada Expedition.   Although Phips’ own account of the expedition admitted only 30 dead in combat, smallpox and marine accident claimed about 1,000 more.  See Veterans for details.

The Battle of Québec was fought in October 1690 between the colonies of New France and Massachusetts.

Following the capture of Port Royal in Acadia, during King William’s War, the New Englanders hoped to seize Montréal and Québec itself, the capital of New France. The loss of the Acadian fort shocked the Canadiens, and Governor-General Louis de Buade de Frontenac ordered the immediate preparation of the city for siege.

Battle of Quebec 1690 - The Batteries of Quebec bombard the New England fleet.

When the envoys delivered the terms of surrender, the Governor-General famously declared that his only reply would be by “the mouth of my cannons.”  Sir William Phipps led the invading army, which landed at Beauport in the Basin of Québec. However, the militia on the shore were constantly harassed by Canadian militia until their retreat, while the ships were nearly destroyed by cannon volleys from the top of the city..

9. Solomon Wood

Solomon’s wife Mary Hazeltine was born 11 Dec 1671 in Bradford, Essex, Mass. Her parents were David Hazeltine and Mary Jewett. Her grandparents were Maximillian JEWETT and Ann FIELD. . Solomon died 21 Feb 1749 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Mass

10. Capt. Ebenezer Wood

Ebenezer’s wife Rachel Nichols was born 13 Nov 1677 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Thomas Nichols and Mary Moulton. Rachel died 1717 in Rowley, Essex, Mass.

They settled in Mendon. They were dismissed from the Rowley Church to the Mendon Church July 14, 1717. He died at Mendon, 1736. He drew land in Mendon May 18, 1720, December 27, 1729, and at various other times.

Children of Ebenezer and Rachel:

i. James Wood b. 28 Apr 1696.

ii. Ebenezer Wood, b. 6 Dec 1698.

iii. Jonathan Wood, bapt. 2 Nov 1701 in the First Church at Rowley by Rev. Edward Payson, the fourth settled pastor of that church. He married Hannah Dresser

iv. David Wood b. 30 May 1704.

v. Samuel Wood b. 21 May 1706.

vi. Jesse Wood b. 2 Mar, 1709.

vii. Moses Wood b. 3 Apr 1712.

viii. Eliphalet Wood bapt. 15 Aug 1714.

11. James Wood

James’ wife Elizabeth Best was born in Rowley, Mass. Many genealogies just list Elizabeth’s name with no supporting details. My guess is that when James died at age twenty, he was still unmarried.

Sources:

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

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~corey/wood/d1.htm#c4699

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=19293539&st=1

http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/wood-2.html

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=simplicity&id=I00535

Delorey, Janet Ireland, “The English Origins and Descendants to the Fourth
Generation of Edward Wood of Charlestown, Massachusetts”, THE GENEALOGIST,
Vol. 9, No, 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 90-159.

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Daniel Epps

Posted on June 10, 2010 by markeminer

Daniel EPPS (1595 – bef. 1637) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, He is one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 4,096  in the Miller line.  (See his great grandson Thomas BROWNE for details of the double ancestors)

Immigrant Ancestor

Daniel Epps was born in 1595 at Maidstone, Kent, England. He married Martha REED before 1622  in Wickford, Essex, England. Daniel died before 1637 in London, England.

Daniel was a Gentleman of Ipswich, proprietor, town officer, attorney for his cousin Joseph Cooke in a suit in 1658. He resided in London in 1621 when his wife received a bequest from her mother’s father, Thomas Cooke, yeoman of Pebmershe, Essex, England.

Martha Reade was born on 13 July 1602 at Wickford, Essex, England. She was the daughter of Col. Edmund READE and Elizabeth COOKE. After Daniel’s death, she married George Samuel Symonds in 1637.  It was probably as wife of Symonds that the combined Epps-Symonds family emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Also in this extended family are Martha Read’s two sisters.  Her sister Elizabeth was the wife of John Winthrop, Jr., the son of Governor Winthrop, and one of the founders of Ipswich.  Martha  died in 1662 at Ipswich, Mass.

This caused some confusion for Chute genealogists, who had trouble figuring out why Symonds would mention “son” James Chute in his will, thinking that either he had remarried a Symonds daughter after the death of Elizabeth, or that his mother, Rose, had re-married Symonds after the death of her second husband, Matthew Whipple. He did not, and she had not. By “son”, Symonds meant, “son-in-law.”

George Samuel Symonds (aka Samuel Symonds)  was born on 9 Jun 1595 at Great Yeldam, Essex, England.  His parents were Richard Symonds and Elizabeth Plumb.  He first married Dorothy Harlakenden on 2 April 1617 at Great Yeldam, Essex, England.   He became a deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married Martha Reade in 1637.   After Martha died, he married Rebecca Swayne.  George returned to England and died on 12 Oct 1678 at Earls Colne, Essex, England, at age 83.  Other accounts state he died in Boston.

Dorothy Harlakenden was born in 1596 Earl’s Colne, Essex, England.  She and George Samuel had 10 children between 1621 and 1635. Dorothy died around August 1636 in Toppesfield, Essex, England.

Rebecca Swain of Salisbury, first married Henry Byley of Salisbury, then John Hall of Salisbury, and next Rev. William Worcester of Salisbury, from whom the Worcesters of this Country are descended.  Rev. Samuel Dudley, whose first wife was daughter of John Winthrop Sr., took as his second wife, Mary Byley of Salisbury, who was either brother, or near of kin to Henry Byley, one of the husbands of the much married Rebecca Swain-Byley-Hall-Worcester-Symonds.

Children of Daniel and Martha:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Capt. Daniel Epps 1622
Exeter, Devon, England.		 Elizabeth Symonds, (Stepsister and Daughter of George Samuel Symonds)
20 May 1664
at Ipswich
.
Lucy Woodbridge		 8 Jan 1692
Rowley, Mass
2. Elizabeth EPPS 1623 James CHUTE Sr.
1647
Ipswich, Mass		 7 May 1685
Ipswich, Mass
3. Unknown Epps 1625
4. Mary Epps 1629
Exeter, England		 Peter Duncan
1654/55
Boston		 21 Jul 1692
Gloucester, Mass

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Children of Martha and George Samuel Symonds

Name Born Married Departed
5. Martha Symonds spring of 1637-8, after her parents arrived in America, and just before they settled at Ipswich. John Denison
2 Feb 1663 Ipswich, Essex, Mass		 15 Feb 1692
6. Ruth Symonds 1640
Salem, Essex, England		 Rev. John Emerson
1660 in Salem, Essex, Mass.		 23 FEB 1702 Gloucester Mass
7. Samuel Symonds 1643 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass. Elizabeth Andrews 1669
Ipswich, Essex, Mass
8. Priscilla Symonds  ca. 1649 Thomas Baker
26 Mar 1673 in Hondel, Warwickshire, England		  2 JAN 1733/34 Topsfield, MA

Epps was also spelled Epes and Eppes

From James Savage:

“CHUTE, JAMES, Ipswich, son of Lionel, born in England. Married (as once was thought) a daughter of Hon. Samuel Symonds, who names “son” Chute in his will. But the meaning of the testator may have been son or son-in-law of Martha Epes, or another of several wives that Symonds had; for such seems, also, the case of Peter Duncan, called son of Symonds, because he was the husband of Mary, who was daughter of Daniel Epes by that Martha, who after was the wife of Symonds. By his wife whatever was her name of baptism or whoever was her father he had James, and removed 1681, to Rowley.”

As quoted from the Winthrop Papers:

“Samuel Symonds a gentleman of ancient family at Yeldham in Essex, and a cursitor in chancery for that county, [ A cursitor is an officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs. The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid the slow pace of change and possible harshness (or “inequity”) of the common law. The Chancery had jurisdiction over all matters of equity, including trusts, land law, the administration of the estates of lunatics and the guardianship of infants.] He married first, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Harlakenden of Colne, and had ten children before coming to New England in 1637.  His second wife was Martha, daughter of Edmund Reade, and widow of Daniel Epps.  He settled in Ipswitch was representative in 1638, an assistant in 1648, and by successive elections for thirty years after.  In 1673, he was chosen Deputy-Governor and died in office 12th October, 1678.  Felt (“History of Ipswich 161-163) makes honorable mention of him.  Pedigree of Symonds in the “Diary of the Marhces of the Royal Armn,” Savag’e Geneal. Dict;Proceedings of Mss. Hist. Soc 1862-63, 254-258.  Hugh Peter had married Elizabeth, the widow of Edmund Reade, and the mother of Martha, the second wife of Symonds. ”

The Withthrop Papers published letter from Symonds to Winthrop in 1637. It mentions a land grant of 500 acres in Pequott, which was said to be “at Paquatucke near the Narragansett country.” Samuel requested Winthrop to oversee the laying out of the land and have it registered with the local court, as he was too far away and wished it done as soon as possible

24 Jun 1661 – A Suit brought by Samuel SYMONDS against two servants, William Downing  and Philip Welch, seeking release from their involuntary servitude which had exceeded seven years. Kelecrist Ros deposed that “When their master first brought them home, deponent asked William what Philip’s name was and he said it was Philip.” The suit presents a recital of young men who were “stollen in Ireland, by some of ye English soldiers in ye night out of theyr beds,” against their consents, “where there were divers others of their Country men, weeping and crying, because they were stollen from theyr friends.” The suit included a bill of sale dated 10 May 1654 from George Dell, Master of the Ship “Goodfellow,” to Mr. Samuell SYMONDS. Philip, also known as Edward Welch, was one of the 400 Irish children shipped to New England on the “Goodfellow” of Boston, George Dell, Master, on 06 Sep 1653.

Samuel Symonds owned several tracts of land in Ipswich, including two farms, one called “Olivers,” and the other “Argilla.” He also received various extensive grants of land in other parts of New England. One of these was at “Lamper Eele River,” between Dover and Exeter, on which a saw mill was built, and parts of which he deeded to his sons at different times. Part of it came into the possession of Robert Wadleigh, whence came the name “Wadleigh’s Falls.”

