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To the children of his son John, deceased, he left the meadow and upland they possessed [occupied] in his neck of land (except 20 acres next to Henry Short's mill to be disposed of for Å“50 he [John] owes me) his heirs to pass and repass as formerly. If the meadow and upland are inventoried at more than their value in his son John's estate, the difference is to go to John's son Nicholas in addition to his portion. To his sons Mr. Nicholas Noyes of Salem and Cutting Noyes, 5s. each in addition to what has already been done for them. To his son Timothy, the husing and land he possesses [occupies], 3 acres of plow land, the large point of meadow and salt marsh in the neck of land bounded by the mill river on three sides, half the marsh bought of Henry Jaques in the great marshes of Newbury, half the 20 acres of upland in his neck referred to, one fourth of his land now laid out in the upper woods in Newbury and one fourth of all his rights in undivided lands in Newbury, forever and to his heirs. To the children of his deceased son Thomas, Å“10 in good current pay when of age or sooner as his executor thinks. To his daughters Mary, wife of John French of Salisbury, Å“14; Hannah, wife of John Atkinson of Newbury, 5s.; Sarah, wife of Matthew Pettingill of Newbury, Å“15; Rachel, wife of James Jackman of Newbury, Å“15; all to be paid within four years of his decease, besides what had already been given them. To his daughter Abigail Noyes, all the linen, a bedstead with the furniture, the parlor during her life and the cellar room, but not to have the house room if she marries, 50s. a year during life (10s. in money or flax or wool, 40s. in provisions), the fruit of ten apple trees yearly if unmarried, a brass kettle, an iron pot, three platters and his tankard. To his son James, 'my true and lawful heir,' all housings, lands, goods and chattels not disposed of, he to pay all honest debts, especially Å“4 due to his brother Mr. Nicholas Noyes of Salem on account of Major Thomas Noyes of Newbury, Esq., also 20s. to the First Church of Newbury. Executor: his son James. Witnesses: Henry Short junr., Jonathan Emery, Joseph Knight, John Short and Henry Short. The estate was valued at Å“1531 by Thomas Noyes, Joseph Woodbridge and Henry Short, the real estate being worth Å“1160. [Essex Probate, 307:233 and 307:236 at Salem].
| Noyes, Deacon Nicholas (I7100)
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To the much hon'd Justices of the Peace, as you call yourselves by your indictment, in which eleven men's names subscribed: namely, Ed. Gove, John Gove, Jo. Wadly, John Wadly, Rob. Wadly, Ed. Smith, Will. Ely, Tho. Rawlins, John Sleeper, Mark Baker, John Young. Gentlemen, excuse me. I cannot petision you as persons in authority, by the name of Justises of the peace, for now I am upon a serious account for my Life and the Life of those that are with me. Therefore pray consider well and take good advice of persons in Government, from whence you came. I pray God that made the Heavens, the earth, the sease, and all that in them is, to give you wisdom and courage in your places, to discharge such duty as God requires of you; and secondly, I heartily pray God to direct you to do that which our grasious king Charles the Second, of blessed memory, requires of you. Gentlemen, it may be I may be upon a mistake, but, according to what I know and believe, I am falsely indited, and I am abused notwithstanding by another Inditement, by being in irons, by Capt. Barefoot's order, which irons are called bilbose, exceeding large. Pray consider we are men like yourselves, made of the same earth, and I know who made the difference.
And I verily believe that the holy righteous just God will have an accounty of you for your justis in this matter. Pray consider. When this last change was, I writ to one man in this Province. I tould him we were a happy people, if all was right in the Bottom. Time was that I said all was right in the bottom. I believed it, but now I see otherwise. Who knows what shall be on the morrow? Though it bee appointed a solemn day of fasting, I know that when it was appointed there was not the election of cries and tears that will appear when the day comes. If ever New-England had need of a Solomon, or David, or Moses, Caleb or Joshua, it is now. My tears are in my eyes, I can hardly see.
Yet will I say I do believe how it will com. You and they with siths and groanes, must outdo the ministry. The Ministry must endeavor to outdo you, but if you and they do any thing in hipocrisy, God will find you out, and deliverance will com some other way.
We have a hard prison, a good keeper, a hard Captain, irons an inch over, five feet and several inches long, two men locked together; yet I had, I thank God for it, a very good night's lodging; better than I had fourteene or fifteene nights before. I pray God direct you and let me hear from you by a messenger that your Honors shall imploy, and consider I am your Honors' humbly servant, in all duty to be commanded.
EDWARD GOVE."
| Gove, Capt. Edward (I7555)
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Vnto Michall Bacon my Eldest sonne, one tipped pott, [torn off] silver spoones, after my decease, [and] my stuff coate and my stockings. Vnto Daniell Bacon, my second sonne, the best kowe & the best steere, that shall be mine at the time of my decease, pvided, said kowe or steere be let out vpon hyer at [torn off] of my decease. At the end of the tearme of hyer they shall be deliured vnto said Daniell his heirs or a∫signes by the hand of my executor or in case of losse of said cattell or either [missing] them by casualtie my said executor shall make it good. Allso I give [missing] vnto my said sonne Daniell, my best Iron kettle, and three pewter dishes, of middle sort in value; my own best [torn off] Coate, & my wives best Gowne. Vnto John Bacon, my third sonne, my pcell of vpland, com‾only called the twelve Acre Lott, with all buildings, &c thervpon; also that pcell of Meadow adjoyning, allso, four Acres of Meadow Lying in ffowle Meadow, in Dorchester; all woodlands & swamps granted me by the Town of Dedham, excepting that Swampe that Lye one the North [of] Charles Riuer. To sonn John, my best ffeather bedd, except one, [torn] twoo pillowes & pillow bieres, one blancket, best couerlet, except one, one payer of [torn] fine ope seamed sheetes, my bigg [torn] pott, & one trammell. Vnto Sarah Bacon, my dau. my Tenement therein I now dwell, with all the houses, lands, &c ther vnto belonging, also seauen acres of meadow in Broade Meadowe, & twoo Acres of my pcell of six acres in ffoule meadow, to be differently deuided from the other four Acres formerly in this my will given to my sonn John; also four Acres of Land vpon the great playne, lately purchased of Richard Ellice; allso that pcell of wood land I formerly purchased of Edward Culluer. If Sarah decease, without leaueing issue, all Lands given her shall at the end of one year after her decease returne to my twoo sonnes, Daniell & John, to be equally divided betwixt them. If Sarah leaue issue that shall not liue to the age of 18 yeares, it shall returne as before said to my two sonnes. If her issue liue to the age of 18, then my gift shall be of full force to them & their heires. To Sarah, all my cattell not formerly disposed of; all my swine liuing or dead, my household stuffe not here in bequeathed, wth all instruments of husbandry, my Cart wheeles with what doe belong to them, reserueing the Corne & debts due me, to the use of my executor; To Sarah, my [orchard?] being on the Iland playne; Vnto Thomas Bancroft, my Sonne in Law, 20s, to be payd within one yeare after my decease. John Bacon, my sonne, Executor, vnto whom I giue all my goods not disposed of. sign
Michael (Õ• Bacon
In prsence of
John (K Kingsberry,
Eleazer Lusher,
Daniell ƒƒisher
| Bacon, Michael (I19342)
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Vnto Michall Bacon my Eldest sonne, one tipped pott, [torn off] silver spoones, after my decease, [and] my stuff coate and my stockings. Vnto Daniell Bacon, my second sonne, the best kowe & the best steere, that shall be mine at the time of my decease, pvided, said kowe or steere be let out vpon hyer at [torn off] of my decease. At the end of the tearme of hyer they shall be deliured vnto said Daniell his heirs or a∫signes by the hand of my executor or in case of losse of said cattell or either [missing] them by casualtie my said executor shall make it good. Allso I give [missing] vnto my said sonne Daniell, my best Iron kettle, and three pewter dishes, of middle sort in value; my own best [torn off] Coate, & my wives best Gowne. Vnto John Bacon, my third sonne, my pcell of vpland, com‾only called the twelve Acre Lott, with all buildings, &c thervpon; also that pcell of Meadow adjoyning, allso, four Acres of Meadow Lying in ffowle Meadow, in Dorchester; all woodlands & swamps granted me by the Town of Dedham, excepting that Swampe that Lye one the North [of] Charles Riuer. To sonn John, my best ffeather bedd, except one, [torn] twoo pillowes & pillow bieres, one blancket, best couerlet, except one, one payer of [torn] fine ope seamed sheetes, my bigg [torn] pott, & one trammell. Vnto Sarah Bacon, my dau. my Tenement therein I now dwell, with all the houses, lands, &c ther vnto belonging, also seauen acres of meadow in Broade Meadowe, & twoo Acres of my pcell of six acres in ffoule meadow, to be differently deuided from the other four Acres formerly in this my will given to my sonn John; also four Acres of Land vpon the great playne, lately purchased of Richard Ellice; allso that pcell of wood land I formerly purchased of Edward Culluer. If Sarah decease, without leaueing issue, all Lands given her shall at the end of one year after her decease returne to my twoo sonnes, Daniell & John, to be equally divided betwixt them. If Sarah leaue issue that shall not liue to the age of 18 yeares, it shall returne as before said to my two sonnes. If her issue liue to the age of 18, then my gift shall be of full force to them & their heires. To Sarah, all my cattell not formerly disposed of; all my swine liuing or dead, my household stuffe not here in bequeathed, wth all instruments of husbandry, my Cart wheeles with what doe belong to them, reserueing the Corne & debts due me, to the use of my executor; To Sarah, my [orchard?] being on the Iland playne; Vnto Thomas Bancroft, my Sonne in Law, 20s, to be payd within one yeare after my decease. John Bacon, my sonne, Executor, vnto whom I giue all my goods not disposed of. sign
Michael (Õ• Bacon
In prsence of
John (K Kingsberry,
Eleazer Lusher,
Daniell ƒƒisher
| Bacon, John (I19347)
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We do swear by the Great and dreadful Name of the High God, Maker and Governor of heaven and earth, and by the Lord Jesus Christ, the King and Saviour of his people, that in his Name and fear, we will submit ourselves to be ruled and governed according to the will and word of God, and such wholesome laws and ordinances as shall be derived there from by our honored Rulers and the lawful assistants, with the consent of the people, and that we will be ready to assist them by the help of God in the administration of justice and preservation of the peace, with our bodies and goods and best endeavours according to God. So God protect and save us and ours in Jesus Christ.
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When Tristram's father left Newbury, Tristram Jr. stayed behind. He was very active in town and church affairs holding a number of positions in town government. In about 1654 Tristram erected the Coffin home on what is now High Street in Newbury. This house, one of the oldest still standing in North America, is now owned by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. And may be visited by the public. The Rev. Thomas Parker first settled Newbury in 1635 with a group of about one hundred of his followers. The church in Newbury was led by Rev. Parker for many years and in the 1660's great controversy arose as to its administration and religious practices. Two factions developed in the town and Tristram, throughout was a supporter of Rev. Parker, signing petitions and giving testimony throughout the period.
On May 14, 1654, Tristram signed petition in defense of Robert Pike who was accused of "intemperate zeal and seditious speech". On March 7, 1663, he was appointed a fence viewer.
On May 29, 1668 Tristram was admitted as freeman. In March of 1674, Tristram, among others was appointed to lay out six acres to be used as pasture for the future ministry. This, apparently led to him being appointed lot layer on September 21, 1677.
In the years, 1669, 1670, 1680, and 1681 he served as a selectman of the town. Additionally, on September 29, 1681 he was appointed by General Court as one of three commissioners of small claims.
On March 1, 1682 Tristram was appointed "standing way warden to see that evry inhabitant do their part on the hye wayes" By the year 1683, Tristram was one of the largest sheep owners in Newbury with a herd of 55.
In 1686 he was a member of the committee that partitioned the balance of the undivided common lands in Newbury.
On November 21, 1693, having previously been made a Deacon of the church, Tristram, with the other two deacons were chosen as standing overseers of the poor in Newbury and he was made Treasurer for the Poor. In 1695, Newbury, having grown substantially was divided into two parishes, Tristram and two others were selected to make the geographical division. This was the beginning of the parish divisions which would result in the break off of Newburyport seventy years later.
Remaining active in church and town affairs until the end, on October 18, 1700 Tristram was appointed to a committee to procure a new bell for the First Parish Meeting House.
When Tristram died in 1704 a memorial inscribed as follows was erected in the First Church burial ground in Newbury:
To the memory of Tristram Coffin, Esq.,
who having served the first church of
Newbury in the office of Deacon 20 years
died Feb, 1703-4 aged 72 years.
'On earth he pur-chas-ed a good degree,
Great boldness in the faith and liberty,
And now possesses immortality.'
