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The Samuel Edson Family- US 1639 to Current

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** Connected to the James Keith Family at James Keith(   ) **
**Connected to the Kingman Family at John Kingman(   ) **
** Connected to the Perkins Family at Josiah Perkins (    ) **

Generation One:
Samuel Edson b. 5 September 1613 at Fillongley, Warwickshire, England; m. 1638 Susanna Orcutt at Warwickshire, England; d. 19 July 1692 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Susanna b. 1640 at Salem, Essex, MA; m. 3 May 1668 Reverend Jame Keith at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 16 October 1705 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 65 years.
2. Sarah b. 1641 at Salem, Essex, MA; m. 7 November 1663 John Dean at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 February 1717 at Taunton, Bristol, MA
3. Elizabeth b. 1643 at Salem, Essex, MA; m(1) abt. 1663 John Kingman at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(2) abt. 1691 Ensign Richard Philips at Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
4. Samuel b. 1645 at Salem, Essex, MA; m. 1678 Susanna Byram at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 10 April 1719 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 74 years.
5. Mary b. 1647 at Salem, Essex, MA; m. 30 September 1676 Nicholas Byram at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 1727 East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 80 years.
6. Joseph b. 1 January 1648/9 at Salem, Essex, MA;
7. Josiah b. 1651 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1673 Elizabeth Dean at Taunton, Bristol, MA; d. 4 October 1734 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 83 years.
8. Bethia b. 2 March 1654 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 17 December 1678 Ezra Deane at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA

Samuel came over to Salem, Essex, MA in 1639. In 1638, a settler from the Massachusetts Bay colony arrived in Fillongley and reported "glowingly on the opportunities for settlers there". So the following year in May or June he and Susanna left England and arrived in Salem, Essex, MA in July. On 25 July of 1639, Samuel applied for a grant of a site for a dwelling, and for a parcel of land for cultivation was acted on, as recorded in the Town Book, page 49: "Samuel Edson is intertayned to be an inhabiand within this towne, and halfe an acre is graunted him neere Catt Cove & 5 acres more for plantinge ground."
Samuel became a farmer, in August 1642, the "Townsmen accourding to their minutes, granted to Samuel Edson 25 acres of land joyning to Humprey Woodbury's frme in Mackerell Cove & 2 acres of medow wher ehe can fynd yt thereabout, to be laid out by the town,"

     In December 1643, there was a description of a smaller parcel of land recorded and described: "the twoe acres of medow that were formerlie granted to Samiell Edson are ordered to be layed out in the pine medow neere Mr. Keniston;s farme."
      Samuel build a new home on the larger tract over looking Mackerel Cove. He did well in Salem and made additional land purchases, his property when he left therein 1651 totaled 63 acres. He sold the land and house to William Browne for 38 pounds sterling on 24 September 1655.
      Samuel moved in 1651 to the Duxbury Plantation, now known as Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. He was appointed by the Court to the Council of War in 1666, and continued in that office to the end of King Philip's War in 1676. In that same year was appointed with Elder William Brett and Deacon John Willis to distribute Bridgewater's shares (£7) of the Irish contributions for the distresses of the Indian wars: and November 1672 he and Nicholas Byram and Elder Brett, by order of the Court received a deed of conveyance from the Chief Pomonoho of the Titicut purchase, and "in and for the use of the townsmen of Bridgewater joint purchasers with them:. Samuel , Ensign John Hayward, and Deacon John Willis, agents for the Town, December 1686, received a confirmatory deed of the Indian Chief Wampatuck, in beheld of the purchasers and the town of Bridgewater, of all the lands of that town previously conveyed by Ousamequin (Massasoit) on 3 March 1649. He was foreman of a jury to lay out roads in 1667, and again in 1672. He, Deacon Willis, and Ensign Hayward were appointed by the town in 1680 to settle the county line between Bridgewater and Middleboro, and that same year between Bridgewater and Taunton. He was one of the first deacons of the town from 1664 to his passing.
      Samuel's lot in Bridgewater, is in an area now considered West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. Edson received 6 acres along the south side of the river, not far from the bridge which now crosses the river near the town park. On 10 December 1652, he purchased from William Brett the share William had purchased from Constant Southworth. It is not know whether he was on of the Proprietors of the town but in 1654, he was given 20 acres of upland and 2 1/2 acres of meadow in that year's division of undivided land.
      On 17 May 1656, he purchased another share from Joshua Ren, who had moved to Salem. This share included, land and a house, as well as two sawmills. The sawmills were on the Town River, in what is now the Park at West Bridgewater. Around 1660 Edson began to build a grist mill and had one constructed by 1662. With this completed, he was given a share as one of the Proprietors of the town and with the two shares he had already purchased, he now owned three.
      The Duxbury Plantation was incorporated as the Town of Bridgewater on 3 June 1656. In 1657 Samuel Edson became Freeman. Samuel Became one of the first Deacons of the church. He was then known as Deacon Samuel Edson and Goodman Edson. Samuel Edson also led the choir. The Bridgewater Historical Society has a pitch pipe he used to pitch the choir. He also presented a silver communion service that is also preserved.
      With the war looming in 1667, in 2 April 1667, the Council of War, meeting at New Plymouth, appointed the Bridgewater Council of War, consisting of Samuel Edson, Nicholas Byram, and John Willis, together with the commissioned military officers of the town. By 1675, was appeared to be imminent and on 28 February 1675, the Colonial Council of War, which met at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, again the same men. The house of Reverend James Keith was made in to a garrison house for defense against possible Indian attack. During the battles before King Philip was killed, may homes in Bridgewater were burned.
            Samuel Edson built his home about 500 feet south of the Town River, across from where the Rev. James Keith house stands. In 1683 the :outermost mile of the original four mile grant" was divided into four tracts and distributed among the 56 Proprietors. An six square miles area with three miles on each side of the center of the town. it was previously distributed to individual ownership. a strip one mile wide, all around this area, or a total of 28 square miles to 17,920 acres. One lot on the north side went to Samuel Edson, Jr, one on the south side to Joseph Edson, one on the west side to Deacon Samuel Edson, and one on the south side to Joseph Edson. In 1685 ten acres of woodland was distributed to each Proprietor, from land at Titicut purchased from the Indians in 1672. Samuel had two shares and transferred one to his son Josiah in 1673.
         Samuel and Susanna are buried buried in the cemetery on the road from West Bridgewater, by the bridge near the Town Park towards Taunton.

This fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight or eighty-nine, I Samuel Edson, sen., Inhabitant of the Town of Bridgewater, in the county of Plimouth, in New England, Being of perfect understanding and memory, Praysed be God for the same, do make and declare my last Will and Testament in maner and forme following:

Having already disposed of moste of my Lands and Great part of my estate to my children as By their Deeds doth appear I do now Will and Bequeath to my eldest son, Samuel Edson, my ffowling piece, and to my other two sons, Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson, my musket, sword, and Bandaleers.
Item. I give and Bequeath to my three sons, Samuel Edson, Joseph Edson, and Josiah Edson, to each of them a draught chaine and also a Logg Chain and all my wearing cloaths to be divided among them.
Item. I Give and bequeath to my Loving Wife, Susanna Edson, all the rest of my estate, Both Personal and reall, housing, Lands, chattels, cash, all within doors and without, whatsoever I have not otherwise disposed of, to be wholly at her dispose during her naturall Life, and what is Left at her decease and mine, either Housing, lands, chattels, or cash, all without doorss, to be equally divided among my three sons, Samuel Edson, Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson, their heirs and Assigns. And all within doorss all my household Goods and cash to be equally divided among my five daughters, Elizabeth, Susanna, Sarah, Mary, and Bethiah, their heirs and assigns. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my Loving Wife, Susanna Edson, to be my executrix and my son Samuel Edson and my son Josiah Edson to be Joyned with her as executors of this my last Will and Testament.
And I do further Will and desire Mr. James Keith, John Kingman, senr. and Thomas Snell of Bridgewater to be overseers of this my Last Will and Testament to see it faithfully performed, hereby appointing my executrix and my executors above mentioned to receive all my just debts and to pay whatever I owe any p(er)son, discharging my funeral's (expenses).
In witness whereof I, the abovesaid Samuel Edson, senr. have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
Samuel Edson, Senr. (Seal.)
Readd, signed, sealed, Published and declared to be his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of us.
Witnesses:
John Ffield
John Ames,
Samuel Kinsley.
John Ames and Samuel Kinsley, two of the Witnesses here named made oath before the Court at Plimouth, September ye 20th, 1692, that they were present and saw the above named Samuel Edson senr. now deceased, sign, seal and heard him declare the above written to be his last Will and Testament. And that, to the best of their judgment, he was of sound mind and memory when he did the same.
Attest: Saml. Sprague, Clerk.

Generation Two:
Dunbar:
Joseph Edson b. 1 January 1648/49 at Salem, Essex, MA; m(1) 1678 Elizabeth Holbrook at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 2 November 1686 Mary Turner at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 3 October 1711 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 62 years.
M(1) Children:
1. Joseph b. 1679 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 June 1704 Lydia Cary at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 26 August 1768 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
2. Josiah b. 1682 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 27 July 1704 Sarah Packard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 3 April 1755 Abigail Dean at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 16 January 1762 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 80 years.
3. Experience b. 6 September 1685 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. young.

M(2) Children:
4. Benjamin b. 1687 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
5. Samuel b. 28 August 1689 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 30 March 1721 Mehitable Brett at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 1 March 1738 Mehetabel Hayward at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 7 January 1749 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 59 years
6. Mary b. 1691 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 23 May 1716 John Lathrop at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 1779 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 88 years.
7. Susanna b. 1693 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 2 April 1723 Solomon Johnson at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 25November 1779 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
8. Timothy b. March 1694 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 10 February 1719 Mary Alden at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 20 January 1782 at Stafford, Tolland, CT, aged 87 years.

John served as a colonel in King Philip's War. He was one of the Proprietors of Bridgewater. On 24 December 1683 he was one of ten who was assigned a tract on the south side of town. In 1686 he was assigned another ten acres. "He resided near Brett's Corner, at what is called the Old Muster Field in East Bridgewater.
On 22 August 1687 he was Constable of Bridgewater and was sent a warrant to choose commissioners for taking a list of the make inhabitants of the town (16 years and up) and for valuing estates. Joseph and his wives are presumed to be buried in the same cemetery as his parent but no marker is visible.

Generation Three:
Dunbar:
Benjamin Edson- b. 1687 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 July 1715 Joanna Orcutt at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 13 May 1758 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 71 years.
Their Children:
1. Benjamin b. 3 October 1715 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 October 1739 Anne Thayer at Abington, Plymouth, MA
2. Nathan b. 3 January 1718 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. young
3. Peter b. 17 May 1720 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 March 1745 Sarah Southworth at Bridgewater, Plymouth,MA; m. 8 June 1750 at Brockton, Plymouth, MA
4. Jacob b. 16 April 1722 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. young
5. William b. 4 February 1724 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 27 November 1754 Martha Howard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 13 February 1800 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 76 years
6. Seth v. 24 April 1726 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1749 Irene Howard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 17 February 1818 at Pelham, MA, aged 91 years.
7. Ichabod b. 26 September 1728 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m, 19 July 1759 Jemima Packard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA: d. 6 July 1811 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
8.Ebenezer b. 16 October 1730 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 November 1751 Lucy Packard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 9 January 1829 at Brockton, Plymouth, MA
9. Joanna b. 9 September 1733 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 2 May 1754 Isaac Perkins at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
10. Abigail b. 22 March 1736 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 17 August 1755 Josiah Perkins at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 9 November 1825 at Brockton, Plymouth, MA, aged 89 years.

Benjamin moved from West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA to North Bridgewater , Plymouth, MA (now called Brockton). In his will he left " a sixteenth part of the sawmill at the forge" to his son William.

Resource:
1. Edson Family History and Genealogy: Descendants of Samuel Edson of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass, Edson, Andrew Carroll, editor, vol. I and II.
2. Edsons in England and America and genealogy of the Edsons [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.

The Thomas Hayward Family- US 1632 to Current

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Dunbar Genealogy

Raymond Genealogy

Wiliam and Mary, 1632

Hercules, 1634

**Connected to the Alger Family at Israel Alger (1665-1726) and Joseph Alger (**

** Connected to the Ames Family at Thomas Ames (1682-1737)**

**Connected to the Brett Family at Nathaniel Brett (1661-1740) **

**Connected to the Robert Dunbar Family at Elisha Dunbar (1699-1772) **

** Connected to the John Howard Family at John Howard (1628-1711)**

Generation One:
Thomas Hayward- b. 1 January 1601 at Aylesford, Kent, England; m. bef. 1632 Susannah Towne; d. 1681 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 80 years.
Their Children:
1. Thomas b. abt. 1623 at Aylesford, Kent, England; m. Sarah Ames; d. 15 August 1698 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 75 years.
2. John b. abt. 1625 at Aylesford, Kent, England; m. bef 23 April 1661 Sarah Mitchell at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
3. Elizabeth b. abt 1627 at Aylesford, Kent, England;
4. Susan b. abt. 1629 at Aylesford, Kent, England
5. Martha b. abt 1631 at Aylesford, Kent, England; m. 6 April 1657 John Howard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
6. Nathaniel b. abt 1640 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
7. Joseph b. abt 1642 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
8. Mary b. abt 1644 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. bef. 1708 Edward Mitchell at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
9. Elisha b. abt. 1646 East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;

Thomas Hayward first arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 5, 1632 on the William and Mary. He returned to Aylesford, England, to bring his wife, Susannah and his five children to New England. Thomas' return voyage, to New England, was on the ship "Hercules," sailing from Sandwich to Boston. The "Hercules" landed on May 14, 1634. Thomas Hayward was a proprietor in Cambridge, Middlesex , Massachusetts, in 1635 or 1636, and bought land in 1638 in Duxbury, Plymouth , MA. Thomas was a freeman in April 1637. Then he became the constable in Duxbury, Plymouth, MA in 1648. By 1665, he sold the land, given to him by the Plymouth Court, to George Russell, and in 1669, he sold his Duxbury land to William Pabodie.
Thomas was an original proprietor and among the earliest and eldest settlers of Bridgewater.

History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers p. 266
Hayward, Thomas, Dux., before 1638, ad. 1646, prop. pf Bridgew. 1645, 1640 in Dix., had land grant Northwest of Northill, and and also at Namasakeeset; sold his land to Wm. Pabodie 1669; reoved to Bridgew. d. 1681, w. Martha---; had a large family, for whose descendants see Mitchell's Bridgew.

Generation Two:
Dunbar (1)
John Hayward- b. abt 1625 at Aylesford, Kent, England; m. bef 23 April 1661 Sarah Mitchell at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
Their Children:
1. Sarah b. 25 October 1663 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; 1683 Nathaniel Brett; d. 11 July 1737 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
2. Joseph b, 1669 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m.1700 Mehitabel Dunham;
3. Mary b. 1672 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. William Ames
4. Thomas b. 1674 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1706 Bethiah Brett at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
5. John b. abt 1675 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. abt 1698 Susanna Edson
6. Benjamin b. abt. 1677 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
7. Susanna b. 1680 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1702 Thomas Hayward at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 1746 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 66 years.
8. Elizabeth b. 1683 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. Edmund Rawson
9. Benoni b. 1686 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
10. Mercy b. 1687 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA

John was called "John of the Plain" to distingusih him from John Howard.

Dunbar (2)
Nathaniel b. abt. 1640 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. bef. 1664 Hannah Willis at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 1681 at East Bridgewater, Plymouthm, MA, aged 41 years.
Their Children:
1. Nathaniel b. 1664 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. Elizabeth Fobes at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
2. Elisha b. abt 1668 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
3. Patience b. abt. 1670 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. bef. 1689 Israel Alger at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 1730, aged 60 years.
4. John b. abt 1672 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. bef. 1707 Sarah Willis at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
5. Thomas b. abt 1674 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1702 Susanna Hayward at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 1746 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 72 years,
6. Samuel b. abt. 1676 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. bef. 1700 Experience Hayward NEE UNKNOWN;
7. Benjamin b. abt 1678 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. abt. 1700 Sarah Aldrich;

Dunbar(3)
Joseph Hayward- b. abt 1642 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 1666 Sarah Best; m(2) abt. 1672 Alice Brett; m.(3) abt. 1684 Hannah Mitchell;
M(2) Children:
1. Joseph b. 1673 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1703 Sarah Crossman at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
2. Mary b.abt 1675 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. Israel Alger

M(3) Children:
3. Mary b. 1685 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1706 Thomas Ames at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
4. Thomas b. 1687 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1706 Bethiah Waldo at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
5. Edward b. 1689 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. abt 1749 Keziah White at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MAGeneration Three:

6. Hannah b. 1691 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1714 Ebenezer Byram at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
7. Peter b. 1699 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1732 Abigail Williams at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA

8. Susanna b. 1695 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 17 December 1712 Jonathan Packard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA

9. Abigail b. 1702 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1731 Zachariah Snell at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA

Dunbar (2A)
Nathaniel Hayward- b. 1664 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. bef. 1688 Elizabeth Fobes, at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Joseph b. 1688 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1715 Sarah Kinsley; d. 1764, aged 76 years.
2. Nathaniel b. 1690 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1716 Mary Harvey; d. 1755, aged 65 years.
3. Isaac b. 1691 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1728 Martha Leonard
4. Hanna b. 1694 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
5. Sarah b. 28 June 1696 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1717 Joseph Latham
6. Elizabeth b. 1698 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1737 Samuel Reed
7. Timothy b. 1700 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. Mary Reed Hayward Nee Unknown
8. Mercy b. 29 April 1702 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 6 April 1727 Elisha Dunbar at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 9 October 1772, aged 70 years.
9. Mary b. 1705 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1732 David Kingman;
10. Susannah b. 1707 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1732 David Whitman
11. Bethiah b. 1711 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1738 Jonathan Perkins

Dunbar(2B)
Elisha Hayward- b. abt 1668 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 1708 Experience Harvey; m(2) 1721 Bethia Snow at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
M(1) Children:
1, Elisha b. 1709 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1740 Elizabeth Washburn;
2. Experience b. 1710 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1732 Benjamin Curtis
3. Hannah b. 1711 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. John Snow
4. Tabatha b. 1713 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1742 Jacob Hayward
5. Abner b. 1714 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 9 July 1739 Mary Alger at East Bridgewater, MA; m(2) 1784 Grace Turner; d. 1796, aged 82 years.

M(2) Children:
6. Bethiah b. 1722 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1743 Thomas Willis
7. Naomi b. 1726 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 24 March 1747 Joseph Alger at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
8. Ezra b. abt. 1728 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1757 Lydia Lee

Resources:
Vital Records of Bridgewater, MA
History of Bridgewater, Mitchell, Nahum pp. 178-182

The John Howard Family- US 1643 to Current

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Dunbar Genealogy

Raymond Genealogy

** Connected to the Lathrop Family at Edward Lathrop ( ) **Zacheus Packard (1650-1723) **

** Connected to the Samuel Packard Family at

Generation One:
John Howard- b. abt. 1628; m. 6 April 1657 Martha Hayward at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 15 October 1711 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 73 years.
Their Children:
1. Sarah b. 1658 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1678 Zacheus Packard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 30 August 1755 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 97 years.
2. John b. abt. 1660 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1686 Sarah Latham at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 1703 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 43 years.
3. James b. abt 1662 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1686 Elizabeth Washburn at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. aft 1690 at Canada, aged 28 years.
4. Ephraim b. 1677 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
5. Jonathan b. abt. 1668 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 8 January 1689 Susannah Keith at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
6. Elizabeth b. abt 1670 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. Edward Fobes
7. Bethia Howard b. 1671 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1693 Henry Kingman at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 30 April 1755 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years.

     John Howard and his brother George (James) came from England, settled in Duxbury and were among those able to bear arms 1643. John was about 15 when he came to Duxbury and lived in the family of Captain Myles Standish who came from Shorely, Lancashire, England. John removed to Bridgewater and was one of the original settlers and proprietors of the town. He was one of fourteen whose allotment of land was in the easterly section of town. He was a man of influence in the new plantation.

      In 1645 his name appears as one of the original 54 Planters in 1656 he was 1 of 2 surveyors of highways of town 1657 took Freeman's oath; May 1676 was on King Philip's War. Ensign John Howard and twenty others fought with some Indians, took 17 alive with much plunder. All returned without serious injury. On 5 January 1678 he was deputy to the General Court and appointed selectman of Bridgewater at same time. On 2 October 1689 he received a commission as Lieutenant. He was carpenter by trade. He spelled his name Haward and descendants did until 1700.

