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James Wall

James Wall[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]

Male Abt 1600 - 1659  (~ 59 years)


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  • Name James Wall 
    Birth Abt 1600  [9
    Gender Male 
    Migration 23 Jul 1635  From London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    To New England
    aboard Pied Cow 
    • Role: Passenger
    Event 1639  Exeter Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 13, 14, 15, 16
    signed
    the Exeter Combination 
    • Role: Signer
    Occupation carpenter, millwright  [1, 2, 5]
    Occupation 1 May 1649  Exeter, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    hired to keep the town's cattle
    Gowen Wilson
    with Judge Henry Robie 
    • "It is covenanted and agreed between Gowen Wilson and the town of Exeter that the said Gowen is to keep all the neat herd of the town of Exeter from one-year-old and upward (working cattle excepted) from the day of the date hereof until three weeks after Michaelmas, to go every morning through the town at the usual time cow-herds go forth, and so to have the cattle turned into the town street and the said Gowen to drive them into the wood, and all day to keep them in such convenient places as may be best for their feeding, on both sides of the river, and at night to bring them home again, at the usual time of herds coming home; in like manner to bring them through the street from the first house to the last who have cattle on that street, and seek up or cause to be sought any that shall be lost from before him and in the like manner to keep them every third Sabbath day. To be paid the sum of Eleven Pound, half to be in good English commodities at price current, about the beginning of August next, and the other half of the pay to be paid in corn at harvest at 3 sh. a bushel. [signed] by Gowen Wilson and John Legat, James Wall, Henry Roby, selectmen of Exeter."


    • Role: Selectman
    Will 20 Sep 1659  [18, 19

    • The last will & testament of James Wall of Hampton in the County of norfolke I James Wall being very weake of Body but of Good understanding & memory Due by these prsents Comend unto all unto whome they shall Come the true Intent of my mind Conserning the setteling of my Estate after my Decease viz Conserning the Deeds formerly made to my two Eldest Daughters (Elizabeth & Sarah Wall) of my farme which lyeth westward of Robert Pages Land & bounded with the River Call Taylors River towards the South & Likewise Six Acres of Salt marsh lying on the south side of the falls River being bounded with the marsh of will Marston now in the Hands of John Cram towards the south the which lands above mentioned I Doe Conferme unto them my two Eldest Daughters Having made and appointed Henery Roby as a feffer in trust for what I Have Given unto my two Eldest Daughters & to whatt is already Given them the Land is to be Eaqually Devided between them two : & I Doe farther Give & bequeath unto Elizabeth Wall A Horse Coltt of two yeer & the vantage old : & I Give unto my Daughter Sarah A Horse Coltt of this yeere & A peese of stuffe between them to make Each of them a Goune the stuffe is a peese of mixt stuff of a sad Culler of a boutt twenty-five yards : & I Have Given them a fether bed with a fether bolster with a payer of blankets & a Red Rugge Itum to my Daughter Elizabeth my best Hatt & a Carsey westcot to Each of them===

      Ittum I give and bequeath unto mary Wall my Loving wife & to my two Children which I Had by Her viz Mary & Hannah Wall my Dwelling House & the House lott lying between the lott of Robert Tuck towards the south and the lott of Thomas webstur somtimes will Howards towards the north and Six acres of Salt marsh lying on the north sid of the falles River bounded with the marsh of Gilles ffuller towards the north Ittum I Give my wife & Her two Children my fower oxen & fouer Cowes & my mare and all the moveable Goods Excepting whatt is a bove mentioned & Given to my two Eldest Daughters Itt a Debt of fifty pounds Due unto mee from mr Samuell Dudly & Humphrey willson & thirty pounds Due from John Godward & a bill of twenty two pounds from nicolas smith : & these lands & moveables Given to wife & my yongest Children are to bee Improved by my Excequetor for the maintenance of my wife & the bringing up of my two Children and att my wives Death or mariage whatt is left is to Returne to my two yongest Children mary & Hanna wall and I appoint Henery Robey as a feffer in trust to take noties of what Estate is left & in Cause my wife should marrie or dy whilest the Children are under Age Henery Robey is to take Care of the Estate which shall bee left to settell Itt to the Children when they shall a Rive to the Age of Eighteen yeers & for the Cearfull bringing of them up in Cause God should take a way my wife by Death sooner : & I Doe make & appoint mary wall my loving wife to bee my lawfull Excequetor to this my last will & tesment which I Doe Conferme with my Hand & seale thearunto affixed the twenteth of september Anno Dm one thousand Six Hundred & fifty nine

      James [Seal] wall

      Signed Sealed & Confermed
      in the prsents of
      Samuell Dalton
      John X Cass
      His marke
    Death 3 Oct 1659  Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9, 18, 20, 21
    Probate 4 Oct 1659  [18, 19
    Person ID I13143  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2014 

    Father Nicholas Wall,   b. 1 Feb 1574/5   bur. 9 Jun 1648, Langham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Cole   bur. 18 Jun 1649 
    Marriage Y  [10, 22, 23
    Family ID F12071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret ________  [9, 19
    Marriage Bef 1647  [9
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Wall   d. Bef 7 Nov 1681
     2. Nicholas Wall   d. Bef 1647
    +3. Sarah Wall,   b. Bef 1647   d. 7 Feb 1680/1, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 34 years)
    Family ID F4677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Mary Philbrick,   b. Abt 1627   d. 28 Oct 1702, Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)  [7, 9, 24
    Marriage Bef 1656  [3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 18, 19, 25, 26
    Children 
    +1. Mary Ann Wall,   b. 8 Jan 1655/6, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Hannah Wall,   b. 17 Mar 1658/9, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4647  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To New England,aboard Pied Cow  - 23 Jul 1635 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - signed,the Exeter Combination  - 1639 - Exeter Plantation, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - hired to keep the town's cattle,Gowen Wilson
    with Judge Henry Robie  - 1 May 1649 - Exeter, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Oct 1659 - Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
    Wall Coat of Arms
    Wall Coat of Arms

  • Sources 
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