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vii. Abigail, born 1716, married Nov. 23, 1732, Samuel Read, son
of John and Jane (Chamberlain) Read and born Aug.
11,
1711 (cousin of Timothy). She died Mar. 23, 1743.
Her
children are mentioned in her father's will of that
date.
He married second, June 22, 1757, widow Hannah
(Wright) Underwood, (John) and had by her four
children:
Abigail, Olive, Bridget and Samuel. The second
wife died Mar. 7, 1811. Children by first wife were:
1. Thomas, born Feb. 6, 1732-3; Lieutenant;
three
wiyes and 17 children.
2. Samuel, born Jan. 20, 1734-5, died Jan. 20,
1755.
3. Silas, born Apr. 2, 1737, married 1772,
Hannah
Chamberlain; 16 children.
4. William, born Sept. 24, 1739.
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20 THOMAS4 EMERY (James,3 James,2 Anthony1), son of James and Margaret
(Hitchcock)
Emery; settled in Biddeford; married March 22, 1731, Susannah
Hill, daughter of Deacon Ebenezer
Hill; his will made May 9, 1781, mentions children, James,
Ebenezer and Thomas. The other children
probably died before the date of his will.
Children, born in Biddeford:
72 i JAMES,5 b. Nov. 22, 1738.
73 ii JOSHUA, bapt. Feb. 19, 1743-4.
74 iii EUENEZER, bapt. June 15, 1746.
75 iv NATHAN.
76 v LOIS, bapt. May 14, 1749.
77 vi THOMAS, b. Sept. 10, 1752.
78 vii NATHANIRL, bapt. July 20, 1755.
79 viii SUSANNAH, bapt. March 12, 1759.
Some records give another child, Jonah or Jonathan.
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11. JOHN CUMMINGS, (John,3 John,2 Isaac,1) married, Oct. 3,
1705 (recorded in Charlestown),
Elizabeth Adams. He died in Westford, where he was an early
settler, Apr. 27, 1759. She died Apr.
30, 1759, only three days after. His farm was on Stoney brook.
"Samuel Spalding deeded to John
Cummings, of Chelmsford, land on Stoney brook, Jan. 19,
1721-2," near present railroad station,
including land latterly owned by Mr. Geo. B. Dupee and Sarah
Cummings. He bought land as early as
1707. His dwelling was probably near Mr. Dupee's and the Great
Elm. He was moderator of the
meeting called in the west precinct of Chelmsford, to make
choice of a minister, May 2, 1727. He
was called deacon then, although the second church was not
orgamized until August following. Rev.
E. R. Hodgman (History of Westford to whom as well as to his
history this compiler is much
indebted), infers that he had been deacon in the first church
before this time. He was elected deacon,
however, in the new precinct in Dec., 1727. He was moderator of
the first recorded town meeting in
Westford, Mar. 2, 1729-30, and was chosen one of the first
board of selectmen. He appears on the
board during 13 years. He was town clerk in 1736.
CHILDREN:
I. Elisabeth, born Aug. 24, 1706, in Chelmsford. She is
not
mentioned, 1753, in her father's will. There is a
record of
an Elisabeth who married, 1724, James Hildreth.
ii. Mary, born July 5, 1708, married Nov. 10, 1732,
Timothy,
son of Thomas and Sarah (Fletcher) Read and born
Mar.
21, 1714, in Westford. He removed to Dunstable and
lived
on the West side of Salmon brook. It is related of
him
that he once went to search with others, for a
neighbor
named Whitney, who having escaped from the Indians,
had built himself a hut in the bushes. Approaching
this hut, and seeing a movement in the bushes, Read fired and
killed Whitney, the memory of which saddened his
remaining
years. His wife died Nov. 3, 1778, in Dunstable.
Children:
1. Elisabeth, born Feb. 2, 1732-3.
2. Mary, born Feb. 22, 1734.
3. Timothy, born Aug. 30, 1736, married Susanna
(???), and had 9 children.
4. Catharine, baptized 1738.
5. Eleazer, born Feb. 1749, married Jan. 1,
1771, Rachel
Cummings. May have been the Rachel,
daughter of Leonard and Jane of
Londonderry,
one of three children whose guardian was
Joel
Parkhurst, of Dunstable. Eleazer and Rachel
had Rachel, born Jan. 4, 1770; Rhoda, born
Nov. 26, 1772; Caleb, born Aug. 7, 1775;
Leonard,
born Apr. 4, 1777, died Sept. 3, 1788;
Rebecca,
born Mar. 8, 1779, and Betsy, born Dec.
17, 1780, died May 8, 1789. The father died
Aug. 10, 1811, the mother Feb. 8, 1828,
aged
87 years.
32. iii. John, born June 1, 1710.
33. iv. William, born July 29, (27) 1712.
34. v. Thomas, born Aug. 1, 1714.
vii. Abigail, born 1716, married Nov. 23, 1732, Samuel
Read, son
of John and Jane (Chamberlain) Read and born Aug.
11,
1711 (cousin of Timothy). She died Mar. 23, 1743.
Her
children are mentioned in her father's will of that
date.
He married second, June 22, 1757, widow Hannah
(Wright) Underwood, (John) and had by her four
children:
Abigail, Olive, Bridget and Samuel. The second
wife died Mar. 7, 1811. Children by first wife were:
1. Thomas, born Feb. 6, 1732-3; Lieutenant;
three
wiyes and 17 children.
2. Samuel, born Jan. 20, 1734-5, died Jan. 20,
1755.
3. Silas, born Apr. 2, 1737, married 1772,
Hannah
Chamberlain; 16 children.
4. William, born Sept. 24, 1739.
35. viii. Samuel, born Sept. 16, 1718.
36. ix. Ephraim, born Nov. 30, 1720.
x. Bridget, born Nov. 15, 1722, married June 6, 1744,
Lieut.
Moses Parker, son of Aaron and Abigail (Adams)
Parker.
He married second, (published Aug. 20) 1779, Widow
Anna Barret. He died July 12, 1797, aged 79. Bridget
died after 1765. Children:
1. Bridget, baptized July, 1745, died young.
2. Bridget, born Oct. 30, 1746.
Was a deacon.
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4. JOHN CUMMINGS (John2, Isaac1) married Sept. 13, 1680, Elisabeth,
daughter of Samuel and
Hannah (Bracket) Kinsley, of Billerica, Mass. Hannah Bracket,
daughter of Capt. Richard and Alice,
was baptised Nov. 4, 1634, in Boston. He is probably the John
who is designated as "Serg't
Cummings," and was one of a small garrison in Dunstable
established Dec. 25, 1702, under command
of Lt. Col. Jonathan Tyng. It is usually stated that it was the
garrison at his own house which was
assaulted, July 3, 1706, by a party of two hundred Mohawk
Indians. His house stood on the right
hand of the road from Dunstable to the present town of
Tyngsborough, about a half mile from the
former place. The stories of the attack are not harmonious in
all particulars. It seems to be agreed that
there was a company of soldiers in the garrison at the time and
that they were surprised. "At sunset a
Mr. Cummings and his wife went out to milk their cows and left
the gate open. The Indians who had
advanced undiscovered, started up, shot Mrs .Cummings dead
('Goody Cummings died July 3, 1706,
at night.') upon the spot, and wounded her husband who had his
arm broken, but was so fortunate as
to reach the woods while the Indians were engaged in the house.
That night he lay in a swamp in the
northerly part of Tyngsborough, about a quarter of a mile west
of the great road, and a few rods
south of the state line. The next day he arrived at the
garrison near Tyngsborough Village." (1. N. H.
Hist. Coll. 133.) He is spoken of as selectman in 1711 and in
the same year the house of Mr. John
Cummings was reported as one of seven fortified houses in
Dunstable, having two families, two males,
two soldiers, and twenty-one persons in all. "Sarg't Cummings &
Henry Farwell were deputed in
1717, Jan. 10, by vote of the town to get a minister as soon as
they can." May 20th, 1725, after the sad occasion of Capt. Lovewell's
defeat, both John Cummings and John Cummings Jr. joined with
the Selectmen and other citizens in
petitioning the Governor and Council of Mass. for protection in
the defenceless condition of the
community. The question arises whether the elder John had
remarried. It is on record that"John
Cummings of Groton, weaver, and wife Elisabeth, widow of John
Sollendino, sold land in Groton,
1732." Sollendino was married 1679-80, to Elisabeth Usher, said
to be the first marriage in
Dunstable. He was a carpenter and helped build the meetinghouse
in 1677 and a bridge over Salmon
Creek, 1699. His house was one of seven garrisons in 1711.
CHILDREN:
11. i. John, born July 7, 1682.
12. ii. Samuel, born Oct. 6, 1684.
iii. Elisabeth, born Jan. 5, 1687, married Joseph French,
son of
Samuel and Sarah (Cummings) French (2, iv.) and
born
Mar. 10, 1687. A Captain Joseph French lived in
1717 at
the first house on the main road to Tyngsborogh 8
rods
northerly of the State line and he was to
"entertain the
minister." He was selectman in 1725.
Children of Joseph French:
1. Joseph, born July 28, 1713, married, first,
Bridget,
who died Oct. 29, 1735, aged 29; married,
second,
Elisabeth, who died Jan. 20, 1753 aged
44. He
died Mar. 21, 1776, and is designated as
Col.
in the inscription.
2. Sampson, born July 28, 1717, married twice
and
had Sampson, Jonathan, David, Aaron and
Daniel. He died at Southwick, Mass., 1785.
3. Josiah, born Feb. 24, 1723.
4. Thomas, born June 29, 1724.
5. Benjamin, born July 6, 1726, married Jan.
28, 1751,
Molly, daughter of Col. Zaccheus and
Esther
Lovewell, who died Dec. 17, 1774. He
married
second, Feb. 1, 1776, Mrs. Mary Cummings,
who
died Dec. 15, 1799, aged 74. May have been
widow of Jeremiah Cummings (49).
6. Samuel, born Aug. 10, 1730.
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The Cummings Memorial
Page 5
SECOND GENERATION.
2. JOHN CUMMINGS (Isaac1) married Sarah Howlet. She was a
daughter of Serg't Thos. and
Alice (French) Howlet, who was commoner, 3 Mar. 1634, Repr.
1635, granted a house lot in
Woburn, 1635, purchased 40 acres there, 1637, serg't 1643,
ensign 1646, had one share and a half
in Plum Island (Ipswich) 1666, and died, 1668 (78?) ae. 79. His
wife, Alice, died June 26, 166-(6?),
and he left a widow Rebekah, who died in Newbury, Nov. 1, 1680.
Sarah had a brother William, at
whose request, John Howlet, a nephew of Wm., deeded, May 20,
1715, 70 acres in Ipswich to her
grandson, Joseph Cummings. John Cummings, (listed among the
commoners, 1672) by his father's
will, 1677, was made sole executor and given the "house and
lands, 40 acres more or less," from
which were to be paid the legacies to other heirs. In 1661, he
was taxed 10s. in Rowley Village
(Boxford). Four hundred acres were laid off there to him and
Thomas Dorman and Robert Stiles.
This was bordered on the west by the Andover line. In 1678-9,
he is spoken of as "a gatherer" in
Boxford of a rate "to procure powder and bullets." Both himself
and wife were members of the
Topsfield church and dismissed, but he "without
recommendation," Dec. 6th 1685. But on the 16th of
the same month he was one of seven males mentioned as having
entered into covenant to form the
church in Dunstable. He had become a proprietor, one of the
first fourteen proprietors, of that new
town, some three years before, Nov. 30, 1682. Jonathan Tyng
deeded lands to him and to Isaac,
John Jr., and Thomas Cummings at the same time, Jan. 29, 1683.
He was selectman in 1682, and for
several years town clerk. He died Dec. 1, 1700, and his wife
Dec. 7, following.
Of his children, Nathaniel, Thomas, Sarah, William, Eliezer,
Benjamin and Samuel are recorded in the Essex County records at Salem.
The birthdays of the others
are not known. As respects Isaac and Ebenezer, Fox's Dunstable
says: "These two were either killed
by the Indians or drowned, as they died Nov. 2, 1688, and were
not buried for many days after." Mr.
Kimball Webster, of Hudson, N. H., quotes from Dunstable
records as follows: "Isaac Cummings,
son of John and Sarah, departed the 2 Nov., and was buried the
20th Nov. 1688."
CHILDREN:
4. i. John.
5. ii. Thomas, born Oct. 6, 1658.
6. iii. Nathaniel, born Sept. 10, 1659.
iv. Sarah, born Jan. 28, 1661, married Dec. 24, 1682,
Lieut. Samuel
French, son of Lieut. William and Elizabeth
French,
of Billerica, Mass. He was an early settler of
Dunstable
and one of those who formed the church there.
Their
children were born in Dunstable:
1. Sarah, born Feb. 1684.
2. Samuel, born Sept. 10, 1685, died Nov. 4,
1727.
3. Joseph, born Mar. 10, 1687, married
Elizabeth
Cummings, (4, iii).
4. John, born May 6, 1691. A Lieut. John died
in
Dunstable Mar. 1761; 7 children born
there.
5. Ebenezer, born Apr. 7, 1693. Killed by
Indians
Sept. 5, 1724, at Naticook, a Lieut. and
in command
of fourteen men at the time, in pursuit
of a party of Indians who had captured
two
men the night before.