       He lived in a house he built near the first meeting house. It stood directly north of the house where B.B. Howard lived on the corner of Howard and River Streets. This was the first public house in Bridgewater, and he was licensed to keep an Ordinary or Tavern as early as 1670 and it is remarkable that a public house has been kept there by his descendants for over 151 years. The house was taken down in 1838. When he died in 1700, the property was appraised at 840 pounds and consisted of 450 acres of land.

A true copy of the division of the estate of Lieut. John Howard, late of Bridgewater, who died intestate

[without a will], as it was mutually agreed and consented to by all the several heirs apparent to said estate,
on the fifteenth day of Oct., Anno Dom. 1701, which division is made according to the appraisement in the inventory taken of the said estate:--

To the widow, one hundred and seven pounds out of the moveable estate, and her thirds in the
improved lands and housing.

To John Howard, the eldest son, as followeth:--Ninety-one acres of land, lying part of it at John's
bridge where he now lives and near thereunto, (œ45, 0 s., 0 d.), and the rest at Satucket river and Black
brook; more, the house and barn and the land between the river and the highway that goes directly
toward the meeting house, and ten acres joining to the said highway, on the north side, lying the whole
breadth of the said lands, (œ60, 0 s., 0 d.); more, ten acres toward West meadow, (œ05, 00 s., 00 d.); half
a lot of meadow in Flag meadow, (œ04, 00 s., 00 d.); the land at Tetaquat, (œ02, 00 s., 00 d.); more, a
quarter part of the undivided lands, and a quarter part of his right in the Cedar swamp, (œ1, 07 s., 06 d.);
more, a quarter part of a purchase right in the North purchase, (œ5, 00 s. 00 d.); more, two lots of
meadow, one of them in Poor meadow and the other at Black brook, (œ10, 00 s., 00 d.). His whole
proportion being 146 pounds, he hath given out of it œ10:--œ5 to his brother Jonathan, and œ5 to his
brother Ephraim.

To Jonathan Howard, the second surviving son, the land where his house stands, 49 acres, (œ30,
00 s., 00 d.); more, 35 acres in the neck of land beyond James Keith's, (œ17, 00 s., 00 d.); more, 35
acres at Lathrop's swamp, (œ17, 00 s., 00 d.); more, 25 acres near the same place, (œ12, 10 s., 00 d.);
more, a quarter part of undivided lands, and a quarter of his right in the Cedar swamp, (œ01, 07 s., 06 d.);
more, a quarter of a purchase right in North purchase, (œ5, 00 s., 00 d.).

To Ephraim Howard, the youngest son, the land on which his house stands, (œ60, 00 s., 00 d.);
more, 35 acres in the neck (œ17, 10 s., 00 d.); ten acres near Bimeleck's hill, (œ05, 00 s., 00 d.); one lot
of meadow in Flag meadow, (œ08, 00 s., 00 d.); more, ten acres at Lathrop's swamp, (œ05, 00 s., 00 d.);
more, a quarter part of undivided land, and a quarter part in the Cedar swamp, (œ01, 07 s., 06 d.); more,
a quarter part of a purchase right in North purchase, (œ05, 00 s., 00 d.); more, a share in the north lands,
(œ02, 00 s., 00 d.).

To James Howard, the only son of James Howard, deceased, to be divided, the one moiety to him
and the other moiety to his two sisters. The land where his house stands, and the land adjoining
thereunto, being 45 acres, (œ45, 00 s., 00 d.); more, half a lot of meadow in Flag meadow, (œ04, 00 s.,
00 d.); more, 40 acres of land above the stone house, (œ08, 00 s., 00 d.); more, in moveables as per
inventory, or money, (œ14, 12 s., 06 d.); more, a quarter part of undivided land in Cedar swamp, (œ01,
07 s., 06 d.).

To Edward Fobes, his wife, in money and moveables, (œ68, 00 s., 00 d.); to Zacheus Packard's
wife, in money and moveables, (œ68, 00 s., 00 d.); to Henry Kingman's wife, in money and moveables,
(œ68, 00 s., 00 d.); the said three daughters to have their part as appraised and as set in the inventory;
and for as much as the above-mentioned lands divided to Ephraim, amounts to one hundred and three
pounds, seventeen and six pence, he is to return to the estate œ18, 07 s., 06 d.
This above written is the mutual agreement of the sons, sons-in-law, and daughters of the above-
named Lieut. John Howard, late of Bridgewater, deceased, made and agreed on the sixteenth day of
October, 1701. In testimony whereof they have hereunto sealed and subscribed.
Signed, sealed and declared by Her MARTHA X HOWARD, the subscribers to be their agreement,
John Howard, Elisha Wadsworth, Jonathan Howard, Ephraim Howard, Thomas Snell, Edward Fobes,
Elizabeth Fobes, Zachaeus Packard in behalf of himself and Sarah his wife, Henry Kingman in behalf of
himself and Bethia his wife, and Edward Mitchell as guardian of the children of James Howard, deceased.

MEMORANDUM, that on the sixteenth day of October, 1701, the above-named parties to this
agreement, who have hereunto sealed and subscribed, all of them came personally before me, the
subscriber, Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth, and acknowledged the before written instrument
to be their act and deed. WILLIAM BRADFORD. Recorded, October 24, 1701 per SAMUEL SPRAGUE,
Register.
MEMORANDUM, SEPT., ANNO DOM. 1703.
The legatees of the estate of Lieut. John Howard, of Bridgewater, came to a division of the estate of
Martha Howard, who was the widow of said John Howard, and upon that division there was fourteen
pounds that did accrue to the children of James Howard, twelve pounds whereof was in the hands of
Samuel James, which they ordered Ensign Edward Mitchell, the said children's overseer, to receive for
them, which accordingly he accepted of, and the other forty shillings they engaged to pay to Jonathan
Howard, and he to give bill to the overseer for the said forty shillings.
utually signed in the presence of EDWARD FOBES, NATHANIEL BRETT, JOHN HOWARD,
EDWARD HOWARD, JONATHAN HOWARD, EPHRAIM HOWARD, and HENRY KINGMAN.

Generation Two:

Ephraim Howard- b. 1667 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1689 Mary Keith at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 11 August 1750 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 83 years.

Their Children:

1. Jane b. 17 September 1769 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 26 March 1713 Nehemiah Washburn at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;

2. Susanna b. 8 March 1692 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 22 December 1720 Samuel Jacobs at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
3. Martha b. 7 August 1695 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 26 January 1714 Josiah Williams
4. Ephraim b. 25 March 1697 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
5. Daniel b. 3 October 1699 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; 1724 Damaris Williams at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
6. David b. 3 March 1703 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m.abt 1727 Bethia Leonard at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
7.Silence b. 3 June 1705 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 November 1722 John Burr at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 6 May 1773 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
8. Mary b. 21 December 1707 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 15 November 1726 John Field at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(2) Elisha Pierce;

He was representative to the General Court in 1723. He inherited from his father the land on where he house stood, now the location of the Howard Seminary.

Mary Keith "was courted by Ephraim Howard, not much to the acceptance of the old minister [Rev. James Keith, who, in 1688, was all of 45]. Notwithstanding his objection they were secretly married, and were pursued by the irate father. Arriving too late to prevent their marriage, he returned, and, complying with the prevailing custom, preached the following Sabbath from Hosea 4:17-"Ephraim is joined to idols let him alone." Time, however, softened his spirit, and the reconciliation which followed inclined him to preach from Jeremiah 31:20-"Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For since I spake against him I do earnestly remember him still".
Keith, Ziba, "Genealogy of the Keith family," Brockton, MA: Goodall, 1889. p. 13-14

Generation Three:
Ephraim Howard b. 25 March 1697 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1722 Abigail Tisdale at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
Their Children:
1. George b. 31 January 1722 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 29 August 1745 Abigail Copeland at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 3 April 1815 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 93 years
2. Theophilus b. 23 February 1724 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 December 1747 Susanna Lathrop at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;

3. Ephraim b. 25 January 1731 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 July 1753 Hannah Brett at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
4. Abigail b. 18 November 1733 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 October 1752 Edward Lathrop at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
5. Susanna b. 14 May 1736 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 July 1759 John Ames at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 11 January 1821 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years
7. Martha b. 7 February 1739 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m.1 September 1757 Nathan Willis; d. 27 March 1792 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 53 years
8. Mary b. 4 May 1741 at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 2 December 1762 David Lathrop at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;

Abigail inherited thirty pounds from her father's estate. After her father's death, her mother moved to West Bridgewater to live with Abigail until her death in 1727. From her mother, Abigail received one-third of the wearing apparel of her grandmother Mary (Watson) Leonard, miscellaneous household items and money (some of it to be given to her dead sisters' children) and with the stipulation that she quit her
interest in her father's wearing apparel. In these colonial times wearing apparel was an important item, for its disposal is mentioned in many wills and inventories. The coats that the colonists exchanged for land from the Indians were not such a cheap price to pay as persons today deem them. Abigail married Ephraim Howard (or Hayward, as it appears in some sources), the son of Ephraim Howard of Bridgewater, who was born in 1697. He was the grandson of John Howard (Hayward) who was brought up by Miles Standish and became his right-hand man. Ephraim was a representative to the General Court in 1723.
Abigail and Ephraim lived and raised their family in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bay Province

Resources:
1. The Howard genealogy: descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Heman Howard

The Samuel Packard Family- US 1638 to Current

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Dunbar Family

Raymond Family

** Connected to the Alger Family at Thomas Alger (1635-) **
** Connected to the Allen Family at Isaac Allen(-) **** Connected to the Thomas Bayley Family at Israel Bailey (1732-1773) **

** Connected to the Phillip Family at Richard Phillip ( ) **Generation One:

Samuel Packard b.
Their Children:
1. Mary b. 1636 at Windham, England; m. 1656 Richard Phillips at West Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
2. Samuel b. 1638 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA; m. 1679 Elizabeth Lathrop at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. abt. -*1698, aged 60 years.
3. Israel b. abt. 1640 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA; d. aft 1671 during King Phillip's War, aged 31 years.
4. Hannah b. 1643 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA; m. Thomas Randall; d. 20 April 1727, aged 79 years.

5. Elizabeth b. abt. 19 July 1646 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 November 1665, Thomas Alger at Taunton, Bristol, MA; d. 1684 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 37 years.
6. Jael b. abt 1647; bef. 20 April 1651 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA; m. 15 November 1672 John Smith;
7. Deborah b. abt 1648 at Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; m. Samuel Washburn
8. Zacheus b. abt 1650; bef 20 April 1651 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA;
9. Jane b. 1651 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA
10. Abigail b. 1651 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA
11. Deliverance b. abt 1652; bef. 11 July 1652; m. Thomas Washburn
12. Thomas b.abt 1653 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA
13. John b. 20 July 1655 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 April 1688 Judith Winslow at Taunton, Bristol, MA; d. abt 1744, aged 88 years.
14. Nathaniel b. abt 1657 at Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; m. Lydia Kingman; d. abt 1720, aged 63 years

      Samuel Packard arrived in New England on 10 August 1638 on the Diligent. They were from Windham , near Hingham, in England. They arrived in Boston harbor after a voyage of over two months. Samuel, Elizabeth and their eldest daughter, Mary made the voyage, and settled at Hingham, Plymouth, MA.
      In 1654 they moved to Weymouth, Norfolk, MA. Samuel served as selectman from 1654 to 1664. He later moved to Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. where he served as Constable. He was also licensed to keep an ordinary (tavern) in 1670.

History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater p. 29-30
24 December 1683
" The purchasers begin generally met together upon this 24th of December, 1683, it was the proposed to them the laying out of great divisions of land to every purchaser round the outside of the two nine the four miles or fourth mile from the centre, and it was to be done by casting of lots for them. After some agitation about it silence was desired, and this proposition was publicly and openly there propounded twice, and after proposal they were desired to declare their assent to it by their usual way of holding up their hands, which was done, and the major part by many, did declare their assent to it. The order of this division of land is, that it should be laid out a mile inward in breadth from the four miles square from the centre, and whatsoever purchaser in Bridgewater having any former lots of land laid out within this fourth mile should not be molested by this great division. Further, the order of this great division is, that there should be ten on the south side of the town, and fourteen on the west, and seventeen on the north , and fifteen on the east side; and every purchaser was to have his division of land as it fell to him by lot, the lots being drawn. Their names and lots are in order as followeth.
      Those, whose lots fell out on the north, were to begin at the west at the line betwixt Taunton (now Easton) and Bridgewater, and to run seven miles in east in length, and one mile in breadth from the north line southward.
                                                             Names of the Men of the North
                                         Robert Latham                                    Mr. Nathaniel Willis
                                         Nicholas Byram       2 Lots                Samuel Pachard
                                         Nicholas Byram                                  Mark Lathrop
                                         Joseph Alden                                       Guido Bayley
                                         William Bassett                                   Samuel Edson, Jr.
                                         John Cary                                             Giles Leach
                                         Joseph Hayward                                   Joseph Wadsworth
                                         Widow (of Sam'l)                                Widow (of John) Robbins
                                             Wadsworth                                        --- 17 lots----
                                          John Willis, Jr.
" And from the extent of this seven miles of those on the north, those on the east are to begin on the north line, and to run a line due south till it meets with Mr. Alexander Standish's land, or Middleborough (now Halifax) bounds. All the lands lying easterly betwixt the above said line so run and the line that was run by the agents of Bridgewater and Middleborough (now Halifax), and the Major's purchase (now Hanson), belongeth to these fifteen men whose names and lots as they fell out are in order as followeth: -

                                                         The names of the Men on the East
                                       Nicholas Byram, Jr.                              John Ames
                                       John Hayward                                      Nathaniel Hayward
                                Ens. (John) Haward                                      John Washburn         2 lots
                                       George Turner                                      John Washburn
                                 Mr. (James) Keith                                      Widow(Samuel)
                                       Samuel Packard                                       Wadsworth
                                       Benjamin Willis                                    Nathaniel Packard
                                       Josiah Edson                                           --- 15 lots--
                                       Edward Fobes

[MD 15:253-256] Will dated: 29-Oct-1684 Samuel named his wife Elizabeth Packard; eldest son Samuel Packard; sons Zaccheus Packard, John Packard and Nathaniel Packard; grandchild Israel Alger; daughters Mary Phillips wife of Richard Phillips, Hannah Randall wife of Thomas Randall, Jael Smith wife of John Smith, Deborah Washburn wife of Samuel Washburn and Deliverance Washburn wife of Thomas Washburn; grandchild Deliverance Alger; and grandchildren Samuel Packard, Daniel Packard son of Samuel Packard, Israel Packard son of Zaccheus Packard and Caleb Phillips son of Caleb Phillips [Bowman's published transcription of the will reads "son of Caleb Phillips," but he was the son of Richard Phillips]. It named wife Elizabeth Packard and son Samuel Packard as executors, and James Keith and William Brett as overseers. The will was signed by mark and witnessed by John Field, John Ames Jr. and Shadrack Wilbore. On 03-Mar-1684/85 the first two witnesses testified that when Samuel signed and sealed his will he declared that he intended Thomas Washburn to be a joint executor with the two executors named in the will, which the court allowed. The inventory of Samuel's estate was dated 07-Nov-1684, mentioned no real estate and totalled £133, 6s., 6d. as appraised by Mark Lathrop and John Field on 11-Nov-1684. Samuel Packard Jr. swore to the inventory at court in Plymouth on 05-Mar-1684/85.

On 29 October, 1684, "Samuell Packer senir of Bridgwater .... yeoman" made his will. Bequests were as follows:
"unto my loveing wiff Elizabeth all that my farm in the said Towne of Bridgwater which I now Dwell upon Containing" 36 acres "with all the houses Lands and Meddowes belonging to the said farme, During the tearm of her Naturall Life;" also "all my Share of Meddow Lying att a place in Bridgwater Called Bulls hole" for life; "end alsoe all my goods and Cattles" for life; also £40 in money for life.

"unto Samuell Packer my eldest son" 64 acres of land in Bridgewater "which his Dwelling house Now stands upon .... buting upon West meadow brook on the east side of the said brooke and Runing east & west"; also 25 acres of land in Bridgewater "which is not yett Layed out"; also "one Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater "in the West meadow on the south east syde of .... the west meadow Brooke"; also "one Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater "in the Great Meddow on the North east side of the pond Joyning to the pond"

"unto my son Zacheus Packer .... the house wherin hee my said son Zacheus Packer Dwelleth in with the Land therunto belonging which is" 24 acres lying in Bridgewater; also "my Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater "in the west meddow on the Norwest syde of the brooke"; also "a Lott of" 50 acres in Bridgewater "by the Bay. Path bounded on the south side by Marke Laythorpes Land"; also "one Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater "in the Great meadow on the southeast side of the River"

"unto my son John Packer" 70 acres in Bridgewater "on the Eastward side of the River; alsoe .... one lott of Meddow in "Meddow Called Poor Meddow Lying in the said Bridgwater, alsoe .... all my lott of Land att Teticut;"

"unto my son Nathaniel Packer .... two third prtes of my aforsaid farm lying in Bridgwater which I Now Dwell upon Containing" 36 acres of land more or less "That is to say of

all the houses Lands and Meddowes belonging to the said farme, to enter upon it emediately after the Decease of my said wife;"

"The other third prte of my said farme that I Dwell Now upon in the said Towne of Bridgwater; That is to say one third prte of the houses Land and meddowes belonging to the said farme I give & bequeath unto my Grand Child Israell Agur and to his heires .... hee or they to enter upon it Imediately after the Decease of my said wife;"

"unto my said son Nathaniell: Packer .... the one halfe of my lott of" 50 acres in Bridgewater lying "Next to Joseph Bassetts lott Neare to the Pond; alsoe I Give .... unto my said Grand Child Israell Augur and to his heires .... the other halfe of the said Lott of fifty acrees of land; to be equally Devided between the said Nathaniel Packer My son and the said Israell Augur; they and both of them to enter upon it Imediately after my Decease;"

"unto my said son Nathaniel Packer and To his heires and assignes for ever the one halfe of my Share of meadow in Bridgwater lying there att a place Called Bulls hole; hee or they to enter upon it after the Decease of my said wife; alsoe I give and bequeath unto my Grand [p. 97] Child Issraell Augur and to his heires and assignes for ever, the other halfe of my said Share of meadow lying att Said bulls hole, hee or they, to enter upon itt after the Decease of my said wife ;"

"I Give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Packer my wife and to her heires and assignes for ever all my Lott Containing twenty Acrees of land lying and being in Bridgwater; between the Land of mr James Keith on the one side and the Land of Joseph haward on the other side, buting upon the pond Called Satuckett pond;"

"unto my fouer sones (viz) Samuell Packer Zacheus Packer John Packer and Nathaniell Packer; and to my Grandchild Issrael . Augur .... all my Right & title of Comons and Comonage which I Now have in the Townshipp of Bridgwater to be equally Devided betwixt them them five excepting som prticular prsells of land already Given by will and are not yett Layed out and alsoe my will is that my five Daughters Mary Phillips the wife of Richard Phillips and hannah Randall The wife of Tho: Randall Jaell Smith the wife of John Smith and Daborah Washburn the wife of Samuell Washburn and Deliverance Washburn The wife of Thomas Washburn with my Grand Child Deliverance Augur shall have equally Devided amongst them six all what mony or Chattles shalbe left after the Decease of my said wife Elizabeth Packer;

alsoe my will is That as Concerning my Daghter Jaell Smith the wife of John Smith that the prte of the Mony and Chattles above Named that shalbe Due to my said Daughter Jaell after the Decease of my said wife Elizabeth Packer shall not be Delivered to the said John Smith; but shalbe Desposed of to my said Daughter Jaell for her Comfort by the executors of my said

Will; alsoe my will is that my Grand Child Deliverance Augur shall have a heifer; when shee my said Grandchild is of age; and alsoe I Give unto my Grandchild Deliverance Augur one bed; with such furniture to it as is now in the house; I Doe mean a feather bed after the Decease of My said wife, Elizabeth Packer"

"my said son Nathaniel: Packer shall pay unto my Executors heerafter mencioned" £10 in money "when hee .... shall Come to Injoy his prte of the farme that I have before mencioned and Given him in this My will"

"to my two Grandchildren Samuell Packer, and Daniell Packer the son of my son Samuell Packer ten shillings apeece in Mony; ,

"to my Grandchild Issraell Packer; the son of my son Zacheus Packer: ten shillings in Mony"

"to my Grandchild Caleb Phillipes the son of Caleb Phillipes ten shillings in Mony"

"To my Daughter Deliverance the the wife of Thomas Washburn ten acres of land" in Bridgewater, "which said ten acrees is agreed on by the Towne; to lay it Conveniently to the Lott not yett layed out"

"my beloved wife Elizabeth Packer and my son Samuell Packer; to be Joynt executors"

"I Desire that mr James Keith and William Brett should be overseers to this my last will"

The will was signed by a mark and witnessed by John Field, John Ames, Jr., and Shadrack Wilbore. John Field and John Ames, Jr., testified on 3 March, 1684/5, and at the same time" Declared upon the oath they had taken as abovewritten that the said Samuell Packer senir Declared att the time hee signed and sealed this Will .... that hee Intented Thomas Washburne to be a Joynt executor of his Last will & Testament with the other two that in the said Will are Mensioned; and accordingly are alowed of by the Court"

"An Inventory of the estate of Samuall Packer of the Towne of Bridgwater Deceased the seaventh of November 1684 "No real estate is mentioned and the total is £133, 6s., 6d. "A true and faire apprisall .... taken by us the eleventh of Novem: 1684 as witnesseth our hands Marke Laythorpe John ffeild" "Samuell Packer Junior made oath to this Inventory before the Court held att Plymouth" on 5 March, 1684/5.
He had an estate probated on 29 Nov 1684 in Plymouth Colony, MA.
The will was signed by a mark and witnessed by John Field, John Ames, Jr., and Shadrack Wilbore. John Field and John Ames, Jr., testified on 3 March, 1684/5, and at the same time" Declared upon the oath they had taken as abovewritten that the said Samuell Packer senir Declared att the time hee signed and sealed this Will .... that hee Intented Thomas Washburne to be a Joynt executor of his Last will & Testament with the other two that in the said Will are Mensioned; and accordingly are alowed of by the Court"

Generation Two:Zacheus b. abt. 1650; bef. 20 April 1651 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA; m. 1678 Sarah Howard; d. 3August 1723 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. aged 73 years.
Their Children:
1. Israel b. 1680 Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; 16 August 1701 Hannah Crossman at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
2. Sarah b. 1682 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1704 Josiah Edson at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d.14 February 1754 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 71 years.
3. Jonathan b. 4 December 1684 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; 17 December 1712 Susanna Hayward at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; 1750 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 65 years.
4. David b. 11 February 1687 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1712 Hannah Ames at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; 3 November 1755 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
5. Solomon b. 1689 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
6. James b. 2 June 1691 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 June 17222 Jemima Keith at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 24 November 1765 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 74 years.
7. Zacheus b. 4 September 1693 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 21 October 1725 Mercy Alden at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 8 November 1775 at North Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 82 years.
8. John b. 8 October 1695 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 2 February 1726 Lydia Thompson at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
9. Abiel b. 29 April 1699 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m.1723 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 1776 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 77 years.

