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2401 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III, from entry for James Pemberton, father-in-law of this individual: "...John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43]..."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"...JOHN PEMBERTON, 1642-1691; b. at Charlestown, 24 (2) 1642; m. bef. 1668 at Gloucester, Deborah Blake of Gloucester, b. 1641.
Children:
i. DEBORAH, b. 1667 at Malden; d. at Bradford, 2 Dec 1726 in 59th year (Woodbury, Old Cemetery ... Groveland, MA); m. 22 Dec 1686, Thomas Kimball (Hoyt, Bradford).
ii. EPHRAIM, b. at Malden? aft. 1668; d. prob. at Amesbury or Bradford, aft. 1753; m. (1) 24 June 1707, Hannah Hadley (Amesbury VR; Hoyt); m. (2) Ann Jewett, b. at Bradford, 24 Sept 1698; d. 9 Oct 1763 (Hoyt).
iii. JOHN, b. 1681? at Malden?; d. 28 July 1753, age 72; m. at Bradford, 18 Jan 1710/11, Martha (Cheney) Worcester, widow of William Worcester of Bradford. William Worcester d. 23 Apr 1706 and adm. of his estate was granted to widow Martha on 9 July 1706 (Hoyt, 1030). After Martha died, John Pemberton m. (2) Rebecca Jewett Burpee, b. 24 July 1693 (Blodgett, 5). Children by Martha (Cheney) (Worcester): 1. Mary, b. at Bradford, 25 Nov 1711; d. there, 26 Feb 1762; m. there, 9 Apr 1750, Daniel Dresser. 2. John, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713 (see below). 3. Rebecca, m. 31 Oct 1729 (Blodgette, 57). 4. Jeremiah, b. 3 Apr 1731; d. 6 May 1736. 5. Ephraim, b. 3 June 1733; d. 8 Feb 1736/6. 6. Marthew (i.e., Martha), b. 22 Feb 1735/6; m. 1755, Benjamin Petengil...
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
Bibliography
Anderson, Robert, "The Great Migration Begins," 3:1419-1422,
Blodgett, George B. "Early Settlers of Rowley."
Bodge, George Madison, "Soldiers in King Philip's War."
Boston Record Commissioners, "Boston Births, etc."
Coffin, Joshua, "Sketches of the History of Newbury"
Chamberlain, Mellen, "History of Chelsea" Chapter XIX.
Corey, Deloraine P., "History of Malden."
Currier, John J., "Old Newbury -- Historical and Biographical Sketches."
Cutter, William R., "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relative to Families of Boston."
Hammond, "State Papers of New Hampshire," Volumes 14 and 15.
Hazen, H. H., "History of Billerica; Genealogical Register," 110.
Hill, Hamilton A., "History of Old South Church." 2 v.
Hoyt, David W., "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass."
Lechford, Thomas, "Notebook of Thomas Lechford, 1638-1641."
Lindberg, Marcia, "Three Thomas Marshalls," "The Essex Genealogist," 16 (Aug 1996), 160.
Mass. Probate Records for Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk Counties.
Osborn, Henry F., "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 50:236-237.
Pemberton, Thomas (the antiquary) 1708-; Letter of 1749 (see Titcomb, E. "Early New England People."
Perley, Sidney, "History of Boxford"
Poore, Alfred, "Visitation of the Merrimac Valley" Woodbury MS at Haverhill Public Library Special Coll.
Pope, Charles H., "Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Robinson, "Ancestry of John Robinson, Pemberton Excursus," NEHG Register Apr 1989, 150.
Savage, James, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
Shurtleff, Nathaniel, "History of Boston," 1871.
Titcomb, E. "Early New England People." Pemberton.
Torrey, Clarence A., "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Vital Records for Amesbury, Billerica, Boxford, Bradford, Chelmsford, Concord, Cambridge, Chelsea, Charlestown, Gloucester, Haverhill, Rowley, Ipswich, Newbury, Tewksbury, and most other towns in Middlesex and Essex Counties.
Watkins, Walter K., "Pemberton Family," NEHG Register, 86 [Oct 1892]: 393-397).
Webster, "History of Hudson, New Hampshire."
Woodbury, L A., Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery ... Groveland, Mass. Sewall, Samuel, Diaries... (2 volumes).
IGI -- Probate Records of Suffolk County
Probate Indexes for Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk Counties."
 		Blake, Deborah (I4756)
 
2402 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III, from entry for James Pemberton, father-in-law of this individual: "...Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson..."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"...CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
Bibliography
Anderson, Robert, "The Great Migration Begins," 3:1419-1422,
Blodgett, George B. "Early Settlers of Rowley."
Bodge, George Madison, "Soldiers in King Philip's War."
Boston Record Commissioners, "Boston Births, etc."
Coffin, Joshua, "Sketches of the History of Newbury"
Chamberlain, Mellen, "History of Chelsea" Chapter XIX.
Corey, Deloraine P., "History of Malden."
Currier, John J., "Old Newbury -- Historical and Biographical Sketches."
Cutter, William R., "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relative to Families of Boston."
Hammond, "State Papers of New Hampshire," Volumes 14 and 15.
Hazen, H. H., "History of Billerica; Genealogical Register," 110.
Hill, Hamilton A., "History of Old South Church." 2 v.
Hoyt, David W., "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass."
Lechford, Thomas, "Notebook of Thomas Lechford, 1638-1641."
Lindberg, Marcia, "Three Thomas Marshalls," "The Essex Genealogist," 16 (Aug 1996), 160.
Mass. Probate Records for Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk Counties.
Osborn, Henry F., "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 50:236-237.
Pemberton, Thomas (the antiquary) 1708-; Letter of 1749 (see Titcomb, E. "Early New England People."
Perley, Sidney, "History of Boxford"
Poore, Alfred, "Visitation of the Merrimac Valley" Woodbury MS at Haverhill Public Library Special Coll.
Pope, Charles H., "Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Robinson, "Ancestry of John Robinson, Pemberton Excursus," NEHG Register Apr 1989, 150.
Savage, James, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
Shurtleff, Nathaniel, "History of Boston," 1871.
Titcomb, E. "Early New England People." Pemberton.
Torrey, Clarence A., "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Vital Records for Amesbury, Billerica, Boxford, Bradford, Chelmsford, Concord, Cambridge, Chelsea, Charlestown, Gloucester, Haverhill, Rowley, Ipswich, Newbury, Tewksbury, and most other towns in Middlesex and Essex Counties.
Watkins, Walter K., "Pemberton Family," NEHG Register, 86 [Oct 1892]: 393-397).
Webster, "History of Hudson, New Hampshire."
Woodbury, L A., Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery ... Groveland, Mass. Sewall, Samuel, Diaries... (2 volumes).
IGI -- Probate Records of Suffolk County
Probate Indexes for Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk Counties."
 		Gibson, Samuel (I4754)
 
2403 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III, in a biography about Richard Norman, Sr.:
"...Richard, b. about 1623 (deposed aged about fifty 19 March 1673/4 [EQC 5:256], deposed aged about fifty-seven at June Term 1680 [EQC 7:386]); m. by about 1650 Margaret ____ (daughter Elizabeth "d. in 1732, aged eighty-two" [Sarah Stone Anc 52])..."

2. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"...Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset...
vi. Richard Norman, b. ca. 1623-24; m. ca. 1650, Margaret ___. He deposed, aged about 50, on 19 March 1673/4 and on 2 Dec. 1674.[14] His baptism was not found in Charminster, so the family probably moved from there about the time that they disappeared from the register.
Footnotes...
14. "Essex Court Records," 5:256, as cited in Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1335; Christopher Johnston, "Thomas Weston and His Family," "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 50(1896):201-6, at 202-3."

3. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 49-53:
"LIEUT. RICHARD2 NORMAN (Richard1) was born about 1623, his age being given as fifty in 1673 and fifty-seven in 1680. His first appearance in the Essex County records is in 1643, when he was fined ten shillings "for carrying a burden on the Lord's day," his father answering for him. He lived in Marblehead with his father, and in 1653 the "old planter" deeded the homestead to him. (Records and Files, etc., III: 368.) He married Margaret ___ about 1649.
Richard Norman was engaged in the fishing trade and he also kept an inn, receiving a license each year from 1669 until 1679. In 1682 the selectmen again recommended his appointment by the Court, saying "the situation of our place being a Seaport towne, and the concourse of many strangers especially in the summer season being such that one particular house of entertainment cannot with any convenience accomodate all" … Left. Richard Norman is one "who will (we hope) endeavour to keep such good orders in his house that none may charge with just matter of complaint." (Records and Files, etc., VIII: 318.)
He served the town of Marblehead as selectman in 1670, 1671 and 1672, took the freeman's oath in 1680 and was the town constable that same year. His military career began in 1675 when he was ensign of the local foot company and four years later he was confirmed as its lieutenant. The town failed to send its quota of troops to the defense of the province in King Philip's War and was fined. £10 for this neglect, and Lieut. Norman, as one of the military commissioners, petitioned the court that half of the fine be remitted. He served in the Jury of Trials in 1668, 1673, 1676 and 1677.
On August 11, 1683, a jury impanelled "to enquire to the untimely death of Lieut. Norman" found that being in a shallop at Moulton's Misery (Misery Island) he leapt out intending to swim ashore, but was drowned. Administration was granted to his widow Margaret Norman and Lieut. John Pickering and an inventory taken by Moses Maverick and James Dennis showed an estate of £398. Among the papers in the probate court docket is a list of Norman's children -- Rebecka, Richard, William, John, Elizabeth, Joseph, Benjamin and Jonathan. The administrators were authorized to pay the widow and eldest son £80 apiece. Margaret Norman married Robert Goodwin October 15, 1685, and died before 1705 when administration on the estates of Mr. Richard Norman and Margaret his wife, both deceased, was granted to their eldest son, Mr. John Norman, joiner. He sued his step-father, Robert Goodwin, for his father's house in 1706. (Supreme Judicial Court, No. 6962.) The undivided estate then consisted of property valued at £226, including a tract of land at Dunstable. The death of John Norman again interrupted the settlement of the estate, and Moses Norman, a grandson, was appointed to complete it on March 15, 1708/9. (Essex Probate, 303: 103; 308: 407; 310: 88.)
Children:
i. REBECCA, b. about 1650; m. Edward Diamond of Marblehead, who was b. about 1642; d. in 1732, aged eighty-two. In that year her children William, Thomas and Aholiab Diamond, Mary Tucker, Hannah Fettyplace, and her grandchildren Rebecca Treffry, Michael and John Wormistall sold to her son Joseph Diamond all their rights in the homestead of Edward and Rebecca Diamond at Marblehead. (Essex Deeds, 61: 239.)
Children:
1. William Diamond, b. May 9, 1671; a shoreman in Marblehead in 1732.
2. Mary Diamond, b. Oct. 7, 1672; m. Andrew Tucker, Jr., of Marblehead Nov. 6, 1690, and was his widow in 1732.
3. Rebecca Diamond, m. (1) Michael Wormistall July 5, 1696; had sons John and Michael and daughter Rebecca (who m. Thomas Treffry in 1715); she probably m. (2) Edward Hammond June 1, 1709.
4. Aholiab Diamond, b. March 16, 1679; m. Lucy Bond Aug. 14, 1701; a fisherman in Beverly in 1732.
5. Thomas Diamond, b. Jan. 28, 1684; m. Margaret Wilkins, June 6, 1706; a fisherman in Salem In 1734.
6. Edward Diamond, bapt. Sept. 11, 1687.
7. Richard Diamond, bapt. Sept. 11, 1687.
8. Joseph Diamond, bapt. Oct. 7, 1687; of Salem in 1732.
9. Benjamin Diamond, bapt. Nov. 24, 1689.
10. Hannah Diamond, b. Oct. 28, 1694; m. William Fettyplace Feb. 21, 1714/15; living in Marblehead in 1732.
11. Rebecca Diamond, b. 7: 16: 1695. (Possibly the clerk made an error in recording the name of this child, as Edward and Rebecca Diamond had a daughter Rebecca living in 1695. The Cressey Genealogy, in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 31, p. 199, states that Rebecca, dau. of Edward and Rebecca Diamond, m. Job Cressey of Salem June 27, 1723. As this couple named a daughter Lucy, it is more likely that the wife of Cressey was Rebecca, dau. of Aboliab and Lucy (Bond) Diamond, who was born Jan. 13, 1703.)
ii. RICHARD; his name appears in the list of the children of Lieut. Norman, attached to the inventory of the estate in 1682, but, as no further reference to him whatsoever is found, it is probable that he d. before reaching majority.
iii. WILLIAM; an apprentice of William Beale of Marblehead, from whom he ran away in 1665, being caught at Ipswich, placed in jail and sentenced to be whipped ten stripes (Records & Files, III : 263.); Beale assigned his interest in Norman to Capt. Thomas Savage, with the approval of the court, at the same session; m. Rebecca ___; d. before 1699 when Samuel Walton of Wenham deeded land to his widow (Essex Deeds, 13 : 221.); his widow, Rebecca, was a shop-keeper in Marblehead, and conveyed her two houses, goods and jewels to her son-in-law Joshua Orne in 1715/6 (Essex Deeds, 29 : 261); Orne was appointed to administer her estate in 1728. (Essex Probate, 318: 178.)
Child:
1. Elizabeth; m. Joshua Orne Nov. 23, 1704.
iv. JOHN, b. about 1658; m. Sarah Maverick, daughter of Moses and Eunice Maverick of Marblehead Nov. 10, 1683; appointed administrator of the estates of his father and mother, as eldest son, Sept. 3, 1705; will, dated Jan. 25, 1708/9, and proved Feb. 25, 1708/9, describing him as a carpenter and joiner, appoints his wife Sarah executrix and Mr. Richard Grover and Mr. Eleazer Ingalls overseers, and directs that his estate be divided when his youngest child reaches the age of eighteen. (Essex Probate, No. 19560.)
Children:
1. Richard, b. Sept. 4, 1684; d. s. p. before 1723/4.
2. Margaret; d. April 12, 1685.
3. Eunice, bapt. March 21, 1686; m. Samuel Raymond of Beverly, mariner, Nov. 21, 1704; in 1720/1 he purchased from her brothers John and Joseph their right in the house in Marblehead given by their grandparents, Moses and Eunice Maverick, to their mother (Essex Deeds, 39 : 184.); widow, living in Marblehead in 1724.
4. Moses, b. 1687; m. Anne Bullfinch in Boston Aug. 30, 1716; mariner; appointed administrator of the estates of his grandparents, Richard and Margaret Norman 1708/9, and still acting as such in 1717 will, dated Oct. 15, 1716, in Boston, leaves entire property to wife Anne; inventory Jan. 3. 1731; three children, Moses, John and Anne, wife of Thomas Eggleston. (In a deed to Philip English, in 1719, Moses Norman of Boston, mariner, is stated to be only son of John Norman of Marblehead, shipwright (Essex Deeds, 36: 16). In 1723/4, however, Moses Norman of Boston, mariner, joins his two brothers and three sisters, all described as children of John Norman of Marblehead, in a conveyance to Joseph Neal of Salem (Essex Deeds, 43: 173). The first description is obviously an error.)
5. John, b. 1690; d. young.
6. Sarah. bapt. May 14, 1693; m. John Broughton of Marblehead Dec. 3, 1718; in 1723 she sold to her brother John a house and land inherited from her grandfather Maverick; she joined in the 1723/4 deed to Joseph Neal.
7. Benjamin, b. 1694; d. young.
8. John, bapt. April 26, 1696; m. Mary Cox Sept. 15, 1720; fisherman; administration granted to widow Mary July 5, 1725. (Essex Probate, 314: 221; 316: 25.)
9. Benjamin, bapt. Oct. 8, 1699; cordwainer and fisherman of Marblehead; with his brother John sells house and land (Essex Deeds, 39: 184.) given to their mother Sarah Norman by their grandparents Moses and Eunice Maverick to their brother-m-law Samuel Raymond, in 1720/1.
10. Jonathan, b. 1701; d. before 1723/4.
11. Elizabeth, bapt. Sept. 8, 1706; m. William Edgella Boston Aug. 2, 1725; sold property inherited from her parents to Joshua Orne, husband of her cousin Elizabeth Norman, July 26, 1725. (Essex Deeds, 47: 37.)
v. Elizabeth, m. (1) Aholiab Diamond Jan. 8, 1685/6; m. (2) William Hine Nov. 13, 1688; purchased a portion of her father's land from nephew, Moses Norman, the relationships being fully described, June 10, 1711 (Essex Deeds, 39:176.); d. Oct. 15, 1716; in 1722 William Hine and wife Mary conveyed to William Hine, Jr., the house of his grandfather, Richard Norman. (Essex Deeds, 38: 276.)
Child, by first husband:
1. Susanna Diamond. bapt. Sept. 11, 1687, in Marblehead; m. Joseph Woolcomb March 30, 1713, in Marblehead.
Children, by second husband:
2. William Hine, bapt. March 29, 1691.
3. Richard Hine, bapt. Jan. 6, 1694/5.
4. Joseph Hine, bapt. March 21, 1696/7.
5. Elizabeth Hine, bapt. April 3, 1700.
6. Hannah Hine, bapt. March 14, 1701/2.
7. Benjamin Hine, bapt. Sept. 16, 1705.
vi. JOSEPH; m. Mary Collins Jan. 24, 1688/9; his widow Mary appointed administratrix of his estate and an inventory filed Nov. 18, 1691 (Essex Probate, 303 : 95, 101.); she m., second, Henry Hooper of Marblehead, who was made joint administrator Dec. 6, 1692.
vii. BENJAMIN; d. young.
viii. JONATHAN; administration granted to his step-father and chief creditor, Robert Goodwin, April 21, 1713 (Essex Probate, 310 : 539.); in 1714, Goodwin sued Moses Norman, as administrator of the estates of his grandparents, Richard and Margaret Norman, for Jonathan Norman's one-seventh share thereof, stating that one child of Mr. and Mrs. Norman had died before reaching majority."

4. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:102-103, "NORMAN. RICHARD (a.1580-aft.1653) OF MARBLEHEAD, MA":
"... Richard Norman - Born about 1580. Died 1682. He m. ___ in England. He came to Salem, MA by 1630. Savage (3:288) says he came in 1626, probably from Dorchester, Dorset. Tingley says he was with Governor Roger Conant's company in 1625 in Salem (?). Tingley makes a statement that is difficult to interpret: "It is supposed that he was the Richard Fryeth alias Norman, who Oct. 23, 1603, brought suit against his step-mother and half-sister, Agnes Greenleaf, but no proof has been found". Children (Salem 3:288)
a. John Norman - B.a. 1613, England. Died 1673, age 60. He m. Arabella ___, who died 1679. Eight children (1637-1656).
b. Richard Norman, Jr. - B.a. 1624, England. Died 1683, Marblehead, MA. He m. (1) Elizabeth Whitridge, 15 July 1654 (1635-1659), daughter of William Whitridge. He m. (2) Margaret, daughter of William Flint and Alice Bosworth. She m. (2) Robert Goodwin. Three children by first wife (1656-1658) and six by second (1661-1672).
c. Susanna Norman - She m. (1) Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Fairfield, CT. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris. Six children by first husband (1634-1643).
d. William Norman - He m. (1) ___ in England, and he left her there. Maine (p. 512) says he m. (2) Margery Randall, while still married to his first wife. On 11 Mar. 1650/1, in Wells, ME, they were legally separated and he was banished after failing to divorce his first wife in England. His second wife m. (2) Thomas Spinney. One daughter.
e. Margaret Norman - Born England. Died before 1694. She m. (1) Robert Morgan, 27 Jan. 1638, Salem, ME (1601-1673). She m. (2) Samuel Fowler (a.1618-1711). Eight children by first husband.
Richard Norman had five children and at least 32 grandchildren.
Reference: Some Ancestral Lines, Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935."

5. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 267-68:
"RICHARD1 NORMAN, born England, probably Dorchester, by about 1587, died Salem MA after 22 April 1653 but before 27 June 1664; married England about 1611 (birth 1612) (___), possibly Margaret Alford)), born there say 1590, died Marblehead MA after 1645.
Richard1 was in Cape Ann (Gloucester) MA by 1626, living in Salem 6 September 1628, and in Marblehead in 1645. He came to America as an employee of the Dorchester Company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this group, which undoubtedly received additions from England from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 under the leadership of Roger Conant, and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company." These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters".
He participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and undoubtedly had received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman probably was not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find him living on "Darby Fort side" (Marblehead), where he may have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. The last record we have of him is in 1653, when Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard (Torrey 538).
Children, surname NORMAN...
v. RICHARD, born England about 1623, died Marblehead MA 1683; married (1) there 15 July 1654 Elizabeth2 Whitridge, born England say 1625, died Marblehead 1659, daughter of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who probably came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635; married (2) there 28 March 1660 Margaret2 Flint, born probably England 1635, died Marblehead 1705, probably daughter of William1 and Alice1 (Bosworth) Flint, married (2) there 15 October 1685 Robert1 Goodwin, born probably England say 1625 (Torrey 538 and 312).
("MA & ME Families in Ancestry of W. G. Davis", W. G. Davis, 1996; Colket 221; Pope 330; Savage III:288; "Great Migration Begins", 1:1334, R. C. Anderson, 1995)"
 		Margaret (I496)
 
2404 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III, pp. 1419-21:
"JAMES PEMBERTON
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Charlestown
Removes: Malden
Freeman: Requested 19 October 1630 [MBCR 1:80]. Education: He made his mark to his will. Estate: Granted two acres of planting ground at Charlestown, 10 January 1634/5 [ChTR 12]. Had hay ground allotment of one in 1635, which was increased to two [ChTR 19, 20]. Had five acres of land Mystic Side, 1637 [ChTR 27]. Had 2½ cow commons, 1637 [ChTR]. In Mystic Side allotments of 23 April 1638 received five shares as his first proprotion [ChTR 36 (second and third proportions illegible)]. In cow commons on stinted common had 2½, 30 December 1638 [ChTR 42]. In the 1638 Charlestown Book of Possessions James Pemberton held eight parcels: half a rood of ground; two acres arable land in East Field; two acres arable land in Line Field; two and a half cow commons; five acres woodland in Mystic Field; one acre meadow in Mystic Field; five acres woodland in Mystic Field; and thirty-two acres of land in Water Field [ChBOP 14]. On 12 May 1648 James Pemberton acknowledged that he had sold one stinted cow common to Robert Hale of Charlestown [ChBOP 104]. In his will, dated 23 March 1659/60 and proved 1 April 1662, "James Pemberton of Maldon ... being weak in body" bequeathed to "my son Edward Barlow all that my upland ground he now is resident upon containing four acres and to my daughter Mary his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies for ever"; to "my son Edward Barlow, his wife, my daughter, and their children aforesaid, my orchard plot and the fresh meadow thereunto adjoining containing one acre ... only one half part of the grass for hay for my wife during her life"; to "my daughter Sara £10"; "my dwelling house with all the land belonging to it being ten acres more or less, five acres of land in the great swamp, all my salt marsh ... with all other my estate whatsoever not before particularly disposed of I give one half part unto my son John ... the other half part I give unto my beloved wife Margit Pemberton during her life, and after her decease to my son John and his heirs"; "my wife and my son John executors"; "my friend Joseph Hills Sr." overseer [MPR Case #17117]. The inventory of the estate of James Pemberton was taken 5 February 1661[/2] and totalled £84 12s. including £72 in real estate: "one dwelling house," £12; "ten acres of upland, and five of swamp," £30; "four acres of upland more and one acre of orchard & meadow," £18; and "four acres of meadow more," £12 [MPR Case #17117]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: Malden 5 February 1661/2. Marriage: (1) By 1633 Alice ____; "Alice Pemberton" was admitted to Charlestown church 31 August 1633 [ChChR 8]; she died after 1642 and before 1653. (2) By 1653 Margaret ____, named in his will. She deposed on 15 December 1662 aged about fifty years [Pope, citing Middlesex Files]. Children:
i James, bp. Charlestown 14 September 1633 [ChCh 45]; no further record.
ii Mary, bp. Charlestown 3 April 1636 [ChChR 46]; m. by about 1656 Edward (or Edmund) Barlow (at least two children born to this couple by 23 March 1659/60, date of her father's will).
iii Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson.
iv John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43].
Comments: James Pemberton was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown in December 1633, and was in the lists of inhabitants of 9 January 1633/4 and January 1635/6 [ChTR 9, 10, 15]. He signed the town agreement establishing the office of selectman, 10 February 1634/5 [ChTR 12]. There is no record of this James Pemberton in New England between his request for freemanship in September 1630 and his reappearance in Charlestown in 1633. This gap, and especially the fact that he was not made a freeman in May of 1631, suggests that he returned to England for some portion of these years. There is even the possibility that the 1630 man is not the same as the one who appeared in 1633 in Charlestown. About 1640, James Pemberton, Prudence Wilkinson, and others petitioned that having been inhabitants of Charlestown and now planters on Mystick side, found that the town meeting had passed very prejudicial and unreasonable rules to the detriment of the planters and they sought redress from the court [Lechford 365]. Savage notes that this James Pemberton "perhaps removed to Hull for a short time, about 1647" [Savage 3:387]. Savage is off by a decade, and it is not certain that these records apply to James Pemberton of Charlestown. 12 March 1637/8: "James Pemberton is referred to the committee of the next Court about the ground which he had at Nantascot" [MBCR 1:226]. 2 May 1638: "There is ten acres of land granted to James Pemberton, part of it the land formerly planted by him, & the rest joining to it at Nantascot" [MBCR 1:229]. On 19 October 1652 the court judged that the island claimed by James Pemberton, and called by his name, did belong to him [MBCR 3:291]."

2. I include the following quote since it specifically says that the following John Pemberton was a brother of James Pemberton, but not our James Pemberton of Charlestown/Malden. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"JOHN PEMBERTON
Origin: Unknown Migration: 1632 First Residence: Boston Removes: Newbury by 1639 RETURN TRIPS: Returned to England permanently after 28 March 1648 Occupation: Weaver. Church Membership: Admitted to Boston church as member #153, which would be late in 1632 or early in 1633 [BChR 16]. On 26 November 1639 "our brother John Pemmerton," who had been earlier recommended [but not dismissed] to the church at Newbury, was admonished for "his unbrotherly contention with our brother John Baker," but on 19 July 1640 was reconciled with the church [BChR 26, 30; MBCR 1:269]. Freeman: 1 April 1634 (as "John Pemerton") [MBCR 1:368]. Education: On 12 August 1636 he contributed 3s. to Boston school [BTR 1:160]. Signed a writ of attachment as constable [of Newbury], 10 November 1647 [EQC 1:130]. Offices: Essex petit jury, 4 November 1645 [EQC 1:86]. Newbury constable, 10 November 1647 [EQC 1:130]; on 28 March 1648 "John Pemarton fined 40s. for refusing to serve a replevin writ brought by John Davis" [EQC 1:141]. Newbury "lot layer," 22 December 1645 [Newbury Hist 43]. Estate: An order of the Boston selectmen dated 17 October 1636 mentions John Pemberton's house [BTR 1:12]. On 8 January 1637/8, according to an order of 14 December 1635, granted Great Allotment of eight acres at Muddy River [BTR 1:23]. In 1639 Robert Harding sold to Thomas Savage several lots in Boston, including "one acre of upland and three-quarters of an acre of marsh which was the lot of John Pemberton" [Lechford 206-07]. Newbury proprietor, 7 December 1642 [Newbury Hist 292]. In his will, dated 9 September 1653 and proved 25 March 1654, "John Pemerton" of Lawford in the county of Essex, weaver, bequeathed "my worldly goods being in New England, in the custody of Hercules Woodman, living in Newbery in the county of Essex, or his assignes, I give and bequeath unto my daughter-in-law Deborah Gofe, there born" and all the estate in England; "my loving kinsman and faithful friend, John Beeston of Dedham" executor; "if my said daughter-in-law should die without heirs" then "my means in New England to my brother James Pemerton and to my sister Robinson, to be equally divided"; other goods to be divided between "my three brothers, William, Richard and Thomas" [Waters 89-90]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: Lawford, Essex, between 9 September 1653 (date of will) and 25 March 1654 (probate of will). Marriage: On 11 June 1633 the Massachusetts Bay court ordered that "John Pemerton shall be whipped, bound to his good behavior, & enjoined to make his appearance at the next Court, for committing fornication with Eliz: Marson" [MBCR 1:105], and they were presumably married about the same time. She died at Newbury 22 February 1645[/6?]. Children: None recorded. Associations: Brother of James Pemberton of Newbury. (This brother was not James PEMBERTON of Charlestown and Malden.) Comments: John Pemberton and JohnBAKER in the late 1630s were involved in a dispute of an unknown nature which came to the attention of the Boston church, even though both men were at the time residing in Newbury [MBCR 1:269; BChR 26, 30; WP 4:128]. Savage suggests that "[p]erhaps he returned to Boston, [and] married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Marshall, the shoemaker" [Savage 3:387]. The husband of this woman was James Pemberton, brother of John Pemberton. On 28 [December] 1641 "Jo[hn] Pemerton and the wife of John Robinson of Newberry presented for obscene and filthy speeches and carriages" [EQC 1:39]. In Essex court as both plaintiff and defendant, 28 September 1647 [EQC 1:125, 127]."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"My research on James Pemberton convinces me that there had to be two James Pembertons in New England in the early 1600s (each of whom had a brother John) and each about the same age -- James Pemberton of Charlestown and Malden who died in 1661, and James Pemberton of Newbury and Boston who died in 1696. Both used the same Christian names and both were in the Boston, Charlestown, Chelsea, Malden area during the 1st and 2nd generations (1630-1700). The Malden family moved up into Essex County and the Boston families stayed in Boston, or went to Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The following essay is the result of my efforts to make a connection between the descendants of James Pemberton and Rachel Spaulding (of which I am one) and his progenitors.
James Pemberton of Billerica, Mass. and Hudson, New Hampshire was born about 1730 and was baptized, as an adult, in 1755 in Billerica (Vital Records). His first wife was Sarah Dutton, who was born at Westford, MA in 1741 and died at Billerica in 1760. They had a son James, born at Billerica in 1760 and of whom nothing more is known. James Pemberton married secondly, in 1761, Rachel Spaulding of Concord, Mass. (ibid.). She was the daughter of Leonard Spaulding of Concord. James Pemberton died in New Hampshire after 1803. I have been unsuccessful in finding the ancestry of James Pemberton. In my search, I have come upon many confusing conclusions drawn about the 1st and 2nd generations of Pemberton immigrants from 1630 to about 1700.
"The Pemberton Family," by Walter K. Watkins of Boston (NEHG Register [Oct 1892], 392-397) provides the only genealogy of New England Pembertons. In the preface, Watkins states: "John and James just mentioned must not be confounded with James of Malden who died 5 February 1661/2, and his son John who died in 1691, and whose descendants lived in Middlesex and Essex Counties, more particularly at Billerica and Bradford, Mass. and Hudson, New Hampshire. A footnote provides more information on James of Malden: "He was a partner of Capt. Robert Keayne" (which is questionable), and his son John married Deborah Hills (which is proven incorrect). James Pemberton of Malden married Deborah Blake of Gloucester. John had two sons, Ephraim and John, from whom the Middlesex and Essex families are descended." (See Administration for John Pemberton's estate; 1642-1691).
I have traced the descent from James of Malden to a John Pemberton, son of John of Tewksbury, born at Bradford, in 1739. He was probably the John Pemberton who "died of disease at Crown Point, 11 Sept 1760," thus leaving no apparent male descendant who could be connected to James of Billerica. One wonders where Watkins got his information about descendants who lived in Middlesex and Essex counties (particularly Billerica, Bradford and Hudson, NH), which point directly to James of Billerica, as well as the fact that the sons of James (Abel, William and John), born in Hudson, returned to, or had strong family ties to the East Bradford (Groveland) Pembertons. There also remains the question about James, son of James of Malden, bpt. at Charlestown, 14 September 1633. Nothing further has been found about him. He is not mentioned in his father's will. "Pope" suggests he died young. "Chamberlain" thinks he may have been the James "tenant and partner" of Capt. Robert Keayne. This seems to be impossible in light of what is known about James, who was born in 1622? and died in 1696.
There is a James Pemberton serving in a Malden company in King Philip's War, and a John Pemberton (probably son of James of Malden) and a Thomas Pemberton. Such recruitment included men from Boston and vicinity, so this James is not necessarily of Maiden, though there does not appear to be any other possibility. James Pemberton, son of James and Sarah (Marshall) removed to Maryland in 1670. There also was a James Pemberton with property in Medford in 1659, but he is not further identified. Having found no connection of James of Billerica to James of Malden, I turned to the less-promising line stemming from James of Newbury and Boston, born about 1622 and died 1696. He had a brother John, who appeared first in Boston in 1632, then removed to Newbury and married Elizabeth (surname unknown), who died 22 February 1645. John's sister Elizabeth married, by 1641, John Robinson in Newbury. Robinson returned to England before 1653, where he died without issue in 1654 ("Ancestry of John Robinson," NEHG Register [April 1989], 150-151).
The first recorded appearance of James of Newbury and Boston (about 1622 - 1696) was in Newbury in 1646 (Newbury Vital Records). Some say he came with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Thomas Pemberton, the "antiquarian" in a letter, says he came from Wales in 1680 (1630 possibly). However, it is more likely that this James was James of Malden, who was in Boston in 1630 and requested freemanship there on 19 October 1630 (MCBR, 1:80). James Pemberton of Boston and his descendants is the main concern of Walter K. Watkins, and this seems to be the best source for information on the family despite some errors. One of the most significant ones is that concerning the deposition made by James Pemberton and his wife, Sarah Marshall.
Capt. Robert Keayne had a 1000-acre farm in Rumney Marsh (Chelsea), Boston and Malden. A James Pemberton and his wife were for a time tenants on this farm. Capt. Keayne's will of 1653 named "James Pemberton and his wife, sometime my servant now partner with me at my farm." Keayne died in 1656 and willed the farm to his granddaughter Hannah, and litigation about possession lasted from 1657 to 1686. In the course of the litigation, depositions were taken from James Pemberton and his wife as former tenants. There is record of two contradictory depositions: (1) Watkins in a footnote refers to "Middlesex County Court July 1673 (File 23), noted by Thomas Wyman, but "now missing," citing that James was 51 years old and his wife 53 years old. Thus James birth was 1622. Mellen Chamberlain, in his Documentary History of Chelsea, Chapter XIX, cites a deposition and provides a "true copy" taken by the Suffolk County Court in 1683/4, given by James, age 51 and his wife Sarah, age 53 (his birth thus being 1633). Since the ages given at the time of these depositions are the same, the depositions are unreliable, but significant depending on which is correct. Since the property was in both Middlesex and Suffolk counties, and the case lasted many years, there could have been 2 depositions, but the ages given are the same at 10 years apart. Watkins bases the date of birth (1622) for James on 1673, and attributes it to James who d. 1696. Chamberlain, using the date 1683/4 suggests that James is the first son of James of Malden (i.e., James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633). Nothing more is known unless he is the James of King Philip's War, and that he is the Keayne's tenant, husband of Sarah (Marshall) Pemberton. If James and Sarah were 51 and 53 in 1683/4, they would have been 14 and 16 years old at the birth of their first son. This would indicate that the ages of the 1683/4 deposition are incorrect and must have derived from 1673, thus confirming that James was born in 1622 (d. 1696) and could not be the son of James of Malden, born in 1633.
The documentation on John (b. 1632), brother of James also makes it impossible for these two James's to be one and the same, although both were born in 1633. However, the deposition of 1683/4, naming James's wife as Sarah (undoubtedly Sarah Marshall) establishes that the tenant on the Keayne farm was James, brewer, and one of the founders of the Old South Church -- i.e., not James of Malden.
I conclude that James of Charlestown and Malden and his 2 wives (Alice and Margaret) were in Charlestown in 1633 to 1656, when he removed to Malden, where he died in 1661. John came to Boston in 1632; removed to Newbury; returned to England and died there in 1654 without issue. His brother James of Newbury and Boston (1622? to 1696) was first recorded in Newbury in 1646 where he had a son in 1647, then removed to Boston later in that year He married Sarah Marshall, stepdaughter of Thomas Marshall. They were tenants on the Keayne farm until the death of Capt. Keayne in 1656. They had 12 children (See Watkins, NEHG Register, 393-397).
There seem to be two definite Pemberton lines in New England. I have made no attempt to investigate in England. There is also a Quaker line in Philadelphia, but I have not considered them.
ADDENDA
JAMES PEMBERTON OF NEWBURY AND BOSTON, (b. 1622? d. 1696), a brewer by trade, married Sarah Marshall, stepdaughter of Thomas and Alice (Willey) Marshall.
1635 Thomas Marshall chosen keeper of the Winnisimett ferry.
1646 First appeared in Newbury; was a brewer (Coffin)
1647 Son John b. 10 Feb 1646/7 (Newbury VR); returned to Boston; joined 1st Church of Boston; son John bapt. Dec 1647 (Boston VR).
1648 Freeman, brewer, Boston (Hill: History of the Old South Church)
1648 to 1671 Children: (see Watkins, 393-397)
1669 Founder of the 3rd Church (Old South) (Hill: History of the Old South Church)
1674 Wife admitted to Old South Church (Hill)
1696 d. 11 Oct 1696.
Probably tenant on Keayne farm from sometime after 1647 to 1656 (Keayne's death).
JOHN PEMBERTON, 1642-1691; b. at Charlestown, 24 (2) 1642; m. bef. 1668 at Gloucester, Deborah Blake of Gloucester, b. 1641.
Children:
i. DEBORAH, b. 1667 at Malden; d. at Bradford, 2 Dec 1726 in 59th year (Woodbury, Old Cemetery ... Groveland, MA); m. 22 Dec 1686, Thomas Kimball (Hoyt, Bradford).
ii. EPHRAIM, b. at Malden? aft. 1668; d. prob. at Amesbury or Bradford, aft. 1753; m. (1) 24 June 1707, Hannah Hadley (Amesbury VR; Hoyt); m. (2) Ann Jewett, b. at Bradford, 24 Sept 1698; d. 9 Oct 1763 (Hoyt).
iii. JOHN, b. 1681? at Malden?; d. 28 July 1753, age 72; m. at Bradford, 18 Jan 1710/11, Martha (Cheney) Worcester, widow of William Worcester of Bradford. William Worcester d. 23 Apr 1706 and adm. of his estate was granted to widow Martha on 9 July 1706 (Hoyt, 1030). After Martha died, John Pemberton m. (2) Rebecca Jewett Burpee, b. 24 July 1693 (Blodgett, 5). Children by Martha (Cheney) (Worcester): 1. Mary, b. at Bradford, 25 Nov 1711; d. there, 26 Feb 1762; m. there, 9 Apr 1750, Daniel Dresser. 2. John, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713 (see below). 3. Rebecca, m. 31 Oct 1729 (Blodgette, 57). 4. Jeremiah, b. 3 Apr 1731; d. 6 May 1736. 5. Ephraim, b. 3 June 1733; d. 8 Feb 1736/6. 6. Marthew (i.e., Martha), b. 22 Feb 1735/6; m. 1755, Benjamin Petengil.
JOHN PEMBERTON OF TEWKSBURY, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713; d. at Boston, 13 Oct 1745 (Boston VR; Boxford VR); m. 6 Apr 1737, Bridget Wood, bpt. at Boxford, 1719. She m. (2) at Andover, 14 Aug 1755, Jeremiah Foster.
Children:
i. BRIDGET, b. at Bradford, 13 Jan 1738; m. Daniel Dresser of Ipswich.
ii. JOHN, b. at Bradford, 22 July 1739; d. prob. 9 Nov 1760 at Crown Point of Disease (Parley, Hist. of Boxford).
iii. HANNAH, b. 26 Jan 1740; m. Joshua Hale of Newbury (VR).
iv. NATHAN, b. at Tewksbury, 24 June 1744 (too late to be father of James).
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
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SOURCES_MISC:
1. Marion Edward Lee, "The Lees of New England and Some Allied Families", pp. 89-92. This book is very sketchy with just the vital information and some highlights in a sentence or two of each person. No footnotes or sources given. Better material can be had from other sources quoted above. 		Pemberton, James (I1963)
 