6. Richard, born Apr. 8, 1695.
7. Alice, born Nov. 20, 1699.
8. Jonathan, born Feb. 1, 1704. Dea. Jonathan
died
Nov. 17, 1757.
7. v. Abraham.
vi. Isaac, died Nov. 2, 1688.
vii. Ebenezer, died Nov. 2, 1688.
viii. William,)
ix. Eliezer,) twins; born Aug. 5, 1671. William died
Mar. 30,
1672.
x. Benjamin, born Feb. 23, 1672-3.
xi. Samuel, born Dec. 28, 1677.
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Serg't Thos. and
Alice (French) Howlet, who was commoner, 3 Mar. 1634, Repr.
1635, granted a house lot in
Woburn, 1635, purchased 40 acres there, 1637, serg't 1643,
ensign 1646, had one share and a half
in Plum Island (Ipswich) 1666, and died, 1668 (78?) ae. 79. His
wife, Alice, died June 26, 166-(6?),
and he left a widow Rebekah, who died in Newbury, Nov. 1, 1680.
Sarah had a brother William, at
whose request, John Howlet, a nephew of Wm., deeded, May 20,
1715, 70 acres in Ipswich to her
grandson, Joseph Cummings.
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More About Thomas Howlet:
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The Cummings Memorial
Page 1
FIRST GENERATION.
1. ISAAC CUMMINGS appears on a list of the "Commoners" of
Ipswich, Mass., on the last day of
the year 1641. He is said to have had, as early as July 1638, a
planting lot in "Reedy Marsh," and a
house lot in town. An old record is quoted in Essex Co. Hist. &
Gen. Register, to wit: "Whereas
Isaac Comings...Sold Andrew Hodges of this town all the said
seven acres of land, more or less, lying
near highway to Jeffries Neck, 1639, 26, (6)." The name appears
on a list of Freemen in Watertown,
1642. In 1652, Samuel Symonds and his wife Martha sell him in
consideration of œ30, 150 acres
"joining partly on Daniel Clark's land." This Clark was an
early settler of Topsfield. Mr. Samuel Todd,
who married one of the Cummings descendants, and who had given
much attention to this research,
once wrote me: "There is evidence that the first Isaac owned
considerable land on the west side of
Howlet's (then Winthrop's) brook, pretty near two miles N. W.
of the old Cummings place on this
side of the river." "One hundred acres lying on the westerly
side and fifty acres on the easterly side,"
so says Historical Collections, Vol. V. of Topsfield Historical
Society.
In 1666 he was constable, and his son Isaac was his deputy, and
in a deposition he states his age to
be 65. The same year he was assessed 4s. 7d. to pay the town's
indebtedness. He was deacon of the
church, and in 1676, at least, moderator of the town meeting.
No mention remains of his wife nor of
her name. She was not living when his will was made, May 8,
1677. It is on file in the probate office,
but unrecorded.
Will of Isaac Sr:
"The last will and testament of Isaac Comins Senier. I, being
sencable of my approaching desolution,
being at present weak in body yet perfect in my understanding,
having by the grace of God bene helped to provid for my future state in
another world: doe now in ordering of what
God hath been pleased to bestow upon me of the blessings of
this life, take care and order that, in the
first place, my debts be duly paid. nextly I doe by this my
last will and testament confirme to my son
Isaac the ten acres of division land, on the south side of the
great river, be it more or less: nextly, I do
give unto my son, John Juet, ten pounds, part in Cattel & part
in household goods: nextly, I doe will
and bequeath to my grandson, Isaac, the son of my son Isaac,
one year old hefer, one little sow, the
Indian corn which he hath planted for himself and the flax
which he hath sown.
Item, I doe give unto him my chest 2d in bigness with the lock
and key: item, my history book with
such books as are his own, viz. a bible and testament. item, I
doe give him ten pounds to be paid at
seventeen years of age in country pay. item, I doe give my son,
John Pease, thirty pounds to be payd
out of the stock of cattle and household goods as much as may
be att present & the rest in two years.
Item, I doe make my son John my sole executor and doe give unto
him my house and lands, being
forty acres, more or less, consisting of upland and meadow with
all the privileges and emoluments
thereof and apertainances thereunto belonging provided that
this land shall stand bound in part and in
wholl for the payment of these legacyes and in case the said
legacyes shall not be payd according to
my will, the land shall be sold and payment be made out of the
price thereof and the remainder shall
be to the executor. Item, my will further is that if any of
these my children shall through discontent att
what is done for them in this my will, cause trouble to arise
to the executor that then there shall be
nothing pay'd to him or them, but the legacy or legacyes willed
to them shall return to and remain in
the hands of the executor as his proper right. My desire
further is that Isaac Foster and Thomas
Dorman would take care that this my will be duly performed.
Dated this 8th day of the 3d mth 1677.
Witness the mark of Isaac Cummings.
John Poore Sr.
Thomas Dorman.
Isaac Foster.
Thomas Dorman and Isaac Foster
came before Samuel Symonds, D'y
Gov'r, Maj. Gen. Denison Esq. Mr.
Clarke being present at the day of
the date hereof & saw the said Isaac
Cummings signe public this to his
last will and testament and that he
was of a disposing mind as attest,
Robert Lord, cler."
The inventory of the estate, made May 22d, as appraised by John
Whipple and John How, and
testified to by John Cummings, June 14, places the valuation at
œ166 1s. 6d. and the debts at œ19
16s. 5d.
CHILDREN:
2. i. John, born about 1630. On the list of Freemen, 1672,
his
name precedes Isaac's. 1673, he testified in court
to being
40 years old; in 1678, 43 (47?); in 1679, 50.
ii. Isaac, born about 1633. In 1692 he testified to
being 60
years; in 1696, 63.
iii. Ann, born perhaps 1629, as she was said to be 60
years of
age at her death, June 29, 1689. She married, Oct.
8,
1669, John Pease, his second marriage. His father,
John
came in the ship Frances, from Ipswich, Eng. The
son obtained
a grant of land in 1681 in Springfield, Mass., in
the
town now known as Enfield, Conn. He was a surveyor
and laid out the plan of that village. He died
there July 8,
1689. By his first wife, Mary, he had five
children. She
died Jan. 5, 1668. (Pease Genealogy). By the second
marriage there were:
1. James, born Oct. 23, 1670, married 1693,
Hannah
Harmon who died 1748, and had one son and
six daughters.
2. Isaac, born July 15, 1672, married 1691
Mindwell
Osborn. Five sons and two daughters.
3. Abigail, born Oct. 15, 1675, died July 9,
1689.
iv. Elizabeth, born (???), married Feb. 2, 1661 --"same
month and
day of marriage of Abraham Jewett"--John. Jewett,
born
about 1637. By deed, Feb. 23, following the
marrlage,
Isaac Cummings conveyed to him a farm in Topsfield
"for and in consideration of his marriage with my
daughter,
Elizabeth." She died July 9, 1679. He married
second,
Elizabeth Chadwell, widow of Benj. Chadwell, and
only child of Joseph How of Lynn. She married
second,
Oct. 23, 1716, Dea. Ezekiel Jewett. John Jewett's
will was dated 29 Nov. 1708. The nine children by Elizabeth
Cummings
were:
1. Elizabeth, born Jan. 5, 1661-2, married, May
16,
1687, John Hidden; married second,
Cornelius
Davis.
2. Hannah, born (???), married Jan. 20, 1684-5,
Joseph
Plummer of Newbury.
3. Isaac, born (???), married Dorcas Hovey.
4. Sarah, born May 7, 1668 in Ipswich.
5. Abigail, born Nov. 27, 1670, in Ipswich,
died Aug.
3, 1672.
6. John, born Sept. 12, 1672, (Samuel in Co.
records)
married Elizabeth Reyner; cooper by trade,
of
Rowley.
7. Abigail, born Sept. 13, 1675, died Nov. 14,
1675
in Ipswich.
8. David, born April 3, 1677.
9. Mary, born May 27, 1679, published Dec. 1709
to
Philip Nealand of Ipswich.
The following four are the children by
the
second marriage:
10. Daniel, born Nov. 12, 1680, married Elisabeth
Hopkinson.
11. Jonathan, born Dec. 2, 1685, married Ann
Hopkinson.
12. Dorcas, born Dec. 7, 1690.
13. Rebecca, born Dec. 7, 1690, baptized Mar.
22, 1690.
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6. NATHAN2 SHED (Daniel1), the youngest child of Daniel1 and
Elizabeth Shed, was born in
Billerica, Mass., 5 Feb. 1668/9, and became a freeman 18 May
1685. Of his brothers, Daniel the
eldest had died and the others were established in homes of
their own, so it was quite natural that his
father should look upon him, the last at the fireside, with
especial favor and as the one to receive the
remainder of his property, and from whom he should ask care and
support due to advancing age.
About the time of Nathan's marriage in 1694 he agreed with his
parents for their future maintenance,
the written covenant thereto was recorded at Cambridge, and a
full copy of it has been previously
given in the account of the father Daniel1 Shed. (See ante,
page 43.)
Thus we see that Nathan2 Shed was possessed at the start of his
married life of a large and valuable
estate, which he increased by later acquisitions and grants. In
the general distribution of the common
lands of the town in 1707 his share was in the proportion of a
"four acre lot" (i. e. 4/10 of the unit right
of 125 acres). The next year (1708) his apportionment was 39
acres from the commons west of the
Concord River; his land was near Chelmsford line and within the
later limits of that town. His house
was doubtless the same that his father occupied and was
situated near the centre of what is now
Billerica village on the easterly side of the Concord or
Bedford road, on the estate in recent years
owned by Mrs. Martha (Hill) Sage.
He died 18 June 1736 at the age of sixty-seven years, having
given over his property, for the
maintenance of himself and his wife, to his son William3 Shed
on 25 May 1732, following the same
course adopted by his own father about forty years previously.
He married about 1694, MARY FRENCH, born in Billerica 4 Mar.
1669/70, daughter of John and
Mary (Rogers) French; she died in Billerica 21 Aug. 1740.
Children born in Billerica, Mass.:
18. i. NATHAN3, b. 23 May 1695.
Dea. Nathan3 Shed died in Tewksbury 31 Dec. 1773. ??
seventy-eight years. He left no will and no administration ?? taken out
on his estate; he had apparently
settled his home?? on his eldest surviving son John Shed under
condition of life ?? tenance for himself
and wife, as appears from the probate p?? on the estate of the
son John4 Shed who died about a
year ?? his father.
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FRENCH, CORPORAL JOHN, 1635-1712, Billerica. Wounded by Indians.
Storer, John H.
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WILLIAM FRENCH, aged 30, came to New England in the ship Defence in 1685,
with his wife
Elizabeth (aged 30 or 32) and four children, Francis aged 10,
Elizabeth 6, Mary 2 1/2, and John 5
months. William French is entered on the passenger list as
servant to Mr. Harlakenden, "no doubt for
purposes of deception," Savage says. Emigration at that time
was not the unrestricted right of English
Puritans. The child John was baptized on their arrival at New
Towne (Cambridge) by the Rev.
Thomas Hooker, a fellow-passenger whose name does not appear on
the shipping list, since his
departure, had it been known to the authorities, would no doubt
have been prevented.
In the French family at Cambridge other children were born:
Sarah, Jacob, two Hannahs, a Samuel
who died young, and a second Samuel, whose birth is not
recorded, who became a pioneer of
Dunstable, N. H. William French was made a freeman of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony the 3rd of
March 1635/6, and a member of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery
Company in 1638. His home in
Cambridge was on what is now the westerly side of Dunster
Street about midway between Harvard
Square and Mt. Auburn Street. He bought this property in 1639
and sold it to William Barrett (See
Barrett) June 10th, 1656:--my now mansion house scittuated in
Cambridge before named with about
halfe a rood of land adjoyning to the same and planted with
fruit trees.
"Strength Out of Weaknesse; Or a Glorious Manifestation of the
Further Progresse of the Gospel
Among the Indians in New-England" is the title of a compilation
of letters &c dealing with the work of
the Rev. John Eliot. It was published in London in 1652. Known
as Eliot Tract #6 (and a copy now
priced at one hundred dollars) it contains a
question-and-answer interview which William French hadcompilation.
(Reprint in Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, series 3. Vol.
4, pp. 192-3.)
Settlement of Billerica (Shawshin) was begun about 1653 and
William French was one of the first
proprietors. The town was incorporated in 1655 and in the
printed account of the celebration of the
two hundredth anniversary it is stated (giving as reference
Rec. Mass. vol. iv, pt. 2, p. 383) that in
1659 Lt. French, for Billerica and Chelmsford, was empowered to
join in marriage within those towns
or limits such persons as shall desire the same, being
authorized by law. In March 1659/60, when the
first selectmen (townsmen was the old name) were chosen, he was
one of the five. As Lieutenant in
the local militia he did garrison duty during King Philip's war.
Elizabeth, his wife, died in Billerica March 31, 1668 and he
married, May 6, 1669, Mary Stearns
(daughter of Thomas and Sarah Lothrop and widow of John
Stearns). Their children were Mary,
Sarah, Abigail (who died young) and Hannah. Lt. William died
the 20th of November 1681. His will
was dated the 5th of June 1679 and was proved December 20,
1681. In it he called himself aged
about 76 years. Having already given to his other children
their portions, the estate, except for
legacies to grandchildren, was left to his widow and her
daughters. The widow married, June 29,
1687, Isaac Mixer of Watertown, Mass.