In 1678 Zaccheus was named constable [PCR 5:258]. In 1679 he built a house on what is now the corner of Copeland Street and Samuel Avenue in the Campello (southern) part of Brockton, making him the first settler in the north precinct of Bridgewater.

Generation Three:
Solomon Packard b. 1689 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 1715 Sarah Lathrop at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 1719 Susanna Kingman at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(3) 5 October 1760 Dorothy Whipple at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 1 May 1782 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
M(2) Children:
1. Sarah b. 23 May 1719 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1737 Isaac Fuller at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
2. Jacob b. 1720 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;
3. Susanna b. 11 March 1724 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 December 1742 Joseph Alden at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
4. Joanna b. 24 November 1725 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 February 1745 Isaac Allen at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 1787 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 61 years.
5. Martha b. 27 November 1727 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 1755 Isaac Alden, Jr. at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; had 2 children: Nabby Alden b. 1757; Isaac Alden b. 1758, d. 1758; m(2) 18 August 1760 Israel Bailey at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; d. 14 December 1773 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 41 years.
6. Solomon b. 17 October 1729 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 November 1760 Hannah Bailey; d. 1807, aged 77 years.
7. Nathan b. 19 February 1733 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. Martha Perkins; d. 1772 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 38 years.
9. Benjamin b. 20 October 1734 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 13 February 1763 Ruth Leach at Bridgewater Plymouth, MA;
10. Zebulun b. 5 August 1736 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA; m. 1764 Rebecca Richardson; d. 1769 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, aged 32 years.
11. Micah b. 1638 at Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA;

Solomon once owned a house where Waldo Hayward also lived, in North Bridgewater (Brockton), Plymouth, MA.

Resources:
The Crepe Myrtle, Charles B. Packard
History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Nahum Mitchell p. 264.

The Thomas Clapp Family- US 1633 to Present

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Raymond Genealogy

**Connected to the Thomas Bayley Family at John Bailey (1673-1752)**

Generation 1:
Thomas Clapp b. abt. 1609 at Devonshire, England; m. abt. 1638 Abigail Clapp Nee Unknown; d. 20 April 1684 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 75 years.
Their Children:
1. Thomas b. 15 March 1639 at Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; m. 10 November 1662 Mary Fisher; d. 1691 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 51 years.
2. Increase b. abt. May 1640 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
3. Samuel b. abt. 1642 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
4. Eleazer b. abt1644 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 15 March 1676 at Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. during King Phillip's War, aged 33 years.
5. Elizabeth b. abt 1646 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 April 1669 Thomas King at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 1698 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 52 years.
6. Prudence abt 1648 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA

       Thomas Clapp came in the ship that arrived on July 24th 1633, He was most likely with Nicholas and Edward. The ship had arrived from Weymouth, England. Thomas Clapp's name appears in the 1634 Town Records of Dorchester. Thomas remained in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. for a few years. He was admitted a freeman there in 1638 and then moved to Weymouth, Norfolk, MA.He had a farm near what is called the Christopher Webb place.
   There is some confusion between Farmer's Genealogical Register and Dean's. Farmer's stated that he moved to Hingham and later to Scituate, and Deane's states that he held land grants in Hingham but never moved there. In Scituate, Plymouth, MA., he was Deacon of the Church in 1647. In 1641 he was involved in a theological controversy about the form of baptism with the Reverend Charles Chauncey. Clapp was one of the committee of three that sent a letter to Second Church in 1675   informing them that a reconciliation had taken place after a 33 year controversy.
     Thomas was Deputy to the Court in 1649 and overseer of the poor in 1667. The farm in Scituate was on south-west of Stockbridge's millpond and later owned by Clavin Jenkins.

Generation Two:
Samuel Clapp b. abt. 1642 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 June 1666 to Hannah Gill at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 1730 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 88 years.
Their Children:
1. Samuel b. 15 May 1667 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
2. Joseph b. 14 December 1668 at Scituate, Plymouth,MA; m. 17 January 1695 Abigail Allen at Braintree, Norfolk, MA
3. Stephen b. 4 March 1671 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. abt 1696 Temperance Clapp Nee Unknown; d. 11December 1756, aged 85 years.
4. Hannah b. 15 January 1673 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 December 1697 Hezekiah Woodworth at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
5. Bethia b. 1675 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 11 November 1696 Thomas Oliver at Scituate, Plymouth, MA;
6. John b. 30 September 1677 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 1702 Hannah Gill at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 1730 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA aged 52 years.
7. Abigail b. 1 October 1679 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 February 1700 John Bailey at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 2 March 1753 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA, aged 73 years.
8. David b. November 1684 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. abt 1712 Deborah Otis at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
9. Deborah b. February 1687 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
10. Jane b. November 1689 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m.1708 Samuel Holbrook at Scituate, Plymouth, MA.

    He inherited his father's property in Scituate. He was a Representative the General Court of Massachusetts from 1692 to 1696; also in 1699, 1704-1704, 1707-1709, 1714-1715. He had been a Deputy to the Government of Plymouth Colony from 1680 to 1686 and again 1690-1691. He was one of the committee chosen on 27 May 1686 to draw up their grievances and impart their apprehensions to the town concerning the new laws that day read to them. In 1682 he was one of the commissioners to settle the boundary between Scituate and Marshfield and also to divide the line between Conihassett grand and Scituate. He and John Cushing addressed a declaration to Governor Andros in 1687 . He has a grist and saw mill where the Stockbridge Mills stand.

Resources:

The William Pontus Family- US 1632 to Present

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Raymond Genealogy

**Connected to the Churchill Family at John Churchill (1620-1663) **

Generation One:
William Pontus b. 1585; m. 4 December 1610 Wybra Hanson at Leiden, Holland; d. 9 February 1652 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Mary b. 15 October 1622 at Leiden, Holland; m(1) 31 October 1645 James Glass; m(2) 17 January 1654 Philip Delano; d. 5 July 1682 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Hannah b. 1624 at Leiden, Holland; m(1) 18 December 1644 John Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 25 June 1669 Gyles Rickard; d. 22 December 1690

William was in Plymouth by 1632. He was a member of the Separatist church in Leiden, Holland. He was a fustian worker in the Marendorp near Douven around 1610. Later on 15 October 1622 he was listed as a wool-carder living in the Zevenhuysen district and was considered too poor to be taxed.
William was listed as a freeman in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA in the 1633 lists. He was on the tax lists in 1633 and 1634. In 1638-1640, he was one of the men who repaired the herring weir in town . At his death, his inventory , including real-estate, was a total of £12 17s.

Sources:

1. Pilgrim Village Sketches, Robert Charles Anderson, New England Ancestors. Org, http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/articles_6729.asp

The John Holmes Family- US 1632 to Current

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Raymond Lineage

** Connected to the Churchill Family at John Churchill (1678-1756) **

** Connected to Bailey the Family at Ira Bailey ( ) **

Generation One:
John Holmes b. abt. 1605; m. bef. 1605 Sarah Holmes Nee UNKNOWN;
Their children:
1. John b. 1636 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Josiah b. abt. 1638 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3. Nathaniel b. abt. 1643 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Sarah b. abt. 1645 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

John Holmes was known to be in Plymouth, before 16 October 1632. He bought a house and six acres of land from William Palmer. He was admitted into the freedom of the Plymouth colony on 1 January 164. John Holmes is mentioned in the Plymouth Colony Records vol.. XII p. 19. To have indentured William Spooner on 27 March 1637, and transferred Spooner’s indenture to 1 July 1637. He was messenger of the Government on 4 December 1638. He served as summons server, jailer, and executioner.

Generation Two (Raymond 1):

John Holmes b. 1636 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 November 1661 Patience Faunce at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. July 1967, aged 61 years.
Their Children:
1. John b. 22 March 1662 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 13 February 1688 Sarah Thomas at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 7 September 1726. Aged 63 years.
2. Richard b. abt. 1664at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 March 1711 Hester Wormall at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. April 1729, aged 65 years.
3. Mehitable b. abt. 1666at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m.4 February 1714 Menassah Kempton at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Thomas b. abt. 1668 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m.1697 Joanna Morton
5. Ebenezer b. abt. 1670; m. 1695 Phebe Blackmer
6. Nathaniel b. abt. 1672; m. 13 March 1700 Eleanor Racer at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
7. Sarah Homes b. abt. 1674 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
8. Patience b. abt. 1678 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 July 1705 James Cobb at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
9. Joseph b. abt. 1678; m. Mary Holmes Nee Unknown
10. George b. abt. 1680; m. 4 February 1717 Lydia Wood at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1746 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
11. Desire b. abt. 1682 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 November 1661 John Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Probate record for the estate of John Holmes: [1: 347: OS Docket #10,466 contain the agreement/settlement.] The agreement for settlement of the estate of John Holmes, late of Plymouth, dated 29 September 1700, was made to John Holmes of Plymouth in ye County of Plymouth in New England, eldest son, who was to pay a yearly sum to the widow, Patience Holmes, for life as her dower, and make full payment to each of the said children [of the deceased], that is to say: to Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Thomas, Joseph, and Desire, wife of John Churchill, who were of age to sign for themselves and to Richard, Patience, Mehitable, Sarah and George, who were minors. The agreement was signed on 29 September 1701 by the mark of Patience Holmes for herself and her minor children, the mark of George Bonum, Jr. in behalf of Richard, Thomas Holmes, Nathaniel Holmes, Joseph Holmes, tand he mark of Desire Churchill, John Churchill and John Holmes.

(Raymond 2):

Nathaniel Holmes b. abt. 1643 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 29 December 1667 Mercy Faunce at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 July 1727 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years.
Their Children:
1. Elisha b. 19 April 1670 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Mercy b. 10 September 1673 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3. Nathaniel b. 10 November 1676 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m/ 21 December 1698 Joanna Clark; d. 6 November 1746, aged 69 year; m. 1 June 1693 Ebenezer Cobb; d. 2 March 1726, aged 52 years.
4. Sarah b. 2 October 1680 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 November 1700 John Ellis at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1762 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA, aged 81 years
5. John b. 17 April 1682 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 1709 Sarah Church; m(2) 1711 Mercy Ford; d. 23 January 1748 at Kingston, Plymouth, MA, aged65 years.
6. Elizabeth b. 25 April 1686 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 2 August 1701 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 15 years.
7. Eleazer b. 16 October 1688 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 15 March 1711 Hannah Sylvester at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 22 August 1754 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 65 years

Generation Three ( Raymond 2):
Elisha Holmes b. 19 April 1670 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(1). 2 September 1695 Sarah Bartlett at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) abt. 1719 Susanna Clark; d. abt. 1753, aged 82 years.
M(1) Children:
1. Mercy Holmes b. 26 June 21696 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 July 1721 Joseph Silvester;
2. Elisha b. 19 January 1698 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, m. 7 March 1721 Sarah Bartlett at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1779, aged 80 years
3. Joseph b. 11 July 1700 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Elizabeth b. 13 March 1702 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 October 1724 Elkanah Morton
5. Jabez b. 28 January 1704 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 30 September 1730 Rebecca Harlow at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
6. Elnathan b. 19 January 1706 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 October 1731 Rebecca Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 10 September 1745, aged 39 years.
7. John b. 27 March 1707 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 28April 1733 Lois Kempton at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 19 March 1751 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 43 years.
8. Sarah b. March 1709 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 15 March 1732 John Blackmer at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

M(2) Children:
9. Rebecca b. 1720; m. Andrew Croswell
10. Nathaniel b. 1722

Generation Four (Raymond 2):
Joseph Holmes b. 11 July 1700 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 February 1726 Phebe Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. abt. 24 March 1748, aged 47 years.
Their Children:
1. Jonathan b. abt. 14December 1726 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Phebe b. abt. 20 May 1729 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 30 March 1753 William Bendick Pearson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3. Desire b. abt. 6 May 1731 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. John Swift
4. Samuel b. abt. 14 March 1733 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1754 Nova Scotia, Canada, aged 20 years.
5. Hannah b. abt. 12 May 1735 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 June 1751 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 16 years.
6. Meriah b. abt. 18 May 1737 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. in 9 weeks at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
7. Jane b. abt. 14 October 1738 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d.13October 1740 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 23 months.
8. Joseph b. 14 May 1741 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
9. Micah b. 10 June 1743 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 July 1751 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 8 years
10. Elkanah b. abt. 27 March 1745 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
11. Susannah b. abt. 8 October 1747 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. in 12 weeks at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
12. Jane b, 26 June 1749 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Generation Five (Raymond 2):
Joseph Holmes b. 14 May 1741 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 27 October 1763 Phebe Bartlett at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Joseph b. bef. 26 August 1764 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Phebe b. abt. 1766 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Thomas Holmes
3. Lewis b. abt. 1768 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Betsey Diman; d. 31 December 1798 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 30 years
4. James b. abt. 15 November 1722 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Generation Six (Raymond 2):
Joseph Holmes b. bef. 26 August 1764 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 6 November 1797 Lydia Lucas at Carver, Plymouth, MA;
Their Children:
1. Phebe Bartlett b. 1 November 1799 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 25 May 1821 Ira Bailey at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
2. Lewis b. abt. 1801
3. James S. b. abt. 1803

Sources:
1. William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., and his descendants, Volume 1, Spooner. P. 13
2. Plymouth Colony Records 12:18
3. Plymouth Colony, its History & People. 1620-1691, Eugene Aubrey Stratton, p. 306

The Thomas Lucas Family- US 1650 to current

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Raymond Lineage

** Connected to Holmes Family at Joseph Holmes (1764- ) **

Generation One
Thomas Lucas b. abt. 1630 at England; m. Unknown Lucas Nee Unknown; d. 6 January 1676 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Aged 49 years
Their Children:
1. John b. 15 July 1656 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Mary b. 15 March 1658 at Plymouth, Plymouth MA; m. 1683 Nathaniel Atwood
3. Benoni b. 30 October 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1682 Repentance Harlow; d. 28 February 1730. Aged 70 years
4. Samuel b. 15 September 1661 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
5. William b. 13 January 1663 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Esther Clark

Thomas Lucas was first in Plymouth Colony records on 27 June 1650 in a list of townsmen. He is not found in the court records before that. He is found in the Plymouth Colony Court Orders 3 February 1656. He was listed 25 times and 16 of the were for drunkenness. “He even presented himself in Court distempered with drinke and reviled the magistrates.” The first time they were very lenient but later he was publicly whipped, put in the stocks, finally sentenced to prison for 24 hours. “He was also presented 'for abusing his children and wife to her danger' and placed under bonds for good behavior.” On 1 June 1675 records show: “Thomas Lucas for being distempered with drinke, it being soe oftens, and that hee hath borne severall pticular punishments gradually, and can not be reclaimed, it was ordered concerning him, that all that sell drinke be stricktly ordered and prohibited to lett him have none” (Plymouth Col. Court Orders 5: 169). At the Court held 8 Mar 1678/9: “The sixt day of January, 1678, being warned upon a jury to view the body of Thomas Lucase, of Plymouth, deceased, and to make inquiry how hee came by his end, wee, whose names are under written, find it as followeth: hee being very ancient & decriped in his limbes and it being very cold, and haveing drunk some drinke, gott a violent fall into a ditch, in a very dangerous place, could not recover himselfe, but bruised his body, and lying all night in the cold, soe hee came by his end” (Plymouth Col, Court Orders 6: 7-8).
Thomas was a blacksmith by trade and there are not mention to the name of his wife. It is assumed he was married about 1655. In the settlement of his estate she was living and it was settled in 1679.

Plymouth Colony Court. Orders 6:5, 8 Mar 1678/9:
"From the settlement of the estate, 'the widow shall have free use of the housing and lands until her sones come of age, and then her thirds of the benefits during her natural life and the sume of L38 of movables ... and use of the whole until the children come to their respective ages or marriages; Benonie, the eldest son, the house and half the garden plott, halfe the barn, three acrees meaddow and grant of four acrees excepting his mother's thirds and the sum of L11.6 in personal estate; Mary Lucas and Bethya Lucas each L12 and Mehitable Lucas L10.”

Generation Two:
Samuel Lucas b. 15 September 1661 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 December 1686 Patience Warren at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 17 January 1716 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Aged 54 years
Their Children:
1. John b. 24 January 1687 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 31 January 1697 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 10 years.
2. Joseph b. 26 October 1689 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Persis Shaw; d. 4 September 1741 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 51 years
3. William b. 19 October 1692 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Patience b. 2 January 1696 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 December 1717 Nathaniel Harlow at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Samuel was made freeman in June 1689 and Ensign 1690. He also served on the jury many
times.

Generation Three:
William Lucas b. 19 October 1692 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 May 1722 Mehitable Doty at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. abt. January 1770, aged 77 years
Their Children:
1. William b. 27 June 1723 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d, 29 May 1734 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 10 years.
2. Phebe b. 12 April 1725 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
3. Priscilla b. 19 April 1727 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Eleazer Robbins
4. Joseph b. 12 June 1729 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 8 May 1753 Mary Rickard at Kingston, Plymouth, MA
5. Benjamin b. 21 June 1731 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
6. Isaac b. June 1733 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. February 1744 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 10 years.
7. William b. 29 July 1734 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. died young
8. Mehitable b. 24 February 1738 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Generation Four:
Benjamin Lucas b. 21 June 1731 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1755 Lydia Crocker at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 8 September 1818 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 87 years.
Their Children:
1. Bela b. 1757 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Isaac b. 6 January 1759 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
3. Abigail b. 8 March 1761 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
4. Ezra b. 19 May 1763 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
5. Lucey b. 24 May 1765 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 September 1809 Andrew Sturtevant at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
6. Lydia b. 24 July 1676 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 6 November 1767 Joseph Holmes at Carver, Plymouth, MA;
7. Naomi b. 2 June 1770 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Sources
1. Plymouth Colony Records
2. Warren Family
3. Doten- Doty Family in America

The Pierre Gagnon Family- CA 1640, US 1845 to Current

2010-06-28T15:24:00.202-04:00

Gagnon Lineage

** Underline names are linked to their connecting pages**

The Gagnon home in La Gagnoniere, Perche, France

These pictures were taken by Real Gagnon. I no longer can reach his site, but give him full credit. Hopefully to travel there myself one day to get more pictures.

