Wednesday, August 31, 2011

THOMASINE BELGRAVE (FROST) 1562-1616

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Zerrubbabel Snow, son of Abigail Brigham (Snow), daughter of Gershom Brigham, son of Mary Rice (Brigham), daughter of Henry Rice, son of Thomasine Frost (Rice), daughter of Thomasine Belgrave (Frost).]

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[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Polly Barber (Child), daughter of Ichabod Barber, son of Mary Barney (Barber), daugther of Israel Barney, son of Elizabeth Brackett (Barney), daughter of Elizabeth Waldo (Brackett), daughter of Josiah Brackett, son of Alice Blower (Brackett), daughter of Alice Frost (Blower), daughter of Thomasine Belgrave (Frost).]

EDMOND FROST 1593-1616

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Zerrubbabel Snow, son of Abigail Brigham (Snow), daughter of Gershom Brigham, son of Mary Rice (Brigham), daughter of Henry Rice, son of Thomasine Frost (Rice), daughter of Edmond Frost.]

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[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Polly Barber (Child), daughter of Ichabod Barber, son of Mary Barney (Barber), daugther of Israel Barney, son of Elizabeth Brackett (Barney), daughter of Elizabeth Waldo (Brackett), daughter of Josiah Brackett, son of Alice Blower (Brackett), daughter of Alice Frost (Blower), daughter of Edmond Frost.]

ROBERT MARTYN 1550-

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Salome Burt (Hastings), daughter of Enos Burt, son of Asahael Burt, son of Joseph Burt, son of David Burt, son of Eulalia Marche (Burt), daughter of Joanne Martyn (Marche), dauther of Robert Martyn.]

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[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of John Carter, son of Ebenezer Carter, son of Mercy Brooks (Carter), daughter of Mary Burt (Brooks), daughter of Eulalia Marche (Burt), daughter of Joanne Martyn (Marche), daughter of Robert Martyn.]

WILLIAM MARCHE 1540-1613

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Salome Burt (Hastings), daughter of Enos Burt, son of Asahael Burt, son of Joseph Burt, son of Henry Burt, son of Henry Burt, son of John Burt.]

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[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of John Carter, son of Ebenezer Carter, son of Mercy Brooks (Carter), daughter of Mary Burt (Brooks), daughter of Eulalia Marche (Burt), daughter of Richard Marche, son of William Marche.]

JOHN BURT 1541-1603

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Salome Burt (Hastings), daughter of Enos Burt, son of Asahael Burt, son of Joseph Burt, son of Henry Burt, son of Henry Burt, son of John Burt.]

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[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of John Carter, son of Ebenezer Carter, son of Mercy Brooks (Carter), daughter of Mary Burt (Brooks), daughter of Henry Burt, son of Henry Burt, son of John Burt.]




Saturday, August 27, 2011

RICHARD PARKE 1609-1665

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of Jerusha Park (Trowbridge), daughter of Richard Parke, son of Richard Parke, son of Thomas Parke, son of Richard Parke.]