6 Nov 1678:  Samuel Symonds Will probated.

Bequeathed to wife Rebecca all that belonged to her in England before marriage to him; also ample provision at his farm in Ipswich called Argilla, elsewhere, if she prefer; to sons Harlakenden and William; to son and daughter EPPS, she to have the “damaske sute which was the lady CHEYNIES of she desire”; to daughter Martha and her husband John Denison; to son and daughter Emerson; to daughters Baker and DUNKIN; to son CHUTE; to granddaughter Sarah SYMONDS; to wife’s granddaughter Rebecca Stace; son John Hale one of the overseers. Refers to brother Mr. Richard FITZ SYMONDS, from whom a legacy is expected for son Harlakenden. (3) Mentioned not only his own children, but those of his last two wives by their former husbands: “my dau. DUNKIN,” “my dau. HALE,” “my sonne John HALE,” “my sonne CHEWTE,” “my wives grand dau. Rebeckah STACY” (granddaughter of Rev. Wm. WORCESTER by his first wife).

Children

1. Capt. Daniel Epps

Daniel’s wife Elizabeth Symonds was born 22 Dec 1624 in Earls Colne Toppesfield, Essex, England She was his stepsister and daughter of George Samuel Symonds and Dorothy Harlakenden. Elizabeth died 7 May 1685 in Salem, Essex, Mass.

Daniel’s second wife Lucy Woodbridge 13 Mar 1642 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. She was the youngest daughter of Rev. John Woodbridge and his wife Mercy Dudley, youngest daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. She first married Rev. Simon Bradstreet, who was also a Governor of Massachusetts. Lucy died 18 Jun 1710 in Medford, Middlesex, Mass.

2. Elizabeth EPPS (See James CHUTE Sr.‘s page)

4. Mary Epps

Mary’s husband Peter Duncan was born Sep 1629 in Exeter, Devon, England. His parents were Nathaniel Duncan and Elizabeth Jourdain. Peter died 6 May 1716 in Gloucester, Essex, Mass.

5. Martha Symonds

Martha’s husband John Denison was born 16 Jan 1640 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass. His parents were Major General Daniel Denison and Patience Dudley, daughter of Thomas Dudley, Second Governor of Massachusetts. John died 9 Jan 1671 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass.

6. Ruth Symonds

Ruth’s husband Rev. John Emerson was born 26 Feb 1625 in Bishops Staffordshire, Hertfordshire, England. His parents were Thomas Emerson and Elizabeth Brewster. John died 2 Dec 1700 in Glouchester, Essex, Mass.

Rev. John Emerson received a call to Gloucester and settled there as Pastor of the First Parish and remained about forty years.

Mr. Emerson was freeman at Ipswich 19 Dec 1648; graduated from Harvard, 1656;  was ordained 6 Oct 1663, and settled at Gloucester as the first minister of the town.  There he remained till death.  In July 1661, his salary was 60 pounds, “in corn, pease, &c.”  In addition to his property in Gloucester, which included whole or part of three principal mills, he owned farms in Ipswich, probably inherited from his father.  He left his large property to his wife, 40s. to his son, and 20s. to his daughters, “which I do give them in addition to what I have given them already.”  He left three farms in Ipswich, on one of which a Mr. Emerson was tenant.

John Emerson was a classmate at Harvard College of Increase and Eleazer Mather.  He was one of the four who filled parts at Commencement in 1659, as candidates for a degree.  The programme for that day survives.

John’s Accusation of Witchcraft October 1692 , Salem, Massachusettes RECANTATION OF CONFESSORS OF WITCHCRAFT.Mass, Hist. Soc. Co., II. Series, vol. iii., p. 222.“Salem 19 Oct 1692

Goodwife Taylor did say that when she was first apprehended she had no fears upon her. and did think that nothing could have made her confesse against herself : but since she had found to her great grief that she had wronged the truth and falsely accused herself ;

she said that when she was brought to Salem her brother Bridges rode with her and that all along the way from Andover to Salem her brother kept telling her that she must needs be a witch since the afflicted accused her and at her touch were raised out of their fitts and urging her to confess herself a witch. She as constantly told him that she was no witch, that she know nothing of witchcraft and begged of him not to urge her to confesse, however when she came to Salem and was carried to a room where her brother on the one side and Mr. John Emerson on the other did tell her, that she was certainly a witch and that she saw the devil before her eyes at that time and accordingly the said Emerson would attempt with his hand to beathim away from her eyes) and they so urged her to confesse, that she wished herself in any dungeon rather than be so treated. Mr. Emerson told her once and again, well I see you will not confesse ! Well ! I will now leave you, and then you are undone, body and soul forever;

Her brother urged her to confesse and told her in so doing she could not lye. To which she answered Good Brother, do not say so, for I shall lye if I confesse, and then who shall answer unto God for my lye. He still asserted it and said that God would not suffer so many good men to be in such an error, about it. and that she would be hanged, if she did not confesse, and continued so long and so violently to urge and press her to confess that she thought verily her life would have gone from her, and became so terrified in her mind that she owned at length almost anything that they propounded to her;

but she had wronged her conscience in so doing she was guilty of a great sin in belying of herself and desired to mourn for it as long as she lived.”

Mr. Emerson made his will 3 Feb  1697/98.  It was probated 23 Dec 1700 and is recorded in Essex (Mass.) Probate Registry, vi., 98.

8. Priscilla Symonds

Priscilla’s husband Thomas Baker was born 18 Sep 1636 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. His parents were John Baker and Elizabeth [__?__]. Thomas died 18 Mar 1718 in Topsfield, Essex, Mass.

Priscilla Symonds Baker — Gravestone — Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex, Mass

Thomas received from his father, in 1662, an estate in Topsfield, Massachusetts, becoming a freeman in 1665(9). He owned also Argilla farm in Ipswich. In 1666 he inherited from his brother-in-law, Obadiah Antrim, of Salem. He was several times a salectman from 1675 to 1700. In 1683 h became a lieutenant of a troop of 48 men, was captain in 1713, and was known as “Major”. He was a church member in 1684 and a member of the General Court for the town in 1683, 1684, 1686, 1690, 1692-4, 1698, and 1708; he was town constabe in 1688.

Capt. Thomas Baker Gravestone — Pine Grove Cemetery, Topsfield, Essex, Mass

HERE LYES BURIED YE
BODY OF CAP. THOMAS
BAKER WHO DIED
MARCH YE 18 1717-18
AGED 81 YEARS &
6 MONTHS
& ?? DAYS

Sources:

http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p2467.htm#i123301

http://capecodhistory.us/genealogy/wellfleet/i2545.htm#i47279

http://www.magiccables.com/Family/f_e.htm#2

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=12988330

http://www.owingsstone.com/getperson.php?personID=I6105&tree=owingsstone

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Lionel Chute

Posted on June 10, 2010 by markeminer

Lionel CHUTE (1580 -1645) was the first Ipswich schoolmaster in 1636. Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, He is one of4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 4,096  in the Miller line.  (See his great grandson Thomas BROWNE for details of the double ancestors)

Chute Family Coat of Arms

Lionel Chute Sr. was born in 1580 in Dedham, Essex, England.  His parents were Lionel CHUTE and Susan GREENE.  He married Thomasine (“Rose”) BARKER in 1612 in  Belstead, Suffolk, England.  An article on The Two Wives of Lionel Chute, published by William Wyman Fiske for NEHGS in their quarterly journal in April of 2009 argues that Thomasine and Rose were in fact two different people.  He emigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1634.  Lionel died 7 Jul 1645 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Lionel Chute was a the first School Master in Ipswich, Mass

Thomasine (“Rose”) Barker was born around 1580 in England.  Her father was Robert BARKER.  After Lionel died she married Deacon Matthew Whipple 13 Nov 1646 in Ipswich Mass.

Joshua Coffin said, in 1857, that Lionel Chute married Rose, daughter of Samuel Symonds, Lieutenant- Governor, of Massachusetts, but in reality his son’s mother-in-law, Martha Reed Epps Symonds  married George Samuel Symonds after her first husband’s death.   George Samuel Symonds was to become a deputy governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and had several children with Martha. The confusion came when Symond’s will named James Chute Sr as his son instead of son-in-law.  Marke Simonds was a witness to Lionel’s will so the families were close before the marriage.

Children of Lionel and Rose:

Name Born Married Departed
1. James CHUTE Sr. Baptized
2 Feb 1613
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Dedham, Essex, England		 Elizabeth EPPS
1647 in Ipswich, Mass		 1691 in Rowley Mass.
2. Nathaniel Chute 1616
Dedham, England		 1640
Ipswich, Mass Bay Colony
3. Mary Chute Nov 1619
Dedham, England		 Dedham, England

English Ancestry

Lionel’s father Lionel or Lyonell Chute, Sr. was born about 1550. His parents were Anthony CHUTE and Johanna GIRLING. He married 8 Sep 1578 in All Saints Church, Frostenden, Suffolk, Great Britain to Susan GREENE. Lionel Sr died 1 AUG 1592 in Dedham, Essex, England.

 

Immigration

While Lionel, Rose, James or Nathaniel have not been located on any existing passenger lists, there are several distinct Chute family stories about how the Lionel Chute and his family arrived in Ipswich, Massachusetts:

They arrived on the Hercules. Passenger lists, while admittedly incomplete, have not included anyone by the name of Chute. The assumption regarding the Hercules is based on Bethersden Edward Chute’s letter of confirmation on another family, the Ashfords, who also sailed on the Hercules, and Lionel’s date of arrival.