Generation One:
Pierre Gagnon b. 14 February 1612 at La Gagnoniere, Perche, France; m. 14 February 1642 Vincente Desvarieux at Notre Dame Quebec, Quebec, Canada; d. 17 April 1699 at Chateau-RIcher, Quebec, Canada
Their Children:
1. Jean b. 3 May 1643 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; m. Marguerite Racine; d. 27 Oct 1699 at Château-Richer, Québec, Canada, aged 56 years

2. Anne b. 25 June 1643 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; before 1666, aged 22 years
3. Pierre b. 1646 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada
4. Jeanne b.  30 June 1648 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; d. 6 September 1648 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada, aged 2 mos.
5. Pierre-Paul b. 5 September 1649 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; He was ordained on 21 December 1677 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was the third priest ordained in Quebec; d. 6 Apr 1711 in Beaupré, Québec, Canada (drowned).
7. Joseph b. 27 Dec 1651 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; d. 28 April 1680 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada, aged 28 years.
8. Rene b. 18 September 1653 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; d. 7 October 1653 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada;
9. Marie-Madeleine b. 10 February 1655 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; She began her novitiate in 1665; entered the Augustine convent (Mere des Anges) in Quebec city at the age of 13; was ordained on 5 Jun 1669, and took final vows 26 Mar 1671 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; d. 22 Mar 1677 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada, aged 22 years; Upon her death she was described by the nuns of the Hotel de Dieu in Quebec as "truly comparable to the angels in her purity, her spirit of peace and sweetness and for her devotion...".
10. Raphael b. 4 April 1658 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; d. bet 1667 and 1681 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada, aged 8 years
11. Noël b. 9 Feb 1660 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; m. 8 June 1683 Genevieve Fortin; d. 25 Nov 1708 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada

      Pierre Gagnon was born in Le Gagnonnierre, Perche, France. He was baptized at the church of Saint-Aubin, Tourouvre, Perche, France. Around 1640, Pierre with his two brothers, Mathurin and Jean, and a cousin Robert travel to Quebec to join their sister who had already traveled over with her husband, Eloi Tavernier. Their widowed mother, Renee Roger, also joins them.

     For several years the brothers bought and established farms along the coast of Bowspirit between Castle- Richer and Sainte- Anne. During the winter months they would move to Quebec where they also became traders. On 14 August 1651, they bought land along the Lower City. On 6 October 1658, they bought a store.

     His was a land grant of 6.5 arpents on the river by 126 arpents deep. On 13 May 1657, he ceded a half arpent of his land to Nicholas Lebel, bordering that of Jean Cachon, Jr. He took it back 29 December 1668.

Generation Two:
Pierre Gagnon b. 1646 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; m. 6 February 1669 Barbe Fortin at Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; d. 10 August 1687 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada, aged 41 years.
Their Children:
1. Marie-Madeleine b. 28 March 1671 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada; m. 10 June 1686 Rene Le Page;
2. Joseph b. 1 Jan 1673 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 17 February 1700 Agatha Belanger
3. Geneviève b. 4 March 1674 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 18 February 1692 Charles Belanger
4. Augustin b. 18 October 1675 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; d. 1681, aged 5 years
5. Pierre b. 4 January 1677 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 14 November 1701 ISabelle Lacriox
6. Charles b. 17 May 1679 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 19 January 1706 Anne Belanger; d. 17 February 1759 at St Michael, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, aged 79 years.
7. Marguerite b. 9 February 1681 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; d. 30 May 1686, aged 4 years.
8. Marguerite b. 2 February 1682 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 24 November 1704 Pierre LeFrancois;
9. Alexandre b. 7 January 1684 at at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 26 August 1711 Angelique Caron;
10. Marguerite b. 7 January 1687 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; d. 24 December 1722 at Château-Richer, Québec, Canada;
11. Jean Baptiste b. 25 February 1688 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada;

M[arriage] 62 Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin

In the year of O[ur] L[ord] J[esus] Ch[rist] one thousand six hundred sixty-nine, Mister deCaumont, missionary priest, published the bans and not finding any impediment married Pierre Gagnon and Barbe Fortin, living in Cap Tourmente, and in the presence of Jean Gagnon and Étienne Racine, Joseph Gravelle, and Jacques Gamache. F. Fillon, Missionary Priest

Generation Three:
Jean Baptiste Gagnon b. 25 February 1688 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; He was baptized on 26 Feb 1688 in Beaupré, Québec; m(1)15 June 1714 Francoise Ouellet at Rivierre Ouelle, Quebec, Canada; m(2) abt Jan 1726 Marie-Françoise St Pierre; m(3) 17 August 1750 Marie-Anne dit Lafrance at La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada; m(4) 19 September 1762 Marie-Reine Jean d. He signed a marriage contract on 4 Jan 1726 in St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Quebec; d. 3 Feb 1769 in Ste-Anne de la Pocatière, Québec, Canada
M(1) Children:
1. Joseph b. 28 January 1716 at La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada; d. 7 July 1738 at La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada
2. Marie Francois b. 20 April 1716 at La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada; d. 20 April 1719 at La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada
3. Jean Baptiste b. 23 June 1723 at La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada; d. 22 December 1725
M(2) Children:
4. Michel b. 20 February 1728 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada;
5. Jean Baptistie b. abt 1730 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 20 November 1752 Marie-Josèphe Mignault dit Labrie at La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada
6. Pierre Roch b. abt 1732 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 21 June 1756 Marie Josephe Pain at La Pocatiere, Quebec, Canada; d. 18 April 1757, aged 25 years
7. Marie Josephe b. 6 March 1735 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 18 Janaury 1752 Michel Grondin at St. Roch, Quebec, Canada;
8. Marie Anne b, 29 Ocotber 1736 at St. Roch des Aulnaies, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada; d, 8 December 1738 at St. Roch des Aulnaies, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada, aged 2 years.

Generation Four:
Michel Gagnon- b. 20 February 1728 at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. 29 July 1754 Marie Josette Parent at Beauport, Quebec, Canada; d. bef. April 1777, aged 49 years.
Their Children:
1. Michel b. 13 August 1755 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, L'Islet, Québec;

Generation Five:
Michel Gagnon- b. 13 August 1755 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, L'Islet, Québec; m. 8 April 1777 Marie Felicite Pelletier at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada; He died on 15 Mar 1830 in St- Pascal, Kamouraska.
Their Children:
1. Michel b. 1778 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada; d. 8 April 1778 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada, ages 3 mos.
2. Michel b. 17 February 1779 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada; d. 21 May 1782 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada, 3 years.
3. Marie Felicite b. 1780 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada
4. Michel b. 1783 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada; d. 3 February 1787 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada, aged 4 years
5. Marie Charlotte b. 1784 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada; d. 24 February 1787 at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada, aged 3 years
6. Prosper b. September at St-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

      He was a blacksmith.

Generation Six:
Prospère Gagnon- b. 16 September 1790 at Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada; m. 10 September 1813 Marie Anne Ouellette at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; d/ 12 August 1847 at St. Luce, Madawaska, Aroostock, ME
Their Children:
1. Michel b. 12 December 1814 at Trois-Pistoles, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
2. Marie Marcelline b. 7 January 1817 at Trois-Pistoles, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
3. Antoine b. 23 June 1818 at Trois-Pistoles, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
4. Angélique b. abt 1820 at Trois-Pistoles, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
5. Thomas b. 25 June 1823 at Trois-Pistoles, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

      Pierre was baptised on 17 September 1790 at Ste-Anne de la Pocatière, Québec. His godparents were François Pelletier and Marie François Gauvin.When he married in 1813 present as witnesses were Michel Gagnon (Prospère's father), Dignale Roi, Ignace Lavoie, Jr, Etienne Tardif, and Antoine Ouellette (Marie Anne's father), Alexandre Tardif, Jean Baptiste Cayouette, François Ouellet, "and several other relatives and friends of the bride and groom. In the children's baptismal records, he is listed as a "forgeron," or blacksmith. Prospère and his family appeared in the 1825 Census of Lower Canada, as Prospère Gagnon, living in Trois Pistoles in a household with 3 children under the age of 6, and two between the age of 6 and 14; one married male 25-40; and one married female 14-45.

     Then in 1831, summer, the family moved again to the upper St. John River Valley, now known as Frenchville. By 1833 Prospere shows up in the New Brunswick, Canada. That year the New Brunswick provincial census taken at that time lists Prospere, his wife and five of his children (3 sons and 2 daughters). At that time they had no livestock, did no sow and raise crops and were living as tenants. Prospere was described as a laborer, needing assistance and there was a note that the family"requires almost immediate relief." Prospere's siblings had all moved to the area.

     In the 1840 US Census of Madawaska settlements south of St. John River, Aroostock, Maine, Prosper is in the household with the following: 1 make between 40 and 49; 1 male between 20-29; 1 male between 15-19; 1 female between 60-70; 1 female between 30-40; 1 female between 20-30.
Prospère died on 11 Aug 1847 in Frenchville, Maine, and was buried on 12 Aug 1847 in Ste-Luce Cemetery, Frenchville, Maine. The burial record is in the Ste-Luce parish register (1847, p.93a). "August 12th 1847 we buried in the cemetery of this place the body of Prospère Gagnon, deceased yesterday at the age of 55 years, husband of Marie Anne Ouellet of this parish. Present were Hilarion Daigle and Joseph Albert, who did not know how to sign. H Dionne, priest"

Note: In November 1833 the Provincial government of New Brunswick undertook a census of the Madawaska Settlement, which was going through a very difficult time: crops had failed and a large part of the population were very bad off. New Brunswick decided to find out what kinds of assistance were needed and how much, so they surveyed the population, asking not only the number of people in each household but also how much livestock they had, how much and which crops had been sown and harvested in that year and in previous years.

Generation Seven:
Michel Gagnon-b. 12 December 1814 at Trois-Pistoles, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; m. Marie Anne Thibodeau b. 1819 at St. Basile, Madawaska,
Their Children:
1. Ezeckel b. 1840 at St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
2. Clarisse b. abt 1840 at St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada; m. 5 October 1859 Pierre Jacques at Van Buren, Aroostock ME
3. Isaie b. 20 November 1841 at St. Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada; m. Georgina Parent
4. Modeste b. 22 January 1845 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
5. Marie Rose b. 27 June 1846 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME; d. bef. 1850, aged 3 years
6. Marie Osithée b. 11 May 1848 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
7. Sophie b. 15 Dec 1849 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
8. Michel b. 10 August 1851 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
9. Antoine b. 1853 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
10. Thomas b. 17 February 1855 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
11. Zelia b. 1857 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
12 Suzanne Laura b. 17 November 1858 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
13. Marguerite b. 16 February 1861 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;
14. Vital b. 9 October 1862 at St. Bruno's Parish, Van Buren, Arsoostock, ME;

     Michel was baptized 13 December 1814 at St. Louis Church, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada. His godfather was Michel Gagnon and his godmother was Claire Morin. He moved from Kamouraska to the Madawaska region with his parents, brothers and sisters in about the summer of 1831, at the age of 16. He was not listed in the same household as his parents in the 1840 census. He was most likely at the household of his father-in-law Michel Thibodeau, along with his wife Marie-Anne Thibodeau at Madawaska, New Brunswick Canada. The first few children were baptised at St. Basile's Parish, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada. Daughters Modeste and Marie Rose were baptised in 1845 and 1846 at St. Luce's Parish, Madawaska, Aroostock, ME

The 1850 US Census in Van Buren Plantation, Maine:

Michael Gormeo, aged 37 years, laborer, born in Canada, can not read or write;

Nancy, wife, aged 31 years born in New Brunswick, can not read or wrote;

Zayer, aged 10 years, male, born in New Brunswick;

Clorice, aged 8 years, female, born in Maine;

Modest, aged 5 years, female, born in Maine;

Rose, aged 4 years, female, born in Maine;

Sophia aged 8/12 mos., female, born in Maine;

Lewis Gormro, aged 35 years, male, laborer, born in Canada

The 1860 US Census in Township K, Range 2, Aroostook, Maine, take on 10 July 1860

Mitchele Gonyou, aged 46 years, male, farmer, real estate valued at $100, personal estate $40, born in Upper Canada, couldn't read or write,

Mary A., aged 41 years, female, born in New Brunswick, can not read or write

Ezekel, aged 20 years, male, farm laborer, born in New Brunswick, can not read or write

Modeste. aged 15 years, female, domestic, born in New Brunswick

Sophia, aged 11 years, female, born in Maine

Mitchele, aged 9 years, male, born in Maine

Anthony, aged 7 years, male, born in Maine

Thomas, aged 5 years, born in Maine

Ezeta, aged 3 years, female, born in Maine

Laura, aged 1 year, female, born in Maine

The 1870 US census in Township K, Range 2, Aroostook, Maine, taken on 2 July 1870

Michael Gonier, aged 56 years, male, white, farmer, real estate worth $200, personal estate worth $150, born in Canada, both parents of foreign birth, couldn't read or write, citizen of US,

Mary Ann, aged 47 years, female, white, keeping home, born in New Brunswick, both parent of foreign birth, can not read or write.

Mitchell, aged 19 years, male, white, farmer, born in Maine, both parents of foreign birth, can not read or write

Anthony, aged 17 years, male, white, farmer,born in Maine, both parents of foreign birth, can not read or write

Thomas, aged 15 years, male, white, farmer, born in Maine, both parents of foreign birth, can not read or write

Yeta, aged 13 years, female, white, at home, born in Maine, both parents of foreign birth,

Laura, aged 12 years, female, white, at home, born in Maine, both parents of foreign birth,

Maggie, aged 10 years, female, white, at home, born in Maine, both parents of foreign birth,

Vetal, aged 8 years, male, white, at home, born in Maine, both parents of foreign birth,

The 1880 US census in K Plantation, Aroostook, Maine, taken on 28 June 1880

Mitchel Gagnon ("fils" first), white, male, aged 68 years, farmer, married, can not read or write, born in Canada, parents born in Canada,

Marie, white, female, aged 60 years, wife, married, at home, can not read or write, born in Maine, both parents born in Maine

Zelia, white, female, aged 23 years, daughter single, at home can not write, born in Maine, father born in Canada, mother born in Maine

Laura, white, female, aged 21 years, daughter, single, at home, can not write, born in Maine, father born in Canada, mother born in Maine

Margaurette, white, female, aged 19 years, at home, single, at home, born in Maine, father born in Canada, mother born in Maine

Vetal, white, male, aged 18 years, son, single, at home, can not read or write, born in Maine, father born in Canada, mother born in Maine.

next door to "Mitchell Gagnon, Jr." and his family

Generation Eight:
Thomas Gagnon was born on 13 Feb and baptized on 17 Feb 1855 in Van Buren, Aroostock, Maine; m(1) abt 1875 Philomene Morin; m(2) 1898 Madeliene Helen Corbin; d. 13 April 1925
M(1) Children:
1. Paul b. abt 1876
2. Vetal b. abt 1878
3. Helen b. abt 1880
4. Irene b. abt 1882
5. Levi b. abt 1884
6. Louis b. abt 1884
7. Thomas b. abt 1886
8. Carry b. 5 June 1888 at Aroostock, Mane
9. Olive b. 1 January1892 at New Brunswick, Canada
10. John b. 9 May 1894 at New Brunswick, Canada
11. Marie b. 24 September 1985 at New Brunswick, Canada
12. Joseph b. 21 June 1899 at New Brunswick, Canada

M(2) Children:
13. Dennis Anthonase b. 3 May 1901 at St. Leonard, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada; m.11 December 1923 Odeanna Marie Caron
14. Leonard b. 17 December 1902 at St. Leonard, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
15. Edouard b. 9 December 1904 at St. Leonard, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
16. Patrick b. 20 February 1906 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada
17. Ferlene b. 1910

The most difficult task was to assign dates of births to all of the children. I have looked over vital records that I could obtain and combined them with charts sent by different Gagnon family members. I am hoping the Gagnon Reunion books will enlighten me more on exactly who is who, since I can not find everyone in the Census Records.

1901 T Leonard, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada:

Thomas Gagnon, male, head, married, b. 3 February 1855, aged 46 years, born in United States, in Canada since 1885, Canadian origin, Roman Catholic, a journalier, can speak English, can speak French

Madeleine Gagnon, female, wife, b, 5 July 1880, aged 20 years, born in United States, in Canada since 1890, Canadian origin, Roman Catholic, can speak French

Carry Gagnon female, daughter, single, b, 5 June 1888, aged 12 years, born in United States, in Canada since 1890, Canadian origin, Roman Catholic, can speak French.

Olive Gagnon, female, daughter single, b. 1 January 1892, aged 9 years, born in New Brunswick, Canadian origin, Roman Catholic, can speak French

Johnny Gagnon, male, son, single, b. 9 May 1894, aged 6 years, born in New Brunswick, Canadian orgin, Roman Catholic, can speak French

Marie Gagnon, female, daughter, single, b. 24 September 1895, aged 5 years, born in New Brunswick, Canadian orgin, Roman Catholic, can speak French

Joseph, Gagnon, male, son, single, b. 12 June 1899, aged 1 year, born in New Brunswick, Canadian orgin, Roman Catholic, can speak French

1910 United States Federal Census TownshipI R2WELS- Caribou Town, taken on 1 May 1910:

Thomas Gagnon, head, male, white, aged 55 years, married for second time for 12 years, not able to read or write, owns home, free of mortgage, house, 15 on farm schedule, born in Maine, father born in Canada French, mother born in Canada French, speaks French, laborer, does odd jobs, works on own, has been out of work since 10 April 1910, unemployed for 13 weeks since 1909.

Ellen Gagnon, wife, female, white, aged 29 years, married once for 12 years, had six children, four are living, can not read or write, born in Maine, father born in Canada French, mother born in Canada french, speaks French.

John, son, male, white, aged 16 years, single, can not read or write, did attend school since 1 September 1909, 15 farm schedule, Born in Canada French, American citizen, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, speaks French, laborer, does odd jobs, works on own, was unemployed on 10 April 1910

Mary Gagnon, daughter, female, white, aged 14 years, single, can not read or write, did not attend school since 1 September 1909, born in Canada french, American citizen, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, speaks French,

Joseph Gagnon, son, male, white, aged 11 years, single, can read and write, did attend school since 1 September 1909; born in Canada French, American citizen, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, speaks French

Leonard Gagnon, son, male, white, aged 8 years, single, can read and write, did attend school since 1 September 1909, born in Canada French, American citizen, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, speaks French

Patrick Gagnon, son, male, white, aged 4 years, single, born in Canada, French, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, speaks French

Faullia Gagnon, daughter, female, white, aged 1/12 mos. single, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine

Generation Nine:

1920 United Stated Federal Census Van Buren Town, Aroostock, Maine taken on 14 June 1920:

Tommy Gagnon Head (second marriage), rent home, male, white, aged 64 years, married, can not read or write, born in Maine, father born in Canada, French, mother born in Canada, French, can speak English, no occupation.

Helene, wife, femaile, white, aged 30 years, married, can not read or write, born in Maine,

Joseph, son, male, white, aged 20 years single, not in school, can read or write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, can speak English, laborer, lumber mill

Athanase, son, male, white, aged 18 years, single, was not in school, can not read or write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, can speak English, laborer, lumber mill

Patrick, son, male, white, aged 13 years, single, was in school, can read and write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, can speak English

Falene, daughter, female, white, aged 9 years single, was in school, can read and write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, can speak English

Generation Nine:
Patrick Gagnon b. 20 February 1906 at Quebec, Quebec, Canada; m. 23 April 1928 Isabelle Saint Pierre at Caribou, Aroostock, Maine; d. 7 January 1970 at Brockton Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
They had three children two daughters and one son who lived to adulthood

Patrick was a butcher for the Brockton Public Market for many years. Today that supermarket is known as Shaws.