Beginning in America. THE PARK FAMILY IN AMERICA "D ICHARD PARKS born in England about 1602, sailed from London in the ship Defence, August lo*^ 1635, and arrived at Boston October 3'*^, 1635, bringing with him his wife Margery and four children. The "Original Lists," edited by John Camden Hotten, under "Register of the names of all y« Pasinger w"^ Passed from y« Port of London for on whole yeare Endinge at X""*^ 1635 ", page 105, has the following: Xjo die Julij 1635 Theis vnder written names are to be transported to New England im- barqued in the Defence of Lndon Edward Bostock Mr p Certificate of his Conformitie in Religion & that he is no Subsedy man. A miller Richard Perk 33 1 Margery Perk 40 I IsABELL Perk 7 [ ^^""^^ Elizabeth Perk 4 J Parke and Parks of Massachusetts, p. 25. There were also two sons, Richard and Thomas, although their names do not appear on the passenger list. "After Sep- tember i^*, 1656," Richard Park^ married, second, Sarah, daughter of William and Jane Collier,* of Duxbury, Mass., widow of Love Brewster, of the same place. He died 1665 (?). His will is dated July la*'*, 1665, and the inventory August 19*^, 1665. There is no record of the death of the first wife, Margery. The second wife died April 26*S 1691. CHILDREN (of THE FIRST WIFE) I Richards born in England, probably before 1628. Married, Mary ( ?). On October 14*'*, 1678, Richard Park, of Cambridge, planter, and his * See Nathaniel WarrenS page 128. [91] wife Mary, conveyed to Joseph Wilson " all that tract of land on which I have erected my now dwelling house," etc. As shown in the Cambridge Proprietors' Records of 1642, this is the property which Richard Park^ owned at that time. They had two children. Parke and Parks of Massa- chusetts, pp. 31-34. II Thomas^, born in England, 1628-9. Married, December i^*, 1653, Abigail Dix, of Watertown, born May 21^*, 1637. He died August n***, 1690. She died February 3'''^, 1691. They had nine children. See forward. III Isabella born about 1625, in England. Married Francis Whit- more, of England, born 1625. She died March 31^*, 1665. He died October 12*^^, 1685. They had seven children. Whitmore Genealogy, IV Elizabeth^ born 1631, in England. Married Edward Winship, of Cambridge. She died September 19*^ 1690. They had children. Richard Park* settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1635. He was a proprietor at Cambridge Farms (Lexington), in 1642, His house was near the commons in Cambridge. In a division of lands in 1647, he had eleven acres in Cambridge Village, bounded west on Mr. Edward Jackson's land, and the highway to Dedham was laid out through it in 1648. The very ancient dwelling house which was pulled down about 1800 was supposed to have been built by him. It stood within a few feet of the spot now occupied by the Eliot church. Previous to 1652, he owned a large tract of land in the N. W. part of the village bounded west by the Fuller Farm, North by Charles River, East by the Dummer Farm and South and East by the Mahew Farm. It contained 600 acres which he probably bought of Pastor Shepard or his heirs. By his will dated Dec. 5, 1665, witnessed by Elder Wiswall and Hugh Mason, he bequeathed to his only son Thomas all his houses and lands, after the death of his wife Sarah. By his inventory dated 19, 8, 1665, taken by John Sherman and John Spring, the dwelling house, barn, out houses and 600 acres of land adjoining, whereof 20 acres is broken up, is appraised at £660 and 29 acres elsewhere at £100. The whole amount of the inventory was £972. In 1657 he was one of a committee, with Edward Jackson, John Jackson, and Samuel Hyde, to lay out and settle highways in the village. During the contest between the village and Cambridge, to be set off, he sent a petition to the Court in 1661 praying to [92] retain his connection with the Cambridge church. All his prop- erty except 600 acres and buildings was equally divided between his two daughters. "The situation of the large Park Farm in Newton, in relation to Watertown, accounts for the numerous alliances between the descendants of Richard Park and Watertown families. The farm of Richard Park was contiguous to the small parcel of land be- longing to Watertown, on the South side of the Charles River and it is probable that his residence was at an early date within the bounds of Watertown. . . . "The early settlers of Newton, properly so called, numbered only twenty, or at most twenty-two. Among them were Jack- son, Fuller, Hyde, Park, Ward, Wiswall, Prentice and Trow- bridge. The men bearing these names exercised a leading in- fluence in all the affairs of the town. By their prudence, piety, enterprise and patriotism and virtue, they impressed upon the town a character which it is still proud to maintain. Richard Park came to Newton from Cambridge in 1647. He died there in 1665. He owned a large tract of land in the village. By his will, he bequeathed to his only son Thomas this tract of land with the houses thereon, after the death of his wife Sarah, who, in 1665, moved to Duxbury, Mass.* His son Thomas married Abigail Dix of Watertown 1653 and they had five sons and four daughters, among whom this tract of land was divided in 1694, (Thomas having deceased) and the contents were then about 800 acres, Thomas having added by purchase 200 acres and built a corn mill upon the Charles River, near where the dam now is in the North village. "Near the spot where the Meeting House of the First Church originally stood, a marble pillar was erected September i, 1852, with appropriate inscriptions on the four faces, in commem.oration of the first inhabitants of the town and recording their names. On the West side, the name of Richard Park 1647-1665, appears." * The following entry will be found in the First Book of the Plymouth First Church Records, Part III, p. 22. The page is dated 1691 and under the heading, "Members dyed," is the record: "Mrs Sarah Parke, widow, April 26*^, in her 76*^ yeare." Mayflower Descendants, Vol. Ill, p. 192. [93]
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Richard Parke THE PARK FAMILY RICHARD PARK [#1932], b. England abt. 1602, d. Cambridge Village, MA between 12 Jul and 19 Oct 1665, m(1) Eng. MARGERY CRANE?, b. England abt. 1595, d. Cambridge, MA abt. 1650, m(2) 1 Sep 1656 Sarah (Collier) Brewster, b. 1613, d. Duxbury, MA 26 Apr 1691. Richard Park may have been a son of Thomas Park of the Isle of Ely. His occupation was that of a miller. At the age of 33, with his wife, aged 40, he left London in the ship Defence which sailed on August 19, 1635 and arrived at Boston on Oct. 3. He settled in Cambridge where, on Feb. 8, 1635-6, his home was near Fresh Pond. He was a proprietor of Cambridge in 1636, and by 1639 he owned « acre with house and outhouses adjoining the "Cow Common" in Cambridge. In the division of lands in 1647-8 he was granted 11 acres on the south side of the river in Cambridge Village, now called Newton. He was also granted 13 acres adjoining the west end of the lot he bought from John Betts, to make up his full division.[1] In 1648 a highway to Dedham was laid out through his Cambridge Village land. Around 1800 a very ancient dwelling house was pulled down which was suppossed to have been built by Richard Park. It stood within a few feet of the spot now occupied by Eliot Church. Previous to 1652 Richard owned 600 acres of land in the northwest part of Cambridge Village.[1] Richard received another 100 acres, lot 78 of the Shawshine grant (later Billerica), June 9, 1652,[5/59] however it appears he never took up residence there. A Richard Park (perhaps his son) signed a document Oct. 17, 1664 pledging his loyalty to and satisfaction in the then present government.[5/75] Richard Park was appointed constable on Nov. 10, 1656, and on Jan. 11, 1657 he and Edward Jackson, Samuel Hides, and John Jackson were named a committee to lay out and settle highways at their end of town. In 1661 he signed a petition to retain his connection with the Cambridge Church, and in 1663 he was released from military duties on account of his age.[1] In his will, dated July 12, 1665, Richard mentioned his wife, his son Thomas, and his two daughters. It was witnessed by Hugh Mason and Thomas Wiswall and recorded June 16, 1666.[6/2:260] Richard's son Richard was not mentioned in the will and had either died, already been provided for, or had alienated himself from his father. The inventory of the estate was taken Oct. 19, 1665 by John Sherman and John Spring and totaled 972 pounds.[6/2:261] On Sept. 26, 1678 widow Sarah Park of Duxbury sold her interest in the estate to Thomas Park for 45 pounds 15s.[1] It is not clear what the evidence is for giving Margery's surname as Crane. REF: [1] The Warner-Harrington Ancestry - Frederick Warner, 1949(pg.485)[2] Parke Families of Massachusetts - Frank S. Parke, 1909 (pgs.25-30)[3] One Branch of the Booth Family - Charles M. Booth, 1910(pg.112)[4] The History of Newton - Francis Jackson, 1854 (pg.382)[5] The History of Cambridge - Lucius R. Paige, 1877[6] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 16442) Children: 1. Richard, b. Eng. before 1628, d. between 30 Aug 1715 and1728-9, m. Mary ____, d. before 1728-92. Thomas, b. Eng. abt. 1628, d. Newton, MA 11 Aug 1690,m. Cambridge, MA 1 Dec 1653 Abigail Dix, b. Watertown,MA 2 May 1637, d. Newton 3 Feb 1690-13. Isabel, b. Eng. abt. 1629, d. 31 Mar 1665, m. abt. 1648Francis Whitmore, d. 12 Oct 16854. Elizabeth, b. Eng. abt. 1631, d. 19 Sep 1690, m. EdwardWinship, d. 2 Dec 1688
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Notes for Richard Parke: --------- RICHARD PARKE. We wonder why Richard came to the colonies. It was about this time that King Charles I was curtailing the liberties of the English people. Speaking of this period, Macaulay's History of England says: This was the conjuncture at which the liberties of the nation were in the greatest peril. The opponents of the government began to despair of the destiny of their country; and many looked to the American wilderness as the only asylum in which they could enjoy civil and spiritual freedom. There a few resolute Puritans, who, in the cause of their religion, feared neither the rage of the ocean nor the hardships of uncivilised life, neither the fangs of savage beasts nor the tomahawks of more savage men, had built, amidst the primeval forests, villages which are now great and opulent cities, but which have, through every change, retained some trace of the character derived from their founders. The government regarded these infant colonies with aversion, and attempted violently to stop the stream of emigration, but could not prevent the population of New England from being largely recruited by stouthearted and Godfearing men from evers part of the old England. . . Richard Parke was undoubtedly influenced by the unsettled condition of affairs in England, to emigrate to America. Born in England, Richard Parke sailed from London in the ship "Defence," which left England August 10, 1635 and arrived at Boston October 3, 1635, and settled in Cambridge, afterwards called Cambridge Farms and now known as Newton, Mass. His descendants resided in that neighborhood for about a century and then some of them emigrated to Maine, Mew Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. Though some still reside in and near Cambridge, others can be found in nearly every State in the Union. (from the Genealogy of the Parke Family) In the "Proprietors' Records of Cambridge," a number of references to Richard Parke are found, as follows: [1639.] "RICHARD PARKE. One house upon the Cowe Common with halfe an Acre of ground. Persival Greene west, John Wilcock East, Swampe northeast, Cow Common southwest... Jt Jn the North side of Jones his Hill two Acres and ten pole of planting ground, William Patten west, Persival Greene East, Richard Champnies & Edward Wenchep south, Cowe Common North... A Transcript of the houses and lands of the Inhabitants of the Town of Cambridge given in at a General Court holden at Boston the sixth day of the seventh month, A. D. 1642: [Page 102.] "RICHARD PARKE. Impr on the Comon one dwellinge house with outhouses and about halfe an Acr of land more or lesse, Nathaneel Sparrowhank East, Hellen Green west, the pyneswampe north, the Comon south... Itm In the new west field Two Acr more or lesse Hellen Green East, William Pattin West, Richard Champnyes and Edward Winship south... [Page 133.] (1647-S.) Lands layd out to several of the Inhabitants of the Town on ye south side of Charles river. On the south side of the highway: More layd out to Richard Parke eleven acres, abutting vppon mr Jacson land east & west, & the high way to dedham passing through it... more to Richard Parke to make up his full deuisio [division] for his owne house 13:ackr adjoineing the west end of the lott he bought of John Betts." The Town Records of Cambridge, formerly "Newtowne," mention Richard Parke several times. On Feb. 8. 1635, among "The names of those men whoe have houses in the Towne at this present as only are to be acounted as houses of the Towne," the name of Richard Parke is recorded as being "by the ffresh Pond." On page 39, in a list made out "9th 4 mo 1652;" Richard Parke had lot No. 78, which contained 100 acres. Page 47, "at a meeting of the Inhabitants of this Towne 10th 9th mo 1656 ffor the Eleccon of Towne officrs. Richard Parkes, Edward Shepard, and Robert Parker are chosen Constables for the yeare ensuing, and to Joyne with the aforesaid Selectmen." Page 52, 11th 11th Mo 1657, "Mr. Edward Jackson, Jno. Jackson, Richard Parkes & Samuel Hide are appoynted a Comittee to lay out and settle the high wayes in refference to the propritors at that end of the Towne, prvided they prjudice not ye Towne, otherwise then by crossing vppon any part of the comon, as need shall require." Page 74, "ffebr 11th 1666." "Nicholas Withe complayneing that he is injured by not hauing his full due granted him on the South Side the river neere Boston line, by reason yt at part of the Townes grant was layd into the prpriety of Richard Parkes." Jackson's "History of Newton," says in part: "Richard Park was a proprictor in Cambridge 1636, and of Cambridge Farms, Lexington 1642. His house was near the Cow Common in Cambridge. The very ancient dwelling house which was pulled down about 1800, was supposed to have been built by him. It stood within a few feet of the spot now occupied by the Eliot church. Previous to 1652 he owned a large tract of land in the n. w. part of the Village, bounded w. by the Fuller farm, n. by Charles river; e by Duminer farm, and s. and e. by the Mayhew farm (Mr. Edward Jackson's,) containing six hundred acres, which he probably bought of Pastor Shepard or his heirs. By his will 12-5-1665, witnessed by Elder Wiswall and Hugh Mason, he bequeathed to his son Thomas all his houses and lands, after the decease of his wife Sarah. By his inventory dated 19-8-1665, taken by John Sherman and John Spring, the dwelling house, barn, out-houses, and six hundred acres of land adjoining, whereof twenty acres is broken up, is appraised at œ660 and twenty-nine acres elsewhere at œ100. The whole amount of inventory was œ972. During the contest between the Village and Cambridge to be set off, he sent a petition to the Court, in 1661, praying to retain his connection with the Cambridge Ch. In 1663 he was released from training, on account of his age. He d. 1665, leaving wid. Sarah, son Thomas and two daughters. One of the daughters m. Francis Whittemore of Camb. All his property (except the 600 acres and buildings) was equally divided between the two daughters. Thirteen years after his decease, Thomas bought the life estate of the wid. for œ45;15s. Her release is dated Sept. 26, 1678, in which she calls herself of Duxbury, in the Colony of New Plymouth, relict of Richard Parke, late of Camb. Village. This transaction would seem to indicate that she was his mother-in-law." --------- More About Richard Parke:Burial: 1664, Cambridge, Middlesex, MassachusettsChristening: August 1609, Warfield, Suffolk, England or Cambridge, Massachusetts866Emigration: Bet. August 10 - October 03, 1635, On ship "Defence" from London to Massachusetts867Lived In: Bet. 1635 - 1664, Cambridge, Massachusetts868Occupation: Miller, Large Landowner868
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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts Source: History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts Chapter 3, pp. 4/5 - "The first settlers in Newton did not come in a body, but family after family. Of those who came into the town between 1639 and 1664, the date of the organization of the first church - twenty in number - the ages of the majority were between twenty-one and thirty-five. Only five had reached the age of forty; two only were more than fifty. Notwithstanding the hardships of frontier life to which they were subjected, fourteen out of thirty, whose date of death is recorded, died more than eighty years of age, only eight under seventy, and only two under fifty.............The following are the names of the first twenty male settlers of Newton, .... (listing) Richard Park, date of settlement - 1647, where from - Cambridge, date of death - 1665, inventory - 972 pounds" p. 9 - "Richard Park owned land in New Cambridge in 1636, and in Lexington, three Cambridge farms in 1642. His house probably stood within a few feet of the site of the present Eliot church, and was pulled down in 1800. His farm was bounded west by the Fuller farm, north by Charles River, east and south by Edward Jackson, and contained about 600 acres." p. 14 - "The first settlers of Newton were in the northeast corner of the town.....Crossing Centre Street, westwardly, came Gregory Cook; next him the large estate of 600 acres of Richard Park;............"
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Friday, August 26, 2011

ANNABELLA BLAND 1613-1683

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of Sarah Ward (Trowbridge), daughter of Mary Spring (Ward), daughter of Hannah Barsham (Spring), daughter of Annabella Bland (Barsham).]