Submitted by: Bob Bamford - bob@essexbooks.com © 1997 Heritage Associates
| Coffin, Lt. Tristram Jr. (I7170)
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Will of John Emry, sr.; of Newbery, who was in his 83d year , dated May 12, 1680, proved, 27:9:1683 [note old month numbering], by the witnesses:
unto my daughter Ebenezer Hoag on acre and halfe of upland att the west end of my whome lot Joyning to that parsell of land which I formerly gave her at ye sd west end of my land Next the Comon the which land together wth this acre and halfe of land—mentioned I doe giue to my sd Daughter Ebenezer and her posteritie for ever....
Unto my sone John Emry and to his posterity for ever all my lands in Newbury both upland and meadow together with my freehold, and rites of Comon in Newbery together with my houseing fensing upon ye sd land with all the prines and apurtenances belonging to all and singular to every part and parsell thearof: the one halfe whearof I have formerly given to him and do now Confirme to him ye sd Johnathan and his heires for ever and ye other of the sd premeses I doe allso Confirme unto my sd sone Johnathan upon Condition and in Consideration that the said Johnathan shall maneg and manure that one halfe of the said lands both upland and medow for the use and proper behalfe of me the sd Emry and my wife: his mother soe long as we both of either of us shall live: that is to say he shall att his own Charge till my upland acording to our order: we finding seed of such soas we shall se Cause and also laye it in the barne or house harvested we to take the Care of it for thrashing and what else is done to it: also to Cut one halfe of al the medous and make and bring whome the hay for me or my wife: on the sd land also to lay halfe the dung which shall be prodused by foder growing on al sd lands—medow on that part of ye land which he tilleth for our use and to make and maintaine all fenses belonging to sd lands and to repair the barne & housing thear unto belonging and allso the sd Johnathan is to paye fifty pounds in good & merchantable Corne and neat Cattell under eight years old to be paide at the now dwelling house of me sd Emry acording to my order by sd Johnathan or his heirs in five years after my deceas and the deseas of my wife that is ten pounds by the year the which fifty pounds together with my Chattels and mouable goods I order and dispose of as followeth:
my will and Intent is that Mary my wife shall have ten pound of the sd estate to dispose of at her deceas to whom she pleas and my grand Child Mary Emarson I do also giue unto her ten pownds which shall be pd to her out of ye sd Estate and my will is that my debts shall be all payed out of my stock and goods and that fifty pownds befor expresed shall be equally deuided between my sixe children and sd mary Emarson I do allso apoint my suns John Emry and Abraham Merrell to be overseerers of this my will and in Case either of them dey before all the perticullars thearin mentioned be prformed then I apoint Joseph Bayle to his roome.
Wit: Joseph Pike
James (his mark) Ordway
£
Inventory of the estate of John Emry, sr., of NewBury, who deceased Nov 3, 1683, taken Nov. 13, 1683, by John Kally and Joseph Pike:
six acres of plow land with a small orchard, £48 ; halfe a farme and houseing, £15 ; ten acres three quarters of pasture land, £43 ; eight acres of meadow at 8 p acre, £64 ; four Cowes and a Calfe, £17 ; sixe sheep and a halfe, £2 15 s.; seaven swine, £4 8 s.; weareing clothes £6 ; bookes, £1 0 s.; two feather beds, bedsteads and furnetture, pillows & bolsters, £20 ; 3 pr. of sheets, pillobeers and table lining, £3 10 s.; 30 bs of Corne, £4 10 s.; 15 bushels of barley, £3 ; mony and silver, 9 s.; sixe Chests and a boxe, £1 10 s.; two bags, 6 s.; set of pumpe tooles, £2 ; set of Churgens tooles, £2 10 s.; three Chaynes, spade and stockbonds, Iron bar, £2 8 s.; Carpenter and turners and Joyners tooles, £4 7 s.; old Iron, 12 s.; Armes, sword and halbeard, 17 s.; wheel, reel, saws and a brake, 10 s.; tubs and barels, £1 1 s.; earthen wear, 6 s.; lead waights, 5 s.; hour glas & other things £1 15 s.; brase, £1 9 s. 6 d.; pewter, £1 4 s.; Iron weare, £2 19 s. 6 d.; dishes & spoones 10 s.; 2 yards of Cloth, 10 s.; flaxe yarne and wool & scales, £1 ; barrel of sider, 10 s.; buscket, 2 s.; meal trough and Coffer, 6 s.; danel bradles bill, 2 ; Chayars and stooles, 5 s. 6 d.; a maultt mill, £2 ; a sadle and pillion, 15 s.; total £263 11s.
Debts due from the Estate; to Marchant Dole, £7 11 s. 8 d.; Jno Emry, £3 19 s. 3 d.; Samll Plumer, £2 3 s.; St. Coffin, £2 5 s.; Ensn. Greenleif, £13 s. 4 d.; Johnathan Emry, £6 7 s.; Ebenezer Hoad, £1 5 s.; Abraham Merrill, 10 s.;Jno. Webster, jr.; £9 s.6 d.; Hugh Mathes, 2 dayes and his wife for eight weeks attendance, £1 10 s.; ye widow Mary Emry for ye remainder of what she resarued on marriage, £6 10 s; total £33 3 s. 9 d. more demanded by nathl, 8 s.; Isreal Webster, 6 s.; Jonathan Emry, 4 s.
Source:Nov 1683 meeting of the Salem Quarterly Court vol IX pp 132-4 (Records of the Quarterly Courts of Essex Co Massachusetts, vol I-VIII, Essex Institute, Salem MA 1911-1921, vol IX, Worcester MA 1975.)
Submitted by: John Henderson
Submitter's notes about the will:
The Abraham Merrell in the phrase in his will "my suns John Emry and Abraham Merrell" is the husband of one of his step-daughters, Abigail. It is not clear who the "sixe children" are since he had fewer than six children of his own and more than six including his step-children. Probably it means his sons John and Jonathan, his daughters Ann and Ebenezer and his step-sons Israel and Nathan to whom he was guardian. Alternately it could be six children not otherwise mentioned There are still more than six, but there might have been only six living in the area. The reference to "my grand Child Mary Emarson" seems not to mean his son John's daughter, Mary. According to Genealogical Record of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury Massachusetts, 1590-1890, Rev Rufus Emery, Salem 1890, her married name was Sawyer. This is probably a daughter of his step-daughter, Hannah Webster who married Michael Emerson. According to an LDS source (not checked further) they had a daughter Mary born 5 Oct 1660 and married 28 Aug 1683, so she would have been Mary Emerson when John Emery wrote his will. Possibly she was his godchild. _Albion's Seed_, David H. Fischer, New York 1989 p 96 mentions that children in Calvinist families were not named after their godparents, implying that Calvinists/Puritans had godchildren.
In a footnote _Davis Ancestors_ vol 1 pp 527-531, also 521-526 with reference to this legacy states "His wife's grandchild, Mary Emerson, was alive and unmarried at this time, and I see no reason to suspect that the legatee was the child of an unknown Emery. This legacy, even with her share of the residue added, was not large. His first family, not mentioned in the will by name, was middle-aged and well established, and his wife's young granddaughter may have lived with the Emerys and very possible gained a generous place in the affections of an old man of eighty-three, who, as we have seen, was given to strong feeling."
| Emery, Sgt. John Sr. (I9669)
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WILL OF NATHANIEL PUTNAM.
In the Name of God Amen, I Nathaniel Putnam of Salem,
in ye County of Essex in ye province of ye Massachusets
Bay in New England being in perfect health & strength
& sound in mind & memory, yet Considering that old age
is come vpon me & ye vncertainty of my life doe make This
my last Will & Testament hereby revoaking all former &
other wills by me heretofore at any time made.
Impes I resigne my soule to God whoe Gaue it & my body to decent
burial hoping for a gloriours resurrecon in & through
ye merits of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ to whome
bee Glory foreuer.
And For my Outward Estate which God hath bestowed on me
I Giue bequeath & bestow ye same as hereafter in this my
will is expressed.
Itm. I Giue vnto my daughter Mary Tuft ye wife of John
Tuft one hundred and Twenty pounds in money to be paid
by my Executor hereafter named within three yeares after my
decease to which with ye fifty pounds which I formerly gave
her is in full & ouer & aboue what I promised her on marriage.
It. I Giue vnto my said Daughter Mary ye one half of my
household goods that were in ye house when my wife Deceased
in ye quality & condition that ye said goods shall be
at my departure.
Itm. I Giue vnto my Grandchildren ye sons & daughters of
my daughter Elizabeth Flint Deceased, viz: to Mary who
hath a lame hand twenty poundes in money & to ye others
Eight Ten pounds a peice if they shall ariue at Age, viz:
ye sons at Twenty one yeares & ye Daughters at Eighteen
yeares or marriage to be paid by my Sonn John Putnam to
each of my said Nine grand children as they come to age
as aforesaid.
Itm. I Giue vuto my Sonne John Putnam besides about an
hundred acres of vpland & about sixteen acres of meadow
which I haue already Giuen him by deed of Gift: viz: I
giue & bequeath vnto him all my land & meadow which I haue
lying on ye Northwesterly side of ye Riuer Caled Ipswich
Riuer scituate in Salem bounds in seueral peices containing
in ye whole about Seuenty acres be ye same more or less.
Itm. I Giue vnto my said Sonne John Putnam about one hundred
& sixty acres of land adjoyning to ye hundred acres of
land which I formerly gaue him by deed of Gift being his
homestead he paying to my sd nine grand children ye legacies
hereby giuen them.
Itm. I Giue to my Said Sonne John all ye remainder of that land
(besides what I haue sold). That I formerly purchased of
William Jeggles: all to be to him & his heirs foreuer.
Itm. I Giue to my said sonne twenty pounds in money to be
paid him by my Executor in three years after my decease.
Itm. I Giue to my said Sonne halfe my wearing apparell.
Itm. I Giue to my sd son John Thirty pounds to be paid by
my Executor within one yeare after my decease in graine
& cattle at money price: which legacies with ye hundred
pound I Gaue him formerly for land sold which I had of Wm.
Jeggles is in full of his portion.
Itm. I Giue vnto my sonne Benjamin Putnam my homestead
that is my farme that I now dwell on as alsoe all my other
lands & meadows whether in possession or reuersion wheresoeuer
scituate lying & being which are not perticularly in
this will otherwise disposed off. to be to him & his hiers For
Euer.
Itm. I Giue to my said Sonne Benjamin all my personall Estate
whether money Cattle corne Debts or other estate what
ever.
Itm. I make & Constitute my said sonn Benjamin Putnam to
be ye sole Executor of this my last will & Testament.
Lastly. I Desire & apoint my Good friend Capt. Samuel Gardner
& Sargt John Leach to be ouerseers of this my will.
Itm: My Will further is that neither of my two sonns shall sell
any of ye lands hereby Giuen them nor any wayes dispose
of ye same vntill ye Seuerall legacies & payments in this
my will Giuen & apointed be respectively paid and fullfilled
or Security Giuen for payment of ye same; & yr lands respectiuely
to stand bound for fullfilling of ye same.
It. my will is that in Case either of my sonns should neglect
& refuse to pay what I haue ordered them to pay
or any differences arise either betwixt my two sonns or betwixt
either of them & ye Legatees. Then & in such case
my will & desire is that my said ouerseers heare & determine
ye same & that Euery one acquiesce in what they shall
doe.
In Testimoney that this is my last Will & Testament I
hane herevnto set my hand & seale this 21 Day of February
1698-9, & in ye Eleuenth yeare of ye Reigne of William ye
3d of England &c. King defenr of ye faith.
Signed Sealed published Nathaniel Putnam [SEAL.]
& declared in psence of vs
Henry West
Henry West Juner Essex ss. Before ye Honble
Stephen Sewall Jonatha Corwin Esq. Judge of
Margaret Sewall Probate of Wills &c. August
12th 1700 Majr Stephen Sewall, Henry West Senr & Henry
West Junr all pesonally Appeared and made Oath they were
prsent and did see Natha Putnam Signe Seal & heard him
publish and Declare this Instrument to be his last Will and
Testament and that he was then of A Disposing mind to
there best undestanding & that they then subscribed as
Wittnesses in his psence.
Sworn Attest John Higginson Regr.
Vpon wch this Will is proued Approued and allowed being
pEsented by ye Executor therein named. Viz: Benja
Putnam.
Attest John Higginson Regr.
Essex ss. Probate Office.
Salem, Dec. 28, 1889.
A true copy of original will and of probate on file in this office.