1930 United Stated Federal Census Record, Carubou Village, Aroostock, Maine taken on 15 April 1930 12 Park Street
Patrick Gagnon, head, rents, does not own a farm, male, white, aged 24 years, married, aged 22 at marriage, di dnot attend school, can read and write, born in Canada, American citizen, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, can speak English, mechanic, garage, is working, not a veteran

Isabell, wife of head, female, white, aged 20 years, married, aged 18 years at marriage, did not attend school, can read and write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, can speak English

Patricia H., daughter, female, white, aged 1 6/12 years, single, did not attend school, born in Maine, father born in Canada, American citizen, mother born in Maine.

12 Park Street Caribou, Aroostock, Maine

Sources:
1. One hundred French-Canadian family histories, Philip J. Moore
2. http://www.rezoe.com/gagnon-belzile/- has a few pictures
3. http://www.upperstjohn.com/gagnon/gagnonniere.htm
4. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.; Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
5. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 Record for Michel GagnonQuebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
6. Gagnon Family Reunion Information: http://gagnonreunion.com/index.html

Mc Clellan Lineage Table of Contents

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Parker Family Table of Contents

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Gagnon Lineage Table of Contents

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Gen # Name of Head & Spouse            Blog Family Link

1. Pierre Gagnon (1612-1699)                  Pierre Gagnon, CA 1640, US 1845 to current
    + Vincente Desvarieux (1624-1695)
2. Pierre Gagnon (1646-1687)
    + Barbe Fortin (1654-1737)
3. Jean Baptiste Gagnon (1688- )
    +Marie Francoise Saint Pierre (1693-1750)
4. Michel Gagnon (1728-1777)
    + Marie Josette Parent (1736- )
5. Michel Gagnon (1755- )
    +Felicite Pelletier (1754- )
6. Prosper Gagnon (1788-   )
    + Marie Anne Ouellet (1790- )
7. Michel Gagnon (1814- )
    + Marie Anne Thibodeai (1819- )
8. Thomas Gagnon (1855- )
    + Helen Corbin (1880-1941)
9. Patrick Gagnon (1906-1970)
    + Isabelle Saint Pierre (1909- 2007)        Pierre Saint Pierre, CA 1680 to Current

The Edward Fuller Family, Pilgrim- US 1620 to Current

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Raymond Lineage

1620 Mayflower

** Connected to the Ralph Jones Family at Ralph Jones (1623-1692) **

Generation One:
Edward Fuller b. 1575, baptized 4 September 1575, Norfolk, England; m. Unknown; d. btw 11 January- 10 April 1621 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Matthew- b. abt 1605 at England
2. Samuel-b. abt 1608 at England; m. 8 April 635 Jane Lothrop;

It is believed that he was with the Pilgrims in Leiden, Holland. His wife's name is not truly known but has been referred to in various books to be Ann. Edward died in the died between 11 January and 10 April of 1621. His wife passed away after 11 January 1621. Samuel survived and Matthew came over before 1640.

Generation Two:
Matthew Fuller- b. abt 1605 at England; m. Frances Fuller Nee Unknown; d. Aug 1678 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, aged
Their Children:
1. Mary b. 1625 at England; m. 17 April 1650 Ralph Jones at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1691 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, aged 66 years.
2. Elizabeth b. abt 1627 at England; m. 22 April 1652 Moses Rowley at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; d. aft 1714, aged 87 years.
3. Samuel b. abt 1629 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 December 1673 Mary Iyde at Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; d. 15 August 1686 at Rehoboth, Bristol, M, aged 57 years.
4. John b. abt 1631 at England; m(1) Hannah Morton; m(2) Abigail Titus; m(3) Bethia Fuller Nee Unknown
5. Anne b. abt 1633 at England; m. Samuel Fuller
      " The question of the paternity of Matthew Fuller was examined exhaustively by Bruce C. MacGunnigle, Robert M. Sherman and Robert S. Wakefield in 1986, and they came to the conclusion that Matthew was a son of EDWARD FULLER [ TAG 61:194-99]. Bruce C. MacGunnigle has published the definitive treatment of Edward Fuller and his descendants in the fourth volume of the Mayflower Society's Five Generations Project. "

     He was the oldest son of Pilgrim Edward Fuller and did not make the passage with his parents and younger brother, Samuel. When he arrived in New England, he was already married and a parent. In April of 1642, ten acres of land was granted to him in Plymouth. Also in 1642 he served as juryman and was made a freeman. He was sworn and admitted on 7 June 1653. In 1643 he was appointed sergeant in the military company under Captain Myles Standish.
      Around 1650 he moved to Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, in 1653 he was a representative at the colony court and a lieutenant in the militia. On 20 June 1654 he was appointed lieutenant under Standish in the proposed expedition against the Dutch ant Manhattan. On 2 October 1658 he was on the Council of war, served in 1671 as one of its chairmen. on 17 December 1673 he served as Surgeon General of the colony troops and the Massachusetts troops and was give 4 shillings a day. During King Phillip's War he was captain of the Plymouth forces. Captain Fuller was also the first regular physician in Barnstable,.
      He lived at the northwest corner of Barnstable at Scorton Neck. He also owned large tracts of land in Falmouth and Middleboro. His will was dated 25 July 1678 and was proved 30 October 1678. His estate was appraised at £1667,04,06, among the items were pearls, precious stones, and diamonds.

"CAPT. MATTHEW FULLER died at Barnstable between 25 July, 1678, the day he made his will, and 22 August, 1678, the date of the inventory. The will and inventory are recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, Volume III, Part II, Pages 127 - 129.
[CAPT. MATTHEW FULLER'S WILL]

[3: 2: 127] The five and twentieth Day of July in the yeer of our Lord one thousand six hundred seaventy and eight; I Mathew ffuller of the Towne of Barnstable in the Collonie of New Plymouth; being sicke of body but of Good and prfect memory thankes be unto almighty God; and Calling to Remembrance the uncertaine state of this transitory life and that all fflesh must yeild unto Death when it shall please God to Call; Doe make Constitute and ordaine; and Declare this my last will and Testament, In manor and forme following; Revoakeing and Anulling by these prsents all and every Testament and Testaments will and wills heertofore by mee made and Declared either by word or writing; and this to be taken onely for my last will and Testament; and none other; and first being pen itent and sorry from the bottom of my hart for my sins past most humbly Desireing forgivenes for the same; I Give and Comitt my soule unto almighty God my Saviour and Redeemer, in whom and by the Merretts of Jesus Christ, I trust and be leive assuredly to be saved, and my body to be buried in such place, as my executors heerafter Named shall appoint; and Now for the settleing of my temporall estate; and such Goods Chattles and Debts as it hath pleased God farr above my Deserts to bestow on mee; I Doe order Give and Dispose the same in manor and forme following That is to say first I will That all those Debts and Dutyes as I ow in Right or Consience to any manor of prson or prsons whatsoever shalbe well and truely Contented, or ordained to be payed, within Convenient time after my Decease by my executors heerafter Named;
Item I Give and bequeath unto Shubeall Jones my Grand Child the Reputed son of Ralph Jones, the angle lott of Marsh meddow, which I formerly bought of his father Ralph Jones, after ffrancis my wifes Decease
I Give and bequeath the one halfe of all the Rest of my Lands & meadows I have in the Townshipp of Barnstable, or else where in America To my welbeloved son John ffuller; after ffrancis my wifes DeceaseI Give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Jones the wife of Ralph Jones Ten pounds in mony;
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anne ffuller The now wife of Samuell ffuller ten pounds in mony;
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Rowley the wife of Moses Rowley ten pounds in mony;
Item I Give and bequeath unto Sarah Rowley the Daughter of Moses Rowley all my sheep; and by these prsents I Doe appoint Jedediah Jones to oversee the sheepp That they be Imployed wholly for the use of the said Sarah;
Capt. Matthew Fuller's Will and Inventory 9
Item I Give and bequeath ten pounds to Jedediah Jones the son of Ralph Jones in mony;
Item I Give to every one of my Male Grandchildren halfe a Crown a peece in old England mony;
[p. 128] Item I Give to every one of my femall Grandchildren twelve pence a peece in old England mony;
Item I Give to Ralfe Jones Samuell ffuller Junir: and Moses Rowley senir my sones in law five shillings apeece in mony;
Item I Give and bequeath unto my onely beloved son John ffuller twenty pounds in silver mony, and to bethya his wife twenty shillings in Gould;
I Give to Mary ffuller the late wife of my son Samuell ffuller Deceased five shillings in Mony;
I Give and bequeath unto Robert Marshall the Scotsman a peece of Cloth Intended to make mee a suite; off;
Item I Give to Jaser Tayler two Raysers;
Item I Give and bequeath to ffrancis my Deare and welbeloved wife; whoe by these prsents I Doe ordaine and Declare to be the sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament the use and Improvement of all my housing lands and Meddowes Dureing her Naturall life; as alsoe all my Moveables houshold stuffe Cattle horse kind swine; and whatsoever else Can be Named undisposed of to be att her Dispose for ever
In witnes wherof I have heerunto sett my hand and seale the Day and yeer abovesaid
Signed and sealed Mathew ffuller and a seale
in the prsence of
Joseph Laythorpe
John Hawes
Leift: Joseph Laythorp and John hawes made oath to the truth of the Will abovewritten: viz: That they Did see Capt: Mathew ffuller above said; signe and seale and Declare this aforsaid Will to be his last Will and Testament; before the Court holden att Plymouth the 30th of October 1678"

Source:
1. Genealogy of some descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. Fuller, William Hyslop,.Palmer, Mass.?: unknown, 1908.
2. http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/wills/capt_matthew_fuller_will.htm
3. Genealogy of some descendants of Captain Matthew Fuller, John Fuller of Newton, John Fuller of Lynn, John Fuller of Ipswich, Robert Fuller of Dorchester and Dedham : to which is added supplements to volume I: Genealogy of some descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower, and volume II: Some descendants of Dr. Samuel Fuller, of the Mayflower. Fuller, William Hyslop,.unknown: Printed for the compiler, 1914.

The Ralph Jones Family- US 1635 to Current

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Raymond Lineage

** Connected to Godfrey Family at Willam B. Godfrey (1804- ) **

Generation One:
Ralph Jones- b. abt 1623 at England; m. 17 April 1650 Mary Fuller at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1692 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, aged 69 years.
Their Children:
1.Mehitable b. abt 1651 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. John Fuller
2. Matthew b. abt 1653 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
3. Shubael b. 27 August 1654 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA;
4. Jedidiah b. 4 January 1656 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. 18 March 1682 Hannah Davis
5. John b. 14 August 1659 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; d. abt 25 February 1730 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, aged 70 years.
6. Mercy b. 14 November 1666 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
7. Ralph b. 1 October 1669 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. Deborah Coombs; d. aft 1696, aged 26 years
8. Samuel b. abt 1671 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. 26 June 1718 Mary Blish at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
9. Ephraim b. abt 1673 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA;
10. Mary b. abt 1675 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

       Ralph was listed as able to bear arms in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA in 1643. He later removed to Barnstable, Barnstable, MA in 1654. He settled at Scorton. The house stood on the main land within a few feet of the boundary of Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. He was a farmer.
     In 1657 he was fined for not regularly attending meeting. He later became a member of the Quaker Society in Sandwich, MA. He took the oath of fidelity in 1657. In June 1657 Ralph Jones and Edward Dillingham arrested for having Friend's meeting. Jones fined and Dillingham admonished,
     Ralph Jones will dated 11th of 3rd month (May) 1691 and proved 20 April 1692, he "being aged". In it he asked to be buried at the "Quaker Buring Place" in Sandwich and left money to the Quakers, Mentioned wife (unnamed) his father Fuller, sons Shubael, Jedediah, Ralph, Samuel, Mathew, John and Ephraim, the last not yet 21 and daughters: Mercy, Mary and Hittable son Shubael, executor.

Generation Two:
Matthew Jones b. abt 1653 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(1) Unknown Nee Unknown: m(2). 14 January 1688 Mercy Goodspeed at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; d. abt 1 August 1749 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, aged 96 years.
M(2) Children:
1. Benjamin b. 3 January 1690 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. 30 August 1721 Hannah Gifford
2. Ralph b. 5 January 1692 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. 17 March 1721 Abigail Linnell
3. Experience b. 1 March 1697 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
4. Josiah b. 14 June 1702 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
5. Ebenezer b 6 June 1706 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
6. Rebecca b, abt 1708 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

Matthew owned Mr. Nathaniel Bacon's Great Lot at Cotuit. On 16 October 1690, he exchanged this land for 30 acres on the west of John Dunham's land near Santuit. Matthew had a wife before Mercy but the name is unknown. He married at age 18 and remarried Mercy at the age of 22 years.

Generation Three:
Ebenezer Jones- b. 6 June 1706 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m(1) 19 march 1728 Jane King at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 1 March 1732 Hannah Jones at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m(2). 20 March 1740 Rebecca Crocker at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA;
M(1) Children:
1. Hannah b. 20 December 1728 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

M(2) Children:
2. Josiah b. abt 1734 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

M(3) Children:
1. John b. 1740
2.Tabitha b. abt 1742
3. Remember b. abt 1744
4. Barnabas b. abt 1746
5. Hannah b. abt 1748
6. Josiah b. abt 1750
7. Crocker b. abt 1752
8. Silvanus b. abt 1754

Generation Four:
Sylvanus Jones- b. abt 1754; m(1) abt 1779 Rachel Taylor; m(2) 25 September 1796 Ruth Taber at Dartmouth, Bristol, MA

M(1) Children:
1. Tabitha b. 1 October 1780 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1808 Levi Gifford
2. Hannah b. 2 November 1783 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1816 Alden Allen
3. Deborah b. 11 December 1787 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1806 Silas Valler
4. Ruhamer b. 16 September 1790 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1819 Peter Taber
5. Rachel b. 18 April 1793 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. Simeon Valler

M(2) Children:
6. Saul b. 24 March 1798 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1826 Sarah Hoxie; d. 1 November 1876, aged 78 years.
7. Taylor b. 11 March 1800 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA
8. Lydia b. 22 October 1802 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 15 March 1832 Sylvanus Valler
9. Rebecca Crocker b. 1 December 1804 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1823 Branch Harlow;
10. Remember b. 10 June 1809 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 19 February 1839 Edmund Mieggs
11. Hepzibah Wing b. 3 April 1812 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1831 at William B. Godfrey at Fairhaven, Bristol, MA; d. 11 December 1898 at Hanson Plymouth, MA, aged 86 years.
12. Ebenezer b. 19 March 1815 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA

Sources:
1. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Col. 2, Amos Otis, pp. 106-111

The John Churchill Family- US 1643 to Current

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Raymond Lineage

** Connected to the Doten Family at Thomas Doten **

** Connected to Holmes Family at Joseph Holmes (1700-1748) **

** Connected to John Shaw Family at Elkanah Shaw (1703-1765) **

Generation One:
John Churchill b. abt 1620 at England; m. 18 December 1644 Hannah Pontus at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1 January 1663 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 43 years
Their Children:
1. Joseph b. 1647 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
2. Hannah b. 12 November 1649 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1672 John Drew at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3.Eliezer b. 20 April 1652 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 8 February 1685 Mary Doty; d. abt 1716, aged 63 years.
4. Mary b. 1 August 1654 a Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Thomas Doty;
5. William b. 1656 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
6. John b. 1657 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Sarah Cole; d. 13 June 1723, aged 66 years
7. Henry b. abt 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

John first appears on the list of male inhabitants between 16 and 60 years old and able to bear arms in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA in 1643. on 18 August 1645 he bought a farm from Richard Higgins. He was made freeman on 4 June 1650 and was admitted on 5 June 1651. On 20 October 1652 he bought from Nathaniel Masterson, ten acres of upland lying at Wellingsley (Plymouth, MA). He is called a Planter in the deed. According to the Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, p. 331, it is thought his home may have been located where the home of Thomas Sears and Amos Leshure stood.

Generation Two:
Joseph Churchill- b. 1647 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 June 1672 Sarah Hicks at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
Their Children:
1. John b. 3 July 1678 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Margaret b. 1 October 1684 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1708 Samuel Bates; d. 5 July 1764, aged 79 years
3. Barnabas b. 3 July 1686 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 February 1714 Lydia Harlow at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
4. Mercy b. 1689 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. young
5. Joseph b. January 1692 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 13 December 1716 Abiah Blackwell at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA;

John lived on the farm his father owned. Before 1700, he built the house that still stands on Sandy Gutter Road.

William Churchill b. 1656 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 17 January 1683 Lydia Bryant at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 5 October 1722 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 66 years
Their Children:
1. William b, 2 August 1685 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; m. Ruth Bryant
2. Samuel b. 15 April 1688 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; m. Joanna Bryant
3. James b. 21 September 1690 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; m. 27 December 1716 Mary McFarlin; d. 25 December 1754 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 64 years
4. Isaac b. 16 September 1693 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; m. Susanna Leach
5. Benjamin b. 1695 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; m. 2 December 1727 Mary Shaw at Carver, Plymouth, MA
6. Lydia b. 16 April 1699 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; m. 8 November 1727
7. Josiah b. 21 August 1702 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 May 1723 Jemima Hamblen
8. Mehitable b. abt 1704 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; m. 11 January 1727 Elkanah Shaw at Plympton, Plymouth, MA

William inherited lands in Pinkatussett, now known as Plympton, Plymouth, MA. He and his wife were members if the church in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.

Generation Three:
John Churchill b. 3 July 1678 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; 19 November 1700 Desire Holmes at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1 March 1756 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
Their Children:
1. Priscilla b. 27 November 1701 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 31 October 1721 Thomas Rogers at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. aft 1740, aged 38 years.
2. Samuel b. 8 March 1703 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1732 Hannah Curtis
3. Sarah b. 25 April 1706 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1727 Elkanah Totman
4. Phebe b. 8 October 1708 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 February 1726 Joseph Holmes at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. abt 5 October 1772 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 63 years
5. Rebecca b. 11 December 1713 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 October 1731 Elnathan Holmes at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Sources:
1. The Churchill family in America.Churchill, Gardner Asaph,. Boston: Pub. by the family of Gardener A. Churchill, 1904.
2. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth
3. Plymouth Vital Records
4. Plympton Vital Records

The Samuel Sturtevant Family- US 1643 to Current

2010-06-24T22:32:00.000-04:00

Dunbar Lineage

Raymond Lineage

** Connected to Bosworth Family at David Bosworth (1670-1747) **

** Connected to Robert Waterman Family at John Waterman (1642-1718) **

** Underlined names are linked to their connecting pages**

Generation One:
Samuel Sturtevant b. abt 1624; m. abt 1644 Ann Lee at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 16 October 1669 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Ann b. 4 June 1648 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 December 1665 John Waterman at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 9 february 1720 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 71 years.
2. John b. 17 October 1650 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 30 October 1650 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3. Mary b. 7 december 1651 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 22 November 1672 Ephraim Little at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 10 february 1717 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
4. Samuel b. 19 April 1654 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
5. Hannah b. 4 September 1656 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
6. John b. 16 September 1658 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. abt 1685 Hannah Winslow; d. 4 february 1752 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 93 years.
7.Lydia b. 18 December 1660 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
8. James b. 11 February 1663 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
9. Joseph b. 16 July 1666 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 5 December 1693 Hannah Jones at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. abt 1725, aged 58 years.
Samuel Sturetevant was in Plymouth in 1640, this is proven by a lost that was submitted to town meeting on 18 May 1688. The first chronological metion of his name is from a court order dated 3 May 1642 It was a case concerning "corn in partnership' between Mr. John Jenney, Samuel Sturtevant, and Joseph Ramsden.

     In 1643, Samuel Sturtevant and Joseph Ramsden took John Jenney to court "on a trespass action, 20 pounds damage, on 6 June. Also in August of 1643 he was listed among the males between the ages of 16 and 60 able to bear arms. Under the law of the time he was thus a member of the Plymouth Train Band and did normal military service. " After 1645, he was assigned to the north squadron of the Plymouth Company whose emergency assembly point was Jones River" which he helpted to lay out the route across it. He was surveyor of highways on 5 June 1651. He was constable in 1644. He also served as juryamn in 1650, 1656, 1657/58, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1663, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1667, 1668, and 1669. At the Plymouth Town Meeting on May 18, 1668, he was appointed on the committee of twelve to draw up the warrant for the next town meeting to be held on February 21, 1669.