(through an interpreter) with an Indian of 2 yeares profession.
Sent in a letter to a friend in England, it
found its way into the
FRENCH, CAPTAIN WILLIAM, 1603-1681, Billerica, Mass. Deputy to the
General Court,
1663. Lieutenant in King Philip's War, garrison duty, 1675.
Captain of the Billerica Company
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Alternate thoughts on Sarah's parents, from Moura web page.
3726. John Proctor, born 1595 in London, England; died October 11,
1672 in
Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married 3727. Martha 1630 in London, England.
3727. Martha, born Abt 1607 in London, England; died June 13, 1659
in Salem,
Massachusetts.
Children of John Proctor and Martha are:
i.
John Proctor, born 1632 in London, England; died
August 19, 1692 in
Salem, Massachusetts; married Martha Abt 1652 in
Ipswich,
Masschsuetts.
ii.
Mary Proctor, born 1633 in London, England; died
1667 in Ipswich,
Masschsuetts; married George Hadley in Ipswich,
Masschsuetts.
iii.
Joseph Proctor, born Abt 1636 in Salem,
Massachusetts; married
Martha Wainwright Abt 1660 in Salem, Massachusetts.
iv.
Benjamin Proctor, born Abt 1638 in Salem,
Massachusetts; married
Deborah Hart February 1672/73 in Salem,
Massachusetts.
v.
Martha Proctor, born Abt 1640 in Ipswich,
Masschsuetts; died
October 14, 1658; married James White Abt 1660 in
Salem,
Massachusetts.
vi.
Abigail Proctor, born 1640 in Salem, Massachusetts;
died March 01,
1731/32 in Salem, Massachusetts; married Thomas
Varney in Salem,
Massachusetts.
1863
vii.
Sarah Proctor, born August 12, 1646 in Salem,
Massachusetts; died
February 08, 1705/06 in Beverly, Massachusetts;
married (1) John
Dodge April 10, 1659 in Salem, Massachusetts;
married (2) Thomas
Chamberlain August 10, 1666 in Chelmsford,
Massachusetts.
viii.
Hannah Proctor, born Abt 1647 in Salem,
Massachusetts; married Mr.
Weden Abt 1667 in Salem, Massachusetts.
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Robert Proctor, who m., 1645, Jane Hildreth of Concord, Mass., where
he then lived, and moved to Chelmsford in 1654, where he died
in the year 1797
[NI0047] Might be Poulter.
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GENEALOGY
OF
OUR BRANCH OF THE ADAMS FAMILY,
AS DEDUCED FROM HENRY ADAMS,1 OF BRAINTREE, MASS.
I. HENRY ADAMS.1
HENRY ADAMS1 was the first settler of our line in this country.
He came from England to America
about 1634 with his wife, eight sons, and one daughter, and
settled at Mount Wollaston (subsequently
named Braintree, now Quincy), Massachusetts. Here, on February
24, 1639-40, the town of Boston
granted him forty acres of land for the ten persons then
composing his family, and he continued to live
there until his death. He probably died October 6, 1646, as it
appears by the town records that he was buried October 8,
1646. From what place in England he emigrated is somewhat
problematical. The inscription placed
upon the column erected to his memory by his
great-great-grandson, John Adams, second President
of the United States, reads as follows:
"In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flight from the Dragon
persecution, in Devonshire in
England, and alighted with eight sons near Mt. Wollaston. One
of the sons returned to England; and,
after taking time to explore the country, four removed to
Medfield and the neighboring towns, and
two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left
hand, remained here, who was an
original proprietor in the township of Braintree, incorporated
1639.
"This stone and several others have been placed in this yard by
a great-great-grandson, from a
veneration of the piety, humility, simplicity, prudence,
patience, temperance, frugality, industry, and
perseverance of his ancestors, in hopes of recommending an
imitation of their virtues to their
posterity."
The later and more approved opinion, however, and the one
entertained by John Quincy Adams, is
that he came, with others, his fellow-settlers, from Braintree,
Essex County, England. He left a will,
probated at Boston, June 8, 1647, in which mention is made of
five of his sons, his wife (whose name
is not stated), and his only daughter Ursula. An abstract of
this will may be seen in the New England Historical and Genealogical
Register, vol. vii. page 35.*
It is believed that the widow and daughter returned to England,
accompanied by the son John,2
shortly after the death of Henry,1 and that they (the mother
and daughter) never returned to America,
as no trace of them can be found since the death of Henry.1
John,2
* Abstract of the Will of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass.,
copied from the New England Historical
and Genealogical Register:
"First, my will is, that my sonne Peter and John, and my dau.
Vrsula, shall have the ground in the
Neck, both vpland and meddow, during the terme I was to enjoy
it, vntil it returne into the townes
hands againe from whom I had it. Also the Aker in the Mill
fields. My will is, that my bookes shall be
divided amongst all my Children; that my wife shall have and
Enjoy all my other Goods so Longe as
shee liveth vnmarried. And if she marry, then my will is yt
Joseph, Edward, and my dau. Vrsula,
should enjoy all my ground in the field that lyeth in the way
to Waymouth ferry, and my house Lott,
with all the houses and fruit trees, and all my moveables, at
the death or marriage of my wife;
Provided, they and their mother shall pay to my sonne Samuel
that wch is due to him for the ground I
bought of him, to be payd in Convenient tyme. But in case God
should soe deal wth my wife that she
be constrayned to make vse of something by way of Sale shee may.
finally, for moveables, my will is, that my sonne Peter and
John shall have an equall share with my
sonne Joseph and Edward, and my dau. Vrsula.
Beniamin All be
8. 4. 1647. Richard Brackett."
Increase Nowell, Sec.
however, married his wife, Ann, in England, and had a daughter born
there, returned to America
about 1650, and settled in Concord, Mass.
CHILDREN OF HENRY.1
1. HENRY,2 born in England, (???), 1604; married, November 17,
1643, Elizabeth, daughter of
Moses Paine, of Braintree; had Eleazer,3 born August 5, 1644;
Jasper,3 born June 23, 1647;
removed to that part of Dedham which afterward became Medfield,
of which place he was the first
Town Clerk; there had Elizabeth,3 born November 11, 1649; John3
and Henry,3 twins, born July
14, 1652; Moses,3 born October 26, 1654; Henry3 again, born
Nov. 19, 1657; and Samuel,3 born
December 10, 1661, who died young. He was a member of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston in 1652; Representative in the General Court,
1659, 1665, 1674-5; was
Lieutenant of the town of Medfield, and at the time of the
burning and destruction of that settlement by
the Indians under King Philip, on Monday morning, February 21,
1676, was shot down at his own
door-step.
His wife fled to the minister's house for protection. She was
mortally wounded the same night by the
accidental discharge of a gun, and died, as a result, three
days after.
2. Thomas,2 born in England, (???), 1612. (See No. II.)
3. SAMUEL,2 born in England, (???), 1617; resided at Concord
and Charlestown; admitted
freeman, May 10, 1643; married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas
Graves; had Samuel,3 born July 3,
1647; Rebecca;3 Thomas;3 born (???), 1652; John3 and
Catharine,3 born October 29, 1657, who
both died young; and Catharine3 again, born January 4, 1659. In
1656 he was granted four hundred
and fifty acres of land in Chelmsford, settled there, and was
Town Clerk in 1659. His wife died
October 8, 1664, and he married, May 7, 1668, Esther, daughter
of Nathaniel Sparhawk, of
Cambridge, and by her had four more children, Nathaniel,3
Joseph,3 Benjamin,3 and Esther,3 who
are named in the will of their elder brother, Thomas.
In 1661 he built a mill at Chelmsford, which remained in the
possession of his descendants for nearly
two hundred years. He was a captain in "Philip's war." He died
January 24, 1688-9, aged 72, and
was buried in Charlestown.
4. JONATHAN,2 born in England, (???), 1619; married, first,
Elizabeth, second, Mary; had sons
Jasper,3 of Medway, and Jonathan,3 of Medway; settled in
Medfield, and died in 1690, aged 71.
5. PETER,2 born in England, (???), 1622; admitted freeman,
1650; married Rachel (???); had
Peter,3 bornJuly 20, 1653, a physician at Medway; Hannah,3 born
1658; Mary,3 born (???); Jonathan,3 born
(???), 1663, who died soon; Jonathan3 again, born May 15, 1664;
Ruth,3 born (???); settled in
Medfield and had Samuel,3 born (???); and Joseph,3 born (???).
He died about 1690, aged 68.
6. JOHN,2 born in England, (???), 1624; married, in England,
Ann (???); settled in Concord in 1650;
and about 1654 removed to West Cambridge, where he died in
1706, aged 85. His will is dated June
1, 1706.
7. JOSEPH,2 born in England, (???), 1626; remained on the
original home-grant in Braintree; was a
"malster" (brewer); admitted freeman, 1653; married, November
26, 1650, Abigal, daughter of
Gregory Baxter, of Braintree; had Hannah,3 born November 30,
1652; Joseph,3 born December 24,
1654; John,3 born January 13, 1657, who died soon; Abigal,3
born February 27, 1659; John3 and
Bethia,3 twins, born December 3, 1661; Mary,3 born October 9,
1663, who died soon; Samuel,3
born September 6, 1665; Mary3 again, born February 25, 1668;
Peter,3 born February 7, 1670;
Jonathan,3 born January 31, 1672; and Mehitable,3 baptized
November 24, 1678. Joseph2 was the
great-grandfather of John Adams, second President of the United
States (Joseph,2 Joseph,3 John,4
deacon, John,5 president); he was also the great-grandfather of
Samuel
Adams, of Revolutionary fame, signer of the Declaration of Independence,
Governor of
Massachusetts, etc. (Joseph,2 John,3 captain, Samuel,4 Samuel,5
the patriot). The wife of Joseph2
died August 27, 1692, and he died December 6, 1694. He was
buried in the family burial-place at
Braintree, now Quincy, Mass., and the words, "who lies here at
his left hand," in the inscription on his
father's monument, have reference to him.
8. EDWARD,2 born in England, (???), 1630; admitted freeman in
1654; married, first, Lydia (???),
second, Abigal Day, third, Sarah Taylor. He settled at
Medfield, Mass., and was Selectman of that
town for many years; was a Representative in the first two
General Courts held in 1689, after the
overthrow of Andros, and died November 12, 1716. He left a
will, dated May 19, 1715, proved
December 3, 1716, recorded in Probate Records of Suffolk
County, Mass., in vol. xix. page 225. He
had fourteen children, as follows, viz.: Lydia,3 born July 12,
1653; Jonathan,3 born April 4, 1655;
John,3 born February 18, 1657; Eliashib,3 born February 18,
1659; Sarah,3 born May 29, 1660;
James,3 born January 4, 1662; Henry,3 born October 29, 1663;
Mehitable,3 born March 20, 1665;
Elisha,3 born August 25, 1666; Edward,3 born June 28, 1668;
Bethia,3 born April 12, 1671;
Bethia3 again, born August 18, 1672;
Abigal,3 born January 25, 1675; and Miriam,3 born February 26, 1676.
9. URSULA,2 daughter, born (???). The only information of her
is that she is mentioned in her
father's will, and was then living with him. She probably
returned to England with her mother and
brother, and never came back, as before stated.
hat town.
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GENEALOGY
OF
OUR BRANCH OF THE ADAMS FAMILY,
AS DEDUCED FROM HENRY ADAMS,1 OF BRAINTREE, MASS.
I. HENRY ADAMS.1
HENRY ADAMS1 was the first settler of our line in this country.
He came from England to America
about 1634 with his wife, eight sons, and one daughter, and
settled at Mount Wollaston (subsequently
named Braintree, now Quincy), Massachusetts. Here, on February
24, 1639-40, the town of Boston
granted him forty acres of land for the ten persons then
composing his family, and he continued to live
there until his death. He probably died October 6, 1646, as it
appears by the town records that he was buried October 8,
1646. From what place in England he emigrated is somewhat
problematical. The inscription placed
upon the column erected to his memory by his
great-great-grandson, John Adams, second President
of the United States, reads as follows:
"In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flight from the Dragon
persecution, in Devonshire in
England, and alighted with eight sons near Mt. Wollaston. One
of the sons returned to England; and,
after taking time to explore the country, four removed to
Medfield and the neighboring towns, and
two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left
hand, remained here, who was an
original proprietor in the township of Braintree, incorporated
1639.
"This stone and several others have been placed in this yard by
a great-great-grandson, from a
veneration of the piety, humility, simplicity, prudence,
patience, temperance, frugality, industry, and
perseverance of his ancestors, in hopes of recommending an
imitation of their virtues to their
posterity."
The later and more approved opinion, however, and the one
entertained by John Quincy Adams, is
that he came, with others, his fellow-settlers, from Braintree,
Essex County, England. He left a will,
probated at Boston, June 8, 1647, in which mention is made of
five of his sons, his wife (whose name
is not stated), and his only daughter Ursula. An abstract of
this will may be seen in the New England Historical and Genealogical
Register, vol. vii. page 35.*
It is believed that the widow and daughter returned to England,
accompanied by the son John,2
shortly after the death of Henry,1 and that they (the mother
and daughter) never returned to America,
as no trace of them can be found since the death of Henry.1
John,2
* Abstract of the Will of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass.,
copied from the New England Historical
and Genealogical Register:
"First, my will is, that my sonne Peter and John, and my dau.