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III. William Barsham b ca 1613; d July 13, 1684; arrived Watertown, Mass. 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet; 106 persons in the town at that time; Juror; Proprietor; Freeman 1636/7; Selectman. Alloted 30 acres in 1636. By 1644 he had 88 acres. Married Annabelle Bland dau. of John & Isabel Bland of Colchester, Norfolk, Eng. All ch. b in Watertown, Mass. Ch: 1. John b Oct. 8, 1635; grad. of Harvard; taught school at Exeter, N.H.; m 1st. Melietable; 2nd. Joanna 2. Hannah Nov. 7, 1636-1710; m 1656 John Spring Jr. son of John. 3. William 1638; m Mehitable (???) 4. Joshua b Jan. 15, 1640; unmar 5. Susannah b Nov. 28, 1642; m Nov. 19, 1662 John Capen 6. Nathaniel (Capt.) 1644-1716; m 1678 Elizabeth Bond d 1729 7. Sarah m 1st. March 3, 1673/4 Samuel Mansfield; 2nd Mr. Brown 8. Mary Apr. 23, 1648-1717; m 1st 1675 Deacon John Bright 2nd Hannah Parker 9. Rebecca b Oct 12, 1657; m 1683 Edward Winship 10. Elizabeth b. July 29, 1658; m. 1694 Col. Adam Eoe of Boston Page 605: BLAND ii. Annabel Bland b. ca. 1613; d. 1680; m. William Barsham of Watertown, Mass.; b. ca. 1609; d. July 13, 1684; (10 ch.) More About William Barsham:Emigration: 1630Issue: 10 childrenSource 1: Grt.Mig.(Wm.Barsham)NEHGS ONLINE Vol. I-IIISource 2: Richardson/Elsworth by R.E. RichardsonSource 3: 1866, Geneal. Capen Fam, NEHGR 20:246Source 4: 1853, Early Rec.,Boston(Watertown),NEHGR 7:281Will: August 23, 1683, Dated, codicil dated April 15, 1684 Notes for Annabel Bland:Family Tree Maker Online: GenealogyLibrary.com, Richardson/Ellsworth by R.E. Richardson, 1974, Call #CS71.R52: Page 605: BLAND I. John Bland alias Smith-his step-father was Smith-was living at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard in 1646; m. Isabel (???) who was buried July 12, 1639 age 60 yrs. in Hampton, N.H. Ch: 1. Isabel m. 1st. Francis Austin; 2nd. Thomas Levitt X 2. Annabel m. William Barsham of Watertown, Mass. 3. John II. Annabel Bland b. c a. 1613; d. 1680; m. William Barsham of Watertown, Mass.; b. ca. 1609; d. July 13, 1684; (10 ch.) More About Annabel Bland:Source 1: Richardson/Elsworth by R.E. RichardsonSource 2: 1866, Geneal. Capen Fam, NEHGR 20:246Source 3: 1853, Early Rec.,Boston(Watertown),NEHGR 7:281Source 4: Grt.Mig.(Wm.Barsham) NEHGS ONLINE Vol. I-III Child of William Barsham and Annabel Bland is: 939 i. Susanna Barsham, born December 11, 1641 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died Aft. July 10, 1707; married John Capen November 19, 1662.
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WILLIAM BARSHAM 1588-1684

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of Sarah Ward (Trowbridge), daughter of Mary Spring (Ward), daughter of Hannah Barsham (Spring), daughter of William Barsham.]

William Barsham Arbella passenger
Arrival 1630 WILLIAM BARSHAMORIGIN: UnknownMIGRATION: 1630FIRST RESIDENCE: WatertownOCCUPATION: Possibly a carpenter, as he was involved twice in assessing work on building the meetinghouse, 10 December 1652, 14 October 1654 [ WaTR 1:29, 31, 38], and on 19 January 1662/3 was to determine the repairs necessary to the Mill Bridge [WaTR 1:75]. In his will he gave to son Nathaniel "all my working tools and my furnace kettle"; a furnace kettle could be used to melt metals, especially lead, so William Barsham may also have found work as a glazier, producing leaded windows.CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 9 March 1636/7 implied by freemanship.FREEMAN: 9 March 1636/7 [ MBCR 1:372].EDUCATION: Signed his will on 28 August 1683 with a firm and distinctive hand, and signed the codicil on 15 April 1684 with a shaky but still legible hand. Bequeathed his Bible to daughter Hannah Spring. Inventory included "four old small old books" valued at 5s.OFFICES: Gave evidence in death of Austen Bratcher, 28 September 1630 [MBCR 1:78]; petty jury, 19 September 1637 [MBCR 1:203]. Chosen Watertown selectman, 22 December 1652 [WaTR 1:31]; chosen "clerk of the market to seal weights and measures," 26 February 1655/6 [WaTR 1:45]; committee for the proprietors of the farms, 6 October 1662 [WaTR 1:75].ESTATE: "William Bassum" granted thirty acres in Watertown Great Dividend, 25 July 1636 [ WaBOP 4]; granted three acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands, 28 February 1636/7 [WaBOP 5]; granted three acres in the Remote Meadows, 26 June 1637 [WaBOP 10]; granted a farm of eighty-eight acres, 10 May 1642 [WaBOP 12]. In the 1644 Watertown Inventory of Grants, William Barsham held five parcels: homestall of twenty-eight acres, Great Dividend of thirty acres, three acres [Beaverbrook] Plowlands, three acres Remote Meadow, and six acres of upland at the Town Plot [WaBOP 83]; in the Inventory of Possessions he held one parcel: twenty acres of upland [abutting his homestall] [WaBOP 118]. In the Composite Inventory he held five parcels: homestall of forty-eight acres, Great Dividend of thirty acres, three acres Remote Meadow, three acres [Beaverbrook] Plowlands, and a farm of eighty-eight acres [WaBOP 26]. In his will, dated 28 August 1683 (with codicil of 15 April 1684) and proved 29 August 1684, William Barsham bequeathed to son John a two-year old heifer and the "vantage" [increase], four ewe sheep and £5 in silver; to "William Barsham the son of my son John Barsham" twenty shillings in silver; to son "Joshuah Barsham" twenty shillings in silver and "my good musket"; to son "Nathaniall Barsham ... all my working tools and my furnace kettle"; to daughter "Hanna Spring" a cow, four ewe sheep, £3 in silver and "my bible"; to daughter "Susanna Capen" a cow, four ewe sheep, £3 in money and "my joined chair"; to daughter "Sarah Browne" a cow, four ewe sheep, £3 in silver and "my great armed chair"; to daughter "Mara Bright" a pair of oxen, four ewe sheep, £3 in silver and a great armed chair; to daughter "Rebecka Winship ... my farm of seventy-two acres"; to daughter Elizabeth Barsham "my farm of sixty-four acres"; to last two daughters, Rebecca Winship and Elizabeth Barsham, four acres in Thatcher's Meadow and all household stuff not previously mentioned to be divided between them; in a codicil of 15 April 1684 he bequeathed to "my daughters Hannah Spring, Susanna Capen, Sarah Browne, Mary Bright and my son John Barsham to each of them twenty shillings apiece" [ MPR Case #1329]. The inventory of "the estate of William Barsham who deceased the 3d of July 1684" was taken 5 August 1684; no total of the values was made, but the inventory did include £26 in real estate: "seventy-two acres of land called farm land," £10; "sixty-four acres of land called farm land," £10; and "four acres of meadow in Thatcher's Meadow," £4 [MPR Case #1329].BIRTH: By about 1610 based on approximated date of marriage.DEATH: Watertown 3 or 13 July 1684 "widower" [MPR Case #1329; WaVR 55].MARRIAGE: By 1635 Anabel Smith alias Bland, born say 1615, daughter of John Smith alias Bland [ TAG 61:20-21]; d. by 23 August 1683 (not named in husband's will).CHILDREN: i JOHN, b. Watertown 8 December 1635 [WaVR 4]; Harvard College 1658 [ Sibley 1:539-40]; m. by 1670 Mehitable _____ [ GDMNH 78]. ii ANNA/HANNAH, b. Watertown 7 January 1637/8 [WaVR 5]; m. Watertown 19 December 1656 John Spring [WaVR 18]. iii JOSHUA, b. Watertown 15 March 1640 [WaVR 8]; on 24 April 1657 a writ was issued to the constable of Watertown "to attach the body of Joshuay Barsham & take bond of him to the value of twenty pounds with sufficient surety or sureties for his appearance at the next County Court held at Charlestown to answer the complaint of John Sherman Sr. in an action of the case for calling his son John Sherman from his work & going away with him & for damage sustained thereby ..." [ MCF Folio #19]; d. after 28 April 1683, apparently unmarried. iv SUSANNA, b. Watertown 28 January 1641[/2] [WaVR 9]; m. Dorchester 19 November 1663 John Capen [ DTR 21], son of John Capen and grandson of BERNARD CAPEN. v NATHANIEL, b. ca. 1644; m. Watertown 13 March 1678[/9] Elizabeth Bond [WaVR 45]. vi SARAH, b. say 1646; m. (1) Lynn 3 March 1673/4 Samuel Mansfield; m. (2) Reading 14 November 1681 John Brown [ Bailey 3:80]. vii MARY, b. Watertown 23 June 1648 [WaVR 14]; m. Watertown 7 May 1675 John Bright [WaVR 40]. viii REBECCA, b. Watertown 12 December 1657 [WaVR 20]; m. Cambridge 14 May 1683 Edward Winship. ix ELIZABETH, b. Watertown 29 July 1658 [sic] [WaVR 20]; m. Watertown 5 July 1694 Adam Eve [Bailey 3:107]. COMMENTS: The dates of birth for the last two children are obviously too close, and Savage has corrected the year of birth for Elizabeth to 1659, but given the long gap between Mary and Rebecca, the more likely solution is that Rebecca was born in 1656. Bond gives William a son William "mentioned in his father's will," and is followed in this by Savage. Bond must have misread the will, which refers to "William Barsham the son of my son John Barsham." Joshua apparently never married, and Nathaniel had no children, so the only grandson with the Barsham surname was this William, son of John. William Barsham refers to his daughter Sarah only as "Sarah Browne," and on this basis various Brown families have claimed her as the wife of some man with an otherwise unidentified wife Sarah. In Torrey's index "Sarah [Barsham?]" is suggested as the wife of John Brown of Reading (as his second wife, the marriage taking place on 14 November 1681) and of William Brown of Salem and Marblehead (the marriage taking place by 1669). When Sarah Barsham's brother Nathaniel made his will on 10 May 1716 he, like his father, referred unhelpfully to "my sister [worn] Brown," but also in his probate packet was the following deposition:William Bond, Jonas Bond and Hepzibah Bond do testify & say that we being all related to Capt. Nathanill Barsham and very conversant at his house both formerly and lately we do well remember that many of his relations who were sister's children lived with the said Capt. Barsham many years, some a longer, some a short time, as namely Abigail Spring, Susannah Spring, Andrew Mansfeild, Bethiah Mansfeild and Nathanill Brown [MPR Case #1328]. The affiants were related to Elizabeth Bond, Nathaniel Barsham's wife, and the first two relations named were children of John and Hannah (Barsham) Spring. This document proves that the Sarah Barsham who married Samuel Mansfield in Lynn was this daughter of William Barsham, and that she married second a Brown, by whom she had a son Nathaniel. Samuel Mansfield died in 1679, and "the father of Samuel Mansfield, and the father of the wife, with the consent of the wife, chose and empowered Mr. Thomas Laughton Sr., Andrew Mansfield and Nathaniel Bersham to divide the estate" [ EPR 3:306-07]. The chronology eliminates William Brown of Salem and Marblehead as a candidate for Sarah's second husband, as that man was supposed to have married her by 1669, far too early. The record of the second marriage of John Brown of Reading comes from the vital records sent to the county clerk for recording, and not from the town records. This entry gives the date of the marriage, 14 November 1681, but not the surname of the bride. John and Sarah Brown of Reading did have a son Nathaniel, born 22 April 1688, who in turn named one of his daughters Bethia, presumably for his elder half-sister [TAG 30:16]. Reading and Lynn at that time shared a common boundary, and a number of close relatives of Samuel Mansfield lived in Reading in this same time period. These clues all add up to the conclusion that this John Brown was the second husband of Sarah Barsham. When William Barsham made his will his daughter Rebecca had been married to Edward Winship for just over three months. This explains the bequest to her of two parcels of land and half the household goods, which must have been her marriage portion, as it was equal to the legacy received by her younger, unmarried sister, and more than what was received by the other married daughters.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

