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(9g) Thomas Cole
Cole Gen. 114-5; Essex Probate Records:314-5; Essex Antiquarian:160-164;

Thomas Cole was born roughly 1610, d. 1679, and m. roughly 1640 Ann _______, b. roughly 1615, d. 1680. Thomas is first of record in 1649[/50?] when recorded as a husbandman in Salem, Mass. He can not be positively identified as any of the three Thomas Coles who had arrived in New England by 1640. Thomas bought a house and land at Marblehead Neck on 14 Feb 1665[/6?] from Philip Cromwell (Cutter). His will was dated 25 Dec 1678 and proved in Salem Court 27:4m:1679 (27 June 1679), leaving his entire estate to his wife Ann, and making her sole executrix. His will mentions "my children" but names none of them. His inventory was taken 20 April 1679, amounting to 99 pounds with about 12 pounds of debt. The inventory was attested in Salem court 27:4:1679 (same day as will probate) by the two appraisers, Ann, executrix, being sick. Ann's will was made 1 Nov 1679 and proved 2 May 1681, naming her two sons, Abraham and John, with the former executor. There must have been something about the Coles that kept them out of the mainstream of Puritan life, as the wives of both of Thomas's surviving sons were accused of witchcraft in 1692, though both were later acquitted. Children:


 * Abraham, eldest son, b. say 1640, d. 1715, m. Salem 11 June 1670 (VR) Sarah DAVIS. Abraham was one of the Salem inhabitants who protested against imposts in 1668.  He was a tailor.  "Savage says that he removed to Hampton, and there took the freeman's oath in 1678, and afterwards returned to Salem." (Gen:114)  In 1685 Abraham built a house in Salem on land that came from his father through his mother's will.  Upon his death, the house was split between his two sons Samuel and Thomas, and it remained standing until 1846 when it was razed so that the street could be widened.  In 1692 Sarah was accused of witchcraft and imprisoned, but not brought to trial.  She was freed on bail 14 Jan 1693[1692/3?].  Abraham left a will that was proved 31 Dec 1715, and his widow Sarah's will was dated 2 July 1717 (Cutter).  They had five known children born from May 1670 [sic] 1687, per the genealogy, but Cutter gives them eight.  A web source, citing Find-a-grave, gives the following on Sarah:  b. Reading, Mass. 1 Oct 1651, daughter of George Davis and Sarah Clark; she and Abraham had seven children born Salem from 1671 to 1687.


 * John, b. say 1642, m. (1) 1667 Mary KNIGHT; (2) Sarah ALSBEE.

Many early genealogists, such as Pope and Savage, make this Thomas Cole of Salem the same as the Thomas Cole enrolled at Southampton on 26 March 1634 as a passenger for New England on the Mary and John. Anderson, in the Great Migration series (2:157) writes, "Perley finds [this] Thomas Cole in Salem as early as 1642 [Perley 2:134], but even an eight-year gap [between 1634 and 1642] is too great too [sic] allow this identification, and we must conclude that the 1634 passenger never arrived in New England, or died soon after arrival, or landed and soon returned to England." With that said, here are some snipets that may or may not pertain to this Thomas Cole: (1) at St Peter Upon Cornhill in the City of London, Thomas Cole, minister at Kent (or Bent), was married to Anne Andrews on 11 June 1632; (2) in Saco (now Maine), Thomas Cole was an early tenant of a Mr. Vines, on the same farm that was once occupied by Mr. Samuel Andrews. Also, on 15 Dec 1639, a John _______, grandson of Thomas Cole, "which came out of New England," was baptized in Navestock, Essex, England, aged 3 years (GDMNH:157); (3) this family had a connection with Hampton (NH), as Abraham lived there for a while and was made freeman there in 1678 (per Savage). William Cole (c.1574-1662) was of Hampton, and had first come to Exeter with Wheelwright, and then to Hampton where he died, childless (GDMNH:157). William's will was apparently probated in Salem, Mass., the home of subject Thomas Cole.

(8g) John Cole, Sr.
Cole Gen:115-117; Vital records of Salem, Lynn, and Bradford, Mass.; TAG 41(1965):80-83 (Alsebee family)

John, the son of Thomas and Ann Cole, was born say 1642, d. Lynn, Mass. 8 Oct 1703 (VR, as John Coall, sr.), m. (1) Salem 28 May 1667 (VR) Mary KNIGHT, d. by 1675; (2) Sarah ASLEBEE/ASLET, b. c. 1659, d. Bradford, Mass. 1 Jan 1740[/1] in 82nd year (GR1) (VR as Sarah Cool), daughter of John Aslebee and Rebecca Ayer. John grew up in Salem, but about 1675 moved to Malden, and then about 1684 to Lynn, where he died. He was a cooper. His second wife, Sarah, was tried for witchcraft at Charlestown and acquitted 1 Feb 1693[1692/3?]. John's will was dated 5 Oct 1703, but was not proved as it had but two witnesses. Administration of his estate, therefore, was granted to his eldest son John on 5 Dec 1703. Administration of the estate of widow Sarah Cole of Bradford, Mass. was given to her son Samuel Cole on 25 May 1741. Sarah has an extant gravestone in the Ancient Burying Ground in Bradford; her surname is given as "Cool". Children of John and Mary:


 * John, b. Salem 18 May 1668 (VR), m. Mary EATON (see below).


 * Thomas, b. Salem Nov 1669 (VR), d. Salem 1669 (VR)


 * Mary, b. Salem 1:7:1671 (1 Sep 1671) (VR), living in 1716 (final accounting of her father's estate) as Mary Cole.


 * Hannah, b. Salem 12:10:1674 (12 Dec 1674) (VR), living in 1716 as Hannah Cole.

Children of John and Sarah:


 * Samuel, b. Lynn 27 Dec 1687 (VR), d. Boxford 20 Jan 1765, m. (int. Lynn 3 May 1712, as Samuell Coal and Suzana Brown) Susanna BROWNE, b. Lynn 6 March 1689/90, d. Boxford 20 July 1785, aged 95 (VR), daughter of Cornelius Browne, Jr. and Susanna Story. The will of Samuel Cole of Boxford was dated 13 Aug 1762 and proved 15 April 1765.  They had five known children bapt. at Bradford.  See Nicholas Browne family, below.


 * Anna, b. Lynn 5 Aug 1690 (VR), d. Bradford 30 Sep 1746 in 56th year, m. (1) (int. Lynn 9 June and int. Andover 30 June 1716) Josiah SESSIONS, b. Andover 2 May 1684, d. Bradford 30 Dec 1724, aged 41, son of Alexander Sessions and Elizabeth Spofford; m. (2) Bradford 18 Feb 1730 Samuel RUNNELS, d. Boxford c. Jan 1789. Anna was appointed administratrix of the extate of Josiah Sessions on 15 Feb 1724/5.  Inventory on 2 Sep 1725 totaled 737 pounds.  On 2 Feb 1789 a committee was appointed to divide the estate of Samuel Runnels late of Boxford.

(7g) John Cole, Jr.
John Cole, the son of John Cole and Mary Knight, was b. Salem, Mass. 18 May 1668, d. Boxford, Mass. 5 Feb 1736/7 "very suddenly", and m. Reading, Mass. 24 Dec 1691 Mary EATON, b. Reading 1 May 1672, d. Boxford 7 Oct 1746, aged 78 [sic], the daughter of Daniel and Mary Eaton. He moved from Salem to Reading, then about 1700 to Lynn, then in 1721 to Boxford where he resided in the West Parish. He was a tailor. He appears on tax lists there from 1721 to 1736, and was surveyor of highways in 1726. The bond of administration for his estate was given to Jonathan Cole, Thomas Peabody, and Thomas Howsy on 4 July 1737. His widow Mary refused administration on 28 July 1737. Inventory was dated 5 Sep 1737. John and Mary are almost certainly buried in the Brookside Cemetery in West Boxford since that is where they lived, and their deaths were recorded in the Second Congregational Church there. Children, first four b. Reading, remainder b. Lynn, Mass.:


 * Mary, b. 24 July 1693, was non compos mentis and never married. She lived to an old age in Oxford according to the Cole genealogy.  A bond of guardianship for her was dated 4 Sep 1738 and signed by Ebenezer Sherwin, Thomas Peabody, and Jonathan Cole.  An account of guardianship and an inventory of her estate were dated 21 May 1744, but it is not known how much longer she lived after this date.


 * Martha, b. 29 March 1695, d. Reading 14 Aug 1714


 * Jonathan, b. 23 April 1698, d. young


 * Jonathan, b. 30 Sep 1699, m. (1) Judith BROWN; m. (2) Sarah (_______) Holt (see below).


 * Daniel, b. 20 June 1703 (Daniell Coall, s. John, jr. and Mary, June 20, 1703--Lynn VR), d. 1774, m. c. 1731 Anne _________, b. 1709, d. Concord, MA 20 June 1794, aged 85. Daniel moved to Boxford with his parents in 1721, and appears on the tax list there in 1724 and 1725.  He thereafter moved to Concord, Mass., where he was likely married, and where the births of six children were recorded from 1732 to 1748.  Daniel's will was proved 10 Jan 1775, he being called of Concord.  Ann has a FAG memorial in South Burial Place in Concord, but likely has no extant grave marker.  Their oldest child, Mary, is buried in the Old Hill Burial Ground in Concord, and Daniel may be either there or in the South Burial Place.


 * Hepzibah, b. c. 1705, d. Dunstable, Mass. 1 April 1756, m. Boxford 21 Sep 1726 Ebenezer SHERWIN, b. Boxford 5 Jan 1705/6, d. Dunstable c. 1764, the son of Ebenezer Sherwin and Susannah Howlett. Hepzibah and Ebenezer had eleven known children, the first eight of whom were born in Boxford.  They moved to Dunstable in 1747.  The administrators petition concerning the estate of Ebenezer Sherwin was dated 5 March 1764.


 * Hannah, b. c. 1707, d. 10 March 1781, perhaps in Windsor, CT, m. Boxford 19 Dec 1727 Daniel EATON, b. Tolland, CT 24 July 1707, the son of Daniel Eaton and Abigail Hubbard. Hannah and Daniel had five known children born 1729 to 1740.  FAG memorials have been created for Hannah and Daniel, without a cemetery.

(6g) Jonathan Cole
Jonathan Cole was b. Reading, Mass. 30 Sep 1699, d. Westmoreland, NH 6 April 1780, the son of John Cole and Mary Eaton of Salem and Reading, Mass. An earlier son of this couple named Jonathan was born in Reading on 23 April 1698, and must have died young. Jonathan was married in Boxford, Mass. on 8 April 1724 to Judith (called Judah) BROWN, b. Reading 10 Nov 1700, d. Harvard, Mass. 1 Nov 1746, the daughter of Cornelius Brown and Susanna (Story) Clark. Jonathan m. (2) Harvard, MA 24 June 1747 Sarah Holt. I suspect that Sarah was the widow of Uriah Holt (1702-1741) who died in Lancaster, Mass. If so, then she is probably the Sarah Wright, b. Andover, Mass. 20 Mar 1696, daughter of Walter Wright and Elizabeth Sadie, who m. in Andover 28 Sep 1725 Uriah Holt. Judith is buried in the Harvard Cemetery with several of her children and near her brother, Caleb Brown, and Jonathan is buried in the Canoe Meadow Cem., Westmoreland, NH. Children of Jonathan and Judith, all likely born in Boxford where the family lived, but the earlier children were baptized in neighboring Bradford:


 * Jonathan, bapt. Bradford 17 Jan 1724/5, d. Bradford, Mass. 29 July 1727, aged 3 (GR1) (VR as Jonathan Cool).


 * Martha, b. 3 Nov 1726, bapt. Bradford 6 Nov 1726, d. 23 Nov 1746, aged 20y 20d, bur. Harvard Cem.


 * Judith, bapt. Bradford 24 Nov 1728, likely died young. The Cole genealogy says she d. Harvard Oct 1746, but this appears to be in error (and likely refers to her mother), as a later Judith was bapt. 1735[/6?].


 * Jonathan, bapt. Bradford 14 Feb 1731[/2?], d. Westmoreland 3 Sep 1813, aged 83, m. Harvard 1 May 1751 Edith DAVIS, b. 29 Sep 1728, d. 8 Feb 1805, the daughter of Amos Davis and Elizabeth Chapman. Jonathan was one of the early settlers of Westmoreland, NH, and a grantee of the 1752 charter there.  He and his wife are buried in the Canoe Meadow Cem. there.


 * Abijah, bapt. Bradford 11 March 1733[/4?], m. Sarah KENT.


 * Judith, bapt. Bradford 23 Feb 1735[/6?]. She is almost certainly the Judith Cole who m. (1) Harvard 14 June 1753 Jonathan SYMONDS, b. 1716, d. Harvard 24 Jan 1770 in his 55th year; and m. (2) Simon DABY, b. 1715, d. 18 Dec 1802 in his 88th year.  Judith and both husbands are buried in the Harvard Cemetery.


 * Jedediah, b. 10 Mar 1736/7, baptized Boxford 13 March 1736/7, d. Harvard 21 Oct 1746, aged 9y 7m 11d. He is buried in the Harvard Cem.


 * Hannah, bapt. Boxford 27 May 1739, d. Harvard 4 July 1785, aged 46, m. Harvard 2 Feb 1758 John ATHERTON, b. Harvard 22 Feb 1736/7, d. Waterford, ME 1795, the son of John Atherton and Phebe Wright. John was a soldier in Capt Isaac Gates' company, Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment responding to the Lexington alarm.


 * John, b. 17 June and bapt. Boxford 21 June 1741, d. Westmoreland 15 April 1786, and m. c.1761 Lois DAVIS, b. 12 Oct 1742, d. Westmoreland 8 Sep 1830. In 1776 John was a sergeant in the 8th company of Col. Nichols' regiment; he served in the Battle of Bunker Hill.  He was chosen as captain of a company of 63 men raised for serve against Burgoyne in Nov 1777.  He lived in the north part of Westmoreland, but late in life moved to Windham, VT and was called late of Londonderry, VT on his tombstone.  He died in Westmoreland while on a visit to his oldest brother, Jonathan.  He and his wife are buried in the Canoe Meadow Cem., Westmoreland.  They had 14 children.


 * Mary, b. 27 Sep, bapt. Boxford 2 Oct 1743, d. Harvard 22 Oct 1746, aged 3y 25d; bur. Harvard Cem.

(5g) Abijah Cole
Abijah Cole, the son of Jonathan Cole and Judith Brown, was born in Boxford, Mass., but baptized in neighboring Bradford 11 March 1733[/4?] and died in Harvard, MA 11 May 1768 "a middle aged man." He married in Harvard, MA 3 Mar 1759 Sarah KENT, the daughter of Josiah Kent of Harvard. Following Abijah's death, Sarah m. in Harvard, MA 30 Mar 1772 Samuel Garfield, who was a millwright, and taught his step-sons that trade. Sometime about 1755, while he was still single, Abijah wrote a short will before embarking on a military expedition to Quebec. It reads: "I, Abijah Cole, having joined a company or regiment for the capture of Quebec, in view of the uncertainty of human life, do give and bequeath to my father, Jonathan Cole, and to my brothers, Jonathan and John Cole, certain lots of land situated in Harvard, and to my friend Sarah Kent, personal property, consisting of a watch and money." Abijah survived the expedition and came home to marry Sarah, and had several children before dying at an early age. Since Abijah died in Harvard, he is almost certainly buried in the central cemetery, where his mother and several siblings are buried, though no marker has been found for him. Children, born Harvard, MA:


 * Infant, b. 1760, d. Harvard, MA 26 April 1760. While there is no record of a burial location, it is highly likely that the child was buried in the Harvard Cemetery where Abijah's mother and several siblings are buried with grave markers.


 * Sarah, b. Harvard 24 May 1761, and d. supposedly in Westmoreland, NH 3 Nov 1788, did not marry. According to Frank T. Cole, author of a Cole genealogy covering this family (publsihed 1887), after the death of her father, Sarah came to Westmoreland, NH with other members of her family. She died unmarried at the age of 23, and was buried in this cemetery and had a marker on her grave. However, this memorialist was not able to find her marker when visiting this cemetery in 1993 and again in 2011.  In case Frank Cole was wrong about Sarah, here are two other records that might pertain to her: a Lucy Cole, daughter of Sarah Cole was baptized at Harvard, MA 5 Dec 1784. Also, there was an intention of marriage in Harvard, MA between Sarah Cole and Luther Ward of Leicester, dated 5 Sep 1783.


 * Abijah, likely born in the part of Littleton, Mass. that became the town of Harvard on 8 December 1762, and died in Prospect Harbor, Hancock Co., Maine 27 June 1845. He was about seven when his father died, and his mother remarried to Samuel Garfield, a millwright. He was taught Garfield's trade, and went to Maine with his step-father, building mills. He was married (intention in Gouldsboro, ME May 1789) to Nancy Ann WILLIAMS, b. 29 Sep 1768, d. Prospect Harbor, ME 10 March 1857. Abijah was a soldier in the Revolutioanry War. On a 22 Jul 1780 list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army, Abijah's name appears with this description: age 17 yrs; stature, 5ft 9in; complexion, dark; residence, Harvard; marched to camp 22 Jul 1780 under command of Capt. William Scott. He was discharged 22 Jan 1781 with six months and 12 days service. Abijah purchased property in the village of Prospect Harbor, town of Gouldsboro, where he lived the remainder of his life. On 31 Oct 1832, Abijah made application at Hancock Co., ME for a Revolutionary War pension, calling himself aged 70, and a resident of Gouldsboro. On 15 July 1846, his widow, aged 77, applied for widow's pension in Hancock Co., ME, and on 5 Apr 1855, aged 86, she applied for "BLW" [Bounty land warrant?]. Abijah and Nancy had eleven children.  They are buried in the Prospect Harbor Cemetery.


 * Lois, b. Harvard 2 Nov 1764, d. Broome County, NY 29 Jan 1834.  Her father died when she was three years old. She was married to Solomon ROBBINS, b. Harvard, MA 21 Oct 1759, d. Union Center, NY 7 July 1831, the son of Ephraim Robbins and Hannah Blanchard. They lived in Westmoreland, New Hampshire where their eleven children were born, but late in life moved to Broome County, New York where they both died.  They are buried in the Nanticoke Valley Cemetery in Union Center, Broome Co., NY


 * Judith, b. Harvard 5 March 1767 and died in Cambridgeport, Mass. on 30 March 1810. Her father died the year after she was born, and a few years later her mother married Samuel Garfield. Judith was married on 2 November 1797 to John HAYDEN, b. Hopkinton, Mass. 11 July 1768, d. Brookline, Mass 15 July 1844, the son of John Hayden and Hannah Claflin of Hopkinton, Mass. John was an India merchant, and had his business in Cambridgeport, Mass., where the family lived. Judith and John had four children born there, but she died in 1810 at the age of 43. Shortly after her death, John was married on 10 July 1811 in Roxbury, Mass. to Abigail Crafts, the daughter of Daniel Crafts and a cousin of his first wife. She died in 1814, after which John was married a third time on 22 May 1825 to Jane (Woodward) Hyslop, the widow of David Hyslop of Brookline, Mass., and the daughter of Joseph and Jane Woodward. Despite being a successful merchant, John may be the one of his name who enlisted in the military on 18 March 1812, at the age of 45 during the War of 1812..  The obituary for Judith appeared in several newspapers shortly after her death. The following appeared in the Boston Mirror, v.II, iss. 24, p 191 (31 March 1810): "At Cambridge-port, yesterday morning, Mrs. Judith Hayden, wife of Mr. Jonathan Hayden, of a sudden and most distressing sickness.-- Mr. H. also on Sunday morning last, lost a daughter, after a few hours attack of the same malady. The funeral of Mrs. Hayden, will be this afternoon, at 3 o'clock--friends and relatives are requested to attend without a more particular invitation."  Other obituaries say that she died "on Friday morning last" of "Spotted Fever".  Many websites on the internet give the death location for Judith as being in Vermont, but this is incorrect; she lived and died in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts where her husband was a merchant.  Judith's name appears on the family tombstone in Mount Auburn Cemetery. The cemetery has no record of her burial, but it is nevertheless possible that she was moved here from another cemetery. Her husband was moved here with his second wife in November 1845, and his third wife was later buried here.  The original burial location is not known. Judith had four children.


 * Asa, b. Harvard 5 Dec 1768, m. Anna GOLDSMITH (below).

(4g) Asa Cole, Sr.
Asa, the youngest child of Abijah Cole and Sarah Kent, was born in Harvard, Mass. 5 Dec 1768 died Westmoreland, NH 6 Dec 1816, and married about 1792 Anna GOLDSMITH, b. Attleboro, Mass. 27 Jan 1772, d. Montpelier, Vermont 4 Sep 1852, the daughter of Richard Goldsmith and Sarah Dix of Littleton and Harvard, Mass. Asa was born seven months after his father's death, and from his 7th to 14th year lived with his aunt, Mrs. Chamberlain, in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. He then went to live with his step-father, Samuel Garfield, in Harvard, MA and learned his trade as a millwright. Asa worked with Mr. Garfield in Massachusetts and Maine until about 1794 when they went to Rindge, NH. There they owned and operated a grist mill for about six years, but Asa was back in Westmoreland in 1800 when he appears on the census there with wife, daughter, and three sons. Asa then went to Coventry, VT, then Putney, VT, then in about 1810 was back in Westmoreland, NH, where he built the Pierce Mills in the southern part of town. In 1814, the mills were sold, and he went to Boston to work for the summer. In March 1815, he was planning to join a party under Ephraim Brown of Westmoreland, and emigrate to Ohio, but serious illness forced him to scrap this plan. Instead, he went to Gouldsboro, Maine, where his brother Abijah was, but in Nov 1816 returned to Westmoreland, where he died two weeks later. His widow raised the large family of eleven children as a single parent, then in 1838, long after Asa's death, she married Amory Pollard of Bolton, MA, as his third wife, whom she survived. She died in Montpelier, VT while visiting her youngest daughter, Susan. Asa is buried in the North Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH with his wife and many of his children. 


 * Asa, b. Harvard, Mass. 13 Nov 1793, m. (1) 10 Mar 1821 Marcia KNIGHT of Rindge, NH; m. (2) Medway, MA 13 Nov 1839 Meletiah "Millie" Metcalf FAIRBANKS.


 * Richard Goldsmith, b. Rindge, NH 7 Nov 1795, d. Burlington, VT 18 Dec 1864, and m. Elizabeth W. CUTLER, b. 30 Sep 1796, d. 12 April 1868, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Cutler. At the age of 6, Richard moved to Cambridgeport, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to live with an uncle. When he turned 14, he started working in his uncle's store. Richard worked as a merchant in Cambridgeport, New York, and Troy, Orleans County, Vermont until 1826. That year he became an officer in the bank of Troy.  In 1832, Richard moved to Burlington, Vermont, where he held a Cashier's position at the Bank of Burlington until his death.  Richard Cole was a member of St. Paul's Church in Burlington, Vermont. For more than 30 years he served the church in a variety of capacities: vestryman for 30 years, senior church warden, treasurer, and music leader. He was also a trustee and treasurer of the Vermont Episcopal Institute.  Richard was a well known and respected member of the community. After his death, St. Paul's vestry president published a notice in the Burlington Free Press stating that the members of the vestry would attend the funeral 'in a body', and wear mourning for 30 days. The officers of the Bank of Burlington also published a notice describing Richard as "... a valued citizen, an upright and courteous gentleman, and [to] this Bank a tried friend and accomplished Cashier." The Bank officers resolved to also attend the funeral as a group, and encouraged representatives from other banks in the city to also attend. - Burlington (Vermont) Free Press,December 23, 1864.  Richard and Elizabeth are buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, Burlington, VT.


 * Sarah, b. Rindge 24 Sep 1797, d. Londonderry, VT 12 Nov 1832, m. 7 Nov 1816, as his second wife, Asa FARNSWORTH, b. Guilford, VT 7 May 1775, d. E. Smithfield, PA 17 June 1824. Asa had m. (1) Martha McNitt, b. 1775, d. 1814. Sarah shares a memorial marker in the North Cemetery, Westmoreland, NH, with four of her siblings.  Asa is buried in the Union Cemetery in E. Smithfield, PA.  Sarah and Asa had eight known children.