They arrived on the Lion. The Lion/Lyon theory first appeared in print during a recorded speech made by James Milledge Chute, on March 22, 1906, at the dinner celebrating the eighty-third birthday of Isaiah Chute, of Peabody. In addition to being a magnificent speech about the Chute family, this is the first known reference to Lionel Chute, Jr. having arrived in America on the “Lion” out of Bristol. Records of this voyage have not yet been located, and it is not known how James Milledge Chute obtained this information.

He arrived as a sea captain, which is why he never appeared on passenger lists. Out of all the family legends, this has always seemed the most remote and unlikely: Lionel was a clerk and a teacher from Dedham, the son of a clerk from Brampton — for him to suddenly charge across the Atlantic as a sea captain seemed … well, ludicrous. But a “Captain Lionel Chute” does appear in print, and was found back in the 1950’s by Joseph Herman Chute, who found it in a Library and mentioned it in a letter to George M. Chute, Jr.

His arrival coincides with the second wave of a large migration of Puritans (the first wave began with the Pilgrim arrival in 1620), seeking freedom from persecution for their religious beliefs in Great Britain. It also coincides with the accession of King Charles I in 1625, and the appointment of William Laud (1573-1645), considered a particularly sadistic enemy of the growing Puritan movement, to increasing positions of power in Great Britain: to the Privy Council in April 1626, to Bishop of Bath and Wells, then Bishop of London in 1628, and finally to Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633. Laud was also becoming increasingly powerful in political affairs as well. While his persecution focused more on Anglican ministers, Laud’s punishment for those who disagreed with him (in 1637, after Lionel and family had arrived in Massachusetts, English Puritans John Bastwick, Henry Burton and William Prynne “had their ears cut off for writing pamphlets attacking Laud’s views.”), the political climate under Charles I and Archbishop William Laud may have been the precipitating force behind Lionel’s immigration. He was not a young man at the time of his departure from Great Britain and he must have known that he would most certainly never see his homeland again.

Dedham England was the home of John Rogers a Puritan preacher from 1605 to 1636. The windows were taken out of the parish church so that more people might hear him. His rule was so to preach every time that he could come down from his pulpit with a clear conscience. One of his enemies said that his preaching poisoned the air for ten miles around, but a friend said that more souls were saved under his preaching than in any other part of England. Once, twice, thrice, he was silenced by the church authorities in their stickling for outward uniformity. At length the persecutions he suffered seemed to break his heart, and he is said to have fallen in his pulpit and to have been carried out but to die. His descendants filled the pulpit of the first church in Ipswich, Mass., for a hundred and fifty years, one of his grandsons was president of Harvard College.  This illustrious Puritan preacher has a double connection with Byfield, for he was brought up in the family of Richard Rogers, the father of Rev. Ezekiel ROGERS, first pastor of Rowley, one of the two mother parishes of Byfield, and no doubt his preaching was a potent factor in determining Lionel Chute to go with the Puritan colony beyond the sea.

Calder, Isabel MacBeath, The New Haven Colony, Yale University Press, New Haven; Oxford University Press, London; 1934, page 40.

“The new arrivals found that with true Puritan zeal for the education of youth both colony and town governments were making provision for college and schools. To perpetuate a learned ministry, the general court of Massachusetts Bay on October 28, 1636, appropriated £400 for a school or college, and a year later appointed a committee “to take order for a colledge at Newetowne.”  On April 13, 1635, the town of Boston agreed “that our brother Philemon Pormont, shalbe intreated to become scholemaster, for the teaching and nourtering of children with us,” and on August 6, 1636, forty-five of the wealthier inhabitants of the town pledged £40 6s. in amounts varying from the £10 of Governor Henry Vane to the 3s. of John Pemberton for “the maintenance of a free school master for the youth with us,” and chose Daniel Maude, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, as master. William Witherell undertook the education of the children of Charlestown, and Lionel Chute and John Fiske wrestled with similar duties at Ipswich and Salem.  With these projects, not unlike those at one time undertaken by the feoffees for the purchase of impropriations in England, Davenport was in hearty sympathy, and served as one of the first overseers for the college.”

1640 – Bought two parcels of land from William Bartholomew 60 acres upland, 12 acres meadow

1641 – Made freeman

His will is dated 4th 7th mo. 1644, and proved November 7, 1645. He left a wife Rose, and a son James. James, is appointed administrator of his father,

Item. I give unto Rose, my wife, for terme of her naturall life, all this my dwelling house, with the barne & all the edifices (the two chambers over the house & entry only excepted which I will that James my sonn shall have to his only use for the terme of one yeare next after my decease, with free ingresse egresse & regresse, &c), with the yards gardens the home lott & planting lott purchased of Mr. Bartholomew, with the commonage & appurtenances thereto belonging: & after my wife’s decease I give the said house barne lotts & premises with all the appurtenances unto James Chute my sonne & to his heirs.

Item. I give unto my said sonne James & to his heirs forever all & singular my other lands, lotts, meadow grounds, marshes with all & singular their appurtenances & profit whatsoever immediately after my decease; & I give more unto James Chute my sonne (over & above all things before given him), my heffer that is now at Goodman White’s farm, & my young steere.

Item. I give him all my books with all things in my chest, & white boarded deep box with lock & key, one chain four hogsheads two coomsacks two flock bedds two feather pillows one rugg 2 coverletts two blankets my casting nett my silver spoone all my own wearing apparell & that which was his brother Nathaniel’s & three pairs of sheets three pillow beeres two table cloths four towells six table napkins & the one half of the brass & pewter & working & five bushels of English wheate.

Item. I give unto my friend Joseph Morse five shillings.

Item. I give unto the poore of the church of Ipswich twenty shillings to be distributed by the deacons.

Item. My meaning is that my wife shall have my chest after that James hath emptied it.
Item. All the rest of my goods household stuff cattell & chattells whatsoever unbequeathied (my debts & legacies being discharged & paid), I will that Rose my wife shall have ye free use of them for terme of her life, but the remainder of them at the time of her decease over & above the value of five pounds sterling I give unto James Chute my sonne & to his heirs & assigns.

Item. I make Rose my wife executrix of this my last will & testament & in witnesse that this is my deed I have hereunto set my hand & seale in the presence of these witnesses hereunder written,

Lionel Chute
Marke Simonds [our ancestor Mark SYMONDS]
Joseph Morse [son of our ancestor Anthony MORSE]

Sources:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chute/gp10.htm#head2

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/brown-thurston/thurston-genealogies-ruh/page-3-thurston-genealogies-ruh.shtml – 1887

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=19699457&st=1

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chute/

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James Chute Sr.

Posted on June 10, 2010 by markeminer

James CHUTE Sr. (1613 – 1691) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, He is one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 2,048  in the Miller line.  (See his grandson Thomas BROWNE for details of the double ancestors)

James Chute, Sr. was baptized on 2 Feb 1613 in St. Mary the Virgin Church, Dedham, Essex, England.  His parents were Lionel CHUTE and Thomasine (“Rose”) BARKER. He emigrated with his parents, brother Nathaniel and sister Mary  in 1634.  He married Elizabeth EPPS in 1647 in Ipswich, Mass.  James died in 1691 in Rowley Mass.

James was baptized in St Mary the Virgin Church in Dedham, Essex, England

Elizabeth Epps was born about 1625.  Her parents were Daniel EPPS and Martha READ.  Elizabeth died 7 May 1685 in Ipswich, Mass.

Children of James and Mary:

Name Born Married Departed
1. James CHUTE Jr. 1649 in Ipswich, Mass. Mary WOOD
10 Nov 1673 Ipswich, Mass.		 1730 in Byfield Parish, Newbury, Mass.

James received a good education and was often called upon to sign and witness deeds and other legal documents in Ipswich. His wife was also a good scholar, and she, too, was called upon to sign her name on several important occasions.

1645 – James Chute was allowed a bill to take a bushel of Indian corn of the constable’s for two sheets of parchment for the town’s use. He was styled Register of Deeds about that time.

1648 – Became freeman

1648 – Allowed one shilling town bounty for a fox  and the same at another time.

1654, 61, 64, 78 – Selectmen

30 Mar 1652 – James Chute of Ipswich deposed that Goodwife Hermitage chose him to appraise seven hats which the constable of Linn had taken on execution for Goodman Lord of Ipswich, and he and Joseph Gardner appraised them at 42s. She found fault with the appraisal, and Goodman Lord told her that if Goodman Hermitage would satisfy the execution some other way, he could have the hats.

5 Jun 1673 – “It was so cold that linen froze stiff upon the line.”

23 Sep 1675 – James Chute is credited with military service in King Philip’s War  under Captain Jonathan Poole, to the amount of 1 sterling pound, 10, 10, Narragansett No. 1.” The New England Confederation declared war on the Native Americans on September 9, 1675.   The date of September 23rd may have possibly constituted either an enlistment date (for which he was later paid), or an “advance payment” of some sort to James rather than back-pay for services rendered, as the most well known of Poole’s activities was the Oct 16 defense of Hatfield Massachusetts.  Hatfield is about 90 miles away from Ipswich which would have been a considerable distance for James to have traveled for this military service.   He may not have returned until well into early winter.

“By the middle of October, 1675 the lower Connecticut River Valley was alive with the activity of native warriors encouraged by their victories at Brookfield, Deerfield, Northfield and Springfield. Major Samuel Appleton had recently taken over command of the valley troops from John Pynchon, and hardly knowing from which direction the next assault might come, divided his army among three towns. In Northhampton he placed a force under Lieutenant Nathaniel Sealy, supplemented by troops under Major Robert Treat of Connecticut. In Hatfield, he stationed Captains Jonathan Poole and Samuel Moseley. Meanwhile Appleton himself commanded a force stationed at Hadley.” Source: Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Tougias, King Philip’s War, 1999, Countryman’s Press, page 181.

1679 –  James is one of 24 chosen as Tythingmen: “At a meeting of the select men the 15th December, 1679:  In obedience of an order made by the Honored General Court, held at Boston, October 15, 1679 — we ye select men of Ispswich, have chosen Tythingmen as followeth:

16 Aug 1691 – James’, estate consisted of one half homestead, 6 acres marsh, 6 acres pasture land, cash, and 6 silver spoons f3, total £70.