Attest,
EZRA D. HINES, Asst. Register.
| Putnam, Deacon Nathaniel (I15504)
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Will of Rev. John Wing
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In the name of God Amen, the second daie of November one thousand sixe hundred twenty nine And in the fifth yeare of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord Kinge Charles etc. I John Winge late of the Hague in Holland, clarke, now living in the pish (parish) of St. Mary Aldermary London and being sicke in bodie but of good and perfect minde and memory praised bee Almightie God, Doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following First and principallie I commend my soule into the hands of Almightie God my maker trusting and assuredly believing to have full and free remission of all my sinnes by and through the only marritte and righteousness of Jesus Christ my alone Savior and my bodie I committ to the earth of which it came to bee decently buried where it shall please the Lord to direct. And as touching my wordly estate and substance whereof I am now possessed, I give and bequeath the same as followeth. First whereas I am now possessed and interested of an in certayne lands being freehold with appurtenances lying and beinge in the parish of Crickston and Stroud in the county of Kent or elsewhere, I will and desire and my minde and meaning is that the same be sold as soon as conveniently maye bee by my Executrix herein after named to the best profitt and advantage, and that the money thereof arisinge shall bee (with all and singular of, my other goods chattels and estate etc. whatsoever) divided into two equal pts and porcons (parts and portions), the one moietty whereof to be had received and enioyed unto and by my loving wife Deborah and the other pte or moytie to bee equallie and indifferently had, parted, divided and enioyed unto and amongst all my children share and share like, except unto and by my daughter Deborah whom I have allready advanced in marriage. And therefore I will that what I have allready given as her marriage porcon shall be accompted as pte of her dividend and proporcon of my estate given amongst my children by this will. And my will and meaning is, and I doe hereby appoint that ye said legacies and porcons shalbe paid unto my sonnes at their severall ages of one and twentie years and unto my daughters unmarried at their like several ages of one and twentie years or severall daites of marriage wen of them shall first happen. And if any of my child or children happen to die or depart this life before the said legacies shall become due to be paid unto them or any of them in and by this my will then I will that the survivor or survirors of him, her, or them that shall soe happen to die in the mean tyme, shall have, receive and enioye the legacie and bequest of him, her, or them soe dying as in aforesaid equallie to and amongst all the said survivor or survivors. And I hereby will that my said wife shall have and enioye the benefitt and profitt of my childrens porcon herein by my will bequeathed towards thir educacon and maintenance until their said porcon shall become due and payable to them severallie and respectively according to this my present will. Item, I will that all such debts as I owe in right or in conscience, together with my funeral charges shall be first paid, deducted, and allowed out of all my estate. An . d I doe hereby name, nominate and appoint my loving wife Deborah my Executrix of this my last will & testament and my loving friends Edward Foorde of London mercht and Andrew Blake of Stroud in the Countie of Kent, yeoman, Overseers of the same. in witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale. Dated the daie and yeare first above written. I doe affirme that this will above written was prononced according to the Testators mind witness my hand by me Edward Foorde. I doe affirm the like witness my hand by me Andrew Blake.
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Notes regarding the Will of Reverend John Wing:
Transcribed and annotated by James H. Stone. The original will is in the Public Record Office, London (PROB 11/158), which kindly gave permission for transcription and publication. An abstract of the will appears in George E. Wing's history of the Wing Family, "The Owl," volume 60, December 1966, reprint, page 1313; it was copied from "Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Register "Scroope" 1630, Abstracts and Index, J. H. Morrison, ed., London, 1934, page 103. The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, on August 4, 1630.
Will and notes were posted to the WING-L rootsweb mailing list by MMihalcik@aol.com (Feb/Mar 1998). | Wing, Rev. John Sr. (I9321)
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Witnes by these psents that I Nathaniell Merrill of Newbury in the Countie of Essex being sicke of body but through gods mercy of perfect memory I do here make my last will and testament,
I first bequeath my soule into the hands of my blessed Redeemer with an assured hope of a joyfull resurection, and my body when it shall please the lord to take me out of this fraile life to bee buryed in the burying place of Newbury, and for my worldly goods I giue and dispose of as followeth Impr I giue and bequeath vnto susanna my wife fiue akers of plowable land lying next to my brother Johns land and halfe the marsh dureing her naturall life and a cow and three heifers and all my household goods, And out of this estat so giuen to my wife I giue and bequeath vnto my daughter Susanna fiue pounds when she shalbe at the age of twenty yeares then I giue and bequeath vnto my Son Nathaniell (whom I appoint as my true and lawfull heire) all my land and freehold after my wiues decease, and all the working tooles & Implements of husbandry and all the cattell and stocke besids And out of this stocke
I appoint that my Son Nathaniell shall pay theise legacyes as followeth, that is I giue vnto my son John when he shallbee of the age of two and twenty yeers the summe of fiue pounds,
And also I giue and bequeath vnto my Son Abraham at the age of two and twenty years fiue pounds,
And I giue and bequeath vnto my sonne Daniell also at the age of one and twenty years fiue pound and
I giue and bequeath to my son Abell fiue pounds also at the age of one and twenty years,
And I appoint my Sone Nathaniell to be my sole executor and all my debts & funerall rites being discharged I appoint him to haue all the rest of my goods & chattels vndisposed and
I desire my brother John merill and Anthony somerby to be the ouerseers of this my las t will & testament In witness whereof I haue st my hand march the eight in the yeare one thousand six hundred fifty foure but if gods puidence should by losses & crosses |vpon ye estate| more than ordinary: then proportionobly to be abated in the legacyes
his mark Nathaniell n n merrill
Witness:
Richard Knight
Anthony Somerby
John merrell
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The 20 of Aprill 1671:/
In the name of god amen I Thomas Barnes of Hingham in the Countye of Suffolke in new England weaver: being weake of body but of perfect memory doe make constitute and ordain this my last will and testament for the settling of that temporall estate which the Lord hath given me. all former will or wills either by word or writeing are hereby annulled and made voyd and this to be taken for my last will and noe other./
Impr. I doe give and bequeath unto my wife Anna Barnes my whole estate both of hou∫es and lands goods and chattles for her comfortable maintenance dureing the time of her widdowhood Beareing the name of Anna Barnes: But in ca∫e she shall see cau∫e to change her condition and bee married unto another man then she ∫hall have the Best Bed and all the furniture there unto be longing: and two milch Cows which she plea∫es But noething el∫e of the estate; and further I doe give libberty unto my wife Anna Barnes in her life time dureing her widdowhood to give and di∫po∫e of sume of the moveable goods what she can conveniently spare unto tho∫e of my Children wher she see cau∫e to give them.
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my sonn Peeter Barnes after the decea∫e of my wife or when she is married unto another man the hou∫es & home lott with the orchyard and fenceing there unto bee longing and al∫oe the six acres of planting land lyeing upon the old planters hill: and my two acres of salt marsh lyeing in Cony ha∫∫ett meadows: and my acre of land lyeing upon tirkye hill: and al∫oe the one halfe of my devi∫∫ion of lands that is now devided and appoynted to be devided: and al∫oe the one halfe of my privilidges of the Commons:
Item I doe give unto my sonn James Barnes my planting Lott lyeing in the playne next and a p∫ell of planting land lyeing upon the old planters hill which was formerly the land of Joseph Andrews: and al∫oe my great Lott lyeing in the great playne and my acre of salt marsh lyeing at Conyha∫∫ett over the river. and al∫oe the one halfe of my devi∫∫ion of land that is now devided and appoynted to be devided and al∫oe the one halfe of my privilidges of the Common: tho∫e lands that I doe give unto my sonn James: he shall not ________ (mioye?) or po∫e∫∫ till after the decease of my wife or untill she bee married unto another man: unle∫∫ my wife see cau∫e to give him po∫e∫∫ion of them sooner./
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my sonn Thomas Barnes all my wearing apparrell both of wollen and linnig and al∫oe five pounds in Currant pay of this Countrye which my sonn Peeter shall pay unto him or his heirs within one yeare after he po∫e∫∫ that which I have given him in my will.
Item I doe give unto my sonn John Barnes fortye shillings in currant pay within one yeare after my decea∫e: /
Item I doe give unto my daughter Elizabeth Murfett twenty shillings in Currant pay: within one year after my decea∫e.
Item I doe give unto my daughter Anna Breame fortye shillings in Currant pay within two yeares after my decea∫e: and I doe Constitute appoynt and ordaine my wife Anna Barnes sole executrix of this my will to see it pformed and fulfilled in wittnes hereof I have heare unto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above written.
witness - Mathew Hawke Thomas Barnes (seal)
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The 20 of Aprill 1671:/
In the name of god amen I Thomas Barnes of Hingham in the Countye of Suffolke in new England weaver: being weake of body but of perfect memory doe make constitute and ordain this my last will and testament for the settling of that temporall estate which the Lord hath given me. all former will or wills either by word or writeing are hereby annulled and made voyd and this to be taken for my last will and noe other./
Impr. I doe give and bequeath unto my wife Anna Barnes my whole estate both of hou∫es and lands goods and chattles for her comfortable maintenance dureing the time of her widdowhood Beareing the name of Anna Barnes: But in ca∫e she shall see cau∫e to change her condition and bee married unto another man then she ∫hall have the Best Bed and all the furniture there unto be longing: and two milch Cows which she plea∫es But noething el∫e of the estate; and further I doe give libberty unto my wife Anna Barnes in her life time dureing her widdowhood to give and di∫po∫e of sume of the moveable goods what she can conveniently spare unto tho∫e of my Children wher she see cau∫e to give them.
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my sonn Peeter Barnes after the decea∫e of my wife or when she is married unto another man the hou∫es & home lott with the orchyard and fenceing there unto bee longing and al∫oe the six acres of planting land lyeing upon the old planters hill: and my two acres of salt marsh lyeing in Cony ha∫∫ett meadows: and my acre of land lyeing upon tirkye hill: and al∫oe the one halfe of my devi∫∫ion of lands that is now devided and appoynted to be devided: and al∫oe the one halfe of my privilidges of the Commons:
Item I doe give unto my sonn James Barnes my planting Lott lyeing in the playne next and a p∫ell of planting land lyeing upon the old planters hill which was formerly the land of Joseph Andrews: and al∫oe my great Lott lyeing in the great playne and my acre of salt marsh lyeing at Conyha∫∫ett over the river. and al∫oe the one halfe of my devi∫∫ion of land that is now devided and appoynted to be devided and al∫oe the one halfe of my privilidges of the Common: tho∫e lands that I doe give unto my sonn James: he shall not ________ (mioye?) or po∫e∫∫ till after the decease of my wife or untill she bee married unto another man: unle∫∫ my wife see cau∫e to give him po∫e∫∫ion of them sooner./
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my sonn Thomas Barnes all my wearing apparrell both of wollen and linnig and al∫oe five pounds in Currant pay of this Countrye which my sonn Peeter shall pay unto him or his heirs within one yeare after he po∫e∫∫ that which I have given him in my will.
Item I doe give unto my sonn John Barnes fortye shillings in currant pay within one yeare after my decea∫e: /
Item I doe give unto my daughter Elizabeth Murfett twenty shillings in Currant pay: within one year after my decea∫e.
Item I doe give unto my daughter Anna Breame fortye shillings in Currant pay within two yeares after my decea∫e: and I doe Constitute appoynt and ordaine my wife Anna Barnes sole executrix of this my will to see it pformed and fulfilled in wittnes hereof I have heare unto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above written.
witness - Mathew Hawke Thomas Barnes (seal)
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WILL OF THOMAS BURGESS.
The orthography slightly amended.
I, Thomas Burgess, Senr., of Sandwich, being through God's goodness full of years, and waiting for my change, and yet having my understanding remaining with me,--blessed be God,--and also through God's great goodness being possessed of a competent outward estate, do now on serious consideration make this my last Will and Testament, touching the disposal of my estate after my dear wife and myself be decently buried, and all necessary charges defrayed, and all debts paid, the remaining part I give as followeth:
Item. I give unto my eldest son, Thomas Burgess, of Rhode Island, five pounds out of my movable estate, to be paid by my executors after our decease.
Item. I give unto my son, Jacob Burgess, upon good consideration, all my house-lot, dwelling-house, barn and out-houses, all my upland on both sides of the cartway, all that belongs to my homestead dwelling. I also give him all my meadow that I have lying below Michael Blackwell's dwelling-house on both sides of Scussett river, for him my said son Jacob Burgess to enjoy, use and possess during his natural life; and after his decease I give the said dwelling-house, barn and all the forementioned lands, both upland and meadow, to his son Thomas Burgess, my grandson, to him and his heirs forever. But if my said grandson die without heirs, then my will is that the said house and lands above-mentioned shall return to the next heir of my son, Jacob Burgess. I give also to my said son, Jacob Burgess, all my land lying near and adjacent to Thomas Tupper's lands below the cartway, having Mr. Freeman's land on the western side. These I give to him upon this condition, that he, my said son Jacob Burgess, pay or cause to be paid unto my grandson Thomas Burgess, son of my son John Burgess, ten pounds in good pay, to be made to him my grandson, at twenty-three years of age.
Item. I give unto my son, Joseph Burgess, the first and second lots that adjoin his other lands near his house, if my said son accept of them so as to pay unto my son, John Burgess, five pounds; but if my son Joseph refuse said lands upon such terms, as to pay said five pounds as aforesaid, then my will is that said land return to my son, Ezra Perry, and that he perform the condition,--I mean by two lots, those lots that were once * * *; then I give them: I give to my said son, Ezra Perry, all my other lands that lie above the said two lots, for him to enjoy forever, the which lands I bought of Mr. Edward Freeman, Jr.