Vrsula, shall have the ground in the
Neck, both vpland and meddow, during the terme I was to enjoy
it, vntil it returne into the townes
hands againe from whom I had it. Also the Aker in the Mill
fields. My will is, that my bookes shall be
divided amongst all my Children; that my wife shall have and
Enjoy all my other Goods so Longe as
shee liveth vnmarried. And if she marry, then my will is yt
Joseph, Edward, and my dau. Vrsula,
should enjoy all my ground in the field that lyeth in the way
to Waymouth ferry, and my house Lott,
with all the houses and fruit trees, and all my moveables, at
the death or marriage of my wife;
Provided, they and their mother shall pay to my sonne Samuel
that wch is due to him for the ground I
bought of him, to be payd in Convenient tyme. But in case God
should soe deal wth my wife that she
be constrayned to make vse of something by way of Sale shee may.
finally, for moveables, my will is, that my sonne Peter and
John shall have an equall share with my
sonne Joseph and Edward, and my dau. Vrsula.
Beniamin All be
8. 4. 1647. Richard Brackett."
Increase Nowell, Sec.
however, married his wife, Ann, in England, and had a daughter born
there, returned to America
about 1650, and settled in Concord, Mass.
CHILDREN OF HENRY.1
1. HENRY,2 born in England, (???), 1604; married, November 17,
1643, Elizabeth, daughter of
Moses Paine, of Braintree; had Eleazer,3 born August 5, 1644;
Jasper,3 born June 23, 1647;
removed to that part of Dedham which afterward became Medfield,
of which place he was the first
Town Clerk; there had Elizabeth,3 born November 11, 1649; John3
and Henry,3 twins, born July
14, 1652; Moses,3 born October 26, 1654; Henry3 again, born
Nov. 19, 1657; and Samuel,3 born
December 10, 1661, who died young. He was a member of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston in 1652; Representative in the General Court,
1659, 1665, 1674-5; was
Lieutenant of the town of Medfield, and at the time of the
burning and destruction of that settlement by
the Indians under King Philip, on Monday morning, February 21,
1676, was shot down at his own
door-step.
His wife fled to the minister's house for protection. She was
mortally wounded the same night by the
accidental discharge of a gun, and died, as a result, three
days after.
2. Thomas,2 born in England, (???), 1612. (See No. II.)
3. SAMUEL,2 born in England, (???), 1617; resided at Concord
and Charlestown; admitted
freeman, May 10, 1643; married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas
Graves; had Samuel,3 born July 3,
1647; Rebecca;3 Thomas;3 born (???), 1652; John3 and
Catharine,3 born October 29, 1657, who
both died young; and Catharine3 again, born January 4, 1659. In
1656 he was granted four hundred
and fifty acres of land in Chelmsford, settled there, and was
Town Clerk in 1659. His wife died
October 8, 1664, and he married, May 7, 1668, Esther, daughter
of Nathaniel Sparhawk, of
Cambridge, and by her had four more children, Nathaniel,3
Joseph,3 Benjamin,3 and Esther,3 who
are named in the will of their elder brother, Thomas.
In 1661 he built a mill at Chelmsford, which remained in the
possession of his descendants for nearly
two hundred years. He was a captain in "Philip's war." He died
January 24, 1688-9, aged 72, and
was buried in Charlestown.
4. JONATHAN,2 born in England, (???), 1619; married, first,
Elizabeth, second, Mary; had sons
Jasper,3 of Medway, and Jonathan,3 of Medway; settled in
Medfield, and died in 1690, aged 71.
5. PETER,2 born in England, (???), 1622; admitted freeman,
1650; married Rachel (???); had
Peter,3 bornJuly 20, 1653, a physician at Medway; Hannah,3 born
1658; Mary,3 born (???); Jonathan,3 born
(???), 1663, who died soon; Jonathan3 again, born May 15, 1664;
Ruth,3 born (???); settled in
Medfield and had Samuel,3 born (???); and Joseph,3 born (???).
He died about 1690, aged 68.
6. JOHN,2 born in England, (???), 1624; married, in England,
Ann (???); settled in Concord in 1650;
and about 1654 removed to West Cambridge, where he died in
1706, aged 85. His will is dated June
1, 1706.
7. JOSEPH,2 born in England, (???), 1626; remained on the
original home-grant in Braintree; was a
"malster" (brewer); admitted freeman, 1653; married, November
26, 1650, Abigal, daughter of
Gregory Baxter, of Braintree; had Hannah,3 born November 30,
1652; Joseph,3 born December 24,
1654; John,3 born January 13, 1657, who died soon; Abigal,3
born February 27, 1659; John3 and
Bethia,3 twins, born December 3, 1661; Mary,3 born October 9,
1663, who died soon; Samuel,3
born September 6, 1665; Mary3 again, born February 25, 1668;
Peter,3 born February 7, 1670;
Jonathan,3 born January 31, 1672; and Mehitable,3 baptized
November 24, 1678. Joseph2 was the
great-grandfather of John Adams, second President of the United
States (Joseph,2 Joseph,3 John,4
deacon, John,5 president); he was also the great-grandfather of
Samuel
Adams, of Revolutionary fame, signer of the Declaration of Independence,
Governor of
Massachusetts, etc. (Joseph,2 John,3 captain, Samuel,4 Samuel,5
the patriot). The wife of Joseph2
died August 27, 1692, and he died December 6, 1694. He was
buried in the family burial-place at
Braintree, now Quincy, Mass., and the words, "who lies here at
his left hand," in the inscription on his
father's monument, have reference to him.
8. EDWARD,2 born in England, (???), 1630; admitted freeman in
1654; married, first, Lydia (???),
second, Abigal Day, third, Sarah Taylor. He settled at
Medfield, Mass., and was Selectman of that
town for many years; was a Representative in the first two
General Courts held in 1689, after the
overthrow of Andros, and died November 12, 1716. He left a
will, dated May 19, 1715, proved
December 3, 1716, recorded in Probate Records of Suffolk
County, Mass., in vol. xix. page 225. He
had fourteen children, as follows, viz.: Lydia,3 born July 12,
1653; Jonathan,3 born April 4, 1655;
John,3 born February 18, 1657; Eliashib,3 born February 18,
1659; Sarah,3 born May 29, 1660;
James,3 born January 4, 1662; Henry,3 born October 29, 1663;
Mehitable,3 born March 20, 1665;
Elisha,3 born August 25, 1666; Edward,3 born June 28, 1668;
Bethia,3 born April 12, 1671;
Bethia3 again, born August 18, 1672;
Abigal,3 born January 25, 1675; and Miriam,3 born February 26, 1676.
9. URSULA,2 daughter, born (???). The only information of her
is that she is mentioned in her
father's will, and was then living with him. She probably
returned to England with her mother and
brother, and never came back, as before stated.
hat town.
[Reid.FTW]
Notes for Henry Adams:
GENEALOGY
OF
OUR BRANCH OF THE ADAMS FAMILY,
AS DEDUCED FROM HENRY ADAMS,1 OF BRAINTREE, MASS.
I. HENRY ADAMS.1
HENRY ADAMS1 was the first settler of our line in this country. He came
from England to
America
about 1634 with his wife, eight sons, and one daughter, and settled at
Mount Wollaston
(subsequently
named Braintree, now Quincy), Massachusetts. Here, on February 24,
1639-40, the town of
Boston
granted him forty acres of land for the ten persons then composing his
family, and he continued to
live
there until his death. He probably died October 6, 1646, as it appears by
the town records that he
was buried October 8,
1646. From what place in England he emigrated is somewhat problematical.
The inscription placed
upon the column erected to his memory by his great-great-grandson, John
Adams, second President
of the United States, reads as follows:
"In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flight from the Dragon
persecution, in Devonshire in
England, and alighted with eight sons near Mt. Wollaston. One of the sons
returned to England; and,
after taking time to explore the country, four removed to Medfield and
the neighboring towns, and
two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand,
remained here, who was an
original proprietor in the township of Braintree, incorporated 1639.
"This stone and several others have been placed in this yard by a
great-great-grandson, from a
veneration of the piety, humility, simplicity, prudence, patience,
temperance, frugality, industry, and
perseverance of his ancestors, in hopes of recommending an imitation of
their virtues to their
posterity."
The later and more approved opinion, however, and the one entertained by
John Quincy Adams, is
that he came, with others, his fellow-settlers, from Braintree, Essex
County, England. He left a will,
probated at Boston, June 8, 1647, in which mention is made of five of his
sons, his wife (whose
name
is not stated), and his only daughter Ursula. An abstract of this will
may be seen in the New England
Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. vii. page 35.*
It is believed that the widow and daughter returned to England,
accompanied by the son John,2
shortly after the death of Henry,1 and that they (the mother and
daughter) never returned to
America,
as no trace of them can be found since the death of Henry.1 John,2
* Abstract of the Will of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., copied from
the New England
Historical
and Genealogical Register:
"First, my will is, that my sonne Peter and John, and my dau. Vrsula,
shall have the ground in the
Neck, both vpland and meddow, during the terme I was to enjoy it, vntil
it returne into the townes
hands againe from whom I had it. Also the Aker in the Mill fields. My
will is, that my bookes shall
be
divided amongst all my Children; that my wife shall have and Enjoy all my
other Goods so Longe as
shee liveth vnmarried. And if she marry, then my will is yt Joseph,
Edward, and my dau. Vrsula,
should enjoy all my ground in the field that lyeth in the way to Waymouth
ferry, and my house Lott,
with all the houses and fruit trees, and all my moveables, at the death
or marriage of my wife;
Provided, they and their mother shall pay to my sonne Samuel that wch is
due to him for the ground
I
bought of him, to be payd in Convenient tyme. But in case God should soe
deal wth my wife that
she
be constrayned to make vse of something by way of Sale shee may.
finally, for moveables, my will is, that my sonne Peter and John shall
have an equall share with my
sonne Joseph and Edward, and my dau. Vrsula.
Beniamin All be
8. 4. 1647. Richard Brackett."
Increase Nowell, Sec.
however, married his wife, Ann, in England, and had a daughter born
there, returned to America
about 1650, and settled in Concord, Mass.
CHILDREN OF HENRY.1
1. HENRY,2 born in England, (???), 1604; married, November 17, 1643,
Elizabeth, daughter of
Moses Paine, of Braintree; had Eleazer,3 born August 5, 1644; Jasper,3
born June 23, 1647;
removed to that part of Dedham which afterward became Medfield, of which
place he was the first
Town Clerk; there had Elizabeth,3 born November 11, 1649; John3 and
Henry,3 twins, born July
14, 1652; Moses,3 born October 26, 1654; Henry3 again, born Nov. 19,
1657; and Samuel,3
born
December 10, 1661, who died young. He was a member of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston in 1652; Representative in the General Court, 1659,
1665, 1674-5; was
Lieutenant of the town of Medfield, and at the time of the burning and
destruction of that settlement
by
the Indians under King Philip, on Monday morning, February 21, 1676, was
shot down at his own
door-step.
His wife fled to the minister's house for protection. She was mortally
wounded the same night by the
accidental discharge of a gun, and died, as a result, three days after.
2. Thomas,2 born in England, (???), 1612. (See No. II.)
3. SAMUEL,2 born in England, (???), 1617; resided at Concord and
Charlestown; admitted
freeman, May 10, 1643; married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Graves; had
Samuel,3 born July 3,
1647; Rebecca;3 Thomas;3 born (???), 1652; John3 and Catharine,3 born
October 29, 1657, who
both died young; and Catharine3 again, born January 4, 1659. In 1656 he
was granted four
hundred
and fifty acres of land in Chelmsford, settled there, and was Town Clerk
in 1659. His wife died
October 8, 1664, and he married, May 7, 1668, Esther, daughter of
Nathaniel Sparhawk, of
Cambridge, and by her had four more children, Nathaniel,3 Joseph,3
Benjamin,3 and Esther,3 who
are named in the will of their elder brother, Thomas.
In 1661 he built a mill at Chelmsford, which remained in the possession
of his descendants for nearly
two hundred years. He was a captain in "Philip's war." He died January
24, 1688-9, aged 72, and
was buried in Charlestown.
4. JONATHAN,2 born in England, (???), 1619; married, first, Elizabeth,
second, Mary; had sons
Jasper,3 of Medway, and Jonathan,3 of Medway; settled in Medfield, and
died in 1690, aged 71.
5. PETER,2 born in England, (???), 1622; admitted freeman, 1650; married
Rachel (???); had
Peter,3 bornJuly 20, 1653, a physician at Medway; Hannah,3 born 1658;
Mary,3 born (???);
Jonathan,3 born
(???), 1663, who died soon; Jonathan3 again, born May 15, 1664; Ruth,3
born (???); settled in
Medfield and had Samuel,3 born (???); and Joseph,3 born (???). He died
about 1690, aged 68.
6. JOHN,2 born in England, (???), 1624; married, in England, Ann (???);
settled in Concord in
1650;
and about 1654 removed to West Cambridge, where he died in 1706, aged 85.
His will is dated
June
1, 1706.
