ELEVENTH GENERATION

1686. Sgt. John Emery Sr. (23389) (23390)(23391) (23392)(23393) (23394)(23395) (23396)(23397) (23398)(23399) was born on 29 Sep 1598 in England.(23400) (23401) He was baptized on 29 Mar 1599 in Romsey, co. Hants, England.(23402) He emigrated on 3 Apr 1635 from Southampton, co. Hants, England. (23403) (23404)(23405) (23406) He arrived on the "James". He immigrated on 3 Jun 1635 to Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. (23407) He took the oath of freeman on 2 Jun 1641 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.(23408) (23409)(23410) He signed a will on 1 May 1680.(23411) (23412) (23413)

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."



He died on 3 Nov 1683 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (23414)(23415) (23416)(23417) His estate was probated on 27 Nov 1683.(23418) (23419) He had estate inventory taken on 27 Nov 1683.(23420) He was a carpenter. (23421) He was married to Mary before 1628.(23422) (23423)(23424)

1687. Mary(23425) (23426) died in Apr 1649 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.(23427) (23428)(23429) Children were:

child843 i. Eleanor Emery.
child828 ii. Sgt. John Emery Jr..
child iii. Alice Emery(23430).
child iv. Ann Emery(23431) (23432)(23433) was born about 1631 in England.(23434) (23435) She was baptized on 18 Mar 1633 in Romsey, co. Hants, England.(23436)
child v. Ebenezer Emery(23437) (23438)(23439) was born on 16 Sep 1648 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (23440)(23441) (23442)