Item. I give to my dear wife all my movable estate, to be at her own disposing at her decease. I mean chattels of all sorts that I may have.
And I do appoint and ordain my son, Ezra Perry, and my son, Jacob Burgess, to be my Executors to see this my last Will performed, as I witness under my hand and seal, this fourth day of April, 1684.
THOMAS BURGESS.
Witness--
Thomas Tupper,
Martha Tupper--
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The Will of John Beebe ( I ) .
It being agreabl to Civill and religious Custome as required by God upon the occation of his hand upon the sonnes of men as a forerunner of death unto them therefore to sett their house in order; wherefore I John Beebe, Husbandman, late of Broughton in the County of Northampton, being by Gods good hand brought on a voyadge towards New Engl'd to sea and there smitten by the good hand of God, so as that my expectation is for my chaynge yet through mercy as yet in perfect memory and understanding ; doe hereby (my just and dewe debts being fully and dewely discharged) ; give and bequeathe unto my seven children, to say John Beebe, Thomas Beebe, Samuel ; Nathaniell Jeames Rebecca and mary Beebe, all and every such moneyes or goods of what spetia or kynde somover as all the proper estate belonging unto me the above sayde John Beebe, to be equally divided between the sayd John, Thomas, Samuel, N athaniell, Jeames, Rebecca and mary Beebe in equall parts and portions, Further I the sayde John Beebe doe will that my faure elder children to say ; John Thomas Samuel and Rebecca shall have that part of the sayde monnies and goods belonging unto the three younger to say, Nathaniel Jeames and Mary, in their hands as wel as theyr owne proportions, and that the sayde John Thomas Samuell and Rebecca shall take care for the provition of the three younger till that they the sayde Nathaniell Jeames and Mary be of adge. at wh tyme they are to have their proportions payde in unto them by my sayde sonnes & daughter John Thomas Samuel and Rebecca Bebe. whom I appoint as executors of this my last will and in case that any of the three of my younger children shall dye before they come at adge that then theyr proportion of estate so dyeing to be equally divided amongst all the survivors ; Further I John Beebe doe will and desyor that loving friends Mr. William Lewis. and John Cole ; be overseers of this my will ; and that all my sayde children be advised and counselled by my sayde overseers for their future disposal whether upon chaynge of theyr condition by marriage or otherwyse for the good of my sayde children : Lastly I will that it be understood that my daughters be at full adge for receyving their proportion of estate at ye adge of eighteen yearses : As A testimony that this is my last will and testamt 1 have this eighteenth day of May one thousand sixe hundred and fifty sett to my hand and seale.
John Beebe.
Witness, William Partridge;
John Partridge.
The above is copied from the Book "The Beebe Family of Broughton, England" by Clarence Beebe, 1915. It is reported to be as nearly as possible verbatim.
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Will of John Perkins, senior, of Iprwich.
28th of yee first mo called March, 1654. I John Perkins the elder of Ipswich being at this tyme sick and weake in body yet through the mercy and goodness of the Lord retaining my understanding and memory: doe thus dispose of and bequeath my temporall estate as Followeth.
First. I do give and bequeath unto my eldest sonn John Perkins a foale of my young mare being now with foale if it please the Lord she foale it well also I give and bequeath to my sonn John's two sonnes John and Abraham to each of them one of my yearling heyfers: also I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Perkins one cow and one heyfer also I give and bequeath to his son John Perkins one ewe & to be delivered for his use at the next shearing time also I doe give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Sargent one cow and an heyfer to be to her and her children after her decease as it may please ye Lord they may increase, the proffits or increase to be equally devided amongst the sayde children: also I do give to my daughter Mary Bradbury one cow and one heyfer or a young steere to remain to her and to her children in theyr increase or proffits as it shall please the Lord to bless them and to be equaly devided to ye children: also I doe give and bequeath to my daughter Lidia Bennitt one cow and one heyfer or steere to be equaly devided to her children in theyr increase or proffits after her decease; I doe also give unto my grandchilde Thomas Bradbury one ewe to be sett apart for his use at ye next shearing tyme: also I do give and bequeathe unto my sonn Jacob Perkins my dwelling house together with all the out-howseing and all my landes of one kinde and other together with all improvements thereupon to be his in full possession according to a former covenant after the decease of my wyfe and nott before and so to remaine to him and to his heires forever; all the rest of my estate of one kinde and other I do wholy leave my deare wife Judith Perkins apointing and ordaining my sade wyfe the sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament Desiring my sayde wife to dispose of the cattell above mentioned according to her discresion as they shall prove steeres or heyfers, also to dispose of some of the increase of the sheep to ye children of my sonn Thomas and of my three daughters at the Discresion of my sayde wife and this I doe ordaine as my Last will and Testament subscribed with my own hand this twenty eight day of ye first month 1654.
Signed in presence of John Perkins.
William Bartholmew
Thomas Harris
Proved in court held at Ipswich 27 (7) 1654 by the oath of William
Bartholmew and Thomas Harris per me Robert Lord, cleric.'
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Nationalist Clubs and the Nationalism Movement
Around the nation some of the readers of Looking Backward desired to discuss the social implications of this novel and to promote its vision of the future. "Bellamy Clubs," soon to be called "Nationalist Clubs," were organized throughout the nation. Eventually 167 clubs were formed, a few of them were headed by people still famous, such as Clarence Darrow of the Chicago Nationalist Club. Thus, Looking Backward led to the formation of a movement which had an important influence on the politics of the 1888-1892 period and, later, on the reforms of the Progressive Era.
The first Nationalist Club was formed in Boston. On September 18, 1888, two Civil War veterans, Captain Charles E. Bowers and General A. F. Devereux formed the "Boston Bellamy Club." Bellamy had received correspondence from other people in the Boston area interested in the same subject, and he had invited Cyrus Field Willard of the Boston Globe and Sylvester Baxter of the Boston Herald to a December meeting at Captain Bowers's office. Also attending were five Christian socialists, Alzire A. Chevallier of the Christian Science Monitor, Frederick White, Reverend W.P.D. Bliss, Edward Everett Hale, and William Dean Howells.
On December 15, 1888, they formed the Boston Nationalist Club. Edward Bellamy, who attended this meeting, insisted that his name not be used, and at Captain Bower's suggestion the name "Nationalist" was substituted. This "Nationalism" signified not "my country over others" but "nationalization" or public ownership and management of the economy.
Cyrus Field Willard had been a member of the Socialist Labor Party but had become discouraged by their disputes and dissensions. He was labor editor of the Boston Globe. Sylvester Baxter was an editorial writer on the Boston Herald. Both men were also leaders in the American Theosophist Society, a small religious movement that tried to combine the best of the religions of the Far East with Christianity. Baxter soon became president of the Theosophical Society in Malden, the town James Upham lived in.
Eventually this Nationalist Club was called the Boston Nationalist Club Number One to distinguish it from the Boston Nationalist Club Number Two, which was founded in 1889. The Boston Nationalist Club Number One held discussions on theory and values. Its activities included lectures, discussions and contacts with various world-wide socialist and reform movements in conjunction with its religious auxiliary, the Christian Society of Socialists.
Many of its club's members were men of letters, like William Dean Howells, Edward Everett Hale, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. It published The Nationalist (1889 - 1891), a monthly edited by Henry Willard Austin. Contributors included Edward Bellamy, Higginson, Hale, Bliss, Sylvester, and Baxter.
from http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/pdgech3.htm extracted 28 Aug 2002. | Willard, Cyrus Field (I19265)
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From The Mayflower Descendant, vol. ii. pp. 203-06
Love Brewster's will and inventory are recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, vol. i. folios 89, 90 and 91.
[89] The last Will and Testament of Love Brewster Deseassed
exhibited at the generall Court holden at New Plym: the
4th of March 1650 upon the oath of Captaine Miles Standish
Witnesseth these psents that I Love Brewster of Duxburrow in New England and in the government of New Plym: being in pfect memory doe ordeaine & appoint this to bee my last will and Testamente And first my will is that if the lord shall please to take mee out of this life that my body bee buried in a decent mannor and that my funerall expences bee taken out of my whole estate; Next my will is; That all my Just and lawfull debts bee paied out of the Remainder of my said estate allso I give unto my Children that is to say Nathaniell Willam Wrasteling and Sara each of them a kettle and further my will is that my three sonns shall have each of them a peece that is to say a gun; allso I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sara Brewster all the Residue of my whole estate both goods and Chattles and land at Duxburrow for the bringing up of her and my Children the time of her life and after her desease I doe give the aforsaid lands to my eldest sonn and heire apparent Nathaniell Brewster and in Case god should take him away out of this life without Issew I give and bequeath the said lands at Duxburrow to my second sonn Willam Brewster and in like Case to my youngest sonn Wresteling Brewster; And for those books I have that my wife would destribute them to herselfe and Children at her descresion allso my will is and I doe by the same give unto my three sonns equally to bee devided amongst them all such land as is of right due to mee by Purchase and first coming into the land Which was in the yeare 1620 allso I doe make Constitute and appoint my beloved wife Sara Brewster sole executrix of this my last will and Testament in Witnes Wherof I have put to my hand and Seale this sixt of october 1650
Wittnes heerunto Love Brewster
Myles Standish (seale)
A true Inventory of the estate of Love Brewster of Duxburrow late deseassed taken by mr Willam Collyar and Captaine Miles Standish January the last day 1650 And exhibited to the Generall Court holden at New Plym: the 4th of March in the yeare aforesaid upon the oath of Sara Brewster | Brewster, Love (I13949)
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DEED FROM THOMAS CHASE TO JOHN PHILBRICK
1649
"Know all men by thes presenes that I Thomas Cheas of Ham(p)ton in the county of norfolk seeman for and in consederation of foure pound allrede in hand resevid in full satisfaction of John Fellbrik of Hampton in the county aforesaid planter have granted bargened sould and confermed and by thes presenes clearly grant bargin and conferme into the aforesaid John Fellbrik foure aceres of upland medow and swampe as it is layd out more or les belonging unto me within the boundes of Hamton butting southeast and northwest aioyning to the said John Fellbrikes six acer lott to have and to hould to the said John Fellbrik to him and his ayres for ever in witnis hereof I have here unto sett my hand the ninth of the ninth month one thousand six hundred forty nine*
Thomase Chase (autograph)
Signed and delevered in
the presenes of us
Thomas Philbrick (autograph)
James Philbrick (autograph) | Chase, Thomas (I2579)
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I Jonathan Wade of Ipswich in New England being to go a voyage to sea and not knowing the day of my death, do ordain this as my last will and testament ... my land in England should be equally divided betwixt my three sons Jonathan, Nathaniel and Thomas, only that land I had of Mr. Drury for rent should be sold to pay Sir William Peak what is due to him & the remainder to be sent over in goods to my executrix, whom I do hereby appoint to be my beloved wife Susana, also I give to my son Jonathan the one half of my farm at Mistick with the one half of all the stock upon it, also I give to my son Nathaniel the other half of the said farm at Mistick & half of the stock on it to be equally divided betwixt them. I give to Thomas all my housing Land & mills at Ipswich & all the stock on it. I give to Jonathan all my land at Malden, to Nathaniel my land at Wemeseck, to Thomas my grant of land of 800 acres. I give to Anthony Crosby my son £50. I give to Thomas Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby, & Jonathan Crosby £50 apiece to be for the use of Prudence Crosby their mother during her pleasure. I give to Elihue Wardell my son £200 to be laid out in housing & land to be for the use of his wife Elizabeth during her life, & his two children after these legacies to be appointed out of my debts abroad ... I give equally to my three natural sons to be possessed of as at the pleasure of my executrix or at her death or at the day of her marriage with another man which shall first fall out.