SUSAN JOHNSON (JACKSON) 1581-1633

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of William Trowbridge, son of Margaret Jackson (Trowbridge), daughter of John Jackson, son of Susan Johnson (Jackson).]

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of Sarah Ward (Trowbridge), daughter of John Ward, son of Hannah Jackson (Ward), daughter of Edward Jackson, son of Susan Johnson (Jackson).]


The inventor of the Morse Code
This is more of a note than a story. Follow Susan's son Edward's line far enough and you will reach Samuel Morse, inventor of the Morse Code.
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Also claimed to be related to: Oliver Wendell Holmes, President Abram James Garfield, 1st Lady Barbara Pierce Bush, 1st Lady Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, President William Howard Taft, President George Walker Bush.
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ALICE BEVYS (MARSHALL) 1572-1630

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of William Trowbridge, son of James Trowbridge, son of Elizabeth Marshall (Trowbridge), daughter of Alice Bevys (Marshall).]

Will Proved 24 February 1630/1
Alice's will dated 30 December 1630. She mentions "my dear mother Mistress Jane Martyn"; also "my sister-in-law Mistress Susanna Beavis". Alice's will proved 24 February 1630/1.

In John's will in 1624, he gave Alice their house & after her death it was to go to their son James. John gave his lands & tenements in Northtowne, called Eastercombe, Westercombe & Luckerton, with the rents to his wife during her life, then to his son James. In Alice's will she also mentions my dear mother Jane Martyn.
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JOHN SPRING 1630-1717

Birth: 1630
Death: May 18, 1717
Spouse: Hannah Barsham Spring (1637-1710)
Note: Age: 87 (per headstone)
Exact date of Birth Unknown
Burial: East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Plot 640
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Old East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Massachusetts



[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of Sarah Ward (Trowbridge), daughter of Mary Spring (Ward), daughter of John Spring.]


John Spring Bio by Cutter 1630-1717 , Cambridge/Newton, MA
" Lieutenant John (2) Spring, son of John (1) Spring, was born in England in 1630; came with his parents to New England when four years old. He settled in Cambridge about the time of the ordination of its first minister. His house stood on the northwest side of the Dedham road, opposite the old burial place. He built the first grist mill in Newton, on Smelt brook, near the center of the town. He was selectman eight years from 1686; deputy three years; sealer of weights and measures; pound keeper; tithingman; lieutenant. It is supposed that he gave the land for the second meeting house in 1696, which stood very near his own house, and the town afterward reconveyed it to his son John. He died May 18, 1717. He married, in 1656, Hannah Barsham, who died August 18, 1710, daughter of William and Anable Barsham, of Watertown.

Children:
Hannah, born October 1, 1657;
Mary, June10, 1659; (???), April 16, 1661;
Sarah,1662; Rebecca, February 10, 1664;
Abigail, February 12, 1666;
Susanna, August 18, 1670, died young;
Mary, February 19, 1672;
Elizabeth, April 7, 1675; John,...." (p. 1494)

FROM: William Richard Cutter. "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Series I." (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Reprinted 1997). Page 1494.
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ELIZABETH MARSHALL (TROWBRIDGE) 1603-1641

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of William Trowbridge, son of James Trowbridge, son of Elizabeth Marshall (Trowbridge).]


Elizabeth Marshall and Thomas Trowbridge 3649.

Elizabeth Marshall was christened 24 March 1602/1603 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England. She died 1641 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Parents] Elizabeth, first wife of Thomas Trowbridge, and mother of his children, was baptized at St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, 24 March 1562 of a family at the centre of commercial and civic power in the cathedral city. This was amply set forth in 1905 in an article by Emory McClintock, "Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall", NEHGR 59:291-97 (1905). Elizabeth's father, the Alderman John Marshall, Mayor in 1615, was dead by the daughter's marriage. Her mother Alice was the second daughter of the name, baptized at St. Kerrians Church, Exeter, 7 June 1572, and Marshall's bride 30 August 1695 at St. Mary Arches. Alice, buried there 13 Jananuary 1630/1, left to her favorite daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Trowbridge, 50 and a 10 piece of plate(PCC 23 St. John). Alice's father was Richard Beavis, who died in office as Mayor of Exeter 26 August 1603. He had married (1) Elizabeth Price, from the Welsh "Ape Rhys", mother of Alice Marshall, and (2) Jane, daughter of Henry Huish of Sands.

Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Trowbridge was christened 6 March 1627/1628 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. She was buried 10 May 1630 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England.

M ii John Trowbridge was christened 5 November 1629 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. He was buried 16 February 1653/1654 in St Mary Magdalien, Taunton, Somerset, England.