 * Benjamin Franklin, b. Rindge 11 Aug 1799, d. Panama March 1850, m. 1821 Adeline SHERWOOD, b. 9 Jan 1806, d. Brooklyn, NY 1 June 1852. Benjamin's father died when he was 17, and a year or two after that he went to West Point, NY where he worked in the shipping business. He owned and operated a craft that he used to shuttle goods from New York City upriver.  His health failed him when he was 50, and he then moved to the warm climate of the isthmus of Panama. He soon caught a fever and died in Chargres in 1850.  He and his wife had ten children.  Benjamin shares a memorial marker with four of his siblings in the North Cemetery, Westmoreland, NH.


 * Nancy Goldsmith "Anna", b. Westmoreland, NH 6 Feb 1802, d. Amherst, Mass. 13 Dec 1872, married 11 February 1829 Reverend Isaac ESTY, b. Westmoreland 24 April 1796, d. Amherst 31 July 1875, with the marriage recorded in both Harvard, Mass. and Westmoreland, NH. In 1850 Nancy and Isaac were in Bethlehem (Grafton Co.), NH with son William C. Esty, aged 12. By 1860 they were living in Amherst, Mass., where they were also living in 1870, and where they both died.  They are buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Mass.


 * Philena was born Putney, VT 25 May 1804, d. Brattleboro, VT 3 April 1859, and did not marry. She shares a monument in the North Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH with several of her siblings.


 * John, b. Westmoreland 7 Nov 1806, d. there 6 Jan 1875, m. (1) Elizabeth SHAW, d. 13 April 1843 of consumption; m. (2) Mary WELLS. He spent much of his life as a mariner, being master or owner of several vessels. He died of apoplexy (stroke). He had three children with his first wife and three more with his second. A lengthy writeup about him is in Frank T. Cole's genealogy of the family. He is buried in the North Cemetery, Westmoreland.


 * Susan Ermina, b. Westmoreland 10 Mar 1809, d. Montpelier, VT 1 Aug 1883, m. (1) Littleton, Mass. 21 June 1831 Elihu WHITCOMB, b. 20 Nov 1802, d. 3 Mar 1833, son of Josiah Whitcomb and Sally Hills. Elihu died within two years of their marriage, after which Susan had a long widowhood. She m. (2) Rindge, NH 22 May 1860 Orin PITKIN, b. Laoille Co., VT 1802, d. Montpelier 25 April 1879. In another record, her marriage date is given as 1 April 1860, but this may be a license date. She appears with her second husband and several children on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses in Montpelier, Vermont. Most of the children were her husband's by his previous marriage, but they had at least one child together, Charles C. Pitkin, born about 1854.  Susan is buried with her second husband in Green Mount Cemetery, Monpelier, VT.


 * William, b. Westmoreland 6 Mar 1811, d. Newburgh, NY 23 Apr 1830, aged 19. William died in a steamboat explosion on the Hudson River at Newburg, NY. He shares a monument with four of his siblings in the North Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.


 * Theodore, b. Westmoreland 11 May 1813, d. there 2 Jul 1885, m. 1845 Livilla GLEASON, b. NH 21 March 1818, d. NH 26 Jan 1908, daughter of Wilson Gleason and Lucy Atherton. Theodore was a successful mariner, but gave up the sea after about 16 years, and went into business and farming. He and Livilla had five children, two of whom grew to maturity. A biography of Theodore is in Frank T. Cole's genealogy of the family.  They are buried in the North Cemetery, Westmoreland, NH.


 * Charles Henry, b. 25 Feb 1816, died at sea 4 Apr 1853, aged 37, m. Rindge, NH 17 March 1846 Caroline G. CUTLER. Left fatherless as an infant, Charles was sent to live with various people until old enough to join his older brother at sea. He was a mariner his entire adult life. During his final voyage he was injured by a whale that was staving his boat. He died from his injuries and was buried at sea near Christmas Island. He and his wife had two children, Richard G., born and died 14 April 1847; and Charles Ward, born 23 October 1848. Following his death, his widow married in 1855 the surgeon, Dr. Edmund Seyffarth of Altenberg, Germany.  Charles shares a monument with four of his siblings in the North Cemetery in Westmoreland, NH.

(3g) Asa Cole, Jr.
Asa, the son of Asa Cole and Anna Goldsmith of Harvard, Mass. and Westmoreland, New Hampshire, was born Harvard 13 Nov 1793, d. West Medway, Mass. 19 April 1872, and married (1) 10 Mar 1821 Marcia KNIGHT of Rindge, NH, b. Rindge 16 Aug 1793, d. West Medway, Mass. 15 Mar 1839; m. (2) Medway, MA 13 Nov 1839 Meletiah "Millie" Metcalf FAIRBANKS, b. West Medway 14 Nov 1816, d. there 28 Feb 1875, the daughter of Otis Fairbanks and Sylvia Fuller. Asa was a farmer most of his life, and was called by the Cole family genealogist, Frank T. Cole, a man of immense physical strength and endurance. He represented Medway in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1841. Asa and Meletiah appear in the 1860 census for W. Medway with their five children, and in Medway in 1870 with two of their children, Charles and Millie. Asa was called an invalid in the 1870 census. Asa shares a monument with both wives in the Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Mass. Children with first wife, Marcia:


 * Asa, b. Cheshire Co., NH 10 Mar 1822, d. W. Medway, Mass. 15 Mar 1891, m. Sarah A. MERWIN, b. Bloomville, NY 2 March 1822, d. Medway, Mass. 25 July 1893, daughter of Col. Asher Merwin and Susan Knapp. Asa was a teacher in the public schools of Brooklyn, NY and later moved to W. Medway, MA. He and Sarah appear on the 1870 census for Medway, MA with two children, b. MA. Asa and Sarah are bur. in the Evergreen Cem., W. Medway, MA by his parents. They had four known children.


 * Nancy G., b. Rindge, NH 27 Sep 1824, d. W. Medway, Mass. 20 Nov 1873, aged 49, did not marry. Nancy was a school teacher in Fall River, Mass. and other places. In 1870 she was living in Fall River in the household of her step-mother's older brother, George O. Fairbanks. She never married, and shares a grave marker with her parents in Evergreen Cemetery.

Children of Asa with second wife, Meletiah:


 * Charles Henry, b. Medway, Mass. 2 Dec 1840, d. there 5 Mar 1906, and m. Medway 30 Nov 1882 Mary Frances CHADWICK, b. China, ME 3 Aug 1848, d. Holliston, Mass. 17 Oct 1930, daughter of Zelotes and Hannah Chadwick. Charles was the oldest of five children born to Asa's second wife, Meletiah M. Fairbanks. In 1870 he was living in the household of his parents and worked in a paper mill. He was working in a boot factory when enumerated on the 1880 census in Medway as a boarder in the house of Abbie M. Cobb. At the age of 41 he was married to Mary Frances Chadwick, and together they had two children. In 1900 Charles was called a farmer in the census, and living in Medway with wife, two children, his father-in-law, Zelotes Chadwick, and an elderly female boarder. Following his death, his widow lived primarily with their son, Harold, and was enumerated in the 1930 census. Their children were (1) Harold Otis, b. 20 Jan 1884 (per family genealogy; 1887 by another source), d. Medway 31 Aug 1962, m. 9 June 1907 Hattie Sabra Fales; two children; and (2) Leola Mary B., b. 23 Nov 1885, d. Orlando, FL 2 March 1970; unmarried.  Charles and Mary are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, W. Medway, Mass.


 * George F., b. Providence, RI 4 Mar 1843, d. Cuttyhunk, Mass. 18 Aug 1911, m. (1) Worcester, Mass. 31 March 1864 Sibbie WESSON, b. 1845, daughter of Charles and Mehitable Wesson. In 1870 George was living with wife, son, and mother-in-law in Westborough, Worcester Co., MA. In 1880 he was living with the same people and an additional son in Grafton, Worcester Co., MA, he being called a laborer. By 1900 his first wife had died, and he was living in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, working in the household of Fred Young and family as a servant. His son Theodore O. was in the same household also working as a servant. George was married a second time when aged 60, in Medway, MA on 13 Oct 1903 to Araminta "Minnie" (GESNER) Sweet, b. CT 3 Feb, ca 1855, the daughter of John Gesner and Maria N. Knapp. Minnie's death record gives her birth date as 3 Feb 1862, but the year is obviously in error. In 1910 George and Minnie were living without any other family or boarders in Medway, MA, he being called a watchman in a mill. His wife Minnie had previously had five children, three of whom were still living in 1910.  Within just a few weeks of the 1910 census, Minnie died, in Medway, on 5 July 1910, of diabetis millitus and cervical cancer. She was buried in Derby, CT. George died in Cuttyhunk, Mass., and was likely living with his son, Theodore, who was the informant on his death certificate. This death record gives his burial location as West Medway, Mass., which without a doubt means he is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, where many of his family members are buried, but I have been unable to find a marker for him despite a couple complete trips around the cemetery. Children: (1) George F., b. Southboro, MA 29 Feb 1868; (2) Theodore O., b. MA Feb 1872, living in Cuttyhunk, Mass. in 1911 when acting as informant on his father's death certificate.


 * Hattie E., b. W. Medway 12 Feb 1845, d. there 16 Mar 1866, aged 21. Hattie died as a young woman, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, sharing a marker with her parents.


 * Albert Metcalf, b. Medway 6 July 1847, m. Ada Jane FISH (below).


 * Ellen Maria “Nellie”, b. W. Medway 13 Oct 1850, d. there 1923, and m. Medway or Milford, Mass. 24 May 1876 Ezra PEARSON, b. N. Yorkshire, England 19 Jan 1831, d. Medway, Mass. 4 May 1907, the son of William Pearson and Mary Murtiroid. Ezra already had several children from a previous marriage. Nellie was enumerated on the 1870 census in Medway with her parents, and named "Millie M," with the occupation of school teacher. In 1880 she was living in Medway with Ezra Pierson and six children, all but one of whom was born before her marriage. In 1900 she was living with family in Milford, Mass., to include husband Ezra, b. Jan 1832, daughter Bertha L., b. Dec 1871, daughter Hattie M., b. Sep 1879, and son Ezra C., b. Aug 1884. In 1910 Nellie was widowed and living in Medway with her daughter (actually this is probably her step-daughter), Bertha L. Her children with Ezra, surname Pearson:  (1) Hattie Minerva, b. 26 Sep 1879; (2) Ezra Cole, b. 4 Aug 1884.  Ezra appears on the 1850 census for Medway, Mass. as a 19-year old living in a home with many other boarders. He was married for the first time in Medway on 22 July 1853 to Susan A. Scott, aged 20, the daughter of Lemuel Scott by one account, or of Samuel Scott by another. In 1860 he was a bootmaker living in Medway with wife Susan, two children, and a boarder, Henry Bland. On 11 March 1864 Ezra enlisted in the Massachusetts 16th Light Artillery Battery, and mustered out on 27 June 1865 at Camp Meigs, Readville, Mass. with the rank of Private. On 26 October 1868 he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He has not been found on the 1870 census, but sometime in or after 1872 his first wife died, and he was married in Medway on 24 May 1876 to Ellen M. "Nellie" Cole.  In 1900 he was living in Milford, Worcester Co., Mass. (which is adjacent to West Medway), with wife Ellen and his three youngest children. He died from angina pectoris.  Nellie shares a monument with her husband and his first wife in the Evergreen Cemetery in West Medway, Mass.

(2g) Albert M. Cole
Albert Metcalf Cole, the son of Asa Cole, Jr. and Meletiah M. Fairbanks, was born Medway, Mass. 6 July 1847, d. West Medway 2 Sep 1923, aged 76, and m. 24 Sep 1868 Ada Jane FISH, b. Norwich, CT 9 Feb 1852, d. Cranston, RI 23 Sep 1950, aged 98, the daughter of John Fish and Jane Taylor of Wrexham, Wales and West Medway, Mass. Albert was a shoe worker in Howard, RI, and also worked in a prison. The family is enumerated on the 1880 census for Medway, MA, Albert working in a boot factory at the time. Ada appears with her parents and surviving siblings in the 1860 federal census and 1865 Massachusetts state census, in Medway, Mass. While still in her teens, she was married on 24 September 1868 to Albert M. Cole, and they had three children. Following the death of her husband, Ada lived with her daughter Alice Watson. Her address in December 1932 was 144 Stanwood Street, Providence, RI, according to the marriage license application of her son Myron. Albert and Ada share a monument with his grandparents, Otis and Sylvia Fairbanks, in the Evergreen Cemetery in West Medway. Children:


 * Clinton Douglass, b. Medway 4 May 1869, d. West Medway 17 Dec 1951, never married. Clinton lived with various family members during his life.  He shares a monument with his parents in the Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Mass.


 * Alice Mabel, b. W. Medway 3 Jul 1871, d. Cranston, RI 14 Dec 1958, aged 87, m. John B. WATSON (see).


 * Myron Asa, b. W. Medway 12 Jul 1876, d. Biloxi, Miss. 12 Jul 1957, aged 81, and m. (1) c. 1902 Annie (PATSTORE?); m. (2) Biloxi, Miss. 27 Dec 1932 Marguertye Olivia ELMER, b. 28 Oct 1887, d. Biloxi, Miss. 1 Aug 1965, aged 77, daughter of Frederick W. Elmer and Elizabeth Maycock. Born in Massachusetts (a family record says Myron was born 13 July, a day off from gravestone date), Myron was the youngest of three children born to Albert M. Cole and Ada J. Fish. Myron worked for the federal government, traveling to different parts of the country. He was first married in about 1902 to Annie, whose surname may have been Patstore. Myron was enumerated on the 1930 census in Washington DC with wife Annie and her sister Monica Patstore, but it is not known if this was a maiden name or married name. Annie and Monica were both born in Rhode Island. Myron's occupation given in the 1930 census was government investigator, and his home was valued at $15,000. His wife Annie likely died soon after this census was taken.  It hasn't been determined if Myron met his second wife in Washington DC while she was visiting there, or in Biloxi, Mississippi while he was visiting there. Regardless, Myron was married in Biloxi on 27 December 1932 to Margueryte Olivia Elmer of Biloxi. His address given in the marriage license application was 2941 Tilden Street, Washington, DC. Family tradition says that the bride's father, Judge F. W. Elmer, gave the couple the oldest house in Biloxi as a wedding gift. Following Myron's death, Margueryte continued to live in the house with her sister, Cora Enochs. After Margueryte's death, the house was sold in 1962, and shortly thereafter became Mary Mahoney's Old French House Restaurant. The house was said to have been originally built in 1737 by French colonist Louis Frasier.  Myron and second wife Margueryte are buried in the Biloxi City Cemetery; Myron had no known children with either wife.

(9g) William Eaton
NEHGR 76:73-74; 37:378

William Eaton was b. c. 1607 (based on multiple depositions), d. Reading, Mass. 13 May 1673 (VR), and m. St. John's in Thanet, Kent, England 28 Jan 1627/8 Martha JENKIN, bapt. St. John's in Thanet 23 Nov 1605, d. Reading, Mass. 14 Nov 1680 (VR), daughter of Edward Jenkin and Mary Phillips. On 9 June 1637, William Eaton, his wife Martha, and his children John, Martha, and Albe, and a servant Jonas Eaton, were certified to have taken passage from the town and port of Sandwich, Kent, England, for the American plantations. The name of the ship was not given; William was called husbandman on the passenger list. The family settled first at Watertown where the two youngest children were born, but later moved to Reading where William was admitted freeman 18 May 1653. Martha's sister, Margaret Lane of London, England, in her 16 Jan 1661 will, left sizable bequests to "my sister Martha, wife of William Eaton, now, I think, in New England...", and to her five children. The will was proved 5 Aug 1667 (NEHGR 37:378). The will of William Eaton was dated 26 Sep 1672 and proved 11 June 1673, naming wife Martha, eldest son John and his children, son Daniel and his children, daughter Mary, and sons-in-law Thomas Brown and Francis Moore. Children:


 * Mary, bapt. St. John's in Thanet 28 Dec 1628, bur. Staple, Kent 20 July 1634.


 * Martha, bapt. Staple 19 Sep 1630, m. (1) c. 1652 Richard OLDHAM of Cambridge, Mass., d. Brighton, Mass. 9 Dec 1655; m. (2) Cambridge 7 Oct 1656 Thomas BROWNE, admitted to Cambridge church 1666, and named in wills of parents William (1672) and Martha Eaton. Martha had two children with her first husband, born c. 1653 and 1655, and six children with second husband born 1658 to 1668.


 * Alba, bapt. Staple 19 Feb 1631/2, d. 19 April 1708, m. Cambridge, Mass. 7 Sep 1650 Francis MOORE, Jr., b. c. 1620, d. 23 Feb 1689[1688/9?], aged about 69. Francis's will was dated 21 Feb 1688/9, naming wife Albee.


 * William, bapt. Staple 12 Jan 1633/4, bur. there 16 Aug 1634.


 * John, bapt. Staple 20 Dec 1635, m. Reading, Mass. 8 March 1658/9 Elizabeth KENDALL. He was named in his father's 1672 will.


 * Daniel, b. Watertown, Mass. 20 Jan 1638/9, m. Reading 21 Dec 1664 Mary _______.


 * Mary, b. Watertown 8 April 1643, named in her father's 1672 will.

(8g) Daniel Eaton
Vital record of Reading, Mass.; Eaton Gen (which really makes a MESS of this family):277-282

Daniel, the son of William Eaton and Martha Jenkin, was born Watertown, Mass. 20 Jan 1638/9, iving in 1708 (per Torrey), and m. (1) Reading 21 Dec 1664 Mary _______ (surname missing from vital record, but some accounts give it as INGALLS), b. say 1644, living in 1706 per Torrey. Children, from Reading VR:


 * William, b. Reading 15 Dec 1665; a William Eaton m. Reading 29 April 1695 Mary _______ (surname missing from vital record). The Eaton Gen. says he m. Rachel _____, and moved to Connecticut where his inventory was taken at Tolland on 15 Feb 1737[/8], and admin. given to widow Rachel Eaton 13 April 1738.


 * Daniel, b. Reading 27 July 1667, d. Reading 12 Jan 1667[/8]


 * Mary (she had no name in VR), b. Reading 1 May 1669, d. Boxford 7 Oct 1746, m. Reading 24 Dec 1691 John COLE, Jr. (see).


 * Ann, b. Reading 17 March 1670/1
 * Martha, b. Reading 16 Oct 1673. I doubt she m. 16 Jan 1718 Isaac BUSWELL as stated in the Eaton Gen.


 * Priscilla, b. Reading 2 Sep 1676, d. Beverly, Mass. 9 Feb 1715/6, aged 40y 6 mo (VR), m. (int. Beverly 9 July 1705, she being called "Prissilah Eaten of Reading") as his second wife, Dr. Joseph Dodge, Jr., b. Beverly c. 1675, d. Beverly about 9 Feb 1756, aged 80, son of Joseph Dodge and Sarah Eaton. Joseph was a physician who lived on Dodge Row in Beverly.  His house burned in 1735 or 6, and he likely rebuilt on the same site.  Joseph had m. (1) 28 Nov 1695 Rebecca Balch, and they had six children, born from 1696 to 1704.  Priscilla and Joseph had six children born from 1706 to 1715/6. (Dodge Gen 48-9).


 * Daniel, b. Reading 1 June 1678, d. Windsor, CT 1738/9, was called of Lynn when he m. (1) Salem 7 Oct 1701 (VR) Mary COLLINS, d. 10 March 1703/4 (from Gen; not in Lynn VR); m. (2) Lynn 9 Oct 1704 (VR) Abigail "Heburd" (Hebbard/Hebert). Daniel resided at Lynn, Mass. for some time, and was granted land in Lambstown (later Hardwick, Mass.) which he sold to Thomas Powers of Worcester under deed dated at Windsor, CT April 1734.  He resided for years at Tolland, CT, possibly having gone there in the 17 teens.  He was called of Windsor, CT in his inventory, taken 27 Jan 1738/9, Abigail Eaton executrix.  Seven children, with both wives, are given in the Eaton Gen (p 281), born from 1703 to 1714.


 * Mehitable, b. Reading 6 March 1679/80, d. unmarried.

(12g) Unknown Jenkin
NEHGR 76:69

The given name of this Mr. Jenkin has not been learned, but he lived in Lymmage/Lyminge, Kent, England, and had the following children:


 * Henry, born say 1525


 * Jean, living 26 Jan 1574/5 and married _______ PARRETT.


 * Elizabeth, b. say 1545, m. (1) Coldred, Kent 5 Aug 1566 Thomas HARRISON and probably m. (2) Henry RACHELL. She was living 24 Jan 1613/4, and she had children with her first husband who were living 26 Jan 1574/5.

(11g) Henry Jenkin
NEHGR 76(1922):69-72

Henry Jenken was born say 1525, probably at Lyminge, Kent, England, d. 1575, and m. Margaret or Margery _______, b. c. 1530, d. c. 1609/10. He was churchwarden at Lyminge in 1563, and had property at Lyminge, Postling, and Coldred. His will was dated 26 Jan 1574/5 and proved 9 July 1575. The will of his wife was made 6 April 1607, proved 14 March 1609/10, and mentioned lands in Hythe, West Hythe, and Saltwood. Children, first two baptized at Lyminge, the remainder probably born/baptized at Coldred:


 * Ursula, bapt. 9 Oct 1551, not mentioned in father's 1574/5 will.


 * Thomas, bapt. 24 Dec 1553, d. Jan or Feb 1613/4, and m. Margaret _______ (possibly Johnson), b. say 1556, d. 1616. Thomas was executor of his father's will in 1574/5, and he held lands in Coldred, Eythorne, Dymchurch, Orgarswick, Burmarsh, Tydmeston, and Northbourne, all in Kent.  Thomas's will was dated 24 Jan and proved 16 Feb 1613/4.  That of Margaret was dated 28 April and proved 15 Dec 1616.  They had seven children baptized at Coldred, Kent from 1577 to 1594.


 * Margaret, b. say 1555, living 6 April 1607, m. _______ PERCYE.


 * Marian, b. say 1557, under 18 on 26 Jan 1574/5, living 6 April 1607, m. _______ ROLFE.


 * Rose, b. say 1559, m. Coldred 9 Oct 1581 Robert HARVY. She was not mentioned in her mother's 1607 will.


 * Elizabeth, b. say 1561, under 18 on 26 Jan 1574/5, living 6 April 1607, m. _______ SAUNDERS.


 * poss. Isabel, bapt. Coldred 19 Nov 1563, not in Henry's 1574/5 will.


 * Richard, bapt. Coldred 7 June 1566, d. c. 1612, and m. Priscilla _______, named in his will which was dated 8 Nov 1611 and proved 15 July 1612. Richard was a yeoman and was bequeathed lands in Lyminge in his father's 1574/5 will.  They had six known children born/baptized from 1587 to 1600.


 * Edward, b. c. 1568, m. Mary PHILLIPS (below).


 * Jane, bapt. Coldred 28 Feb 1573/4, living 6 April 1607, m. Thomas LUSHINGTON, living 14 March 1609/10. They had four children named in her mother's 1607 will.

(10g) Edward Jenkin
NEHGR 76(1922):72-3; 37(1883):378 (will of Margaret Lane)

Edward, the son of Henry Jenkin, was born c. 1568, probably at Coldred, Kent, England, bur. St. John's in Thanet, Kent 17 Aug 1624, and m. Wingham, Kent 21 July 1592 Mary PHILLIPS, b. c. 1565 (about 59 in 1624). Mary m. (2) (lic. 17 Nov 1624) John Gore of St. John Baptist in Thanet, yeoman, widower, b. c. 1564. Children:


 * Thomas, bapt. Wingham 26 Dec 1594, executor to father's will in 1624


 * Margaret, bapt. Wingham 19 Sep 1596, d. c. 1667, m. Edmond LANE of St. Dunstan's in the East, London, d. before his wife. In her will of 16 Jan 1661[/2?], with codicil 3 Sep 1662, Margaret Lane of London mentions her late husband, Edmond Lane; her sister Martha, wife of William Eaton; cousin Sarah Barrett, daughter of her late brother Daniel Jenkin, now wife of John Barett; and her late sister Priscilla Hammond, dec., late wife of William Hammond.


 * Mary, bapt. Wingham 28 Sep 1598, prob. d. young


 * Edward, bur. St. John's in Thanet 18 April 1627.


 * Daniel, bapt. St. John's 13 Dec 1601, d. 1646, m. (1) ______ ______; m. (2) Margaret ________, living in 1646. Four known children.


 * Priscilla, bapt. St. John's 14 May 1604, d. by 1661/2, m. St. John's in Thanet 10 Oct 1622 William HAMMOND. Five children.


 * Martha, bapt. St. John's 23 Nov 1605, m. William EATON and emigrated to New England (see).