This will was presented on 27 December 1683 by Mr. Thomas Wade, who with Mr. Nathaniel Wade, affirmed that it was in their father's handwriting, and Capt. Jonathan Wade acknowledged he believed it, but said "it was cancelled": | Wade, Col. Jonathan Esq. (I12535)
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!INFORMATION: "The Thigpen Tribe" by Alice Whitley Smith; The ancient Malet family was established in England at the Norman Conquest, and is said on authority of the Court Poet, Guy Amiens, to have been "partim Normanu s et Anglus." (One of the arms shown in the Phippen records is very similar to one of the Mallet arms given to Burke's Landed Gentry.) | Malet, Joana (I8781)
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"A jury being called, Nathan Howard foreman and accordingly
sworne, the jury went out to agree on their verdict, who returning
did then and there in open court deliver their verdict that the said
Sarah Wardwell was Guilty of covenanting with the Devill for
which she stood Indicted in the first Indictment as also Guilty of
the ffelony by witchcraft, for which she stood indicted in the second
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"I Andrew Werner of Hadley in the Countie of Hampshire in New
England being through ye mercy of God Sound in mynde & Memory doe
make & Ordeine this as my last Will & Testiment in Manner & fforme
ffollowing
"Impr I Comitt my self Soule & Body into the hands of almightie God
my havenly ffather & into ye Armes of the Lord Jesus xl my Only
Redeemer & Saviour On whome On whome I desire Ever to repose &
Stedfastly to beleive & my Body I leave it to bee interred with Christian
& Comely buriall in Assured hope of a blessed Resurrection through
the mercy of God Unto Eternall life at the Glorious appeareing of the
Lord Jesus christ at the Last day, And ffor that Outward Estate the
Lord hath Blessed me with all My Will is that after my just debts
are payd & funerall Expences discharged as ffollowes
"It I give to my Loveing Wife Easter Werner according to a former
agreem1 Signed Under my hand One hundered Pounds to bee payd Out
of my Moveable Estate Viz household Goods & Chattells & in case the
sd Moveables amounts not to y* Sum aforesd then to be made up in
Other Estate & this to be at her free & absolute dispose to her & to her
heirrs for Ever
"I give to my Wife ye One half of my Now dwelling house to be
for her use & improvement dureing the tyme of her Natureall life - as
alsoe the use of half the Garden plot ajoyneing to the sayd house
as alsoe the use of half the Ortchard with the fruites thereon & the
use of half the Yards ajoyneing to y* house all these to be for her use ,
dureing the tyme of her Natureall life
"I give to my Son Jacob Werner y* One half of my dwelling house
and ye whole of the sd house at his mothers decease with the house-lot
Containeing Eight acres with all Edifices & buildings thereon to be to him
& his heirrs for Ever
"I give to my Son Jacob Werner alsoe ten acres of Meadow land
lyeing in y* great meadow belonging to Hadley Viz my Six acre Lot
of plowing Land & four acres of grass Land lyeing in the Swamp or
Aquevitie Comonly Soe called to be to him & his heirr s for Ever, That
is the heirrs begotten by ye body of the sayd Jacob Werner, provided
alsoe & withall that the sd Jacob Werner hee his heirrs Executors &
Assignes truely pay fortie shillings Anuallie or yearelie to his Mother
Easter Werner dureing the tyme of her Natureall Life as alsoe to Cowes
for his sd Mother & to keepe & provide winter meate for them & all
this dureing the Term of her Natureall life as alsoe anualy to bring
home to his sayd Mother ten Loads of Wood dureing her life
"I give to my Son Dan11 Werner all my Land lyeing Over the great
River in great ponset & litle ponset being twelve acres more or Less to
be to him & to his heirTs for Ever he paying within a Yeare after my
decease ten pounds to his sister Ruth Werner & alsoe fortie shillings
Anuallie to his Mother Easter Werner dureing the tyme of her Natureall
Life
"I give to my Son Isaack Werner the One half of my alotment in
Hoccanum to be to him & his heirrs for Ever
"I give to my Daughter Ruth Werner fowr acres of Meadow in the
great Meadow abutting against the Middle high way to be to her & to her
heirrs for Ever,
"I give to my Son Andrew Werner ten shillings
"I give to my Son Robert Werner ten shillings
"I give to my Son John Werner ten shillings
"I give to my Daughter Hills ten shillings & to my Daughter Pratt I give
ten shillings
"And my Will is that if my Moveables make not up ye hundered pound
above Expressed to bee payd to my Wife it shall bee made up Out of the
Other half of my Land in Hoccanum & of that two acres & One fowrth
ajoyneing to the burieing place the Rest of what Remaynes of sd prsells I
Leave to my Executors Only paying Out five Pounds which I give to Mary
Taylor the wife of John Taylor
"And of this My prsent Testiment, I make & Ordaine my deere Wife
Easter Werner and my Loveing Son Dan11 Werner as mine Executors
Revokeing & adnulling all & any Other Testiments, Wills, Legacies, bequeasts,
Executors by me in any Wise before this tyme made, Named, Willed &
bequeathed as Witness my hand & Seale this Eighteenth day of June Anno
domini One Thousand Six hundered Eightie One
"Sealed & delivered & Subscribed Andrew Werner
in y*5 prsence & Witness of To wch Instruem* was a Seale afix1"
Marke Werner
Peter Tilton" | Warner, Deacon Andrew (I13838)
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"I,John Graves, of Newtown, alias Middleborough, upon Long Island, being sickeand weake" Leaves to his father, Wm. Graves, all houses and land, and makes him executor. "If my sister Hannah or her children survive my father, then the same to go to her or her children." Legacies to Mary, wife of Thomas Case, Mary, wife of John Scudder, and Elizabeth, wife of John Alburtus of said town. | Graves, John (I33062)
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"Joane Carrington thou art Indited by the name of Joane Carrington the wif[e] of John Carrington that not hauing the feare of God before thine eyes thou hast Interteined familliarity with Sathan the great Enemy of God and mankinde and by his helpe hast done workes aboue the Course of Nature for wch both according to the Lawes of God, and the Established Lawe of this Common wea[lth] thou deseruest to dye." | ________, Joan (I20843)
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"John Carrington thou art Indited by the name of John Carrington of wethersfeild Carpenter, that not hauing the feare of God before thine eyes thou hast Interteined ffamilliarity with Sathan the great Enemye of God and mankinde and by his helpe hast done workes aboue the Course of nature for wch both according to the Lawe of God and of the Established Lawe of this Common wealth thou deseruest to dye."
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"John Carrington thou art Indited by the name of John Carrington of wethersfeild Carpenter, that not hauing the feare of God before thine eyes thou hast Interteined ffamilliarity with Sathan the great Enemye of God and mankinde and by his helpe hast done workes aboue the Course of nature for wch both according to the Lawe of God and of the Established Lawe of this Common wealth thou deseruest to dye."
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"John Carrington thou art Indited by the name of John Carrington of wethersfeild Carpenter, that not hauing the feare of God before thine eyes thou hast Interteined ffamilliarity with Sathan the great Enemye of God and mankinde and by his helpe hast done workes aboue the Course of nature for wch both according to the Lawe of God and of the Established Lawe of this Common wealth thou deseruest to dye."
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"Josias Cooke senior aged about 63 years" bequeathed to "my loving wife Elizabeth" during her life, and after her decease to "my natural son Josias Cooke all my abovesaid upland and meadow, orchard, house and housing ... excepting my share of the land at Pochett Island and about two or three acres lying without the fence"; after wife's decease all moveables "to be equally divided betwixt my son Josias Cooke and my daughter Bethyah Harding, or her children after her," except the following legacies: to "my grandchild Joseph Harding all my share of land at Pochet Island"; to "my grandchildren Josiah and Maaziah Harding forty acres of upland and five or six acres of meadow in the township of Plymouth adjoining to a place called Cook's Pond"; to "my grandchild Anna Snow" several head of livestock; to "my grandchild Steven Twining a musket which was formerly his grandfather Deane's"; to "my daughter Merriam Deane" a cow and £5; to "my son Josias" wearing clothes; to "grandchild Josias Cooke my rapier, belt and musket"; to "my other grandchildren Richard Cooke and Maaziah Harding my proportion of land at Saconett"; and to "my grandchild Richard Cooke after my wife's decease my Great Bible". | Cook, Josias (I9334)
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"Mary Ring being sick in body" bequeathed to "Andrew my son all my brass and pewter ... my new bed & bolster ... two white blankets, one red blanket with the best coverlet ... & the curtains ... three pair of my best sheets & two pair of my best pillowbeers ... one diaper tablecloth & one diaper towel & half a dozen of napkins ... all my woollen cloth unmade except one piece of red which my will is that my daughter Susan shall have as much as will make a bearing cloth and the remainder I give unto Stephen Deane's child"; to "my son Andrew my bolster next the best ... my trunk & my box & my cupboard ... all my cattle ... half the corn which groweth in the yard where I dwell and the other half I give unto Stephen Deane"; "the rest of my corn in other places I give to Andrew my son"; to "Steph. Deane my [illegible] to make him a cloak"; "timber that I lent to Mr. Winslow that cost me a pound of beaver, besides a piece more than they had of me"; to "my son Andrew all my shares of land that is due to me or shall be ... all my tools ... the money that is due to me from the Governor 40s. as also the 40s. of commodities I am to have out of England ... I give unto him also except the green say which I give unto Stephen Deane's child to make her a coat"; "one piece of new linen I give unto my son Andrew"; to "my daughter Susan Clarke my bed I lay upon with my gray coverlet & the ticks of the two pillows, but the feathers I give unto my son Andrew"; "one ruff I had of Goodman Gyles I give to my daughter Eliz. Deane"; residue "unto my daughters" equally divided; to "my son And[rew] all my books, my two pair of pothooks & my trammel, one coarse sheet to put his bed in, & all the money that is due to me from Goodman Gyles ... the piece of black stuff"; "the goods I give my two daughters are all my wearing clothes, all my wearing linen"; to "Mrs. Warren one wooden cup with a foot as a token of my love"; "the cattle I give my son be kept ... for him by Stephen Deane, or at the discretion of my overseers to take order for them for the good of the child"; "to Andrew my son all my handkerchiefs buttoned or unbuttoned ... one silver whistle"; "my will is that Andrew my son be left with my son Stephen Deane, and do require of my son Deane to help him forward in the knowledge & fear of God, not to oppress him by any burdens but to tender him as he will answer to God"; overseers "my loving friends Samuell Fuller & Thomas Blossom"; "my overseers see that those goods which I have given unto my son Andrew be carefully preserved for him until such time as they shall judge it meet to put them into his own hands"; "if my overseers shall see it meet to dispose of my son Andrew otherwise than with his Brother Deane, that then my son Deane shall be willing to consent unto it"; "I give unto Andrew a linen cap which was his father's, buttons for his handkerchief unbuttoned I leave for him"; "Andrew my son shall pay all my debts and charges about my burial" | Durrante, Mary (I9358)
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"Thomas Lumbert of Barnstable" bequeathed to "my wife that she shall have her habitation in the house that I now live in so long as she liveth or continueth a widow, and further that she shall have the use of one third of my arable lands ... and the meadow lying in Mattakessett field"; to "my son Caleb my house and one third of my lands ... moreover my son Caleb and my son Jedadiah and my son Benjamine all of them are to have habitation and free egress and regress in the house so long as my wife liveth or continueth a widow"; at wife's death or remarriage "my son Caleb shall give unto my son Jedediah and my son Benjamine each of them £5 and then the house and forementioned lands to be Caleb's"; "if my son Jedediah or Benjamine shall see cause to remove their dwellings that if they be willing to have their forementioned £5 apiece; that upon six months' warning my son Caleb shall pay it unto them; and the other two thirds of my lands I give unto my other two sons, Jedediah and Benjamine"; "I do confirm by this my last will and testament certain parcels of lands that formerly I gave unto other of my children as followeth ... unto my son Barnard twenty acres of land, unto my son Joshua two acres of land, and unto my son-in-law Josepth Benjamine four acres of land and unto my son-in-law Edward Coleman one acre of land"; to "my wife the old mare, one cow and two heifers only she is to give unto my son Joshua and my daughter Margarett Coleman the first living colt"; "she is to give unto my grandchild Abigaill Benjamine the first heifer calf that shall come of the forementioned cows"; to "my wife my yoke of oxen with yokes, chains, cart and wheels" and at her death they to be divided between "my three sons Caleb, Jedediah and Benjamine equally"; residue to "my wife and to be at her dispose, only an hogshed of mackerel that is due from Thomas Starr my son Caleb is to have for his own use in lieu of some bedding that was his"; to "my son Caleb the yoke of oxen and a gale and the thr ee year old mare that was always accounted his, and his carpenter's tools and his arms and the saddle and bridle ... only he shall give unto my son Barnard the half of the first colt that his forementioned mare shall have"; to "my son Jedediah the young mare of a year and vantage old, and a calf of a year old and a cow and a gale and his arms"; to "my son Benjamine the black horse and a cow and a calf of a year old with his arms"; "my wife shall give ... unto my son Barnard's wife 10s. and unto my son Barnard my looms with all materials"; the bay horse lately bought of Mr. John Freeman equally divided among "my three sons Caleb Jedadiah and Benjamine and they shall pay "unto my son Joshua Lumber 20s. within a year"; "I do confirm the cow that formerly I gave unto my daughter Jemina" | Lombard, Thomas (I21297)
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(Confession of Sarah Wardwell)
The 1st Septemb'r 1692.