2405 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III, pp. 334-36:
"Richard Norman
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1626
First Residence: Salem
Removes: Marblehead
Occupation: Fisherman or shipwright.
Education: Signed deed of 1653 by mark 3:369]. Offices: Coroner's jury on body of William Bateman, 18 September 1630 [MBCR 1:78]. On 18 May 1631 "Rich[ard] Norman is fined 2s. 6d. for his negligence in watching" [MBCR 1:87]. Estate: In Salem land grant of 1636 received twenty acres [STR 1:19, 24]. In the 25 December 1637 division of marsh and meadow, granted three-quarters of an acre, with a household of four [STR 1:103]. Granted twenty acres "that was Mr. Thorndeck's," 29 January 1637/8 [STR 1:65]. A grant of 20 January 1640/1 to Allen Converse refers to "that lot which was Richard Norman's near the head of the river," and adjoining Mr. Endicott's farm [STR 1:109]. In his will, dated 14 October 1672, son-in-law Robert Morgan of Salem mentions the twelve acres of land in Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave unto her in the great plain" [EPR 2:355]. On 22 April 1653 Richard Norman the elder deeded to his son Richard Norman his house and ten acre lot "in Marvellheade upon Darbe Fort side," along with cow commons [EQC 3:369]. Birth: By about 1587 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 22 April 1653 [EQC 3:369], but before 27 June 1664 [EQC 3:369, when Thomas Millett Sr. acknowledged "old Richard Norman's act and deed"]. Marriage: By about 1612 ____ ____; on 9 July 1645 the "wife of Richard Norman Sr." testified in court [EQC 1:82]; no further record. (Two women by the name of Arabella Norman were admitted to Salem church, one in May 1637 and the other on 25 February 1637/8 [SChR 6, 7]. One of these is certainly the wife of John Norman, son of Richard. The second is probably a clerical error, but just might be the wife of Richard Sr.) Children:
i JOHN, b. say 1612; m. before May 1637 Arabella ____ [SChR 6; EQC 1:74 (when he certifies the births of children with wife Arabella)].
ii MARGARET, b. say 1613; m. (1) by about 1633 Robert Morgan (who mentions "my wife's father Norman" in his will [EPR 2:355]; their eldest Child, Samuel, m. in 1658). (Margaret is said to have married second, after 1673, Samuel Fowler, but the evidence for this is not seen [Hoyt 162].)
iii SUSANNA, b. say 1615; m. by 1635 Robert Lockwood (who refused a Salem houselot grant "beyond his father Norman's" [STR 1:47]).
iv FLORENCE, b. say 1619; m. (1) by about 1639 John Hart (daughter Elizabeth m. in 1659; husband of daughter Florence called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge in 1672 [Sarah Stone Anc 38]); m. (2) about 1657 Thomas Whittridge (who called Richard Norman his wife's brother and with whom she had three sons after 1657 [EPR 2:287; Sarah Stone Anc 46-47]).
v RICHARD, b. about 1623 (deposed aged about fifty 19 March 1673/4 [EQC 5:256], deposed aged about fifty-seven at June Term 1680 [EQC 7:386]); m. by about 1650 Margaret ____ (daughter Elizabeth "d. in 1732, aged eighty-two" [Sarah Stone Anc 52]).
Comments: In his deposition of 20 January 1680/1 Richard Brackenbury included "old Goodman Norman and his son" among those who were already at Salem when Endicott arrived in 1628 [EIHC 13:138]. On 17 September 1640 "Erasmus James and Richard Norman, sr., [were] presented for defective fences on Darby fort side. Not proved" [EQC 1:194]. Richard Norman was evidently in a fishing or shipbuilding business with his son, since "Rich[ard] Norman, Jno. Norman and Company" were sued by John Devereux at July Term 1642 and again at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:42, 45]. The conflict grew heated and Devereux further sued Richard Norman for defamation at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:45]. At July Term 1642 Norman witnessed against Matthew Gillet who stole a piece of soap from John Norman "to wash his shirts with, as he said" [EQC 1:44]. When his son Richard, Jr., was fined for "slighting ordinances and carrying a burden on Lord's day," Richard Sr. answered for him in court, February 1642/3 [EQC 1:51]. It is likely, as Davis says, that "Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion" [Sarah Stone Anc 45]. Pope incorrectly applied the probate of the younger Richard to the elder. Savage thought that there were two John Normans, a brother of Richard the immigrant, and a son, but the records all apply to one man, son of Richard. Bibliographic Note: In 1930 Walter Goodwin Davis prepared one of his typical eloquent but sparsely referenced treatments of this family [Sarah Stone Anc 45-54]."

2. The periodical “The American Genealogist” 90(April 2018):147-48, “The Probable Residence in England before Emigraion of Richard1 Norman of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts,” by Randy A. West:
“It is known that Richard[1] Norman of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts, was living in Charminster, co. Dorset, England, until at least 17 October 1619, the date of baptism of his daughter Florence.[1] He had immigrated to New England by 1628. Richard Brackenbury deposed on 20 January 1680[/1] "that he came to N. E. with John Endicott Esq. late Gov. of New England, Deceased, & that we came ashore at a place now called Salem, the 6th of Sept. 1628; ... at Salem wee found living old Goodman Norman, & his sonn, William Allen, & Walter Knight, & others; these owned that they came over upon the acount of a company of England, called by us by the name of Dorchester Company, or Dorchester marchants. They had sundry houses built at Salem…"[2] It will be shown that Richard Norman probably lived in Dorchester, co. Dorset, after leaving Charminster and before emigrating.
A baptism for "Richard sonne of Richard Norman" on 1 September 1622 was found at Holy Trinity, Dorchester, co. Dorset.[3] This is probably for the youngest son of the immigrant, as it is close to his approximated year of birth of 1623-24,[4] and Dorchester is adjacent to Charminster. No other baptisms or burials were found in this parish register for the surname Norman for the period 1615-30.
At a court of the Dorset Quarter Sessions held at Dorchester on 2-4 October 1626, Richard Norman of Dorchester, carpenter, was bound over in the sum of £10 to the next session.[5] This is the only entry for a Richard Norman in these records, which spans the years 1625 through 1638. "Richard Norman the elder of Marblehead, carpenter," was the grantee of land in a deed dated 29 July 1651,[6] and his occupation in this deed corresponds with that in the court record above.
These three records above provide a consistent narrative of the immigrant Richard Norman moving from Charminster to the neighboring parish of Dorchester by 1622 and then immigrating to New England before 1628 under the auspices of the Dorchester Company. He may have been recruited by Rev. John White of Dorchester for his skills as a carpenter.[7] If Richard was present at the court session in late 1626, he probably left England in the spring of 1627 and sailed on the same ship that returned to England in the fall with John1 Woodbury of Salem.[8]
Footnotes:
1. Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," TAG 77(2002):102-3.
2. James Kimball, "Gleanings from the Records of the County of Essex, No. 3," “Essex Institute Historical Collections” 13(1877):138-39 (citing Essex Co., Mass., Deeds, 5:497). The son of "Goodman Norman" mentioned in the record is almost certainly the eldest, John, who would have been 21 in Sept. 1628, and presumably assisted in building houses at Salem.
3. Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorset, parish register [images, ancestry.com].
4. Mahler, "English Origin of Richard1 Norman" [note 1], 103.
5. Terry Harding and Sarah Bridges, "Dorset Quarter Sessions Order Books, 1625-1638: A Calendar," Dorset Record Society Publications 14(2006):33.
6. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds, 1:23 (later transcript, citing orig. vol., p. 10) [Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film #866015].
7. A brief outline of the Dorchester Company and its leader, Rev. John White, is in Robert Charles Anderson, “The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629-1630” (Boston, 2012), 7-8.
8. Robert Charles Anderson, “The Great Migration Begins: Immigants to New England, 1620- 1633,” 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 3:2054, 2056. A year of migration for Richard Norman of 1626 was proposed in Anderson, “Great Migration Begins,” 2:1334. Mr. Anderson has privately communicated that this year was chosen based on his understanding at the time of the years in which the Dorchester Company sent ships to New England, but he acknowledges that Richard may have come a year later.”

3. From FHL book 929.273-K727kaa: "The Ancestral Lines of Mary Lenore Knapp," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D.,1800 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, Illinois; 1947:
"12-G-33. Richard Norman, Ancestry not traced. Of Salem, Mass. Came from Dorchester, England, about 1626. He was a carpenter. Was in Salem before Endicott came. He was one of the oldest "Planters" of the Old Planters, called Old Goodman Norman. He was a member of the old Episcopal Colony of Cape Ann in 1623. In Salem in 1623. Moved to Marblehead before 1645. Had:
1. Hugh Norman. [KP: Disputed.]
2. John Norman.
3. Richard Norman.
4. Susan Norman who m. Robert Lockwood. 11-G-42."

4. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, arrived in New England with his family at a very early date, certainly prior to 1628.[1] In 1680 Richard Brackenbury, aged 80, testified that "Old Goodman Norman and his sonn" and others "owned that they came over upon the account of a company of England called by us by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants."[2] Brackenbury himself had arrived in 1628 with John Endicott. Richard Norman was granted land at Salem in 1636, 1637, and 1638. The last record found for him is in 1653, when he deeded his house with a ten-acre lot in Marblehead to his son Richard.[3]
Since Richard was part of the Dorchester Company, it should be no surprise to find records of his family near Dorchester in old England. The village of Charminster, co. Dorset, is just to the north of Dorchester, and this is where Richard's children were baptized in a church that dates from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The entries show that his wife was named Florence, but if they were married in Charminster, the record does not survive, as the church registers and Bishops' Transcripts are both missing the marriages from 1598 to 1605.[4]
Relatively few Dorsetshire probate items were found for this surname. There were two wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Thomas Norman of Wimborne dated 1619, and William Norman of Cerne Abbas (just to the north of Charminster), for 1646.[5] Nothing in either of these wills connects with Richard Norman of Charminster. Contact with the Dorset County archivist located an administration for Edith Norman of Sherbome, widow in 1600, and an inventory for Henry Norman for 1636.[6]
Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset:[7]
i. John2 Norman, bp. 7 Feb. 1606/7; m. by 1637, ARABELLA ___.
ii. Elizabeth Norman, bp. 12 Jan. 1610/1, bur. Charminster, 23 April 1613.
iii. Margaret Norman, bp. 4 Feb. 1614/5; m. by 1633, Robert1 Morgan, a cooper of Cape Ann Side in Salem, Mass. Robert's will, dated 14 Oct. 1672 and proved 24 June 1673, includes a reference to "my wife's father Norman."[8] Several sources state that she m. (2) Samuel2 F0WLER (Philip1) of Salisbury, Mass., but primary evidence has not been found.[9]
iv. SUSAN Norman, bp. 31 July 1617; m. by 1635, Robert1 Lockwood. This identification is based on a record of 17 July 1637, when Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a house lot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." This appears to be a reference to Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who later removed to Fairfield, Conn., and whose wife was named Susanna.[10]
v. FLORENCE Norman, bp. 17 Oct. 1619; m. (1) by 1639, JOHN1 HART of Marblehead, Mass.;[11] in 1672, John Trask, husband of their daughter Florence, was called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge.[12] She m. (2) ca. 1657, Thomas2 WHITRRIDGE (William1) of Salisbury, who, in his nuncupative will, declared before 3 Sept. 1672, stated that Richard Norman was his wife's brother.[13]
vi. Richard Norman, b. ca. 1623-24; m. ca. 1650, Margaret ___. He deposed, aged about 50, on 19 March 1673/4 and on 2 Dec. 1674.[14] His baptism was not found in Charminster, so the family probably moved from there about the time that they disappeared from the register.
Footnotes:
1. Walter Goodwin Davis published an excellent account of the Norman family in 1930 ("The Ancestry of Sarah Stone..." [Portland, Maine, 1930], 45-54 [hereafter cited as Davis, "Stone Ancestry"]). The best modern summary of this family can be found in Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 2:1334-6 (hereafter cited as Anderson, "Great Migration Begins"). Statements about Richard1 Norman and his family in this article that are not documented here are taken from this latter source. Another recent account of this family can be found in Burton W. Spear, ed., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, "18: West Country Ancestries, 1620-1643 (Toledo, Ohio, 1992), 102-3, which uses (with a note of caution) the poorest available source: Raymon Meyers Tingley, "Some Ancestral Lines.. ." (Rutland, Vt., 1935), 256-58. Tingley has Richard1 as the son of a John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk, which is in a completely different part of England. Tingley also gave Richard a non-existent son named William.
2. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds 5:107.
3. "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts," 9 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1911-75), 3:368 (hereafter cited as "Essex Court Records").
4. The marriages for Holy Trinity parish in the nearby town of Dorchester were searched, but their marriage was not found there either ("Dorset Parish Registers," Marriages, 7 [London: Phillimore, 1914]:1-44). The marriages for Charminster were also published by Phillimore.
5. Prerogative Court of Canterbury 69 Parker [Thomas], 140 Twisse [William]. (Cerne Abbas is best known for its ancient 180-foot-tall giant chalk figure with oversized genitalia.)
6. The archivist provided the following citations, apparently from the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset: Ref DS 6 258 [Edith]; Inv CC/262, no locality listed [Henry].
7. The original research on these baptisms was carried out in the Bishops' Transcripts for Charminster, Dorsetshire, 1591-1879 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film #1,279,491, items 9-12]. The transcripts are missing for the years 1617, 1623, and 1624. Copies from the parish register at the Dorset Record Office in Dorchester were obtained by Simon Neal of London, who located the entry for Susan in 1617, but not the baptism for son Richard.
8. [George Ernest Dow, ed.,] "The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts," 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1916-20), 2:355-57 (hereafter cited as "Essex Co. Probate Records").
9. E.g., David W. Hoyt, "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts," 3 vols. plus supplement (Providence, RI., 1897-1919), 1:162; Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 46.
10. Robert1 Lockwood and his family, see Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed., "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. (Fairfield, Conn., 1930-32), 1:380-81, 715.
11. See Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38; and an anonymous article [probably by Eben Putnam], "John Hart of Marblehead, Shipwright," "The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine" 3(1902):67-72. The latter article does not identify Hart's wife Florence or provide her 2nd marriage.
12. Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38.
13. "Essex Co. Probate Records," 2:286-87.
14. "Essex Court Records," 5:256, as cited in Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1335; Christopher Johnston, "Thomas Weston and His Family," "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 50(1896):201-6, at 202-3."

5. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:102-103, "NORMAN. RICHARD (a.1580-aft.1653) OF MARBLEHEAD, MA":
"The following ancestry was taken from "Some Ancestral Lines Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935. NOTE: Jacobus said this book should be used with caution and the ancestry looks shaky.
1. John Norman, the elder of Bishopsworth, Somerset (1 m. S of Bristol). Will [unclear] Sept. 1578, proved, 7 Mar. 1578. In his will he mentions son, John; brother Thomas; and wife Joane and Edward Norman. He died 1578, Winsford, England. (Winsford, Somerset then it is 16 mi. N of Tiverton, Devon). Child
a. John Fryeth alias Norman - See below.
2. John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk. Died Sept. 1590, very old. He m. (1) ___ and (2) Agnes ___, who was alive, 23 Oct. 1603.
Child by first wife
a. Richard Fryeth alias Norman - See below.
Child by second wife
b. Elizabeth Norman - She m. Edmund Greenleaf, before 23 Oct. 1603, of St. Mary's parish, Ipswich, England. Child:
i. Capt. Edmund Greenleaf - B.a. 1590, Brixham, England (Devon?, 4 mi. NE of Dartmouth). Died 24 May 1670/1, Boston, MA. He m. (1) Sarah ___, 1612, who Savage (2:308) says was perhaps the sister of Richard Dole, son of William Dole of Thornbury, Gloucestershire (See Savage 2:58). However, Douglas Richardson says he checked the Thornbury records and he found no Doles there. Sarah died 18 Jan. 1662/3, Boston, MA. He m. (2) Sarah Jourdain, daughter of Ignatius Jourdain and Elizabeth Baskerville, and widow of William Hill of Fairfield, CT (d. 1649) and Nathaniel Sowther (d. 1655). (See Search series Vol. 2, p. 93 and TAG Oct. 1967, p. 14). Edmund Greenleaf came to Newbury, MA with his first wife a. 1635.
3. Richard Norman - Born about 1580. Died 1682. He m. ___ in England. He came to Salem, MA by 1630. Savage (3:288) says he came in 1626, probably from Dorchester, Dorset. Tingley says he was with Governor Roger Conant's company in 1625 in Salem (?). Tingley makes a statement that is difficult to interpret: "It is supposed that he was the Richard Fryeth alias Norman, who Oct. 23, 1603, brought suit against his step-mother and half-sister, Agnes Greenleaf, but no proof has been found". Children (Salem 3:288)
a. John Norman - B.a. 1613, England. Died 1673, age 60. He m. Arabella ___, who died 1679. Eight children (1637-1656).
b. Richard Norman, Jr. - B.a. 1624, England. Died 1683, Marblehead, MA. He m. (1) Elizabeth Whitridge, 15 July 1654 (1635-1659), daughter of William Whitridge. He m. (2) Margaret, daughter of William Flint and Alice Bosworth. She m. (2) Robert Goodwin. Three children by first wife (1656-1658) and six by second (1661-1672).
c. Susanna Norman - She m. (1) Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Fairfield, CT. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris. Six children by first husband (1634-1643).
d. William Norman - He m. (1) ___ in England, and he left her there. Maine (p. 512) says he m. (2) Margery Randall, while still married to his first wife. On 11 Mar. 1650/1, in Wells, ME, they were legally separated and he was banished after failing to divorce his first wife in England. His second wife m. (2) Thomas Spinney. One daughter.
e. Margaret Norman - Born England. Died before 1694. She m. (1) Robert Morgan, 27 Jan. 1638, Salem, ME (1601-1673). She m. (2) Samuel Fowler (a.1618-1711). Eight children by first husband.
Richard Norman had five children and at least 32 grandchildren.
Reference: Some Ancestral Lines, Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935."

MARRIAGE:
1. A marriage to a Margaret Alford is found in Ordinance Index: Extracted marriage record for St. Giles In The Wood, Devon, England, Batch number M051691, Film 916930, Dates: 1555-1743, Printout: 1037005. [Forgot to copy the date but I believe to recall it for in 1615.
According to the Great Migration Project quoted above, the name and marriage date of Richard Norman is unknown. The name Richard Norman in England is probably not very unique.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Marion Edward Lee, "The Lees of New England and Some Allied Families", pp. 89-92. This book is very sketchy with just the vital information and some highlights in a sentence or two of each person. No footnotes or sources given. Better material can be had from other sources quoted above. 		Norman, Richard (I3271)
 
2406 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III, pp. 632-34:
"John Ellet
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1633
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Stamford 1646
Estate: Granted a homestall of eight acres, one acre in Patch Meadow, a twenty-five acre Great Dividend, four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, four acres in the Remote Meadows, nine acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of seventy-eight acres [WaBOP 5, 6, 8, 13, 40, 95]. By the time of the Composite Inventory he had disosed of his grant in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, at that date held by John Whitney Jr. [WaBOP 139]. On 8 May 1646 John Ellet sold the remainder of his Watertown lands to Thomas Wincoll [SLR 1:74]. The Stamford lands of "John Elette" were listed on 5 March 1650: one house & houselot, one acre and a half; two acres meadow in the East Field; three acres meadow in the same field; and five acres in the North field; to which was added on 7 March 1650 "more of John Elot," one acre and a half of upland in the North Field [StTR 1:32-33]. On 27 December 1650 "Edmon Lockwood" sold to "John Ellott" two acres in the East Field [StTR 1:33]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 30 November 1658 (creditor in inventory of Thomas Stevens [StTR 84]). (John Ellet was named as an abutter in a deed as late as 20 February 1659/60 [StTR 1:58], but this is no guarantee that he was still alive.) Marriage: By 1633 Margaret ____ (who is given as the mother of all the children listed below). "Marget wife to John Eliot" died at Stamford 17 August 1658 [StTR 1:26]. Children (all born Watertown):
i Elizabeth, b. 2 February 1633[/4] [WaVR 3]; no further record.
ii John, b. 12 June 1636 [WaVR 4]; no further record.
iii Anne, b. 12 July 1638 [WaVR 5]; no further record.
iv Samuel, b. June 1640 [WaVR 8]; bur. 30 July 1640 [WaVR 8].
v Martha, b. 27 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; bur. 28 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; no further record. (These last two entries are clearly in conflict; given the spacing between the other births, Martha's dates should probably be one year later.)
vi Sarah, b. 22 December 1643 [WaVR 11]; she may be the Sarah Elliot who married at Stamford 27 January 1658[/9] Thomas Roberts [StTR 1:87].
Associations: John Ellet and his family were part of the group migration from Watertown to Stamford in 1646, with Nicholas Knapp, Nicholas Theale, William Potter, Robert Lockwood, John Waterbury, Richard Ambler and GREGORY Taylor [GMN 1:8]. Comments: In the grants of Beaverbrook Plowlands and Remote Meadows, which were in part based on size of household, Ellet received four acres. This corresponds to John, his wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth and son John, and indicates that Elizabeth was in fact the first Child, and there is no evidence of earlier children who might have been born in England. After 1658 this family seems to fade away, and there is no certainty that the marriage of Thomas Roberts and Sarah Elliot belongs here. It may be that more than one of the daughters married in the Stamford area and left descendants, or it may be that the family simply died out. Since there is no record of a probate for John Ellet, it may also be that he moved away from New England."

2. "Great Migration Newsletter," Vols. 1-15, by Robert Charles Anderson, 2007, p. 8, (1990 issue) in commenting on 1646 migration patterns from Watertown:
"An important goal of the Great Migration Study Project is to identify groups of families of individuals who migration... Specifically, if we see several families moving together, we can reasonably hypothesize that they may have been associated at some time in the past.
The early migration from Watertown to Wethersfield on the Connecticut river in 1635 and 1636 is well known, and the later migration of some of these same families form Wethersfeild to the new town of Stamford, around 1640 and 1641, is also documented. Some years later several families moved directly form Watertown to Stamford, as evidenced principally by their sale of Watertown lands in late 1645 and early 1646 [Ancestors in my database are capitalized]:
Nicholas Theale...
William Potter...
Nicholas Knapp - Sold to Brian Pendleton on 7 May 1646 (Suffolk Deeds 1:71).
Robert Lockwood - Sold to Brian Pendleton on 7 May 1646 (Suffolk Deeds 1:71).
John Ellet - Sold to Thomas Wincoll on 29 June 1646 (Suffolk Deeds 1:74).
John Waterbury...
Richard Ambler...
Gregory Taylor...
We should not be surprised that, once Stamford was founed by migrants from Wethersfield who had even earlier lived in Watertown, a few Watertown families would also move to Stamford. One would not predict, however, that they would wait for several years after Stambord was founded, and that then eight families would all move within the space of a year, or two at most.
The conclusion that some of these families might share a common origin in England, although certainly not proven, does become a sound working hypothesis, ad will direct research in English sources. as the Project proceeds, it should uncover many more clusters of families such as this, which are seen to move togeter in a concerted way."

3. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 72: "Page 84 [1:70]" shows 17 shillings of money owed to "To Elet" in the inventory dated 30 Nov 1658 of the estate of Thomas Stevens. The author includes the following footnote:
"This person is most likely John Eliot. Huntington ("History of Stamford, 52) states: "Elliot, John, was here early though his name is variously spelled on the records. He was a landholder in 1650. He lost his wife Margret, in 1658; and no later record of the name appears."

4. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), pp. 27-46: "Page 30 [1:24] through page 57 [1:47]" details land holdings and transactions by various individuals in which some of the bounds abut land owned by John Ellet.

5. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), p. 52:
"ELLIOT, JOHN, was here early though his name is variously spelled on the records. He was a landholder in 1650. He lost his wife Margret, in 1658; and no later record of the name appears."

~ORDINANCES: Verified 7 Dec 2016.
BAPTISM:
ENDOWMENT:
SEALING TO PARENTS:
SEALING TO SPOUSE: Temple submission 4-5059-5605-7202-464. 		Ellet, John (I2972)
 
2407 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"James Pemberton
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Charlestown
Removes: Malden Estate: ...In his will, dated 23 March 1659/60 and proved 1 April 1662, "James Pemberton of Maldon ... being weak in body" bequeathed to "my son Edward Barlow all that my upland ground he now is resident upon containing four acres and to my daughter Mary his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies for ever"; to "my son Edward Barlow, his wife, my daughter, and their children aforesaid, my orchard plot and the fresh meadow thereunto adjoining containing one acre ... only one half part of the grass for hay for my wife during her life"; to "my daughter Sara £10"; "my dwelling house with all the land belonging to it being ten acres more or less, five acres of land in the great swamp, all my salt marsh ... with all other my estate whatsoever not before particularly disposed of I give one half part unto my son John ... the other half part I give unto my beloved wife Margit Pemberton during her life, and after her decease to my son John and his heirs"; "my wife and my son John executors"; "my friend Joseph Hills Sr." overseer [MPR Case #17117]... Death: Malden 5 February 1661/2. Marriage: (1) By 1633 Alice ____; "Alice Pemberton" was admitted to Charlestown church 31 August 1633 [ChChR 8]; she died after 1642 and before 1653. (2) By 1653 Margaret ____, named in his will. She deposed on 15 December 1662 aged about fifty years [Pope, citing Middlesex Files]. Children:
i James, bp. Charlestown 14 September 1633 [ChCh 45]; no further record.
ii Mary, bp. Charlestown 3 April 1636 [ChChR 46]; m. by about 1656 Edward (or Edmund) Barlow (at least two children born to this couple by 23 March 1659/60, date of her father's will).
iii Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson.
iv John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43]..."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"...CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
Bibliography
Anderson, Robert, "The Great Migration Begins," 3:1419-1422,
Blodgett, George B. "Early Settlers of Rowley."
Bodge, George Madison, "Soldiers in King Philip's War."
Boston Record Commissioners, "Boston Births, etc."
Coffin, Joshua, "Sketches of the History of Newbury"
Chamberlain, Mellen, "History of Chelsea" Chapter XIX.
Corey, Deloraine P., "History of Malden."
Currier, John J., "Old Newbury -- Historical and Biographical Sketches."
Cutter, William R., "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relative to Families of Boston."
Hammond, "State Papers of New Hampshire," Volumes 14 and 15.
Hazen, H. H., "History of Billerica; Genealogical Register," 110.
Hill, Hamilton A., "History of Old South Church." 2 v.
Hoyt, David W., "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass."
Lechford, Thomas, "Notebook of Thomas Lechford, 1638-1641."
Lindberg, Marcia, "Three Thomas Marshalls," "The Essex Genealogist," 16 (Aug 1996), 160.
Mass. Probate Records for Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk Counties.
Osborn, Henry F., "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 50:236-237.
Pemberton, Thomas (the antiquary) 1708-; Letter of 1749 (see Titcomb, E. "Early New England People."
Perley, Sidney, "History of Boxford"
Poore, Alfred, "Visitation of the Merrimac Valley" Woodbury MS at Haverhill Public Library Special Coll.
Pope, Charles H., "Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Robinson, "Ancestry of John Robinson, Pemberton Excursus," NEHG Register Apr 1989, 150.
Savage, James, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
Shurtleff, Nathaniel, "History of Boston," 1871.
Titcomb, E. "Early New England People." Pemberton.
Torrey, Clarence A., "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Vital Records for Amesbury, Billerica, Boxford, Bradford, Chelmsford, Concord, Cambridge, Chelsea, Charlestown, Gloucester, Haverhill, Rowley, Ipswich, Newbury, Tewksbury, and most other towns in Middlesex and Essex Counties.
Watkins, Walter K., "Pemberton Family," NEHG Register, 86 [Oct 1892]: 393-397).
Webster, "History of Hudson, New Hampshire."
Woodbury, L A., Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery ... Groveland, Mass. Sewall, Samuel, Diaries... (2 volumes).
IGI -- Probate Records of Suffolk County
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 		Alice (I1966)
 