 * Infant son, b. c. 1607/8, bur. 5 Jan 1607/8

(10g) Edward Browne
NEHGR 103(1949):182

Edward Browne was born say 1565 and living in 1612/3 in Inkbarrow, Worcestershire, England. He m. say 1600 Jane Lide, b. say 1580, living 1612/3, daughter of Thomas Lide. In 1596/7 Edward Browne paid a 20/4d lay subsidy in Inkbarrow. In 1612/3 was some critter called a Feet of Fines involving Edward and wife Jane. Only known child from this article (by G. Andrews Moriarty):


 * Nicholas, b. say 1605, m. Elizabeth _______ and went to New England.

(9g) Nicholas Browne
TEG 8:178-88

Nicholas, the son of Edward Browne and Jane Lide of Inkburrow, Worcestershire, England, was born there c. 1610, d. Reading, Mass. 5 April 1673, and m. c. 1632 Elizabeth _______, who was living when her husband wrote his will. , b. 1600. Nicholas is first of record in New England on 13 March 1638 when he received an allotment of land in the "six-mile grant" in Lynn, Mass. Nicholas was active in Lynn town affairs from 1638 to 1649, and the family remained attached to the church there until 1663 when the family was admitted to the church at Reading. Nicholas had been given grants of land by the town of Reading as early as 1647, and he became active in Reading affairs in 1651. His will was made 29:1mo:1673 (29 March 1673) and probated 17:4:1673 (17 June 1673), with estate valued at 1232 pounds. Children, first three likely born in England, last two births recorded in Reading:


 * John, b. 1634 (calc from age at death), d. Reading 12 March 1717 in 83d year, m. (1) Chelmsford, Mass. 30 May 1677 Anna FISKE, b. Wenham, Mass. 15 Jan 1646[/7?], bapt. 12 March 1646[/7?], d. Reading 30 May 1681, daughter of Rev. John Fiske and Ann Gipps; m. (2) Reading 29 March 1682 Elizabeth (BULKLEY) Emerson, b. Concord, Mass. 1638, d. Reading 12 Aug 1686, daughter of Rev. Edward Bulkely of Concord, and widow of Rev. Joseph Emerson of Mendon.; m. (3) Malden 24 June 1697 Rebecca (CRAWFORD) Sprague, b. c. 1634, d. Reading 8 July 1710, aged 76, widow of Samuel Sprague of Malden. John should not be confused with a slightly older John Browne of Reading, who was called "John of the Hill" or "John, Sr."  The subject John was often called "Captain John" or sometimes "John, Jr."  Being responsible as a young man, in 1660 John was sent to England as legal attorney for his father to settle claims concerning properties of the Lides, the family of his father's mother.  Capt. John lived on the shore of Lake Quannapowit in a house he built in 1667.  He left no will; all of his estate went to his only surviving child, Anna Emerson.  His two children were both with his first wife, born 1677/8 and 1679[/80?]


 * Josiah, b. 1636 (calc from age at death), d. Reading 29 Jan 1690/1 (aged 54), m. Reading 23 Feb 1666/7 Mary FELLOW(S), b. say 1645, daughter of William and Mary Fellows who came to New England aboard the ship Planter in 1635. Josiah joined the Reading church in 1670, and was the town surveyor in 1704, but left few other records.  Administration of his estate was given to widow Mary, with inventory dated Jan 1692 [1691/2?].  Josiah and Mary had ten children born at Reading from 1667 to 1688.


 * Cornelius, b. c. 1637, d. 1689, m. (1) Sarah LAMSON; (2) Sarah Southerick; (3) Mary (DUSTIN) Colson


 * Elizabeth, b. c. 1638/9, d. Reading, Mass. 27 Feb 1697, m. Reading 30 Sep 1663 Hananiah PARKER, b. 1638, d. Reading 10 March 1723/4, aged about 86, son of Dea. Thomas and Amy Parker. After Elizabeth's death, Hananiah m. (2) Watertown, Mass. 12 Dec 1700 Mary (Bursham) Bright, daughter of William Bursham and widow of Dea. John Bright.  Elizabeth and Hananiah had six children born at Reading from 1664 to 1681.


 * Edward, b. Reading 15 Aug 1640, d. Reading 26 April 1685, m. Reading 21 July 1679 Sarah DIX, prob. b. Ipswich, Mass, daughter of Ralph and Esther Dix of Ipswich and Reading. Sarah m. (2) Lynn 24 Nov 1685 Thomas Laughton.  Edward and Sarah had three children born in Reading from 1680 to 1684.


 * Joseph, b. Reading 10 Dec 1647, d. Reading 16 Oct 1723, m. Reading, perhaps as his second wife, Elizabeth BANCROFT, b. Reading 7 Dec 1653, d. there 31 Dec 1732, daughter of Thomas Bancroft and Elizabeth Metcalf. He had a daughter born in 1671 who may have been of an earlier wife.  He then had ten more children with Elizabeth, born from 1675 to 1696.

Note: a Sarah Browne, b. Reading 6 June 1650, daughter of William Browne, may belong in this family, as it is doubtful that William Browne even exists. If Sarah does belong here, she likely died young as she is not mentioned with all the other children in her father's will.

(8g) Cornelius Brown, Sr.
TEG 8:185-7

Cornielius, the son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Browne, was born c. 1637, probably in England, and d. Reading, Mass. c. 1703. He m. (1) Reading 6 March 1664/5 Sarah LAMSON, b. Ipswich, Mass., d. Reading 4 Oct 1683, daughter of William and Sarah Lamson. He m. (2) Reading 20 Nov 1684 Sarah SOUTHERICK; and m. (3) Reading 26 Sep 1698 Mary (DUSTIN) Colson, daughter of Josiah Dustin of Reading and widow of Adam Colson of Reading. Cornelius built his house in Reading by 1667, but he did not transfer his church membership from Lynn to Reading in 1670 with his three brothers. He served in the roles of hog constable, surveyor, and tythingman in Reading. The division of Cornelius's estate took place following his death, when his heirs signed an agreement on 23 June 1703. Children, all births recorded at Reading:


 * Nicholas, b. 7 April 1666, d. Reading 25 May 1666


 * Cornelius, b. 3 June 1667, m. Susanna (STORY) Clark (below).


 * Sarah, b. 23 Dec 1668, d. Reading 12 Jan 1668/9


 * Sarah, b. 21 April 1670


 * John, b. 8 Aug 1671


 * Hannah, b. 14 April 1673, d. Reading 3 May 1673


 * Abigail, b. 5 April 1674, d. Reading 6 Aug 1674


 * Samuel, b. 13 Sep 1675, m. c. 1703 Mary _______, who was listed as a member of the Reading church in 1720/1. Samuel was a Reading selectman in 1718.  They had six children born at Reading from 1704 to 1720.


 * Susanna, b. 5 March 1676/7


 * Mary, b. 1 Jan 1678[/9?], m. Reading 3 June 1701 Jeremiah GOULD, b. Charlestown, Mass. c. 1678, son of John Gould and Abigail Belcher. They had eight children born from 1703 to c. 1721, the first five recorded in Reading.


 * Hannah, b. 28 Aug 1680, m. Reading 30 Dec 1708 Abraham WOOD. They had five children born at Concord, Mass. from 1712/3 to 1722/3.


 * William, b. 14 Feb 1681/2, living in 1703 for division of father's estate, may have m. Cambridge, Mass. (1) wid. Deborah Squire and (2) Mary Bailey, having 15 children.

(7g) Cornelius Brown, Jr.
TEG 8:186; Story Gen (2004):12,31-2

Cornelius, b. Reading, Mass 3 June 1667, d. Ipswich, Mass. 28 June 1743, was the son of Cornelius Brown and Sarah Lamson of Lynn and Reading, Mass. He was married (1) c. 1689 to Susanna (STORY) Clark, b. Ipswich 14 March 1664, d. Boxford, Mass. 9 Jan 1734, the daughter of William Story and Sarah Foster, and the widow of John Clark, who was b. Lynn 2 Nov 1658, d. there 18 Dec 1685, son of William Clark and Eleanor Dearnford. Following Susanna's death, Cornelius m. (2) Ipswich (int 8 April 1734, marriage 2 ___[May?] 1734) the widow Mary (STEVENS) Crooke who died in 1757. Mary had m. (1) (int. Ipswich 23 Oct 1714) Thomas Crooke. Cornelius's will, dated 5 April 1743 was proved 4 July 1743. In it he names all six of his known children, and names his wife, Mary, as sole executrix. The will of his second wife Mary, dated 20 Dec 1749, proved 25 July 1757, gives her dwelling house to Benjamin Dutch of Ipswich, and after his death it was to go to her son John Crook, if living. If he was no longer living, then the house was to go to her grandson-in-law, Daniel Brown of Concord. Cornelius's first wife, Susanna, has an existing grave marker in the Mount Vernon Cemetery in Boxford, Mass.; Cornelius may have been buried there as well, but has no extant marker. However, he lived in Ipswich with his second wife at the time of his death, and she may have had him buried in that town, as she was his caregiver and the executrix of his estate. Children of Cornelius and Susanna, first born in Lynn, the remainder born in Reading, Mass.:


 * Susanna, b. 6 March 1689/90, d. Boxford 20 July 1785, aged 95, m. Lynn, Mass (int 3 May 1712) Samuel COLE, b. Lynn 27 Dec 1687, d. Boxford 20 Jan 1765, the son of John Cole and Sarah Alesbee, and the much younger half-brother of John Cole, Jr. who married Mary Eaton, and were the parents of Susanna's youngest sister's husband, Jonathan Cole.


 * Jemimah, b. 17 Dec 1691, d. Groton, Mass. 1729 (per secondary sources), m. Groton 1 June 1721 Daniel BOYNTON, b. Rowley, MA 26 May 1692 (but his birth is also recorded in Georgetown, Mass.), d. Pepperell, Mass. 22 Feb 1755, aged 63, the son of Samuel Boynton and Hannah Switcher. Some accounts give Jemima a twin brother, Jeremiah, but the likely scenario is that she is actually the Jeremiah Brown whose birth appears in the Reading vital records.  When the name Jemima is spelled with an h at the end, it is very easy to understand how the name, in any handwriting, could look like Jeremiah.  The spelling of her name in her Groton marriage record is Jemimiah.  During her short life, Jemimah had four children, born 1722 to 1729, and it appears that her death was associated with the birth of her last child.  The family likely lived in the part of Groton that later became Pepperell.


 * Moses, b. 19 April 1694, living in 1743, m. (int in Lynn, Mass. 15 April 1719) Martha EMMONS, b. c. 1698, d. CT 14 June 1738. Note:  the names Moses and Aaron are often used for twins, and the birthdate for both of them are the same, but the Reading vital records clearly indicate that they were born in different years.  If Martha Emmons was the daughter of Benjamin Emmons and Elizabeth Bradford, then she was born in Boston, Mass. on 3 March 1697.  It appears that Moses and Martha moved to Connecticut shortly after their marriage, as they have no children with births recorded in Lynn. Moses was called of Tolland, CT in his father's 1743 will, and was given land in Tolland and all of his father's wearing apparel.  No records have been found for Moses and Martha, other than Martha's death, and the deaths of three of their children found in the Barbour Collection of Connecticut vital records, as follows:  Moses Brown, son of Moses and Martha, d. 6 July 1727; Peter Brown d. 4 April 1737; and Clark Brown d. 8 April 1738.


 * Aaron, b. 19 April 1696, d. Boxford c. 1725, m. Bradford, Mass. 30 Dec 1718 Hannah/Susanna HOVEY, b. Topsfield, Mass. 25 July 1699, d. Boxford 10 June 1782, the daughter of Luke Hovey and Susanna Pillsbury. The cover of a probate document (apparently an administration paper) for Aaron is dated 15 Feb 1725, but unfortunately this doesn't tell us if the true date is 1724/5 or 1725/6.  If we take it at face value, then the latter would be the correct date.   Following Aaron's death, his widow m. in Boxford 25 Nov 1731 William Lakeman, b. Ipswich 17 May 1706, d. Boxford 4 March 1780, in his 74th year, the son of William Lakeman and Eliza Palmer.  Aaron's wife is called Hannah in some records and Susanna in others.  Her birth record in Topsfield names her Hannah, her marriage record in Bradford names her Hannah, and the baptismal record of her oldest child, Aaron, in Bradford names her Hannah.  The birth records of her three children in Boxford name her Susanna, and her marriage record to her second husband in Boxford names her Susanna.  Her death record only records her name as Mrs. Lakeman, old.  The birth and baptismal records of her oldest child indicate that she is just one person, so based on the records, she needs to be given two names.  Aaron had three children, born 1720 to 1723/4 with Hannah/Susanna before his untimely death.  Susanna then had four more children, born 1732 to 1742, with her second husband.


 * Caleb, b. Reading 23 Oct 1698, d. Harvard, Mass. 23 Nov 1758, m. (int Rowley, MA 18 Oct 1722) Elizabeth JEWETT, b. Rowley 3 March 1700/1, the daughter of Maximilian Jewett and Sarah Hardy. Caleb and Elizabeth had eleven known children, the first nine born in Boxford 1724 to 1739, the tenth baptized in Bradford (but recorded in Boxford) in 1741,  and the eleventh baptized in Harvard in 1745.  Caleb is buried in the Harvard, Mass. Cemetery with a surviving grave marker, but the death date and burial location for Elizabeth have not been discovered.


 * Judith (Judah), b. Reading 10 Nov 1700, m. Jonathan COLE. She is buried in Harvard, Mass.; he in Westmoreland, NH.

(9g) William Lamson
Lamson Gen:15-30

William Lamson was born in England say 1610, d. Ipswich about 1 Jan 1658/9, and m. c. 1641 Sarah _______, b. say 1620. The Lamson Genealogy says this is a daughter of John and Hannah Ayers of Salisbury and later Haverhill, but John and Hannah Ayers did not have a daughter named Sarah, so we really don't know who Sarah's parents are. William was in New England by 1636, settling in Ipswich, Mass. He received a grant of land there on 5 Feb 1637[/8?], and another one in 1640. He was made a freeman in Ipswich on 17 May 1637, and held several minor offices there, including Pounder and Fence Viewer. His inventory was taken 11 Feb 1658/9, amounting to 111 pounds, and widow Sarah was appointed administratrix on 29 March 1659. Widow Sarah married by 1661 Thomas Hartshorn of Reading, Mass. Children of William and Sarah (birth dates come from William's inventory):


 * John, b. Ipswich Nov 1642, d. Topsfield, Mass. 1717, m. Ipswich 17 Dec 1668 Martha PERKINS, b. Topsfield 1649, d. 1728, daughter of Dea. Thomas Perkins and Phebe Gould. He was fairly prominent in town affairs.  He made his will 23 June 1712, which was proved 17 June 1717.  John and Martha had seven children, all born in Ipswich from 1669 to 1684.


 * Sarah, b. Ipswich 1645, m. Cornelius BROWNE (see).


 * Samuel, b. Ipswich Nov 1649, d. Reading 7 Oct 1692, and m. 19 May 1676 Mary NICHOLS, daughter of Richard and Anna Nichols of Ipswich. He was a bricklayer, and served in King Philip's War under Capt. Davenport in 1675.  Samuel and Mary had nine children born from 1677 to 1691.


 * Phebe, b. Ipswich 1652, m. John TOWNE.


 * poss. Mary, b. Ipswich c. 1653, d. 1718, m. 20 Aug 1689, as his third wife, Thomas PECK, and had daughter Mary 16 Oct 1693


 * Hannah, b. Ipswich 1655, d. 16 Dec 1682, m. Lynn 3 Jan 1682[/3?] Henry COLLINS, b. 2 Oct 1651, son of Henry Collins. She had a son, Henry, b. 30 Nov 1682.  He m. (2) 24 June 1685 Sarah Heires.


 * Nathaniel, b. Ipswich Nov 1656. He was a mariner, and was called of Malden in a 1683 instruction should he perish at sea.  He may have settled on the coast of what is now Maine.


 * Joseph, b. Ipswich Aug 1658, d. Charlestown, Mass. 27 Aug 1722, m. (1) Charlestown 12 Dec 1679 Elizabeth MITCHELL, d. Malden 10 June 1703, aged 45; m. (2) 1704 Mrs. Hannah Welch, d. Charlestown Nov 1713, widow of Thomas Welch; m. (3) Charlestown 1715 Dorothy (HITT) Monsell, d. Charlestown 27 Aug 1722, aged 64, widow of Thomas Monsell and daughter of Thomas Hitt. Joseph was a stone cutter and cordwainer, living in Charlestown, and later Malden, Mass.  His will was dated 16 July 1722 and proved 21 Sep 1722.  Joseph and Elizabeth had eight children born from 1680 to 1699.

Child of Sarah with second husband, Thomas Hartshorn:


 * Timothy, b. 23 Feb 1662[/3?]

(8g) William Story
TAG:43:238-9; Story Gen(2000):1

William, the son of Robert Story, was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England c. 1613 (aged 23 in April 1637; aged 55 in Sep 1668), d. Ipswich, Mass. Jan 1702/3, and m. c. 1640 Sarah FOSTER, b. c. 1620, living 1680, daughter of Renold/Reginald and Judith Foster. William is first of record when "Story, William son of Robert dec." completed his apprenticeship under John Coats of Norwich [England], carpenter, in 1634, for 7 years. He would have been aged 21 upon completing this apprenticeship, matching perfectly with the assumed birth year given above. On 8 April 1637 William Story, aged 23, was enrolled to embark on either the John and Dorothy of Ipswich or the Rose of Yarmouth (the two ships sailed together, and the passenger lists were combined), being listed as a servant in the family of Samuel Dix, 43, his wife Joane, 38, their two children, and another servant, Daniel Linsey, 18. He arrived in New England 8 June 1637, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., where he sold land in 1643. He was a juror in 1653, and on a list of freemen in 1658. He was a carpenter by trade. William's will is not readily available, and its date is uncertain, but it was recorded on 10 Oct 1691, with son Seth as executor, but not proved until 20 Jan 1702/3. During the interim, he conveyed properties to his sons William and Samuel and made small bequests to his daughter Susanna Browne, granddaughter Ruth Walker, and Samuel's daughter, Elizabeth. William and Sarah Story are ancestors of U.S. President Millard Fillmore through their son Samuel. Children:


 * Sarah, b. say 1641 (the 2004 gen gives the date as 8 Aug 1641, but the source is not given), d. 1721 (same source), m. Ipswich 29 Oct 1661 (VR) Richard WALKER. There is no evidence that Richard was son of Capt Richard Walker.  At least five children, of whom Ruth is named in deed of her grandfather in 1690s.


 * Seth, b. c. 1646, d. Ipswich 9 Oct 1732, aged 86 (VR), m. Elizabeth _______, d. Ipswich 12 March 1736, aged about 85 (GR4). Seth's will was dated 24 June 1724 and proved 6 Nov 1732.  His inventory of 8 Nov 1732 totaled 134 pounds personal and 1068 pounds real property.


 * William, b. Ipswich c. 1648, d. Brookline, Mass. 20 July 1721, aged 73, m. (1) Ipswich 25 Oct 1671 (VR) Susanna FULLER, d. Roxbury, Mass. 4 June 1707, prob. daughter of John Fuller and Elizabeth Emerson; m. (2) 3 Dec 1707 Abigail Torrey, widow of Jonathan Torrey.


 * Samuel, b. say 1650, d. Norwich, CT 1726, m. (1) c. 1679 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1659, d. by 1716; m. (2) (int. Ipswich 16 Sep 1716) Mary Williams. His will was proved in Norwich 1 Dec 1726. Samuel and Elizabeth had twelve children born from 1680 to 1697.


 * Abigail, b. c. 1653, was aged 15 when she testified about her grandfather Foster's horse on 17 March 1668/9. She was, at that time, a servant in the home of Thomas Low of Ipswich.  Nothing more.


 * Susanna, b. c. 1660, d. Boxford, Mass. 9 Jan 1734[/5?], aged 74 (gs), m. (1) Lynn, Mass. 13 July 1681 John CLARK, b. Lynn 2:11m:1658 (2 Jan 1658/9), d. there 18 Dec 1685, son of William Clark and Mary Sherman. They had two children born 1682 and 1684/5.  She m. (2) by 1689, as his first wife, Cornelius BROWN, Jr., son of Cornelius Brown and Sarah Lamson of Reading.


 * Hannah, b. Ipswich 19 Aug 1662 (VR), living in 1707, m. (1) Rowley, Mass. 3 Dec 1683 Richard SWAN, b. Haverhill, Mass. 24 Feb 1660[/1?], d. c. 1690, son of Robert Swan and Elizabeth Acey; m. (2) Rowley 18 May 1692 Thomas JEWETT, b. Rowley 20 Sep 1666, d. Boxford, Mass. 6 Mary 1731, son of Dea. Ezekiel Jewett and Faith Parratt. Hannah was the only one of her siblings to be mentioned in the 1680 will of her grandfather, Renold Foster.  Richard Swan was admitted to the Rowley church 23 May 1684, shortly after his marriage.  He was a soldier in the Canada Expedition in 1690, and died in service.  Administration of his estate was granted to widow Hannah on 22 April 1691.  Hannah and second husband Thomas moved to Boxford about 1702, but it wasn't until 18 Jan 1707[/8?] that they were dismissed from the Rowley church and recommended to the church in Boxford.  Hannah had two children with her first husband, born 1686 and 1689.  Thomas has an extant gravestone in the Harmony Cemetery in Boxford.


 * daughter, b. Ipswich 4 March 1664[/5?]. Some sources give William a daughter Mary, so it is possible that this daughter, unnamed in the vital record, was Mary.

(9g) Renold Foster
Dudley Wildes Ancestry (1959) 177-183 ; NEHGR 90(1936):307-10; TAG 18(1941):13-15; NEHGR 30(1876):83-87

Renald Foster was born say 1594, d. 1681, and married at Theydon Garnon, Essex, England 1619 Judith WIGNOL, b. c. 1599, d. Ipswich Oct 1664. I have not see support for the claim that Judith was daughter of Alexander Wignal and Frances Williams. Renald m. (2) Sep 1665 Sarah (_____) Martin, d. Ipswich 22 Feb 1692/3, widow of John Martin. Following his death, his widow Sarah m. 21 Sep 1682 William White of Haverhill, Mass. who d. 28 Sep 1690, aged about 80. It is quite possible that Renald was the son of an earlier Reynald Foster of Harlow, Essex, who made his will 18 Sep 1622, proved 7 Jan 1622/3. The subject Renald was in New England by 1638 when he bought a house and lot on 26 Sep, in Ipswich, Mass., on the north side of the Ipswich River. Renald served on juries several times from 1651 to 1668, was constable in 1661, and released from military training in 1667, but required to pay a bushel of Indian corn annually for the company's support, until relieved of this obligation in 1674. Renald's will was dated 30 April 1680, with codicil (called a "Memorandum") dated 5 March 1680/1, and proved 9 June 1681. The inventory was taken 30 May 1681 by John Whipple and Simon Stace, amounting to a sizable 744 pounds. Children, all born in England:


 * Sarah, b. c. 1620 (aged about 48 in 1668), m. William STORY (see). I have seen no support for the claim that she was baptized 15 Oct 1620, though it is a reasonable claim.


 * Abraham, b. c. 1622 (aged about 76 in 1698), d. Ipswich 15 Jan 1710/1 in about his 90th year, m. c. 1656 Lydia BURBANK, b. say 1635, daughter of Caleb and Martha Burbank of Rowley. There is no will or administration of Abraham's estate, but on 21 Dec 1698 he distributed much of it to members of his family.  Abraham and Lydia had nine children born from 1657 to 1677.


 * Mary, b. b. c. 1624 (cb 1642), d. Topsfield, Mass 9 April 1705, m. (1) Daniel WOOD; m. (2) Francis PEABODY.


 * Renald, b. c. 1627, d. 28 Dec 1707 (from inv), m. c. 1652 Elizabeth DANE, b. say 1633, daughter of John Dane. She survived her husband.  His will was dated 11 July 1704 and proved 10 Jan 1707/8.  They had eleven children born from 1653 to 1678.


 * Isaac, b. c. 1630 (aged about 62 in 1692), d. Ipswich 8 Feb 1691/2, m. (1) 5 May 1658 Mary JACKSON, d. 27 Nov 1677; m. (2) 25 Nov 1678 Hanna Downing; m. (3) 16 March 1679/80 Martha Hale. His undated will was proved 29 March 1692.  Isaac had eleven children with his first wife, born from 1658/9 to 1676, and two children with his third wife, born 1684 and 1687.