Sources:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chute/gp10.htm#head2

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/brown-thurston/thurston-genealogies-ruh/page-3-thurston-genealogies-ruh.shtml – 1887

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=19699457&st=1

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James Chute Jr

Posted on June 10, 2010 by markeminer

James CHUTE Jr. (1649 – 1730) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather, He is one of 1,024 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 1,024  in the Miller line.  (See his son-in-law Thomas BROWNE for details of the double ancestors)

James Chute Jr. was born in 1649 in Ipswich, Mass. His parents were James CHUTE Sr. and Elizabeth EPPS.  He married Mary WOOD on 10 Nov 1673 in Ipswich.  James died in 1730 in Byfield Parish, Newbury, Mass.

Mary Wood was born 15 Mar 1654/55 in Rowley, Mass.  Her parents were Thomas WOOD and Ann HUNT. Mary died 15 Jan 1697/98 in Byfield Parish, Newbury.

Children of James and Mary:

<td”>Andrew Stickney

ca. 1694

.

Henry Lunt of Newbury

28 Mar 1724 Newbery, Mass3 Apr 1761

Newbury, Essex, Mass

Name Born Married Departed
1. Mary Chute 10 May 1666
Ipswich, Mass		 John Cheney
7 Mar 1692/93		 2 Sep 1750 Rowley, Mass
2. Elizabeth Chute 22 Jun 1676 Ipswich
3. Ann CHUTE 19 Oct 1679 Ipswich Ichabod Cheney
5 Jan 1708 Newbury
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Thomas BROWNE
3 Dec 1712
4. Lionel Chute 15 Apr 1681 Ipswich. Hannah Cheney
10 Dec 1702 Newbury		 Abt. 1730
5. Dec. James Chute 13 Jun 1686 Ipswich Mary Thurston
(Daniel THURSTON’s grand daughter)
26 Jan 1714/15
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Sarah Hale
30 Mar 1761 Rowley
 31 Jan 1769
6. Thomas Chute 31 Jan 1691/92 Rowley, Mass. Mary Curtis
11 Dec 1712  Boston		 1771
Windham, Cumberland, Maine
7. Martha Chute 15 Feb 1693 Ipswich Josiah Smith
1712		 4 Jul 1777
8. Ruth Chute 2 Nov 1695 Rowley William Hines
1718		 Marblehead, Essex, Mass.
9. Hannah Chute 14 Jul 1700 Rowley Timothy Jackman
1723		 Jun 1787

James Chute removed to Byfield, Mass. (Rowley side) in 1681, and commenced the settlement of the old Chute place, near the meeting-house.

James seems to have been a man of kind disposition, mild temperament and pious withal. And, judging from his writings, he must have received a good education.

20 Nov 1691 –  James Chute jun. only son & heir & administrator to “ye estate of his father, Mr James Chute deceased,” for £36, ls. in current silver mony, sold to John Wainwright of Ipswich, 20 acres, upon the town hill, bounded south east & southerly by land of Nath. Tredwell, Thos. Newman & Benj. Newman, westerly by Tho. Lowell, northerly by land of John Staniford & Philip Fowler,

James Chute & a seale
Jonathan Brown Jonathan Brown Mary x Chute & a seale.
Elizabeth x Rundoll
Mary and Elizabeth marked with an “X”

20 Oct 1692 –  James Chute to John Staniford for £60, sold 12 acres in Ipswich. recorded Mar 28, 1717.

James Chute and Mary both signed with an “X”

7 Oct 1692 – James Chute of Ipswich, for £100 in current silver money, sold to John Wainwright, merchant ofIpswich, 3 acres in Ipswich, & 10 acres of marsh land on Plum Island, that he got of Thos. Mdecalf, Dec 20, 1692.

James Chute & a seale
Mary Chute her mark & a seale
Simon Stacy
John Harris

James Chute of Ipswich, in ye county of Essex in New England sendeth greeting, sells to Nicholas Wallis six acres of salt, marsh, bounded (at ye place called the hundreds in the first division) So west by Mr Tuttle’s marsh, Northerly by marsh of Jno Edwards, northerly (easterly ?) by Nathan Whipple’s marsh, southerly by Francis Young’s marsh.

James Chute & seale Signed sealed & delivered
Mary x Chute & seale

in presence of James Chute & Mary Simon Stacy his wife appeared April Wm Baker ye 6, 1693, & did acknowledge Richard Smith this instrum’t above written to be their act & deed before me Sarni’ Appleton one of ye councell & Justice of the peace.

23 Dec 1696 – James Chute sold to Abram Hazeltine of Bradford 7 acres of salt marsh lying in Ipswich division at Plum Island next joining to Rowley, for £25 silver
William defender of the faith

Witnesses : Nat Harris, Thomas Nelson and Ephraim Nelson
the sixth year of his Majesty’s King
James Chute & a seale
ye mark of; Mary ++ Chute & a seale.

Mr James Chute & Mary his wife owned this to be their free act & deed Feb ye 17, 1696 ‘7, before me Nat Saltonstall Justice of the peace. May 15, 1695. James Chute of Rowley, for £20, current silver money, sold to Benj.Plumer of Rowley 8 acres of Plum Island.

James Chute & seal
Mary Chute & seal.
Henry Poor, Abig. Poor, Sam’l Hale.

James Chute sen ack this inst to be his act & deed this July 8, 1696, before Dudley Bradford J P. Apr., 1695. “Mr Jewts wife” joined the 1st church in Rowley, from Ipswich ; undoubtedly the wife of James Chute jun.

13 Aug 1709 – Eldad Cheney, Martha Worcester of Bradford, Ichabod Cheney, Huldah Worcester, Jemima Pettingall, Hannah Chute & Lydia Poor of Rowley, all children of Peter Cheney late of Newbury, for £46, 10, sold to Benjamin PEARSON, 24 acres in Newbury, south side of Fall., River, &c. in the presence of Anthony Morse , Thos. Noyes, jun., Rich ye mart and Brown Cler. James Chute, John Cheney, Mary an Cheney, Eldad Cheney, Huldah Worcester & Jemima Pettingall, with the consent of Richard Pettiugall her husband, Aug. 10, 1709.

Attest
Joseph Woodbridge, J. P.
Witnesses Ichabod Cheney, Martha Worcester, Anna (Hannah) Chute,
with ye consent of Lionel Chute & Lydia Poor with ye consent of Jer. Poor, &c.

The women all made their marks.

Mar. 3, 1710. James Chute of Rowley, husbandman, for £20, sold to Andrew Stickney jun 10 acres in Rowley, in a place commonly called “ye new ox pasture,” bounded easterly upon ye great swamp lott, southerly side upon Stickney own laud westerly end partly upon Stickney6 & partly upon James Chute, & northerly side by Chute’s meadow,easterly end with a stake & stones & then westerly end from a stake & stones by a dam on a straight to a small white oak tree.

James Chute & Seale
her mark
Mary x Chute & seal.
Witnesses, Wm Bennet, James Chute.

26 Jan 1720 –  James Chute to Andrew Stickney jun for £20, 10 acres in Rowley.

12 Jun, 1724 – James Chute of Rowley, to his da Elisabeth, & son in law Henry Lunt of Newbury (successor of Andrew Stickney sen to the wife), a tract of land in Rowley. James Chute & a seal.

Witnessed by And. Stickney, John Pike.

From the name Mary Chute being left off her husband’s writings it is inferred that she•was dead in 1715; and the above article being the last on record of his, it is inferred that he must have died before 1730. The church records say that Mary Chute and thirteen others founded the church at Rowlberry, alias Byfield, Oct. 13, 1706.

1712-14. Richard Crafft, shoreman, & Elisab. his wife, da of Wm & Mary Wood, lived in Marblehead.

28 Nov  1711 – Mary wid. of Wm Woods, Marblehead, sold property to Richard Skinner.

Children

1. Mary Chute

Mary’s husband John Cheney was born 10 May 1666 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Peter Cheney and Hannah Noyes. His grandparents were John CHENEY and Martha PARRATT. John died 2 Sep 1750 in Weston, Middlesex, Mass.

Children of Mary and John:

i.  Edmund Cheney b. 29 Jul 1696 – Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony; m. 18 Nov 1714 – Mary Plummer

ii. Martha Cheney b. 30 Jul 1700 – Newbury, Essex, Mass.

iii. Mary Cheney b. 14 Nov 1701 – Newbury, Essex, Mass.

iv. Sarah Cheney b. 4 Oct 1703 – Newbury, Essex, Mass.

v. John Cheney, Jr. b. 23 May 1705 – Newbury, Essex, Mass.

vi. Judith Cheney b. 6 Apr 1707 – Newbury, Essex, Mass.

2. Elizabeth Chute

Elizabeth’s husband Andrew Stickney was born 9 Dec 1667 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Amos Stickney and Sarah Morse. His grandparents were Anthony MORSE and Ann COX.  He first married in Newbury, Rebecca Somerby, the daughter of Abiel Somerby and Rebecca Knight, who was b. in Newbury, 7 Jun 1672. She died there, 30 Jan 1692/93. Andrew died 29 Apr 1717 in Rowley, Essex, Mass.

Elizabeth’s second husband Henry Lunt was born 23 Jun 1669 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Daniel Lunt and Hannah Coker. Henry died 2 Mar 1738 in Newbury, Essex, Mass

Jan 1688 – Andrew was impressed from Newbury, MA by Gov. Andros to serve in a campaign against the Indians.

9 Jun 1700 – He and his wife Elizabeth, were admitted members of the First church in Rowley, and Oct. 13, 1706, they with others were dismissed “to their imbodying in church order by themselves at Rowlbery alias Byfield.”