7. JOSEPH,2 born in England, (???), 1626; remained on the original
home-grant in Braintree; was a
"malster" (brewer); admitted freeman, 1653; married, November 26, 1650,
Abigal, daughter of
Gregory Baxter, of Braintree; had Hannah,3 born November 30, 1652;
Joseph,3 born December
24,
1654; John,3 born January 13, 1657, who died soon; Abigal,3 born February
27, 1659; John3 and
Bethia,3 twins, born December 3, 1661; Mary,3 born October 9, 1663, who
died soon; Samuel,3
born September 6, 1665; Mary3 again, born February 25, 1668; Peter,3 born
February 7, 1670;
Jonathan,3 born January 31, 1672; and Mehitable,3 baptized November 24,
1678. Joseph2 was
the
great-grandfather of John Adams, second President of the United States
(Joseph,2 Joseph,3 John,4
deacon, John,5 president); he was also the great-grandfather of Samuel
Adams, of Revolutionary fame, signer of the Declaration of Independence,
Governor of
Massachusetts, etc. (Joseph,2 John,3 captain, Samuel,4 Samuel,5 the
patriot). The wife of Joseph2
died August 27, 1692, and he died December 6, 1694. He was buried in the
family burial-place at
Braintree, now Quincy, Mass., and the words, "who lies here at his left
hand," in the inscription on
his
father's monument, have reference to him.
8. EDWARD,2 born in England, (???), 1630; admitted freeman in 1654;
married, first, Lydia (???),
second, Abigal Day, third, Sarah Taylor. He settled at Medfield, Mass.,
and was Selectman of that
town for many years; was a Representative in the first two General Courts
held in 1689, after the
overthrow of Andros, and died November 12, 1716. He left a will, dated
May 19, 1715, proved
December 3, 1716, recorded in Probate Records of Suffolk County, Mass.,
in vol. xix. page 225.
He
had fourteen children, as follows, viz.: Lydia,3 born July 12, 1653;
Jonathan,3 born April 4, 1655;
John,3 born February 18, 1657; Eliashib,3 born February 18, 1659; Sarah,3
born May 29, 1660;
James,3 born January 4, 1662; Henry,3 born October 29, 1663; Mehitable,3
born March 20,
1665;
Elisha,3 born August 25, 1666; Edward,3 born June 28, 1668; Bethia,3 born
Apri
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PART II.
ANTHONY EMERY AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
1 ANTHONY EMERY, second son of John and Agnes Emery, was born
in Romsey, Hants,
England; married Frances (???), and came to America in the ship
"James," landing in Boston, June 3,
1635. He was probably in Ipswich, Mass., in the following
August, and soon after settled in
Newbury, where he lived until about 1640.
A court record of Dec. 22, 1637, shows that he was a brother of
John, and a similar record of June
10, 1638, that he was then residing in Newbury.
He removed to Dover, New Hampshire, about 1640, and Oct. 22, of
that year, signed the "Dover
Combination." From that time until 1649, when he removed to
Kittery, Maine, he was identified with
the interests of that town. His house was at Dover Neck, about
a mile from the present railroad
station at Dover Point, and three or four miles from Major
Richard Waldron's settlement on the
Cocheco river. There he kept an ordinary, which was destroyed
by fire, as appears from the
following petition:
"Right worp com of the Massachusetts
The humble peticon of Anthony Emry of Dover
Humbly showeth
Unto your good worp that your poore peticonr was
licenced b
the towne abousd to keept an ordinary wh shd give Dyet &
to
sell beere & wine as was accustomed & sithence there was
an order that non but one should sell wine upon which
there
hath beene complaint made to your worp as Mr. Smyths
saith
& hee hath in a manner discharged your petr wch wilbe to
your
petr great damage haueing a wife & 3 children to
maintain &
not a house fitted for present to liue in haueing had
his house
& goods lately burnt downe to the ground "Humbly
beseeching
yor worp to bee pleased to grant to your petr that he may
sell wine & that Mr Smyth may be certified thereof hee
keeping
good order in his house & he shall as hee is in Duty
bound pray
for your worps health & happyness."
This petition does not bear date, but it is known from other
papers that Anthony Emery petitioned in
1643, for permission to keep an ordinary, and that March 7,
1643-4, he was "allowed whereby to
draw out his wine." In that year and in 1648 also, he was one
of the townsmen (selectmen) for the
"prudentiall affaires" of Dover.
On November 15, 1648, he bought of John White, a house, field,
and great barren marsh on Sturgeon Creek in Pischataqua, afterward
Kittery, now Eliot, and two
other marshes. He seems not to have taken possession, however,
until the next year, for he served as
grand juror in Dover, in 1649.
During his eleven years' (1649-1660) residence in Kittery, he
was juryman several times, selectman in
1652 and 1659, and constable. He was one of the forty-one
inbabitants of Kittery, who
acknowledged themselves subject to the government of
Massachusetts Bay, Nov. 16, 1652. At four
different times he received grants of land from the town. He
also bought of Joseph Austin of
Pischataqua, July 15, 1650, "a little Marsh soe Commanly called
aboue Sturgeon Cricke, with a little
house & vpland yrunto belonging, as also one thousand fiue
hundred foote of boards, for & in
Consideration of Two stears Called by ye name of draggon and
Benbow, with a weeks worke of him
selfe & other two oxen wch is to be done at Cutchecha."
In 1656, he was fined œ5 for mutinous courage in questioning
the authority of the court at Kittery, and
in 1660, again fined, for entertaining Quakers, and
disfranchised.
May 12, 1660, he and Frances his wife, sold house and land at
Cold Harbor to son James for œ150
together with all other lands in Kittery, "with all & singular
the houseing, barne Garden oarchards
Commans profetts priviledges fences wood Tymber appurtenances &
Haeredtaments belonging, or in
any way apprtayning thereunto."
Deprived of the rights and privileges of a freeman in Kittery,
he turned his footsteps toward a colony
in which greater liberty was allowed, and was received as a
free inhabitant of Portsmouth, Rhode
Island, Sept. 29, 1660.
It has been conjectured that he, prior to settling in Newbury,
or removing to Dover, bought land in
Portsmouth, and dwelt there awhile. This conjecture has its
origin in the fact, that one "Good-man
Emeres" owned land in Portsmouth in 1643, as is known from the
records of a general town meeting
held in Portsmouth, March 1, 1643.
Who "Goodman Emeres" was, or whence came the Little Compton,
Rhode Island, family of Emerys,
has been mere conjecture. We have been unable thus far to trace
their genealogy, or to connect them
with our ancestor, except in name and locality. We accept the
Portsmouth records as evidence of
Anthony Emery's first legal residence there until 1680, though
he is designated "of Kittery," in a deed
to his son James, Oct. 1, 1663.
He served as juryman from Portsmouth on several occasions, was
chosen constable, June 4, 1666,
and deputy to the General Court, April 25, 1672. The last
record that we find of him living is that of a
deed of land in Portsmouth to Rebecca Sadler, his daughter,
dated March 9, 1680. It is barely
possible that he returned to Kittery, and that Anthony Emery
who was representative from Kittery at
York, March 30, 1680, was our ancestor, but it does not seem
probable that he, an old man,
disfranchised, would after twenty years' absence, be chosen to
legislate for the "province of Mayne."
From the petition quoted, we know that he had three children,
and from another paper, that James
was his surviving son. We are thus enabled to give this list of
children:
2 i JAMES,2 b. in England about 1630; came to America with his
father.
3 ii A SON, name unknown.
4 iii REBECCA.
It is difficult to estimate the character of Anthony Emery.
From what little we know of him, however,
we infer that he was a capable business man, energetic,
independent, resolute in purpose, bold in
action, severe in speech, jealous of his own rights, and
willing to suffer for conscience' sake. He did
not hesitate to express his opinions, though on one occasion it
may have savored of "mutinous
courage." He recognized a higher law than statute-law, and with
the courage of his convictions,
preferred to suffer the penalty of the latter rather than
disobey the former and violate his conscience.
In entertaining Quakers he obeyed the divine commandment: "Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
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1. DANIEL1 SHED, born in England, probably about 1620, was the progenitor
of our family in
America. It is a matter of sincere regret that the exact date
of or the circumstances attending his arrival
on these shores have not been learned, although every available
avenue in America has been searched
for the information. The name of Daniel Shed appears among
those of the earliest settlers in ancient
"Brantrey" as early as 1643, and, along with it, among the
founders of this town seated on the
southern shores of Massachusetts Bay, may be found the family
names of Adams, Quincy, Barrett
and Spaulding, with others well known in later American history.
Before entering upon the full story of his life and the record
of his descendants, it will be well to divest the mind of all knowledge
of material things as now existing in New England and go back in
imagination to the conditions and circumstances that this group
of settlers found when they made their
first appearance here nearly three centuries ago, in order to
judge more correctly of their careers.
Banish then from mind our contiguous towns and cities. Banish
not alone the mills and marts, the
railways and telegraphs of which the ceaseless throbbing
measures like a pulse the nation's health
through all the arteries of its vast business life; banish
everything that over two centuries of increasing
civilization has wrought; find a land without a name, a land
almost without homes save here and there
a few rude ones or such habitations as fortune hunters raise; a
land untraversed, untrapped and of
unknown extent. Such was the country to which the Puritans came.
DANIEL12 SHED (Daniel11, Thomas10, Thomas9, Thomas8, John7,
John6, John5), was bapt. 25
June 1620 in the ancient parish church of Finchingfield, County
Essex, as appears from its old
parchment register still perfectly preserved from 1617. The
venerable church (except for loss of its
spire) still presents the same appearance as it did just three
centuries ago when the infant eyes of
Daniel12 Shed first beheld it; even the very font, which held
the sacred water with which he was
christened, still remains in regular use. This baptismal record
is the sole mention of him in these
registers which have been carefully examined down to 1710; if
he had died there his burial would
have been recorded. His father, Daniel11 Shed, in no record in
Finchingfield is ever termed "senior,"
nor is there anything to infer that there were ever two Daniel
Sheds of adult age living there at the
same time. In the Protestation Roll of Feb. 1641/2, only one
Shed appears in Finchingfield, Daniel11
Shed; at that time the son Daniel12 Shed was nearly twenty-two
years of age; as all males over
eighteen years old are
Page 448
listed, and as Daniel12 Shed does not appear on this roll
either in Finchingfield or in any of the other
surrounding forty-five parishes of the Hundred, it is evident
that he had removed from the
neighborhood before February 1641/2.
During the period of 1630-1642, about twenty-five thousand
English Puritans emigrated to New
England, either to escape religious restrictions or with the
hope of bettering their material condition.
Over half of these emigrants were from the counties of Essex
and Suffolk, and among them was
Daniel12 Shed who first appears on records in New England in
1643, in Braintree, Mass. This town
was named for Braintree in Essex, only eight miles south-east
of Finchingfield, and a large majority of
the early settlers of Braintree, Mass., are known to have come
from various parishes in Essex and
Suffolk in England within a fifteen-mile radius of the mother
town of Braintree. Neither the date of
sailing, the port of departure, nor the name of the vessel
which brought Daniel12 Shed to New
England has been discovered; but his emigration must have taken
place before 1642, so probably
about 1640, or about the time he became of age.
So here may be framed a very real mental picture of the
emigrant Daniel12 Shed, raised as a farmer's
boy in rural Essex in eastern England, amid strong Puritan
influences, and while yet a youth so imbued
with their fervid religious faith and desire for liberty as to
join the memorable throng that left their
beloved ancestral homes and braved the perils of the deep and
the hardships of pioneer life in a
savage wilderness to found a nation in the New World.
"What sought they tnus afar?--
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--
They sought a Faith's pure shrine!"
The substantial worth of this epochal emigration, extolled for
two centuries by many writers, was aptly
set forth by William Stoughton in his sermon at the
Massachusetts general election of 1668: "God
sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain into this
wilderness." In the three centuries that
have elapsed since the birth in 1620 of Daniel12 Shed, he has
become the progenitor of nearly four
thousand descendants born of the name Shedd, and of scores of
thousands of descendants born of
thousands of other family names, now dispersed all over the
United States. This old New England
stock, derived from the Puritan founders like Daniel12 Shed,
has been the predominant element in
influence in American institutions among the population of our
northern and western states.
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To the south some thirty or forty miles was Plymouth Colony
where the Pilgrims came first, quite a
score of years before, there to establish their homes and enjoy
"freedom to worship God" as to their
minds seemed best; there still they dwelt, with added friends
and strength, exemplifying the beauty of
their faith,--a pilgrim band. Northward, little more than half
as far, was Naumkeag (Salem) and a little
beyond was Agawam (Ipswich), where at each a little church band
had settled seeking under its
favorite preacher to secure social and religious freedom.
Boston, on its then narrow neck of land, was thus
early the chief town, and, strange as it seems, with less than a
hundred houses within its bounds, its citizens felt severely
hampered
for room. For their relief the General Court was persuaded in
1634 to grant for an extension of territory
BRAINTREE
In the broad plantation that was thus established, settlement
had not progressed very far when early in
1640 the General Court set off the territory as a separate town
under the name of Braintree. There
also our first ancestor Daniel1 Shed fixed his home about this
same time.
*Chronological Order of Settlements in New England. The
Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620.
Endecott with the first Puritan company founded Salem in 1628.