 * William, b. c. 1633 (aged about 78 in 1711), d. Boxford, Mass. 17 May 1713, m. 15 May 1661 Mary JACKSON, b. 8 Feb 1639[/40?], daughter of William and Joanna Jackson of Rowley. In 1661 he was received as an inhabitant of Rowley, the the section known as Rowley Village, later to become Boxford.  He was one of the petitioners for the incorporation of Boxford, which occurred in 1685.  His will was dated 3 Sep 1711 and proved 15 June 1713.  He and Mary had nine children born in Rowley from 1661/2 to c. 1683.


 * Jacob, b. c. 1636, d. Ipswich 9 July 1710 in 75th year, m. (1) 12 Jan 1658/9 Martha KINSMAN, d. 15 Oct 1666; m. (2) 26 Feb 1666/7 Abigail LORD, d. 4 June 1729, daughter of Robert Lord and Mary Wait. He was deacon of the First Church in Ipswich, and he lived in the first house built by his father.  His will was dated 7 July and proved 24 July 1710.  Jacob had five children with his first wife, born from 1659 to 1665, and nine more with his second wife, born from 1667 to 1684.  From NEHGR 30:86: "The grave of Deacon Foster is marked by a stone rudely carved; the inscription is,--'Here lies Dec'n Jacob Foster, who died July ye 9th 1710, in ye 75 yr of His Age.'"


 * NOTE: Renald had 56 grandchildren with his five sons, and 8 more with daughter Sarah.  Those of daughter Mary will be tallied later.

(9g) Thomas Kent
Stearns Hist NH 2:431

Thomas Kent was born in England say 1600, d. Gloucester 1 May 1658 (VR), and married a woman whose name has not been found who d. Gloucester 16 Oct 1671 (VR). Stearns said he settled in Gloucester, Mass. by 1643, but gives no reason for this. In 1649 he owned property near the burying ground in the West Parish known as Chebacco, later Essex, Mass. Richard Kent of Newbury also had property in this area. Children:


 * Thomas, b. say 1628, m. Joan PENNEY


 * Samuel, b. say 1630, m. 17 Jan 1654 Frances WOODALL. He transacted land with his brother Thomas in 1655, and they bought 18 acres together of Thomas Price/Prince in 1657.  Four known children born from 1657 to 1664.


 * Josiah, b. say 1632

(8g) Thomas Kent
Thomas, the son of an earlier Thomas Kent, was born say 1628, probably in England, and died in Gloucester, Mass. 3 Aug 1696 (VR). He was married Gloucester 28 March 1658 (VR) to Joan PENNY, b. say 1638, living in 1691 (father's will), the daughter of Thomas and Ann Penny. An online record says Joan was baptized 30 Jan 1636 at St. Mary Major, Exeter, Devon, England. While I have seen no comment from any other compiler or genealogist on this family, the vital records of Gloucester make it appear that Joan's first three child deliveries were all twins. Children:


 * Josiah, b. 31 March 1660 (VR), m. Mary LUFKIN


 * Thomas, b. 31 March 1660 (VR); must have been a twin; is he the Thomas Kent, Jr. who d. Gloucester 14 Aug 1691 (VR)?


 * Mary, b. 22:11:1661 (22 Jan 1661/2)


 * Sarah, b. 22 Feb 1661 (VR--this must be a twin of Mary, but one of the dates is off a bit).


 * Marcy (twin), b. 24 Feb 1664/5, d. Gloucester 2:1:1665 (2 March 1664/5)


 * Jane/Joane (twin), b. 24 Feb 1664/5, d. Gloucester 2:1:1665 (2 March 1664/5)


 * Joane, b. 5 Aug 1666 (VR); m. (as Joannah Kent) Gloucester 31 Dec 1684 John Pulsever/Pulsifer, probable son of Benedict Pulsifer of Ipswich, Mass.


 * John, b. 2:11 mo:1676 (VR--2 Feb 1676/7), m. Gloucester 25 July 1711 (VR) Susanna DAY. Most online accounts of this family acknowledge that this is the John Kent to whom the following piece in the History of Gloucester pertains: on 19 April 1743 Col. Epes Sargent was paid two pounds by the selectmen for four pairs of gloves "at ye burial of John Kent."  This John Kent, according to this history, had a mental condition causing him to receive assistance from the town.

(7g) Josiah Kent Sr.
Josiah Kent, b. Gloucester, Mass. 31 March 1660, d. there 19 May 1725, aged about 65 y (VR), was the son of Thomas Kent and Joan Penney of Gloucester. He m. in Gloucester 17 April 1689 (VR) Mary LUFKIN/LOVEKIN, b. c. 1668, d. 1730?), the daughter of Thomas and Mary Lufkin. On 4 Oct 1692 Josiah filed a petition for administration of the estate of his grandfather, Thomas Penny, calling himself the sole heir of the estate.  Gary Boyd Roberts in Ancestors of American Presidents (2009) gives Mary's death year as 1730.  My only caution about this is that is the year that Mary's mother died, making the year suspicious.  Some online accounts give Mary's mother's maiden name as Thomas, but I haven't seen any evidence supporting these claims, and if she's native American, then Thomas does not sound like a realistic name.  Josiah rendered significant military service to the town, and in one document was titled Captain.  Josiah and Mary are ancestors of U.S. President Chester Alan Arthur, through their daughter Abigail.  Children, all born in Gloucester, Mass.:


 * Mary, b. 26 Jan 1689/90 (VR). living in 1721 by one account. A Mary Kent m. Gloucester 31 Dec 1722 Joseph Bond


 * Sarah, b. 16 Aug 1692 (VR), m. Gloucester 1 April 1717 (VR) by Rev. Samuel Thompson, John CROWFOOT, b. Springfield, Mass. 23 Jan 1692, the son of John Crowfoot and Sarah Kent. The marriage date is also recorded in the official Gloucester records as 7 April, but the one given appears to be the most accurate.  No death record for Sarah has been found.  An online account says John died in Brimfield, Mass (a neighborhood of Springfield) on 5 Aug 1746, but I've been unable to confirm this.  Sarah and John had six known children whose births are recorded in Springfield, 1718 to 1730 under a variety of surname spellings (e.g. Crofut, Crofoot).


 * Josiah, b. 3 Aug 1694 (name not given in vital record), m. (1) Sarah MAXWELL; m. (2) Sarah Dodge (see below).


 * Abigail, b. 9 July 1697 (VR), d. Hampstead, NH 4 March 1771, m. Gloucester 21 March 1722/3 (VR) Otho STEVENS, b. Haverhill, Mass 1702, d. Hampstead 4 April 1771, aged 69, the son of John Stevens and Mary Chase. The family lived in Gloucester; Haverhill, Mass.; Hampton Falls, NH; and Hampstead, NH, and children were born in each of these places.  There were ten children altogether, born 1724 to 1742.  One account says Otho m. (2) Mary Dodge, but this could hardly be so, since he died a mere month after his wife.


 * John, b. 29 March 1700 (VR), may be the John bapt. Glocester 22 Oct 1704, m. Gloucester 10 June 1723 (VR) Mary GODFREY, b. Gloucester 10 June 1703, the daughter of James Godfrey and Hannah Kimball. The births of five children to this couple, 1723 to 1732, are recorded in the Gloucester vital records.  In his family history of New Hampshire, Ezra Stearns adds five more children with names only, so their birth dates and places need to be determined to piece together the whereabouts of this family.  One published source says that John died in 1780, but this is troublesome, because a John Kent died in Rehoboth in 1780 and another of the name died in Newburyport in 1778, neither of them being this John.


 * child (of Josiah), bapt. 11 Aug 1706. This could be one of the other children.

(6g) Josiah Kent, Jr.
Josiah, the son of Josiah Kent and Mary Lufkin, was b. Gloucester, Mass. 3 Aug 1694, d. Harvard, Mass. 8 March 1767. He was married first in Wenham, Mass. on 20 Dec 1722 to Sarah MAXWELL. They had six known children together, but she likely died about 1735. Josiah m. (2) in Wenham on 28 Sep 1737 Sarah DODGE. The children of Josiah, first seven with first wife, remainder with second:


 * Josiah, bp Gloucester 17 Nov 1723, died young


 * Lois, b. Gloucester 8 March 1724/5 (VR), died Harvard 18 Jan 1756, aged 30


 * Eunice, b. Gloucester 14 Oct 1726 (VR), d. Lancaster, Mass. 16 Dec 1752, and m. Harvard 29 Sep 1744 Asa HARRIS, baptized in Lancaster 10 Sep 1721. Asa m. (2) Lancaster 10 Jan 1753 Abigail Bennett.


 * Josiah, bp Gloucester 8 June 1729, died young.


 * Hannah, bp Gloucester 22 Aug 1731


 * Ebenezer, bapt. 15 Oct 1732 (VR)


 * Josiah, b. Gloucester 26 Oct 1734 (VR)

with second wife, Sarah Dodge:


 * Sarah, b. Gloucester 18 June 1738, d. Roxbury, Mass. 1814, and m. (1) Harvard 3 March 1759 Abijah COLE, the son of Jonathan Cole and Judah Brown; m. (2) Samuel GARFIELD. The parentage of Sarah was confused when Frank T. Cole, in his genealogy of the Cole family, wrote that Sarah was the daughter of Jonathan Kent of Harvard.  This led other researchers to assume that Sarah was the daughter of John Kent, who had a daughter Sarah of the same age as this Sarah.  However, John Kent likely never set foot in Harvard.  The only adult male Kent in the town that could be her father was Josiah Kent, who had a large family of whom only a few daughters survived childhood.  Following the death of her second husband, Sarah went to live in Roxbury "at the home of her niece, Mrs. Crafts" according to the Cole genealogy.  However, it was likely her sister who married Daniel Crafts that she went to live with.  She died in the late autumn of 1814, as her obituary appeared in the Columbian Centinel on 7 Dec 1814.


 * Ruth, b. Gloucester 25 Aug 1739 (VR)


 * Mary, b. Harvard 22 April 1741, d. Harvard 13 Dec 1810, m. Bolton, Mass. 2 Oct 1764 Abraham SCOTT of Bolton who d. Harvard 26 Sep 1772. Mary is buried in the Harvard Center Cemetery.


 * Abigail, b. Harvard 2 Aug 1744, d. Roxbury, Mass. 28 Jan 1823, m. 27 April 1775 Daniel CRAFTS, b. Roxbury 16 Aug 1752, d. Roxbury 14 Sep 1787, the son of Ebenezer Craft and Susanna White. Following the death of her husband and then father-in-law, Abigail managed the family farm and business until her son, Ebenezer, came of age.

(9g) Thomas Penny
Savage 3:390; Witch trials

Thomas Penny (Penney/Pinney/etc.) was born say 1610, d. c. 1692, and m. (1) say 1635 Ann _______, b. say 1615, d. Gloucester 26:11m:1667 (VR--26 Jan 1667/8); m. (2) Gloucester 15 June 1668 (VR) Agnes (TYBOTT/TIBBETTS?) Clark, d. Gloucester 23:12m:1681 (VR--23 Feb 1681/2), the widow of Edmond Clark; and m. (3) Gloucester 17 May 1682 (VR) Joan Brabrook/Brabuck, widow of Samuel Braybrook of Ipswich. Thomas's will was dated 4 Aug 1691 and proved 3 Oct 1692, naming wife Joan, daughter (unnamed) who was the wife of Thomas Kent, and grandson Josiah Kent. Thomas is a poorly documented early settler of New England, but was in Gloucester, Mass. by 1652. He lived out his life in Gloucester, buying land at Little River in 1658 and receiving a grant of land in 1679. Thomas's third wife, Joan, was one of nine Gloucester woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. She was accused by one Zebulon Hill, perhaps using "spectral evidence." Fortunately for her and her townswomen, such evidence was banned in October 1692, and the entire ordeal ended soon thereafter; she likely never went to trial, though it is possible that she was incarcerated. The will of Thomas Penny mentions only one child:


 * Joan, b. say 1638, m. Gloucester 28 March 1658 (VR) Thomas KENT.

(8g) Thomas Lufkin/Lovekin
Note: the early vital records generally spell the name Lovekin, with variants, and the later vital records generally use the Lufkin spelling.

Thomas Lufkin was born say 1640, d. Gloucester, Mass. 3 Nov 1708 (VR), and m. c. 1667 Mary _______, b. c. 1644, d. Dec 1730, aged about 86 (VR). Any connection with Hugh Lufkin (Salem 1654) has not been found. This uncommon name comes from the area of Dedham, in England. Abigail Kent, a grandchild of Thomas and Mary Lufkin, was reported to be one fourth native American. Because her other three grandparents are known to be English, it is possible that Mary Lufkin was a native. Thomas was first of record in New England in 1674 with the birth of his fourth child in Gloucester. He was granted six acres of land in Gloucester in 1679/80. In 1693 he was exempted from paying a poll tax because he was "aged and poor." Children, born in Gloucester:


 * Thomas, b. 9 April 1668, d. Ipswich, Mass. 17 June 1747 (GR4) or 16 July 1747 (Ipswich VR), m. Gloucester 22 Jan 1689/90 (VR) Mary MYLES, d. Gloucester 21 Nov 1690 (VR); m. (2) Chebacco 22 Dec 1692 (Gloucester and Ipswich VRs) Sarah DOWNING, b. c. 1673, d. Ipswich 21 May 1724, aged 51. Son John b. Gloucester 24 Oct 1690 (VR) and d. there 24 Nov 1690 (VR).  Jeremiah, son of Thomas and Sarah, was b. Chebacco 17 May 1703 (Ipswich VR).  Two ch. b. Ipswich 1693 and 1695; three more b. Chebacco 1697 to 1700 (all in Ipswich VR).


 * Mary, b. c. 1670, d. Gloucester 1730, m. Gloucester 17 April 1689 (VR) Josiah KENT. They are ancestors of U.S. President Chester Alan Arthur.


 * Benjamin, b. Gloucester May 1672. He might be the one of his name who m. Gloucester 7 Jan 1712/3 (VR) Abigail PARKER and had five children b. Gloucester 1713 to 1725.  He may also be the one of his name whose probate was settled in Essex Co., Mass. in 1740.  Elisabeth, d. Benjamin and "Abial", b. Gloucester 6 May 1716 (VR).


 * Joseph, b. Gloucester 16 Nov 1674 (VR), d. Gloucester 12 Nov 1730, m. Gloucester 29 Jan 1707/8 (VR) Hannah RINGE. Son John b. Gloucester 12 Sep 1713, Hannah, b. 5 Dec 1708.


 * Ebenezer, b. 18 May 1676 (VR), d. Gloucester Sep 1746, m. Gloucester 12 April 1700 Sarah AVERELL, b. Topsfield 23 March 1666[/7?]. Daughter Anna b. Gloucester 13 May 1701 (VR).


 * Abraham (twin), b. 14 Feb 1677[/8?] (VR), d. Gloucester 20 Feb 1677[/8?] (VR)


 * Isaac (twin), b. 16 Feb 1677[/8?] (VR), d. Gloucester 20 Feb 1677[/8?] (VR)


 * Abigail, b. Gloucester 9 April 1682 (VR, but year incorrectly given as 1862), m. Ipswich 30 Jan 1729 (???) John DOWSE


 * Thomas (s. Thomas and Mary) b. Gloucester 9 April 1682


 * Henry, b. Gloucester 23 May 1684 (VR), d. Gloucester 13 March 1725[/6?], m. Mercy ______. Jonathan, s. Henry and Mercy b. Gloucester 13 April 1712 (VR).


 * James (twin), b. Gloucester 9 April 1686 (VR)


 * Elizabeth (twin), b. Gloucester 9 April 1686 (VR, but mistakenly called daughter of James and Mary).

(8g) Richard Goldsmith
Abbott: Goldsmith Family of Andover (typescript)

Richard was an early settler of Wenham, Mass., where he is first of record on 23 June 1644, and where he joined the church in 1648. He was married c. 1647 to Mary, whose surname may have been Perkins. He voted to move to Chelmsford in 1655, but if he went, he soon returned to Wenham. He was killed by lightning in Wenham on Sunday 18 May 1673, at the house of Rev. Antipas Newman. After his death, his widow "Marah" married Wenham 25 Nov 1674 (VR) John Abbie. Children, born or baptized in Wenham:


 * Richard?, b. c. 1644, d. c. 1673, m. Mary ____ [I'm not sure this person exists]


 * Joshua?, b. c. 1646, m. Salisbury, MA 14 Aug 1667 Mary HUNTINGTON. [where's the proof that he is of this family?]


 * Mary, baptized 15:8mo:1648 (15 Oct 1648), m. 8 Feb 1672 Richard PATCH.


 * Sarah, baptized 14:5mo:1650 (14 July 1650), m. Wenham 29 Sep 1667 (VR) Jonathan BILES.


 * Thomas, bapt. 1653/4; ment. in church record


 * John?, b. c. 1654, d. Cutchogue, Suffolk, NY April 1703, m. (1) Nov 1679 Prudence WINES, b. c. 1655, d. 17 Feb 1680/1, daughter of Barnabas Wines and Anna Eddy; m. (2) 2 May 1683 Anna WELLS; m. (3) 2 Feb 1696/7 Elizabeth TUTHILL, b. Southhold, NY 19 April 1661, d. there 1705.


 * Hannah, b. 4 March 1657/8 (VR)


 * Zaccheus, b. 1662, m. Martha HUTTON (see below).


 * Thomas?, b. c. 1670, d. Southhold, NY 6 Nov 1706, aged 36, m. Bethia TERRY, b. 13 Sep 1672, d. 11 Oct 1739, she buried Southhold Cemetery. They had five children born 1696 to 1704.

Some of the above children probably belong to the Thomas Goldsmith (poss. a brother of Richard) of Southampton, Long Island.

(7g) Zacheus Goldsmith
Essex Genealogist 22:41; NEHGR 175:239 (summer 2021): Rev. Gerrish 1710 Wenham communicants

Zacheus, the son of Richard Goldsmith and Mary (Perkins?), was b. 1662, d. Wenham, Mass. 30 Oct 1747, aged 85 (VR), and m. c. 1685 Martha Hutton, b. Wenham 30 March 1662, d. there 15 Nov 1744, aged 82 (VR), the daughter of Richard Hutton and Elizabeth Kilham. Zacheus was a weaver. Zacheus and Martha both appear on a list of 1710 communicants of the Wenham, Mass. congregation of Rev. Joseph Gerrish. Children, b. Wenham:


 * Martha, bapt. 14 Nov 1686, d. Wenham 1 March 1747/8, m. (int. Wenham 4 May 1712--VR) Simon PATCH, b. 1685, d. Wenham 13 May 1749, aged 63, the son of Thomas Patch and Mary Scott. Five children are known, born 1715 to 1728.


 * Elizabeth, bapt. 25 Nov 1688, d. Beverly, Mass. 8 July 1765, aged 77, m. (1) Beverly 23 June 1715 (int. Wenham 22 Jan 1714/5) Francis QUARLES of Ipswich, b. say 1682, d. 1724. Their marriage was also recorded in Ipswich.  Francis's will was proved in Ipswich 29 July 1724.  Elizabeth m. (2) (intention in Beverly 14 March 1724/5) Robert HASKELL, b. Beverly 17 Feb 1692/3, buried there 9 April 1776, the son of William Haskell and Ruth West.  Robert had married first in Manchester on 4 Dec 1712 Mary Leach, and with her had five children born 1713 to 1721.  Robert's will, dated 3 March 1765, was probated 6 May 1776.  Elizabeth had three known children with her first husband, born 1716 to 1721, two of whose baptisms were recorded in Ipswich.  She had one known child with her second husband, Elizabeth, born in 1726.  Elizabeth has a grave marker in the Abbott Street Burial Ground in Beverly, Mass.


 * Hutton, bapt. 18 May 1690, d. 1751, m. (intention in Wenham 11 Dec 1714--VR) Miriam KIMBALL, b. Wenham 20 Feb 1691[/2?], the daughter of Ephraim Kimball and Mary Friend. Many web sources give Hutton a baptismal year of 1690, one even giving the date of 18 May 1690, but I can find no such records.  Therefore the birth year of 1690 is being given as an approximation.  Hutton died intestate, and the probate of his estate was dated 11 July 1751.  After their marriage, Hutton and Miriam lived in Wenham, where the baptisms of four children were recorded from 1715 to 1721, but about 1722 they moved to Marblehead, Mass. where the baptisms of six children were recorded at the Second Congregational Church from 1723 to 1735.


 * John, bapt. 1 April 1694; d. Wenham 21 Nov 1695 (VR).


 * John, b. Wenham 17 Dec 1696 (VR), m. Boston 10 July 1718 Mercy YOUNG.


 * Mary, b. Wenham 14 May 1699 (VR), d. Brookline, Mass. 30 Dec 1768, m. Wenham 30 Nov 1722 John WOODWARD, b. c. 1696, d. Brookline, Mass. 15 Feb 1770, aged 73. Mary and John had only three known children, their births were recorded in Brookline, Mass. 1724/5 to 1730.  It therefore makes sense that Mary died at an early age.  One online account gives her death as April 1735, and another as Dec 1735,  but I cannot confirm either.  John appears to have continued living in Brookline, and likely remarried, with several possibilities in the Brookline records.


 * Zacheus, b. Wenham 7 April 1701 (VR), living in 1783, m. (1) Wenham 14 Dec 1724 (VR) Tabitha DODGE, b. Wenham 12 July 1710, d. Wenham 8 Nov 1726 (VR) in her 17th year, daughter of William Dodge and Prudence Fairfield.  They had a son, William, b. 1725.  Zacheus m. (2) 15 May 1729 Mehitabel KIMBALL, b. Wenham 9 Oct 1707, d. Ipswich 15 Feb 1777, the daughter of Caleb Kimball and Sarah Safford.  Zacheus  lived at Wenham, Ipswich and Andover, Mass., and also briefly at Medford.  He had one child with his first wife and seven more with the second, with all births recorded in Wenham.  He likely moved to Ipswich after 1742 when his youngest child was born, but by 1745 when his oldest son was married there.  In 1783 he resided in Ossipee, NH where his sons Isaac and John had settled.  There is a confusing probate cover page that gives a probate date for Zacheus Goldsmith of 1756, but that cannot refer to this Zacheus.  The death record of his second wife calls her the wife of Zacheus, not the widow.  Furthermore, he and his second wife were subjects of a warning out in Medford in 1764.  The first wife, Tabitha, is buried in the Dodge Row Cemetery in Beverly, Mass., and had a grave marker that was transcribed and published in the Essex Institute Collections.  However, the marker appears to have since been lost to the elements. It appears that Zacheus, wife Mehitabel, and son Isaac went to Medford, Mass. to live, coming from Ipswich, but were warned out of Medford.  In Medford's book of Warnings Out is written the following: "Also Zaccheus Goldsmith & Mehetabel his wife Isaac their son & a lad Nam'd Benjam. Pursel which persons came from Ipswich to Medford April: 24th. 1764".


 * Richard, b. Wenham 28 Dec 1705 (VR), (bapt 16 Dec ??), m. Wenham 23 June 1731 Hannah DODGE (see next).

The children of Hutton and Miriam Goldsmith, first four baptized in Wenham, remainder baptized in Marblehead:


 * Jeminah, bapt 8 Sep 1715


 * Nathannill, bapt 20 Jan 1716/7, m. Marblehead 4 Feb 1742 Abigail Webber


 * Mary, bapt 6 Jan 1718/9


 * Miriam, bapt 5 Feb 1720/1, m. Marblehead 12 Dec 1746 Richard Craft


 * Samuel, bapt 10 March 1723, may be the one who m. Marblehead 25 Feb 1768 Elizabeth Bowden


 * Benjamin, bapt 7 March 1725, d. young


 * Sarah, bapt 3 July 1726


 * Martha, bapt 9 Feb 1729, m. Marblehead 29 Sep 1749 George Clerk


 * Benjamin, bapt 5 Sep 1731


 * Ebenezer, bapt 8 June 1735

The child of Zacheus Goldsmith and first wife Tabitha Dodge:


 * William, b. 8 Oct 1725, m. Ipswich 11 April 1745 Margaret Cogswell.

Children of Zacheus with second wife Mehitabel Kimball:


 * Benjamin, b. 8 Sep 1730


 * Sarah, b. 16 Feb 1731/2


 * Mehitable, b. 28 Feb 1733/4, likely the one who m. (int. Ipswich 7 Feb 1756) Thomas Woodward of Brookline.


 * Tabitha, b. 8 July 1735. A "Mrs." Tabitha Goldsmith m. (int Ipswich 19 June 1761) Moses Harris.  Also, a Tabitha Goldsmith m. Ipswich 17 Jan 1771 William Burnham.