2408 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"James PEMBERTON
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Charlestown
Removes: Malden Estate: ...In his will, dated 23 March 1659/60 and proved 1 April 1662, "James Pemberton of Maldon ... being weak in body" bequeathed to "my son Edward Barlow all that my upland ground he now is resident upon containing four acres and to my daughter Mary his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies for ever"; to "my son Edward Barlow, his wife, my daughter, and their children aforesaid, my orchard plot and the fresh meadow thereunto adjoining containing one acre ... only one half part of the grass for hay for my wife during her life"; to "my daughter Sara £10"; "my dwelling house with all the land belonging to it being ten acres more or less, five acres of land in the great swamp, all my salt marsh ... with all other my estate whatsoever not before particularly disposed of I give one half part unto my son John ... the other half part I give unto my beloved wife Margit Pemberton during her life, and after her decease to my son John and his heirs"; "my wife and my son John executors"; "my friend Joseph Hills Sr." overseer [MPR Case #17117]... Death: Malden 5 February 1661/2. Marriage: (1) By 1633 Alice ____; "Alice Pemberton" was admitted to Charlestown church 31 August 1633 [ChChR 8]; she died after 1642 and before 1653. (2) By 1653 Margaret ____, named in his will. She deposed on 15 December 1662 aged about fifty years [Pope, citing Middlesex Files]. Children:
i James, bp. Charlestown 14 September 1633 [ChCh 45]; no further record.
ii Mary, bp. Charlestown 3 April 1636 [ChChR 46]; m. by about 1656 Edward (or Edmund) Barlow (at least two children born to this couple by 23 March 1659/60, date of her father's will).
iii Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson.
iv John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43]..."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"My research on James Pemberton convinces me that there had to be two James Pembertons in New England in the early 1600s (each of whom had a brother John) and each about the same age -- James Pemberton of Charlestown and Malden who died in 1661, and James Pemberton of Newbury and Boston who died in 1696. Both used the same Christian names and both were in the Boston, Charlestown, Chelsea, Malden area during the 1st and 2nd generations (1630-1700). The Malden family moved up into Essex County and the Boston families stayed in Boston, or went to Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The following essay is the result of my efforts to make a connection between the descendants of James Pemberton and Rachel Spaulding (of which I am one) and his progenitors.
James Pemberton of Billerica, Mass. and Hudson, New Hampshire was born about 1730 and was baptized, as an adult, in 1755 in Billerica (Vital Records). His first wife was Sarah Dutton, who was born at Westford, MA in 1741 and died at Billerica in 1760. They had a son James, born at Billerica in 1760 and of whom nothing more is known. James Pemberton married secondly, in 1761, Rachel Spaulding of Concord, Mass. (ibid.). She was the daughter of Leonard Spaulding of Concord. James Pemberton died in New Hampshire after 1803. I have been unsuccessful in finding the ancestry of James Pemberton. In my search, I have come upon many confusing conclusions drawn about the 1st and 2nd generations of Pemberton immigrants from 1630 to about 1700.
"The Pemberton Family," by Walter K. Watkins of Boston (NEHG Register [Oct 1892], 392-397) provides the only genealogy of New England Pembertons. In the preface, Watkins states: "John and James just mentioned must not be confounded with James of Malden who died 5 February 1661/2, and his son John who died in 1691, and whose descendants lived in Middlesex and Essex Counties, more particularly at Billerica and Bradford, Mass. and Hudson, New Hampshire. A footnote provides more information on James of Malden: "He was a partner of Capt. Robert Keayne" (which is questionable), and his son John married Deborah Hills (which is proven incorrect). James Pemberton of Malden married Deborah Blake of Gloucester. John had two sons, Ephraim and John, from whom the Middlesex and Essex families are descended." (See Administration for John Pemberton's estate; 1642-1691).
I have traced the descent from James of Malden to a John Pemberton, son of John of Tewksbury, born at Bradford, in 1739. He was probably the John Pemberton who "died of disease at Crown Point, 11 Sept 1760," thus leaving no apparent male descendant who could be connected to James of Billerica. One wonders where Watkins got his information about descendants who lived in Middlesex and Essex counties (particularly Billerica, Bradford and Hudson, NH), which point directly to James of Billerica, as well as the fact that the sons of James (Abel, William and John), born in Hudson, returned to, or had strong family ties to the East Bradford (Groveland) Pembertons. There also remains the question about James, son of James of Malden, bpt. at Charlestown, 14 September 1633. Nothing further has been found about him. He is not mentioned in his father's will. "Pope" suggests he died young. "Chamberlain" thinks he may have been the James "tenant and partner" of Capt. Robert Keayne. This seems to be impossible in light of what is known about James, who was born in 1622? and died in 1696.
There is a James Pemberton serving in a Malden company in King Philip's War, and a John Pemberton (probably son of James of Malden) and a Thomas Pemberton. Such recruitment included men from Boston and vicinity, so this James is not necessarily of Maiden, though there does not appear to be any other possibility. James Pemberton, son of James and Sarah (Marshall) removed to Maryland in 1670. There also was a James Pemberton with property in Medford in 1659, but he is not further identified. Having found no connection of James of Billerica to James of Malden, I turned to the less-promising line stemming from James of Newbury and Boston, born about 1622 and died 1696. He had a brother John, who appeared first in Boston in 1632, then removed to Newbury and married Elizabeth (surname unknown), who died 22 February 1645. John's sister Elizabeth married, by 1641, John Robinson in Newbury. Robinson returned to England before 1653, where he died without issue in 1654 ("Ancestry of John Robinson," NEHG Register [April 1989], 150-151).
The first recorded appearance of James of Newbury and Boston (about 1622 - 1696) was in Newbury in 1646 (Newbury Vital Records). Some say he came with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Thomas Pemberton, the "antiquarian" in a letter, says he came from Wales in 1680 (1630 possibly). However, it is more likely that this James was James of Malden, who was in Boston in 1630 and requested freemanship there on 19 October 1630 (MCBR, 1:80). James Pemberton of Boston and his descendants is the main concern of Walter K. Watkins, and this seems to be the best source for information on the family despite some errors. One of the most significant ones is that concerning the deposition made by James Pemberton and his wife, Sarah Marshall.
Capt. Robert Keayne had a 1000-acre farm in Rumney Marsh (Chelsea), Boston and Malden. A James Pemberton and his wife were for a time tenants on this farm. Capt. Keayne's will of 1653 named "James Pemberton and his wife, sometime my servant now partner with me at my farm." Keayne died in 1656 and willed the farm to his granddaughter Hannah, and litigation about possession lasted from 1657 to 1686. In the course of the litigation, depositions were taken from James Pemberton and his wife as former tenants. There is record of two contradictory depositions: (1) Watkins in a footnote refers to "Middlesex County Court July 1673 (File 23), noted by Thomas Wyman, but "now missing," citing that James was 51 years old and his wife 53 years old. Thus James birth was 1622. Mellen Chamberlain, in his Documentary History of Chelsea, Chapter XIX, cites a deposition and provides a "true copy" taken by the Suffolk County Court in 1683/4, given by James, age 51 and his wife Sarah, age 53 (his birth thus being 1633). Since the ages given at the time of these depositions are the same, the depositions are unreliable, but significant depending on which is correct. Since the property was in both Middlesex and Suffolk counties, and the case lasted many years, there could have been 2 depositions, but the ages given are the same at 10 years apart. Watkins bases the date of birth (1622) for James on 1673, and attributes it to James who d. 1696. Chamberlain, using the date 1683/4 suggests that James is the first son of James of Malden (i.e., James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633). Nothing more is known unless he is the James of King Philip's War, and that he is the Keayne's tenant, husband of Sarah (Marshall) Pemberton. If James and Sarah were 51 and 53 in 1683/4, they would have been 14 and 16 years old at the birth of their first son. This would indicate that the ages of the 1683/4 deposition are incorrect and must have derived from 1673, thus confirming that James was born in 1622 (d. 1696) and could not be the son of James of Malden, born in 1633.
The documentation on John (b. 1632), brother of James also makes it impossible for these two James's to be one and the same, although both were born in 1633. However, the deposition of 1683/4, naming James's wife as Sarah (undoubtedly Sarah Marshall) establishes that the tenant on the Keayne farm was James, brewer, and one of the founders of the Old South Church -- i.e., not James of Malden.
I conclude that James of Charlestown and Malden and his 2 wives (Alice and Margaret) were in Charlestown in 1633 to 1656, when he removed to Malden, where he died in 1661. John came to Boston in 1632; removed to Newbury; returned to England and died there in 1654 without issue. His brother James of Newbury and Boston (1622? to 1696) was first recorded in Newbury in 1646 where he had a son in 1647, then removed to Boston later in that year He married Sarah Marshall, stepdaughter of Thomas Marshall. They were tenants on the Keayne farm until the death of Capt. Keayne in 1656. They had 12 children (See Watkins, NEHG Register, 393-397).
There seem to be two definite Pemberton lines in New England. I have made no attempt to investigate in England. There is also a Quaker line in Philadelphia, but I have not considered them.
ADDENDA
JAMES PEMBERTON OF NEWBURY AND BOSTON, (b. 1622? d. 1696), a brewer by trade, married Sarah Marshall, stepdaughter of Thomas and Alice (Willey) Marshall.
1635 Thomas Marshall chosen keeper of the Winnisimett ferry.
1646 First appeared in Newbury; was a brewer (Coffin)
1647 Son John b. 10 Feb 1646/7 (Newbury VR); returned to Boston; joined 1st Church of Boston; son John bapt. Dec 1647 (Boston VR).
1648 Freeman, brewer, Boston (Hill: History of the Old South Church)
1648 to 1671 Children: (see Watkins, 393-397)
1669 Founder of the 3rd Church (Old South) (Hill: History of the Old South Church)
1674 Wife admitted to Old South Church (Hill)
1696 d. 11 Oct 1696.
Probably tenant on Keayne farm from sometime after 1647 to 1656 (Keayne's death).
JOHN PEMBERTON, 1642-1691; b. at Charlestown, 24 (2) 1642; m. bef. 1668 at Gloucester, Deborah Blake of Gloucester, b. 1641.
Children:
i. DEBORAH, b. 1667 at Malden; d. at Bradford, 2 Dec 1726 in 59th year (Woodbury, Old Cemetery ... Groveland, MA); m. 22 Dec 1686, Thomas Kimball (Hoyt, Bradford).
ii. EPHRAIM, b. at Malden? aft. 1668; d. prob. at Amesbury or Bradford, aft. 1753; m. (1) 24 June 1707, Hannah Hadley (Amesbury VR; Hoyt); m. (2) Ann Jewett, b. at Bradford, 24 Sept 1698; d. 9 Oct 1763 (Hoyt).
iii. JOHN, b. 1681? at Malden?; d. 28 July 1753, age 72; m. at Bradford, 18 Jan 1710/11, Martha (Cheney) Worcester, widow of William Worcester of Bradford. William Worcester d. 23 Apr 1706 and adm. of his estate was granted to widow Martha on 9 July 1706 (Hoyt, 1030). After Martha died, John Pemberton m. (2) Rebecca Jewett Burpee, b. 24 July 1693 (Blodgett, 5). Children by Martha (Cheney) (Worcester): 1. Mary, b. at Bradford, 25 Nov 1711; d. there, 26 Feb 1762; m. there, 9 Apr 1750, Daniel Dresser. 2. John, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713 (see below). 3. Rebecca, m. 31 Oct 1729 (Blodgette, 57). 4. Jeremiah, b. 3 Apr 1731; d. 6 May 1736. 5. Ephraim, b. 3 June 1733; d. 8 Feb 1736/6. 6. Marthew (i.e., Martha), b. 22 Feb 1735/6; m. 1755, Benjamin Petengil.
JOHN PEMBERTON OF TEWKSBURY, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713; d. at Boston, 13 Oct 1745 (Boston VR; Boxford VR); m. 6 Apr 1737, Bridget Wood, bpt. at Boxford, 1719. She m. (2) at Andover, 14 Aug 1755, Jeremiah Foster.
Children:
i. BRIDGET, b. at Bradford, 13 Jan 1738; m. Daniel Dresser of Ipswich.
ii. JOHN, b. at Bradford, 22 July 1739; d. prob. 9 Nov 1760 at Crown Point of Disease (Parley, Hist. of Boxford).
iii. HANNAH, b. 26 Jan 1740; m. Joshua Hale of Newbury (VR).
iv. NATHAN, b. at Tewksbury, 24 June 1744 (too late to be father of James).
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
Bibliography
Anderson, Robert, "The Great Migration Begins," 3:1419-1422,
Blodgett, George B. "Early Settlers of Rowley."
Bodge, George Madison, "Soldiers in King Philip's War."
Boston Record Commissioners, "Boston Births, etc."
Coffin, Joshua, "Sketches of the History of Newbury"
Chamberlain, Mellen, "History of Chelsea" Chapter XIX.
Corey, Deloraine P., "History of Malden."
Currier, John J., "Old Newbury -- Historical and Biographical Sketches."
Cutter, William R., "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relative to Families of Boston."
Hammond, "State Papers of New Hampshire," Volumes 14 and 15.
Hazen, H. H., "History of Billerica; Genealogical Register," 110.
Hill, Hamilton A., "History of Old South Church." 2 v.
Hoyt, David W., "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass."
Lechford, Thomas, "Notebook of Thomas Lechford, 1638-1641."
Lindberg, Marcia, "Three Thomas Marshalls," "The Essex Genealogist," 16 (Aug 1996), 160.
Mass. Probate Records for Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk Counties.
Osborn, Henry F., "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 50:236-237.
Pemberton, Thomas (the antiquary) 1708-; Letter of 1749 (see Titcomb, E. "Early New England People."
Perley, Sidney, "History of Boxford"
Poore, Alfred, "Visitation of the Merrimac Valley" Woodbury MS at Haverhill Public Library Special Coll.
Pope, Charles H., "Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Robinson, "Ancestry of John Robinson, Pemberton Excursus," NEHG Register Apr 1989, 150.
Savage, James, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
Shurtleff, Nathaniel, "History of Boston," 1871.
Titcomb, E. "Early New England People." Pemberton.
Torrey, Clarence A., "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Vital Records for Amesbury, Billerica, Boxford, Bradford, Chelmsford, Concord, Cambridge, Chelsea, Charlestown, Gloucester, Haverhill, Rowley, Ipswich, Newbury, Tewksbury, and most other towns in Middlesex and Essex Counties.
Watkins, Walter K., "Pemberton Family," NEHG Register, 86 [Oct 1892]: 393-397).
Webster, "History of Hudson, New Hampshire."
Woodbury, L A., Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery ... Groveland, Mass. Sewall, Samuel, Diaries... (2 volumes).
IGI -- Probate Records of Suffolk County
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 		Pemberton, John (I4757)
 
2409 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"James Pemberton
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Charlestown
Removes: Malden Estate: ...In his will, dated 23 March 1659/60 and proved 1 April 1662, "James Pemberton of Maldon ... being weak in body" bequeathed to "my son Edward Barlow all that my upland ground he now is resident upon containing four acres and to my daughter Mary his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies for ever"; to "my son Edward Barlow, his wife, my daughter, and their children aforesaid, my orchard plot and the fresh meadow thereunto adjoining containing one acre ... only one half part of the grass for hay for my wife during her life"; to "my daughter Sara £10"; "my dwelling house with all the land belonging to it being ten acres more or less, five acres of land in the great swamp, all my salt marsh ... with all other my estate whatsoever not before particularly disposed of I give one half part unto my son John ... the other half part I give unto my beloved wife Margit Pemberton during her life, and after her decease to my son John and his heirs"; "my wife and my son John executors"; "my friend Joseph Hills Sr." overseer [MPR Case #17117]... Death: Malden 5 February 1661/2. Marriage: (1) By 1633 Alice ____; "Alice Pemberton" was admitted to Charlestown church 31 August 1633 [ChChR 8]; she died after 1642 and before 1653. (2) By 1653 Margaret ____, named in his will. She deposed on 15 December 1662 aged about fifty years [Pope, citing Middlesex Files]. Children:
i James, bp. Charlestown 14 September 1633 [ChCh 45]; no further record.
ii Mary, bp. Charlestown 3 April 1636 [ChChR 46]; m. by about 1656 Edward (or Edmund) Barlow (at least two children born to this couple by 23 March 1659/60, date of her father's will).
iii Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson.
iv John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43]..."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"...CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
Bibliography
Anderson, Robert, "The Great Migration Begins," 3:1419-1422,
Blodgett, George B. "Early Settlers of Rowley."
Bodge, George Madison, "Soldiers in King Philip's War."
Boston Record Commissioners, "Boston Births, etc."
Coffin, Joshua, "Sketches of the History of Newbury"
Chamberlain, Mellen, "History of Chelsea" Chapter XIX.
Corey, Deloraine P., "History of Malden."
Currier, John J., "Old Newbury -- Historical and Biographical Sketches."
Cutter, William R., "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relative to Families of Boston."
Hammond, "State Papers of New Hampshire," Volumes 14 and 15.
Hazen, H. H., "History of Billerica; Genealogical Register," 110.
Hill, Hamilton A., "History of Old South Church." 2 v.
Hoyt, David W., "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass."
Lechford, Thomas, "Notebook of Thomas Lechford, 1638-1641."
Lindberg, Marcia, "Three Thomas Marshalls," "The Essex Genealogist," 16 (Aug 1996), 160.
Mass. Probate Records for Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk Counties.
Osborn, Henry F., "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 50:236-237.
Pemberton, Thomas (the antiquary) 1708-; Letter of 1749 (see Titcomb, E. "Early New England People."
Perley, Sidney, "History of Boxford"
Poore, Alfred, "Visitation of the Merrimac Valley" Woodbury MS at Haverhill Public Library Special Coll.
Pope, Charles H., "Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Robinson, "Ancestry of John Robinson, Pemberton Excursus," NEHG Register Apr 1989, 150.
Savage, James, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
Shurtleff, Nathaniel, "History of Boston," 1871.
Titcomb, E. "Early New England People." Pemberton.
Torrey, Clarence A., "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Vital Records for Amesbury, Billerica, Boxford, Bradford, Chelmsford, Concord, Cambridge, Chelsea, Charlestown, Gloucester, Haverhill, Rowley, Ipswich, Newbury, Tewksbury, and most other towns in Middlesex and Essex Counties.
Watkins, Walter K., "Pemberton Family," NEHG Register, 86 [Oct 1892]: 393-397).
Webster, "History of Hudson, New Hampshire."
Woodbury, L A., Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery ... Groveland, Mass. Sewall, Samuel, Diaries... (2 volumes).
IGI -- Probate Records of Suffolk County
Probate Indexes for Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk Counties."
 		Margaret (I4753)
 