The charter of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony was granted in 1629, and in 1630 a fleet of fourteen
ships brought 1500 colonists under
Gov. Winthrop, who founded that year the towns of Boston,
Dorchester, Charlestown, Hull,
Medford, Roxbury and Watertown. Cambridge and Lynn were settled
in 1632, Ipswich, Andover
and Hingham in 1634, and Braintree, Concord and Newbury in
1635. Over twenty other towns were
also established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony before
Billerica was settled in 1653 and
incorporated as a town in 1655.
As early as 1622, only two years after the landing of the
Pilgrims, one Thomas Morton visited Mt.
Wollaston, as it was later known, and was much pleased with its
appearance and with the abundance
of fish found off the shore. Morton (a lawyer from Cliffords
Inn, London) again turned up in the
settlement and securing the leadership set up a free and easy
manner of life;
This free mode of life was a great offence to the religion of
the staid Puritans and Separatists
comprising the other colonies upon the coast, who soon took
stringent measures to remove the source
of evil; after many futile attempts Morton was finally taken
and in Sept. 1631 was sent back to England while his house was burned
On 27 Jan. 1639/40, "there is granted to Mr. William Tompson,
Pastor of the Church at the Mount,
120 acres of Land there." (Town Records of Boston, vol. 1, p.
47.) By subsequent transfers, to be
quoted later, it is established that this grant comprised the
neck which became a few years later the
home of our ancestor until 1658, and which for a century even
after his removal from the town bore
the name of "Shed's Neck."
All these grants near Mount Wollaston were by order of the
General Court on 13 May 1640
incorporated as the town of Braintree* which comprised the
present towns of Braintree, Quincy,
Randolph and Holbrook, and from then its progress was assured.
For over a century and a half
Braintree maintained its original area; then on 22 Feb. 1792
the northerly third of the town was set off
to form the town [now city] of Quincy, and on 9 Mar. 1793 the
south-westerly third became the town
of Randolph a part of which on 29 Feb. 1872 was established as
Holbrook. The 120-acre grant to
Rev. William Tompson in 1639/40, which was occupied to 1658 by
Daniel1 Shed and so for a
century was known as "Shed's Neck," was located in that part of
Braintree which since 1792 has
been Quincy.
Extending from the main land of old Braintree into the waters
of Massachusetts Bay were five necks
of land: Squantum was the most northerly one; next was Hough's
Neck; the next or middle one was
Shed's Neck which after 1750 was known as Germantown;
It seems evident that Daniel1 Shed came to Braintree a youth ??
young bachelor of small means,
arrived there or became of age too late to become an original
proprietor and grantee of lands, and did
not have means to purchase an estate. So about the time of his
marriage in 1646 he doubtless leased
for a term of years from Rev. William Tompson the 120-acre neck
granted to the latter in 1639/40,
and on account of Daniel1 Shed being the first resident on the
tract it came to be generally known as
"Shed's Neck." Here he evidently continued about twelve years
until 1658, when perhaps the
expiration of his lease or the destruction of his house by fire
together with the opening up of cheap
lands in the new town of Billerica on the then frontiers
induced a removal to the latter place.
In 1916 the Shedd Family Association secured a small plot of
land on the crest of the Neck and
erected thereon a memorial to Daniel1 Shed in the form of a
lighthouse, consisting of a column of
Quincy granite about twenty feet high surmounted by a
substantial glass and copper lantern enclosing
a powerful incandescent electric light. A bronze tablet on the
base of the column bears the following
inscription:
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A Memorial to
DANIEL SHED
An original settler and resident here
in old Braintree
1642-1658.
His descendants to the tenth generation
erect this shaft to commemorate his life.
They dedicate it to the City of Quincy and
as a beacon to the
Sailors Snug Harbor
which for over 60 years has occupied the
land once tilled by their ancestor for
whom it was for the first century called
Shedds Neck
a name that it is hoped may now be
restored.
Erected August 1916 by
The Shedd Family Association
Here then upon the central one of five necks of land in old
Braintree (now Quincy) extending from the
mainland eastward into Massachusetts Bay was the original
"ffarme" of our ancestor.
Here again in "Brantrey's book of records" of births, marriages and
deaths "beginninge in ye year
1643" we find a page of especial interest, for it records the
births there of seven children to our
ancestor and his wife Mary between 1 Oct. 1647 and 30 Oct. 1658.
This feeling of unrest and desire for change was felt as well
in the little settlement at Braintree, and
frequent changes were there made among the neighbors and
associates of Daniel1 Shed. Peter and
Joseph Adams, sons of Henry Adams (the ancestor of the
Presidents Adams), continued to reside in
Braintree as has also an honorable posterity, while two other
sons, Thomas and Samuel, were among
the first settlers of Chelmsford far northward in the valley of
the Merrimack. Thither also went
Edward Spaulding and Thomas Barrett whose descendants' names we
shall later find closely allied by
intermarriage with our own family.
All to find new homes in the town of Billerica lying well north
upon the Concord and Shawshine rivers
near where they join the Merrimack. Thither also in 1659 went
our own ancestor Daniel1 Shed, with
his family, and there established their permanent home from
which a numerous posterity has gone
forth.
BILLERICA
Leaving his old home in Braintree our Daniel1 Shed came to ??
and in 1659 bought from George
Willice a certain tract ?? which had been the original "right"
of Joseph Parker
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As settlements began the need for a separate existence as a tow
became the primary question. After
long deliberation of the stc the "Genall Cort" combined all the
grants it had made in that section with
all unclaimed lands, and on 30 May 1655 incorpora?? it as the
town of Billerica. At that time not
more than nine or ?? families were located there, but others
soon followed and the maistenance of the
town was assured.
Few indeed were the accommodations afforded by the new ??kment to which
our ancestor brought
his family of seven children whose ages ranged from one to
twelve years. The houses were small and
rude; there were no fences or enclosures. The ??ister's house
was built but not yet finished, and "the
meeting ??," that one rallying point in all early towns, was
not begun. The force and peculiarity of their
seclusion comes to us more fully ?? se read of the meagre
opportunities for travel to neighboring
towns: a road by which to reach their forest home from
Cambridge and Woburn; another to Concord
on the south, while only a path ?? northward to Andover and
another to Chelmsford farther west. ??
what roads were these,-- without form, little more than tracks
?? by blazed trees!
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We can learn very little from the records as to his coming or
the ??ils of his early abode there though
many things can be gath?? by inference. The year 1659 must have
been the time of his ??val. for in
October of the preceding year he had a daughter ??h born by
"wiffe Mary" in Braintree, while in the
ancient ?? of Billerica we find a "sone," Samuel, born to
"Daniel and ??beth Shed" on Aug. 13, 1660.
In addition to the purchase of land already mentioned our
ancestor received numerous later grants
from the town of Billerica besides other private purchases, so
that his estate finally embraced quite a
large territorv.
"BILLERICA THEIR TOWN BOOKE OF RECORDS
TRANSCRIBED ANNO DOMINI 1665."
"Daniel Sheed purchassing & possessing all the premises--Hence
all the remaining grants wch are
properly to this alotment by town order are granted and
recorded to him:--
(1) Granted to him one parcell of land conteining eighteen
acres of land be it more or lesse lying in the
great Comon field which lyeth on ye east side of Concord river
below ye falls, it is the ninteen lot in
that order being tenne poles wide at the east end ??
it is bounded by ye Comons and seventene pole wide upon a perpendicula at
ye west end wr it is
bounded by ye river, bounded by willm Tay on ye south and John
poulter north. Also there is a
highway crosse this lot laid out according to ye record of it
in page 164.
(2) Grant of a small skirt of land joyneing to ye east end of
his house lot, to extend two poles nearer
the brook from his bound stump at his southeast corner and to
come straight along to take in his old
dwelling house the whole grant standing within his fences.
(3) Granted more to him -- forty & six acres of land be it more
or lesse lying on ye south side of the
highway by fox Hill among ye second divisions being ye second
lot in that order and bounded by
Thomas Hubbard on ye west whose northeast angle is a twisted
maple marked with H on ye west
side and S on ye east side -- from thence runing eastward about
thirty and eight poles unto a stake
marked with S & P (which stake stands by ye old highway as you
go to ye willow spangs) bounded
on ye east by willm pattin, on ye south golden more thirty and
two poles and by willm ffrenc?? Seaven
poles all at ye end -- his S:W: angle is a white oake marked
with H on ye west side & S on ye east
side -- his east angle is ?? stake: bounded north by ye
highwaye. Also there is a burden of ?? highway
lies upon part of it as appears from ye record of it. More over
there is allowance given into ye
Measure of this lot in reference to many swamp and Crambery
holes within it, all which is conteined
with in ye bounds specified before"
There are three other grants of meadow land, in all about ??
Page 455
?? fully described and bounded. Also on 7:-4 m: 68 there was
??ed more to him -- eight acres of land
be it more or lesse lying ?? ye right hand of the way) on the
pine plaine, on this side ye ?? comon field
lying thirty pole wide at each end and is bounded ?? ye east by
Roger toothaker, on ye west by ye
Highway, on ye ?? by Mr. Whiting & on ye north by John bracket,
the four ?? are all stakes, this is
granted on account of ye gratuity ??ion Other small grants
followed at various times and as late ?? the
general distribution on 9th 1685 we find one of three acres ??
Corpll Daniel Shed Senr.
As early as 1663, or only four years after his settlement
there, ?? ??nd that Daniel Shead paid
œ1-4-10 in "the ministers rate" for the Rev. Mr. Whiting's
maintenance out of a total levy of œ71-1-8;
?? fifty assessments ran from 3s. to œ3-17-6, showing that he
?? not accounted poor. When the
meeting house was built Daniel ?? was assigned "to ye 2d seat
in ye fore gallery of ye meeting ??."
For various reasons we judge that he was a strong sup?? of the
church and a close friend of Minister
Whiting. ?? it is that their homes were but a few rods apart,
and aside ?? any personal reasons that
may have existed for this friend?? there were plenty of
external causes to bring them into close
??ionship.
Aside from their struggles with natural obstacles which
required ?? the ingenuity of the settlers to
overcome there was another ?? that rested upon all alike and
with which they were less ?? to cope
because it was less tangible; this came from their fear ?? ??e
Indians round about them. Friendly as
seemed those whose ?? forms were often seen at their own
firesides and who had ?? a measure
embraced Christianity and civilization through the ?? of Eliot
among them at Wamesit, still the settlers
watched ?? closely to guard against any treachery and to gain
some hint ?? pending attack from the
less friendly tribes farther back. For ?? than fifty years this
danger hung over the pioneers, some??
almost forgotten, then with one burst bending them low in ??
fury and destruction. So imminent
seemed this danger in 1667 ?? the settlers in Billerica
determined to build a stone and brick ??cation
house; and again eight years later during King Philip's ??
several of the larger houses were appointed
garrisons and ??teeted as well as they could be. Among these
was Rev. Samuel ??ing's house, and
thirty men and seyeral yoke of oxen were ?? two days putting it
in proper condition for defense; to
this ?? as garrison was assigned Daniel Shed Sen. and his son
John, ??mas Dutton Sen. and his son
John, John Rogers Sen. and his ?? sons John, Thomas and
Nathaniel, also John Durant and ?? other
soldiers, making eleven soldiers in all and six families
Page 456
under this roof, which was ordered "to be ye maine garrison & ye
last refuge in case of extremity." What anxious times were
these with little news from the outside, and
yet amid their dangers Cupid stole into the garrisons with his
arrows, past the sentinels, and wounded
several youthful hearts as the sequel shows. The Indian attack
however did not come nor for several
years afterward, so that the families returned to their homes
and the preacher performed his services
without guns being stacked in church ready for instant use.
It was probably at this time that our ancestor Daniel1 Shed
Sen. acquired his military title of "Corpll,"
and for other similar service his son John2 Shed probably
acquired his various appellations of
Sergeant, Ensign, etc. It may be well to note here that all the
descendants of Daniel1 Shed, though by
no means fighting men, have always been ready to answer every
call for protecting the country's
rights, and many have laid down their lives for the public good
during the various wars in which our
country has been engaged.
As the years came and went, some prosperous, some less
successful, his children married, one by
one, with the children of his neighbors, and all settled not
far away from the old homestead, and in
turn reared around them many children according to the custom
of those days. If amid their many
cares they became incautious and forgetful of their danger they
were rudely recalled to their exposure
by the Indian attacks in 1689 upon Dover, N. H., and three
years later on 1 Aug. 1692, the deadly
blow so much feared fell upon this little settlement, blasting
the homes of Zachariah Shed and
Benjamin Dutton who lived near "the falls." With the fears
aroused by this alarm mingled with the
witchcraft excitements and trials at Salem three years more
passed, and ?? second massacre fell upon
them on Monday 5 Aug. 1695 when fifteen persons in four
families suffered the fury of the Indians.
The early settlers had no time for more improvements than ??ity
demanded, -- all their energies were
given to clearing ?? the heavy forests, not for profit in the
lumber, but that the ?? soil might be
exposed to the sunlight and induced to yield ?? the necessaries
of food and shelter. It needed men
with ?? arms and strong hearts imbued with mutual sympathies ??
their work, and such they proved. If
their circumstances ?? but scant returns for their toil they
made their wants few ?? ??portion. They
were laying foundations then and looking to ?? future with high
hopes and large faith. In England
landed ??ions were largely the basis of wealth and rank, so
here it ?? natural for them to secure as
many broad acres as they were ?? hoping thus to build a rich
and prosperous future.