     His first recorded land purchase was on 17 July1645 "when he bought from John Shaw, Jr. for £4:10:0 (payable in good Beaver before October 31, 1645), 20 acres at High Cliff, Plymouth, bounded south by lands of Samuel Cuthbertson, and north by lands of John Shaw, Sr. By October 26, 1647, he had bought other land from Kanelme Winslow. On 25 December 1655, he was granted by Plymouth Town 4 acres of meadow land on the north side of a branch of Jones River. Five years later the town granted him 50 acres of land on the north side of Jones River on the southeast side of his meadow. This 50 acres he exchanged in July 1667, for 50 acres at the south end of Monponsett Pond abutting 50 acres of Mr. William Bradford's. By grant or purchase he acquired considerable other land, and in his right some grants were made to his widow after his death." He lived at High Cliff in North Plymouth.

      His will was made 1 August 1669. It names son-in-law John Waterman, sons Samuel, James, john, and Joseph, and a child "a wife foeth with." To his wife. The inventory of the estate of Samuel Sturtevant was by Ephraim Tincome. Joseph Howland and William Crowe on 22 October 1669.£23, 18s.

Generation Two:
Samuel Sturtevant b. 19 April 1654 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(1) abt 1676 Mercy Cornish; m(2) 12 August 1715 Elizabeth Smith in Beverly, Essex, MA; d. 21 August 1736 at Halifax, Plymouth, MA
M(1) Children:
1. Mercy b. abt 1676 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 18 August 1698 David Bosworth at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 23 April 1707 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 31 years.
2. Samuel b. 12 May 1677 at Halifax, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 January 1706 Mary Price at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 September 1743 Halifax, Plymouth, MA, aged 66 years
3. Hannah b. 10 April 1678 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 23 January 1697 Ebenezer Standish at Duxbury, Plymouth, MA; d. 23 June 1759 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 81 years.
4. Nehemiah b. 1681 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 9 december 1703 Ruth Sampson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 22 August 1744 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 63 years.
5. William b. 1683 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 February 1707 Fear Cushman at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 August 1753 at Halifax, Plymouth, MA, aged 70 years.
6. James b. abt 1687 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 15 February 1710 Susannah Cooke at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; d. 8 May 1756 at Halifax, Plymouth, MA. aged 69 years.
7. Josiah b. 1690 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 24 December 1719 Hannah Church at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 17 February 1774 at Halifax, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years.
8. John b, 11 February 1692 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 June 1720 Hannah Stetson at Halifax, Plymouth, MA
9. Mose b. 15 June 1695 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 June 1720 Elizabeth Horrell at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; d. 1762, aged 66 years

Sources:
1. The Plymouth Scrapbook: the oldest original documents extant in Plymouth. p. viii
2. The New England Historical & Genealogical Refister, Vol 7 p. 180
3. 'The Descendants of Samuel Sturtevant' (published privately by Robert).

The Robert Waterman Family- US 1636 to Current

2010-06-22T21:35:00.000-04:00

Raymond Genealogy

** Connected to John Shaw Family at Benoni Shaw (1672-1751) **

** Underlined names are lined to their connecting pages **

Generation One:
Robert Waterman- b. abt 1600 at England; m. 11 December 1638 Elizabeth Bourne at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. 10 December 1652 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. John b. 19 April 1642 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
2. Thomas b. 30 November 1644 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 October 1675 Miriam Tracy at Norwich, New London, CT; d. 19 June 1708 at Norwich, New London, CT, aged 63 years.
3. Joseph b. abt 1649 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. bef 1674 Sarah Snow; d. 3 January 1710 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, aged 61 years.
4. Elizabeth b. abt 1649 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. abt 1649 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
5.Robert b. abt 1652 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 October 1675 Susanna Lincoln at Hingham, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 May 1741 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA, aged 89 years

Robert was at Salem, Essex, MA by 1636. He removed to Plymouth, Plymouth, MA in 1638 and soon followed suit to Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. He served as a representative there from 1644-1649.

Generation Two:
John Waterman- b. 19 April 1642 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 December 1655 Ann Sturtevant at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 14 September 1718 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Samuel b. 16 October 1666 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. aged 51 years; m. 26 July 1692 Taunton, Bristol, MA; d. 10 March 1718 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 51 years.
2. Elizabeth b. 15 January 1669 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 January 1692 Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1705, aged 35 years.
3. Anne b. 18 October 1671 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m(1) abt 1690 Robert Ransom; m(2) 25 June 1724 George Barrow at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; d. 11 March 1736 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 64 years.
4. Benoni b. abt 1675 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
5. Lydia b. 9 May 1676 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 1697 Benoni Shaw; d. 25 July 1757 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 81 years.
6. Robert vb. 9 February 1682 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m(1)19 March 1702 Mary Cushman at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 5 December 1723 Elizabeth Cushman at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(3) 18 June 1727 Abigail Dingley at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; d. 16 January 1750 at Halifax, Plymouth, MA. aged 67 years.
7. John b. 23 September 1685 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. 29 December 1709 Lydia Cushman at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; d. 7 July 1771 at Halifax, Plymouth, MA. aged 83 years.

Sources:
1. The Waterman Family, Donald Lines Jacobus
2. Bourne Genealogy

The Robert Hicks Family- US 1621 to Current

2010-06-22T20:30:00.002-04:00

Raymond Lineage

1621 Fortune

1623 Anne

** Connected to the John Churchill Family at Joseph Churchill (1647- ) **

** Connected to the George Watson Family at George Watson (1602-1689)**

Generation One:
Robert Hicks- b. abt 1578 at England; m. 1603 Margaret Hicks Nee Unknown at England; d. 24 May 1647 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Thomas b. bef 19 February 1603 at Southwark, Surrey, England; d. 23April 1604 at England, aged 14 months.
2. John b. bef 12 October 1605 at Southwark, Surrey, England
3. Sarah b. bef 25 October 1607 at Southwark, Surrey, England; d. bef. 24 February 1617 at England, aged 9 years,
4. Richard b. bef 17 September 1609 at Southwark, Surrey, England;
5. Samuel b. bef 18 August 1611 at Southwark, Surrey, England
6. Lydia b. bef. 6 September 1617 at Southwark, Surrey, England; m. 1633 Edward Bangs at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. abt 1635 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
7. Phebe b. bef. 15 march 1614 at Southwark, Surrey, England; m. 1635 George Watson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 22 May 1663 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
8. Mary b. bef 11May 1617 at Southwark, Surrey, England; d. 14 September 1619 at Southwark, Surrey, England, aged 2 years.
9. Ephraim b. abt 1625 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 13 September 1649 Elizabeth Howland at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 12 December 1649 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 24 years.
10. Elizabeth b. abt 1627 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 10 July 1651 John Dickerson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
11. Daniel b. abt 1629 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 September 1657 Elizabeth Hanmore at Scituate, Plymouth, MA

Robert Hicks came to New England on the Fortune in 1621. His wife and three of the children came later on the Anne in 1623. He had been a fellmonger, or leatherseller and lived on Bermondsey Street in Southwark, England. The first eight children were baptized at St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey, England. Robert was a freeman by 1633 at Plymouth. He served as an arbiter, appraiser, and rater for taxes in 1633-34. He was part of a committee for dividing meadow land about this time as well. His wife, Margaret was educated. She could sign her name and in his will Samuel Fuller requested "when my daughter Mercy is fitt to goe to scole that mrs Heeks may teach her as well as my sonne." It is thought she taught others, too.

Generation Two:
Samuel Hicks- bef 18 August 1611 at Southwark, Surrey, England; m. 11September 1645 Lydia Doane at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 11 September 1645 at Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
Their Children:
1. Thomas b. 1647 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1698, aged 51 years
2. Sarah b. 1649 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 June 1672 Joseph Churchill at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
3. Dorcas b. 14 February 1651 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Margaret b. 9 March 1654 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
5. Mary b. 1657 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
6. Abigail b. 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
7. Samuel b. 1661 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
8. John b. 1633 at Barnstable, Plymouth, MA
9. Joanna b. 1667 at Barnstable, Plymouth, MA

Samuel Hicks came to America with his mother Margaret on the ship "Ann" to meet father, Robert, who had come previously on the "Fortune". Samuel was at Plymouth 1643 and able to bear arms. He went to Nausett and was constable 1646. Representative to Colony Court 1647 and 1649 with Mr. Doane. Was in Eastham for a short time. Was resident of Barnstable as late as 16?2.

Sources:
1. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/pdfs/hicks_robert.pdf
2. Hicks Genealogy, Mormon Pioneer Library
3. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, MA

The George Watson Family- US 1631 to Current

2010-06-22T08:38:00.004-04:00

Dunbar Lineage

Raymond Lineage

**Connected to the Leonard Family at Thomas Leonard (1641-1713) **

**Connected to the John Shaw Family at Jonathan Shaw (1631-1701) **

Generation One:

George Watson- b. abt 1602 at England; m. abt 1635 Phoebe Hicks at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 31 January 1688 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 87 years.
Their Children:
1. John b. 1636 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Phoebe b. abt 1638 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Plymouth 22 January 1657 Jonathan Shaw at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
3. Mary b. 1642 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 21 August 1662 Thomas Leonard at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. at Taunton, Bristol, MA
4. Samuel b. 18 January 1648 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 20 August 1649 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 19 mos.
5. Elizabeth b. 18 January 1648 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 November 1667 Joseph Williams at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1723, aged 74 years.
6. Jonathan b. 9 March 1652 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
7. William b. 1654 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 6 December 1670 Sarah Perley at Ipswich, Essex, MA; d. 27 June 1710, aged 56 years.
8. Elkanah b. 25 February 1656 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 26 November 1677 Mercy Hodge; d. 8 February 1690, aged 33 years.
9. Jonathan b. 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;

     Captain George Watson is purportedly born about 1602 in Holme on Spaulding, Yorkshire, Grantham, Lincoln or in London according to various sources. Charles Edward Banks recorded his origin as Dedham, Essex, England. George became a Freeman March 1633/34 in Plymouth, although he did not appear on the Freeman List. It is possible that he emigrated from Dedham, Essex, England in 1631 and lived in Penobscot from 1631 to 1633, when he removed to Plymouth. He was a mariner, “Impressed with the barque of which he was master, 2 May 1653.” (PCR 3:29)
      11th Feb 1632: "Examinations of John Deacon, Henry Sampson, George Watson and OliverGallow before Captain Walter Neale in New England; of Thomas Willett and William Phipps before Captain Henry Keye; and of Edward Astley before Attorney - General Noye in the case of Edward Astley. (CSPC).”
      He was listed in 1633 on the Plymouth list of freemen admitted between 1 January 1633 and 1January 1634 (PCR 1:3). He is listed on other Plymouth dates as well: 7 March 1636/7 list of freemen (PCR 1:52), and in the Plymouth section of the 1639, 1658, 29 May 1670 and 1 (blank) 1683/4 Plymouth Colony lists of freemen (PCR 5:274, 8:174, 197, 202). He is also thought to be educated for he signed the coroner's inquest into the death of James Glasse (PCR 3:16) and other documents. His inventory included "books" valued at 13s.
      In 1635 he bought a house and garden in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA from John Jenny (PCR 12:511) On 4 March 1635 George was allowed the rest of the meadow at Island Creek with Mr. Hicks, as well as the following year. (PCR 1:40, 56) On 5 February 1637 he was granted four acres (PCR 1:76) and 7 May 1638 he with others petitioned for land towards the Six Mile Brook (PCR 1:83). He also purchased three acres from William Bradford in 1639 (PCR 12:51). On 20 November 1640he was granted six acres of marsh meadow in Greens Harbor (PCR 1:167). In March 1651 George Watson was one of those with interest in the town's land at Punckateesett over against Rhode Island (PTR 1:37). On 17 March 1654 Goodman Watson was granted "a little slip of meadow above the bridge ... at the South meadows" (PTR 1:208). On 24 May 1662 George Watson's request for land at Mannomett Ponds caused Plymouth to select men to take charge of disposing of lands (PTR 1:47). 27 October 1662 he was on a list of men requesting meadow at the lower south meadow (PTR 1:49). On the same day he was granted fifty acres of upland at Mannomett Ponds (PTR 1:51). George Watson shared lot twenty-two at Puncateesett Neck with John Shaw Sr., 22 March 1663 (PTR 1:67). On 14 April 1664 the six acres belonging to George Watson, which he bought of George Bonum, was acknowledged to him and an exchange of three acres for two acres was ordered (PTR 1:75). Also on 14 March 1663 "Gyles Gilbert of Taunton," yeoman, sold to George Watson of Plymouth, yeoman, the land that had been bequeathed to him by his father Mr. John Gilbert (MD 34:23, citing PCLR 3:1:19). James Davis, sometimes of Plymouth, seaman, sold to George Watson of Plymouth, seaman, "five acres of upland ground lying on the south side of the town of Plymouth"; Mr. Nathaniel Souther, yeoman, sometimes of Plymouth, sold to George Watson of Plymouth, seaman, half an acre of marsh meadow in Plymouth; these two instruments were recorded on 18 November 1664 (MD 34:22, citing PCPR 3:1:18). In a deed acknowledged on 29 October 1670 "Nathaniell Masterson living at York in New England" resigned to George Watson of Plymouth "all my right of a house and garden which was my father's at Plymouth" (PCLR 3:181).
      On 22 August 1681 George Watson of Plymouth, seaman, sold to Joseph Bartlett Sr. of Plymouth, yeoman, a parcel of land at Mannomett Ponds in Plymouth being one-third of a tract granted by the town to George Watson, William Harlow Sr. and Nathaniel Morton Sr. (PCLR 5:158). 9 December 1681 George Watson of Plymouth, mariner, deeded to "Elkanah Watson my dear and natural son" the seventh lot in the Freeman's Land (PCLR 5:108). The final known transaction was on 28 October 1681 George Watson of Plymouth acknowledged that he had exchanged land with Mr. Edward Gray (PCR 6:76).
      He also served in many offices. He was on Grand jury, 4 June 1639 ; Jury on highways, 1 February 1640; Arbiter, 5 March 1643; 6 October 1659, 29 October 1667; Jury, 2 January 1637/8, 1 September 1640, 1 September 1640, 2 March 1646/7, 8 June 1654, 6 March 1654/5, 5 March 1655/6, 7 March 1659/60, 6 March 1661/2, 2 October 1662, 3 March 1662/3, 5 March 1666/7, 1 March 1669/70, 7 June 1670, 29 October 1670, 29 October 1673; Coroner's jury on the body of James Glasse, 26 July 1652, 5 June 1678 on the body of Samuell Drew, 8 March 1678/9 on the body of Thomas Lucase of Plymouth and 28 October 1684 on the bodies of Joseph Truwant and Israell Holmes of Marshfield; Plymouth selectman, 5 February 1665, 13 October 1667; Constable, 6 June 1660, 5 June 1666, 5 June 1672; Overseer of surveying, 7 January 1638/9, 10 January 1661 and manager of exchange of Plymouth land, 21 February 1663. He was also listed in 1643 on Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms.
     George was a captain in the Plymouth Militia. Also, he served in 1653 as Captain of the Bark Expedition under Captain Myles Standish, against the Dutch in New York. At the meeting of the Council of War at Plymouth, 12th May 1653, when public apprehension is aroused of armed conflict with the Dutch of New Amsterdam, two barques were pressed for the service, one the vessel in which George Watson sailed.

Various Court Records:

On 19 July 1631 George Watson testified regarding the activities of EDWARD ASHLEY at Penobscot (MHSP 45:495).

On 6 February 1636/7 George Watson and others were fined for trading with the Indians for corn (PCR 1:50).

On returning home with a load of wood, George Watson and his servant John Bond went to unload the wood, but Bond bumped the mare and she ran away with him on the cart, and he leapt from the cart in front of the wheel and was crushed, as the coroner's jury ruled 23 July 1661 (PCR 3:223).

On 3 May 1664, George Watson and others complained that the whole town of Taunton suffered as a result of James Walker neglecting to leave a sufficient passage for the herrings to go up river (PCR 4:57).

On 1 May 1660 George Watson petitioned the court in behalf of "his son John Watson and his nephew John Banges" that Samuel Hickes was entered in error as the purchaser of their land, when Mr. Robert Hickes should have been entered (PCR 3:186).

Phoebe and Mary are included as daughters of George Watson because there was no other Watson family in Plymouth at this time, the chronology is right, and Phoebe would have been named for her mother.

On 6 March 1665/6 George Watson was granted administration on the estate of Mrs. Margarett Hickes, deceased (PCR 4:117).

      George was deeded 1/2 share in the Taunton Iron Works on 29th March 1663/64 from James Leonard, Sr., father of his son-in-law Thomas Leonard who had married (1662) his daughter Mary Watson. He is deeded another 1/3 share in the Taunton Iron Works on 8th December 1676 from his son-in-law Thomas Leonard. George Watson accumulated wealth in Plymouth in other transactions as well. He received a house and land from Thomas Hope on 29th April 1670. He is deeded a house on 26th October 1670 from Nathaniel Masterson. He received meadow land in Mattapoiset from Joshua Tizdell (Tisdale) on 3rd June 1685. Also, George deeded land on 9th September 1681 to his son Elkanah.

      He died at age 87, and an inventory of his estate is taken on 2nd February 1688/9, was untotalled and included no real estate (PPR 1:37; Gen Adv 1:43).

(Note: Contrary to the long-held belief that George Watson is the son of Robert and Elizabeth Watson of London, there is no evidence that either person ever existed in the colonies. Therefore, the origins of George's birth and parents are yet to be identified. However, an unverified entry is found of a marriage 28th Jun 1602 for Robert and Elizabeth (Pye/Peye/Paye) Watson in Holbeach, Co. Lincoln, England. Their list of children included George, Samuel, Nathaniel, Frances, Thomas, John and Robert.)

Sources:
1. Pilgrim Village
2. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633
3. Plymouth County Court Records
4. Providence Rhode Island Records

The John Shaw Family- US 1626 to Current

2010-06-22T07:19:00.004-04:00

Raymond Lineage

** Connected to the Bryan Family at Stephen Bryant ( ) **

** Connected to the George Vaughan Family at Jesse Vaughan (1735-1815) **

Generation One:
John Shaw b. abt 1597 at England; m. abt 1622 Alice Shaw Nee Unknown; d. aft 30 January 1663 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 66 years.
Their Children:
1. John b. abt 1622 at England; thought to have returned to England after selling land to brother-in-law Stephen Bryant in 1651.
2. Abigail b. abt 1624 at England; m. abt 1646 Stephen Bryant; d. 24 October 1694 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 70 years.
3. James b. abt 1626 at England, MA; m. 24 December 1652 Mary Mitchell at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. Jonathan b. 1631 at Plymouth, Plymouth

      He must have come on one of the first ships for he first appeared in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA in the 1627 division of cattle. He was the leader of the sixth lot. He was also called one of the purchasers or old timers. The family came over later. He was a freeman in 1633 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. He was part of the group that cut a passage from Green's Harbor to Plymouth Bay before 1 July 1633. He was a highway surveyor for Plymouth, MA in 1643 and 1644. In 1645 John Shaw is one of eight men who went out against the Narragansetts.
"John Winslow sold to John Shaw "all his arable land that is lying in that tract of land that is commonly called Knave's Acre otherwise named Woodbee"; part of the consideration was "all the meadow ground that butteth at the upper end of the said arable land" on 8-Jul-1630. In 1633 John Shaw amongst those admitted as a freeman before January 1, 1632/33 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He is found on the tax list at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, assessed 18s on 25-Mar-1633. He is found on the tax list at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, assessed 9s on 27-Mar-1634. He was "allowed to enlarge at the end of his lot lying at Black Brooke" on 14-Jan-1636/37. He was one of three men "to have enlargement of lands abutting above their lots at Playne Dealing, to the nothward", and these are probably the same lots referred to on Apr. 2, 1638 and Feb. 4, 1638/39 on 2-Oct-1637."
      On 22nd July 1648 John Shaw was part of a trial for Alice Bishop, for the murder of her child. She was found guilty and was sentenced to death by hanging. She was most likely the first woman in the are who was convicted of murder and hung. The second colonist, for John Billington had been hung for murder several years before.