2410 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"James PEMBERTON
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Charlestown
Removes: Malden Estate: ...In his will, dated 23 March 1659/60 and proved 1 April 1662, "James Pemberton of Maldon ... being weak in body" bequeathed to "my son Edward Barlow all that my upland ground he now is resident upon containing four acres and to my daughter Mary his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies for ever"; to "my son Edward Barlow, his wife, my daughter, and their children aforesaid, my orchard plot and the fresh meadow thereunto adjoining containing one acre ... only one half part of the grass for hay for my wife during her life"; to "my daughter Sara £10"; "my dwelling house with all the land belonging to it being ten acres more or less, five acres of land in the great swamp, all my salt marsh ... with all other my estate whatsoever not before particularly disposed of I give one half part unto my son John ... the other half part I give unto my beloved wife Margit Pemberton during her life, and after her decease to my son John and his heirs"; "my wife and my son John executors"; "my friend Joseph Hills Sr." overseer [MPR Case #17117]... Death: Malden 5 February 1661/2. Marriage: (1) By 1633 Alice ____; "Alice Pemberton" was admitted to Charlestown church 31 August 1633 [ChChR 8]; she died after 1642 and before 1653. (2) By 1653 Margaret ____, named in his will. She deposed on 15 December 1662 aged about fifty years [Pope, citing Middlesex Files]. Children:
i James, bp. Charlestown 14 September 1633 [ChCh 45]; no further record.
ii Mary, bp. Charlestown 3 April 1636 [ChChR 46]; m. by about 1656 Edward (or Edmund) Barlow (at least two children born to this couple by 23 March 1659/60, date of her father's will).
iii Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson.
iv John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43]..."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"...CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
Bibliography
Anderson, Robert, "The Great Migration Begins," 3:1419-1422,
Blodgett, George B. "Early Settlers of Rowley."
Bodge, George Madison, "Soldiers in King Philip's War."
Boston Record Commissioners, "Boston Births, etc."
Coffin, Joshua, "Sketches of the History of Newbury"
Chamberlain, Mellen, "History of Chelsea" Chapter XIX.
Corey, Deloraine P., "History of Malden."
Currier, John J., "Old Newbury -- Historical and Biographical Sketches."
Cutter, William R., "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relative to Families of Boston."
Hammond, "State Papers of New Hampshire," Volumes 14 and 15.
Hazen, H. H., "History of Billerica; Genealogical Register," 110.
Hill, Hamilton A., "History of Old South Church." 2 v.
Hoyt, David W., "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass."
Lechford, Thomas, "Notebook of Thomas Lechford, 1638-1641."
Lindberg, Marcia, "Three Thomas Marshalls," "The Essex Genealogist," 16 (Aug 1996), 160.
Mass. Probate Records for Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk Counties.
Osborn, Henry F., "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 50:236-237.
Pemberton, Thomas (the antiquary) 1708-; Letter of 1749 (see Titcomb, E. "Early New England People."
Perley, Sidney, "History of Boxford"
Poore, Alfred, "Visitation of the Merrimac Valley" Woodbury MS at Haverhill Public Library Special Coll.
Pope, Charles H., "Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Robinson, "Ancestry of John Robinson, Pemberton Excursus," NEHG Register Apr 1989, 150.
Savage, James, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
Shurtleff, Nathaniel, "History of Boston," 1871.
Titcomb, E. "Early New England People." Pemberton.
Torrey, Clarence A., "New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
Vital Records for Amesbury, Billerica, Boxford, Bradford, Chelmsford, Concord, Cambridge, Chelsea, Charlestown, Gloucester, Haverhill, Rowley, Ipswich, Newbury, Tewksbury, and most other towns in Middlesex and Essex Counties.
Watkins, Walter K., "Pemberton Family," NEHG Register, 86 [Oct 1892]: 393-397).
Webster, "History of Hudson, New Hampshire."
Woodbury, L A., Inscriptions from the Old Cemetery ... Groveland, Mass. Sewall, Samuel, Diaries... (2 volumes).
IGI -- Probate Records of Suffolk County
Probate Indexes for Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk Counties."
 		Pemberton, Mary (I1927)
 
2411 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"James PEMBERTON
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Charlestown
Removes: Malden Estate: ...In his will, dated 23 March 1659/60 and proved 1 April 1662, "James Pemberton of Maldon ... being weak in body" bequeathed to "my son Edward Barlow all that my upland ground he now is resident upon containing four acres and to my daughter Mary his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies for ever"; to "my son Edward Barlow, his wife, my daughter, and their children aforesaid, my orchard plot and the fresh meadow thereunto adjoining containing one acre ... only one half part of the grass for hay for my wife during her life"; to "my daughter Sara £10"; "my dwelling house with all the land belonging to it being ten acres more or less, five acres of land in the great swamp, all my salt marsh ... with all other my estate whatsoever not before particularly disposed of I give one half part unto my son John ... the other half part I give unto my beloved wife Margit Pemberton during her life, and after her decease to my son John and his heirs"; "my wife and my son John executors"; "my friend Joseph Hills Sr." overseer [MPR Case #17117]... Death: Malden 5 February 1661/2. Marriage: (1) By 1633 Alice ____; "Alice Pemberton" was admitted to Charlestown church 31 August 1633 [ChChR 8]; she died after 1642 and before 1653. (2) By 1653 Margaret ____, named in his will. She deposed on 15 December 1662 aged about fifty years [Pope, citing Middlesex Files]. Children:
i James, bp. Charlestown 14 September 1633 [ChCh 45]; no further record.
ii Mary, bp. Charlestown 3 April 1636 [ChChR 46]; m. by about 1656 Edward (or Edmund) Barlow (at least two children born to this couple by 23 March 1659/60, date of her father's will).
iii Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson.
iv John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43]..."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"My research on James Pemberton convinces me that there had to be two James Pembertons in New England in the early 1600s (each of whom had a brother John) and each about the same age -- James Pemberton of Charlestown and Malden who died in 1661, and James Pemberton of Newbury and Boston who died in 1696. Both used the same Christian names and both were in the Boston, Charlestown, Chelsea, Malden area during the 1st and 2nd generations (1630-1700). The Malden family moved up into Essex County and the Boston families stayed in Boston, or went to Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The following essay is the result of my efforts to make a connection between the descendants of James Pemberton and Rachel Spaulding (of which I am one) and his progenitors.
James Pemberton of Billerica, Mass. and Hudson, New Hampshire was born about 1730 and was baptized, as an adult, in 1755 in Billerica (Vital Records). His first wife was Sarah Dutton, who was born at Westford, MA in 1741 and died at Billerica in 1760. They had a son James, born at Billerica in 1760 and of whom nothing more is known. James Pemberton married secondly, in 1761, Rachel Spaulding of Concord, Mass. (ibid.). She was the daughter of Leonard Spaulding of Concord. James Pemberton died in New Hampshire after 1803. I have been unsuccessful in finding the ancestry of James Pemberton. In my search, I have come upon many confusing conclusions drawn about the 1st and 2nd generations of Pemberton immigrants from 1630 to about 1700.
"The Pemberton Family," by Walter K. Watkins of Boston (NEHG Register [Oct 1892], 392-397) provides the only genealogy of New England Pembertons. In the preface, Watkins states: "John and James just mentioned must not be confounded with James of Malden who died 5 February 1661/2, and his son John who died in 1691, and whose descendants lived in Middlesex and Essex Counties, more particularly at Billerica and Bradford, Mass. and Hudson, New Hampshire. A footnote provides more information on James of Malden: "He was a partner of Capt. Robert Keayne" (which is questionable), and his son John married Deborah Hills (which is proven incorrect). James Pemberton of Malden married Deborah Blake of Gloucester. John had two sons, Ephraim and John, from whom the Middlesex and Essex families are descended." (See Administration for John Pemberton's estate; 1642-1691).
I have traced the descent from James of Malden to a John Pemberton, son of John of Tewksbury, born at Bradford, in 1739. He was probably the John Pemberton who "died of disease at Crown Point, 11 Sept 1760," thus leaving no apparent male descendant who could be connected to James of Billerica. One wonders where Watkins got his information about descendants who lived in Middlesex and Essex counties (particularly Billerica, Bradford and Hudson, NH), which point directly to James of Billerica, as well as the fact that the sons of James (Abel, William and John), born in Hudson, returned to, or had strong family ties to the East Bradford (Groveland) Pembertons. There also remains the question about James, son of James of Malden, bpt. at Charlestown, 14 September 1633. Nothing further has been found about him. He is not mentioned in his father's will. "Pope" suggests he died young. "Chamberlain" thinks he may have been the James "tenant and partner" of Capt. Robert Keayne. This seems to be impossible in light of what is known about James, who was born in 1622? and died in 1696.
There is a James Pemberton serving in a Malden company in King Philip's War, and a John Pemberton (probably son of James of Malden) and a Thomas Pemberton. Such recruitment included men from Boston and vicinity, so this James is not necessarily of Maiden, though there does not appear to be any other possibility. James Pemberton, son of James and Sarah (Marshall) removed to Maryland in 1670. There also was a James Pemberton with property in Medford in 1659, but he is not further identified. Having found no connection of James of Billerica to James of Malden, I turned to the less-promising line stemming from James of Newbury and Boston, born about 1622 and died 1696. He had a brother John, who appeared first in Boston in 1632, then removed to Newbury and married Elizabeth (surname unknown), who died 22 February 1645. John's sister Elizabeth married, by 1641, John Robinson in Newbury. Robinson returned to England before 1653, where he died without issue in 1654 ("Ancestry of John Robinson," NEHG Register [April 1989], 150-151).
The first recorded appearance of James of Newbury and Boston (about 1622 - 1696) was in Newbury in 1646 (Newbury Vital Records). Some say he came with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Thomas Pemberton, the "antiquarian" in a letter, says he came from Wales in 1680 (1630 possibly). However, it is more likely that this James was James of Malden, who was in Boston in 1630 and requested freemanship there on 19 October 1630 (MCBR, 1:80). James Pemberton of Boston and his descendants is the main concern of Walter K. Watkins, and this seems to be the best source for information on the family despite some errors. One of the most significant ones is that concerning the deposition made by James Pemberton and his wife, Sarah Marshall.
Capt. Robert Keayne had a 1000-acre farm in Rumney Marsh (Chelsea), Boston and Malden. A James Pemberton and his wife were for a time tenants on this farm. Capt. Keayne's will of 1653 named "James Pemberton and his wife, sometime my servant now partner with me at my farm." Keayne died in 1656 and willed the farm to his granddaughter Hannah, and litigation about possession lasted from 1657 to 1686. In the course of the litigation, depositions were taken from James Pemberton and his wife as former tenants. There is record of two contradictory depositions: (1) Watkins in a footnote refers to "Middlesex County Court July 1673 (File 23), noted by Thomas Wyman, but "now missing," citing that James was 51 years old and his wife 53 years old. Thus James birth was 1622. Mellen Chamberlain, in his Documentary History of Chelsea, Chapter XIX, cites a deposition and provides a "true copy" taken by the Suffolk County Court in 1683/4, given by James, age 51 and his wife Sarah, age 53 (his birth thus being 1633). Since the ages given at the time of these depositions are the same, the depositions are unreliable, but significant depending on which is correct. Since the property was in both Middlesex and Suffolk counties, and the case lasted many years, there could have been 2 depositions, but the ages given are the same at 10 years apart. Watkins bases the date of birth (1622) for James on 1673, and attributes it to James who d. 1696. Chamberlain, using the date 1683/4 suggests that James is the first son of James of Malden (i.e., James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633). Nothing more is known unless he is the James of King Philip's War, and that he is the Keayne's tenant, husband of Sarah (Marshall) Pemberton. If James and Sarah were 51 and 53 in 1683/4, they would have been 14 and 16 years old at the birth of their first son. This would indicate that the ages of the 1683/4 deposition are incorrect and must have derived from 1673, thus confirming that James was born in 1622 (d. 1696) and could not be the son of James of Malden, born in 1633.
The documentation on John (b. 1632), brother of James also makes it impossible for these two James's to be one and the same, although both were born in 1633. However, the deposition of 1683/4, naming James's wife as Sarah (undoubtedly Sarah Marshall) establishes that the tenant on the Keayne farm was James, brewer, and one of the founders of the Old South Church -- i.e., not James of Malden.
I conclude that James of Charlestown and Malden and his 2 wives (Alice and Margaret) were in Charlestown in 1633 to 1656, when he removed to Malden, where he died in 1661. John came to Boston in 1632; removed to Newbury; returned to England and died there in 1654 without issue. His brother James of Newbury and Boston (1622? to 1696) was first recorded in Newbury in 1646 where he had a son in 1647, then removed to Boston later in that year He married Sarah Marshall, stepdaughter of Thomas Marshall. They were tenants on the Keayne farm until the death of Capt. Keayne in 1656. They had 12 children (See Watkins, NEHG Register, 393-397).
There seem to be two definite Pemberton lines in New England. I have made no attempt to investigate in England. There is also a Quaker line in Philadelphia, but I have not considered them.
ADDENDA
JAMES PEMBERTON OF NEWBURY AND BOSTON, (b. 1622? d. 1696), a brewer by trade, married Sarah Marshall, stepdaughter of Thomas and Alice (Willey) Marshall.
1635 Thomas Marshall chosen keeper of the Winnisimett ferry.
1646 First appeared in Newbury; was a brewer (Coffin)
1647 Son John b. 10 Feb 1646/7 (Newbury VR); returned to Boston; joined 1st Church of Boston; son John bapt. Dec 1647 (Boston VR).
1648 Freeman, brewer, Boston (Hill: History of the Old South Church)
1648 to 1671 Children: (see Watkins, 393-397)
1669 Founder of the 3rd Church (Old South) (Hill: History of the Old South Church)
1674 Wife admitted to Old South Church (Hill)
1696 d. 11 Oct 1696.
Probably tenant on Keayne farm from sometime after 1647 to 1656 (Keayne's death).
JOHN PEMBERTON, 1642-1691; b. at Charlestown, 24 (2) 1642; m. bef. 1668 at Gloucester, Deborah Blake of Gloucester, b. 1641.
Children:
i. DEBORAH, b. 1667 at Malden; d. at Bradford, 2 Dec 1726 in 59th year (Woodbury, Old Cemetery ... Groveland, MA); m. 22 Dec 1686, Thomas Kimball (Hoyt, Bradford).
ii. EPHRAIM, b. at Malden? aft. 1668; d. prob. at Amesbury or Bradford, aft. 1753; m. (1) 24 June 1707, Hannah Hadley (Amesbury VR; Hoyt); m. (2) Ann Jewett, b. at Bradford, 24 Sept 1698; d. 9 Oct 1763 (Hoyt).
iii. JOHN, b. 1681? at Malden?; d. 28 July 1753, age 72; m. at Bradford, 18 Jan 1710/11, Martha (Cheney) Worcester, widow of William Worcester of Bradford. William Worcester d. 23 Apr 1706 and adm. of his estate was granted to widow Martha on 9 July 1706 (Hoyt, 1030). After Martha died, John Pemberton m. (2) Rebecca Jewett Burpee, b. 24 July 1693 (Blodgett, 5). Children by Martha (Cheney) (Worcester): 1. Mary, b. at Bradford, 25 Nov 1711; d. there, 26 Feb 1762; m. there, 9 Apr 1750, Daniel Dresser. 2. John, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713 (see below). 3. Rebecca, m. 31 Oct 1729 (Blodgette, 57). 4. Jeremiah, b. 3 Apr 1731; d. 6 May 1736. 5. Ephraim, b. 3 June 1733; d. 8 Feb 1736/6. 6. Marthew (i.e., Martha), b. 22 Feb 1735/6; m. 1755, Benjamin Petengil.
JOHN PEMBERTON OF TEWKSBURY, b. at Bradford, 23 Aug 1713; d. at Boston, 13 Oct 1745 (Boston VR; Boxford VR); m. 6 Apr 1737, Bridget Wood, bpt. at Boxford, 1719. She m. (2) at Andover, 14 Aug 1755, Jeremiah Foster.
Children:
i. BRIDGET, b. at Bradford, 13 Jan 1738; m. Daniel Dresser of Ipswich.
ii. JOHN, b. at Bradford, 22 July 1739; d. prob. 9 Nov 1760 at Crown Point of Disease (Parley, Hist. of Boxford).
iii. HANNAH, b. 26 Jan 1740; m. Joshua Hale of Newbury (VR).
iv. NATHAN, b. at Tewksbury, 24 June 1744 (too late to be father of James).
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
Bibliography
Anderson, Robert, "The Great Migration Begins," 3:1419-1422,
Blodgett, George B. "Early Settlers of Rowley."
Bodge, George Madison, "Soldiers in King Philip's War."
Boston Record Commissioners, "Boston Births, etc."
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Currier, John J., "Old Newbury -- Historical and Biographical Sketches."
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Hill, Hamilton A., "History of Old South Church." 2 v.
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Lechford, Thomas, "Notebook of Thomas Lechford, 1638-1641."
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Mass. Probate Records for Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk Counties.
Osborn, Henry F., "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 50:236-237.
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 		Pemberton, James (I275)
 
2412 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"James PEMBERTON
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Charlestown
Removes: Malden Estate: ...In his will, dated 23 March 1659/60 and proved 1 April 1662, "James Pemberton of Maldon ... being weak in body" bequeathed to "my son Edward Barlow all that my upland ground he now is resident upon containing four acres and to my daughter Mary his wife and to the heirs of their two bodies for ever"; to "my son Edward Barlow, his wife, my daughter, and their children aforesaid, my orchard plot and the fresh meadow thereunto adjoining containing one acre ... only one half part of the grass for hay for my wife during her life"; to "my daughter Sara £10"; "my dwelling house with all the land belonging to it being ten acres more or less, five acres of land in the great swamp, all my salt marsh ... with all other my estate whatsoever not before particularly disposed of I give one half part unto my son John ... the other half part I give unto my beloved wife Margit Pemberton during her life, and after her decease to my son John and his heirs"; "my wife and my son John executors"; "my friend Joseph Hills Sr." overseer [MPR Case #17117]... Death: Malden 5 February 1661/2. Marriage: (1) By 1633 Alice ____; "Alice Pemberton" was admitted to Charlestown church 31 August 1633 [ChChR 8]; she died after 1642 and before 1653. (2) By 1653 Margaret ____, named in his will. She deposed on 15 December 1662 aged about fifty years [Pope, citing Middlesex Files]. Children:
i James, bp. Charlestown 14 September 1633 [ChCh 45]; no further record.
ii Mary, bp. Charlestown 3 April 1636 [ChChR 46]; m. by about 1656 Edward (or Edmund) Barlow (at least two children born to this couple by 23 March 1659/60, date of her father's will).
iii Sarah, bp. Charlestown 30 December 1638 [ChChR 47]; m. Cambridge 30 October 1668 Samuel Gibson.
iv John, bp. Charlestown 24 April 1642 [ChChR 50]; m. by 1668 Deborah Blake [MA Arch 15:43]..."

2. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, no. 4[Nov. 1999], "Research in Progress: Two James Pembertons," by Jeanette T. P. Barnard, pp. 206-10:
"...CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DOCUMENTED FACTS CONCERNING JAMES PEMBERTON
James Pemberton of Charlestown and Maiden, b. about 1608 (Anderson) d. at Malden 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; Inv. of Estate).
1630 Came with Winthrop Fleet in 1630 (Banks, Winthrop Fleet)
1630 Requested admission as Freeman, 19 Oct 1630 (MBCR, 1:80; Anderson, Savage) 1633 Wife Alice admitted to 1st Church, Charlestown (Charlestown Church Record)
1633 Son James bapt. 14 Sept 1633 (ibid., 45)
1633 Proprietor (Pope)
1634 2 acres of land (Wyman)
1637 At Hull in re property (date 1647 often given) (MCBR, 1:226; mentioned by Anderson, Corey, Savage).
1638 10-acre lot at Mystic side (Wyman); petitioned General Court Oct 14 (12) 1640 (Lechford, Pope, Corey, 66)
1640 Petition as above.
1642 Son John bapt. 24 Apr 1642 (Charlestown Church Record, 50)
1649 Petition of wife Margaret (Corey, 146)
Wife Alice (1) d. aft 1642, bef. 1653
Wife Margaret (2) b. abt. 1612 (deposition in 1662 at age 50); m. by 1653.
1656 Became Resident of Maiden (Corey; footnote, page 84)
1653 Controversy with Dexters referred to R. Keayne (Pope)
1659 A James Pemberton had property in Medford (Hist. of Medford; County record)
1661 Died at Malden, 5 Feb 1661/2 (Anderson; will; Inv. of estate)
Children by Alice, bpt. at Charlestown:
i. James, bpt. 14 Sept 1633
ii. Mary, bpt. 3 (2) 1636; m. Edward Barlow
iii. Sarah, bpt. 3 (10 1638; m. 30 Oct 1668, Samuel Gibson.
iv. John, bpt. 24 (2) 1642; m. at Gloucester, bef. 1668, Deborah Blake.
Note: Corey says the only surviving records of the town of Malden begin after the close of King Philip's War about 1678.
1661 John Pemberton permitted by Selectmen of Boston to keep an Inn at Winnisimet, 5 Nov (Chamberlain, 296).
1661 Feb. John Pemberton, tenant on Ferry Farm of Gov. Bellingham and keeper of Winnisimet Ferry (ibid., 663).
1662 After father's death in 1661/2, inherited his Malden property and probably moved to Malden.
1671 John Pemberton, Boston, put in stocks; took revenge by beating his wife (Corey).
1675/1676 Served in King Philip's War (Corey, 326)
1691 John Pemberton died.
1701 Administration named 2 sons, Ephraim and John, but not his wife (assumed to be dead?)
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 		Pemberton, Sarah (I274)
 
2413 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"John Ellet
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1633
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Stamford 1646
Estate: Granted a homestall of eight acres, one acre in Patch Meadow, a twenty-five acre Great Dividend, four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, four acres in the Remote Meadows, nine acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of seventy-eight acres [WaBOP 5, 6, 8, 13, 40, 95]. By the time of the Composite Inventory he had disosed of his grant in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, at that date held by John Whitney Jr. [WaBOP 139]. On 8 May 1646 John Ellet sold the remainder of his Watertown lands to Thomas Wincoll [SLR 1:74]. The Stamford lands of "John Elette" were listed on 5 March 1650: one house & houselot, one acre and a half; two acres meadow in the East Field; three acres meadow in the same field; and five acres in the North field; to which was added on 7 March 1650 "more of John Elot," one acre and a half of upland in the North Field [StTR 1:32-33]. On 27 December 1650 "Edmon Lockwood" sold to "John Ellott" two acres in the East Field [StTR 1:33]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 30 November 1658 (creditor in inventory of Thomas Stevens [StTR 84]). (John Ellet was named as an abutter in a deed as late as 20 February 1659/60 [StTR 1:58], but this is no guarantee that he was still alive.) Marriage: By 1633 Margaret ____ (who is given as the mother of all the children listed below). "Marget wife to John Eliot" died at Stamford 17 August 1658 [StTR 1:26]. Children (all born Watertown):
i Elizabeth, b. 2 February 1633[/4] [WaVR 3]; no further record.
ii John, b. 12 June 1636 [WaVR 4]; no further record.
iii Anne, b. 12 July 1638 [WaVR 5]; no further record.
iv Samuel, b. June 1640 [WaVR 8]; bur. 30 July 1640 [WaVR 8].
v Martha, b. 27 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; bur. 28 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; no further record. (These last two entries are clearly in conflict; given the spacing between the other births, Martha's dates should probably be one year later.)
vi Sarah, b. 22 December 1643 [WaVR 11]; she may be the Sarah Elliot who married at Stamford 27 January 1658[/9] Thomas Roberts [StTR 1:87].
Associations: John Ellet and his family were part of the group migration from Watertown to Stamford in 1646, with Nicholas Knapp, Nicholas Theale, William Potter, Robert Lockwood, John Waterbury, Richard Ambler and GREGORY Taylor [GMN 1:8]. Comments: In the grants of Beaverbrook Plowlands and Remote Meadows, which were in part based on size of household, Ellet received four acres. This corresponds to John, his wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth and son John, and indicates that Elizabeth was in fact the first Child, and there is no evidence of earlier children who might have been born in England. After 1658 this family seems to fade away, and there is no certainty that the marriage of Thomas Roberts and Sarah Elliot belongs here. It may be that more than one of the daughters married in the Stamford area and left descendants, or it may be that the family simply died out. Since there is no record of a probate for John Ellet, it may also be that he moved away from New England."
 		Ellet, Martha (I3212)
 
2414 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"John Ellet
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1633
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Stamford 1646
Estate: Granted a homestall of eight acres, one acre in Patch Meadow, a twenty-five acre Great Dividend, four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, four acres in the Remote Meadows, nine acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of seventy-eight acres [WaBOP 5, 6, 8, 13, 40, 95]. By the time of the Composite Inventory he had disosed of his grant in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, at that date held by John Whitney Jr. [WaBOP 139]. On 8 May 1646 John Ellet sold the remainder of his Watertown lands to Thomas Wincoll [SLR 1:74]. The Stamford lands of "John Elette" were listed on 5 March 1650: one house & houselot, one acre and a half; two acres meadow in the East Field; three acres meadow in the same field; and five acres in the North field; to which was added on 7 March 1650 "more of John Elot," one acre and a half of upland in the North Field [StTR 1:32-33]. On 27 December 1650 "Edmon Lockwood" sold to "John Ellott" two acres in the East Field [StTR 1:33]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 30 November 1658 (creditor in inventory of Thomas Stevens [StTR 84]). (John Ellet was named as an abutter in a deed as late as 20 February 1659/60 [StTR 1:58], but this is no guarantee that he was still alive.) Marriage: By 1633 Margaret ____ (who is given as the mother of all the children listed below). "Marget wife to John Eliot" died at Stamford 17 August 1658 [StTR 1:26]. Children (all born Watertown):
i Elizabeth, b. 2 February 1633[/4] [WaVR 3]; no further record.
ii John, b. 12 June 1636 [WaVR 4]; no further record.
iii Anne, b. 12 July 1638 [WaVR 5]; no further record.
iv Samuel, b. June 1640 [WaVR 8]; bur. 30 July 1640 [WaVR 8].
v Martha, b. 27 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; bur. 28 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; no further record. (These last two entries are clearly in conflict; given the spacing between the other births, Martha's dates should probably be one year later.)
vi Sarah, b. 22 December 1643 [WaVR 11]; she may be the Sarah Elliot who married at Stamford 27 January 1658[/9] Thomas Roberts [StTR 1:87].
Associations: John Ellet and his family were part of the group migration from Watertown to Stamford in 1646, with Nicholas Knapp, Nicholas Theale, William Potter, Robert Lockwood, John Waterbury, Richard Ambler and GREGORY Taylor [GMN 1:8]. Comments: In the grants of Beaverbrook Plowlands and Remote Meadows, which were in part based on size of household, Ellet received four acres. This corresponds to John, his wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth and son John, and indicates that Elizabeth was in fact the first Child, and there is no evidence of earlier children who might have been born in England. After 1658 this family seems to fade away, and there is no certainty that the marriage of Thomas Roberts and Sarah Elliot belongs here. It may be that more than one of the daughters married in the Stamford area and left descendants, or it may be that the family simply died out. Since there is no record of a probate for John Ellet, it may also be that he moved away from New England."
 		Ellet, John (I3205)
 
2415 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"John Ellet
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1633
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Stamford 1646
Estate: Granted a homestall of eight acres, one acre in Patch Meadow, a twenty-five acre Great Dividend, four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, four acres in the Remote Meadows, nine acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of seventy-eight acres [WaBOP 5, 6, 8, 13, 40, 95]. By the time of the Composite Inventory he had disosed of his grant in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, at that date held by John Whitney Jr. [WaBOP 139]. On 8 May 1646 John Ellet sold the remainder of his Watertown lands to Thomas Wincoll [SLR 1:74]. The Stamford lands of "John Elette" were listed on 5 March 1650: one house & houselot, one acre and a half; two acres meadow in the East Field; three acres meadow in the same field; and five acres in the North field; to which was added on 7 March 1650 "more of John Elot," one acre and a half of upland in the North Field [StTR 1:32-33]. On 27 December 1650 "Edmon Lockwood" sold to "John Ellott" two acres in the East Field [StTR 1:33]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 30 November 1658 (creditor in inventory of Thomas Stevens [StTR 84]). (John Ellet was named as an abutter in a deed as late as 20 February 1659/60 [StTR 1:58], but this is no guarantee that he was still alive.) Marriage: By 1633 Margaret ____ (who is given as the mother of all the children listed below). "Marget wife to John Eliot" died at Stamford 17 August 1658 [StTR 1:26]. Children (all born Watertown):
i Elizabeth, b. 2 February 1633[/4] [WaVR 3]; no further record.
ii John, b. 12 June 1636 [WaVR 4]; no further record.
iii Anne, b. 12 July 1638 [WaVR 5]; no further record.
iv Samuel, b. June 1640 [WaVR 8]; bur. 30 July 1640 [WaVR 8].
v Martha, b. 27 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; bur. 28 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; no further record. (These last two entries are clearly in conflict; given the spacing between the other births, Martha's dates should probably be one year later.)
vi Sarah, b. 22 December 1643 [WaVR 11]; she may be the Sarah Elliot who married at Stamford 27 January 1658[/9] Thomas Roberts [StTR 1:87].
Associations: John Ellet and his family were part of the group migration from Watertown to Stamford in 1646, with Nicholas Knapp, Nicholas Theale, William Potter, Robert Lockwood, John Waterbury, Richard Ambler and GREGORY Taylor [GMN 1:8]. Comments: In the grants of Beaverbrook Plowlands and Remote Meadows, which were in part based on size of household, Ellet received four acres. This corresponds to John, his wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth and son John, and indicates that Elizabeth was in fact the first Child, and there is no evidence of earlier children who might have been born in England. After 1658 this family seems to fade away, and there is no certainty that the marriage of Thomas Roberts and Sarah Elliot belongs here. It may be that more than one of the daughters married in the Stamford area and left descendants, or it may be that the family simply died out. Since there is no record of a probate for John Ellet, it may also be that he moved away from New England."
 		Ellet, Anne (I3204)
 
2416 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"John Ellet
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1633
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Stamford 1646
Estate: Granted a homestall of eight acres, one acre in Patch Meadow, a twenty-five acre Great Dividend, four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, four acres in the Remote Meadows, nine acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of seventy-eight acres [WaBOP 5, 6, 8, 13, 40, 95]. By the time of the Composite Inventory he had disosed of his grant in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, at that date held by John Whitney Jr. [WaBOP 139]. On 8 May 1646 John Ellet sold the remainder of his Watertown lands to Thomas Wincoll [SLR 1:74]. The Stamford lands of "John Elette" were listed on 5 March 1650: one house & houselot, one acre and a half; two acres meadow in the East Field; three acres meadow in the same field; and five acres in the North field; to which was added on 7 March 1650 "more of John Elot," one acre and a half of upland in the North Field [StTR 1:32-33]. On 27 December 1650 "Edmon Lockwood" sold to "John Ellott" two acres in the East Field [StTR 1:33]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 30 November 1658 (creditor in inventory of Thomas Stevens [StTR 84]). (John Ellet was named as an abutter in a deed as late as 20 February 1659/60 [StTR 1:58], but this is no guarantee that he was still alive.) Marriage: By 1633 Margaret ____ (who is given as the mother of all the children listed below). "Marget wife to John Eliot" died at Stamford 17 August 1658 [StTR 1:26]. Children (all born Watertown):
i Elizabeth, b. 2 February 1633[/4] [WaVR 3]; no further record.
ii John, b. 12 June 1636 [WaVR 4]; no further record.
iii Anne, b. 12 July 1638 [WaVR 5]; no further record.
iv Samuel, b. June 1640 [WaVR 8]; bur. 30 July 1640 [WaVR 8].
v Martha, b. 27 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; bur. 28 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; no further record. (These last two entries are clearly in conflict; given the spacing between the other births, Martha's dates should probably be one year later.)
vi Sarah, b. 22 December 1643 [WaVR 11]; she may be the Sarah Elliot who married at Stamford 27 January 1658[/9] Thomas Roberts [StTR 1:87].
Associations: John Ellet and his family were part of the group migration from Watertown to Stamford in 1646, with Nicholas Knapp, Nicholas Theale, William Potter, Robert Lockwood, John Waterbury, Richard Ambler and GREGORY Taylor [GMN 1:8]. Comments: In the grants of Beaverbrook Plowlands and Remote Meadows, which were in part based on size of household, Ellet received four acres. This corresponds to John, his wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth and son John, and indicates that Elizabeth was in fact the first Child, and there is no evidence of earlier children who might have been born in England. After 1658 this family seems to fade away, and there is no certainty that the marriage of Thomas Roberts and Sarah Elliot belongs here. It may be that more than one of the daughters married in the Stamford area and left descendants, or it may be that the family simply died out. Since there is no record of a probate for John Ellet, it may also be that he moved away from New England."
 		Ellet, Samuel (I3203)
 
2417 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"John Ellet
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1633
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Stamford 1646
Estate: Granted a homestall of eight acres, one acre in Patch Meadow, a twenty-five acre Great Dividend, four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, four acres in the Remote Meadows, nine acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of seventy-eight acres [WaBOP 5, 6, 8, 13, 40, 95]. By the time of the Composite Inventory he had disosed of his grant in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, at that date held by John Whitney Jr. [WaBOP 139]. On 8 May 1646 John Ellet sold the remainder of his Watertown lands to Thomas Wincoll [SLR 1:74]. The Stamford lands of "John Elette" were listed on 5 March 1650: one house & houselot, one acre and a half; two acres meadow in the East Field; three acres meadow in the same field; and five acres in the North field; to which was added on 7 March 1650 "more of John Elot," one acre and a half of upland in the North Field [StTR 1:32-33]. On 27 December 1650 "Edmon Lockwood" sold to "John Ellott" two acres in the East Field [StTR 1:33]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 30 November 1658 (creditor in inventory of Thomas Stevens [StTR 84]). (John Ellet was named as an abutter in a deed as late as 20 February 1659/60 [StTR 1:58], but this is no guarantee that he was still alive.) Marriage: By 1633 Margaret ____ (who is given as the mother of all the children listed below). "Marget wife to John Eliot" died at Stamford 17 August 1658 [StTR 1:26]. Children (all born Watertown):
i Elizabeth, b. 2 February 1633[/4] [WaVR 3]; no further record.
ii John, b. 12 June 1636 [WaVR 4]; no further record.
iii Anne, b. 12 July 1638 [WaVR 5]; no further record.
iv Samuel, b. June 1640 [WaVR 8]; bur. 30 July 1640 [WaVR 8].
v Martha, b. 27 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; bur. 28 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; no further record. (These last two entries are clearly in conflict; given the spacing between the other births, Martha's dates should probably be one year later.)
vi Sarah, b. 22 December 1643 [WaVR 11]; she may be the Sarah Elliot who married at Stamford 27 January 1658[/9] Thomas Roberts [StTR 1:87].
Associations: John Ellet and his family were part of the group migration from Watertown to Stamford in 1646, with Nicholas Knapp, Nicholas Theale, William Potter, Robert Lockwood, John Waterbury, Richard Ambler and GREGORY Taylor [GMN 1:8]. Comments: In the grants of Beaverbrook Plowlands and Remote Meadows, which were in part based on size of household, Ellet received four acres. This corresponds to John, his wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth and son John, and indicates that Elizabeth was in fact the first Child, and there is no evidence of earlier children who might have been born in England. After 1658 this family seems to fade away, and there is no certainty that the marriage of Thomas Roberts and Sarah Elliot belongs here. It may be that more than one of the daughters married in the Stamford area and left descendants, or it may be that the family simply died out. Since there is no record of a probate for John Ellet, it may also be that he moved away from New England."
 		Ellet, Elizabeth (I3202)
 
