ABRAHAM MELLOWES 1570-1639

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Birth: 1570, EnglandDeath: Apr. 23, 1638DorchesterSuffolk CountyMassachusetts, USABorn by about 1570, based on estimated date of marriage. Came from Boston, Lincolnshire, to Massachusetts Bay in 1633 & settled in Charlestown. Died in Charlestown between 23 April 1638 (when he received his Mystic Side allotments) and 30 December 1638 (when his son Edward held five and three-quarters shares in the stinted common, being the combination of what he and his father had held in 1637). Married by about 1595 Martha Bulkeley, daughter of Reverend Edward Bulkeley, and sister of Reverend Peter Bulkeley Spouse: Martha Bulkeley Mellowes
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Abraham Mellowes
Mr. Abraham Mellowes was born around 1570 and died in 1639, He invested fiftly pounds in the stock of the massachusetts Bay Company before he came to New England. He owned an interest in property in Cambridge, England, which he shold shortly before 1607. He was admitted to the church at Charleston, with his wife Martha and son Edward on 19 Aug 1633. He received a grant of 200 acres in Sep 1638. He died before 4 Jun 1639, when his will was mentioned in the General Court.~Bulkeley Genealogy, pg. 24
• Dates & Events. Abraham Mellows, his wife Martha and his son Edward were admitted to the Charleston church on the nineteenth day of a month late in 1633, probably October(1). He was listed as a freeman on 14 May 1694 (2). He held the office of Charlestown overseer of highways, 13 Jan 1634/35. Abraham was granted two acres of planting gournd in Charleston on 10 Jun 1634/35. On 6 Sep 1638, the Massachusetts Bay General Court granted to "Mr. Abraham Mellows" two hundred acrews of land (2). On 4 Jun 1639, the will of Mr. Abraham Mellows was delivered to the Suffolk court. (2) On 2 Jun 1641, the General Court granted "200 acres of land...to the heir or assign of Mr. Abrah[am] Mellows" Abraham was born about 1570, and died between 23 Apr 1638 and 30 Dec 1638.(1) Records of the First Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1632-1789, James Frothingham Hunnewell, ed. [Boston 1880](2)Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 [Boston 1853-1854]
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ABRAHAM MELLOWESORIGIN: Boston, LincolnshireMIGRATION: 1633FIRST RESIDENCE: CharlestownCHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Abraham Mellows and Martha his wife and Edward Mellows their son" were admitted to Charlestown church on the nineteenth day of a month late in 1633, probably October [ ChChR 8].FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [ MBCR 1:368].OFFICES: Charlestown overseer of highways, 13 January 1634/5 [ ChTR 12].ESTATE: Granted two acres of planting ground in Charlestown, 10 January 1634/5 [ChTR 12]. Had a proportion of seven in the hayground in 1635, which was increased to eight [ChTR 19, 20]. Had five acres Mystic Side, 1637 [ChTR 27]. In 1637 his share in the hayground was one and three-quarters (and his son Edward had a share of four) [ChTR 33]. In the allotment of land Mystic Side Abraham received parcels of ten, thirty-five and five acres [ChTR 37]. On 6 September 1638 the Massachusetts Bay General Court granted to "Mr. Abraham Mellows" two hundred acres of land [MBCR 1:240]. On 4 June 1639 the "will of Mr. Abraham Mellows was delivered in" to Suffolk court [MBCR 1:268]. On 2 June 1641 the General Court granted "200 acres of land ... to the heir or assign of Mr. Abrah[am] Mellows" [MBCR 1:330]. This was presumably a confirmation of the grant of 6 September 1638, for on 9 June 1641 Sergeant Edward Mellowes of Charlestown petitioned the General Court for a grant of 300 acres, on the basis that "about 10 or 11 years since" his father Mr. Abraham Mellowes had contributed £50 to the common stock [of the Massachusetts Bay Company], that this should have resulted in a grant of 500 acres, and that only 200 acres had been granted so far. The petitioner stated that he was "heir & assignee of his said father deceased," and that the original contribution had been made by his father at the suggestion