Before Maj'r Gidney Mr Hathorne Mr Corwin Jno Higginson Esq'r The Confession of Sarah Wardwel wife of Sam'll Wardwel of Andivor after many Denials of w't She was accused for & p'rticularly of tormenting the afflicted p'rsons by looking on them w'th her Eyes before the Justices w'ch not withstanding was Evident to the behold'rs She was required to declare the truth in the fear of God, & then She Conffeses as followeth that She thinkś She has been in the Snare of the Divel 6 years at w'ch time aman appeared to her & required her to worship him & doe him Service he said he was god & Should be worshiped & promised Me such thing as I wanted as Cloathing & the like She Saith She Signed a peice of paper by putting her finger to it which (as She thinks) made a black mark being asked why she did not weep & lament for it She answered She could not weep. She S'd She was baptized in Shawshin River & he dipt her face in the Watter & at her baptizme She gave her Self Soul & body to him & he told her she was his Servant She Says She both went & Retturned on foot & was alone She was also once at Salem Village Witch metting where their ware many people & that She was Carried upon a pole in Company w'th 3 more Viz Goody Fostter Goody Carrier & Goody Lawrence their was also aminister there & Some Men w'th pretty handsome apparell & that She Saw a woeman Cary wine & amongts them She S'd She knew Goody Carrier to be awitch She S'd She afflicted none butt Martha Sprauge last night -- being asked how She did it Said that Marthr Spraue was ameans of taking up her husband & because he was gone from home & she much Vext at it & thereupon Suddenly Catcht up her child in her armes & wished Sprauge might be afflicted a little after S'd She Squezed her Child w'th an Intention that the p'rsons should be afflicted she s'd she never new her husband to be a witch till she was such an one her self & thinks her daughters have been so butt a little while not above amonth she ownes she is sorry for w't she has done & promises to renounce the Divel & all his works & serve the true Liveing god -- Noate she is accused for afflicting Sprauge Martin & Rosse fostt.'r & In the time of her Examination struck them dwone w'th her Eyes & Recovered them by her touching of their armes as also struck dwone Sarah Bridges & Hanah Post & Mary Warren Mary lacy Jun'r & Martha Sprauge Testified they saw her afflict Abigal Martin in the Court & Hannah Post s'd she saw her afflict Sarah Bridges
Sarah Wardwell signed & owned the above s'd Examination & Conffession Before me
The Mark
of Sarah Wardwel
*John Higginson, Justice peace
( Essex Institute MSS. Collection )
(Case of Sarah Wardwell)
January 10'th All the Judges present Except Wait Winthrop who was not at any of the following Tryalls --
Sarah Wardwell of Andover in the County Essex, being Indicted by the Jurors for o'r Soveraigne Lord and Lady, the King and Queen, upon their Oathes by two Severall Indictments --
For that shee the said Sarah Wardwell widow, about Six Yeares past, wickedly, mallitiously, and felloniously, a Covenant with, and Signed, a peece of paper to the Devill, and was baptized by the Devill and gave her Self, Soule and body to him, promised to be his Servant, by which diabolicall and wicked Covenant with the Devill, by her the said Sarah Wardwell made, #[shee the said Sarah Wardwell made,] shee the said Sarah Wardwell, is become a detestable witch, against the Peace of our Soveraigne Lord and Lady, the King and Queen, their Crowne, and Dignity, and the Lawes in that case made and Provided --
2'dly For that shee the said Sarah Wardwell widow, on or about the first Day of September last in the year 1692, aforesaid, and divers other dayes, and times, as well before, as after, certain detestable arts, called witchcrafts, and Sorceries, wickedly, mallitiously, and felloniously, hath used, practised and Exercised, in, upon, and against Martha Sprague, at, and in the Towne of Salem, in the County of Essex aforesaid, by which said wicked Arts, the Said Martha Sprague, the Day, and Year aforesaid, and divers other dayes, and times, as well before, as after, was, and is tortured, afflicted, and tormented, consumed, pined, and wasted, contrary to the Peace of our Souveraigne Lord and Lady The King and Queen, their Crowne, and Dignity, and the Lawes, in that case made, and Provided -- Upon the aforesaid Indictments, and each of them, the said Sarah Wardwell, was then, and there, before the Justices of our Lord and Lady, the King and Queen, aforesaid, arraigned, and upon her arraignment, did then, and there, the day and year aforesaid, plead to them, and each of them, Not Guilty, and put her Selfe upon Triall, by God, and her Countrey. --
Jury Sworn
Nathan'l Howard
John Hale
James freind
Samuel Morgan
John Kent
Richard Gross
John Witt
Nathan'l Emerson
John Emery
Benayah Tidcom
John Platts
John Lamson
A Jury being called Nathan Howard foreman and acordingly Sworne, no Exception made by the Prisoner, the said Indictements, and each of them, being read, together with Evidences, and Examinations, and the Prisoners defence being heard, the Jury went out to agree on their verdict, who returning did then, and there in open Court, deliver their verdict, that the said Sarah Wardwell was Guilty of covenanting with the Devill, for which she stood Indicted, in the first Indictment as also Guilty of the fellony by witchcraft for which she stood Indicted, in the Second Indictment.
The Court Ordered the Keeper of the Goale to take care of the Prisoner, Acording to Law.
(Case of Sarah Hawkes)
Sarah Hawkes of Andover in the County of Essex being Indicted by the Jurors, for our Sovereigne Lord and Lady, the King and Queen, upon their Oathes, by two Severall Indictments
That is to Say; 1'st --
For that shee the said Sarah Hawkes, of Andover Single woman, sometime in the beginning of this present Yeare 1692, and in the towne of Andover aforesaid, wickedly malitiously and felloniously, a Covenant with the Devill did make and Signed a Paper which he offered to her, and Promised to serve the Devill, and gave to him her Soule and body, and afterwards about the latter end of July or beginning of August last was baptised by the Devill, and renounced her former christian Baptisme, by which diabolicall covenanting with the Devill, shee the said Sarah Hawkes, is become a wicked, and detestable witch, against the peace of our Soveraign Lord and Lady, the King and Queen their Crown, and dignity, and the Lawes in that case made and Provided.
***** POST - 1692 *****
(Petition of Francis Faulkner et al.)
To: To his Excellency the Governour, and Councill, and Representatives now in Generall Court Assembled;
at Boston:
The Petition of severall of the Inhabitants of Andover, Salem village & Topsfield, humbly sheweth:
That whereas in the year 1692 some of your Petitioners and the near Relations of others of them, viz: Rebecca Nurse, Mary Estey, Abigail Faulkner, Mary Parker, of Andover John Procter & Elizabeth his wife: Elizabeth How, Samuel Wardwell & Sarah his Wife: were accused of Witchcraft by certain possessed persons, and thereupon were apprehended and Imprisoned, and at a Court held at Salem were condemned upon the Evidence of the aforsaid possessed persons; and sentence of Death hath been executed on them (except Abigail Faulkner, Elizabeth Procter & Sarah Wardwell) of whose Innocency those that knew them are well satisfyed. And whereas the invalidity of the aforesaid Evidence and the great wrong which (through Errors & mistakes in those tryalls) was then done, hath since plainly appear'd which we doubt not but this Honored Court is sensible of: Your Petitioners being dissatisfyed and grieved, that (besides what the aforesaid condemned persons have suffered in their persons and Estates) their Names are Exposed to Infamy and reproach, while their Tryall & condemnation stands upon Publick Record: We therefore humbly Pray this Honored Court, that something may be Publickly done to take off Infamy from the Names, and memory of those who have suffered as aforesaid, that none of their surviving Relations, nor their Posterity may suffer reproach upon that account. And yo'r Petition'rs shall ever pray &c.
Dated March 2d 1702/3
Francis Faulkner
Abigail Faulkner
Sarah Wardwel
John Parker
Joseph Parker
Nathaniel Dane
Francis Dane
Mary How
Abigail How
Issac Estey
Samuel Nurse
Phebe Robinson
Samuel Wardwell
John Tarbel
John Nurse
Peter Cloys sen'r
Isaac Estey Jun'r
Sarah Gill
Rebecca Preston
Thorndick Procter
Benjamin Procter
In the House of Representatives March. 18th 1702. Read & sent up
(Reverse)
Pet'con of Fra. Faulkner &C.
( Mass. Archives Vol. 135 No. 110 ) | Hooper, Sarah (I3436)
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Beam: about 30 feet
Displacement: > 350 tons
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Erma Jeanne Folland, 84, of Vernon, beloved wife of William "Bill" Folland, passed away Tuesday January 15, 2013 at Rockville General Hospital. She was born July 10, 1928 in Brooklin, ME the daughter of the late Harold and Viva (Wardwell) Barton. She grew up on Vinalhaven Island and then in Camden, Maine and graduated from Camden High School. She spent several wonderful years living in Belgium and traveled throughout Europe. Erma was a member of the American Women's Club of Brussels, Belgium, and a member of St Mary's Episcopal Church of Manchester. Besides her husband of 60 years she is survived by her children Barry and wife Kelly Folland, Jennifer Folland and her life partner Sandra Imbody all of Ludlow, MA, two grandchildren Shannon, Christopher and wife Beth Joy, two great grandchildren Emma and Christopher Jr.; a sister Jessie and husband Paul Leonard of Newport, ME, many nieces and nephews. Erma was predeceased by her brother Ray Barton and sister Patricia Barton. Funeral service will be held Saturday January 26th at 10 AM at the Burke-Fortin Funeral Home 76 Prospect St, Rockville. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday Jan 25th from 5 to 7 PM. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the CT Humane Society 701 Russell Rd, Newington, CT 06111. | Barton, Erma Jeanne (I103)
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John Eldridge Frost, MAINE PROBATE ABSTRACTS, Vol. 1, 1637 - 1775; Picton Press, Camden, ME 1991:P. 64
"CAPT. JOHN LITTLEFIELD, of Wells. Est div (2.2/73). F11828. Agreement of & Oct 1701 bet Patience Littlefield, wid, of Capt. John Littlefield of Wells, decd int, Josiah Littlefield, Eliab Littlefield, for himself & as atty for Liddin [Lydia] Storer, d of Capt. John Littlefield, Samuel Webber, for Himself & his w Deborah, another d, Matthew Austin, for himself & his w Mary, another d. William Webb, for himself & his w Charity, another d, Josiah winn, for himself & his w Liddia [sic], a g d & only c of John Littlefield, decd, eld s of Capt. John Littlefield, edward Beale, for himself & his w Elizabeth, another d of Capt. John Littlefield, Joanna Littlefield, wid, & d-in-l of Capt. John Littlefield, Mercy Lufkin, wid, another d, & James Webber, for himself & his w Patience, another d, dividing the est of Capt. John Littlefield [a detailed div embracing both real est & pers, too extensive for incl of details]; allowed, 7 Oct 1701. Est div incl land & marsh on the house side of the river, dwelling house, saw mill & our houses divided; 1/2 to wid ["our mother"], for life, plus use of W end of dwelling with milk house & garden; other 2/3 equally divided among chn, with exceptions. Mentions also marsh & thatch on beach side of river, & misc lots of marsh & land."
William M. Sargent, A.M., MAINE WILLS 1640-1760, 1972, p 4. Mentioned in father's will. | Littlefield, Capt. John Sr. (I774)
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Origin of Matthew and Richard Coy, in 1638 of Boston, Massachusetts.
The will of Richard Coy, dated 22 December 1637, was proved at Stamford, Lincolnshire, 10 April 1638. It gives neither places nor names of wife or children; the testator, being sick, willed to his children five pounds apiece, providing that such legacies must be paid immediately to them if his wife should take another spouse. Witnesses were John Lenten, Adam Townsend and John Snart
(Linc. Consist. Ct. Wills, 1638-1640, no. 43).
It seems that the aforesaid testator was father of Matthew and Richard Coy, aged 15 and 13 years respectively, who came, supposedly with their sister, Lucy, to New England in 1638 (see "Pope's Pioneers", subjects Coy and Lake) for:
1. The testator, Richard Coy, would probably have had a son named for him; too, the family of John Coy, later of Beverly, Massachusetts, included sons Richard and Matthew (see "Beverly Vital Records").
2. The death early in 1638 of the above Richard Coy coincides with the removal to New England in 1638 of the three Coy youngsters. It would seem that the elder Richard Coy's widow was Lucy Anna, who took in the same year a second husband, Edward Bulkeley ("Bulkeley Genealogy" by Jacobus, p. 112; Pope's Pioneers, quoting the will of John Lake, a native of Lincolnshire 1618-1677, wherein he named his wife Lucy and his brother-in-law Matthew Coy. Cf. The American Genealogist, 1945, p. 78).
3. Matthew Coy above is said by Pope to have come to New England in 1638 to be servant to Mr. Atherton Haugh, a native of Lincolnshire, who was uncle by marriage to Edward Bulkeley, above; Jacobus op. cit. pp. 17, 111.
John G. Hunt in the New England Historic Genealogy Society, 1959; Vol. 113, p. 236.
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1. an original settler of Castine, Maine.
2. one of the first selectman in Penobscot, Maine, along with Daniel Wardwell, in 1787.