 * John, b. 23 Feb 1736/7, m. Ipswich 11 March 1762 Martha Lamson. He was a soldier of the Revolution and served in Capt Dodge's company of Col. Little's regiment.  In 1777 he settled in Ossipee, NH.


 * Elizabeth, b. 2 Oct 1739


 * Isaac, b. 29 Oct 1742, was still living with his parents in 1764 when warned out of the town of Medford, Mass.

(6g) Richard Goldsmith, Sr.
Richard Goldsmith, the son of Zacheus Goldsmith and Martha Hutton of Wenham, Mass., was b. Wenham 28 Dec 1705, d. Littleton, Mass 26 Jan 1756, and m. Wenham 23 June 1731 (VR) (int. Littleton 23 June 1725??) Hannah Dodge, b. 1705, d. Littleton 1 July 1760, aged 55. A Hannah Dodge was baptized on 3 June 1705 at the Wenham Congregational Church, but the record does not give names of parents, or even if this was a child or adult. Hannah, by one account, was a daughter of a Nehemiah Dodge (but I don't find such a person who could be her father, but could be her brother), by another account was a daughter of Antipas Dodge, and by yet other accounts was the daughter of Josiah Dodge and Sarah Fiske. The family structure suggests that the last choice is the best supported; also, Richard and Hannah named a son Josiah, which name does not appear to come from the Goldsmith family. Richard and Hannah have grave markers in the Littleton Old Burying Ground. Children, all born or baptized at Wenham:


 * Hannah, bp 19 March 1731/2, d. Walpole, NH 28 Sep 1824, m. Littleton 11 Mar 1755 John MEARIAM, b. (Littleton 5 Nov 1725, d. Walpole, NH 10 Oct 1814, son of John Merriam and Hannah Hall. They moved from Littleton to Walpole, NH in 1782.


 * Abigail, bp 3 Feb 1734, buried Rindge, NH 29 Sep 1769, m. Littleton 13 Nov 1755 Nathaniel RUSSELL, Jr., b. 27 Dec 1733, d. Rindge 1 Jan 1812. Nathaniel m. (2) 26 March 1770 Anna (Worcester) Thayer, widow of Eliakim Thayer and daughter of Joseph and Ann Worcester; she d. 23 Sep 1829, aged 89.  Nathaniel is buried with a grave marker in the Old Meeting House Cemetery in Rindge.


 * Mary, bp 12 Oct 1735, d. Wenham 21 Dec 1735


 * Thomas, b. 28 Nov 1736, d. Littleton 7 April 1749. Thomas has a grave marker in the Old Burying Ground, Littleton, near his parents.


 * Richard, bp 31 Dec 1738, m. Littleton 20 Jan 1763 Sarah DIX, daughter of Jonathan Dix


 * Lucy, b. 16 Mar 1741, m. Littleton 16 Nov 1758 William RUSSELL, b. 4 March 1737, son of Nathaniel and Mary Russell, and brother of Nathaniel Russell above.


 * Josiah, b. 1 Sep 1744, d. Grafton, Vermont 26 April 1816, m. Littleton 14 Mar 1768 Sarah FOX, b. 1746, d. Grafton, V'T 12 Sep 1811, daughter of John Fox and Sarah Hoar. They are buried in the Middletown Cemetery, Grafton, VT.


 * Jeremiah, bp 11 Oct 1747, m. Littleton 2 Nov 1769 Hepsibah HALL

(5g) Richard Goldsmith, Jr.
Richard, the son of Richard Goldsmith and Hannah Dodge of Wenham and Littleton, Mass., was born or baptized in Littleton, Mass. 31 Dec 1738 (this is a baptismal date according to the Littleton Vital Record, but a Bible record says this is the date of birth), d. Harvard, Mass. 12 Mary 1824, and m. Littleton 20 Jan 1763 Sarah DIX, daughter of Jonathan Dix and Sarah Shattuck of Littleton. He and Sarah lived in Littleton, and then moved to Harvard, Mass. They are buried in the Harvard Cemetery, and had ten children, the first five born in Littleton, and last five born in Harvard:


 * Richard, b. 2 Oct 1763, d. Harvard 11 May 1836, m. Harvard 1 July 1802 Rachel COOK, b. Sep 1773, d. in Harvard 11 Aug 1812, aged 38 y 11 m. They have existing grave markers in the Harvard Center Cemetery.


 * Sarah, b. 18 Dec 1764, d. Littleton 29 Dec 1766, and buried in the Old Burying Ground in Littleton.


 * Timothy, b. 31 Aug 1766, d. Harvard 26 Jan 1819, and married in Belchertown, Mass. in 1794 Mary WALKER. One record gives the date as 8 May 1794 and the wife's name as Pally Walker; another record gives the marriage date as 22 May 1794, and the wife's name as Mary Wilkin. Find-a-grave contributor Nancy Walker has provided the following clarification (from Mark Doolittle's Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church in Belchertown, Mass.): Timothy was married to Mary "Patty" Walker, b. Belchertown, MA 14 March 1772, d. Belchertown 22 Feb 1849, the daughter of Capt James Walker and Esther Shumway. They had four sons: James, John Sherman, Alonzo Hall, and George Richard who is buried in Wayne Co., Michigan.  The widow Mary is not found on any census records after her husband's death, and was likely living with her children or other family members.  Timothy is buried in the family plot in the Harvard Center Cemetery.


 * Sarah, b. 17 Apr 1768, d. Harvard, MA 25 Dec 1847, m. Harvard 20 March 1792 Jacob FAIRBANK, b. Harvard, MA 6 May 1762, d. Harvard 5 July 1831, the son of Amos Fairbank and Lucy Gates. Sarah and Jacob have a monument in the Harvard Center Cemetery.


 * John, b. 17 Apr 1770, d. Harvard 21 Sep 1798, and m. Harvard 27 Dec 1791 Moriah HOUGHTON, the daughter of Elijah Houghton and Mercy Whitney of Harvard. He was "killed by fall of stick of timber," when only 28 years old. Following his death, his widow married John Conant as his second wife. John and Mariah had four children together, and Mariah had two more with her second husband. Mariah is buried with her second husband in Stowe, Mass., while John is buried in the Harvard Center Cemetery.


 * Anna, b. 27 Jan 1772, d. Montpelier, VT 4 Sep 1852, m. Harvard 8 Apr 1793 Asa COLE, the son of Abijah Cole and Sarah Kent. Anna had eleven children, then became widowed while most of them were young. She raised the large family as a single parent, then in 1838, long after Asa's death, she married Amory Pollard of Bolton, MA, whom she survived. Amory, b. Harvard, Mass. 8 Sep 1770, d. Bolton, Mass 28 Aug 1848, was the son of Thaddeus Pollard and Submit Maynard, and had several children with two previous wives, and appears on the federal censuses in Bolton from 1800 through 1840. In 1830 he is listed under "Emery" Pollard, and in 1840 under "Amery" Pollard. In 1850 Anna was widowed but still living in Bolton with two of her step-children. She died in Montpelier, VT while visiting her youngest daughter, Susan. Anna is buried in the North Cemetery, Westmoreland, NH with her first husband.


 * Sherman, b. 28 Oct 1773, d. Island of Tobago 23 Jan 1796. A monument was erected for him in the Harvard Center Cemetery, but it is uncertain if his remains were interred here.


 * Theodore, b. 7 Aug 1775, d. Harvard, MA 22 Mar 1859, m. Harvard 11 Sep 1798 Mercy HAPGOOD, b. Harvard 15 Feb 1779, d. Harvard 31 Oct 1850, the daughter of Shadrach Hapgood and Elizabeth Keep. Theodore appears on every federal census from 1800 to 1850 in Harvard, Mass, as well as the 1855 state census.  He loved to read.  He and Mercy had four children, and are both buried in the Harvard Center Cemetery with extant grave markers.


 * Mary "Molly", b. 14 Apr 1777, d. Harvard, MA 4 Aug 1853, m. 23 Nov 1797 Capt. Oliver HILL, b. 17 Sep 1771, d. Harvard 3 March 1847. Mary and Oliver share a tall monument in the Harvard Center Cemetery.


 * Thomas, b. 18 Mar 1779, nothing more known.

(8g) Richard Hutton
Essex Genealogist 22:36-42

Richard Hutton was born c. 1620 (several depositions put his birth year here or at 1621), d. Wenham, Mass. 22 June 1713, in 96th year (VR) and m. (1) c. 1649 Elizabeth KILHAM, b. c. 1630, daughter of Austin Kilham and Alice Gorball. Richard m. (2) Susanna (Moore) Dutch, daughter of Richard Moore and Christian Hunter, and widow of Capt. Samuel Dutch of Salem. After Richard's death, Susanna m. (3) (int 11 April 1714) John Knowlton of Ipswich. Richard was in Wenham, Mass. by about 1649, as he claimed knowledge in 1678 of William Green's lot for about 29 years, and in 1699 deposed he had knowledge of a boundary for 49 years. His first appearance in the public record is as a juror in 1652. He took the oath of fidelity and was sworn in as constable of Wenham in Nov 1653. In late 1675 Richard was a soldier who served in a campaign during King Philip's War. Administration of Richard's estate was given to his son-in-law, Joseph Fowler. The inventory included debts to Zaccheus Goldsmith and Richard Fowler for taking care of him in his old age, and it is likely that he lived his final years in the home of his daughter Martha Goldsmith. His daughter Elizabeth Fowler received land in Amherst, NH in 1728 for her father's service during King Philip's War. Children:


 * Elizabeth, b. c. 1650, d. Wenham 22 May 1734, aged about 84 (VR), m. Joseph FOWLER, d. Wenham 10 Feb 1717/8 (VR). Three children have been identified, born at Wenham from 1678 to c. 1681.


 * John, b. Wenham 26 March 1655 (VR), d. by 1696, perhaps m. Isabel STORY.


 * Richard, b. Wenham 25 Dec 1658 (VR), d. 11 April 1714


 * Martha, b. Wenham 30 March 1662 (VR), m. Zaccheus GOLDSMITH


 * Margaret, b. say 1668, d. Wenham 21:9mo:1668 (21 Nov 1668, VR)


 * Samuel, b. Wenham 26 Jan 1669[/70?] (VR), prob. d. young.

(10g) Henry Kilham
NEHGR 56:344; 52:238-9

Henry Kellam, born say 1555, bur. St. Mary's, Dennington 21 May 1631, m. Dennington, Suffolk, England 12 Aug 1582 Alice GOODALE, bur. St. Mary's, Dennington 14 July 1624. It is possible that he is the Henry, son of Wylliam Killam baptized at St. James Parish, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England on 10 Aug 1558. Henry's nuncupative will was proved 3 June 1631. Children, first several baptized at St. Mary's, Dennington, Suffolk:


 * Mary, bapt. Dennington 18 Aug 1583, eldest daughter, and named in will of father.


 * Alice, m. _______ COSBIE. She was named in the 1601/2 will of her grandmother Elizabeth Goodale, and named in will of her father.


 * Robert, bapt. 24 June 1590, bur. St. Mary's, Dennington 1 May 1669 when he was called of Kelshall. He was executor of his father's will, c. 1631.  He m. St. Mary's, Dennington 9 Sep 1612 Margaret GODBOLDE, possibly a sister of Alice Gorball/Gorbolde who m. Robert's brother Austin.  Had daughter Margaret bapt. at St. Mary's, Dennington 2 Feb 1619[/20?] and other children.


 * Elizabeth, bapt. 8 Jan 1593[/4?], bur. St. Mary's, Dennington 11 Feb 1617/8.


 * daughter, m. _______ TOMSON, unless this is Alice above


 * Austin, b. c. 1595, m. Alice GORBALL.

(9g) Austin Kilham
NEHGR 56:344-6; EIHC 49:210-16; TAG 67:53-4

Austin, sometimes Augustine, the son of Henry Killam/Kilham and Alice Goodale, was born say 1595, d. Wenham, Mass. 5:4mo:1667 (VR--5 June 1667), and m. Wrentham, Norfolk 8 Sep 1619 Alice GORBALL/GORBOLDE, b. c. 1597 (aged 40 in 1637), d. Wenham 18:5mo:1667 (VR--18 July 1667). Austin was likely born in either Dennington, Suffolk, or Wrentham, Norfolk, both in England. On 11 May 1637 Austin was examined as a passenger for New England, being, "desirous to goe to Salam in the New E." He sailed with his wife Alice and a few children aboard the Mary Anne of Yarmouth, though the examination document and passenger list are incomplete. At a [Salem?] town meeting on 7 Aug 1637 he was admitted as an inhabitant and given a quarter acre lot. He later exchanged a ten-acre lot on 26 June 1638, in Salem, and on 17 April 1639, with William Browne, was engaged by that town to keep the goats for a year. Early in 1640 the Killams moved to Dedham, and Austin and Alice were received into the church there on 28 Aug 1640. In late 1648 or 1649 the family moved to Wenham where Killam was a juror for several years, and also served as constable. In 1653 the people of Wenham contributed to the support of Harvard college, and Austin with his sons Daniel and John contributed, with only four of 25 people giving more than Austin. Also in 1653, when Rev. John Fiske left Wenham to settle at Chelmsford, Austin and six other heads of families had planned to go as well, but Austin and one other changed plans, and stayed in Wenham. In 1658 a suit was broght against Austin, his son Daniel, and his son-in-law Richard Hutton by William Browne to recover rent for a farm in Wenham. In 1660 Austin was on a committee of three to build a meeting house, which was done upon his land. His will was dated 2 June 1667 and proved in the Ipswich Quarterly Court 24 Sep 1667. His inventory was dated 11 June, amounting to 122 pounds. Alice's will was dated 3 July 1667, and filed the same time as her husband's. Her inventory was dated 10 July 1667. Children:


 * Daniel, bapt. Dennington 15 March 1620[/1?], d. Wenham 21 March 1699/1700 (VR), m. (1) Ipswich Oct 1648 Mary SAFFORD, b. c. 1628, d. c. 1677, daughter of Thomas Safford of Ipswich; m. (2) c. 1678 Elizabeth _______, the widow of Humphrey Gilbert, William Reyner, and Henry Kimball. Daniel m. (3) Mary Smith, d. Wenham 7 Sep 1696 (VR); and m. (4) c. 1697 Mary Maxcy, d. 1 May 1726, widow of Alexander Maxcy.  Daniel lived in Wenham, then Ipswich, and then back to Wenham.  Daniel had nine children, all with his first wife, born from 1649 to 1668.


 * Mary, b. say 1624, ment. in mother's 1667 will, but no surname given.


 * John, b. c. 1627, m. c. 1659 Hannah PICKWORTH, d. by 1682, daughter of John and Ann Pickworth of Salem, Beverly, and Manchester (Mass.). The family lived in Wenham where he was constable in 1658 and 1659.  Five known children born from 1660 to 1674[/5?]


 * Elizabeth, b. c. 1630, m. c. 1650 Sgt. Richard HUTTON of Wenham.


 * Ruth, b. say 1635, ment. in mother's 1667 will, but no surname given.


 * Lot, b. Dedham 11 Sep 1640, d. Enfield, CT 1683, m. Wenham 21 May 1666 (VR) Hannah GOODALE, his wife in 1682. They had five children born in Salem from 1666/7 to 1675[/6?], and then another b. 1677 at Enfield, CT.


 * Sarah, b. Dedham 4 Jan 1641/2, d. 26 Jan 1737/8 in 98th year, m. Wenham 15 Jan 1662/3 (VR) Dea. William FISKE, bapt. Wenham 4 June 1642, d. 4 Feb 1727/8 aged 84.

(11g) _______ Goodale
NEHGR 52:238

Mr. Goodale m. Elizabeth ______, bur. (Dennington?) 5 March 1601/2. Her will was dated 1 March and proved 7 March 1601/2. She was a widow of Dennington, Suffolk, England. Children:


 * George


 * John


 * Robert


 * Alice, m. Henry KILHAM.


 * Margaret, m. William DOWNING

(10g) John Dodge
Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines (1931) 2:315-27; Dodge Genealogy ; GMB 1:563-8; NEHGR 44.1890.297-8

John Dodge, born say 1580, d. 1635, m. Margery _______, living 1635. John was called of Middlechinnock in his will dated 2 April and proved 15 Oct 1635 with son Michael as executor. Children:


 * Richard, b. say 1602, came to New England 1638 and settled at Salem and then Beverly with his younger brother William.


 * William, b. say 1608, liv 1685, m. c. 1635 Elizabeth _______, b. say 1615. A 28 May 1629 letter from the Governor and Deputy of the Masssaschusetts Bay Company in London was sent to John Endicott and his council in New England with a request from "Mr. Whyte, the minister," to "show all lawful favor and respect unto the planters that came over in the Lyons Whelpe out of the counties of Dorset and Somerset, that you would appoint unto William Dodg, a skillful and painful husbandman, the charge of a team of horses."  The Lyons Whelp sailed from Gravesend 25 April 1629, stopped at and then departed the Isle of Wight 11 May, and landed at Salem, Mass. on 29 June 1629.  Though he came over in 1629, he isn't of record in New England until 25 December 1636 when admitted to the Salem church.  Family tradition says he returned to England to procure a wife and a claim a gift from his father.  He settled in Salem, and was living there in 1656, but in 1668/9 he was called of Beverly, Mass.  He was a juryman on numerous occasions, and also held positions as surveyor and tithingman.  He was living on 12 May 1685 when he made a testamentary deed, giving his dwelling house and other property to his heirs.  There were three known children baptized in Salem from 1636 to 1642.


 * Michael, b. say 1612, married and had children. In 1670 he was church warden in East Coker, Somerset.  He had five children whose baptisms are in the East Coker parish register from 1639/40 to 1650.  His son William, bapt. 31 Jan 1643/4, came to New England and was married in Beverly, Mass. 10 July 1665 to Elizabeth Haskell.


 * Mary, had a son John, both named in her father's 1635 will, but neither with a surname.

(9g) Richard Dodge
Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines (1931) 2:315-17; Dodge Gen; WikiTree website (mar. & bapt. records for Edith (Brayne) Dodge)

Richard, the son of John and Margery Dodge of Middlechinnok, Somerset, England, was born say 1602, d. North Beverly, Mass. 15 June 1671, and m. Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, England Edith BRAYNE, bapt. East Coker, Somerset, Eng. 15 May 1608, d. 27 June 1678, "aged 75", daughter of Edward Brayne and Elizabeth Symmes. Richard lived with his family in East Coker, Somerset, and was first of record in New England in Oct 1638, when he was received as a Salem inhabitant, and soon given a ten-acre lot. He and Edith were received as members of the Salem church in 1644, but became members of the Wenham church before 1648, when John Fiske was pastor. In a 1653 list of subscribers to Harvard College, he gave the largest sum of the 21 on the list. It was his land on which the Dodge Cemetery at Dodge Row was established. His will was dated 14 Nov 1670 and proved 29 June 1671. He left an estate valued at 1764 pounds upon his death, a very large amount. Children:


 * Richard, bapt. East Coker c. 1629, d. young.


 * Margery, bapt. E. Coker 7 Sep 1630, bur. there 2 Feb 1630/1.


 * John, bapt. East Coker 29 Dec 1631, m. Sarah _______


 * Mary, bapt. East Coker 19 April 1635 d. Beverly 18 Aug 1710, aged about 78, m. 1653 Zechary HERRICK


 * Richard, b. c. 1642, d. Wenham 13 April 1705, aged 63, m. Wenham 23 Feb 1667[/8?] Mary EATON.


 * Sarah, b. 1644, bapt. 1644, d. Beverly 11 Sep 1726, m. Beverly July 1667 Peter WOODBERRY, b. 1640, d. 1704


 * Samuel, b. 1645, d. 4 Dec 1705, in 61st year, m. Mary PARKER and lived at Ipswich.


 * Edward, b. say 1648, d. Beverly 12 Feb 1726/7, m. Beverly 30 April 1673 Mary HASKELL, daughter of William Haskell; lived N. Beverly.


 * Joseph, b. 1651, d. Beverly 10 Aug 1716, aged about 65, m. Reading 21 Feb 1671 Sarah EATON; lived N. Beverly.

(8g) John Dodge
Dodge Gen.:21-22

John, the son of Richard and Edith Dodge, was baptized at East Coker, Somerset, England 1631, d. 1711, and m. Sarah ______, b. 1645, d. Beverly 8 Feb 1705/6, aged 60 (VR). John was named in the 1635 will of his grandfather, John Dodge, of Middlechinnock, Somerset. John probably came to New England with his father about 1638, and settled in a part of Beverly, Mass. that was annexed to the town of Wenham. He built a saw mill and perhaps a grist mill as well on Mill River at Wenham Neck. John was elected deputy to the General Court on at least one occasion, and several times was a Selectman. Children:


 * Deliverance, b. 15 March 1660/1, d. Lexington 1718, m. Reading 24 Oct 1689 John PARKER.


 * John, b. 15 April 1662, m. (1) Martha FISKE; (2) Ruth GROVER


 * Josiah, b. 4 June 1665, m. Sarah FISK.


 * Sarah, b. 13 Jan 1667[/8?], m. 28 June 1685 Daniel DENISON.


 * Ebenezer, b. 1 Aug 1670, d. 1718, m. Lydia NOWEL of Salem.


 * Mary, b. 15 Aug 1672, m. 30 Oct 1691 John TRASK.


 * Deborah, b. 6 Dec 1674, d. 8 July 1675.


 * Andrew, b. 1676, d. 17 Feb 1747/8, m. Hannah FISKE.

(7g) Josiah Dodge
Source showing Josiah descends from Richard, not William ; Dodge family in Gen Hist of NH: ; White Gen:26,50-51

Josiah was born in Beverly, Mass. 4 June 1665, d. Wenham, Mass. 19 Jan 1714/5, and m. (1) Beverly 18 Dec 1690 Lydia FISKE, who apparently died very soon. He m. (2) c. 1692 Sarah FISKE, b. Wenham 14 March 1672/3, d. there 17 March 1729/30, the daughter of Thomas Fiske and Joanna White. Josiah is named in the will of his father-in-law. He lived in Wenham along Longham Brook, and had a small farm, tannery, and part of a saw-and-grist mill. He sold a part of his properties in 1713 to William Dodge. Josiah and wife Sarah both have extant grave markers in the Dodge Row Cemetery in Beverly, Mass. Children, born in Wenham (since not all children have birth records, the order of the daughters is as they appear in the division of his estate, dated 31 Jan 1714/5):


 * Mary, b. c. 1692, named first among the daughters in the 31 Jan 1714/5 division of her father's estate. As the presumed oldest child of Josiah, it is uncertain from which wife she was born.


 * Sarah, b. c. 1694, d. Beverly 14 Dec 1718, and married in Beverly 29 Nov 1717 Mark DODGE, b. Beverly 21 Oct 1694, d. 1787, the son of Edward Dodge and Mary Haskell. Sarah was named in the 31 Jan 1714/5 estate settlement of her father.  Mark is likely the one of his name who m. (2) Beverly 25 Jan 1721/2 Elisabeth Woodberry.  He is also likely the Mark Dodge of Beverly whose will was dated 29 Oct 1765 and proved 2 April 1787.  Sarah had one child, Eleanor, before her death; Mark had several children with his wife Elizabeth found in the Beverly vital records.


 * Joanna, called Joan in her birth record, b. 12 April 1696, m. Beverly 19 Dec 1717 John GRIDLEY of Beverly. She is the only living child of Josiah who was NOT named in the division of his estate, dated 31 Jan 1714/5, unless:  the transcription of her father's estate that I've seen gives the name Anne Rebecca, and it seems quite reasonable that this is actually two daughters, Anna and Rebecca, where Anna is short for Joanna.  This would make sense because they are sequential daughters in the family.


 * Josiah, b. 16 Aug 1698, living in 1772, m. 27 Jan 1718 Prudence DODGE, b. Wenham 27 Jan 1700/1, likely died by 1772, daughter of William Dodge and Prudence Fairfield. As the oldest son of his father, he was given a large share of his estate, which was divided on 31 Jan 1714/5.  He was very active in the buying and selling of real estate, and owned land in Essex and Worcester counties, and lived in Lunenburg, Mass. for a while.  He was still living in 1772 when he deeded property, but his wife, who had apparently cosigned earlier transactions, was not mentioned, and had likely died by then.  Josiah and Prudence had ten known children, born from c. 1719 to c. 1738, some or all of whom are found in the Wenham vital records.