English Origins of American Colonists, p.66
Will of JOHN TROWBRIDGE of Exeter, co. Devon. There is oweinge unto me from my uncle Mr. James Marshall of Exon, merchant, 49, and from my father Mr. Thomas Trowbridge 10 which I lent him, and I have sent for Muclinx (sic) eight peeces of Sarges, cost twentie pounds And twentie fowre pounds Mr. Jno: Manninge of New England, merchant, owes me, and twentie one pounds Mr. William Davis of Muskeeta in Newfoundland owes, which I have ordered George Pardon, master of the Willinge Minde, to receive of him this yeare there and carry it with him for St. Lukas and bring home returnes with him, All which summes amounts unto 129, of which if it please God to take me hence 20 shal be disbursed for my buriall, and of the other 109 I give unto my honored father fortie pounds, to my brothers Thomas, William and James Trowbridge betweene them 50, to my aunt Mace 5, and to my cozen James Marshall 14. Dated at Taunton, 20 Oct., 1653. Witnesses to the identity of the handwriting: James Marshall, senior, Christo: Clarke, junior, Chr: Dore. 26 June, 1654, commission to Thomas Trowbridge, father and principal legetary named in the will of John Trowbridge, late of the city of Exeter, deceased, to administer. (P.C.C. Alchin, 492.) M iii Thomas Trowbridge Jr. was christened 11 Dec 1631 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. He died 22 Aug 1702 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT. 1824 M iv William Trowbridge was christened 3 Sep 1633 and died Nov 1688. M v James Trowbridge 1, 2, 3 was born 1636/1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA and was christened 1637/1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA. He died 22 May 1717 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA and was buried in Old East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.James signed a will 1709 in Middlesex Co., MA. He signed a will 1715 in Middlesex Co., MA. He had a will probated Jun 1717 in Middlesex Co., MA.James Trowbridge was likely born at Dorchester after his parents immigrated and was baptized there in 1637 or 1638. After his family's move to New Haven, CT, his mother died and, at about age 8, in 1644, his father returned to England, leaving James and his two brothers in the care of a Sgt. Thomas Jeffries, possibly a relative from the Taunton, England area.As the result of a lawsuit against their father's steward in New Haven, James acquired his father's property in Dorchester, MA and moved there, where he married his first wife in 1659. He removed to Cambridge Village, now Newton, in 1664. After the death of Deacon John Jackson, his second wife's father, he was chosen Deacon of the church at Newton.In 1675 he purchased 85 acres of land and a dwelling house and out buildings from Dep. Gov. Danforth; he had occupied this land for some years. He was chosen one of the first Selectmen at the organization of the town 27 Aug. 1679 and held that office for 9 years. He was clerk of the Writs in 1691 and 1693, and Commissioner, Lieutenant and Representative to the General Court in 1700 and 1703.
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notes Elizabeth MARSHALL [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 24 March 1603 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England and was christened 4, 5 24 March 1603 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England. She died 1641 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA and was buried 1641 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Elizabeth married 6, 7, 8 Thomas TROWBRIDGE on 26 March 1627 in St Marys Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England. Elizabeth, first wife of Thomas Trowbridge, and mother of his children, was baptized at St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, 24 March 1562 of a family at the centre of commercial and civic power in the cathedral city. This was amply' set forth in 1905 in an article by Emory McClintock, Thomas Trowbndge and Elizabeth Marshall, NEHGR 59:291-97 (1905). Elizabeth's father, the Alderman John Marshall, Mayor in 1615, was d. by' the dau.'s marriage. Her mother Alice was the second dau. of the name, bapt. at St. Kerrians Church, Exeter, 7 June 1572, and Marshall's bride 30 Aug. 1695 at St. Mary Arches. Mice, bur. there 13 Jan. 1630/1, left to her favourite dau. Mrs Elizabeth Trowbridge, £50 and a £10 piece of plate (PCC 23 St. John). Alice's father was Richard Beavis, who d. in office as Mayor of Exeter 26 Aug. 1603. He had in. (1) Elizabeth Price, from the Welsh "Ap Rhys", mother of Alice Marshall,and (2) Jane, dau. of Henry Huish of Sands. Dr. McClintock misread Price for Prowse in the register, a possible dau. to Lawrence Prowse of Chagford. This, in turn, led to more error in the Mormon records. By 1909 The Rev. J.T.G. Donaldson, whose own family had inherited the Beavis pedigree and papers, published the true names in Trans. of The Devonshire Association, 41:215-240 (in article as Bevys'). He also showed that the Beavis pedigree was not proven beyond Richard's own parents John and Christina. Donaldson also published therein his main muniment: the 21 ft. parchment roll of Richard Beavis' Inventory of his estate.' Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Trowbridge and mother of his children, was baptized at St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, March 24, 1562. She was a member of a family at the center of commercial and civic power in the cathedral city. This was amply set forth in 1905 in an article by Emory McClintock, "Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall", NEHGR 59:291-97 (1905). Elizabeth's father, the Alderman John Marshall, Mayor in 1615, died before his daughter's marriage. Elizabeth's lineage has been traced back through her mother's ancestry to Lawrence Prowse, born in 1480, son of John Prowse and Joan Orchard and brother of Richard Prowse, an ancestor of Elizabeth's mother-in-law, Agnes Prowse Trowbridge
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Elizabeth Marshall 1630, Exeter, Devon, England
Elizabeth Marshall was baptized at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Exeter, March 24, 1562. She was born into a family at the center of commercial and civic power in the cathedral city as was described in an article in the NEHGR 59:291-97, written by Emory McClintock called "Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshal". Her father was the Alderman, John Marshal. In 1615 he was mayor in Exeter. He died befor her marriage. Her mother, Alice, left to her favorite daughter fifty pounds and a piece of plate worth ten pounds, a substantial amount in 1630.
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Notes for Elizabeth Marshall: Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Trowbridge and mother of his children, was baptized at St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, March 24, 1562. She was a member of a family at the center of commercial and civic power in the cathedral city. This was amply set forth in 1905 in an article by Emory McClintock, "Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall", NEHGR 59:291-97 (1905). Elizabeth's father, the Alderman John Marshall, Mayor in 1615, died before his daughter's marriage.
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Gifts from Wills
Elizabeth Trowbridge was given 50 lbs plus 1 piece of plate valued at 10 lbs. in her mother's will dated 30 December 1630; also her brother 4 June 1635 gives his sister Trobridge 100 lbs. In her father's will dated 1624 she was given her legacy from her cousin John Marshall plus enough to make 400 Lbs. She was member of Dorchester Church in 1638 & their son James was baptized there.
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JOHN WARD 1658-1727



Here lyes ye Body

of Mr. JOHN WARD

who Decd June ye

5th 1727 in ye 69th

Year of His Age.


Blessed are they that Mourn

For they shall be Comforted.




Birth: 1658
Death: June 5, 1727
Note: Age: 69
Burial: East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot: Plot 108
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[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of Sarah Ward (Trowbridge), daughter of John Ward.]


John Ward
He was a representative in the General Court for fifteen years, including the interim between the deposition of Governor Andros and the operation of the new charter, and served as a delegate to the Council for the Safety of the People and Conservation of the Peace, May 9 and 22, and June 5, 1689.
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Bio for John Ward, Jr. 1658-1727 , Newton, Massachusetts
"WARD: JOHN, Newton, eldest son of John of the same, married 30 November 1681, Mary daughter of John Spring, had Mary, born 10 April 1683, died soon; Sarah, 25 Mar. 1685; was freem. 1690, selectman several years rep. many; and died 5 June 1727, leaving will to be executed by widow Mary, who died 30 April 1731, and deacon William Trowbridge, who had married 14 December 1708, his only child and living under his roof. " (p. 409)

FROM: James Savage. "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Volume IV."( Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Reissued 1994). Page 409.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

DOROTHY BIRD (LORD) 1588-1676

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Farr, son of Elizabeth Powers (Farr), daughter of Thomas Powers, son of Trial Shepard (Powers), daughter of Thank Ye The Lord (Shepard), daughter of Dorothy Bird (Lord).]

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Grave marker for Dorothy Bird Lord (1588-1676) and husband, Thomas Lord, at Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Connecticut.



Marion Avenue corner of Nutmeg Drive, Southington, Connecticut



Birth: 1588, England
Death: August 2, 1676, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
She was born in Towcester, Northampton, England, and baptized at St. Lawrence Church, May 25, 1588. She left England with her husband, Thomas Lord, and most of their children, April 1635. They settled in Hartford, Connecticut, by 1639.
Burial: Merriman Burying Ground, Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 5125280


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"Dorothy his wife born 1588 died 1676"



Immigration/Founding of Connecticut
Thomas and Dorothy Bird Lord along with their seven children sailed from London to Boston on the ship "Elizabeth and Ann" on 29 April 1635. They lived in Boston/Cambridge for about a year before joining up with "Hookers Party" and settling Hartford, Connecticut in 1636. They were the original settlers of Hartford and there are monuments with the Lord family names.



Dorothy BIRD Lord HS 1588-1676
27 June 2008, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Headstone Details
Cemetery name: Ancient Burying Ground
Name on headstone: Dorothy Lord
Birth 1588 - Townchester, Northampton, England
Death 1676 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Dorothy Lord's Will
"In the Name of God Amen, I Dorothy Lord of Hartford in the colony of Connecticutt in New England, Being stricken in yeares, &at present laboring under some bodyly weaknesses; Though through the mercy of God, I at present haue ye use of my understanding and memorye, yet I know not how suddenly the Lord may put an end unto my fewe dayes in this life, and therefore according to my duty I am willing soe to setle and disspose of that little estate the Lord hath lent me, that peace may be continued amongst my children when I am gathered to my fathers, and In order therunto I doe declare this as followeth to be my last will and Testament. First that all my just debt be pd out of my estate.

I doe giue and Bequeath my now dwelling house and Barne and my Home lott and my lower lott in the North meadow unto the children of my son Thomas Lord deceased, at the age of 18 years and if any decease before they attayne that age the suruiuor or suruiuors to posses it, and if they all dye then my son William or his children to possess what is giuen to them.

"Itt: I giue unto my daughter Amy Gilbert and her children Three Acres of Meadow or Swamp in my upper lott in the Long meadow next to that Mrs. Olcott hath now in possesion,

"Itt I giue unto my son Robt: Lord (If he live after my decease so long as to have Notice of this my will) Three Acres of my upper lott adjoyneing to that which I haue giuen my Daughter Gilbert.

"Itt I giue unto my son William Lord and his heires foreuer Two Acres in my great lott in the long Meadow next adjoyneing to that which I haue giuen my son Robert.

"Itt I giue unto my son John Lord Tenn pounds in Currant pay of the country.

"Itt Whereas my Grandson Richard: Lord hath disbursed seuerall sums of money or country pay for the Building my vhimneys and shingling my house and repayres about it, I doe for the payment of him, giue grant and confirme unto him and his heires foreuer: all that my meadow lott in the long meadow which abutts upon the great Riuer east the little river west Mr. Westwoods land North and Barth Barnards land south.

"I doe also giue and bequeath undo my sd Grandson Richard Lord and his heires foreuer all the remaynder of my upper lott in the long meadow, which I haue not given to my sons Robert and son William; and my daughter Gilbert and her children, he payeing this legacie hereafter exprest, to my sonn John Tenn pounds. And in case my sonn Robt: shall depart this life before he hath noticed of my last will, Then that Three Acres of Land giuen to him shall be diuided Between my Son William and my Grandson Richard Lord, I doe allso confirme unto my Grandson: Richard Lord and his heires all my wood land that is all ready layd out or to be layed unto me wth in the Bounds of Hartford.