16 Mar 1702/03 – The Town of Rowley voted “that those inhabitants of Rowley (among whom was Andrew Stickney), living on the N. W. side of Rye plain bridge and N. W. side of Long Hill, and have joined with the people of Newbury in building a new meeting house, shall be abated their minister rate in Rowley, if they do ordain an orthodox minister to teach in said meeting house.”

5 Dec 1705 – Andrew Stickney of Rowley, husbandman, buys of John Luntt of Rowley, and wife Ruth, “4 1/4 acres of land in Rowley on north side of Rye Plain near said Stickney’s house, formerly laid out and rec’d as right of John Tod.”

10 May 1707 – Andrew Stickney of Rowley, Cordwainer, buys of Sam’l Plats and Mary his wife “8 1/2 acres of land on Rye Plain by his house and barn, being the land laid out to Wm. Law and Rich’d Langhorne.”

1708 – He was a soldier under Capt. Thomas Noyes of Newbury, at the same time as his brother John.

3 Mar 1710 – He buys of James Chute of Rowley, husbandman, for £20, “and as an allowance to a former purchase short of what ye land was accounted, 10 acres of land and meadow lying in a place called new Ox pasture, bounded E. end on great Swamp lotts, S. on Stickney’s own land, W. partly on said Stickney’s own land and part on land of James Chute, N. on Chute’s meadow E. by Dam.”

26 Sep 1715. “The Selectmen of Rowley laid out a private highway, 1 1/2 rods wide, beginning at the Road that leads to Pettis ferry at Bradford thro’ the Rye Plain as the houses are now built to Andrew Stickney’s which stands upon land which is commonly called the new Ox’s pasture, as they have improved a way of late and desired to have it that dwell at present at the above said plains, Selectmen E. Jewett, John Browne, Tho. Dickinson, Jona. Pickard, Sam’l Johnson.”

Andrew Stickney died in Rowley, Byfield Parish, in 1717, leaving a Will dated Jan. 12, 1716-17, “he being weak in body but sound in mind” he bequeathed “to his true and loving wife all his Real and Personal estate, until his son Amos came of the age of 21,” when all Real estate to be divided between them, Amos to pay his eldest sister Rebecca £14, “and to all the rest of my children which I have or shall have £7 each, to each of my sons £4 when 21, and £3 within a year after the decease of my wife. To all my daughters, excepting Rebecca, when 18 years old.” After his wife’s decease Amos to have the other half of his estate. His “loving brother” John Stickney, John Cheny and James Chute, to be Overseers of his Will. Proved July 22, 1717. [Essex Prob. 12: 46.]

Inv. of his estate, March 6, 1720, “29 acres of land given by Mr. James Chute and his heirs to said Stickney, dec’d, £174.” To “Dwelling house and other buildings £17.” Amt. Personal estate, £46, 10s., Wm. Fiske and Max’n Jewett, Appraisers. [Ibid, 13: 127.] His house probably stood near where Sam’l L. Ewell’s now stands (1868), and was sold by his son Amos Stickney to John Lull, Oct. 23, 1723.

285 Feb 1731. Guardianship of James Stickney, a minor about 16 years of age, son of Andrew Stickney, late of Rowley, granted to Wm. Fisk, who gave bonds with Benj. and Andrew Stickney.

Children of Elizabeth and Andrew:

i. Rebecah Stickney b. 16 Jan 1692 – Newbury, Essex County, Mass; d. 29 Dec 1693 – Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, American Colonies

ii. Rebecca Stickney b. 23 Dec 1695 – Newbury, Essex, Mass.

iii. Amos Stickney II b. 23 Apr 1699 – Newbury, Essex, Mass; m. 1722 – Hepzibah Wicom

iv. Andrew Stickney b. 9 Feb 1702 – Newbury, Essex, Mass.; m. Sarah Brocklebank (multiple spouses)

v. David Stickney b. 4 Jul 1703 – Newbury, Essex, Mass.; m. Sarah Atkinson (multiple spouses)

vi. Stephen Stickney b. 4 Apr 1705 – Newbury, Essex, Mass; m. 1732 – Mehitable Goodridge

vii. Hannah Stickney b. Jul 1708 – Newbury, Essex, Mass; m. 1726 – Abner Lunt

viii. Ann Stickney b. Feb 1712 Newbury, Essex, Mass; m. 1732 – Nehemiah Noyes

ix. Mary Stickney b. 1714 Newbury, Essex, Mass –

x. James Stickney b. 1715 Newbury, Essex, Mass; m.: 1735 to Eleanor Wilson

xi. Ruth Stickney b. 1717 Newbury, Essex, Mass; m.: 1735 to Zachariah Beals

3. Ann CHUTE (See Thomas BROWNE‘s page)

4. Lionel Chute

Lionel’s wife Hannah Cheney was born 12 Sep 1683 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Peter Cheney and Hannah Noyes. His grandparents were John CHENEY and Martha PARRATT. Hannah died 6 Dec 1776 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass.

Children of Lionel and Hannah:

i. Jemima Chute b, Dec 1703 Rowley, Essex, Mass; m. 1722/23 Samuel Jewett; d. ~1742/3

ii. Mary Chute b. 1706 Rowley, Essex, Mass; m. 1726 Jonathan Core/Cory

iii. Lydia Chute b. Jan 1709 Byfield Parish, Newbury, Essex County, Mass; m. 30 Mar 1726 – Ebenezer Dakin; d. 30 Mar 1728 – Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass

iv. Sarah Chute b. Jun 1714 Byfield Parish, Newbury, Essex County, Mass; m. 15 OCT 1730 – Benjamin Philbrick; d. 1813 Sutton, now Merrimack County, New Hampshire

v. Samuel Chute b. 25 May 1718 – Byfield Parish, Newbury, Essex , Mass; d. 25 May 1718 – Byfield Parish, Newbury, Essex , Mass.

vi. John Chute, Sr. b. Jun 1720 – Byfield Parish, Newbury, Essex County, Mass; m. 26 Nov 1745 – Judith Foster; d. Nov 1791 – Granville, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada

vii. Samuel Chute b. 5 Aug 1722 – Byfield Parish, Newbury, Essex , Mass; d. Nov 1791 Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

viii. Hannah Chute b. Jul 1724 Byfield Parish, Newbury, Essex , Mass; m. 7 Jul 1743 – Jonathan Coburn

ix. Elizabeth Chute b. Apr 1726 Byfield Parish, Newbury, Essex , Mass; m. 24 Feb 1745/6 – Enoch Noyes

5. Deacon James Chute

James’ first wife Mary Thurston was born 7 Jan 1692 Essex, Mass. Her parents were Daniel Thurston and Mary Dresser. Her grandparents were Daniel THURSTON and Ann PELL. Mary died 12 Aug 1760 – Newbury, Essex Mass.

After Mary died, James married 30 Mar 1761 at age 74 in Rowley to Sarah Hale.

Children of James and Mary:

i. Mary Chute b. 8 Nov 1716 Rowley, Essex County, Mass; m. 1740 – Mark Jewett; d. 1809 Hopkinton, New Hampshire

ii. Ruth Chute b. 27 Aug 1720 Rowley, Essex County, Mass.; m. 26 Oct 1741 Rowley toJoseph Searles (b. 11 May 1718 – Rowley)

iii. Deacon Daniel Chute b. 06 May 1722 in Byfield, Essex County, Mass. – d. 6 Jan 1805 in Mass.; m. 20 Apr 1743 Age: 20 Newbury, Mass. to Hannah Adams (b. bef. Apr 1722 – d. 28 Apr 1812 in Newbury). Hannah’s parents were Richard Adams and Susanna [__?__]. Daniel and Hannah had twelve children born between 1744 and 1765. One, Mary “Polly” Chute (b. 28 Dec 1762 – d. 1849) married 29 Jun 1780 Newbury, Essex, Mass to Benjamin Colman (b. 27 Jul 1752 Newbury – d. 20 Feb 1847 Newbury, Mass (aged 94) ) son of our ancestor Benjamin COLMAN.

The following description is from the diary of Deacon Daniel Chute :

“Yesterday, being the Lord’s day, the first Sunday after Easter, about five of the clock in the p. m., a most terrible, and as most men do conceive supernatural thing took place. A form as of a giant, I suppose rather under than over twenty feet high, walked through the air from somewhere nigh the Governor’s school, where it was first spied by some boys, till it past the meeting-house, where Mr. Whittain, who was driving home his cows, saw it, as well as the cows also, which ran violently bellowing. Sundry on the whole road from the meeting-house to Deacon Scarles’ house, saw and heard it, till it vanished from sight nigh Hunslow’s hill, as Deacon Searles saw. It strode so fast as a good horse might gallop, and two or three feet above the ground, and what more than all we admired, it went through walls and fences as one goes through water, yet were they not broken or overthrown. It was black, as it might be dressed in cloth indeed, yet were we so terrified that none observed what manner if at all it was habited. It made continually a tending scream, ‘ hoo, hoo,’ so that some women fainted.”

The majority of the people, the Rev. Moses Parsons included, believed this spectre to be the devil taking a walk to oversee his mundane affairs.

Deacon Benjamin COLMAN published an account of this occurrence in the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet. This was in the midst of his controversy with Mr. Parsons on the slavery question, and he attributed the diabolical visitation to the heinous sin of slave-holding by the pastor of the parish, followed by quaint theological speculations, in the deacon’s strong and fearless style.

iv. James Chute b. 12 May 1725 – Newbury, Essex County, Mass; d. 12 May 1725 – Newbury

v. David Chute b. 1727 –

6. Thomas Chute

Thomas’ wife Mary Curtis was born 22 Aug 1691 – Plymouth, Mass. Her parents were Benjamin Curtis and Mary Silvester. Mary died 30 Jul 1762 – Windham, Cumberland, Maine.

29 Feb 1729 – Raised his home, Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass,

1733 – Appointed Deputy Sheriff of Essex County by Benjamin Marston

1735 – Appointed to survey, New Marblehead (Windham), Cumberland County, Maine Drew Lot #12.