 * Thomas, b. 30 Nov 1700, d. Wenham 18 Sep 1736 in his 36th year, m. Wenham 23 June 1724 Sarah PORTER, b. Wenham 6 Jan 1705/6, d. there 1795, the daughter of John Porter and Lydia Herrick. They had seven children born 1725 to 1736.  Thomas was named in the 31 Jan 1714/5 division of his father's estate.  Administration of his estate was given to wife Sarah on 15 Nov 1736, with estate valued at over 2000 pounds.  Sarah's death year comes from a published account of the Dodge family; it means she lived as a widow for nearly 60 years.  They had six children born from 1725 to c. 1736.


 * Rebecca, b. 21 March 1702/3, was named in the 31 Jan 1714/5 division of her father's estate.


 * Hannah, bapt. Wenham 3 June 1705, m. Richard GOLDSMITH. Hannah, as a minor, was mentioned in the 31 Jan 1714/5 division of her father's estate.


 * Jemima, b. 14 Nov 1707, named in the 31 Jan 1714/5 division of her father's estate. A Jemima Dodge died in Beverly in 1746.


 * Abigail, b. 12 June 1710, d. Wenham 7 June 1713.


 * John, b. 1 July 1712, d. Wenham 19 Nov 1714

(12g) Richard Fiske
NEHGR 88(1934):142-6

Richard, probably the son of Simon Fiske, was born say 1488, married say 1513 _____ _____, b. say 1493, d. aft. say 1527, and had children, but no other details of his life are known. Children:


 * John, b. say 1514, lived at Tittishall or Tivetshall, Norfolk and had five known children born from say 1545 to say 1555.


 * George, b. say 1516


 * Nicholas, b. say 1517, d. 1569, probably had an unidentified first wife, and them m. (2) Johane CRISPE, living 1569, daughter of William Crispe of Laxfield (Suffolk?). Nicholas appears on a Laxfield muster roll in 1543, and taxed at Dennington and Laxfield 1567-8.  His will was dated 20 Aug 1569 and proved 28 Sep 1569.  He had six identified children, probably all with first wife, born from say 1544 to say 1553.


 * Geoffrey/Jeffery, b. say 1519, bur. Laxfield 29 April 1591, m. wife, name unknown. He was on Laxfield muster roll in 1543, and taxed at Laxfield 1567-8.  He had two daughters, born perhaps around 1550.


 * Robert, b. say 1521


 * Jeremie, b. say 1523, appears on a pedigree by Candler, but nothing more


 * William, b. say 1525, d. Jan 1578/9, m. wife, name unknown, prob. died by 1575, as she is not mentioned in his will. He was a wheelwright of St. Michael's parish in South Elmham, Suffolk.  His will was dated 10 Oct 1575 with codicil added 2 Jan 1578/9, then proved 30 Jan 1578/9.  Four children were named in his will, born from say 1546 to 1555.


 * Richard, b. say 1527, d. 1572, m. Agnes CRISPE, bur. Laxfield 16 Jan 1597/8, daughter of Edmund Crispe. Richard was a "sevemaker" who was taxed at Laxfield on his lands in the subsidy of 1567-68.  His will was dated 7 Sep and proved 5 Nov 1572.  His wife and five children were named in his will.

(11g) Robert Fiske
NEHGR 88(1934):265-270

Robert, the son of Richard Fiske was born c. 1521, d. c. 1602, and m. (1) Sibilla (GOLD) Barbor and (2) Joan _______, bur. St. James, South Elmham 3 Aug 1587. He was of Fressingfield and South Elmham, Suffolk, England. Robert may be the one taxed at Laxfield c. 1543 and again in April 1545. He was at Fressingfield as early as 1554, but by 1567 was at St. James in South Elmham. His will was dated 10 April 1590 and proved at Metfield, Suffolk 28 July 1602 by his sons and executors Jefferie and Eliezar Fiske. Children, all with first wife:


 * William, b. say 1550, d. c. 1620, m. (1) Anna AUSTYE, bur. St. James 13 Feb 1600/1, daughter of Walter Austye of Tibbenham, Norfolk; m. (2) Alice _______, named in William's will. William lived at St. James in South Elmham, Suffolk, and at Ditchingham, Norfolk.  He "fled with his father in Q. Maries dayes."  He was a churchwarden at St. James in 1601.  His will was date 25 Nov 1616 and proved 17 May 1620.  He had five identified children, all with first wife, born from c. 1580 to c. 1595.


 * Geoffrey/Jeffery, b. say 1552, d. 1629, m. Mary COOKE, bur. St. James 16 May 1614. He was of St. James in South Elmham, Suffolk and of Great Bentley, Essex, a yeoman.  His will was dated 11 May 1629 and proved at Colchester, Essex 23 July 1629.  He and Mary had ten children, probably born at St. James, from say 1586 to 1602.


 * Richard, bapt. Fressingfield 16 July 1554, d. young.


 * Eleazar, bapt. Fressingfield 31 May 1556, d. c. 1615, m. Elizabeth _______. He was a wheelwright living in Metfield, Suffolk, and made his will 3 June 1613 which was proved 4 July 1615.  No children.


 * Elizabeth, b. say 1558, m. Robert BARNARD of Custrich Hall in Werley, Essex. Both were living on 10 April 1590.


 * Thomas, b. say 1560, m. Margery _______ (below)

(10g) Thomas Fiske
NEHGR 88(1934):270-1

Thomas, the son of Robert Fiske and Sibilia Gold of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, was b. prob. at South Elmham, Suffolk, c. 1560, bur. Fressingfield 26 Feb 1610/1, and m. c. 1587 Margery _______, living in 1610/1. He left a will, dated 20 Feb and proved "the last of February" 1610/1, with son Thomas as executor. Children:


 * Thomas, b. c. 1588, m. Metfield, Suffolk 17 Oct 1614 Mary WARD.


 * James, b. c. 1590, prob. the one who m. Fressingfield 24 May 1613 Alice CHETLEBOROW.


 * Phineas, b. c. 1592, d. Wenham 7 April 1673, m. (1) 1617 Sara FRANCIS; m. (2) Elizabeth Eastwick.


 * Elizabeth, b. c. 1595, perhaps the one who m. Fressingfield 25 April 1614 Philip WHISOLCROFT.


 * John, b. c. 1603, named in father's 1610/1 will


 * Mary, b. c. 1606, named in father's 1610/1 will

(9g) Phineas Fiske
NEHGR 88(1934):271-2

Phineas, the son of Thomas and Margery Fiske, was born c. 1592, d. Wenham, Mass. 7 April 1673, and m. (1) Metfield, Suffolk 2 Oct 1617 Sara FRANCIS, d. 10 Sep 1659; m. (2) Wenham 4 April 1660 Elizabeth Eastwick, not ment. in husband's will. Phineas was in New England by 1640, and made a freeman of Salem, Mass. 18 May 1642 before moving to Wenham in 1644. He was titled Captain, and in 1653 served as a respresentative to the General Court. His will was dated 26:4mo:1673 (26 June 1673). Children, with first wife, all born in England:


 * James, b. c. 1620, d. Groton, Mass. 4 July 1689, m. Haverhill, Mass. c. 1648 Hannah PIKE.


 * Elizabeth, bapt. Wingfield, Suffolk 22 April 1622


 * John, bapt. Wingfield 13 May 1627


 * Thomas, bapt. Wingfield 25 March 1630, m. Joanna WHITE

(8g) Thomas Fiske
White Gen:17,24-27

Thomas, the son of Phineas Fiske and Sarah Francis, was baptized at Wingfield, Suffolk, England 25 March 1630, d. Wenham, Mass. 15 Aug 1707, and m. c. 1652 Joanna WHITE, bapt. South Petherton, Somerset, England 24 Feb 1633, d. c. 1695, daughter of John White and Joane West. His will was made 24 April 1705 and proved 1 Sep 1707. He is bur. in the old Wenham graveyard. Children:


 * Thomas, b. Wenham c. 1653, d. 5 Feb 1723, m. 14 June 1676 Rebekah PERKINS, daughter of Rev. William Perkins of Roxbury. He served in many town offices in Wenham.  His will was dated 27 Sep 1720 and proved 4 March 1723.  He is bur. in the old Wenham Cem.


 * Mary, b. Wenham c. 1655,, d. 9 Oct 1695, m. John PERKINS, son of Jacob Perkins, b. Ipswich 3 July 1652, d. Wenham 15 March 1717. Eight children.


 * Josiah, b. 4 Nov 1657, d. 30 April 1662


 * Amos, b. 1 Feb 1661[/2?], d. 12 May 1662


 * Eleazer, b. say 1665, d. 25 Nov 1668


 * Martha, b. Wenham 27 April 1667, d. 29 Dec 1697, m. c. 1688 John DODGE, b. Wenham 15 April 1662, d. 18 Jan 1704[/5?], son of John and Sarah Dodge of Wenham. Four children born c. 1689 to 1695.


 * Eleazer, b. 3 May 1671


 * Sarah, b. Wenham 14 March 1672/3, m. Josiah DODGE (see).


 * Hannah, b. Wenham 25 July 1674, d. 2 Dec 1703, aged 29, m. 26 May 1696 Andrew DODGE, b. Wenham 29 Oct 1676, d. 17 Feb 1747/8, son of Lt. John and Sarah Dodge. Hannah had two children born 1699 and c. 1702.


 * Elizabeth, b. Wenham 13 Feb 1678[/9?], d. 4 Sep 1731, m. c. 1698 Nathaniel BROWN, whose will was proved 12 Feb 1759. They had six known children.

(13g) Thomas White
Ancestry of J. B. White:11-12

Thomas White was born say 1485, d. by 1549, and m. say 1510 Agnes (RICHARDS) Paul, b. say 1485, d. c. 1549, widow of Mr. Paul, and sister of John Richards of Aller. Thomas is first of record in 1524 when he was assessed in Merriot, Somerset. He bought land in Martock in 1537-8. He was of record until 1543-4, but dead by 1549 when his wife Agnes made her will as a widow. Children:


 * George, in father's deed of 1537-8, may be the one of the name who signed the will of John Beck o Meryet 12 March 1575/6.


 * John, named in 1551 will of brother Thomas.


 * Richard, b. say 1515, m. Ellen/Helen _______.


 * Alice, m. ______ COLES.


 * Thomas, m. Tamsen. He was named in the 1549 will of his mother.  His will was made in 1551 in North Petherton.

(12g) Richard White
Ancestry of J. B. White:12-13

Richard, son of Thomas White, was born say 1515, d. 1578, m. say 1540 Ellen/Helen, b. say 1520, living in 1586. Richard signed the will of John Dyer in Hillfarrance, Somerset on 2 April 1559. His will was dated 14 March and proved 6 May 1578. Children:


 * Robert, b. say 1540, m. Alice _______


 * Edward, named in father's 1578 will


 * William, the elder


 * Anstice, m. John BROME


 * Alice, m. John CHICKE


 * Robert (??), mentioned in will of father brother as Robert the younger (per above source). But why is this not the son of Robert?


 * William (??), d. 1586. His will was dated 11 March and proved 13 April 1586.


 * Emie, m. ______ BUDSON


 * Grace, in father's and brother's wills.


 * Henry, in brother's will

(11g) Robert White Sr.
Ancestry of J. B. White:12-13

Robert, son of Richard and Ellen White, was born say 1540, bur. 7 Sep 1600, m. say 1565 Alice _______, b. say 1545, bur. South Petherton, Somerset, England 22 Aug 1596. Robert was first mentioned in South Petherton 4 July 1573 when he witnessed and oversaw the will of John Thorne of that place. He was church warden there in 1578. He was mentioned in the wills of his father and brother William, called Robert the elder. Children:


 * John, b. say 1565, d.(bur.?) 12 May 1623, m. (1) say 1590 Mary _______, d. 1593; m. (2) Alice _______, d. 1636. He was churchwarden in 1593.


 * Robert, b. say 1570, m. c. 1595 Joan _______


 * Richard, b. say 1575, m. S. Petherton 21 June 1607 Margaret PITTERED.

(10g) Robert White Jr.
Ancestry of J. B. White, p 13

Robert White, son of Robert and Alice White, was b. say 1570 d. (bur.?) 8 March 1642, m. c. 1595 Joan _______, b. say 1575, d. (bur.?) 13 Sep 1631. Children, baptized South Petherton, Somerset, England:


 * Thomas, b. c. 1596, settled his father's estate, so may have been the oldest son.


 * Andrew, bapt. 15 Jan 1598, lived in Creech, Somerset. His estate was settled 25 May 1647.


 * Joan, bapt. 13 May 1600


 * John, bapt. 7 March 1602, m. Joan WEST


 * Robert, bapt. 26 March 1604, m. 13 March 1630 Joan KEEMER


 * Jane, bapt. 31 Aug 1606


 * Joan, bapt. 11 Dec 1608, m. _______ FRYE.


 * Josias, bapt. 13 June 1611


 * Alice, bapt. 6 Feb 1614

(9g) John White
White Gen.; F. W. Scott, Clifton William Scott and Mildred Evelyn Bradford Scott of Ashfield, Mass.:167-8;

John White was baptized at South Petherton, Somerset, England 7 March 1601/2, d. Lancaster, Mass. March 1672/3, son of Robert White, Jr.and Joan _______, and m. Drayton, Somerset, England 28 May 1627 Joan WEST, bapt. Drayton 16 April 1606, d. Lancaster, Mass. 18 May 1654, daughter of Richard West and Maudlin Staple alias Cooke. John and family were in New England by 1639, first settling in Salem, Mass., and later moving to Wenham. They then went to Lancaster, where they remained. His will was dated 10 March and proved 29 March 1673. Children, first four baptized Drayton, others as indicated:


 * John, bapt. 1 June 1628, m. Sarah BUNCE; he's not in father's will


 * Thomas, bapt. 30 June 1630, d. Wenham 1 Oct 1672


 * Joan, bapt. 24 Feb 1632/3, d. by 1695, m. Thomas FISKE.


 * Elizabeth, bapt. 29 July 1635, d. Lancaster 10 Feb 1676[/7?]


 * Mary, b. c. 1637, d. Wethersfield, CT 5 Jan 1710/1, m. Rev. Joseph ROWLANDSON.


 * Sarah, bapt. Salem 9 April 1640, m. James HOSMER.


 * Josiah, b. Salem 4 June 1643, d. Lancaster 11 Nov 1714, m. Lancaster, Mass. 28 Nov 1678 Mary RIcE, b. Sudbury, Mass. 4 Sep 1656, d. Lancaster 22 Aug 1733, daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary King. They had seven children born in Lancaster from 1680 to 1696.


 * Ruth, b. 9 Sep 1644


 * Hannah, b. c. 1645, d. Ipswich 22 Nov 1709, m. Samuel LOOMIS.

(11g) Nicholas West
Ancestry of J. B. White:49-50

Nicholas West, b. say 1550, was bur. Drayton, Somerset, England 21 Oct 1601, and m. (1) say 1576 Ann _______, b. say 1556, bur. Drayton 5 June 1595, the mother of all of his children. Following Ann's death, he m. (2) Drayton 23 Sep 1597 Phillipa (HAWKER) Staple, b. say 1540, bur. Drayton 8 May 1620, the widow of John Staple, alias Cooke. Richard may have been the son of John and Ann West of Burton, in the parish of Drayton. Phillipa's will was dated 2 Nov 1612 and proved 28 July 1620. Children, all baptized at Drayton:


 * John (twin), bapt. 13 April 1577


 * Joan (twin), bapt. 13 April 1577


 * Richard, 6 Feb 1579[/80?], m. Maudlin/Magdaline STAPLE alias COOKE


 * Nicholas, bapt. 26 Feb 1580[/1]


 * John, bapt. 30 Jan 1582[/3?]


 * Nicholas, bapt. March 1583[/4?]


 * John, bapt. 24 March 1585[/6?]

(10g) Richard West
NEHGR 162(2008):97; Ancestry of J. B. White:50-51

Richard, the son of Nicholas and Ann West, was baptized Drayton, Somerset, England 6 Feb 1579[/80?], bur. there 3 March 1643, and m. (1) there 19 Nov 1601 Maudlin/Magdaline STAPLE alias COOKE, b. say 1576, bur. Drayton 23 Aug 1641, the daughter of John Staple and Phillipa Hawker. He m. (2) Elizabeth _______, who m. Robert Hall after Richard's death. Children:


 * Richard, b. say 1602, bur. 30 April 1606


 * Joan, bapt. Drayton 16 April 1606, m. John WHITE.

(11g) John Staple & Phillipa Hawker
NEHGR 162(2008):96-7

John Staple, alias Cooke, d. say 1535, and m. Drayton, Somerset, England 11 Sep 1564 Phillipa HAWKER, b. say 1540, bur. Drayton 8 May 1620. Following his death, Phillipa m. (2) Drayton 23 Sep 1597 Nicholas West, widower of Ann _______. Children of John and Phillipa, all events recorded at Drayton, unless noted otherwise:


 * (poss.) Cicely, bapt. 30 April 156_ [1565]


 * (poss.) Richard, bapt. 22 Aug 1564. Hmmmm, he was baptized before his parents were married?  He may belong to someone else.  Perhaps the one whose will proved 1609.


 * Edmund, bapt. 22 Jan 1567/8, named in mother's 1612 will.


 * (poss.) James, b. c. 1569, bur. 21 June 1571


 * (poss.) Thomas, bapt. 10 Aug 1571


 * William, b. c. 1573, bur. 24 Aug 1580


 * John, bapt. 13 Oct 1574, bur. 24 July 1575


 * Maudlin/Magdeline, b. say 1576, bur. 23 Aug 1641, m. 19 Nov 1601 her stepbrother Richard WEST, bapt. 6 Feb 1578[/9?], d. 1643, son of Nicholas and ann West.


 * Winifred, bapt. 13 June 1578


 * Winifred, bapt. 5 Sep 1579
 * William, bapt. 6 Aug 1581 (or 1582), named in mother's 1612 will.


 * Thomasine, b. say 1584, was the residuary legatee and executrix in her mother's 1612 will. Her child was also mentioned, and the wording suggests the child was not yet born.

(8g) Ralph Dix
Gen Mag.:83-90

Ralph Dix, b. say 1620, d. Reading, Mass. 24 Sep 1688, m. say 1655 Esther _______. It is possible that he was the son of "widow Dix" who was granted six acres of land in Ipswich on 5 Feb 1637/8. He was not the son of Anthony Dike of Salem, a belief widely held. He was a fisherman, and first of record in Ipswich, Mass. on 4 Dec 1643 when it was agreed that soldiers who served during Indian conflicts would receive 12 pence a day, and Ralph Dix, as one of the 20 soldiers named, was to receive three shillings. He was obviously a young man at the time, and therefore born in the 1620 to 1625 timeframe. He was not named with others as a Commoner (proprietor) of Ipswich in March 1641/2, so may have been a minor at the time, or living elsewhere. Even though the first known child of Ralph and Esther was born in 1658/9, they were married by 1656 when "Ester Dicks" was a witness in a case. The family moved to Reading, probably about 7 July 1663 when Ralph Dix purchased property there. On 30 Oct 1665 "Ester Dix" and her children were recommended to the Reading church. Ralph was fairly well to do late in his life, based on the amounts he was taxed and the contributions he had made. His will was dated 4 March 1686[/7?], but not probated until 31 March 1701. Children:


 * Sarah, b. say 1657, m. (1) 21 July 1679 Edward BROWN; m. (2) _______ LAWTON.


 * John, b. Ipswich 12 March 1658/9, m. (1) Lydia BURNAP; m. (2) Anna (KIBBE) Fitch.


 * Samuel, b. Ipswich 28 Aug 1661, m. (1) Elizabeth _______, d. 1693; m. (2) Hannah Smith, d. 1696; m. (3) Sarah (______) Lewis. He had four children born from 1689 to 1696; perhaps others.


 * Stephen, b. Reading 18 Jun 1664, d. Reading 14 Dec 1672


 * Mary, m. _______ BARKER

(7g) John Dix
Gen Mag.:88-90

John Dix, the son of Ralph and Esther Dix, was born in Ipswich, Mass. 12 March 1658/9 and d. Reading, MA 12 May 1745, aged 87. His death is also recorded in Wakefield, Mass. as being May 1745. He m. (1) Reading 30 June 1692 Lydia BURNAP, b. Reading 8 April 1667, d. there 9 June 1699, the daughter of Robert Burnap and Sarah Browne. He m. (2) Reading 28 May 1700 (also recorded as 25 May) Anna (KIBBE) Fitch, b. Concord, MA 20 Feb 1670 (as Anna Keeby), d. 1748, the daughter of James Kibbe and Hannah Cary. Anna was the widow of Joseph FITCH, b. Reading 26 Feb 1662/3, d. there 9 Jan 1694/5, son of Joseph Fitch and Hannah Sweetser (Switcher/Swicher). Anna was still living on 20 May 1745 when she, Samuel Dix, and Eason Dix, husbandmen, all of Reading, signed the bond of administration on the estate of John Dix, and she was named administratrix. Administration of her estate was given to Benjamin Wesson on 19 Dec 1748. Anna had four known children with her first husband; John had five known children with his first wife; and John and Anna had seven known children together:

Children of Anna Kibbe with Joseph FITCH, all born Reading, Mass.:


 * Joseph, b. 3 Sep (or 26 Sep) 1689, d. 10 Nov 1694


 * Anna (also called Hannah), b. 14 Aug 1690, d. Reading 29 June 1697


 * Zachariah, b. 24 Feb 1692/3, m. Newbury, Mass. 14 Aug 1718 Abigail DAVISON, b. c. 1699, daughter of Maj Daniel Davison and Abigail Coffin. A portrait of Abigail is in the possession of the Fitchburg, Mass. Historical Society, and there is also an extant portrait of her husband, but its location is not known by me.  Zachariah and Abigail had seven known children, born 1720 to 1732.


 * Joseph, b. 4 Feb 1694/5, d. Reading 16 March 1754, m. Boston, Mass. 15 Jan 1718/9 Margaret CLARK, b. Boston 4 April 1697, d. there 28 Aug 1748, the daughter of Timothy Clark and Sarah (Richardson?). Following Margaret's death, Joseph m. (2) Reading 6 April 1749 Mehitable (GIBSON) Poole, the widow of Benjamin Poole.  Following Joseph's death, Mehitable married Samuel Bancroft.  Joseph and his first wife Margaret had 14 children, born 1718 to 1739.  Joseph has an extant grave marker in the Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Mass.

Children of John Dix with Lydia Burnap, all b. Reading, Mass.:


 * Lydia (twin), b. 24 Dec 1693, d. Reading 24 Dec 1693, aged 1 day


 * John (twin), b. 24 Dec 1693, d. Reading 27 Dec 1693


 * Lydia, b. 15 March 1695, d. Reading 31 Aug 1709


 * Sarah, b. 4 April 1697


 * Elizabeth "Fanny", b. 28 April 1699, d. Stoneham, MA 10 Jan 1774, m. in Stoneham c. 1728 (an online account give 29 Aug 1728) Samuel HOLDEN, b. Reading 23 July 1699, d. Stoneham 12 Oct 1762, the son of Samuel Holden and Anna Larabee. Only the birth date for Elizabeth is found in the published vital records.  Samuel's birth date and both death dates come from Ezra Stearns's Genealogical and Family History of New Hampshire, 2:882 (1908).  They had eight children born Stoneham 1729 to 1741, seven of whom are found in the published Stoneham vital record.

Children of John Dix with Anna Kibbe, all b. Reading, Mass.:


 * Anna, b. 10 April 1702, d. Reading 5 Dec 1736, m. Wakefield, Mass. 6 July 1732 William BRYANT, b. Reading 19 April 1702, d. Petersham, Mass. 1777, the son of William Bryant and Rebecca Arnold. William and Anna had two children whose births were recorded in Reading:  Ann, b. 19 July 1733, and William, b. 24 Nov 1735.  Following Anna's death, William m. (2) Newbury, Mass. 17 March 1736/7 Sarah Huse of Newbury.  William and Sarah had seven children, born 1738 to 1756.  The administrator's bond on the estate of William Bryant was dated at Petersham, MA 4 Dec 1777, with his son William being a signatory.


 * Samuel, b. 7 Feb 1705/6, d. c. 1755, m. Reading 17 March 1730 Hannah BATCHELDER, b. Reading 22 May 1709, daughter of Nathaniel Batchelder and Hannah Ellsley (who both have/had grave markers in the Old Burying Ground, Wakefield). Samuel and Hannah had eight known children born 1731 to 1751.  On 20 May 1745 he signed the bond of administration on his father's estate.  Samuel was dead by 23 Feb 1756, when the will of his father-in-law, Nathaniel Batchelder, mentioned his daughter Hannah, widow of Samuel Dix.  Many online sources give his death date as 21 Sep 1802, but that belongs to his son, Samuel Dix, Jr.