1788 deposition of Joseph Perkins:
I Joseph Perkins of Lawful age Testify and Say that I have been acquainted with Archibald Haney for Fifteen or Twenty years last part during the whole of the war with Great Britain. Archibald Haney acted the Part of a Friend to the British Government and ever declared himself such and a Subject and adherent to the King of Great Britain, and was always considered and taken to be what was called a Trory [sic] and a Refugee by both parties at War, he was always treated by the British Garrisson in this place as a Friend to them and a good Subject of the King of Great Britain. he took protection under the Fort in this place, and as I have understood since he lived on the Neck during the time the British troops were here and drew Rations for himself; indeed I am fully convinced he drew Rations for himself and Family the whole time of their tarry here. he was taken a Prisoner by the Americans and I Saw him said Haney and one John Lymburner Prisoners together aboard the American Privateer called the Hazard and I think they were both in Irons-Lymburner I am certain was, and that they both were Treated by the Americans as British Prisoners and looked upon by the American troops as Subjects to the King of England then at war with them, and that they were considered in the same light that the British troops themselves were-Haney by some means ran away from the Americans and got back to Fort George, but I know not how.
Joseph Perkins
Lincoln Ss. June 26 1788 Then the above named Joseph Perkins personally appeared before me and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned to testify the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth relating to the Cause in which this Deposition is to be used, made Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him Subscribed taken at the request of Archibald Haney to be used in an action or plea of Trespass to be heard & tried at the Supreme Judicial Court next to be holden at Pownalborough within and for the County of Lincoln on the Second Tuesday next following the fourth Tuesday of this present month June, in which action sd Haney is appellant & that Thompson is appellee - the Cause of this Caption is the Deponants living more than thirty miles from the place of Trial & the said Thompson living more than twenty miles from the place of this Caption, was not notified, nor was he present at the taking hereof. Before me Joseph Hibbert J of peace
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A good article referencing Harold and his patronage of the '60s Boston jazz scene appears here: http://www.stuffmag.com/features/multi_page/documents/03750205.asp | Buchhalter, Harold Seymour (I1387)
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ADDIE MILES NOYES
Mrs. Addie (Miles) Noyes was born in Orford, N. H., Feb. 22, 1839, and died in Manchester, N. H., June 25, 1897. Left an orphan at two years of age, she found a home with her grandmother, by whom she was tenderly nurtured. At the age of thirteen she entered the academy at Wentworth, N. H., and graduated from that institution two years later. Feb. 20, 1856, she was married to Rev. George C. Noyes, being then seventeen years of age. They made their first home in Warren, N. H., where, under the pastoral labors of Rev. O. H. Call, Sister Noyes experienced religion and united with the M. E. church.
For seven years after their marriage, Bro. Noyes was engaged in business in Warren and in Lawrence, Mass. Believing himself called of God to preach the gospel, he removed to Newbury, Vt., where he entered the Conference seminary, and completed a three years' course of study. During these years of study and self denial, Sister Noyes was a faithful help-meet to her husband and with willing hands and wise counsels, rendered him great assistance. She realized that she was as truly called to the work of the ministry as her husband, and she consecrated her time and talents to this one object. During the twenty-four years of her husband's ministry, it is but just to the memory of this consecrated woman to say that she, in a very large measure, contributed to his great usefulness in all departments of ministerial labor.
Sister Noyes possessed a well balanced mind. Her talents were employed with the most conscientious diligence. She was very constant in the use of the means of grace and faithful in the performance of religious duties. She was especially useful in carrying forward the benevolent enterprises of the church. For this work she had that tact, energy and good judgment that made her eminently successful in these lines of labor. She, with her honored husband, was always found in the front rank of temperance workers. Her interest was especially devoted to the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In this, as in every other good work, it may be truly said of her, "She hath done what she could."
In her home she was what every minister of the gospel needs - a good housekeeper, a genial companion, a discreet counselor, a faithful true and loving wife. As an associate with her husband in Christian labor, she won the hearts of the people, made strong friendships and, best of all, won many hearts to Christ.
Soon after the death of her husband, in 1890, she removed to Manchester, where she remained until her death. During the years of her widowhood she remained loyal to her church, administering the means at her command with great prudence, that she might be able to give the more for benevolent objects. She was indeed a cheerful giver.
One year ago at the session of our Conference in Manchester we were a guest in her home, at her request. She was then quite ill and, while patient and hopeful, she evidently felt that her sickness might prove her last. With that calm composure which ever characterized her, she made all arrangements for her funeral, and left a written request that the writer should prepare her memoir, as he had previously written that of her husband. Death was gain to her. She left few near relatives, but many near friends, who will cherish her memory and hope to meet her when "mortality is swallowed up of life."
Minutes of the 1895 Session of the New Hampshire Methodist Conference, pages 402-403 | Miles, Mary A. (I18865)
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Administration on the estate of Joshua Connant, who died intestate in England, granted 29 : 9 : 1659 to Mr. Thomas Gardner. Amount of inventory of his estate in New England, 32 li. 6s
Inventory of Seethe, widow of Joshuah Connant, taken by John Browne and Richard Price: One bed, one Bolster, a suit of Curtayns and valiants, one Rug and a Blankett and matt, 8 li.; five p of shetts and a half shett, 5 li.; Eleven napkins, 3 table Cloths, 1 li. 7s.; fowr pilow bears, 1 li. 4s.; twelve towels, 9s.; for pewter pans and spons, 1 li. 6s.; one Cloake, 18s.; one Trunk and on owld Chest, 10s.; one spitt, one payr of Andyrns, 3s.; to Sivs, two Trays, 3s.; one payr of scals and to wayts, 2s. 6d.; one trundl Bedsted and one blankett, 6s.; for wooll, 4s.; 5 stools, 9s.; 9 Chayrs, 13s.; 3 tabls, 1 li.; for divers howshowld implements, 8s. 6d.; for bras and Iron, 1 li. 10s.; one chest, one box, 1 li.; one Carpett, two Coshens, 5s.; one looking glas and two small boxes, 10s.; mony and platt, 1 li. 4s; for 6 shep, 5 li.; one kradle, 4s.; one bedstead, 10s.; total, 32 li. 6s.
Mr. Thomas Gardner's account: a note of what was dewe to mee from Josuah Connant: Wintering of 8 sheepe at 6s. per sheepe, 2 li. 8s.; 32 lode of wood at 4s. per lode, 6 li. 8s.; for a bushell of wheate, 5s.; 3 bushels of Indian Corne, 9s.; payde for him to Jone Cotta, 11s.; dew to Joseph Gardner for 3 yeares rent for his house at 3li.; per yere, 10li.; payd for him to Richard Prince, 13s.; payd to Mr. Browne, 10li.; payd to Mr. Crommell, 5li. 13s. 11d.; total 35li. 7s. 11d.
Hugh Jones testified that while he lived with his master Gardner, the latter wintered eight sheep for Joshua Connant, and deponent carried wood to his wife, "I gesse" upward of thirty loads, also corn and wheat, etc.
Jone (her F mark) Cotta, wife of Robert, testified, 20: 4: 1660, that she received of Thomas Gardner of Salem, eleven shillings for the keeping of Josuah Connant's sheep one summer. Phillip Cromwell's receipt dated June 10, 1659, from "ould Mr Gardner" for a debt of 5li. 13s. 11d.
Source: Essex Quarterly Court Files, vol. 5 leaves 116, 117. Also: Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 39. | Conant, Joshua (I19498)
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Aix in Provence July 5th. 1779
May it Please your Excellency
Being now a Prisoner at this Place & on My Peroole of Honour, begs leave to address your Excellency on this present occasion, As Being a Subject to the United & Independent States of America, Sollicits your Honour to Use your interest & influence to Procure my Enlargement & Liberty As there being but two Unhappy Sufferers of Us natives of America puts Great confidence in our being Successful— Having received a Letter lately from Bourdeaux from Mr. Frasier Directed to My fellow Sufferer Mr. Taylor in which he intimates the nessesity of our Accquainting Your Excellency of the above. Anxious Waiting for your approbation hoping Yr. Excellency Will take our Distressed situation in consideration Which Will be Gratefully Acknowledged by Sr. With Profound Respect Your most Obedient & humble Servant
William Kentisbear
Your Excellency will Please to Observe that We Shall think it the most happy circumstance that can Occur to procure us Passes to proceed to Bourdeaux Or Nants & there to repair on Board Some American frigate Or Vessel of War as Your Excellencys Goodness shall think most Expedient
Addressed: a Son Excellence / Monsieur Le Docteur Franklin / ambassadeur des Etats unis de l'amerique / Ã la Cour de france / Ã Paris
Notations in different hands: William Kentisbear, Aix in Province July. 5. 1779 / aix
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ALFRED - Jeanne H Rock, 63, died on Tuesday in H. D. Goodall Hospital in Sanford, after a long illness. She was born in Sanford on August 29, 1944, a daughter of P. Roland and Rita Decelles Huard. She attended Sanford schools. She loved the outdoors and nature. She enjoyed hiking, camping and canoeing. She also enjoyed participating in Pow Wows and followed them locally. She enjoyed her yearly trips to Florida and loved canoeing in the Everglades. She was preceded in death by: her husband, Leonard Rock in 1993; and by her siblings. She is survived by: her two sons, John P. Rock and his wife, Allyson of Fort Lauderdale, FL and Aaron J. Rock of Sanford; two daughters, Lisa R. Black and her husband, Kevin of Alfred and Faith E. Rock of Old Orchard Beach; one brother, Henry Huard of Meridan, CT; eight grandchildren; and her nieces and nephews. | Huard, Jeanne Dak (I19893)
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An Inventorie of the goods and chattells of Nathaniell Tilden late of Scittuate in New England in America gen Deceased made & prized the xxxith Day of July 1641 by us whose names are hereunder written
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Inprimis in the Hall one table one forme & chaires 00 . 12 . 00
It one booke of martirs one great bible Calvins in-
stucons wilson on the romans 3 of mr Downams 3
of Dotr Prestons Dod upon the Comaundnts Sibbs 05 . 00 . 00
upon the covenant 3 of Doctr Stortons mr Dikes
works & thirty other bookes
It 1 muskett 1 sword & birding peece 01 . 00 . 00
It in the Inner roome 1 bed furnished 23 . 00 . 00
It 3 pair of sheets two pair of pillowcoats 1 duzn & half
of napkins two table cloaths two towells 03 . 00 . 00
It 1 peece of fusteon 00 . 14 . 00
It xii peecs of pewter 00 . 12 . 00
It iii silver spoones 00 . 15 . 00
It two cloakes 02 . 00 . 00
It 1 truncke 00 . 06 . 08
It in the hall chamber 1 bed furnished 03 . 00 . 00
It three chests 00 . 14 . 00
It in the Inner chamber one flock bed furnished 01 . 10 . 00
It three chests 00 . 06 . 00
It 1 smale paire of brand Irons 00 . 02 . 06
It i old case of bottells 00 . 03 . 00
It 2 old flock beds two boulsters three Bankets & a pillow 02 . 00 . 00
It in the servants chambers two beds furnished 02 . 00 . 00
It ix paire of sheets 02 . 10 . 00
It vi paire of pillow coats 00 . 15 . 00
It vii table cloathes 00 . 16 . 00
It iii duzzen & three napkins 01 . 00 . 00
It v Towells 00 . 10 . 00
It iiii old table cloths & other old linnen 00 . 02 . 00
It x silver spoones 0* . 00 . 00
It six prcells of fusteon 03 . 18 . 00
It the rest of his weareing apparell 05 . 10 . 00
It a pillion & a pillion cloth 00 . 09 . 00
It six cusheons 03 . 10 . 00
It the rest of the pewter 05 . 00 . 00
It the bras 00 . 14 . 00
It the irons belonging to the chimney 00 . 14 . 00
It iii iron potts 00 . 10 . 00
It ii frying pars & a driping pan 00 . 10 . 00
It scales and weights 00 . 12 . 00
It i grindle stone 00 . 14 . 00
It i one Jacke 00 . 14 . 00
It brewing vessells & milk vessells & beere vessells
kneading troughs & other tubbs 05 . 00 . 00
It certaine spruce boards 01 . 10 . 02
It other smale things necessary about the house 00 . 10 . 00
It all the Iron things and workeing tools belonging to husbandry 03 . 10 . 00
It the Cart & all things belonging to yt & a set of harrow 03 . 06 . 08
tynes
It two oxen two bulls two steeres i yeareling one Cow 50 . 00 . 00
and a calfe
It ii hoggs and foure piggs 07 . 00 . 00
It foules about the house 00 . 13 . 00
It tenn stocks & swarmes of bees 10 . 00 . 00
It fishing netts 01 . 00 . 00
It pouder & shott 01 . 06 . 04
It Indean corn in the house about 37 busahells half of
3 bushells of sumer wheate i bushell and a half of 07 . 00 . 00
peas & about one bushell & half of mault
It xiiii acrees of Corne on the ground 30 . 00 . 00
It in Debts hopefull & Desprate 27 . 00 . 00
Prized as abovesd by us
Willm Vassall Thomas Chambers Willm Hatch
* This is either 02 or 03.