1737 – Moved to Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine

1738 – Dismissed from (Old) Marblehead Church, admitted to Falmouth: also, Mary and daughter Abigail.

~1743 – Moved from Falmouth to New Marblehead (Windham), Cumberland County, Maine

1762-1766 – Town Clerk, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine

Children of Thomas and Mary:

i. Mary Chute b. 25 Aug 1713 – Old Marblehead, Essex County, Mass; d. 26 AUG 1713 – Old Marblehead, Essex County, Mass

ii. James Chute b. 1 Jan 1715 – Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass; d. 1730 – Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

iii. Mary Chute b. 30 Oct 1716 Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass
–
iv. Abigail Chute b. 7 Jun 1718 Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass; Reli: 1738 – Dismissed from (Old) Marblehead Church, admitted to Falmouth Church with parents.; m. [__?__] Cobham
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v. Thomas Chute b. 3 Jul 1720 Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass

vi. Edmund Chute b. 17 Jun 1722 Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass
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vii. Rebecca Chute b. 6 Jan 1724 Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass; m. John Bodge; d. 25 Jul 1763

viii. Mary Chute b. 27 Mar 1726 Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass
–
ix. Curtis Chute b. 15 SEP 1728 Old Marblehead, Essex, Mass; m. 1754 Miriam Carr; d. 5 Jun 1767 – Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

7. Martha Chute

Martha’s husband Josiah Smith was born 28 Mar 1687 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were John Smith and Rebecca Poore. Josiah died 1756 in Newbury, Essex, Mass

Children of Martha and Josiah:

i. Samuel Smith b. Jun 1720 – Newbury, Essex , Mass

ii. Josiah Smith, Jr. b. 1723 Newbury, Essex , Mass

iii. Martha Smith b. 31 Mar 1728 Newbury, Essex , Mass

iv. James Smith b. 21 Jan 1732 Newbury, Essex , Mass

v. Moses Smith b. 16 Jul 1738 – Newbury, Essex, Mass

8. Ruth Chute

Ruth’s husband William Hines was born 1 Mar 1691 in Marblehead, Mass. His parents were William Hine and Elizabeth Norman.

Children of Ruth and William

i. William Hines b. 13 Aug 1722; m. 1758 – Elizabeth Girdler

ii. Thomas Hines b. Nov 1729 –

iii. Elizabeth Hines b. Mar 1736 –

9. Hannah Chute

Hannah’s husband Timothy Jackman was born 5 Oct 1702 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were James Jackman and Rachel Noyes. Timothy died in 1787 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

Children of Hannah and Timothy

i. Benjamin Jackman b. 19 Jul 1724; m. 1745 – Elizabeth Noyes

ii. Hannah Jackman b. 28 May 1727 –

iii. Timothy Jackman b. 13 Jul 1729; m. Mary Thurston

iv. Mary Jackman b. 29 Aug 1731 –

v. Esther Jackman b. 15 Sep 1734 –

vi. Mary Jackman b. 13 Feb 1736 –

vii. Ruth Jackman b. 12 Apr 1741

Sources:

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

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chute/gp10.htm#head1

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/brown-thurston/thurston-genealogies-ruh/page-3-thurston-genealogies-ruh.shtml – 1887

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=19699445

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Joseph Pell

Posted on June 10, 2010 by markeminer

Joseph PELL (1600 -1650) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather two ways: He is one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line through his daughter Anne.  His was also one of 4,096 in this generation of the Miller line through his daughter Eleanor.

Joseph Pell was born 1600 in England. His parents were William PELL and [__?__].  He married Elizabeth JAMES before 1623 in England.   He emigrated in 1641 with his wife and children. He married second to Elizabeth Wright in 1637.  Sources  for Ann’s mother are  divided between Elizabeth James and Elizabeth Wright, though none showed both.   Joseph died 23 Feb 1650 in Boston.

Joseph Pell - Coat of Arms

Elizabeth James was born about 1607 in England.  Elizabeth died before 1637.

Elizabeth Wright (Wight) was born 02 Nov 1606 in Hareby, Lincolnshire, England, and died 11 Mar 1671 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Her parents were Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fulshaw.  Her first husband was Nathaniel Eaton or Heaton, who was born in England and came to Boston as early as 1634. He and his wife Elizabeth were admitted to the Boston church, 2 Nov 1634. He was a mercer [a dealer in textiles (especially silks)], a proprietor of Boston, where he was admitted a freeman, 25 May 1636. His widow married (second) Joseph Pell, and (third ) John Minor (Maynard). The widow conveyed her dower rights in certain land, 13 May 1660. She and the son Nathaniel petitioned, 1 Feb 1664, for a division of the estate. Children: Jabesh; Mary, married, 5 May 1653, John Gilbert; Eleazer, baptized 2 Oct 1636; Leah, married Cornelius Fisher; Nathaniel, mentioned below; Elizabeth, born 8 Oct 1643. Pp. 1964-5, New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV .

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Anne PELL 1635
Many sources say Lynn, Mass, but I could find no details		 Daniel THURSTON
20 Oct 1655
in Newbury Mass.		 After 1692
Newbury
2. Elleanor (Ellen) PELL 1623
England		 John BOYNTON
21 Feb 1642/43
Boston
.
Deacon Maximilian JEWETT
30 August 1671 in Rowley, Mass		 5 Aug 1689
Rowley, Mass

Joseph Pell was a Butcher in Boston - Bartolomeo Passerotti’s The Butcher Shop (1580s).

The area known as Lynn was first settled in 1629 by Edmund Ingalls (d. 1647) and incorporated in 1631 as Saugus, the Nipmuck name for the area. The name Lynn was given to the area after King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England, in honor of Samuel Whiting. Some records show Joseph’s to be in Lynn England.

 

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

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/i/k/Miriam-I-Pike/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0421.html

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/brown-thurston/thurston-genealogies-ruh/page-3-thurston-genealogies-ruh.shtml

http://webspace.webring.com/people/qm/maryw_36/a13.html#i5514

http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p445.htm#i11116

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=20699773&st=1

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Daniel Thurston

Posted on June 10, 2010 by markeminer

Daniel THURSTON (1631 – 1693) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, He is one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line.

Daniel Thurston – Coat of Arms

Daniel Thurston (the Kinsman, see below) was born in 5 May 1631 in Cranbrook, Kent, England. His parents were Robert THURSTON and Martha [__?__].  His uncle arrived in Newbury around 1638.   He married Ann PELL on 20 Oct 1655 in Newbury Mass.  Daniel died 19 Feb 1693 in Newbury, Mass.

Daniel Thurston – Memorial Burying Ground of the First Settlers Newbury MA

Alternatively, he was  born Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England and was the son of Daniel or Stephen THURSTON

Daniel’s uncle Daniel Thurston was born about 1590 in Gloucestershire, England. His parents were Fadanbro Thurston and [_?__]. He married 29 Aug 1648 – Newburyport, Essex, Mass to Ann Lightfoot. Daniel died 1665 – Newbury, Essex, Mass. Some sources say Ann Lightfoot’s husband was Robert Thurston and others say Nathaniel Thurston.

Ann Pell was born in 1635 in Lynn, Mass. Her parents were Joseph PELL and Elizabeth JAMES. Ann died in Newbury after 1692.

Children of Daniel and Ann:

Name Born Married Departed
1. Daniel Thurston 2 Jul 1657
Newbury		 3 Jul 1657
Newbury
2. Hannah THURSTON 20 Jan 1658/59
Newbury		 Benjamin PEARSON
20 Jan 1679/80
Rowley MA.		 26 Jun 1731
Newbury
3. Daniel Thurston 18 Dec 1661
Newbury		 Mary Dresser
1688
Newbury		 18 Feb 1738
Newbury
4. Sarah Thurston 8 Jan 1663/64
Newbury		 7 Dec 1735
Medfield, Mass
5. Steven Thurston 25 Oct 1665
Newbury		 Bef. Oct 1672
6. Joseph Thurston 14 Sep 1667
Newbury		 Mehitable Kimball
1695
.
Elizabeth Woodbury
25 Aug 1707
Rowley, Mass.
7. Ann Thurston 6 Sep 1669
Newbury		 6 Sep 1669
Newbury
8. James Thurston 24 Sep 1670
Newbury		 Mary Pearson
24 Jan 1692/93
Newbury
9. Steven Thurston 25 Oct 1672
Newbury		 Bef. Feb 1672/73
Newbury
10. Steven Thurston 5 Feb 1672/73
Newbury		 Mary Knight
14 Oct 1706
Newbury		 9 Sep 1728
Stratham, NH
11. Abigail Thurston 17 Mar 1677/78
Newbury		 Joseph Chase
8 Nov 1699
Newbury		 1763
Littleton, Mass

Daniel was a trooper in Captain Appleton’s company, and was paid £4., 10s., June 24, 1676.

There were two early settlers in Newbury named Daniel Thurston.  It is likely they were nephew and uncle.  One came to Newbury in or prior to 1638 because in the town record this entry appears : ”24 Nov., 1638, there was granted unto Daniel Thurston an house lot on the Neck over the great river of four acres next to John Osgood.”

Savage says that Daniel Thurston, the uncle, married on the 29th day of August, 1648,  Ann Lightfoot, the widow of Francis Lightfoot, of the town of Lynn, as his second wife, his first wife having died May 20, 1648. As this couple had no children they probably adopted the nephew Daniel junior, to whom the elder Daniel by his will, in 1665, left his estate after the death of his wife, calling him in the will my “kinsman.”