Page 457
To summarize in brief our knowledge of the life of our first
ancestor as conveyed by records and by
inference we may say that he was born probably between 1620 and
1625 in England whence he
came as a youth or a young man perhaps just of age to make a
home for himself in America. He
landed about 1643, probably at Boston, being then unmarried,
but about 1646 acquired a wife at
Braintree where they had seven children. She died in 1658-9,
and a few months later he married a
second wife and settled in Billerica, Mass., where he had four
more children and died 27 July 1708,
probably aged about eighty-eight years.
It was quite natural that the youngest son of the family should
?? to the father's homestead, and while
he doubtless pro?? as well for all his children as his means
allowed when they ?? out for themselves,
yet Nathan was the one chosen "to pro?? for them in theire old
age" and received the homestead.
Here is a copy of the agreement of which the original is on
file ?? the Registry of Deeds for Middlesex
County at Cambridge; the ??lling and use of letters has been
followed.
"This Indenture made March the Twenty and Seventh In the ?? of
our Lord God one thousand Six
hundred ninty and four -- ?? Daniel Shed Senr of Billerrica in
the County of Middlesex ?? theire
Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New ?? on the
one party and his Sun Nathan Shed
on the other ??.-- Wittnesseth That the said Daniel Shed For
and in Con??ation of the Love and
affection he beareth to his Son Nathan ?? and for a settlement
of his Sd Son Nathan As also ye Sd
Daniel Considering the age both of himself and wife and
inability ??age and Carry on husbandry as
formerly and to the end that ?? Daniel and his wife may be
Comfortably taken Care of and ?? for in theire old age according to what
is after Expressed ??anted and Agreed upon as appears by
this Instrument. As ?? that ye Sd Nathan hath with his own
money purchased all ?? right. Title or
Interest that his Brethren Zechariah and Samuel ?? had or might
now or hereafter be considered to
have in theire ?? ??athers Inheritance* which in and by this
Instrument is ?? and made over to the said
Nathan, upon the account of the ?? The Said Daniel Shed Hath
given, granted, bargained and ??
aliened, Enfeoffed and Confirmed And by these these presents ??
freely fully Clearly and absolutely
Grant bargaine and Sell ?? Enfeoffe and Confirm to his said Son
Nathan Shed and to ?? ?? and
assigns forever All his house and Lands in the afore?? Town of
Billerica, that is his Dwelling house
and Barn, ??, home lott Called about twenty three acres, with
all the ??, Monurements, Husbandry,
ffences upon or around ?? Houses & Lands; Also all his medow
Land & upland lying
Page 458
elsewhere in Billerrica Towne. The meadow Called Broad Medow on
the West side of Concord
River by Estimation one acre & three Quarters more or less, And
ShawShin River Meadow Called
three acres and a halfe, And his two springs of medow lying on
the north heath Brooke, and his
meadow at Strong water Brooke Called four acres and a halfe and
his upland lying by it Called
Twenty acres & joining to it, And his meadow at Prospect Hill
and his allotment of medow at Mill
Swamp, be they all or any of them more or less, with all his
Town rights and priviledges upon ye
Town Comons to all or to any part of them. Also his Two oxes
Cart and wheels, plow and Chaine
horse Traise wth all the utenssills of husbandry thereunto
belonging that are now to be found of his
own either in house or ffield. To Have and to Hold ye above
granted & bargained prmsses and Every
part and parcell thereof wth all the priviledges &
appurtenances to the Same appertaining or in any
wise belonging according to the Towne Record of the bounds of
each of them to him ye Sd Nathan
Shed and to his heires and Assigns forever to his and their own
propper use and behoof. And all this
upon the Conditi
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2 JAMES2 EMERY, SEN. (Anthony1), son of Anthony and Frances
Emery; came to America with
his father in the ship "James;" married, first, Elizabeth
(???). She died after 1687. He married, second,
Dec. 28, 1695, Mrs. Elizabeth Pidge (n‚e Newcomb), widow and
second wife of John Pidge of
Dedham, Mass. Administration was granted in 1691 to Elizabeth,
widow of John Pidge, who died
intestate. Inventory of the estate was filed June 19, 1691.
"The account of Elizabeth Emery late Relict
or widow and admin, of the Estate of John Pigg deceased in
Dedham," and on June 10, 1709, James
Emery presents the division of the estate. May 10, 1700, "James
Emery of Dedham in New England,
the only surviving son of Anthony Emery late of Portsmouth on
Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations deceased, quitclaims to his sister Rebecca Sadler
alias Eaton, lands, estate Goods and
Chattels of said Anthony Emery late deceased." In 1713, James
Emery gives a deed in which he
describes himself as of Berwick. It would seem that James
Emery, after his election as representative
to the General Court, resided in Dedham, and after the
settlement of the estate of John Pidge or Pigg
removed to Berwick. He had grants of land in Kittery, 1653,
1656, 1669, 1671; was selectman of
Kittery, 1674, 1676, 1677, 1684, 1685, 1692, 1693, 1695;
elected representative to the General
Court, 1693, 1695; grand juror and constable, 1670. It is
related of him that when he went to Boston
his carriage was a chair placed in an ox cart drawn by a yoke
of steers. This mode of conveyance
was necessary as there was not in Kittery a carriage large or
strong enough to carry him safely. He
was a large man weighing over three hundred and fifty pounds.
The date of his death is unknown, but
from a deed given in 1714 in which his son James called himself
James senior, it is evident it was
before 1714.
Children, born in Kittery:
5 i JAMES,3 b. ab. 1658.
6 ii ZACHARIAH, b. ab. 1660.
7 iii NOAH, b. ab. 1663.
8 iv DANIEL, b. Sept. 13, 1667.
9 v JOB, b. in 1670.
10 vi ELIZABETH.
11 vii SARAH.
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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #5092, Date of Import: Nov 15, 1998]
!LIBRARY: Of Lynn Ransom Burton; John De Schedde. All Shed information is
taken
from one main reference: Ancestry of Daniel Shed, by Frank E. Shedd. Any
other
references will be noted, but The Shed genealogy reference should apply
to all
information and will not be repeated each time. Added information in that
same
book, concerning the English ancestry of Daniel Shed, has been provided
by John
G. Shedd of Chicago.-LRB.
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5 JAMES3 EMERY (James,2 Anthony1), son of James and Elizabeth
Emery; married Dec. 18,
1685, Margaret Hitchcock, daughter of Richard Hitchcock. He
made his will Dec. 28, 1724. In his
will he mentions his wife Elizabeth, who was probably his
second wife.
Children, born in Berwick, Me.:
13 i MARGARET,4 b. Dec. 18, 1686.
14 ii JAMES, b. Feb. 18, 1688.
15 iii LYDIA, b. April 28, 1691.
16 iv FRANCRS, b. Dec. 17, 1694.
17 v REBECCA, b. March 7, 1697.
18 vi SAMUEL, b. Sept. 2, 1700.
19 vii ELIZABETH, b. March 7, 1703; d. unm.
20 viii THOMAS, b. Dec. 2, 1706.
21 ix LUCRETLA, b. March 6, 1709.
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1. DEA. JOHN BLANCHARD. It has been stated in print many times that Dea.
John Blanchard of Dunstable was a son of
Thomas Blanchard, the American ancestor of a numerous family. A son John
is not named in the will of Thomas, and
evidence recently discovered establishes the fact that Dea. John was a
son of Widow Ann Blanchard, who died in
Chelmsford, June 24, 1662. William Blanchard, the tailor, who died in
Boston, October 7, 1652, probably was a brother
of Dea. John. Dea. John Blanchard married about 1657, Elizabeth Hills,
born 1627, a daughter of Joseph and Rose (Clark)
Hills. For good service to the colony, 500 acres in Dunstable were
granted to Joseph Hills, which in his will is bequeathed
to his granddaughters, Hannah and Elizabeth Blanchard of Dunstable.
Elizabeth (Hills) Blanchard died about 1662, and
Dea. John Blanchard [p.4] married, second, Mrs. Hannah (Braekett)
Kinsley, born in Braintree, 1634, a daughter of Dea.
Richard and Alice Brackett and widow of Samuel Kinsley. Elizabeth
Kinsley, child of Samuel and Hannah (Brackett) Kins-ley, was the wife of
John Cummings of Dunstable.
Dea. John Blanchard was one of the foundation members and the first
deacon of the church of Dunstable and one of the
most active and useful citizens. In the lives of his sons and his
grandsons, his example was cherished and his good works
were renewed. He died 1694. For his will see Granite Monthly, July,
1906. His widow Hannah. her daughter Elizabeth
(Kinsley) Cummings, her son Nathaniel Blanchard with his wife, Lydia
Blanchard, and Susannah, a daughter of Nathaniel
and Lydia Blanchard, were slain at Dunstable by the Indians, July 3,
1706. There were two children of Dea. John and
Elizabeth and nine of Dea. John and Hannah Blanchard.
Deacon John Blanchard married first (1658) Elizabeth Hills, baptized 21
October 1627, died about 1662. Second, c. 1663, Hannah ( Brackett)
Kinsley, killed by Indians 3 July 1706.
[NI0108]
John was the first Governor of Connecticut.
Settled at New London.
[NI0109] One of the first proprietors of New London.
[NI0110] was of New London in 1651.
[NI0111] Accidentally shot in Salem by Joseph Small when they were out on a hunting excursion on Sept 11, 1670.
[NI0112]
Samuel returned to England, and was a merchant in London.
Sold the farm in South Danvers to Daniel Epps in 1701.
[NI0115] Died young.
[NI0128]
[Reed1.FTW]
!BIR-MARR-DEA: NEHG Register Vol 98, p268
[NI0130]
[Reed1.FTW]
!BIR-MARR-DEA: NEHG Register Vol 98, p268 "served in Capt. John
Parker's
regiment at the Battle of Lexington Green."
[NI0132]
[Reed1.FTW]
!BIR-MARR-DEA: NEHG Register Vol 98, p268
[NI0134]
[Reed1.FTW]
!BIR-MARR-DEA: NEHG Register Vol 98, p268
[NI0136]
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!BIR-MARR-DEA: NEHG Register Vol 98, p268
[NI0147]
[Reed1.FTW]
!BIR-MARR-DEA: From researcher Avis M. Watkins, Exeter, New
Hampshire, through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho.
As quoted from Mrs. Watkins notes: "Benjamin was active in town
affairs -
Constable, assessor, selectman, J.P., representative to General
Court, and a
major in the militia."
!BIR: "History of the Reed Family in Europe and America" by Jacob
Whittemore
Reed, Boston 1861, page 124, "removed from Lexington to Littleton,
and is the
ancestor of the Littleton Reeds."
!BIR-MARR-DEA: Gregory Stone Genealogy (research by Doris Wheeler)
pg 95.
"They resided in Lexington, where he was selectman eight years and
representative 1750-1758 and 1763."
[NI0148]
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!BIR: "History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and
America" by Frederick Odell Conant, M.A., Portland, 1887, page 359.
[NI0149]
[Reed1.FTW]
!BIR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts by Jonas
Reed published 1836; research by Avis Watkins confirms; Gregory
Stone Genealogy
pg 95 (research by Doris Wheeler) confirms.
!MARR: From researcher Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire,
through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho; History of Rutland,
Worcester
County, Massachusetts by Jonas Reed published 1836."
As quoted from Mrs. Watkins notes: "Jonas removed to Rutland, MA
Nov 1763."
!DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records under REED pg 243 "in his 84th
year";
research of Avis M. Watkins confirms; History of Rutland, Worcester
County,
by Jonas Reed confirms.
[NI0150]
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!BIR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts by Jonas
Reed
published 1836.
!DEA-BUR: History of Rutland "Jonas and Elizabeth died of the
dysentery in the
sickness of 1756, and were buried in one grave in Rutland."
!BIR-DEA: "History of The Reed Family in Europe and America" by Jacob
Whittemore Reed, Boston 1861, page 124.
!DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records under REED pg 243 "a. 5 y. 6 m.
21 d."
[NI0151]
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records.
!DEA: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, by Jonas
Reed
published 1836; Family Bible Records "killed in Battle of Bunker
Hill-aged 25
yrs. 9 mos. June 17, 1775."
!BIR-DEA: Research by Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire,
through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho, agrees with both dates.
!BIR-DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records: Birth-pg 82; Death-pg 243
"in 26th
year. Killed in Battle of Bunker Hill."
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records; Oakham
Vital
Records (Arathusa Read) pg 43 under READ
!MARR: IGI; Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 95 Intent 15 Jul 1810
under READ;
History of Oakham lists marriage date as Aug. 10 1810.
!BIR-MARR-DEA: "Howe Genealogies" by Daniel Wait Howe, Boston
1929", page 209.
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!MARR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts by Jonas
Reed
published 1836.
!DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records page 243 "in 54th year".
[NI0154]
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 under REED
!MARR: Family Bible Records- not listed in IGI
[NI0155]
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!BIR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts by Jonas
Reed
published 1836.
"History of the Reed Family in Europe and America" by Jacob
Whittemore Reed,
Boston 1861, page 124 & 125.
[NI0156]
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records; Oakham ,
Mass., Vital Records pg 43 date as 24 May 1789 under ReAd.