      "These sheweth, that on Jul the 22cond, 1648, wee, whosse names are vnderwritten, were sworne by Mr Bradford, gouerner, to make inquiry of the death of the child of Allis Bishop, the wife of Richard Bishope.
     Wee declare, yt coming into the house of the said Richard Bishope, wee saw at the foot of a ladder wh leadeth into an vpper chamer, much blood; and going vp all of vs into the chamber, wee found a woman child, of about foure yeares of age, lying in her shifte vppon her left cheeke, with her throat cut with diuers gashes crose wayes, the wind pipe cut and stuke into the throat downward, and a bloody knife lying by the side of the child, with wh knife all of vs judg, and the said Allis hath confessed to fiue of vs at one time, yt shee murdered the child with the said knife.
John Howland, James Cole, James Hurst, Gyells Rickard, Robert Lee, Richard Sparrow, John Shawe, Thomas Pope, Francis Cooke, Francis Billington, John Cooke, William Nelson,

     Rachell, the wife of Joepth Ramsden, aged about 23 yeares, being examined, saith that coming to the house of Richard Bishope vppon an erand, the wife of the said Richard Bishope requested her to goe fetch her som buttermilke at Goodwife Winslows, and gaue her a ketle for that purpose, and she went and did it; and before shee wente, shee saw the child lyinge abed asleep, to her best deserning, and the woman was as well as shee hath knowne her att any time; but when shee came shee found her sad and dumpish; shee asked her what blood was that shee saw at the ladders foot; shee pointed vnto the chamber, and bid her looke, but shee perseiued shee had kiled her child, and being afraid, shee refused, and ran and tould her father and mother. Morouer, shee saith the reason yt moued her to thinke shee had kiled her child was yt when shee saw the blood shee looked on the bedd, and the child was not there.
Taken vppon oath by mee, WILLIAM BRADFORD,
The day and year aboue written.

     At a Court of Asistants holden at New Plymouth, the first of Aguste, 1648, before Mr Bradford, Gouer, Mr Coliar, Captain Miles Standish, and Mr William Thomas, gent, Assistants, the sd Allice, being examined, confessed shee did comite the afforsaid murther, and is sory for it.
     4th October 1648 (PCR 2:134) Att this Court, Allice Bishope, the wife of Richard Bishope, of New Plymouth, was indited for felonius murther by her comited, vppon Martha Clark, her owne child, the frute of her owne body.

The names of the grand inquest that went of triall of the aforsaid bill of inditmetn, weer these:--

John Dunham, Sen, John Barker, Isaake Weels, Josepth Colman, Mr Thomas Burne, John Allin, Robert Finny, Thomas Bordman, Henery Wood, James Bursell, Ephraim Hickes, Josepth Tory, James Walker, Micaell Blackwell, James Wyat, Daniell Cole.

Loue Brewster,

These found the bill a trew bill.
The petty jurys names taht went vppon her tryall were these:--
Josias Winslow, Seni, Gyells Rickard, Thomas Shillingsworth, John Shaw, Sen, Anthony Snowe, Steuen Wood, Richard Sparrow, William Mericke, Gabriell Fallowell, William Brete, Joshua Prat, John Willis,
    Thes found the said Allice Bishope guilty of the said fellonius murthering of Martha Clarke aforsaid; and so shee had the sentence of death pronounced against her, viz, to bee taken from the place where shee was to the place from whence she came, and thence to the place of execution, and ther to be hanged by the necke vntell her body is dead, which acordingly was executed.

     On 28 December 1653, John purchased from John Winslow  a two acre parcel of marsh meadow in Green Harbor Marsh. Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. Also that same year John and Alice agreed to raise Benjamin Savory, son of Thomas and Annis Savory.

Plymouth Colony Deeds.
John Shaw and Alice his wife to live with them untell hee bee one and twenty yeares of age hee beinge nine yeares old in march next Next ensuing in consideration heerof the aforsaid John Shaw is to pay to the aforsaid Thomas Savory thirty shillings prsent paied; And when the aforsaid Beniamine Savory is one and twenty yeares of age the aforsaid John Shaw is to give him five pounds or a Cow to the worth of five pounds; But if incase that the aforsaid John Shaw or Alice Shaw his wife one or both of them should Decease before the said Beniamines terme of yeares bee expired; the said Beniamine Savory is to stay and serve out his time with Jonathan Shaw the sonne of the aforsaid John Shaw and the said Jonathan Shaw is to pforme all the conditions above mencioned; And likewise the said Jonathan Shaw is to teach him his learning writing and reading within the tearme of yeares above mencioned; And when his time is expired the said Jonathan Shaw is to give him two suites of apparrell and likewise the said Jonathan Shaw is to teach the said Beniamine Savory whatsoever trade the said Jonathan Shaw can Doe; And in Witnesse heerunto wee have enterchangably sett to our hands the Day and yeare above written
In the prsence of John Staw his marke
Robert Lee Alice Shaw her marke
Robert Barker his marke Jonathan Shaw
Willam Spooner his marke Thomas Savory
Annis Savory her marke
[On inner margin of page.]
Jonathan Shaw is cleared of any engagement unto Benjamine Savory; by mutuall Concent of all the psons concerned in these Covenants that are now alive with the approbation of the majestrates att the court held att Plymouth the 4th march 1657

John Shaw deeded land to Jonathan:
John Shaw Sr. of Plymouth deeded to "my son Jonathan Shaw all that my house and land I am now possessed of and live upon in the township of Plymouth aforesaid containing twenty and five acres of upland...provided...I reserve and intrest in my orchard during my life and decease to be my said son Jonathan's...reserve unto my self liberty to employ or improve some small spot of upland for the planting of tobacco...during my life...[also] unto my said son Jonathan all my meadow land fresh or salt in any place belonging to me, in particular three acres of marsh meadow bought of Mr. John Winslow...and six acres more or less of fresh meadow lying on the south arm of Joanes River...one quarter part of my purchase land...

On 31 December 1656, John deeded land to his son James:
      John Shaw Sr. of Plymouth, planter, deeded to his son Sergeant James Shaw of New Plymouth one half of his land at Cushena, unless John Shaw son of the said John Shaw Senior "shall come within the term of four years beginning from the first of March 1657/58" then John Shaw Jr. should have on half of the land given to James Shaw, i.e., one quarter part of the whole on 26-Mar-1658.

John also deeded land to his son-in-law Stephen Bryant:
      John Shaw Sr. of Plymouth deeded to "my son-in-law Stephen Bryant of Plymouth...all that my whole share of land allotted unto me near unto Namassakett...also...another portion of land the south side of the Smelt River...be it forty acres more or less." To the one fourth part of my said lot at Cushena I give unto my son-in-law Stephen Bryant...also my purpose and will is that my daughter Abigail Bryant after my decease shall have my bed and all the furniture thereunto belonging, as also my chest and whatsoever else doth any ways appertain to me" on 26-Mar-1658.

He resided at Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1662, one of the first settlers there.
     On 30th January 1663/64 John Shaw, Sr. gave his son-in-law Stephen Bryant land at Namassakett and Rehoboth, and he gave one-half of his land at Cushena to his son James, and one-fourth of the same land each to his son Jonathan Shaw and his son-in-law Stephen Bryant; he gave his daughter Abigail Bryant his furniture after his death (MD 10:35). On 22nd March 1663/64 George Watson and John Shaw, Sr. are granted a lot on Puncateesett Necke (Ply. Town Recs. 1:67).

Generation Two:
Jonathan Shaw- b. abt 1631 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(1). 22January 1656 Phebe Watson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2). August 1683 Persis Dunham at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 30 July 1701 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. aged 72 years.
M(1) Children:
1. Phebe b. February 1657 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. John Morton; d. 11 June 1686. aged 29 years
2. Lydia b. abt 1660 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 4 April 1689 Nicholas Shaw at Eastham, Barnstable, MA
3. Hannah b. abt 1661 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 5 August 1678 Thomas Paine at Eastham, Barnstable, MA; d. 24 July 1713, aged 51 years.
4. Jonathan b. 1633 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 29 December 1687 Mehitable Pratt at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 January 1729 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 66 years.
5. Mary b. abt 1665 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 11 January 1688 Eleazer Ring at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 28 November 1730, aged 64 years.
6. George b. abt1667 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 8 January 1690 Constance Doane at Eastham, Barnstable, MA; d. 2 May 1720 at Eastham, Barnstable, MA, aged 53 years.
7. Benjamin b. abt 1672 at Carver, Plymouth, MA
8. Benoni b. abt 1672 at Carver, Plymouth, MA

     Jonathan Shaw was the first permanent resident of the now town of Carver. His house at Lakenham, north side, was there as early as 1660. The exact location was on the site of the present Sturtevant house south of the Green. (The present house was built about 1750 and traditionally it is known as the third house built on that site. The Shaw's residence was known to stand midway between Plymouth and Middleboro. By 1700 the Shaws and the Watsons held possession in the west section of Carver. Before moving to now Carver, Plymouth, MA, John was one of many who received forty year grants of various dimensions along the South Meadow River, and he also received a land grant at Lakenham (as mentioned above).

     "Deacon Jonathan Shaw with John Waterman, were appointed the first Deacons of the Plympton Church and are ordained to that office on Sunday 27th November 1698. The First Church of Plympton (now Carver), Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England was located on the North side of the Lakenham Cemetery. The Plympton townspeople had a disagreement about the distance between the church and the location of their homes. The Plympton townspeople decided to let the First Lakenham Church go to "shambles" because it was to far south for them to walk and so a second Church was built at the location where the present day Lakenham Green is."
1. Lydia b. 21 November 1697 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 July 1716 Ebenezer Lobell at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; d. 15 August 1745 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 47 years

Middleborough Town Hall Municipal Records of Deeds, Page 201
An agreement made the 19th daye of of May 1697 between John Soule, Zack Howland and Jacob Tomson agents for the proprietors of the lands purchased by Benjamine Church and John Tomson:
     On the part: and Jonathan Shaw Seniour of the town of Plymouth on the other part: Whereas the said Jonathan Shaw produced a deed of purchase of Tispoquen the Black Sachem: and the two aforesaid purchases seeming to enterfere the one upon the other: we have mutually agreed that the bounds between the two said purchases shall be as we have now run the same: that is to say: from the place where the old Indian path crosseth Mehuchet brook: ranging due south by a range of marked trees unto two small cedar trees marked by the northerly side of a pond: and so cross the pond to a small pine tree marked by the Southerly side of said pond: and from said pine tree ranging northeast by a rang of marked trees unto a red oak marked on four sides with stones about it near the range of the outside of the aforesaid purchase purchased by Benjamine Church and John Tomsom.
This agreement was signed John Soule - X
and Sealed by John Soule, Zack Howland - X
Zack Howland and Jacob Jacob Tomson - X
Tomson the day above said Jonathan Shaw - X
Witness: John Wadsworth
Joseph Vaughan
This agreement was signed and
sealed by Jonathan Shaw Senior
the sixth day of December 1699:
Witness: William Shurtleff
Joseph Vaughan

Jonathan Shaw, Sr, Esquire will was proved 25 September 1701. Inventory was taken on 30 July 1701

Generation Three:
Benoni Shaw b. 1662 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 1697 Lydia Waterman; d. 5 March 1751 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
2. John b. 3 May 1699 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; 26 April 1722 Abigail Perry at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 January 1780 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA aged 80 years.
3. Mary b. 16 January 1699 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 5 December 1727 Benjamin Churchill at Carver, Plymouth, MA; d. 19 April 1777 at Carver, Plymouth, MA, aged 77 years.
4. Margaret b. 28 June 1701 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 10 January 1723 Elisha Lucas at Plympton, Plymouth, MA;
5. Elkanah b. 2 November 1703 at Carver, Plymouth, MA
6. Moses b. 28 June 1704 at Carver, Plymouth, MA' 4 November 1725 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; d. 7 February 1792 at Carver, Plymouth, MA, aged 87 years.
7. Jonathan b. 1706 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; d. 12 June 1772 at Carver, Plymouth, MA
8. Infant b. abt 1708 at Carver, Plymouth, MA
9. William b. abt 1708 at Carver, Plymouth, MA
10. Rebecca b. 1710 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; d. 4 April 1718 at Carver, Plymouth, MA, aged 8 years.
11. Abigail b. abt 1713 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 29 February 1732 Samuel Lucas at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 27 January 1782 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 70 years.
12. Phebe b. abt 1714 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 February, 1736 Jabez Thomas at Plympton, Plymouth, MA
13. Hannah b. 1715 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 November 1742 Ebenezer Tinkham, at Plympton, Plymouth, MA;
14. Benjamin b. 1715 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 November 1742 Mary Atwood at Carver, Plymouth, MA; d. 17 January 1792 at Carver, Plymouth, MA, aged 77 years.

Benoni lived in Carver, Plymouth, MA. He had set aside land for what is now known as the Lakenham Cemetary in Carver. His eight year old daughter, Rebecca, was the first person to be interned there. "Here lyes a child of Benony Shaws Dyed April ye 4th in ye year 1718 in ye 8th year of her age". In 1736 Benoni, George Barrows and Jonathan Shaw ere named by the Precinct to form a committee "to clear and subdue their burial place." In 1741-42 another committee was chosen to see that each lot owner clear his own lot.

Generation Four:
Elkanah Shaw- b. 2 November 1703 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 11 January 1737 Mehitabel Churchill at Plympton, Plymouth, MA; d. 1765 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 61 years.
M(1) Children:
1. Lydia b. abt 1730 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 27 February 1751 John Barrows at Plympton, Plymouth, MA
2. Phebe b. abt 1732 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 30 June 1763 Benjamin Barden at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
3. Mehitable b. abt 1734 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 2 February 1773 James Bosworth at Plympton, Plymouth, MA
4. Margaret b avr 1736 at Carver, Plymouth, MA; m. 26 June 1758 Jesse Vaughan at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 11 April 1789 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 53 years.

Sources:
1.http://www.newenglandancestors.org/pdfs/shaw_john.pdf
2. Plymouth County Records
3. Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691 by Eugene Aubrey Stratton
4. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 4.
5. History of the Town of Carver, MA, Henry S. Griffith, New Bedford, MA 1913
6. Shaw Genealogy, Benjamin Shurtleff

The John Jenney Family- US 1623 to Current

2010-06-13T20:46:00.002-04:00

Dunbar Lineage

Raymond Lineage
1623 LIttle James

**Connected to the Thomas Pope Family at Thomas Pope (1608- ) **

** Connected to the Henry Wood Family at Henry Wood (1622- ) **

** Underlined names are linked to their connecting pages**

Generation One:
John Jenney- b. 1585 Norwich, Norfolk, England; m. 1November 1614 Sarah Carey at Leyden, Holland; d. May 1644 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
Their Children:
1. Child b. Leyden, Holland; d. abt 1681; buried 16 June 1618 St. Peter's Church at Leyden, Holland
2. Samuel b. abt 1619 at Leyden, Holland; m. Ann Lettice;
3. Sarah b.abt 1620 Leyden, Holland; m. 29 May 1646 Thomas Pope at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
4. John b. abt 1623 on the ship the Little James; m. Susanna Wood; d. abt. 1650 , aged 27 years.
5. Susanna b. abt 1625 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Benjamin Bartlett; d. 23 March 1654 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 29 years
6. Abigail b. abt 1625 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 April 1644 Henry Wood at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;

    John Jenney, his wife, Sarah, and three of their children came over in 1623 on the Little James. They landed in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA in August 1623. He was at Leyden, Holland with the Pilgrims at the time of his marriage in 1614, and was thought to be there as early as 1609 when "John Jennings witnessed the betrothel of Robert Peck to Jane Merritt, both from England." His own records state that "John Jenney , a brewer's drayman, from Norwich, in England, but more recently from Rotterdam, was betrothed to Sarah Carey from Moncksoon, on 5 September 1614, Roger Wilson and Jane Lee accompanying them.
Although John Jenney lived in Leyden for many years, he did not become a citizen as did sixty-five of the Pilgrims had. John was known to speak Dutch. On 16 June 1618, he buried at child at St. Peter's Church at Leyden, Holland. At the time he was living at Veldesstraat (Field Street).
      At Plymouth, John was one called "gentleman" and on 25 March 1633-34, he paid the third largest tax in the town of Plymouth, £1:16:00. rated in corn at 6 per bushel. He was listed as a freeman in the Incorporacon of Plymouth in 1633 and later as John Jenney, gen, in a list from 7 March 1636-37. He was listed along with Samuel and John, Jr. as males in August of 1643 who were able to bear arms.
     On 1 October 1643, he was one of five appointed for laying out of the highways. On 5 January 1635-36, he was on a committee of seven chosen "to assiste ye Governor & Counsell to sett shuch rates on goods to be sould, & labourers for their hire, as should be meete & juste," On 6 March of the same year , he and four others were a committee to select a suitable location for two meeting houses. In 1636, John was a Deacon of the Plymouth Church. " Mr. John Jenney on 20 March 1636-37 was appoynted to view the hey grounde from the town of Plymouth to Iland Creeke". On 5 May 1620 he and four others were chosen to view the meadows of Edwatd Doty to compute the numbers of acres. In 1641-1642 he was listed among those persons authorized by the General Court to grand lands in Plymouth.
      He was chosen Governor's Assistant on 5 Janaury 1635 and was reelected to that office for seven years. He traveled back and forth to England many times, one being in 1638. He also served as Deputy to the General Court.
      In the first distribution of land to those who came over on the Anne and Little James in 1623, John was allotted five acres, out of forty-give, that 'lye beyond the brooke to Strawberie-hill, (kown as Mill Hill or Watson's Hill)." The natives called it Cantaugheantiest or Planted Fields. The land is situated on both sides of the Cold Spring Brook. In 1626-27, JOhnJenney with several others became Pruchasers of the English Merchant's interes in Plymouth Colony, this enabled John to get a share of the division of cattle on 22 May 1627.
"The twelueth lott fell to John Jene ^ his companie joyned him:
2. his wife Sarah Jene
3. Samuell Jene
4. Abigail Jene
5. Sarah Jene
    Robert
6. Robert Hickes
7. Margret Hickes
8. Samuel Hickes
9. Ephraim Hickes
10 Lydia Hickes
11. Phebe Hickes
12. Stephen Dean
12 Edward Banges
--To this lott fell the greate white backt cow which was brought over with the first in the Ann, to which cow the keepeing of the bull was joined for these psents to puide for heere also two shee goats."
     In 1636, at the assignement of the "heyground" it was ordered that "John Jenney (and Edward Holman with him, for cow & a calfe) have the grounde from John Wynslow downeward to Mr. Allersons howse, or the creeke there." The next year the same plot was given to him "where he had the last yeare, and to edge more upon the sedgy place, that there may b ehey also gott there fo rthe teame of the towne." On 6 January 1636-37, it was agreed "that the six acres of the lands of John Jenney , and the two acres of Mrs. Fuller lying at Strawberry Hill, enclosed by Mr. Ralph Smyth, shalbe yeilded upp unto them this yeare, that they may ymprove them to the settling of corne; provided that the said John Jenney shall erext a swelling house neare or upon the said six acrees, with are to belong unto the said house as long as it shalbe a dwelling." He also received a grant on 16 September 1641 of "as much more upland as will make his farme at Lakenhame (now Carver) two hundred acres, and when that is used then to have more added to yet in lue of soem land he hath yeilded up at the towne to Gabriell Fallowell"
      The first mill on Town Brooke was built and run by Stephen Deane from 1632-1634. At the inventory of Deane's death the value of the mill was £20. Two years later John Jenney built a mill for grinding corn on the same site and was given the permit on 7 March 1676:

"It is conclued upon the Court That Mr. John Jenney shall have liberty to erect a Milne for grinding and beating of Corne upon the brook of Plymouth to be to him & his heires for ever. And shall have a pottle of Corne towle upon every bushell for grinding the same fo rthe space of the two first yeares next after the said Milne is erected, and afterwards but a quart at a bushell for all that is brought to the milne by others, but if he fetch it & grind it himself or by his servants then to have a pottle toule for every bushell as before."