"I giue unto my Grandchild Hanna Ingersall my youngest cowe and my other cowe I giue unto my Grandchildren Dorathy and Margery Ingersall.

"I giue my moueable estate and Cattell to my son William Lord and my Grandson Richard Lord my daughter Stanton my daughter Gilbert and the children ofmy daughter Ingersall, the whole to be divided into fiue partes, and my daughter Ingersalls children to have one part, and the rest of them, earch of them one part.

"I giue unto the wife of Nocholas Clarke Tenn shillings.

"I doe ordayn and consitite my son William and my grandson Richard: my executores, and disire my louing Friend Mr. John Allyn to be ouere seer of this my will, and for the confirmation herof I have hereunto sett my hand this 8th of Febuary: 1669:

Sighned in precence of us
John Allyn
Steuen Hopkins
Dorathy Lord (her marke)

After the general distribution by the Will, a supplimentary disposal of special articles was ordered by Dorothy Lord, as follows, in abstract:

To Richard Lord's wife her iron dripping-pan and great pewter pi-plate; to Richard Lord, Jr. her great brass pot. To Mrs. Haynes one pair of her best sheets, two napkins, a pewter pie-plate (the smaller one) and a pewter candle-stick. To her daughter Stanton her great brass pan and her great Bible. To her son William Lord "my Siluer drinking-Bowle" and her great brass kettle. To her daughter Gilbert her smaller brass pan, a brass skimmer, a brass chafing dish and two "Joynt- Stooles." To Elizabeth Gilbert a great pewter platter. To her widowed daughter Lord (widow of Thomas) the bed she lay on, a feather bolster and a brass skillet. To Dorothy Phelps her coverlet, a feather pillow and a "beere" (pillow-case). To Margery Ingersoll a white blanket and a pillow. To Hannah Kelsy her hood, scarf and hat, a great white chest, a feather-bed, two blankets, a bolster, two pillows, two pair of curtains and curtain rods, a brass candle-stick and all her earthen ware. To the children of her son Thomas all teh fire utensils in her house, a table, "forme" and chairs. To Mary Lord Jr. (daughter of her son Thomas) her bedset. To Margery Ingersoll 20 shillings; to her sister Dorothy Ingersoll 20 shillings- if remaining after all her debts and funeral expenses are paid.

These articles were inverntoried at L187.17.8 The large number of brass and pewter article, the linen, curtains, etc. select for these special gifts, indicated a handsome style of living for the time.
Dorothy Bird Lord sealed her will with arms of "Lord alias Laward" family (Argent on a fess gules between three cinquefoils azure, a hind passant between two pheons or). The crest on the seal is a demi-hind issuant, and not a demi-bird with wings expanded as givin on the Salisbury Chart, and this is confirmed by the statement of the Committee on Heraldry in the New England Genealogical Register, Vol. 86 (1932) page 270.
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Biography
Before she even left England, Dorathy Lord could credit herself with great accomplishment in that she had 8 surviving children in an age when infant mortality was a constant threat. And by the end of her life in 1675, she could take credit for achieving - at age 87 - a life span remarkable even now, 400 years later, with advanced health care, medical technology and comfortable living conditions. Much more so then, having spent the last 40 years of her life on the American frontier. She spent the first half of her life in Towcester, being born there in May of 1588.

We might know as little of Dorathy as we do of her husband, who she outlived by at least a quarter century, except for her will written in February 1669 (new date 1670). She is mentioned only once in the Colonial records prior to her death, and that in May of 1663, the reading of which suggests her husband is already dead by then. Certainly the Court was not expecting Dorathy, at 75 years of age, to go fix the fences herself, as "rail-splitting" for the common "snake" or "worm" fences used in periods of initial settlement was heavy labor, even for grown men But the fact that the court is addressing this issue to Dorathy, not her husband, proves that Thomas, Sr. was deceased by this date. Some 19th century sources claim he "died early "But clearly Dorathy outlived him by a number of years.

Tragically, by living to 1675, Dorathy also outlived her two oldest sons, Richard who died in 1662 and Thomas, Jr. who died in 1667. She also outlived her two youngest sons - John, who died c. 1668 and Robert who died c. 1673. She names her eldest living son William, and her grandson by her deceased son Richard, also named Richard, as executors of her will, confirming her husband Thomas, her eldest son Richard and her next oldest son Thomas, Jr. were all dead by late winter of 1669-1670.

As each of her children had their own heirs, we may assume that the properties described in her will of 1669-70 were those also of her husband, Thomas Lord, Sr., and passed directly to her as his survivor, although one early source suggests Thomas died intestate and what Dorathy describes is only her "widow's share". We have no way of knowing. The properties she does describe included:

"...my now dwelling house and Barn, and my Home lott..."

Left to the children of her late son Thomas, Jr. and presumed to be the house lot assigned to her husband in 1636.

"...my lower lott in the North meadow..."

Also left to the children of her late son Thomas, Jr.

"Three acres of Meadow or swamp in my uper lott in the long meadow next to that Mrs. Olcott hath now in possession."

Left to her daughter Amy, now married to Corporal John Gilbert.

"Three acres of my upper lott adjoyneing to that which I have given my daughter Gilbert."

Left to her son Robert.

"Two acres in my Great lott in the long meadow next adjoyneing to that which I have given my son Robert."

Left to her son William.

At this point Dorathy has split her "upper lott" into three 3-acre parcels, and she leaves the remainder of that property (acreage unknown but probably not less than 3 acres) to her grandson, Richard. as well as an apparently large parcel of meadow between the Connecticut River and Little River (see map here). And to her grandson Richard she also leaves an area of "wood land that is allready layd out or to be layd unto me within the Bounds of Hartford." (See complete text below.)

Clearly, her grandson Richard was a favorite of hers. She lavished property on him and appointed him executor of her estate. But that was not merely because he was first born of her first born Richard, who had died six years earlier. Richard Lord, Jr. was one of the leading figures in Colonial Connecticut at that time, as the histories record. His name appears frequently in the Colonial Records in legal matters of all kinds, listed often as a supervisor of wills in the 1650s, and was clearly seen as one of the leaders of the Colony. found on ancestry.com

From the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
Thomas Lord, smith, embarked April 19, 1635, in the “Elizabeth and Ann,” at London, aged 50, with wife Dorothy, aged 46.-Children: Thomas (l6), Ann (14), William (12), John (10), Robert (9), Aymie (6), Dorothy (4), in same ship with Clement Chaplin, William Swayne, and others. He was an original proprietor at Hartford, and his homelot in 1639 was on the highway on the bank of the Little River, now Wells St. He married about 1610, Dorothy. The time of his death is unknown. Mrs. Dorothy Lord died in 1676, aged 87. Her will, executed February 8, 1669-70, is sealed with the above coat of arms.



Children:



i. Richard, born about 1611.





ii. Thomas, born 1619.



iii. Ann, born 1621; married Thomas Stanton, of Hartford, afterward THE Lord ARMS. of Stonington, about 1637; died in 1688.



iv. William, born 1623; removed to that part of ancient Saybrook now called Lyme; married; died May 17, 1678.



v. John, born 1625; married (1) Rebecca, daughter of Francis Bushnell, of Guilford, who died before 1647; (2) May 15, 1648, Adrean Basey, of Hartford, probably a sister of John Baysey; he abandoned his wife, and in September, 1651, the General Court ordered the Townsmen of Hartford to require of John Lord the wearing apparel of his wife and a bed "for her to lodge on." He probably had fled to Virginia; Porter (p. 11) prints a letter, dated at Apomatixe (Appomattox), February 20, 1663-4, from him to his nephew, Richard Lord, promising to pay his debts if the next season was favorable to tobacco. October 17, 1648, John Lord, Taylor, was bound over to good behavior, his brother, Thomas Lord, giving bonds for him.



vi. Robert, born 1627; he was a sea-captain, supposed to have been living in 1670, and to have died abroad after that year univ.



vii. Amy, born 1629; married May 6, 1647, John Gilbert (q. v.), of Hartford; died January 8, 1691.



viii. Dorothy, born 1631; married about 1651, John Ingersoll, of Hartford, afterward of Northampton, where she died January, 1657.
http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/lord_thomas.htm
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

ROBERT BIRD 1555-1622

SAME AS ON STAGGE-PARKER HISTORIES.

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Farr, son of Elizabeth Powers (Farr), daughter of Thomas Powers, son of Trial Shepard (Powers), daughter of Thank Ye The Lord (Shepard), daughter of Dorothy Bird (Lord), daughter of Robert Bird.]

AMY HILL (BIRD) 1565-1625

SAME AS ON STAGGE-PARKER HISTORIES.

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Farr, son of Elizabeth Powers (Farr), daughter of Thomas Powers, son of Trial Shepard (Powers), daughter of Thank Ye The Lord (Shepard), daughter of Dorothy Bird (Lord), daughter ofAmy Hill (Bird).]

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

WILLIAM SICKERLING 1533-1599

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Zerrubbabel Snow, son of John Snow, son of Jemina Cutler (Snow), daughter of Phoebe Page (Cutler), daughter of John Page, son of Susan Sickerling (Page), daughter of William Sickerling.]

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Will, England

William SICKERLING

Archdeaconry of Colchester. Filed Wills. 109 Downinge. 6 April 1598. William Sickerlinge of Boxsted, Essex, yeoman ‘thelder , bur. in B. churchyard. Son John S., house I dwell in called Bofeilds and lands called Hodges, suffering Mary my now wife to live at Bofeilds. Son Richard S. ‘thelder , houses and lands called Cookes (7 ac.). Godson William Milks £3; his brother John Mills, 40s. To Jeremie Mills my daughter's son, 40s. To John Tessard my daughter's child 40s. To Thomas Mott my godson 3s. 4d. Son Allen Sickerling 20s. Son-in-law and daughter Joseph and Fayth Howmes the £4 they received of Mr. Richard Simnell for me, and to my daughter Fayth Howmes 20s. which her own mother lent her. To my son-in-law Robert Page £5. 10s. which he has already paid for me to Joseph Howmes for discharge of a bond wherein I stood bound with him.