We know that the relation of nephew and uncle subsisted between these two Daniels from a petition relating to the militia, to which petition objection was made that some who signed it were boys. The petition objection notes ” Young Daniel Thurston is under his uncle.” which fully establishes that relationship because there were no others of the name of Thurston at that time in the town of Newbury.  Daniel Thurston “the kinsman,” first appears from the town records of Newbury, married 20 Oct 1655, to Ann Pell, supposed by Savage to have been a daughter of Joseph Pell, of the town of Lynn, from which town,  Daniel the elder married his wife, Ann Lightfoot, a circumstance which adds probability to Savage’s conjecture.

Three English emigrants named Thurston:  Edward, John, and Daniel, arrived in Massachusetts between 1635, the first year of the settlement ot Newbery, and 1647, the year in which Edward married the Quakeress Elizabeth, the daughter of Adam Mott, who was six years old when she came with her father from  Cambridge, England. Edward Thurston was born in 1617. He married Elizabeth Mott, daughter of Adam Mott and Sarah Lott, in June 1647.   Edward Thurston died in March 1707 at Newport, Rhode Island. Edward Thurston marriage to Elizabeth was the third marriage on the record of the Society of Friends in Newport. He was a freeman in 1655, a commissioner and assistant deputy 1663 to 1690. On Aug 26, 1686 he, with others, signed an address from the Quakers of Rhode Island to the King.

We don’t know that these three Thurstons bore were related to each other, much less that they were the traditional “three brothers,” although there is a probability that John and Daniel may have been related.

Daniel bequeathed to his son James his pistols and his “houlsters”, to his son Joseph a gun and to his son Steven  his carbine.

The Newbury Thurstons perhaps were weavers, for the “kinsman ” bequeathed in his will to his sons Joseph and Steven “looms and the tackling belonging to the same.” The kinsman was also a military man. He bequeathed to his son James his pistols and his “houlsters”, to his son Joseph a gun and to his son Steven  his carbine. He was a soldier in King Philip’s war in 1675, a trooper in Capt. Appleton’s  company. Eight of the “kinsman’s” descendants were soldiers in all the various wars prior to Revolution.  Sgt. Oliver Thurston was with Sullivan in his  expedition asainst the six nations, and was wounded at the battle of Newtown.

Will of Daniel Thurston – It  looks like our ancestor Hannah got five shillings while her sibblings all got at least thirty pounds in Cattell (Cattle I presume) because she had borrowed money from her father in the past.  Why was this document scorched as if it had been in a fire before being consumed?

Be it known to all men by these presents that I, Daniel Thurston, Sen, of Newberry in the county of Essex in New England, being weak of body, but of perfect memory, doe hereby make my last will and testament.
Commending my soul to God and my body when it shall depart this life to decent buriall in an assured hope of a blessed resurrection. And for my worldly goods which God of his mercy hath given me I dispose of as followeth, viz. :
I have by deed of gift under my hand and seale made over to my sonne Daniel Thurston one-half of my lands and meadow that I have in the town of Newberry known by the name of Rake Lott, which was done upon his marriage , with all priviledges and appurtenances yerto belonging, and I doe now make over to my sonne Daniel Thurstain All my buildings with the other half of my lands and meadows with priviledges and appurtenances yrto belonging on conditions as follows:
First. That he, my said sonne Daniel, and his heirs Doth take care of and provide comfortably for his mother soe long as She shall remain my widow.
Secondly. I do oblidge my son Daniel to pay my daughter Sarah the sum of thirty pounds in Cattell within two years after my decease.
Thirdly. I doe oblidge my sonne Daniel to pay my sonne Joseph the sum of thirty pounds Cattell within fower yeares after my decease.
Fourthly. I doe oblidge my sonne Daniel to pay my sonne Steven the sum of thirty pounds in Cattell Five years after my decease.
Fifthly. I oblidge my sonne Daniel to pay my daughter Abigail the sum of thirty pounds in cattell within eight years after my decease.

Item. I also give and bequeath to my sonne James a parcel of land lying in Newberry known by the name of my Rake Lott with all my pistols and houlsters, which is held in full of his portion.
Item. I also give to my sonne Joseph a pr of loomms with the tackling belonging to them and also a cowe and a gun.
Item. I give to my son Steven a pair of loomms and my carbine.
Item. I doe also give to my daughter Hannah five shillings which is to be with what I have before given her in full of her portion.
Item. I give to my daughter Sarah fiveteen pounds which she shall have out of my household good which is to be in full of her portion.
Item. I doe also leave all the rest of my moveable estate in my sonne Daniel’s hands, except a fether bed and furniture belonging to it and to the value of other five pounds in other household stuff, which I do leave my beloved wife to make use of during her life.
And I give to my son Daniel full power as administrator to recieve all my debts due to me by bills or otherwise. And I doe also order him, my said sonne Daniel, to pay for my funerall expenses and also pay all my lawful debts which he is to do out of my moveable estate. And if there be any overplus the rest of it is to be divided amongst four of my children, viz., Joseph, Stephen, Sarah, and Abigail. But if it soe fall y yer be not enough of my moveable estate to pay all my lawfull debts then I order that my son Daniel shall be abated so much of the hundred and twenty pounds which he was to pay to his brothers and sisters above mentioned as will discharge the reaminder of my debts, and my four children, Joseph, Steven, Sarah, and Abigail, shall beare it equally among them, and I doe desire my loving friends John Poore, Henry Poore, to be overseers of this my last will and testament. I hereby revoking all former will of myne. In confirmation of what is before written as my last will and testat., I have hereunto set my hand and seale the 17 day of January 1692-3. The mark of Daniel Thurston.
Signed, sealed, and declared in ye presence of John Poor, Thomas Hale. The Mark of Stephen Thurston.

“Note: I have inspected the original document in the probate office in Salem, and it is scorched as though it had been thrown in the fire and rescued from flame before being consumed. It is mere conjecture that this was done, and that the addendum following, was made to appease somebody who was dissatisfied with the first part of the will. – A.S. Thurston.”

For some addition to what is above written, Whereas it is expected that my beloved wife shall haive a feather bed and furniture and five pound more out of the house during life and also that my daughter Sarah shall have fourteen pound out of the household stuff, And whereas I left the rest of my moveables within doors to my son Daniel, My will now is that after my daughter Sarah shall have had her fiveteen and my beloved wife her bed with furniture and her five pounds that then what is left of my moveable estate within doors shall be equally divided between my daughters Sarah and Abigail and prized to them as part of their thirty pounds apeace, and so much as it amounts to shall be taken off from the sixty pounds in Cattell which my son Daniel was to pay to them. And my will is that my son Daniel shall pay all abatement of said sixty pounds to my two sons Joseph and Stephen. And whereas it is above provided that if my moveable estate without doors will not pay all of my lawfull debts, that then my son Daniel shall be abated so much of the hundred and twenty pound which he was to pay his brothers and sisters as would discharge the remainder of my debt, and that my sons Joseph and Stephen and my two daughters Sarah and Abigail should bear it equally between them, My will now is y if my moveable estate without doors will not discharge all my lawfull debts that then my said Daniel shall take out of what I ordered him to pay my two sons Joseph and Stephen soe much as will dishcarge the reaminder of my engagements.
And Whereas I have given to my beloved wife a bed with furniture and five pounds more out of the house which she is to have during her life, my will is that at her decease it shall be equally divided between my two daughters Sarah and Abigail. My will further is that whereas I did order my son Daniel to pay his brothers and sisters portions in Cattell, my will is that it shall be paid in neat cattell under seven years old.
As witness my hand the 17 Jan 1692/93 The Mark and seal of Daniel Thurston.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of us, John Poore, Thomas Hale. The Mark of Stephen Thurston.

Children

Reverse of Memorial – Children of Daniel Thurston

2. Hannah THURSTON (See Benjamin PEARSON‘s page)

3. Daniel Thurston

Daniel’s wife Mary Dresser was born 24 Dec 1667 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. Her parents were John Dresser and Martha Thorley. Her grandparents were our ancestors Richard THORLEY and Jane [__?__]. Mary died 7 Dec 1735 in Newbury, Essex, Mass

6. Joseph Thurston

Joseph’s first wife Mehitable Kimball was born Aug 1657 in Wenham, Essex, Mass. Mehitable died before 25 Aug 1707 in Bradford, Essex, Mass.

Joseph’s second wife Elizabeth Woodbury was born 3 Apr 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Mass. Her parents were John Woodbury and Elizabeth Tenney.

8. James Thurston

James’ wife Mary Pearson was born 27 Oct 1671 in Rowley, Essex, Mass. Mary died in 1702

10. Stephen Thurston

Steven’s wife Mary Knight was born 1686 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. Her parents were John Knight and Rebecca Noyes. Mary died 13 Mar 1754 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire

11. Abigail Thurston

Abigail’s husband Joseph Chase was born 25 Mar 1677 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. His parents were Aquila Chase 3rd & Hester (Esther) Bond.  His grandparents were Aquila Chase 2nd & Ann Wheeler and his great grandparents were our ancestors Aquila CHASE and Martha JELLIMAN.  Joseph died 1763 in Littleton, Mass

Sources:

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

http://helenesgenes.com/Thurston.html

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/brown-thurston/thurston-genealogies-ruh/page-3-thurston-genealogies-ruh.shtml – 1887

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Thomas Robinson

Posted on June 9, 2010 by markeminer

Thomas  ROBINSON (1637 – 1690) was Alex’s 9th Great Grandfather, one of 1,024 in this generation of the Miller line,

Thomas Robinson was born in 1637 in England.  He married Susannah [__?__] in 1666 in Crosswicks Creek, NJ, Thomas died 13 APR 1690 in Crosswicks Creek, West Jersey .

Daughter Susannah Robinson was born 1668 in Hexam, Northumberland, England. She probably did NOT marry  Roger PARKE Jr. in 1698  in Crosswicks Creek New Jersey.  The name of his wife is unknown. Some mistaken information having to do with a will of a Thomas Robinson got this started but it has no basis in truth, having been researched extensively by many Parke family researchers. It has also been speculated that his wife was Jane Stout or a woman named Hannah before 1704, but this also is just speculation – so Roger’s wife’s name is unknown.  Susannah died in 1731 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ.