      For John though the mill was not always a success:
" on 4 September 1638, Mr. John Jenney was psented at Court for diging downe the highway before his mill, to the endangering of man and beast; and six months later, he was psented for not grinding corne serviceable, but to greate losse & damnage, both in not grinding it well, as also causeing ment to stay long before it can be grounde, except his servant to feede."
     These accusations were not supported by evidence and he was released. After his death, on 4 August 1644, Mrs. Jenney "upon the psentment against her pmiseth to amend the grinding at the mill, and to keepe the morters cleane and baggs of corne from spoyleing and looseing." Samuel carried on with the mill. Samuel had apprenteice with his father and later to Kenelm WInslow. John Jenney took two apprecitces, John Smith and THomas Higgins (for 7 to 8 years), they were both working at the mill during John's lifetime.
      John was again at Court for trading with the Indians, which was against the law, 6 January 1636-37:
"Whereas John Jenney, Thomas Willett, and George Watson did, contrary to the auncient lawes of this colony, trade wth the Indians for corne, and thereby both the quabtitie of corn & he value thereof was forfaited to the collony, and that there upon the corne so traded contrary to law was seized to the use of the collony, and that afterwards,, by a publicke order made in Court, it was referred to the bench the said bench doth now order, that thone (the one) halfe of the said corne, and the forfaiture beisdes shalbe freely given to them againe, and theother halfe of the corne shalbe delivered to the Treasurer for the use of the collony, to be disposed as the bench shall see fit."
     On 20 April 1641, John received permission to make salt on Clark's Island and "to use such wood on the island as me may."
      John obtained the home of Richard Marsterson, on Smith's Lane. It was constructed of "hewn plank". John later sold this first framed house of Plymouth to George Watson in 1635 for £23, In February 1638, John bought property at Rocky Nook from John Howland. Since he was most involved with Town Brook and Strawberry Hill, this was most likely an investment. He also increases his holdings in February 1638 with a purchase from Web Adey for £17:20 for :his house and garden place adjoyneing and three acres upon which the house stood inPLymouth." and in June 163, when he purchased of £15 from RIchard Clough, "all his house & garden with the dence abouth the same, together with some posts, rails, and pallasadoes kying in the woods." These lots were on the south side of Summer Street in Plymouth and extended from Spring Lane to the 1883 house of Barnabas Churchill.
      It is thought that his interest in trade, he may have been the owner of the little James, a pinnace-2 masted craft of forty-four tones. Though no evidence is found he did own in 1637 a new barque which he used to travel back and forth to England. It was known as John Jenney's barque.
     John died most likely in early May of 1644, His inventory was taken on 25 May 1644.
The last Will and Testament:
     "The last Will and Testament of John Jenneyof Plymouth gent lately Deceased exhibited to the generall Court the fit of June in the XXth yeare of the Raigne of our Souvraigne Lord Charles Kinge of England & C.

      I John JenneyinNew England being sick and weake in body but through Gods speciall goodness in pfect memorie Do thinke meete to settle that estate the Lord inmercy hath bestowed on me according as I conveive hee requireth at my hands. And therefore Do ordaine this my last will and testament. And therefore having bequesthed my soule to God that gave it and my body to earth whereof it is I do give unto my eldest sonee Samuell Jenney a Double porcon of all those lands I stand possessed of or have right unto within the Government of New Plymuth my will being pformed next of all I give unto Sarah my loveing wyfe whom I ordaine my Executriz my Dwelling house and Mitte adjacent togeter with all the lands thereunto belonging, my will being that shee freely an dfully enjoy it together with all my moveables goods and chattells so lons as God shalbe pleased to continue her life except such as I shall after Dispose of or shee shall willingly and freely part with to any our children according to my will and Desire Alsoe whereas Abugail will Dwell one full yeare with Mr. Charles Chauncy of Scituate before her marriage (puided he be willing to entertaine her) that then my said Daughter Abigall hve two of my cowes and my full consent to marry with the said Henry Wood And in case Mr. Chauncey be against it then I would have her dwell with Mrs. Windlowe of Carewell the said terme of one yeare ffurther as I have given to my eldest sonn Samuell a double porcon of all my lands whatsoever after the death of his said mother so I also give him a Double porcon of my whole estate with the rest of my children viz. John Abigaill Sarah and Susann My will being that after the death of my said wyfe my house and mill an dother my lands and goods be sold or valued to the utmost they are worth and that the estate be equally Distributed amongst my said children Samuel John Abigaill Sarah and Susan as followeth, Samuell to have a double pocon and the rest of the eich a single & equall porcon of the same Last of all I do ordaine my worthy frends Mr. William Feadford now Governor of Plymouth and Mr. Thomas Prence of the same now Overseers of this my last will and testament and Do give eich of them a paire of gloves of five shillings price And in witness that this is my Will have hereunto sett my hand & seale the XXViij of December of Anno DM 1643

John Jenney
(his seale)
Witness hereunto
Edward Winslowe
Thomas Willett
William Paddy"

Will and information on Mrs. Jenney:

Sources:
1. Edward Small and his Descendants, Vol, I, John Jenney Section, Cambridge, The Riverside Press, 1910, p. 488-522

2. Jenney Grist Mill Museum http://www.jenneygristmill.org/

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The Henry Wood Family- US 1640 to Current

2010-06-10T08:04:00.001-04:00

Raymond Lineage

**Connected to the Nelson Family at John Nelson ( )**

**Connected to the George Vaughn Family at John Vaughan (1692-1770) **

** Underlined names are linked to their connecting pages**

Generation One:
Henry Wood- b. 1622 at Sandstead, Surrey, England; m. 28 April 1644 Abigail Jenney at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 30 September 1670
Their Children:
1. Sarah b. 1645 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA; m. 28 November 1667 John Nelson at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 4 March 1675 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 30 years
2. Samuel b. 25 May 1647 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA; m. Rebecca Tupper; d. 3 February 1718, aged 70 years.
3. Jonathan b. 1 January 1649 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1675, aged 26 years
4. John b. abt 1650 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1676, aged 26 years
5. David b. 17 October 1651 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 4 March 1684 Mary Cutherbertson at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
6. Joseph b. 23 July 1653 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 January 1679 Hester Walker at Taunton, Bristol, MA; d. abt 1698, aged 44 years.
7. Isaac b. 1654 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
8. Benjamin b. 23 July 1655 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1694
9. Abiel b. 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
10. James b. 1660 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 April 1693 Experience Fuller; d. 24 December 1728, aged 68 years.
11. Abigail b. 1662 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. David Thomas;
12. Susanna b. 1665 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 1686 David Morton;
13. Mary b. 1667 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 1697 Joseph Dean;

Henry Wood was first found in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA on 16 September 1641. On that date he bought the house and land of john Dunham for seven pounds. He was listed in Plymouth as one of the men able to bear arms. He later moved to Yarmouth, Banrstable, MA. In 1649 he returned to Plymouth, By 1665 he moved to Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. Though not one of the original purchasers he did get the share of John Shaw as part of his original homestead. Henry was one of the original proprietors of the Little Lotmen's Purchase. The home was near the General Abiel Washburn place. He was a freeman in 1648, He served as grand juror 1648, 1656, 1659, and 1668. In 1665 he had one share of thirty acres on the west side of the Nenasket River.

Generation Two:
Abiel Wood- b. 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 16 December 1683 Abiah Bowen at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 10 October 1719 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 60 years.
Their Chidlren:
1. Elnathan b. 14 April 1686 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. Mary Billington; d. 20 April 1752 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 66 years
2. Abiah b. 20 February 1689 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 December 1717 Isaac Tinkham; d. 25 December 1777, aged 88 years.
3. Abiel b. 19 March 1692 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 25 February 1718 Mercy Hackett;
4. Timothy b. 13 October 1693 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 1726 Mary Curtis; d. 22 August 1756, aged 62 years.
5. Jerusha b. 11 November 1695 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 February 1718 John Vaughan at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 1785, aged 89 years.
6. David b. 13 May 1740 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 22 March 1762 Phebe Washington at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA;

Sources:
1. Early Immigrants and Settlers, Alice Smith
2. New England Families, Genealogical Memories: Vol. 2, William Richard Cutter. pp. 903-904

The George Vaughan Family- US 1652 to Current

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Raymond Lineage

** Connected to the John Raymond Family at Amos Raymond (1778-1845) **

""Underlined names are linked to their connecting pages**

Generation One:
George Vaughan- b. 1625 at Wales; m. 1652 Elizabeth Hinkman at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 20 October 1694 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 74 years
Their Children:
1. Elizabeth b. 8 April 1653 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. Isaac Howland; d. 29 October 1727 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
2.Joseph b. 20 August 1654 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
3. Daniel b. 1655 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 3 April 1730 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 75 years
4. John b. bef 7 November 1658 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 1676 drowned, aged 18 years.
5. Mary b. 1 July 1660 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 1683 Jonathan Washburn
6. Mercy b. abt 1664 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. Joseph Due;
7. George b. abt 1670 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 23 December 1708, aged 38 years.

George Vaughan was in Scituate, Plymouth, MA in 1656. In 1663, the family was in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA He was fined that year for not attending public worship. 1 June 1669, William Crow and George Vaughan, with John Tomson and William Nelson, were appointed commissioners to lay the line between the "Namasket Mens Land" called the Major's Purchase, and the towns of Marshfield, Duxbury , and Bridgewater. In 1669 George Vaughan was licensed to keep an Ordinary in Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; being the first person in Middleboro to do so. On 5 July 1670, the General Court conferred twelve acres of land in the Major's Purchase on the south side of Nemasket River, whi had not been recorded and which was ordered a that time to be recorded. In 1671, he and John Morton were appointed by the Court of Commissioners to view damages done to the Indians by the horses and hogs of the English. He was constable in 1675 and bought part of the land in the Tweny-six Men's Purchase, and he was in the garrison at the time the war broke out. George died in 1694 and his will dated 30 June 1694 was proved 10 November 1694 gives to son, Daniel, to daughter, Mary Washburn, to son, Joseph, to daughter, Elizabeth Howland, to daughter, Mercy Due. Eldest Joseph Administrator. The inventory was taken by Samuel Wood and John Bennett. His property amounted to forty-three pounds, wight shillings, and four pence.

Generation Two:
Joseph Vaughan b. 20 August 1657 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 7 May 1680 Joanna Thomas at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 1720 Mary Fuller Vaughan Nee Unknown at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 2 Match 1734 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 79 years.
M(1) Children:
1. Elisha b. 7 February 1680 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 July 1705 Joanna Morton; d. 23 May 1724 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 44 years
2. Jabez b. 30 April 1682 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 23 November 1711 Deborah Bennett; d. 13 April 1773 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. aged 9- years.
3. George b. 3 October 1683 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 1719 Faithful Packard; d. 11 August 1766 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. aged 82 years.
4. Ebenezer b. 22 February 1684 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
5. Elizabeth b. 17 March 1686 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. December 1711 Jonathan Cobb at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA: d. abt September 1736 at Falmouth, Barnstable, MA, aged 50 years.
6. Hannah b. 18 November 1688 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 6 April 1715 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 26 years.
7. John b. 8 September 1692 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
8. Mary b 6 October 1694 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 16 February 1725 John Marriner; m(2) Ebenezer Cobb; d. 15 November 1737 at Falmouth, Barnstable, MA
9. Josiah b. 2 February 1698 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 13 February 1723 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
10. Joanna b. 26 January 1701 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 24 August 1721 William Sampson; d. 11 April 1718 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

Joseph was one of the selectmen of Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. He was first eelcted to the office in 1689 and continued in service for twenty-five years. He also commanded a guard for all of the local militia of the town of Middleboro. He was ensign in 1706 and lieutenant in 1712,
He lived in a home, that was once owned by Captain Nathaniel Wilder. He own a lot of land in Middleboro and was an owner in he Sixteen Shilling Purchse.

Generation Three:
John Vaughan b. 8 September 1692 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 February 1718 Jerusha Wood at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 8 May 1770 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 77 years.
Their Children:
1. Joseph b. 26 January 1719 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 June 1742 Hannah Tinkham; d. abt 1746, aged 26 years.
2. John b. 5 April 1720 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; abt 1746, aged 25 years.
3. Jerusha b. 11 December 1721 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 27 January 1743 John Tinkham at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 65 years.
4. Elisha b. 4 December 1723 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 4 April 1746 Ester Tinkham at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
5. Joanna b. 12 September 1725 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 February 1744 Noah Alden at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 15 February 1824, aged 98 years.
6. Abijah b. 3 November 1730 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
7. Mary b. 4 September 1732 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
8. Jesse b. 13 October 1735 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
9. David b. 13 May 1740 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 22 March 1762 Phebe Washington at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

Generation Four:
Jesse Vaughan b. 13 October 1735 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 26 June 1758 Margaret Shaw at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m(2) Salla Shaw; d. 23 April 1815 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 79 years.
M(1) Children:
1. Mary b. 9 April 1759 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 february 1762 aged 2 years
2. Elias b. 15 June 1761 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 June 1783 Lucy Shaw; d. 10 September 1786, aged 25 years
3. Mary b. 15 January 1764 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. Zenas Thomas; d. 14 July 1782 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 18 years.
4. Jesse b. 26 June 1766 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 14 July 1782 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. aged 16 years.
5. Elkanah b. 20 March 1769 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 March 1794 Polly Clark
6. Jerusha b. 21 November 1771 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 March 1790 Ebenezer Bennett; d. Canterbury, Windham, CT
7. Abigail b. 1775 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. Consider Cole
8. Margaret b. 15 November 1778 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 25 October 1798 Amos Raymond at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. abt 1850, aged 71 years.

Sources:
1. History of Scituate, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1831, p. 364.
2. History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts, Thomas Weston, pp. 60-61

The George Morton Family- US 1623 to Current

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Raymond Genealogy

Anne 1623

** Connected to the John Faunce Family at John Faunce (1610-1654 ) **

** Connected to the John Finney Family at Robert Finney (1693-1764) **

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Generation One:
George Morton- b. abt. 1585; m. 23 July 1612 Julianna Carpenter; d. June 1624 at Plymouth, Plymouth,MA, aged 39 years.
Their Children:
1. Nathaniel b. abt. 1613 at Leyden Holland; m(1) 25 December 1635 Lydia Cooper at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 29 April 1674 Anne Pritchard at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 27 June 1685 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 72 years.
2. Patience b. abt 1615 at Leyden, Holland; m(1) 1633 John Faunce at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) aft 9 June 1660 Thomas Whitney at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 16 August 1691 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 76 years.
3. John b. 1616 at Leyden, Holland; m. 1648 Lettice Hanford at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 3 October 1673, aged 57 years.
4. Sarah b. abt 1618 at Leyden, Holland; m. 20 December 1644 George Bonham at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 August 1691 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 73 years.
5. Ephraim b. July 1623 aboard the Anne;

     George Morton was a merchant from York, England. He is also credited to be the author of Mourt's Relation, the first publication of information about the Pilgrims adventures.

First Known Record of George Morton
"George Morton, merchant from York in England, accompanied by Thomas Morton, his brother, and Roger Wilson, his acquaintance, with Juliana Carpenter, maid from Bath in England, accompanied by Alexander Carpenter, her father, and Alice Carpenter, her sister, and Anna Robinson, her acquaintance. The bans were published July 6-16, 1612. The marriage took place 23 July- 2 August 1612" Dutch Records

     Second Known Record of George Morton is found in the Dutch marriage record in Leyden, Holland from December 15-25 1612 of Edward Pickering, "Merchant from London" with Maycken Stuew, with George Morton present as a witness.

     George came to Plymouth on the Anne in 1623.Nathaniel Morton, the eldest son, wrote in New England's Memorial; "About fourteen days after (the fast held about the middle of July) came in the ship, called the Ann, whereof Mr. William Pierce was master. Two of the principal passengers that came in this ship were Mr. Timothy Hatherly and Mr. George Morton...The latter of the two forenamed, viz., Mr. George Morton was a pious, gracious servant of God, and very faithful in whatsoever publick emplyment he was betrusted withal, and an unfeigned well-willer, and according to his sphere and condition a suitable premoter of the common good and growth of the plantation of New Plimouth; labouring to still the discontents that sometimes would arise amongst some spirits by occasion of the difficulties of these new beginnings; but it pleased God to put a period to his days soon after his arrival in New-England, not surviving a full year after his coming ashore. With much comfort and peace he fell asleep in the Lord, in the month of June, Anno. 1624."

      In the division of land among those who came in the Ann it is recorded that George Morton and Experience Mitchell (named bracketed together) received eight acres abutting "against the Swampe and Reed Ponde". In the same location Thomas Morton, Jr. was allotted on acre. After George's death his widow married Manasseh Kempton.
  b. July1623 aboard the Anne; m(1) 18November 1644 Ann Cooper at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 18 October 1692 Mary Shelly at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 7 September 1693 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 70 years.

Generation Two:
Ephraim Morton- b. July 1623 aboard the Anne; m(1) 18 November 1644 Ann Cooper at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 18 October 1692 Mary Shelley at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 7 September 1693 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 70 years.
M(1) Children:
1. George b. 1645 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 22 December 1664 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 February 1731 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years.
2. Ephraim b. 27 January 1647 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1677 Hannah Finney at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 February 1731 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 84 years.
3. Rebecca b. 25 May 1648 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. Samuel Wood; d. 3 February 1718 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
4. Josiah b. 1653 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 1686 Susanna Wood; d. 29 May 1694 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 41 years.
5. Nathaniel b. 1657 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 21 February 1706 Mary Faunce at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 7 July 1709 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 52 years.
6. Eleazer b. 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
7. Mercy b. abt. 1663 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 23 April 1708 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 17 September 1726 at Plympton, Plymouth, MA, aged 59 years.
8. Thomas b. 1667 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 December 1696 Martha Doty at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 12 September 1748 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, 82 years
9. Patience b. 1667 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 4 May 1693 John Nelson at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 3 May 1715 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, aged 48 years.

Ephraim was born on the ship Anne as it traveled to New Plymouth.  Upon his father’s death he was probably adopted by Gov. Bradford. He was made a freeman of the colony 7 Jun 1648, constable for Plymouth 1648, member of the grand inquest 1654, and elected in 1657 a representative to the Plymouth General Court and remained a member for 28 years. In 1691-2 when Plymouth was merged into Massachusetts Ephraim was chosen one of the first representatives to the General Court. He was head of the Board of Selectmen of Plymouth for nearly 25 years, and magistrate of the colony in 1683. At the time of his death he was a justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He was sergeant of the Plymouth military company, elected lieutenant in 1664, and in 1671 chosen a member of the ‘Council of War,’ in which he was of much service for many years, including the time of King Philip’s War. For many years he was a deacon of the Plymouth Church, having been chosen 1 Aug 1669, and serving until his death.

His will is printed in the Genealogical Advertiser:
     "Will of Ephraim Morton, senr. of Plymouth, dated September 27, 1693, proved Nov. 2, 1693, he "being weak of Body through sickess."
      To wife Mary Morton £10 out of the personal estate; to son Nathaniel £10; to daughter Patience, wife of John Nelson, £5; to daughter Mercy Morton £20; to son George 30 acres given me by the town of Plymouth on the south side of the Eele River, also the best of my wearing apparell; to son Josiah one fourth my lands in Sagaquash; to my two sons Nathaniel and Thomas all my right to a tract of land in Middleboro; to son Thomas lands; to son Eliezer lands in Middleboro; when the legacies are paid, the rest of my personal estate, whether at Plymouth or elsewhere shall be equally divided between my three sons, Nathaniel, Thomas and Elizer, "I having disposed already unto all the Rest of my children such a part to each of them of my estate as I have thought fitt to be their full portion;" son Nathaniel to be sole exexutor.
The will was witnessed by Ephraim Morton, Junior,. Thomas Faunce, and Joseph Faunce, who made oath to said will November 2, 1693.
      The inventory of the estate of Lieut. Ephraim Morton, Late of Plymouth, taken November 1 1693 by Elizer Churchill and Thomas Faunce, was sworn to in court by Nathaniel Morton, November 2, 1693.

Generation Three:
Eleazer Morton- b. abt. 1659 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 11 April 1693 Rebecca Dawes Boston Suffolk, MA;
Their Children:
1. Eleazer b. 8 January 1693 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 December 1754 Deborah Delano at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA
2. Ann b. 19 May 1694 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 15 November 1716 Robert Finney at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
3. Nathaniel b. 24 August 1695 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 April 1720 April Clark at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. abt. 1727 lost at sea.
4. Rebecca b. 9 April 1703 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

Eleazer was married at Boston by the Reverend Samuel Willard.He received from his father's will all the interest in the 16 shilling purchase, so called, in Middleborough, and one-third of his residual personal estate.

Sources:
1. George Morton of Plymouth Colony and Some of His Descendants, John K. Allen, Chicago, IL 1908.