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An Inventory of the estate of Iames Barnabey deceased taken by vs whose names are vnderwritten this 30th day of october 1677
Lsd
Impr: 4 cowes 3 Calues and halfe a Calfe 10 00 00
Item 2 oxen smale Cattle att 05 00 00
Item a bull 3 yeer old 02 00 00
Item a steer three old and vantage 02 10 00
Item a horse 01 15 00
Item 2 swine 01 00 00
Item a Cart & wheeles 01 15 00
Item 2 Guns 02 05 00
Item 1 sword 00 06 00
Item his wearing Clothes att 02 00 00
Item 3 shirts 00 14 00
Item more in stockens 00 04 00
Item in beding and furniture belonging to it 12 00 00
Item more in linine 00 10 00
Item 2 Iron potts and pothangers & hooks att 01 10 00
Item pewter 00 15 00
Item Chests with other Lumber att 01 15 00
Item a syth 2 axes and other tackling 01 05 06
Item in Cloth of her owne spining 01 09 00
Item in serge vnmade vp 01 12 09
Item from Richard Warren 00 18 00
Item Corne of this yeers Cropp 03 10 00
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Item debts payed and expences for the families vse out of the estate of Iames Barnabey deceased
Item since his death in Rates 03 06 00
Item more in debts pqyed and expences for the familiess vse 05 18 04
Ioseph Bartlett
Thomas [Faunce?]
William Clark
of tbe Courts disposall of the abouesaid estate see book of orders and passages at the Court; October Court 1677 | Barnaby, James (I10257)
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Aquila Chase appears first at Hampton, N.H. A company under the leadership of Rev. Stephen Bachiler is supposed to have commenced the settlement on Oct 14, 1638. (Dow's History of Hampton, 10-11). Early in the year 1639 a new band of settler came with Mr. Timothy Dalton, who became associate pastor of the Hampton church. The town was incorporated by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony May 22 1639. It is probable that Aquila and Thomas Chase came with the second company as it appears that emigration was greatly diminished by the year 1640. Various traditions are extant about the date and manner of their arrival in this country, but they are only traditions with little likelihood of ever being anything else, due to the lack of preservation, or later loss, of the shipping lists of that period.
The first town meeting of Hampton, of which there is a record, was held Oct 31 1639, and Dec 24 of the same year land was allotted to fifteen grantees, the first grants being small house lots. In June 1640 other persons became grantee, among them being Aquila Chase and Thomas Chase.
The Hampton records show that in 1640 there was granted to Aquila Chase six acres for a house lot. In 1644 an additional grant was recorded of six acres of "upland meadow and swamp," which he sold to his "brother Thomas" on his removal to Newbury.
The home lot of Aquila Chase was a part of what has long been known as the Perkins homestead, Here undoubtedly, he erected a log house which he occupied until the summer in 1646. The homestead was located south of Meeting House Green, near the marshes on the road to the ancient Tide Mill.
Aquila Chase before he removed to Newbury was seen gathering pease on the first day of the week and at the Quarterly Court held at Ipswich, Sept 29 1646, he and his wife, and David Wheeler, his brother-in-law, all "of Hampton," were presented for gathering pease on the sabbath.(Records and Files of the Quarterly Court of Essex County, I:110) At the next session of the Court held at Ipswich, march 30 1646/47, they were presented again for the same offense and the constable reported that the summons had been sent to Hampton and that the parties were not there but "were gone to Newbury." (Ibid, I:113). On March 28 1657.48, they were admonished and their fines were remitted. (Ibid , 139) The removal must have been soon after the pea-picking episode as he was not to be found in Hampton when the Court summons of Sept 29 1646 reached there. A deposition presented at the Quarterly Court held in Ipswich Sept 25 1666, mentions "Acciquilla Chas, aged about forty-eight years," which would make 1618 the year of his birth. (Ibid, 3:347). Aquila Chase lived in Newbury until his death Dec 27 1670. The place of his burial is unknown but it was probably in the grave yard at Oldtown as the yard at Sawyer's hill was not in use until thirty years later.
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Archelaus, Newbury, nam. Hercules in the report to governm. of passeng. from Southampton in the James of London, embark. 6 Apr. arr. 3 June 1635, and call. mercer of Malford. Perhaps the custom-ho. officers knew more of Hercules than of the other name, tho. both are equal. heathenish, but prob. the sound was not unlike. He was b. 1618; but how entit. mercer, when only a minor, provokes inq. My conject. is, that his elder br. Edward, deserv. that descript. and came in that ship, but it was undesirable to give his name and excite suspic. that he was not authoriz. under the odious orders of the counc. to come to our country. Mr. Coffin wh. says his w. Eliz. d. 17 Dec. 1677, gives no ch. He was made freem. 17 May 1637, was lieut. 1670, rep. 1674 and 5, m. sec. w. 13 Nov. 1678, Dorothy Chapman, and d. 7 Oct. 1702. (Savage 4:640)
Archelaus, mercer, Newbury, 1637; frm. May 17, 1637, town officer, lieut. His wife Elizabeth d. 17 Dec. 1677. He m. 13 Nov. 1678, Dorothy Chapman. Ch. Sarah, (m. John Brocklebank). He d. 7 Oct. 1702. (source: Pope, Pioneers in Massachusetts, p.513)
Archelaus Woodman, mercer, was of Newbury, Mass., in 1637, freeman 17 May of that year, town officer and lieutenant 1670, representative to the General Court 1674 and 75. He came over in the James of London from Southampton, embarking. 6 April and arrived 3 June, 1635. In passenger list of same is called Hercules and as of Malford (i.e. Christian Malford, Wilts.,) mercer. He brought wife Elizabeth who died 17 December, 1677 and he married second Dorothy Chapman, 13 November, 1678. He died 7 October, 1702.
(source: Clues from English Archives..., p. 106) | Woodman, Lt. Archelaus (I5979)
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Arthur was one of three original owners of the Bangor Tire Company.Arthur, Howard Collmer,and Percival Merrill were the three partners. Bangor Tire was located on Franklin street, where Panda Garden is now located and before that Benjamins Bar. On January 13, 1949 Arthur bought 20% of the Houlton Bowling Alley on Bangor Street in Houlton,ME.
Howard Collmer owning the other 80%. Arthur also was part owner of the CMW Realty Co., Apparently the three partners in Bangor Tire also were partners in this venture around 1949-1950. Arthur enjoyed his hunting camp, in Alton Maine on Sargent Bog, and his summer home in Castine Maine. He enjoyed fishing with his friends, including Bud Leavitt and on occasion Baseball great Ted Williams. He was at one time a member of the
Coast Guard Reserve. Arthur also enjoyed his vegatable garden in Bangor. He was known to dabble in the stock market and at the time of his death owned several shares of some very big companies, such as AT&T, leaving his wife a very well to do woman. He was a member of the Bangor Lodge of Elks, Bangor Lions Club, and an active member of Saint Mary's Church in Bangor. | Wardwell, Arthur Francis (I2938)
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Associated with Enoch in Kittery were three Hutchins who were undoubtedly from his immediate family. John took Enoch's goods to Portsmouth, NH in 1659, and in 1667 he had land next to Enoch in Kittery. It is assumed that John was Enoch's brother. Later a David was living next to Enoch, and in all probability this David was a son of a David granted a sawmill permit in Newbury in the year 1658. In 1663 David and John jointly had a sawmill in Newbury, MA. Assuming that no permit for a mill would be granted to a minor, and assuming that Enoch's possessions would not be noted in his name if he were not of age, it appears that these Hutchins-Hutchings were all born prior to 1638 and in all probability were brothers born in Devon in the 1630s.
Their origin in Devon is supported by a 1718 deed for five acres of land on Spruce Creek in Kittery which Benjamin Hutchins, son of Enoch, gave to his kinsman Thomas Hutchins, son of Hugh Hutchins of Old England. Records show that Thomas was probably the son of Hugh and Susanna Huchans and was baptized in Northam Parish, Shebbear Hundred, Devon, on January 22, 1701/2. Thomas went from Devon to Kittery about 1718. Later he moved to Damariscotta, ME. To date it has not been possible to document the relationship between Enoch and Hugh, but in all probability Enoch was Hugh's uncle.
The name Enoch was rarely used by Old English Hutchins families. Only one person of that name has been found in English records and that was in the 1800s. Also, in America the name was seldom used outside of the Kittery line. The only other use recorded was an Enoch Hutchins of Loudoun Cty, VA who served in the War of 1812.
The name Hutchins in Kittery is generally spelled Hutchins or Hutchings. However, it is also recorded Huchins, Houchin, etc. Out of areas populated by West Countrymen (from Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset) the Hutchins name is often erroneously changed to Hutchinson.
In addition to the descendants of Enoch recorded in this genealogy it is certain that many of the other Hutchins of Kittery and York were of the Enoch line. Enoch's son John was born in 1676 and was in Enoch's will in 1693, at the age of 17. However, his marriage is not noted nor are any children attributed to him. The Jonathan Hutchins of York and Boothbay, born about 1700 could be his son. Also, Noah Hutchins was baptized in 1737 in the Spruce Creek Meeting House, but his parents are not known. These and many other unidentified Hutchins are probably from the Enoch or David lines of Kittery.
excerpted from "Hugh Hutchins of Old England" by Jack Randolph Hutchins | Hutchings, Enoch (I251)
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Because I know not the day of my death I make this my Last will and testat I bequeath my body to the earth and my soul to god yt gave it in hope of a blessed resurection
1 I give to my eldest sone Stephen Greenleif the one half of my house Lott that half next him, he makeing all the fence that lyeth against his own land I give him also my share of the yland that we bought between us of Ephraim winslow of Saulsberry with two acres of the meadow below the yland next Caleb Moodys meadow provided there be liberty for Edmund to make a fence across the yland from my [ditch?] to doctor dole his [ditch?], and what may be upon the yland may be used to repaire' the fence and that my sone Stephen with his brother Edmund and Caleb Moody that is mgadgee Doe their pro[___]n of the fence to secure their meadow
2d. I give to my sone John Greenlef besides what he hath already had my freehold Lott at plumb yland he payeing to his sister Mary five pound in pay when she shall be marryed or at 18 years of age.
3d I give to my sone Samuel Greenlef besides the Liveing he hath by deed of gift five sheep and all my weareing cloths.
4t. I give my sone Tristrum that Liveing at Har[__]choak the free hold lott with the house & fences to it, and the two river Lots of Salt marsh at [foss?] yland he payeing to his sister Mary five pounds in pay when she shall be marryed or at 18 years of age.
5 I give my Rate lott to be equally [divided?] [___], Tristrum, & Edmund [___] as they can they draweing lotts for yr shares and the Rate lott I bought of Benja Guttridge I give to my sone Stephen I doe appoint also my sone Stephen to pay to his sister Mary three score pound in pay and ten pound in mony within two years after she shall be 18 years of age or marriage.
6ly I give to my sone Stephen the Cha[__]er, to daughter dole the brass pot or the Litle Iron Ketle wch she will, and the litle silver cup in my cupbord and one sheep. And I doe hereby [___] that I gave him the meadow at Saulsberry next major pykes pasture. that he should have had a deed of gift of, I give to my daughter noice my gre[at?] platter and the silver wine cup to her daughter Elizabeth, I give the [_aker nut?] cup to my sone Stephen
7t I give to my sone Edmund Greenleif the rest of my Estate houseing land and meadow fence stock houshold stuff and tools he payeing to his sister Mary [sweet?] 8[_] pound in pay as soon as she shall be marryed.
Lastly. In case my sone Edmund Greenlef should dye without Issue Lawfully begotten of his own body then all which I have in this my will given to him I give to my sone Stephen Greenleff viz. house Lands &c. as beforementioned, He payeing to the rest of his brothers and sisters their surviveing proportion also the value what it may be valued at by two indifferent men, Reserveing to himself and Mary which I freely give three parts or shares of said Edmunds portion.
I doe appoint my sone Edmund Greenleif to be my sole executor and Caleb Moody & Wm Titcomb to see this my will performed as overseers of the Land. My desyre is that my well beloved wife shall Live [__] my sone Edmund But if in case my wife should see good to remove and Live otherwhere Then Edmund shall pay to his mother four pounds a yeare or else she [to?] have the thirds of the Land and further in case my sone Tristram dye without Issue Lawfully begotten of his own body Then the one half of the value of the Land given him by [me?], to be to his widow and the other half to be divided equally amongst the rest of the children. In full testimony that this is my last will & testament I have hereunto put my hand & seale [this 5?] August 1690
Stephen Grenlife & a seale
This was published [___] of Capt Stephen Grenlef
[Senr.?] & signed & sealed in presence of
Benja. Gerrish
Wm Longfellow
James March | Greenleaf, Capt. Stephen (I7492)
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