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Sgt. John Emery, Sr.

Sgt. John Emery, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]

Male 1598 - 1683  (85 years)


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  • Name John Emery 
    Prefix Sgt. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 29 Sep 1598  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 19, 22] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 29 Mar 1599  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 15, 23, 24] 
    Migration 5 Apr 1635  From Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56] 
    To Boston
    aboard James 
    • The ship arrived on 3 Jun 1635.
    • Role: Family5
    Court 1 Sep 1635  [43, 44, 48] 
    did owe a debt to the estate of Joseph Avery
    Parties Involved:
    Deacon Richard Knight, witness
    John Knight Sr., witness
    Nicholas Holt, witness
    Freeman 2 Jun 1641  Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 11, 15] 
    • Anderson has 2 Jun 1642.
    Court 29 Sep 1646  [15, 57] 
    "for his miscarriage with the wife of Henry Travers, fined £3 or to be whipped, and pay witness fee to Christopher Bartlet. Bound to good behavior and not to frequent the company of the wife of Henry Travers"
    Parties Involved:
    Christopher Bartlett, witness
    Event 1654  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 45, 51, 58, 59] 
    petition was signed in support
    John Cheney
    Anthony Morse Sr.
    Maj. Robert Pike 
    • He had been censured earlier by the General Court for remarks defamatory of the government.
    • Role: Signer
    Court 28 Mar 1654  [15] 
    for selling the town's lands without order
    Parties Involved:
    John Merrill, defendant
    Office 27 Mar 1655  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    constable
    Property 19 May 1655  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    one freehold or liberty of commonage
    Mary Shatswell, partner
    John Webster, past owner
    Office 25 Mar 1656  [15] 
    clerk of the market
    Court 9 Apr 1657  [15, 58, 60] 
    that they "had known him for years, and observed him to be honest and christianlike in his conversation, and not a liar"
    Parties Involved:
    William Titcomb, defendant
    John Cheney, deponent
    Event 26 Nov 1662  [15, 20, 61] 
    appointed guardians
    Sgt. John Emery Jr.
    Israel Webster
    Nathan Webster 
    Court 29 Mar 1670  [15] 
    for cutting hay on John Musslewhite's land
    Parties Involved:
    Benjamin Rolfe
    • Role: Defendant
    Property 28 Feb 1672/3  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    exchanged land
    Nathaniel Merrill, participant
    • Emery receiving "a parcel of land containing by estimation three acres ... as it lyeth in the salt marshes" and Merrill receiving a parcel of salt marsh.
    Property 10 Jul 1675  [15] 
    "the one half of my living or land in Nubury unto me belonging together with one half of my housing and all other privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging"
    Jonathan Emery, deed recipient
    Taxed 7 Oct 1676  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Deposition 8 Apr 1679  [15, 62] 
    "John Emerie, Sr., aged about eighty-one years, testified that about forty years ago he saw laid to William Estow then living in Nuberie a four acre lot, being a house lot, and twelve acres of meadow, ... which land said Estow sold to William White, and White to Tho[mas] Jones of Hampton, and Jones to deponent for William Ilsly, Sr., who has peaceably enjoyed it from 1643 to date"
    Deposition 29 Mar 1680  [15] 
    deposed that in 1656 after the division between Rowley and Newbury was made, a committee was appointed, of which they were two, to lay out the land.... Deponents were also of the committee at the second division in 1662"
    Will 1 May 1680  [15, 63, 64, 65] 


    • 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."
    Death 3 Nov 1683  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 15, 22, 63, 65, 66] 
    Inventory 13 Nov 1683  [15, 65] 
    Occupation carpenter and innkeeper  [3, 12, 15, 19]
    Probate 27 Nov 1683  [15, 63, 65] 
    Burial Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Cemetery:
    Burying Ground of the First Settlers
    Person ID I9669  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2020 

    Father John Emery   bur. 25 Jun 1627, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Agnes Northend   bur. 1 Nov 1626, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 11, 23, 67] 
    Family ID F3740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice Grantham   d. Bef 1647  [13, 15, 24, 68] 
    Marriage 26 Jul 1620  Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 15, 17, 24, 65] 
    Children 
     1. Alice Emery,   b. SAY 1622
    +2. Eleanor Emery,   b. 1624   d. 1700 (Age 76 years)
    +3. Sgt. John Emery, Jr.,   b. Abt 1628, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1693 (Age ~ 65 years)
    +4. Anne Emery,   b. 1632/3, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1687, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F3739  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Mary Shatswell,   b. Abt 1605, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1694, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 89 years)  [15, 16, 20, 61, 69] 
    Marriage 29 Oct 1647  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 20, 61, 65] 
    Children 
     1. Ebenezer Emery,   b. 16 Sep 1648, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Jonathan Emery,   b. 13 May 1652, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1723, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F3744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Sep 1598 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 29 Mar 1599 - Romsey, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Jul 1620 - Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard James  - 5 Apr 1635 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 2 Jun 1641 - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Oct 1647 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - petition was signed in support,John Cheney
    Anthony Morse Sr.
    Maj. Robert Pike  - 1654 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - constable - 27 Mar 1655 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - one freehold or liberty of commonage,Mary Shatswell, partner
    John Webster, past owner - 19 May 1655 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - exchanged land,Nathaniel Merrill, participant - 28 Feb 1672/3 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTaxed - 7 Oct 1676 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Nov 1683 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Burying Ground of the First Settlers - - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
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