The above legacies to be from sale of a grove; residue of the proceeds to go to the children of Robert Page my son-in-law and Thomas Martin of West Barthoult, Essex. Son Robert Sickening's son William, lands called Penneth (12 ac.). Executors, Robert Page and Thomas Martin. Witn: John Graye, Stephen Chillen, Joseph Sickening, Edwd. Messing, Robert Lowthe, Edmd. Neverd.

Mem. 17 October 1598 of surrender by testator of above houses and lands into hands of Edward Messinge and Steph. Chillan, copyholders of Rivershall manor, to use of his will. Witn: John Baynbregg, Edmund Neverd. (No Act.)
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AGNES GARROLD (HAMMOND) 1524-1576

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Josiah Hastings, son of Thomas Hastings, son of Abigail Hammond (Hastings), daughter of John Hammond, son of William Hammond, son of Thomas Hammond, son of Agnes Garrold (Hammond).]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of William E. Hull, son of Sarah Wilcox (Hull), daughter of Stephen Wilcox, son of Hannah Kelsey (Wilcox), daughter of John Kelsey, son of William Kelsey, son of Elizabeth Hammond (Kelsey), daughter of Thomas Hammond, son of Agnes Garrold (Hammond).]

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Agnes Gerrold / Hammond

Re: Agnes Garrold of England (early 1500's) Posted by: Laura Pack (ID *****5561) Date: July 05, 2003 at 07:25:03 In Reply to: Agnes Garrold of England (early 1500's) by Katherine of 4

Agnes Garrold was my 11th gr grandmother. She was born February 1523-24, or 1506 Milford, Suffolk, England, died 6 January 1576-77, 24 February 1589-will, died Levanham, Suffolk, England. ( Agnes had brothers Robert, John.) Married John Hammond (clothier) born ca. 1500-1510 St. Alban's Court, Levanham or Melford, Suffolk, England, married 1529, died 22 December 1550 Levanham, Suffolk, England

children



Thomas Hammond born ca. 1545 Lavenham, Suffolk, England, died 24 November 1589, married Rose Tripp 14 May 1573



William Hammond born 1541-43 of Long Melford, Suffolk, England, married Mary unknown



Elizabeth Hammond born 1545-47 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England, died 5 February 1564



Margaret Hammond born 1547-49 Lavenham, Suffolk, England, married Mr. Jollye



Joan Hammond born 1549-51 Lavenham, Suffolk, England



John Hammond born Lavenham, Suffolk, England



Philip Hammond



Anne Hammond

sources: www.familysearch.org, www.ancestry.com
http://genforum.genealogy.com/garrold/messages/3.html
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

MARY (CROSS) (SANDERSON) 1610-

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Josiah Hastings, son of Sarah Sanderson White (Hastings), daughter of Sarah Sanderson (White), daughter of William Sanderson, son of Mary (Cross) (Sanderson).]


SHIP INCREASE
Robert and his brother Edward (1615-1665)—and possibly another brother named William—left for America aboard the ship INCREASE, from Ipswitch, England, on April 15th, 1635. Robert was accompanied by his first wife, LYDIA. His second wife, Mary Cross (eventually widowed) and her husband John sailed on the same ship.



Mary Cross
Mary married widower Robert Sanderson in Hampton before 1641. She was the widow of John Cross, and they had sailed to America on the same ship as the Sandersons. After three years in Hampton, Robert and Mary moved to Watertown, Massachusetts, and from there to Boston, where Robert would go on to make his name and fortune. Mary was beside him for most of those years.
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Mary Cross 1607 - 1681 ~~~~~
Mary Cross
Born: about 1607, Hampton New Hampshire.
Died: 21 Jun 1681, New Haven Connecticut.
Marriage: Robert Sanderson about 1641, in Hampton New Hampshire. (Robert Sanderson was b. about 1608, in Norwich, Norfolkshire, England and died 7 Oct 1693 in Boston, Massachusetts. Marriage: about 1641, in Hampton, New Hampshire.
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Mary Cross few words of info
Robert married again: to MARY CROSS before 1641, in Hampton. She was the widow of John Cross, and together they had sailed to America on the same ship as Robert from England. Mary was born in 1617, and died on the 21st of June, 1691, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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CATHERINE WISE (MATHER) 1658-

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Mehitable Marvin (Hyde), daughter of Deborah Mather (Marvin), daughter of Samuel Mather, son of Catherine Wise (Mather).]


Extract from Mather geneology
, Old Lyme Conneticut
9 Richard MATHER (Timothy- 2, Richard-1) was born on 20 Dec 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA. He died on 17
Aug 1689 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. Richard was a farmer and settled at first in Dorchester, but later moved to Lyme,
Connecticut. He died on the 53rd anniversary of his grandfather's landing in America. Although Richard died at the age of
35, his descendants far outnumber either of the other branches, the Windsor, or Suffield, and many of them have attained
eminence in the professions and in business.Richard MATHER and Catherine WISE were married on 1 Jul 1680. Catherine WISE was born on 8 Dec 1658 in Roxbury,
Suffolk Co., MA. She died in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
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Monday, August 8, 2011

THOMAS PARKE 1628-1690

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Notes on Thomas Parke
Source: Genealogy of the Parke Families of Massachusetts; Including Richard Parke of Cambridge, William Park of Groton, and Others. Compiled by Frank Sylvester Parks, 1909 Thomas Parke was born in England (son of Richard and Margery Crane Parke) about 1628-9, and probably came to America with his father in the ship "Defence" in 1635, although his name does not appear on the passenger list. He died Aug. 11, 1690. He was a farmer, and his house was near Bruce's (or Bemis's) mill on the bank of the Charles river. He married Abigail Dix, Dec. 1, 1653, a daughter of Edward and Jane (Wilkinson) Dix. She was born May 21, 1637, and died Feb. 3, 1691. The Town Records of Cambridge, under date of April 12, 1665, say that Thomas Parkes was chosen a Constable "for the yeare ensuing." He was admitted Freeman of Cambridge, May 31, 1671. He settled upon the 600 acre tract formerly owned by his father. His estate was divided among his heirs in 1693-4. It then comprised 722 acres and part of a corn-mill on Smelt brook erected by Lt. John Spring.
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Thomas Park THOMAS PARK [#966], b. England abt. 1628, d. Newton, MA 11 Aug 1690, m. Cambridge, MA 1 Dec 1653 ABIGAIL DIX (dau. of Edward Dix and Jane), b. Watertown, MA 2 May 1637, d. Newton 3 Feb 1690-1. Thomas Park undoubtedly came to America with his parents in 1635. He was a farmer and settled on the 600 acres formerly owned by his father. His house was near Bruce's (or Bemis') mill on the bank of the Charles River. He was elected constable on April 12, 1665 and was admitted freeman at Cambridge on May 3, 1671. In 1693-4 his estate consisted of 722 acres of land and part of a corn mill on Smelt Brook, erected by Lt. John Spring.[4]
A petition was presented to a session of the General Court commencing May 8, 1678 wherein the inhabitants of Cambridge on the south side of the river requested to be set off as a separate town. Their complaint was similar to that which started the revolution one hundred years later - unfair taxation without representation, in this case from the government of Cambridge. It was signed by Thomas Parks, Sr. and others.[5/81] The selectmen of Cambridge, including ancestor William Manning, made a long presentation on the "impertinency and absurdity" of the petition. Nonetheless, Cambridge Village, sometimes called New Cambridge, became a town of its own in 1679. The court later ordered, in 1691, that the name be changed to New Town.[5/8192] For more information on this topic, see the Robinson Family. The inventory of Thomas' estate was taken Sept. 30, 1690 by William Bond, Sr., Isaac Williams, Sr., and Nathan Fisk.[3/7:153] In the division of the estate several years later are mentioned eldest son John Park, Edward Park, Richard Park, Jonathan Park, Abigail Fiske, Sarah Knop, Rebecca Sanger, and Elizabeth Park.[3/8:360]
REF: [1] Parke Families of Massachusetts - Frank S. Parke, 1909[2] The History of Cambridge - Lucius R. Paige, 1877[3] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 16454)[4] The Warner-Harrington Ancestry - Frederick Warner, 1949(pg.485)[5] The History of Cambridge - Lucius R. Paige, 1877
Children (all born in Cambridge/Newton): 1. Thomas, b. 2 Nov 1654, d. Newton 28 Aug 16812. John, b. 6 Sep 1656, d. 2 Mar 17183. Abigail, b. Cambridge, MA 3 Mar 1658, m. 9 Dec 1679 John Fiske, b. Watertown, MA 20 Nov 1655, d. 6 Jan17184. Edward, b. 8 Apr 1661, d. Newton 1 Mar 1745, m. Charlestown, MA 13 Mar 1695 Martha Fiske, b. 12 Jan 1670-15. Richard, b. 21 Dec 1663, d. Newton 1 Feb 1737-8, m. Sarah King, d. 16 May 17276. Sarah, b. 21 Mar 1666, d. Newton 19 Dec 1727, m. 4 Aug 686 John Knapp, b. Watertown 4 May 1661, d. Newton 2 Feb17227. Rebecca, b. 13 Feb 1668, m. 1686 John Sanger, d. Watertown Jan 17058. Jonathan, b. 27 Aug 1670, d. 23 Jan 1718-9, m(1) 18 Mar 1689-90 Anna Spring, b. 21 Sep 1671, d. 27 Aug 1691, m(2)Elizabeth ____, d. 10 Apr 1713, m(3) 23 Apr 1715 Hannah Kimball9. Elizabeth, b. 28 Jul 1679, m. John Holland, b. Watertown 7 Apr 1674
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SAMUEL WINSLOW 1674-1750

[Ancestry Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Mercy Winslow (Farr), daughter of Thomas Winslow, son of Samuel Winslow.]