Susannah [__?__]  was born in 1642.

23 Apr 1690 – Thomas Robinson of Crosswick Creek; will of. Wife Susannah. An expected child; legacies to Roger Park junior, William Emley, his children and servant Mary Hughs; kinsman John Robinson of Epworth, Co. of Lincoln, England, to inherit after wife’s death. William Emley of Nottingham and Roger Park of Crosswick Trustees of real estate, the wife executrix of personal property. Witnesses–Joshua Wright and Joseph Ward. Proved May 10, 1691.

8 May 1691 -Inventory of the estate (£59.–.–, all personal); made by Robert Wilson, William Hixson, Marmaduke Horsman and Roger Parke.

3 Jun 1691- Bond of the widow Susanna Robinson as executrix. Robert Wilson and Thomas Folke junior, both of Burlington Co., yeomen, fellow bondsmen. Burlington Wills. . Will proved and letters testamentary granted to his widow and executrix, Susanna Robinson of Crosswicks Creek.

Sources:

http://files.usgwarchives.org/nj/statewide/wills/vol1pt07.txt

http://www.barney.org/family/wga49.html

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John Pickard Sr.

Posted on June 9, 2010 by markeminer

John PICKARD Sr. (1600 – 1640) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather, one of 4,096  in this generation of the Shaw line. He was also Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather, one of 2,048 in this generation of the Miller line. These lines have been separate up to the present day by 12 and 11 generations respectively.

John Pickard – Coat of Arms

John Pickard Sr.  was born about 1600 in Holme-on-Spaulding-Moor, East Riding Yorkshire, England.  His parents may have been Robert PICKARD (1557 – 1634) and Margaret BOTT (1560 – 1593).  Robert PICKARD (son of John PICKARD and Margaret) was born Abt. 1555 in Willoughby, Waterleys, Lincolnshire, England, and died 20 Jun 1634 in Willoughby, Waterleys, Lincolnshire, England,.He married Margaret BOTT on 02 Aug 1578 in Willoughby, Waterleys, Lincolnshire, England,.

Alternatively, there were two John Pickards and Robert Pikard’s and Margaret Bott’s son John may have been born in Leicestershire, England on 12 Mar 1580, married Anne Unknown, married the sister of Bartholomew Hich, and passed away on 1634 in Leicestershire, England.  According to this version, Robert’s son Henry PICKARD went to Holme Upon Spaulding Moor, York, England where he married Elizabeth Margaret WINTRINGHAM, their two known children were John and his sister Dorcas Pickard. They both came to America and arrived in Rowley Essex, Mass., but at seperate times.  I am not sure which story is correct, so I made a separate page for Henry PICKARD.

Here is what we know about Robert Pikard’s and Margaret Bott’s descendents leading up to Bartholomew Pickard who joined the Royal Army and ended up in New York marrying a Dutch girl.

ROBERT PICKARD (Son of JOHN) Robert PICKARD, yeoman, son of John, was probably born at WW no later than 1557 and was buried there 20 June 1634. He left a will which named several in his family. He was married to Margaret BOTT 2 August 1578 and they had six children.

JOHN PICKARD (Son of ROBERT) John PICKARD, yeoman, son of Robert PICKARD, baptized at WW, 3 December 1580, died intestate after 7 May 1630, when he was named in his father’s will. Before 1611, John married a woman whose first name is unknown. Her surname was HICH. She was the brother of Bartholomew Hich. They had seven children.

ROBERT PICKARD (Son of JOHN) Robert PICKARD, yeoman, son of John, was baptized at WW 18 August, 1611, and died there 26 August, 1657. He married there, Bridget STRETTON, baptized at WW 29 December, 1616, died there 3 March, 1672. She was the daughter of William STRETTON of WW. Robert and Bridget had seven children.

BARTHOLOMEW PICKARD (Son of ROBERT) Bartolomew PICKARD, Freeman of Leicester, was born 25 August, 1648, at WW the son of Robert and Bridget PICKARD. He moved from Willoughby to Leicester and was apprentice of William Springthorpe, cordwainer. About 1670, he married Dorothy (—). He died and was buried on 16 March, 1678, at the age of twenty-nine. He left three or four small children. Dorothy’s later history is unknown.

BARTHOLOMEW PICKARD (Son of BARTHOLOMEW) Bartholomew PICKERT [PICKARD] Bartholomew was a soldier and emigrant to the colony of New York. He was born at Leicester, England, and baptized in St. Martin’s, September 18, 1676. His parents were Bartholomew and DorothyPICKARD.

In 1697, Bartholomew joined His Majesty’s Army and shipped out with three companies of troops consisting of two hundred men to New York. They were deployed to protect the Northern Frontier from raids by the French and their Indian allies. He was transferred to Schenectady near the end of 1698. It was here that he met and married a Dutch girl, Eechje [Eva] CLAES on November 12, 1698. She had been born near Schenectady about 1680. Her father may have been Nicholas Claes.

They were members of the Reformed Church of Schenectady. Their first three children were baptized there. About 1706, they moved to Albany, where Bart was a Grenadier in Colonel Richard Ingoldsby’s Company until sometime after 1713.

He was granted a lot for a farm about six miles west of Albany on the King’s Highway on January 15, 1717. He farmed there until 1723, when he was granted a patent at Stone Arabia for 940 acres. His neighbors were the Palatines who had come over in 1709, and were finally receiving some land of their own. Since the record keepers were most likely German or at least expected all the local inhabitants to be German, it may explain why Bartholomew was recorded as Pikkert rather than Pickard. He is even described in one source as one of the distressed Palatines who came in 1709.

Our ancestor (Johann) Friedrich MARKLE was a Palatine refugee.  You can see the story of their escape to America on his page.

Bartholomew died in New York, in 1742. He may have been buried on his farm. Bart and Eva acquired property on the east side of Canajoharie about 1731. It was supposedly a gift to them by the Mohawks and had been confirmed by a “Moonlight survey.” Apparently Eva PIKKERT and Sir William JOHNSON were at odds about the legality of this gift. She is mentioned in more than one letter in the Jonhson Papers. Eva died when she was about eighty-five years old, shortly after she and her grandson Jacobus Mabie were evicted by Sir William JOHNSON from this property in 1767

Our John married Ann LUME perhaps in 1620 – Great Sampford, Essex, , England and died 5 Apr 1640 in West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

Perhaps John Pickard was baptized in All Saints’ Church, Holme on Spalding Moor

Ann Lume was born in 1589 – Great Sampford, Essex, ,England.  How was Ann Judith Lume’s mother in 1634 when she was still married to John Pickard?  John did not die until 1640.  Maybe John died earlier.  Ann died on 19 Mar 1661 in Rowley, Mass.

Some sites say Ann Lume’s husband was Rev. Henry Pickard born about 1595 – Staffordshire, England, died 5 Apr 1640 – Yorkshire, England They say his parents were still Robert Pickard and Margaret Bott

Children of John and Ann

Name Born Married Departed
1. Dorcas PICKARD ca. 1621
Holme-On-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England		 John PEARSON
ca. 1643
Rowley, MA		 12 Jan 1702/03
Rowley, MA
2. John PICKARD Jr. ca. 1622
Holme-On-Spaulding Moor, England		 Jane CROSBY
29 Oct 1644 Rowley		 Sep 1683
Rowley MA

Perhaps the Pickards and the Crosbys sailed to America on a ship called the “Lion” in either 1635 or 1638.

This passage suggests that Ann remarried and Lume is the name of her second husband.  Joshua Bradley was the son of our ancestor Danyell BROADLEY.

The mother of John Pickard was widow Ann Lume who died 19 Mar 1661 in Rowley, Mass  leaving an estate of £49 : 2: 6.  and daughters Judith Lume [born 1634] who was married 26 May 1663 to Joshua Bradley, and Susannah Lume who administered her estate. John Pickard having declared in court that he neither desired nor expected any part thereof.

Estate Of Ann Lume Of Rowley.

Administration on the estate of Ann Lume, intestate, granted Apr. 17, 1662, to Judith Lume and Susanah Lume, her daughters. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 106.

Inventory taken Apr. 16, 1662, by Maxemillion Jewett and Samuell Brocklebanke: Aparell, 4li.; one bed, with furniture oil it, 4li. 10s.; puter and Tin, Hi.; brase and Iron vessels, Hi. 2s. 6d.; wooden vessell, 10s.; table, chaires and cushings, 16s.; whelle and cards, 4s.; house and land, 20li.; three cowes, one calfe and one 2 yeareing, 17li.; total, 49li. 2s. 6d. Allowed Apr. 17, 1662. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 7, leaf 98.

The Ipswich court Mar. 18, 1664 ordered an equal division of the estate of Ann Lumbe between her two daughters,  Judith and Susannah Lumbe, the house and lot to Susanna and the moveables to Judith Lumbe.

Acknowledged by Joshua Bradley to be the agreement between his wife Judith and his sister Susanna, which he approveth before me Daniell Denison. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 2, page 225.

Deposition of Samuell Brocklebanke, aged about 36 years, being in court when an inventory of the estate of Ann Lum was presented, and before administration was granted to the two daughters of the said Ann, that he heard John Pickard son of the aforesaid Ann say he did not desire to have the administration but desired that it might be granted to his sisters, and also that he did not expect any of the estate. When administration was granted to the two sisters equally, he was desired to be helpful to them in the division. Sworne in Ipswich court Mar. 29, 1664.

William Stickney deposed that John Pickard did own to him in way of discourse what is expressed by Lt. Brocklebanke in the testimony above written. Sworn in Ipswich court Mar. 29, 1664.

Sources:

New England Family History Magazine

http://www.bereanonline.com/ipp.htm#Pickard

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr_idx/idx162.html#PICKARD

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=21693978&st=1

http://missingpearsons.tripod.com/pickard.htm

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