!DEA-BUR: IGI was wrong...No. Brookfield Cemetery stone reads "1867" ,
visited personally by Doris Wheeler
!BIR-DEA: History of Oakham, Mass "Dea. Cheney"
[NI0157]
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!MARR: IGI
!BIR-MARR: Robert Young, CompuServe #76021,663 using his sources:
Vital
Records from the towns of Groton & Concord, Mass; Genealogy of the
Family of
John Lawrence, by Rev. John Lawrence, 1869; The Groton Register, by
Elinor
Skeate, 1993 "married 11 Sep 1832, prob. in Raymond NH"
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!BIR: Family Bible Records; Birth year 1792
!MARR: See notes of husband Silas Reed, Jr.
!DEA: Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 128 under REED.
!BIR-MARR-DEA: "History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts." by J.
H. Temple,
1887, page 632 - Birth year is different: 1782 / Marr. date is
different
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!MARR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, by
Jonas Reed,
published in 1836 - lists year only; Full date given in IGI &
Rutland, Mass.,
Vital Records under READ page 184 "of Brookfield"
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate with Family Bible Records; History of
Rutland.
!DEA: Family Bible Records; History of Rutland, Worcester County,
Massachusetts, by Jonas Reed, published 1836-died of "the
canker-rash...
in the sickness of 1749" along with 2 siblings.
!BIR-DEA: Research by Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire,
through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho:
Birth: 17 Nov 1747 Death: 10 Sep 1749
!BIR-DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records: Birth-pg 79; Death-pg 243
"a. 1 y. 10
m. 24 d."
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 under READ.
!MARR: Family Bible Records list lst marriage: 14 Mar 1814
IGI lists 2 dates: 02 Apr 1814 in Oakham, Worcester, Mass
28 Apr 1814 in North Brookfield,
Worcester, Mass
2nd marriage: IGI
Oakham, Mass., Vital Records list 2 Apr 1814 (Lucy HoRR)
INTENT
both on pg 95 under REED 4 Oct 1819 (Polly HoRR or
HoAr)
"History of North Brookfield, Mass" by J. H. Temple, 1887,
pg 632 lists
marriages: Lucy-Apr 28, 1814; Polly-Aug 20, 1819
Note: Both wives were sisters
ANOTHER MARRIAGE WITH ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DATE LISTED IN:
"History of The Reed Family in Europe and America" by Jacob
Whittemore Reed,
Boston, 1861, page 129: "Silas, son of Silas of Oakham, married
Lucy House
of North Brookfield, March 14, 1832."
!DEA: History of Oakham, Mass., pg 1014 "aged 81", source: Oakham
Church
Records
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 under REED
!MARR: Family Bible Records - not listed in IGI
!DEA: History of Oakham, Mass, source: Diary of Mrs. E. W. Burt ?
[NI0163]
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 44 under REED
!DEA: Family Bible Records "age 66y 11m 19d"
[NI0164]
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 44 under REED
!DEA: History of Oakham, Mass., "d. unmarried Oakham, February 2,
1908, aged
78-9-10" source: Oakham Church Records
[NI0165]
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 under REED
!DEA: Family Bible Records; Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 128
"a. 22. Consumption"
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!BIR-DEA-MARR: Family Bible Records
[NI0167]
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Rutland, Mass.,
Vital Records page 82.
!MARR: IGI; year listed in History of Rutland, Worcester County,
Massachusetts, by Jonas Reed, published 1836; and Rutland, Mass.,
Vital Records
under READ page 184.
!BIR-MARR: Research by Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire,
through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho - records agree.
[NI0168]
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!BIR-MARR: History of Oakham, Mass, sources: Oakham Church Records
"of
Rutland. He was a widower."; Rutland Vital Records.
!MARR: Family Bible Records
[NI0169]
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!BIR: LDS Ancestral File submitted by Christel Nourse Richardson,
Boise,
Idaho: 1759
!MARR: IGI has 2 listings-Rutland or Barre, Mass.; History of
Rutland lists
year only; Rutland, Mass., Vital Records under READ page 184; and
under NURS pg
175 "of Barre."
!BIR-MARR-DEA: From David Hicks CompuServe 74074,3052 (sources-
vital records
of Barre & Rutland, Mass) "It's clear that...Daniel &
Patience...moved into
Barre after marriage in Rutland and had their kids there." "Daniel
was born in
the middle of the French & Indian War, and Barre was an "at risk"
area, so
maybe record keeping wasn't all it could be."
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!BIR: Family Bible Records; IGI lists date as 7 Jun 1789 in North
Brookfield,
Worcester, Mass; 2 other listings in IGI with different mother
SUSANNA PEARCE
11 Jul 1791 "of Lexington" and 11 Jul 1791 Polly FISKE Hoar
!MARR: See notes on husband Silas Reed
!BIR-MARR-DEA: "History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts" by J.H.
Temple,
1887. Marriage date different: Aug 20 1819.
[NI0171]
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!BIR: IGI lists birthdate as June 4; Family Bible Records state
June 6.
Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 43 under READ list Jun 4 1801
!MARR: Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 95 under REED
!MARR-DEA: "History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and
America" by Frederick Odell Conant, M.A., Portland, 1887, pages 359.
!DEA-BUR: From Doris Wheeler "Ruby died of a spinal disease"; Doris
Wheeler
physically visited the gravesite in Central Cemetery, Orange, Mass.
[NI0172]
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!BIR: Family Bible Records; Oakham, Mass, vital records pg 43 under
READ -
name as LIWES.
!MARR: Oakham, Mass., Vital Records list Intent on May 28, 1824.
Rutland, Mass., Vital Records page 185 June 22, 1824.
IGI lists 22 Jun 1824
!BIR-MARR-DEA: History of Oakham, Mass., pg 1015 "He lived on the
George Morse
place...died Oakham, October 22, 1867, aged 74-0-9" source: Oakham
Church
Records.
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!BIR-MARR: Family Bible Records.
!MARR: Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 95 under REED: INTENT on 24
Feb 1828
"of Paxton"; History of Oakham pg 423
!BIR: "John Partridge and his Descendants" as printed in NEHGS
Register Vol 57 Jul 1903 p187
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 under REED
!DEA: Family Bible Records; Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 128
list date as
SEPT 12, 1837; cause of death "Hydrocephalus" at age 8.
[NI0175]
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
vital records pg 43 under READ "Edmand"
!DEA: Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 128 under REED "a. 29"
Note: Name could be spelled Edmond, Edmund or Edmand
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!BIR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts by Jonas
Reed
published 1836; and "History of The Reed Family in Europe and
America" by Jacob
Whittemore Reed, Boston 1861, page 124.
!CHR: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records under REED pg 82.
!MARR: "History of The Reed Family in Europe and America" by Jacob
Whittemore
Reed, Boston 1861, page 125; Rutland, Mass., Vital Records pg 183
under READ.
Had a second marriage to ? Hammond.
!DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records under REED pg 243 "Dea. Jonas..
a. 80"
WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF RUTLAND, WORCESTER COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
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!BIR: Family Bible Records; IGI confirms 3 Jan 1743; History of
Rutland,
Worcester Co., Massachusetts, by Jonas Reed, published 1836 lists
birth year as
1744 (which seems more accurate with parents' marriage date)
!DEA: Family Bible Records; History of Rutland - died from the
"canker-rash..in the sickness of 1749" along with 2 siblings-date
wrong: 10
Sep. 1749.
!BIR-DEA: Research by Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire,
through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho; Rutland, Mass., Vital
Records:
Birth-pg 82; Death-pg 244 "a. 5 y. 8 m. 1 d."
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records (name
listed as
EdmUnd in IGI); Rutland, Mass., Vital Records page 80.
!MARR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, by
Jonas Reed
published 1836-lists year only.
!MARR: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records page 183 under READ.
!DEA: Family Bible Records - 24 Oct 1836 - Conflicting information
here.
Both Avis Watkins and the "History of The Reed Family in Europe and
America" by
Jacob Whittemore Reed list the death date as 26 Feb 1821.
!DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records, under READ pg 242 (also 26 Feb
1821)
!BIR-MARR: Research by Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire,
through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 under READ
!MARR: IGI (probably Intent: 25 Aug 1832); From Robert Young
CompuServe
#76021,663 "11 Sep 1832 prob. in Raymond NH"
!HISTORY: From Robert Young CompuServe #76021,663: "Rev. Andrew H.
Reed was the
son of Silas Reed of Oakham, Mass. Graduated from Amherst College
1826, and
Andover Theological Seminary 1829."
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!BIR: IGI lists birth in Nov; Family Bible Records list Mar.
!DEA: Family Bible Records list year only; History of Rutland,
Worcester
County, Massachusetts, by Jonas Reed, published 1836-died of "the
canker-rash..
in the sickness of 1749" along with 2 siblings
!BIR-DEA: Research by Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire,
through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho:
Birth: 28 Nov 1745 Death: 30 Aug 1749
!BIR-DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records - Birth pg 82; Death pg 243
"a. 3 y. 9
m. 2 d."
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Combining notes to save space:
!BIR: IGI; Research by Avis M. Watkins, Exeter, NH, through Christe l
Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho; Gregory Stone Genealogy pg 95 (p
rovided by Doris
Wheeler)
!DEA: Bible Records - died at age 92 - confirmed by Avis Watkins res
earch
Lists death place as Rutland?
!MARR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts by Jona s
Reed,
published 1836; Intent to marry "Wid. Thankful Weeks of Marlborough N ov.
17
1780"; Stow, Mass., Vital Records pg 190 under REED "Benjamin of Rutl
and, and
and Mrs. Thankfull Weeks of Marlboro Jan 15 1781."; confirmed by Avi s
Watkins
research.
As quoted from the History of Rutland "Mr. Benjamin Reed, son of Will iam
Reed, Esq., and Rebekah his wife, married Mary Muzzy, by whom h e had the
following children..." Gives 2nd wife as Thankful (Stearns) Weeks o f
Marborough, MA
As quoted from Mrs. Watkins notes: "Benjamin removed to Holdren, MA. " -
probably Holden.
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 under READ
!MARR: Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 95 under READ-INTENT on Jan
29 1809 to
Betsey Conant; History of Oakham source: Oakham Vital Records pg 95.
!MARR: IGI lists a marriage to Polly Ames on 06 Jun 1803 - Benjamin
would have
only been 16 years old, if this is the correct Benjamin.
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!BIR: IGI confirms birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 under READ
!BIR-DEA-BUR: From Doris Wheeler, who physically visited gravesite
in Central
Cemetery, Orange, Mass.
!MARR: From Doris Wheeler as 28 Nov 1846 -- Intent must have been
29 Oct 1846
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!MARR: Research by Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire,
through Christel
Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho: name spelled MIRIAM CLEMONS; and
"History
of The Reed Family in Europe and America" by Jacob Whittemore Reed,
Boston
1861, page 129. - name spelled MIRIAM CLEMENTS.
!DEA: "History of The Reed Family in Europe" page 129-1823?
Rutland, Mass., Vital Records under REED pg 244 July 29, 1803
!MARR: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records page 183 under READ - name
spelled
CLEMMONS "of Paxton"
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!BIR: IGI confirms Birthdate listed in Family Bible Records;
Oakham, Mass.,
Vital Records pg 43 "History of The Reed Family in Europe and
America" by Jacob
Whittemore Reed, Boston, 1861, page 129: lists Jonathan as son of
Silas and
gives wife's name & children's names without birth dates.
!MARR: Oakham, Mass., Vital Records pg 95 list Intent on Sept 3 1826
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!MARR: Oakham, Mass., Vital Records.
!DEA: Deaths at Orange 1871 "heart disease" age 75 years 8 mos.
Information
provided from Holbrook Institute, Pioneer Valley Association,
Deerfield,
Mass.,library from Doris Wheeler.
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!BIR: History of Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts by Jonas
Reed
published 1836.
!DEA-BUR: History of Rutland "Jonas and Elizabeth died of the
dysentery in the
sickness of 1756, and were buried in one grave in Rutland."
!BIR-DEA: "History of The Reed Family in Europe and America" by Jacob
Whittemore Reed, Boston 1861, page 124.
!DEA: Rutland, Mass., Vital Records under REED pg 243 "a. 11 m. 2 d."
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!BIR-MARR-DEA: From researcher Avis M. Watkins, Exeter, New
Hampshire, through
Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho.
!BIR-MARR-DEA: Gregory Stone Genealogy (research by Doris Wheeler)
pg 95.
!BIR-MARR-DEA: From Chet Swanson
as 30 Nov
1748
!MARR: IGI; Oakham, Mass., Vital Records, under READ pg 95 INTENT
on July 15
1810
!BIR-MARR-DEA: "Howe Genealogies" by Daniel Wait Howe, Boston
1929", page 209.
!HISTORY: History of Oakham, Mass., pg 809 "He was an innkeeper in
Oakham
1809-10."
!BIR-MARR-DEA: Research by Chester W. Maynard of Lakeland, FL
!BIR-MARR-DEA: Research by Chester W. Maynard of Lakeland, FL
!BIR-DEA: "The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass." by Daniel M. Wheele r
pg 46 - provided by Grace Wheeler of Huntington, Mass. - Birth plac e:
Concord.
!HISTORY:"Lived in Concord, Lexington & Sudbury. He was one of the pr
oprietors of Rutland and settled there in 1722 coming from Sudbury . He
was
one of the prominent citizens of the town for twenty two years. Hi s
farm was
at Rutland Summit on the present line of the Central Massachusetts Ra
ilroad. In 1744, after getting his sons well settled at Rutl