Deacon Samuel Winslow
b. about 1673, d. 9 November 1760 Deacon Samuel Winslowb. abt. 1673\nd. 9 Nov 1760p5612.htmKenelm Winslowb. abt. 1635\nd. 11 Nov 1715p5613.htmMercy Wordenb. 1641\nd. 22 Sep 1688p5788.htmKenelm Winslowb. 29 Apr 1599\nd. 12 Sep 1672p5614.htmElllen Newtond. 5 Dec 1681p5803.htmPeter Wordenb. 1609\nd. 1680p5988.htmMary (---)d. 6 Mar 1686/87p5998.htm Father* Kenelm Winslow1 b. abt. 1635, d. 11 Nov 1715 Mother* Mercy Worden1 b. 1641, d. 22 Sep 1688 Charts Ancestors of William Jerome Pierce Sir Robert de Roos to William Jerome Pierce Rutherford Birchard Hayes - William Jerome Pierce James Abram Garfield - William Jerome Pierce George H. W. & George W. Bush - William Jerome Pierce Deacon Samuel Winslow was born about 1673 at Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.2 He was the son of Kenelm Winslow and Mercy Worden.1 He married Bethia Holbrook 26 September 1700 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.2 He married Mercy King, daughter of Thomas King Deacon and Elizabeth Clapp, 11 November 1703 at Scituate, Massachusetts.2 He married Ruth Briggs 15 September 1739 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.2 He died 9 November 1760 at Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; "in 88th year of his age."3,2 Early in life was called "cordwainer" and later yeoman. Resided in Rochester in 1700 and Deacon of the First Church as early as 1710. He was one of the proprietors of Leicester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts in 1724; and 6 Feb 1733 he gives a deeds land in Leicester to William Wickes. Petersham Vital Records, p. 192.2 Family 1 Bethia Holbrook d. bef. Nov 1703 Marriage* He married Bethia Holbrook 26 September 1700 at Scituate, Massachusetts.2 Family 2 Mercy King b. Nov 1678, d. 16 Feb 1733 Marriage* He married Mercy King, daughter of Thomas King Deacon and Elizabeth Clapp, 11 November 1703 at Scituate, Massachusetts.2 Children * Mercy Winslow2 b. 16 Aug 1705, d. 20 Sep 1726 * Elizabeth Winslow2 b. 29 Jan 1706/7 * Ann Winslow2 b. 13 Feb 1708/9 * Thomas Winslow2 b. 7 Jun 1711, d. 13 Mar 1782 * Kenelm Winslow+2 b. 20 Feb 1712/13, d. 10 May 1775 * Judith Winslow2 b. 8 Jul 1716 Family 3 Ruth Briggs Marriage* He married Ruth Briggs 15 September 1739 at Rochester, Massachusetts.2 Citations 1. [S59] David Parsons Holton, Winslow Memorial - Family Records of Winslows and the Descendants in America with the English Ancestry as Far as Known (New York: Frances K. Holton, 1877), 74-78. Hereafter cited as Winslow Memorial. 2. [S59] Holton, Winslow Memorial, 87-88. 3. [S362] Franklin P. Rice, Vital records of Petersham, Massachusetts: To the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: p.p., 1904), 192. Hereafter cited as Petersham Vital Records. - found on ancestry.com

JOHN MARSHALL 1570-1624

[Ancestry Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of William Trowbridge, son of James Trowbridge, son of Elizabeth Marshall (Trowbridge), daughter of John Marshall.]


Elizabeth Marshall 1630 , Exeter, Devon, England

Elizabeth Marshall was baptized at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Exeter, March 24,1562. She was born into a family at the center of commercial and civic power in the cathedral city as was described in an article in the NEHGR 59:291-97, written by Emory McClintock called "Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshal". Her father was the Alderman, John Marshal. In 1615 he was mayor in Exeter. He died befor her marriage. Her mother, Alice, left to her favorite daughter fifty pounds and a piece of plate worth ten pounds, a substantial amount in 1630.
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ABOUT THE MARSHALL FAMILY

Trowbridge, Thomas, the first of his family to come to America, was the son of John Trowbridge, a wealthy merchant and prominent citizen of Taunton, Somersetshire. His father had long been identified with the woolen trade in Taunton, which was noted for its manufacture of that staple, and it was natural that the son when he grew up should turn his attention to some branch of that industry, and he is found in earl manhood established in business as a mercer in the neighboring city of Exeter in Devonshire* At the time when he took up his residence there he found that the name Trowbridge was a well-known and respected one in Exeter, with which members of the family had beer long identified through business and residence, and there also his sister Prudence went to live after her marriage in 1621 to William Mace, a leading merchant of the city. In the pedigree of the Marshall family of Exeter was found the name of "Thomas Trobridge of Taunton." This reference was the clue that led to the finding of the record of the marriage of Thomas Trowbridge. In the list of marriage licenses issued for the diocese of Exeter-it is recorded that on March 24, 1627, Thomas Trowbridge of the parish of St. Petrock was licensed to marry Elizabeth Marshall of the parish of St. Mary Arches. In the parish register of St. Mary Arches appears the following entry "26 March 1627 Mr. Thomas Trobrige and Elizabeth daughter of Mr. Alec Marshall widow, married, Jeremy Short parson." In the parish register of St.Petrock1s, Exeter, are recorded the following: Elizabeth Marshall, the wife of Thomas Trowbridge, was a member of a family of the name that flourished in Exeter during the seventeenth William Marshall, who had issue Robert Marshall, who married Joan, daughter and heir of Owsley of Chillington, county Somerset. His will, dated August 7, 1576, was proved by her Oct. 9 following, (prerogative court of Canterbury, carew, 29,) in it he is described as of Ashewille in the parish of Ilminster, and desires to be buried in the churchyard of Ilminster. son Edmund Marshall a tanner.) mentions his sons, John, Nicholas, William, and John (the younger) and Thomas (all under age.) and appoints his wife Joan (who appears to have brought him some property) sole executrix and residuary legatee. He appears to have had two other children, Roger and Anne, who may have been twins, born posthumous. His wife, as Joanne Marshall, had been named as sister in the will of William Owseley of Chillington, near Ilminster, in Somerset, dated October 8, 1558.(Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Wells 22.) John Marshall (the younger) probably settled in Exeter in early life. He was the "worshipful Mr. John Marshall". He was Bailiff of Exeter in 1601, sheriff in 1609, and mayor in 1615. retaining afterwards the position of Alderman. He married at St. Mary Arches 30 August 1595, Alice Bevys (Bevy or Beavis), daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Prouz) Bevys. The Bevys family is traced to Devonshire to the reign of Henry IV. Richard Bevys became sheriff of Exeter in 1591, governor of the Guild Merchant Adventurers in 1594, and mayor in 1602, dying Aug. 26 of the latter year. He made a deed of trust June 16, 1602, to William Tickle and John Marshall, Gent., for a benefaction to provide marriage portions during future years to worthy young women of several parishes. His wife, Elizabeth Prouz (Prouze, Prowse, Prowse, was probably a relative of Richard Prowse, mayor of Exeter in 1578. According to the pedigree of Prouze of Chagford, near Exeter, a very old family, Richard the mayor was the second son of Lawrence Prouz of Exeter and estate of Chagford going to Lawrence' s eldest son, John, who had a daughter Elizabeth, apparently of about the age of Elizabeth, married to Richard Bevys. The will of Nicholas Bevys, son of Richard, a merchant of Exeter, dated November 8, 1612, and proved June 2, 1613, named as one of the executors of my brother John Marshall. Of the other sons of Richard Bevys, Peterand Richard, the former was more prominent and became lord of the manor of Bishop's List, near Exeter. The family is traced in Devonshire to the reign of Henry IV.
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

JOHN HARTWELL 1640-1703

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of John Hartwell.]


Hartwell Tavern Lexington Massachusetts

Description Hartwell Tavern Lexington Massachusetts.jpg English: Hartwell's Tavern, in the Minute Man National Historical Park, Lexington, Massachusetts. This restored tavern is along the approximate route of Battle Road, the site of running skirmishes between British and Colonial troops during the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Date 2005-07-05 (original upload date) (Original text : July 4, 2005) Source Transferred from en.wikipedia


EDWARD WRIGHT 1626-1691



[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hartwell), daughter of Edward Wright.]

Wright Edward Grave, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts


Birth: 1626, England
Death: August 28, 1691
WRIGHT, EDWARD, Concord, by wife Elizabeth had Edward, born 21 January 1658; Matthew, 18 June 1659; perhaps others; Barry says Samuel; Peter; and three daughters. and died 1691. He was entit. says Barry, 451, to houses, lds. &c. in the manor of Castle Bromwich, in Co. Warwick. (Savage's Gen. Dict.)
Edward Wright came to Concord about 1650; died August 28, 1691; his wife Elizabeth died February 15, 1690. Children, Nathan, Martha, Sarah, Edward, Hannah, Peter, and Samuel. (History of Concord)
According to some undocumented online data, Edward was the son of Francis Wright and Mary Wiggins, born 1626 at Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England; married Elizabeth Mellows.
Concord deaths: Edward Wright ye Husband of Elizebeth his wife dyed August ye 28th 1691.
Inscription: EDWARD WRIGHT Died Aug. 28, 1691. His wife ELIZABETH Died Feb. 15, 1691.
Burial: Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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