 * Mary, b. 16 April 1708


 * Jonathan, b. 2 May 1710, d. 24 Dec 1804, m. Sarah SHATTUCK (see below). Jonathan is buried in the Plains Cemetery, Boscawen, NH, and Sarah is very likely buried in the town cemetery in Littleton, Mass. where her father has a monument.


 * James, b. 20 Nov 1712, d. Reading 7 May 1745 (also recorded in Wakefield as May 1745), m. Reading 28 March 1744 Amey PARKER, b. Reading 18 Jan 1720, d. Reading 6 Oct 1748, the daughter of Jonathan Parker and Barbara Ellsley. They had a son, James, Jr., born late in 1744, but James, Sr. died in 1745, and his widow died three years later. On 5 Dec 1748, guardianship of James Jr. was given to Jonathan Parker, likely Amey's father, with Ebenezer Parker also signing the bond. The child was in his fifth year. On 2 Oct 1749, Phineas Parker was given guardianship of the child, with Benjamin Wesson also signing the bond. The child was now in his sixth year. On 22 Jan 1759, Jonathan Eaton was named as guardian of the child, with Daniel Parker also signing the bond, and the child in his 14th year. The child has not been further traced.  Find-a-grave memorials have been created for James and Amey in the Laural Hill Cemetery in Reading where her parents are buried.


 * Eason, b. 21 Dec 1715, d. Reading 11 Jan 1809, aged 93. He apparently never married.  On 20 May 1745 he signed the bond of administration on his father's estate.  Since the name is unusual, it is not unlikely that he is the Eason Dix enumerated on the 1776 military census in Brookline, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.  In 1790 he was enumerated on the federal census in Groton, Mass., living alone.


 * John, b. c. 1717, d. Reading 7 Nov 1723 (no aged given in the death record). The assumption made here is that John was the youngest child, and was therefore born some time between 1716 and 1723, inclusive.  His mother was born in 1670, so John was far more likely born about 1717, when his mother was 47, rather than 1723, when his mother was 53.

(6g) Jonathan Dix
Shattuck Gen:111-113

Jonathan Dix, the son of John Dix and Anna (KIBBE) Fitch, was b. Reading, Mass. 2 May 1710, d. Boscawen, NH 24 Dec 1804, and m. Reading 30 Sep 1739 Sarah SHATTUCK, b. Littleton, Mass. 13 Dec 1719, d. Littleton 30 Sep 1775, the daughter of Rev. Benjamin Shattuck. Jonathan m. (2) Hollis, NH Jan 1779 (intention filed Harvard, MA 19 Dec 1778) Miriam Leland who d. Hollis c.1833, aged c.90. Here's a blurb from internet, taken from a published work: "Jonathan, son of John Dix by his second wife, was born at the Dix homestead in Reading, Massachusetts April 11, 1710. He was a tanner of Littleton, Massachusetts, moved to Boscawen, New Hampshire, where he died at the residence of his son Timothy, December 24, 1804 at the great age of ninety-four years, eight months, and thirteen days.  He was a member of the Congregational church more than seventy-five years.  He married (first) June 28, 1739, Sarah Shattuck, who died at Littleton, Massachusetts, September 30, 1775, in her fifty-sixth year, daughter of Benjamin Shattuck, of Littleton.  He married (second) Miriam Leland, of Hollis, New Hampshire, who died there about 1833 aged nearly ninety years.  Among the children by first wife was Timothy, born December 7, 1824." Jonathan has a grave stone in the Plains Cemetery, Boscawen. Children, all b. Littleton, Mass.:


 * Sarah, b. 27 June 1740, m. 20 Nov 1763 Richard GOLDSMITH.


 * Jonathan, b. 13 April 1742, m. (1) 20 Nov 1767 (intention in Fitchburg, 27 July 1767) Anna KIMBALL; m. (2) Joanna Foss. He went to New Ipswich, NH in about 1767, and set up a store.  At the time of the Revolution, he was a loyalist, and went to Nova Scotia.  He had two children with his first wife before her death.


 * Timothy, b. 7 Dec 1743, d. Pembroke, NH 27 June 1824, m. (1) Concord, NH 13 Aug 1769 Rachel BURBANK, b. Sudbury, Mass. 14 Nov 1747, d. Pembroke 13 April 1793; m. (2) ______ Brown, a widow, of Boscawen, NH; m. (3) Eliza (______) Cunningham of Pembroke, NH. He had two known children, with first wife, born 1770 and 1772.  See below for additional material.


 * Martha, b. 4 Jan 1745, d. Littleton 19 Jan 1793, m. Littleton 25 Nov 1762 Peter FLETCHER, b. Westford, Mass 31 Oct 1733, d. Littleton 11 May 1812, the son of Capt Samuel Fletcher and Mary Lawrence. Martha and Peter had six children born 1765 to 1775.


 * Anna, b. 25 Mar 1748, d. Boston, Mass 30 July 1803, m. Littleton 7 Nov 1779 Joseph BAKER, b. Littleton 11 Sep 1748 (d. Littleton 1794?), the son of Joseph Baker and Sarah Wheeler. He is said to have served in the Rev. War, first as a private in Capt Samuel Gilbert's company, Col. Prescott's regiment, and later as a lieutenant and captain. Anna and Joseph had two daughters, born 1780 and 1782, and then he died sometime soon thereafter.  In 1795 Anna moved to Boston, and became the first female instructor at the Orphan Asylum there.  She is buried in the Central Burying Ground, Boston with an extant grave marker.  She had two known children.


 * Mary, b. 11 Feb 1750/1, d. Littleton 1827, m. Littleton 24 Aug 1772 Dea. John HARTWELL, b. Littleton 23 Jan 1746, d. Littleton 28 March 1825, son of Dea. Josiah Hartwell and Bethia Wood. John and Mary apparently lived in the house of his father, which is still standing today. It is surprising that grave markers have not been found for this couple; the History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts says they lived and died under an elm tree that Mary planted.  They had nine children, born 1773 to 1790.


 * John, b. 30 Mar 1753, d. Littleton 27 Nov 1811, m. Littleton 21 June 1792 Huldah WARREN, b. Littleton 31 March 1773, d. Clinton, NY 31 Mar 1832, daughter of Sampson and Huldah Warren. His widow m. (2) Joseph Blake and m. (3) _______ Benedict of Clinton, NS. John was apparently the captain of a ship and did trade in the West Indies.


 * Samuel, b. 12 Aug 1755, d. 7 April 1768


 * Benjamin, b. 24 Oct 1757, d. 14 Oct 1764


 * Lucy, b. 7 Jan 1760, d. 15 July 1762


 * Elizabeth, b. 20 Mar 1762, d. Bow, NH 15 June 1838, m. Hollis, NH 7 March 1790 Jacob WHEELER, b. Monson, NH 5 March 1763, d. Bow, NH 25 April 1829, son of Daniel Wheeler and Amy Morse. When married, he was of Deering, NH, and she was of Hollis.  After leaving Deering, he bought the farm of Lt. Timothy Dix (Elizabeth's brother) in Bow.  Jacob Wheeler's death notice appeared in the Columbian Centinel on 20 May 1829. ]


 * Benjamin, b. 6 Nov 1766, d. Littleton 17 July 1863, m. 7 April 1792 Sarah RUSSELL, b. Littleton 12 Nov 1769, d. Littleton 28 Feb 1845, daughter of John Russell and Abigail Hildreth.  They had five known children born from 1793 to 1810.  They are buried in the Old Burying Ground, Littleton.

Material on Timothy Dix from published works:


 * Timothy Dix, a native of Littleton Massachusetts, was a man of some eminence in his day, a patriot and a soldier; he held a lieutenant's commission in the Revolutionary War (1776-1784), and raised a company for that service; he was also postmaster at Boscawen (New Hampshire) (1801-1809) under President Jefferson's administration. His character is portrayed by contemporaneous chroniclers as that of a man of promptitude and decision, devotedly attached to the cause of his country, firm and patient under the many trials of his life; one who, in public as well as private relations, was remarkable for strict integrity and fidelity to duty.  Source  Memoir of John Adams Dix
 * He was born December 7, 1743, and died 1824 in Pembroke, New Hampshire. He settled in Boscawen, New Hampshire, where he was postmaster for many years.  He later moved to Pembroke where he died.  He raised a company of soldiers during the revolution and was familiarly known as Lieutenant Dix.  He was noted for integrity, faithfulness, firmness, decision and strong attachment to the cause of his country.  he married (first) August 13, 1769 Rachel Burbank of Bow, New Hampshire and (second) Mrs. Brown, (third) Eliza Cunningham of Pembroke.  Children of first wife Rachel Burbank:  Timothy Dix; Josiah Brown Dix, died in childhood.  Source:  Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania  Vol. 1  John W. Jordan ed., New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913.

(9g) Edward Kibbe
Kibbe Gen:1-3

Edward Kibbe, b. say 1600, d. Wakefield, Mass. 1 Nov 1694, aged 97, m. c. 1639 Mary _______, b. say 1620, d. living in 1674. Edward is said to be the son of Edward and Deborah Kibbe of Exeter, England, bapt. 11 May 1611, but that would mean a 14-year error in the death age on his gravestone. Also, his wife's maiden name is widely reported as being Partridge, without any evidence. The Kibbe family is first of record in New England in 1645 when Mary was affiliated with the Boston church. In 1662 Edward was appointed Clerk of Market for the Muddy River section of Boston (later Brookline?). He served intermittently as surveyor of highways from 1666 to 1683. He and his wife were on a 1674 list of contributors for the second meeting house in Roxbury. Edward has an extant gravestone in the Old Burying Ground in Wakefield, Mass. Children:


 * Mary, b. 1640, d. 1735, m. (1) _______ MORRILL; m. (2) Thomas HODGMAN


 * James, b. 1642, d. 1681/2, m. (1) Hannah _______; m. (20 1679 Sarah (STEPHENSON) Lowden.


 * Elisha, b. c. 20 Nov 1644, bapt. Boston 30 Sep 1645, aged 10 months and 10 days, d. Enfield, CT 3 April 1735, m. Salem 12 Oct 1667 Rachel COOKE, b. 1645, d. Enfield, CT 10 Sep 1740, daughter of Henry Cooke and Judith Birdsall. In the very early 1680s the family moved to Enfield, CT where Elisha served as constable and selectman.  They had eight children born from 1668 to 1688.


 * Deborah, b. 1647, perhaps m. Thomas PARKER.


 * John, b. 1650, d. 1652


 * Reuben, b. 1652, d. 1652


 * Elizabeth, b. 1654, perhaps m. 1681 Abraham RANDALL, son of Philip Randall


 * Rebecca, b. 1657


 * Joshua, b. 1661, d. 1731, m. 1688 Mary COMEY, daughter of David Comey.


 * Hannah, b. 1663, d. 1695, unmarried.

(8g) James Kibbe
James, son of Edward Kibbe and Mary (Partridge?), was born about March 1642 and baptized in Boston, Mass. 30 Sep 1645, aged three and a half years old. He m. (1) c. 1667 Hannah _______, d. c. 1678; m. (2) Charlestown, Mass. 23 Oct 1679 Sarah (STEPHENSON) Lowden, b. c. 1640, d. Charlestown 29 June 1720, aged 80, the daughter of Andrew Stephenson and widow of John Lowden. Children, with first wife Hannah:


 * Mary, b. 1668, d. 1693/4, m. 1685 Peter HAY of Stoneham.


 * Anna, b. 1670, m. (1) 1688 Joseph FITCH; m. (2) 1700 John DIX (see).


 * James, b. 1674, d. 1731/2, m. Elizabeth _______, d. 1715

Child with second wife, Sarah:


 * Elizabeth, b. 1681, m. 1697 Andrew PATTERSON, son of James Patterson.

(9g) William Shattuck
Shattuck Gen (1853):57-77

William Shattuck was born in England c. 1622 (probably earlier), d. Watertown, Mass. 14 Aug 1672, aged 50, and m. c. 1642 Susanna _______, d. Watertown 11 Dec 1686. William's provenance is unknown, but he may have been the son of widow Damaris Shattuck who was admitted to the church at Salem in 1641, and he may have been the brother of Samuel Shattuck. He was a weaver, and in his will bequeathed his loom and accessories to his son William. His will was dated 3 August and proved 29 August 1672. His widow married 18 Nov 1673 Richard Norcross, b. 1621, son of Jeremiah Norcross. William was buried in the old Watertown Burying Ground, and in 1853 a monument was erected for him and son John by his descendant, Lemuel Shattuck, who wrote the genealogy of his descendants. Children, born in Watertown:


 * Susanna, b. 1643, d. Marlborough, Mass., m. (1) 12 April 1661 Joseph MORSE, b. 3 April 1637, d. Watertown 1677, aged 40, son of Joseph Morse and Hester Peirce of Watertown; m. (2) 5 July 1678 John FAY, d. Marlborough 5 Dec 1690. Susanna had seven children with her first husband, born from 1663 to c. 1676, and four children with her second husband, born from 1679 to 1686.


 * Mary, b. 25 Aug 1645, d. Watertown 23 Oct 1732 in her 89th year, m. 11 Feb 1661/2 Jonathan BROWNE, b. 15 Sep 1635, d. March 1691, aged 55 1/2 years, son of Abraham and Lydia Browne. His will was dated 19 Feb 1690/1, and proved 1 April 1691.  Mary had ten children born from 1662 to 1684.


 * John, b. 11 Feb 1646/7, d. 14 Sep 1675, m. 20 June 1664 (in his 18th year!) Ruth WHITNEY, b. Watertown 15 April 1645, daughter of John Whitney. During King Philip's War, John was a soldier in an expedition under Capt. Richard Beers.  In a battle with the natives on 4 Sep 1675, all but 16 members of the 36-man company were killed, including Beers.  Shattuck was dispatched to report the situation to the governor.  Ten days after the battle he was drowned between Charlestown and Boston when his ferry sunk in high winds.  His widow m. (2) Enock Lawrence, b. 5 March 1649, d. Groton 28 Sep 1744, aged 95y 6m 23d, son of John Lawrence, and they moved to Groton.  John had four children, born from 1666 to c. 1672, after which his widow had four more children with her second husband, born from 1678 to 1686.


 * Philip, b. 1648, d. there 26 June 1722, aged 73, m. (1) 9 Nov 1670 Deborah BARSTOW, d. 24 Nov 1679, daughter of William and Anna Barstow; (2) 11 Feb 1679/80 Rebecca CHAMBERLAIN, d. 1728. Philip was a physician and involved in the public affairs of Watertown as moderator, assessor, treasurer, selectman chair.  He lived in the part of Watertown that later became the town of Waltham, and has/had an extant gravestone there.  His will was dated 29 Jan 1721/2 and proved 30 Aug 1722.  The will of Rebecca was dated 13 Dec 1727 and proved 19 Nov 1728.  Philip had four children with his first wife, born from 1670 to 1677, and ten children with his second wife, born from 1681 to 1699.


 * Joanna, b. c. 1650, d. 4 April 1673, unarried


 * William, b. 1653, m. Susanna RANDALL (below).


 * Rebecca, b. 1655, m. 7 Feb 1671/2 Samuel CHURCH, b. Watertown 10 June 1640, son of Garret Church. They had a child, Rebecca, born in Watertown in Dec 1672.


 * Abigail, b. 1657, d. Groton, Mass. 1694, m. (1) 17 Oct 1678 Jonathan MORSE, b. Watertown 7 Oct 1643, d. Groton 31 July 1686, aged 42y 9m 24d; (2) 22 Sep 1690 Joshua PARKER, b. 13 March 1657/8, d. Groton 5 May 1691, aged 33y 1m 22d. She had four children with her first husband, born in Groton from 1679 to 1687, and one child with her second husband born in Groton c. 1691.


 * Benjamin, b. say 1662, d. in his 20th year


 * Samuel, b. 28 Feb 1665/6, m. c. 1685 Abigail _______. Abigail "owned the covenant" in the Watertown church in 1687, and three of their children were baptized there from 1686 to 1694.  After that date, no record has been found.

(8g) William Shattuck
Shattuck Gen:74-76, 87-92

William, the son of William and Susanna Shattuck, was b. Watertown, Mass. 1653, d. there 19 Oct 1732, aged 79, and m. c. 1677 Susanna RANDALL, b. say 1657, d. 8 May 1723, daughter of Stephen Randall and Susanna Barron. William was a weaver, but also noted as a brickmaker in the 1685 Watertown records. He was often a commissioner, and served on many committees. His will was dated 11 Jan 1727[/8?] and proved 4 Dec 1732. He has an extant gravestone in the old Watertown Cemetery. Children:


 * Susanna, b. c. 1678, living in 1726, m. c. 1698 Samuel HOLDEN, b. Watertown 28 April 1674, d. c. 1726, son of Justinian Holden and Mary Rutter. They had nine children, born 1699 to c. 1717.


 * Joanna, b. say 1681, m. Isaac HOLDEN.


 * Elizabeth, b. Watertown 23 Nov 1684, m. (1) 23 Feb 1714 Robert GODDARD, d. 1716, one child; m. (2) 13 April 1717 Ephraim ANGIER, b. c. 1690, d. Watertown 19 Oct 1724, aged 34; m. (3) 26 April 1726 John HOLLAND of Marlborough, where they lived together.


 * Benjamin, Rev., b. Watertown 30 July 1687, m. Martha SHERMAN (below).


 * William, b. Watertown 1688, d. Watertown 21 Dec 1723 in his 46th year, m. 23 Sep 1708 Hepzibah HAMMOND, daughter of Lt. John Hammond. She m. (2) 10 Sep 1724 John Robbins of Cambridge.  He has/had an extant gravestone in the old Watertown Burying Ground.


 * Mary, bapt. Watertown 13 April 1690, d. Boston 18 Aug 1732, aged 43, m. 10 June 1714 William GREENLEAF, b. Malden 5 Feb 1693, son of Enoch Greenleaf and Catherine Truesdale. Following Mary's death William m. (2) 9 May 1733 Ruth Ruggles.  Mary had ten children born in Boston from 1716 to 1732.


 * Abigail, b. c. 1692, m. 17 Feb 1715 Joseph HOLDEN, b. 6 Sep 1683, son of Justinian Holden. They had six known children born in Watertown from 1716 to 1730.


 * Joseph, b. 9 Oct 1694, d. 15 Oct 1694, aged 6 days


 * Jonathan, b. Watertown 16 Oct 1695, d. there 17 July 1724, aged 28y 9m 1d, m. Elizabeth STEARNS, b. 26 Sep 1697, d. by 1742, daughter of Nathaniel Stearns. She m. (2) Daniel Bond of Watertown.  Jonathan had two children born in 1721 and 1722, both of whom died the same year he did.


 * Robert, b. Watertown 1 Jan 1698, d. there 13 Dec 1723, aged 25y 11m 12d, m. Plymouth, Mass. 9 July 1719 Mary PRATT, b. 8 April 1695, daughter of Bennajah and Mary Pratt of Plymouth. Robert had three children born in Plymouth from 1720 to 1723.


 * Moses, b. 1 Nov 1703, d. Boston 31 May 1724, aged 20 1/2 years.

(7g) Benjamin Shattuck
Shattuck Gen:89-90, 108-114

Benjamin, the son of William Shattuck and Susanna Randall of Watertown, Mass., was b. Watertown 30 July 1687, d. Littleton, Mass. 1763, and m. c. 1709 Martha SHERMAN, b. Watertown and bapt 1 Sep 1689, d. in Littleton, the daughter of Joseph Sherman and Elizabeth Winship of Watertown. Martha's brother, William Sherman, was the father of Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and other great state papers associated with the founding of the United States. Benjamin graduated from Harvard College in 1709, and became a school teacher. He moved from Watertown to Littleton, Mass. about 1716, became ordained as a minister of the gospel on 25 Dec 1717, and was the first minister in Littleton. He preached for 15 years, then retired from the ministry. Benjamin has a monument in the Old Burying Ground in Littleton. One genealogical conundrum that exists with Benjamin is that there was a contemporary Benjamin Shattuck, son of Philip, also born in Watertown, with similar birth and death years. This other Benjamin lived in Cambridge, Mass., and was a constable there, and has surviving probate records dated in 1767. A monument for Benjamin, still standing, was erected for him in the Littleton Cemetery, but it erroneously calls him the son of Philip, which is easily disproven by a 1748 deed. Children, first four b. Watertown, remainder born Littleton:


 * Stephen, b. 10 Feb 1709/10, buried Templeton, Worcester, Mass. 4 July 1801, m. 3 Sep 1734 Elizabeth ROBBINS of Westford. Web sources give Elizabeth a death year of 1788, without reference, and no birth record of parents for her have been confirmed.  At the age of 65, Stephen "shouldered his gun and marched to Concord, to share the dangers of that eventful day, and followed the retreating enemy to Cambridge." Stephen's name is included on a memorial plaque in the Common Burial Ground in Templeton.  Stephen and Elizabeth had five known children, born at Littleton 1736 to 1749.


 * Martha, b. 7 Jan 1711/2, d. Littleton 5 Oct 1768, m. 1729 Samuel TUTTLE, b. Ipswich, Mass. 19 May 1709, d. Littleton 11 Dec 1780, son of Simon Tuttle and Mary Rogers. Martha and Samuel both have grave markers in the Littleton Old Burying Ground.  They had nine children, born at Littleton from 1730 to 1744.


 * Benjamin, b. 8 Dec 1713, d. Groton, Grafton Co., NH Oct 1790, m. Littleton 13 Nov 1740 Dinah (______) Hunt, b. c. 1713, d. Littleton 17 May 1791, aged 78. Benjamin and Dinah had five known children, born 1741 to 1751.  Because Dinah was aged 27 upon her marriage to Benjamin, the question arises as to whether she had been previously married.  A Samuel and Dinah Hunt of Littleton had four children together before Samuel died in 1739.  It appears quite plausible, then, that Dinah is the widow of Samuel Hunt.


 * Timothy, b. c. 1715, d. North Haven, CT c. 1776, m. Middletown, CT 5 Nov 1740 Desire HALL, b. Wallingford, CT 19 June 1719, daughter of Nathaniel Hall and Elizabeth Curtis. They had seven children whose births were recorded in Middletown 1741-1756.


 * William, b. 1 Jan 1717/8, d. Jaffrey, Cheshire, NH Jan 1806, aged 88, m. Littleton 20 Nov 1750 Abigail REED, b. Lexington, Mass. 2 April 1731, d. Bethlehem, Grafton, NH Feb 1820, "aged 87.," daughter of Peter Reed and Abigail Blodgett. William and Abigail had eight children, born c. 1751 to c. 1770.  In 1769 the family left Littleton, Mass. and moved to New Ipswich, NH.  He was many years a selectman there, and also served as moderator and became a delegate to the Provincial Congress.  In about 1794 he bought a farm in Jaffrey, NH.  There are many Shattucks buried in the Old Burying Ground in Jaffrey, but of a later generation, and William is not listed.


 * Sarah, b. 13 Dec 1719, d. Littleton 30 Sep 1775, m. Reading 30 Sep 1739 (18 June 1739 per Gen.:111) Jonathan DIX. Sarah is buried in the Littleton Old Burying Ground; Jonathan is buried in Boscawen, NH.


 * Ebenezer, b. 22 Feb 1721/2


 * Susanna, b. 8 April 1724, d. Lunenburg, Mass. 25 Sep 1789, m. Littleton 22 Jan 1750 Caleb TAYLOR, b. Littleton 23 May 1724, d. Lunenburg 27 Aug 1791, aged 67y 5m 3d, son of Dea. Caleb Taylor and Mary Witt. Susanna and Caleb both have grave markers in the North Cemetery in Lunenburg.  Despite the calculation from Caleb's age at death, the record of his birth in the Littleton records gives the date as 23 May.  They had four known children born 1751 to 1763.


 * Elizabeth, b. 13 Feb 1725/6, d. Littleton 1 Dec 1808, m. 26 Feb 1745/6 Elias TAYLOR, b. Littleton 23 Feb 1721/2, d. Littleton 21 Nov 1797, son of Caleb Taylor and Mary Witt. They both have grave markers in the Littleton Old Burying Ground. They had six known children born 1747 to 1760.


 * Jonathan, b. July 1728, d. 19 Feb 1744/5, aged 16y 7m, has a grave marker in the Littleton Old Burying Ground.


 * Moses, b. June 1733, d. 13 Dec 1737, aged 4y 6m, has a grave marker in the Littleton Old Burying Ground.