of Mr. Humfrey, who had promised a grant of 500 acres [ Lechford 410].BIRTH: By about 1570 based on estimated date of marriage.DEATH: Charlestown between 23 April 1638 (when he received his Mystic Side allotments [ChTR 37]) and 30 December 1638 (when his son Edward held five and three-quarters shares in the stinted common, being the combination of what he and his father had held in 1637 [ChTR 33, 42]).MARRIAGE: By about 1595 Martha Bulkeley, daughter of Reverend Edward Bulkeley, and sister of Reverend Peter Bulkeley [ Bulkeley Gen 14-17, 24-25].CHILDREN: i OLIVER, b. say 1595; m. (1) Boston, Lincolnshire, 3 August 1620 Mary James; m. (2) Boston, Lincolnshire, 1 January 1633/4 as her second husband Elizabeth (Hawkredd) Coney. ii ELIZABETH, bur. Boston, Lincolnshire, 8 February 1618/9, "spinster." iii ABRAHAM, bur. Boston, Lincolnshire, 29 January 1615/6. iv CATHERINE, b. say 1607; m. Boston, Lincolnshire, 17 January 1627/8 William Newland. v EDWARD, bp. Odell, Bedfordshire, 10 September 1609 "but born 24 of August"; m. by about 1636 Hannah Smith (eld~est child bp. Charlestown 22 November 1636 [ ChVR 1:46]). She m. (2) Malden 24 June 1651 Joseph Hills. (In his will in 1650 Nathaniel Smith made a bequest to "my sister Hanna Mellowes" [ Waters 78]. J. Gardner Bartlett argued that Hannah was not sister of Nathaniel, but his sister-in-law, widow of one of Nathaniel's brothers [ Gen Mag 1:123-25, with anonymous comment in Gen Mag 1:229-30]. Jacobus cautiously identified her only as Hannah Smith, without commenting further on her Smith connections [Bulkeley Gen 26].) vi ANNE, b. say 1611; m. Boston, Lincolnshire, 26 November 1631 John Smith.ASSOCIATIONS: Through his marriage to Martha Bulkeley, Abraham Mellowes became a part of an extensive and distinguished kinship network, many members of which came to New England [Bulkeley Gen 3-36; TAG 11:26-30, 98-101, 143-45, 208-16], among whom were ATHERTON HAUGH and Rev. THOMAS JAMES. In her will of 16 December 1636 Dorothy Wooll of Clypsam, Rutland, widow, bequeathed "to my friends in New England, to Mr. Cotton £10, to his two children £5 each, to Mr. Mellowes £10, and to Mr. James £5" [ NEHGR 76:79]. COMMENTS: Abraham Mellowes and his family provide an early connection between two centers of Puritanism, both of which later made major contributions to the Great Migration. He presumably married Martha Bulkeley in the vicinity of Odell, Bedfordshire, and he was certainly residing there in 1609 when his son Edward was baptized there. By 1615 Abraham Mellowes was living at Boston, Lincolnshire, where he became a parishioner of Rev. JOHN COTTON. "Mr. Abra[ham] Mellowes" was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown in September 1633 [ChTR 9], and was in the lists of inhabitants of 9 January 1633/4 and January 1635/6 [ChTR 10, 15]. He signed the agreement establishing the office of selectman in Charlestown, 10 February 1634/5 [ChTR 13]. On 4 March 1634/5 whereas "Mr. Cullimor, servant to Mr. Abr[aham] Mellowes, is necessarily employed in public service of the commonwealth in making carriages, it is therefore ordered, that John Humfrey & John Endicott, Esq., shall have power to press any other carpenter to supply the need of Mr. Mellowes in lieu of his said servant" [MBCR 1:137]. Savage noted that Abraham Mellowes died "leaving six children, says Felt" [ Savage 3:195]. This statement derives from a court order of 1 September 1640 in which "Mr. Atherton Hoffe, Mr. Thom[as] Leveret, & Mr. Thom[as] [sic - recte William] Colebron have authority & order to sell the house & ground which was Mr. Mellows, to be disposed of by them for the good of the six children till they come to age, or marry, & the eldest son to have a double portion" [MBCR 1:300]. This latter record applies not to Abraham Mellowes, but to his eldest son Oliver Mellowes, who died not long after his father [Bulkeley Gen 25].BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Donald Lines Jacobus presented an accurate description of the family of Abraham Mellowes in 1933 [Bulkeley Gen 24-25].The Great Migration BeginsSketchesPRESERVED PURITAN
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