(10g) Elizabeth Randall
Shattuck Gen:76: Bond's Watertown:409-10; Cutter:4:1799

Elizabeth Randall, possibly the widow of a John or a William Randall, was born c. 1592 and d. Watertown, Mass. 24 Dec 1672, aged 80. The following men of Watertown are likely her sons:


 * Stephen, b. c. 1627, m. Susanna BARRON.


 * John, Sgt., b. say 1630, d. 16 June 1680, m. say 1656 Susanna _______, d. 14 May 1673. He served in King Philip's War.  He was called "Sr." in his will, dated 22 April and proved 5 Oct 1680.  His will mentions six children (and names five of them), but John Randall (d. 1690) is likely a seventh child of his.  The children were born from c. 1657 to 1672.

(9g) Stephen Randall
Shattuck Gen:76; Kempton Anc:129

Stephen Randall, b. c. 1627 (aged 44 on 8 Jan 1671/2), d. Watertown 26 Feb 1707/8, m. Watertown 14:10mo:1653 (14 Dec 1653) Susanna BARRON, born say 1634, living in 1684, but not in husband's will of 1697/8, daughter of Ellis and Grace Barron. Stephen may have been the son of Elizabeth Randall, d. Watertown 24 Dec 1672, aged 80, and he may be the Stephen Randall baptized at Romford, Essex on 1 June 1628, son of William Randall. Stephen's will, dated 13 Jan 1697/8, was proved 19 April 1708, naming his three daughters. Known children:


 * Elizabeth, b. say 1654, m. _______ CODMAN, named in father's 1697/8 will.


 * Susanna, b. say 1657 (first child born c. 1678), m. William SHATTUCK


 * Mary, b. Watertown 23 June 1662, m. 28 Feb 1697/8 Abraham CHAMBERLAIN of Brookline.


 * Stephen, b. Watertown 20 Aug 1665, not in father's 1697/8 will

(10g) Ellis Barron
see Sandbox 8a, Ellis Barron, Sr.

(11g) Henry Sherman
see Sherman line in Sandbox7

(10g) John Sherman
NEHGR 167:50-51; TAG 62:76-7

John, son of Henry Sherman and Susan Lawrence, was baptized Dedham, Essex, England 17 Aug 1585, bur. Great Horkesley, Essex 24 Jan 1615/6, and m. Wattisfield, Suffolk 26 Sep 1611 Grace RAVENS, born probably at East Bergholt, Suffolk, England c. 1591, d. Watertown 3 June 1662, daughter of Rev. Richard Ravens and Elizabeth Hedge of East Bergholt, Suffolk; Dedham, Essex; and Wattisfield, Suffolk. Following John's death, Grace m. (2) Thomas Rogers, b. c. 1588, bur. Watertown 12 Nov 1638, aged 50, with whom she came to New England in 1634. Grace m. (3) Roger Porter, b. c. 1583, d. Watertown, Mass. 3 April 1654. Grace's will, undated, was proved on 17 June 1662 and is printed in full in NEHGR 51(1897):314. Children of John and Grace Sherman:


 * John, bapt. Great Horkesley, Essex 3 Sep 1612, m. Martha PALMER.


 * Richard, bapt. Great Horkesley 7 Aug 1614. In the 1625 will of Ann (Sherman) Anger, Richard and his brother John were named as under-aged sons of the wife of Thomas Rogers.  He was not named in his mother's will of c. 1662, but the inventory of the estate of Grace Porter, dated 8 July 1662, suggests he was still living in England.

Child of Grace with Thomas Rogers:


 * Elizabeth, bapt. Dedham, Essex 16 Nov 1617, came with her parents to New England in 1634. She m. c. 1641 Daniel SMITH of Watertown, d. 1660.  They are ancestors of the Bush presidents.

(9g) John Sherman
GM:6:287-294; NEHGR 167(2013):35-54

John, the son of John Sherman and Grace Ravens of Essex, England, was baptized Great Horkesley, Essex 3 Sep 1612, d. Watertown, Mass. 25 Jan 1690/1, and m. c. 1637 Martha PALMER, b. say 1617, d. Watertown 7 Feb 1700[/1?], daughter of William Palmer (and Mary Stamworth?) of Newbury and Hampton. In 1634, John sailed to New England with his mother, who was then the wife of Thomas Rogers, and it was either he, or his second cousin of the same name who enrolled at Ipswich 30 April 1634 as a passenger for New England aboard the Elizabeth, aged 20. The subject John became a very prominent citizen of Watertown, Mass., and though a yeoman, he was a soldier and magistrate as well. He was frequently given surveying tasks, and served as town clerk, selectman on numerous occasions, and Watertown Deputy to the Mass. Bay General Court. He was a steward of Harvard College in 1660, and Captain of the militia in 1680. His inventory was dated 12 Feb 1690/1, but included no real estate. Children, born in Watertown:


 * John, b. 1 or 2 Nov 1638, served in Capt. Moseley's company during King Philip's War, and was on a list of those injuredat the Swamp Fort fight on 19 Dec 1675. Nothing more has been learned about him.


 * Martha, b. 21 Feb 1640[/1?], m. Watertown 26 Sep 1661 Francis BOWMAN, son of Nathamiel Bowman of Watertown.


 * Mary, b. 25 March 1643, m. Watertown 18 Jan 1666/7 Timothy HAWKINS, son of Thomas Hawkins of Watertown.


 * Elizabeth, b. say 1645, d. Watertown 15 March 1649


 * Sarah, b. 17 Jan 1647[/8?], d. Watertown 17 June 1667


 * Joseph, b. 14 May 1650, m. Elizabeth WINSHIP (below).


 * Grace, b. 20 Dec 1653, d. Watertown 21 Feb 1654[/5?]

(8g) Joseph Sherman
GM 6:293; Sherman Gen (1920):127-134

Joseph, the son of John Sherman and Martha Palmer, was born in Watertown, Mass. 14:3mo:1650 (14 May 1650), d. there 20 Jan 1730/1, and m. Watertown 18 Nov 1673 Elizabeth WINSHIP, b. Cambridge, Mass. 15 April 1652, daughter of Lt Edward Winship and Elizabeth Parke of Cambridge, Mass. Joseph held a number of positions and offices in Watertown: Corporal, Surveyor, Constable 1682 and 1684, Tythingman 1685-6, Hogrif and Fence Viewer 1692 and 1697, Assessor 1695; Watertown selectman 1701-5 and 1709-12; and Deputy to General Court 1702-5. Joseph was a soldier in King Philip's War, and on 23 Sep 1676 is of record as having received pay as a soldier in Capt. Jonathan Poole's Company, but also on the same day as having been paid for service in Capt. Thomas Brattle's Company. Administration of Joseph's estate was given to son John of Marlborough, Mass. on 29 Nov 1731. As administrator, John had to take legal action multiple times to get an accounting of Joseph's estate being held by John's brother Nathaniel. Children of John and Elizabeth:


 * John, of Marlborough, Mass. b. Watertown 11 Jan. 1674/5, d. Marlborough 11 Nov 1756, m. Mary BULLEN, d. Marlborough 5 May 1761, daughter of Ephraim Bullen and Mary Morse. John's will was dated 13 April 1747 and proved in Middlesex Co., Mass. 6 Dec 1756.  The will of widow Mary was dated 10 March and proved 11 May 1761.  They had nine children born from 1699 to c. 1720.


 * Edward, of Sudbury, Mass., b. Watertown 2 Sep 1677, d. Sudbury 4 Dec 1766, m. Watertown 16 Oct 1700 Sarah PARKHURST, b. Watertown 26 Nov 1676, d. Sudbury 4 Oct 1756, daughter of John Parkhurst and Abigail Garfield. Edward's will was dated 25 May 1759 and proved in 1765.  They had ten children born from 1701 to 1720.


 * Joseph, b. 8 Feb 1679/80, was a surveyor of Watertown.


 * Samuel, b. Watertown 28 Nov 1682, m. Abiah PAINE, d. Malden, Mass. 28 Dec 1722. They had one child, Mary, b. 1718.


 * Jonathan, b. Watertown 24 Feb 1683/4, living 1735, m. Elizabeth CUTLER, b. Charlestown, Mass. 7 Jan 1764/5, daughter of Timothy Cutler and Elizabeth Hilton. They had three known children born from 1707 to c. 1711.


 * Ephraim, b. 16 March 1685/6, d. 20 Sep 1686


 * Elizabeth, b. 15 July 1687, m. _______ STEPHENS.


 * Martha, bapt. 1 Sep 1689, m. Rev. Benjamin SHATTUCK.


 * William, b. 28 June 1692, d. 1741


 * Sarah, b. 2 June 1694


 * Nathaniel, Col., b. Watertown 19 Sep 1696, m. Watertown 31 March 1726 Mary LIVERMORE, b. Watertown Dec 1702, daughter of Daniel Livermore and Mary Coolidge. He was a colonel in the French Wars.  They had nine children born from 1726 to 1745.

(12g) William Ravens
TAG 162(1987):65-77

William Ravens of Dedham, Essex, England, clothier, was born c. 1519, bur. Dedham 1 Aug 1580, and m. c. 1544 Joan STARLYNG, bur. Dedham 10 Oct 1584 as "widow Ravens," daughter of Robert Starlyng of Dedham. William is found in the court roll of the manor of Overhall and Netherhall for 7 May 1544. On 26 April 1557 William and Joan Ravens surrendered their cottage and half a rood of garden, called Launders, to the use of Henry Clarke. There is no record of where they lived for the next 15 years, but in 1572 they acquired another house and garden. William's will was dated 18 July 1580 and proved 29 Dec 1580 by his widow and executrix. Children, probably all born in Dedham (there were likely other children who were born and died during the gap between Bridget and William; the Dedham parish register didn't begin until 1560):


 * Grace, b. say 1545, likely dead by 1606 (husband's will date), m. Dedham 12 Jan 1567/8 Edward COLE of East Bergholt, Suffolk, yeoman, likely d. there c. 1606/7. Edward's will was dated 1 April 1606 and proved 4 Feb 1606/7.  They had three known children, but likely others.


 * Bridget, b. say 1548, bur. Dedham 14 Nov 1599, m. there 15 May 1571 Habakkuk PAGE of Dedham, d. by 1608/9. Habakkuk had died by 26 Jan 1608/9 when called "late of Dedham deceased" in the will of William Glover of that date.


 * William, bur. Dedham 10 Nov 1560


 * Mary, bur. Dedham 22 Nov 1563


 * Richard, bapt. Dedham 1 April 1562, m. Elizabeth HEDGE (below).

(11g) Richard Ravens
TAG 162(1987):70-7,161-4

Richard, the son of William Ravens and Joan Starlyng of Dedham, Essex, England, was baptized at Dedham 1 April 1562, d. Wattisfield, Suffolk, England 3 April and buried 5 April 1626, and m. c. 1588 Elizabeth HEDGE, b. c. 1566, living in 1625, daughter of Nicholas Hedge and Alice Burroughs. Richard was admitted pensioner at Queen's College, Cambridge on 2 June 1578, then matriculated to Corpus Christi College in 1579, earning his BA in 1581-2 and his MA in 1585. He was licensed to teach grammar at East Bergholt in 1584, and was ordainged priest at Norwich on 29 Dec 1591. He was elected schoolmaster at Dedham on 25 Sep 1593, serving until 1599, then on 30 April 1599 was inducted vicar of Wattisfield where he remained until his death in 1626, living in a house owned by Edmund Sherman. Richard's will was dated 31 Oct 1625 and proved 25 May 1626 by the three sons named as executors. Children:


 * Jonathan, prob. b. East Bergholt, Suffolk c. 1589, bur. Wattisfield, Suffolk 26 Sep 1626


 * Grace, prob. b. East Bergholt c. 1591, d. Watertown, Mass. 3 June 1662, m. (1) John SHERMAN; m. (2) Thomas ROGERS; m. (3) Roger PORTER


 * Bezaleel, bapt. Dedham 9 Dec 1593, bur. there 21 Oct 1648, m. (1) c. 1618 Judith BROWNE, bur. Dedham 16 Jan 1644/5; m. (2) c. 1645 Jane _______. There were at least eight children with first wife, born from 1619 to 1641, and two more with second wife baptized 1646 and 1647.


 * Elizabeth, bapt. Dedham 21 Dec 1595, living 1634, m. Coddenham, Suffolk 10 April 1621 Anthony MILLS of Brantham, Suffolk. Administration of his estate was given to Elizabeth on 31 May 1634.  They had three children baptized at Wattisfield from 1621/2 to 1625/6.


 * William, b. c. 1598, probably at Dedham, m. Martha _______, bur. Dedham 10 Sep 1654. He may also be the William Ravens who m. Joan Smith at Colchester St. Nicholas in 1623.  William had at least six children with Martha born from c. 1635 to 1650.


 * Edmund, clothier at Dedham, bapt. Wattisfield 29 June 1600, m. Wattisfield 23 Feb 1624/5 Mary GULL, bapt. Dedham 22 May 1604, bur. there 3 Dec 1647, daughter of Richard and Grizell Gull of Dedham. They had six known children born from 1641 to c. 1649, but likely others during the period when the Dedham register was neglected.


 * Mary, bapt. Wattisfield 14 Nov 1602, d. Watertown, Mass. 22 Aug 1691, aged 88, m. c. 1628 John COOLIDGE, bapt. Cottenham, Cambridgeshire 16 Sep 1604, d. Watertown 7 May 1691, son of William Coolidge and Margaret Mayse. They were in New England by 1636 when John was made a freeman.  They had eight children born from c. 1630 to 1646/7.


 * Richard, bapt. Wattisfield 5 May 1605, in father's 1625 will.


 * Helen, bapt. Wattisfield 7 July 1607, in father's 1625 will.


 * Sarah, bapt. Wattisfield 3 Nov 1611, in father's 1625 will.

(14g) Robert Starlyng
TAG 62:68-9

Robert, b. say 1455, had died by 1504, wife's name not found. The Dedham Campesse Court Roll for 16 Jan 1580/1 (conveys?) "to the use of Robt Starlyng..." On the Court Roll of the Manor of Overhall and Netherhall (formerly Dedham Campesse) for 23 Sep 1504, Robert Sterlyng was called recently deceased, with a certain property "to the use of Robt Starlyng his son", and should he die without heir, then to son John.

Child:


 * Robert, d. by 1537, named in 1504 court roll


 * John, named in 1504 court roll

(13g) Robert Starlyng
TAG 62:67-69

Robert, b. say 1495, the son of an earlier Robert Starlyng, had died by 1537, and m. a wife, name unknown. The Court Roll of the Manor of Overhall and Netherhall under date 30 Oct 1537 states "Robt Sterlyng died seised of and in certain lands held of this manor, and Joan Sterlyng is his daughter and next heir..." Child:


 * Joan, m. c. 1544 William RAVENS, b. c. 1519, d. 1580.

(13g) James Hedge
TAG 62(1987):66,169-70

James Hedge of East Bergholt, Suffolk, d. 1554, m. Elizabeth _______, d. c. 1567/8. Elizabeth m. (2) Christopher Melles, a widower, whose will was dated 9 March 1566/7 and proved 8 May 1568. James's will was dated 13 Feb 1553/4 and proved 5 April 1554. Elizabeth made her will 11 March 1566/7 under the name Elysabethe Melles of East Bergholt, naming daughter Margaret Branston (later called daughter of Thomas Branstone the elder), daughters Ane Hedge and Margrett Hedge, and son Robert Hedge. She names two daughters of her son Nicholas Hedge, but doesn't specify if he was living or deceased. Her will was proved 30 Jan 1567/8 at Ipswich. Children from wills:


 * Nicholas, of East Bergholt, b. say 1538, d. 1577, m. say 1563 Alice BURROUGH (below). His daughters Alice and Elizabeth were named in the will of his mother


 * Robert, b. say 1540, was named along with two of his daughters in the 1566/7 will of his mother.


 * Anne, b. say 1545, under 20 in 1553/4


 * Margaret, b. say 1550, youngest daughter

(12g) Nicholas Hedge
TAG 62(1987):66,170

Nicholas, son of James and Elizabeth Hedge, was born say 1538, m. say 1563 Alice BURROUGH, b. say 1543, daughter of John and Margaret Burrough of E. Bergholt. Children:


 * Alice, b. say 1564, d. by 24 May 1619, m. George MARKES of East Bergholt, d. 1621. His will was dated 24 May 1619 and proved 4 Dec 1621.


 * Elizabeth, b. say 1566, m. c. 1588 Rev. Richard RAVENS.


 * Robert, b. say 1568, married and had children.


 * Susan, b. say 1570, m. John THORPE.


 * Christopher, b. say 1572


 * Jeremy, b. say 1574, living 1606.


 * Ruth, b. say 1576, d. by 1606 without issue.


 * Parnell, b. say 1578, m. Robert THOMPSON.

(13g) John Burrough
TAG 62(1987):168-9

John Burrough, b. say 1515, d. 1577, m. say 1540 Margaret _______, b. say 1520, liv. 1577. John left a will dated 10 April 1577, naming wife Margaret, son Christopher, Nicholas Hedge, son-in-law and Alice Hedge, daughter; Alice's children: Robert, Chrisopher, Jeremye, Alice, Elizabeth, Susan, and Ruth, all surname Hedge; proved at London 10 May 1577 by Christopher Borowe, executor. Known children:


 * Christopher, executor of his father's 1577 will


 * Alice, b. say 1543, m. say 1563 Nicholas HEDGE, and had seven children (three sons and four unmarried daughters) named in the 1577 will of her father.

(10g) William Palmer
GDMNH:525-7; EIHC 53:243-4; NEHGR 69(1915):284-5; 75:79-80

William Palmer, b. say 1580, d. 1647, likely the one "of Ormsbie" who m. Ransworth, Norfolk, England 30 June 1608 Mary STAMFORTH, as his first wife; m. (2) Ann _______, d. Newbury, Mass. 18 Oct 1665. He is also likely the William Palmer of Ormsby, St. Margaret who was cited there 28 July 1636 for his absence from church, and was excommunicated after not serving the citation on 28 Sep following. A William Palmer, gentleman, is shown on the rent roll of Ormesby manor in 1610. It is noteworthy that almost all early writers on William Palmer say he was in Watertown, Mass. by 1636, but Robert Charles Anderson in The Great Migration Directory (2015), p 252, indicates that the William Palmer who was in Watertown was the man of that name who went to Yarmouth, and then to Newtown, Long Island. The subject William Palmer is first of record in Newbury, Mass. in 1637 and made a freeman of Hampton (now NH) on 13 March 1638/9 where he later held some minor offices. On 10 March 1645/6 he deeded his Newbury and Hampton properties to his daughter and son-in-law, Martha and John Sherman, in consideration for his daughter's release of land in Great Ormsby, Norfolk, England, in which she had an interest of 105 pounds. William was living on 30 May 1647, according to GDMNH, but the same source says his son Christopher was acting for Widow Ann Palmer in 1647, which, if accurate, means he died that year. EIHC:244 says he was dead by 6 Oct 1647, and NEHGR 69:284 says that on that day William's widow was by then the wife of Francis Plumer of Newbury. Ann's marriage record to Francis Plummer in Newbury is dated 21 March 1649, long after the 1647 deed shows they were married. Children of William Palmer with first wife, born in England:


 * Edward, b. say 1615, had a grant of land in Hampton adjoining that of his father in 1640.


 * Martha, b. say 1617, d. Watertown 7 Feb 1700/1, m. say 1637 John SHERMAN, bapt. Great Horkesley, Essex, England 3 Sep 1612, d. Watertown 25 Jan 1690/1, the son of John Sherman and Grace Ravens.


 * Christopher, b. c. 1626, d. 30 June 1699, m. 7 Nov 1650 Susanna HILTON, b. c. 1634, d. 9 Jan 1716/7, aged 82, daughter of Edward Hilton. They had three known sons.

Child likely with second wife, Ann:


 * Joseph, b. c. 1643, d. Bradford, Mass. 8 Feb 1715[/6?] in 72nd year, and m. Newbury 1 March 1664 Sarah JACKMAN. Joseph chose brother Christopher and Walter Roper of Ipswich as his guardians in 1661.  His will was dated 5 Feb 1714[/5?].  They had nine children given in GDMNH.

(9g) Edward Winship
GM 7:481-8

Edward Winship was b. c. 1612, d. Cambridge, Mass. 2 Dec 1688, aged about 76, and m. (1) c. 1637 Jane WILKINSON, daughter of Isabel Wilkinson; m. (2) c. 1651 Elizabeth PARK, b. c. 1631 (aged 4 in July 1635 when enrolled as a passenger aboard the Defence with her sister and parents), d. Cambridge 19 Sep 1690 "in 58th year", daughter of Richard and Margery Park. Giles Bittleston of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England wrote a letter, dated 1 Sep 1638, to his Puritan brethren in New England, including "Edward Winshop," so this can be assumed to be the English home of Edward. Edward settled in Cambridge, Mass., and based on his becoming a Massachusetts Bay freeman on 4 March 1634/5, he must have arrived in the colony by 1634. Edward was very active in the affairs of Cambridge and the colony. He was a Cambridge deputy to the General Court on many occasions from 1663 to 1686, a Cambridge selectman for many years from 1637 to 1684, and held many other offices. His will was dated 16 Sep 1685 and proved 1 Oct 1689. His inventory, taken 21 Dec 1688, totaled 640 pounds. The will of his second wife, Elizabeth, was dated 18 Oct 1689 and proved 7 Oct 1690. Edward and second wife Elizabeth both have extant gravestones in the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge. Children with first wife, Jane, born in Cambridge:


 * Sarah, b. April 1638, m. Cambridge 29 Sep 1659 James HUBBARD.


 * Mary, b. 2 July 1641, m. Concord, Mass. 8 Nov 1664 Boaz BROWN.


 * Ephraim, b. 29 June 1643, m. (1) Cambridge 7 April 1670 Hannah REYNER, daughter of Samuel Reyner; m. (2) Cambridge 9 Nov 1675 Elizabeth KENDALL, daughter of Francis Kendall.


 * Joanna, b. 1 Aug 1645, d. Cambridge 19 Nov 1707, unmarried. She was the Cambridge schoolmistress for many years.


 * Edward, b. 8 June 1648, bur. at Cambridge the same day.

Children with second wife, Elizabeth, all born in Cambridge:


 * Elizabeth, b. 15 April 1652, m. Watertown 18 Nov 1673 Joseph SHERMAN (see).


 * Edward, b. 3 March 1654[/5?], m. Cambridge 14 May 1683 Rebecca BARSHAM, daughter of William Barsham.


 * Abigail, b. 13 Feb 1656[/7?], m. Cambridge 18 March 1682/3 William RUSSELL.


 * Samuel, b. 24 Oct 1658, m. Cambridge 12 April 1687 Mary POULTER.


 * Joseph, b. 21 June and bapt. 25 Aug 1661, m. Watertown 24 Nov 1687 Sarah HARRINGTON, daughter of Robert Harrington.


 * Margery, b. 10 Dec 1664, bapt. Cambridge 5 Feb 1664/5, m. Cambridge 12 May 1687 John DIXON.


 * Mehitable, b. 14 Nov and bapt. 17 Nov 1667, living 18 Oct 1689 when named in her mother's will; no other record found.

(10g) Richard Park
GM 5:360-3

Richard Park was born c. 1602, d. summer 1665, and m. (1) say 1625 Margery ________, b. c. 1595; m. (2) after 1656 Sarah (COLLIER) Brewster, bapt. St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England 30 April 1616, living 1679/80, daughter of William Collier and Jane Clark, and widow of Love Brewster who she had m. in Plymouth, Pl. Colony 15 May 1634. On 11 July 1635, "a miller Richard Perk" aged 33; "Margery Perk" aged 40; "Isabell Perk", aged 7; and "Elizabeth Perk", aged 4, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England aboard the Defence. They settled in Cambridge in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and on an 8 Feb 1635/6 list of those with houses in town, "Richard Parke" was among those at Fresh Pond. Richard held only a few minor offices in town, and did not leave a lot of records. His will was dated 12 July and proved in October 1665, with inventory taken 4 Aug 1665. Apparently Richard settled the part of Cambridge that later became Newton, Mass., and a monument for many of the early settlers of this area was erected in the East Parish Burial Ground; it includes the name of Richard Park, the year he supposedly settled in "Newton", 1647, and his death year, 1665. Children, all with first wife:


 * Thomas, b. say 1626, m. Cambridge 1 Dec 1653 Abigail DIX, daughter of Edward Dix of Boston. Why this son was not included on the ship passenger list is not known.


 * Isabel, b. c. 1628, m. c. 1648 Francis WHITMORE.


 * Elizabeth, b. c. 1631, m. c. 1651 Edward WINSHIP.