2418 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"John Ellet
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1633
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Stamford 1646
Estate: Granted a homestall of eight acres, one acre in Patch Meadow, a twenty-five acre Great Dividend, four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, four acres in the Remote Meadows, nine acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of seventy-eight acres [WaBOP 5, 6, 8, 13, 40, 95]. By the time of the Composite Inventory he had disosed of his grant in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, at that date held by John Whitney Jr. [WaBOP 139]. On 8 May 1646 John Ellet sold the remainder of his Watertown lands to Thomas Wincoll [SLR 1:74]. The Stamford lands of "John Elette" were listed on 5 March 1650: one house & houselot, one acre and a half; two acres meadow in the East Field; three acres meadow in the same field; and five acres in the North field; to which was added on 7 March 1650 "more of John Elot," one acre and a half of upland in the North Field [StTR 1:32-33]. On 27 December 1650 "Edmon Lockwood" sold to "John Ellott" two acres in the East Field [StTR 1:33]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 30 November 1658 (creditor in inventory of Thomas Stevens [StTR 84]). (John Ellet was named as an abutter in a deed as late as 20 February 1659/60 [StTR 1:58], but this is no guarantee that he was still alive.) Marriage: By 1633 Margaret ____ (who is given as the mother of all the children listed below). "Marget wife to John Eliot" died at Stamford 17 August 1658 [StTR 1:26]. Children (all born Watertown):
i Elizabeth, b. 2 February 1633[/4] [WaVR 3]; no further record.
ii John, b. 12 June 1636 [WaVR 4]; no further record.
iii Anne, b. 12 July 1638 [WaVR 5]; no further record.
iv Samuel, b. June 1640 [WaVR 8]; bur. 30 July 1640 [WaVR 8].
v Martha, b. 27 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; bur. 28 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; no further record. (These last two entries are clearly in conflict; given the spacing between the other births, Martha's dates should probably be one year later.)
vi Sarah, b. 22 December 1643 [WaVR 11]; she may be the Sarah Elliot who married at Stamford 27 January 1658[/9] Thomas Roberts [StTR 1:87].
Associations: John Ellet and his family were part of the group migration from Watertown to Stamford in 1646, with Nicholas Knapp, Nicholas Theale, William Potter, Robert Lockwood, John Waterbury, Richard Ambler and Gregory Taylor [GMN 1:8]. Comments: In the grants of Beaverbrook Plowlands and Remote Meadows, which were in part based on size of household, Ellet received four acres. This corresponds to John, his wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth and son John, and indicates that Elizabeth was in fact the first Child, and there is no evidence of earlier children who might have been born in England. After 1658 this family seems to fade away, and there is no certainty that the marriage of Thomas Roberts and Sarah Elliot belongs here. It may be that more than one of the daughters married in the Stamford area and left descendants, or it may be that the family simply died out. Since there is no record of a probate for John Ellet, it may also be that he moved away from New England."

2. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 72: "Page 84 [1:70]" shows 17 shillings of money owed to "To Elet" in the inventory dated 30 Nov 1658 of the estate of Thomas Stevens. The author includes the following footnote:
"This person is most likely John Eliot. Huntington ("History of Stamford, 52) states: "Elliot, John, was here early though his name is variously spelled on the records. He was a landholder in 1650. He lost his wife Margret, in 1658; and no later record of the name appears."

3. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), p. 52:
"ELLIOT, JOHN, was here early though his name is variously spelled on the records. He was a landholder in 1650. He lost his wife Margret, in 1658; and no later record of the name appears."

DEATH:
1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 24; author's notes in ( ): "Page 26 [1:20] Margt., wif to John Eliot, died 17:6:58." (17 Aug. 1658. This death record was repeated nine lines below on the same page (1:20).)")"
 		Margaret (I3201)
 
2419 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"John Ellet
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1633
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Stamford 1646
Estate: Granted a homestall of eight acres, one acre in Patch Meadow, a twenty-five acre Great Dividend, four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, four acres in the Remote Meadows, nine acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of seventy-eight acres [WaBOP 5, 6, 8, 13, 40, 95]. By the time of the Composite Inventory he had disosed of his grant in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, at that date held by John Whitney Jr. [WaBOP 139]. On 8 May 1646 John Ellet sold the remainder of his Watertown lands to Thomas Wincoll [SLR 1:74]. The Stamford lands of "John Elette" were listed on 5 March 1650: one house & houselot, one acre and a half; two acres meadow in the East Field; three acres meadow in the same field; and five acres in the North field; to which was added on 7 March 1650 "more of John Elot," one acre and a half of upland in the North Field [StTR 1:32-33]. On 27 December 1650 "Edmon Lockwood" sold to "John Ellott" two acres in the East Field [StTR 1:33]. Birth: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 30 November 1658 (creditor in inventory of Thomas Stevens [StTR 84]). (John Ellet was named as an abutter in a deed as late as 20 February 1659/60 [StTR 1:58], but this is no guarantee that he was still alive.) Marriage: By 1633 Margaret ____ (who is given as the mother of all the children listed below). "Marget wife to John Eliot" died at Stamford 17 August 1658 [StTR 1:26]. Children (all born Watertown):
i Elizabeth, b. 2 February 1633[/4] [WaVR 3]; no further record.
ii John, b. 12 June 1636 [WaVR 4]; no further record.
iii Anne, b. 12 July 1638 [WaVR 5]; no further record.
iv Samuel, b. June 1640 [WaVR 8]; bur. 30 July 1640 [WaVR 8].
v Martha, b. 27 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; bur. 28 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 8]; no further record. (These last two entries are clearly in conflict; given the spacing between the other births, Martha's dates should probably be one year later.)
vi Sarah, b. 22 December 1643 [WaVR 11]; she may be the Sarah Elliot who married at Stamford 27 January 1658[/9] Thomas Roberts [StTR 1:87].
Associations: John Ellet and his family were part of the group migration from Watertown to Stamford in 1646, with Nicholas Knapp, Nicholas Theale, William Potter, Robert Lockwood, John Waterbury, Richard Ambler and GREGORY Taylor [GMN 1:8]. Comments: In the grants of Beaverbrook Plowlands and Remote Meadows, which were in part based on size of household, Ellet received four acres. This corresponds to John, his wife Margaret, daughter Elizabeth and son John, and indicates that Elizabeth was in fact the first child, and there is no evidence of earlier children who might have been born in England. After 1658 this family seems to fade away, and there is no certainty that the marriage of Thomas Roberts and Sarah Elliot belongs here. It may be that more than one of the daughters married in the Stamford area and left descendants, or it may be that the family simply died out. Since there is no record of a probate for John Ellet, it may also be that he moved away from New England."

MARRIAGE:
1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 72: "Page 84 [1:70]" Thomas Roberts & Sarah Eliot maried 27:11:[16]58. (This date should be double-dated. It could be either 27 Jan. 1657/8 or 27 Jan. 1658/9, most likely the latter. The main transcribers did not address this problem. Huntington ("Stamford Registration," 86) recorded this date as "27, 11, 1658." The Barbour Collection (Stamford: 155), citing Stamford Town Records 1:74, reported this marriage as "11th mo. 27, [16]58." Jacobus (TAG 10:2 [Oct. 1933]:113) extracted it as "27:11:58." Also Huntington ("Stamford Registration," 86) reports an unnamed child of Thomas and Sarah (Elliot) Roberts as being born 25 years after their marriage on "Apr. 1, 1683." The Stamford Town Records contain no such birth record, nor anyone being born on this date.)"

DEATH:
1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011).
 		Elliot, Sarah (I926)
 
2420 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"Richard Norman
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1626
First Residence: Salem
Removes: Marblehead
Occupation: Fisherman or shipwright.
Education: Signed deed of 1653 by mark 3:369]. Offices: Coroner's jury on body of William Bateman, 18 September 1630 [MBCR 1:78]. On 18 May 1631 "Rich[ard] Norman is fined 2s. 6d. for his negligence in watching" [MBCR 1:87]. Estate: In Salem land grant of 1636 received twenty acres [STR 1:19, 24]. In the 25 December 1637 division of marsh and meadow, granted three-quarters of an acre, with a household of four [STR 1:103]. Granted twenty acres "that was Mr. Thorndeck's," 29 January 1637/8 [STR 1:65]. A grant of 20 January 1640/1 to Allen Converse refers to "that lot which was Richard Norman's near the head of the river," and adjoining Mr. Endicott's farm [STR 1:109]. In his will, dated 14 October 1672, son-in-law Robert Morgan of Salem mentions the twelve acres of land in Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave unto her in the great plain" [EPR 2:355]. On 22 April 1653 Richard Norman the elder deeded to his son Richard Norman his house and ten acre lot "in Marvellheade upon Darbe Fort side," along with cow commons [EQC 3:369]. Birth: By about 1587 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 22 April 1653 [EQC 3:369], but before 27 June 1664 [EQC 3:369, when Thomas Millett Sr. acknowledged "old Richard Norman's act and deed"]. Marriage: By about 1612 ____ ____; on 9 July 1645 the "wife of Richard Norman Sr." testified in court [EQC 1:82]; no further record. (Two women by the name of Arabella Norman were admitted to Salem church, one in May 1637 and the other on 25 February 1637/8 [SChR 6, 7]. One of these is certainly the wife of John Norman, son of Richard. The second is probably a clerical error, but just might be the wife of Richard Sr.) Children:
i JOHN, b. say 1612; m. before May 1637 Arabella ____ [SChR 6; EQC 1:74 (when he certifies the births of children with wife Arabella)].
ii MARGARET, b. say 1613; m. (1) by about 1633 Robert Morgan (who mentions "my wife's father Norman" in his will [EPR 2:355]; their eldest Child, Samuel, m. in 1658). (Margaret is said to have married second, after 1673, Samuel Fowler, but the evidence for this is not seen [Hoyt 162].)
iii SUSANNA, b. say 1615; m. by 1635 Robert Lockwood (who refused a Salem houselot grant "beyond his father Norman's" [STR 1:47]).
iv FLORENCE, b. say 1619; m. (1) by about 1639 John Hart (daughter Elizabeth m. in 1659; husband of daughter Florence called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge in 1672 [Sarah Stone Anc 38]); m. (2) about 1657 Thomas Whittridge (who called Richard Norman his wife's brother and with whom she had three sons after 1657 [EPR 2:287; Sarah Stone Anc 46-47]).
v RICHARD, b. about 1623 (deposed aged about fifty 19 March 1673/4 [EQC 5:256], deposed aged about fifty-seven at June Term 1680 [EQC 7:386]); m. by about 1650 Margaret ____ (daughter Elizabeth "d. in 1732, aged eighty-two" [Sarah Stone Anc 52]).
Comments: In his deposition of 20 January 1680/1 Richard Brackenbury included "old Goodman Norman and his son" among those who were already at Salem when Endicott arrived in 1628 [EIHC 13:138]. On 17 September 1640 "Erasmus James and Richard Norman, sr., [were] presented for defective fences on Darby fort side. Not proved" [EQC 1:194]. Richard Norman was evidently in a fishing or shipbuilding business with his son, since "Rich[ard] Norman, Jno. Norman and Company" were sued by John Devereux at July Term 1642 and again at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:42, 45]. The conflict grew heated and Devereux further sued Richard Norman for defamation at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:45]. At July Term 1642 Norman witnessed against Matthew Gillet who stole a piece of soap from John Norman "to wash his shirts with, as he said" [EQC 1:44]. When his son Richard, Jr., was fined for "slighting ordinances and carrying a burden on Lord's day," Richard Sr. answered for him in court, February 1642/3 [EQC 1:51]. It is likely, as Davis says, that "Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion" [Sarah Stone Anc 45]. Pope incorrectly applied the probate of the younger Richard to the elder. Savage thought that there were two John Normans, a brother of Richard the immigrant, and a son, but the records all apply to one man, son of Richard. Bibliographic Note: In 1930 Walter Goodwin Davis prepared one of his typical eloquent but sparsely referenced treatments of this family [Sarah Stone Anc 45-54]."

2. From FHL book 929.273-K727kaa: "The Ancestral Lines of Mary Lenore Knapp," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D.,1800 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, Illinois; 1947:
"12-G-33. Richard Norman, Ancestry not traced. Of Salem, Mass. Came from Dorchester, England, about 1626. He was a carpenter. Was in Salem before Endicott came. He was one of the oldest "Planters" of the Old Planters, called Old Goodman Norman. He was a member of the old Episcopal Colony of Cape Ann in 1623. In Salem in 1623. Moved to Marblehead before 1645. Had
1. Hugh Norman. [KP: Disputed.]
2. John Norman.
3. Richard Norman.
4. Susan Norman who m. Robert Lockwood. 11-G-42." "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, arrived in New England with his family at a very early date, certainly prior to 1628.[1] In 1680 Richard Brackenbury, aged 80, testified that "Old Goodman Norman and his sonn" and others "owned that they came over upon the account of a company of England called by us by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants."[2] Brackenbury himself had arrived in 1628 with John Endicott. Richard Norman was granted land at Salem in 1636, 1637, and 1638. The last record found for him is in 1653, when he deeded his house with a ten-acre lot in Marblehead to his son Richard.[3]
Since Richard was part of the Dorchester Company, it should be no surprise to find records of his family near Dorchester in old England. The village of Charminster, co. Dorset, is just to the north of Dorchester, and this is where Richard's children were baptized in a church that dates from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The entries show that his wife was named Florence, but if they were married in Charminster, the record does not survive, as the church registers and Bishops' Transcripts are both missing the marriages from 1598 to 1605.[4]
Relatively few Dorsetshire probate items were found for this surname. There were two wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Thomas Norman of Wimborne dated 1619, and William Norman of Cerne Abbas (just to the north of Charminster), for 1646.[5] Nothing in either of these wills connects with Richard Norman of Charminster. Contact with the Dorset County archivist located an administration for Edith Norman of Sherbome, widow in 1600, and an inventory for Henry Norman for 1636.[6]
Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset:[7]
i. John2 Norman, bp. 7 Feb. 1606/7; m. by 1637, ARABELLA ___.
ii. Elizabeth Norman, bp. 12 Jan. 1610/1, bur. Charminster, 23 April 1613.
iii. Margaret Norman, bp. 4 Feb. 1614/5; m. by 1633, Robert1 Morgan, a cooper of Cape Ann Side in Salem, Mass. Robert's will, dated 14 Oct. 1672 and proved 24 June 1673, includes a reference to "my wife's father Norman."[8] Several sources state that she m. (2) Samuel2 F0WLER (Philip1) of Salisbury, Mass., but primary evidence has not been found.[9]
iv. SUSAN Norman, bp. 31 July 1617; m. by 1635, Robert1 Lockwood. This identification is based on a record of 17 July 1637, when Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a house lot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." This appears to be a reference to Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who later removed to Fairfield, Conn., and whose wife was named Susanna.[10]
v. FLORENCE Norman, bp. 17 Oct. 1619; m. (1) by 1639, JOHN1 HART of Marblehead, Mass.;[11] in 1672, John Trask, husband of their daughter Florence, was called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge.[12] She m. (2) ca. 1657, Thomas2 WHITRRIDGE (William1) of Salisbury, who, in his nuncupative will, declared before 3 Sept. 1672, stated that Richard Norman was his wife's brother.[13]
vi. Richard Norman, b. ca. 1623-24; m. ca. 1650, Margaret ___. He deposed, aged about 50, on 19 March 1673/4 and on 2 Dec. 1674.[14] His baptism was not found in Charminster, so the family probably moved from there about the time that they disappeared from the register.
Footnotes:
1. Walter Goodwin Davis published an excellent account of the Norman family in 1930 ("The Ancestry of Sarah Stone..." [Portland, Maine, 1930], 45-54 [hereafter cited as Davis, "Stone Ancestry"]). The best modern summary of this family can be found in Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 2:1334-6 (hereafter cited as Anderson, "Great Migration Begins"). Statements about Richard1 Norman and his family in this article that are not documented here are taken from this latter source. Another recent account of this family can be found in Burton W. Spear, ed., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, "18: West Country Ancestries, 1620-1643 (Toledo, Ohio, 1992), 102-3, which uses (with a note of caution) the poorest available source: Raymon Meyers Tingley, "Some Ancestral Lines.. ." (Rutland, Vt., 1935), 256-58. Tingley has Richard1 as the son of a John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk, which is in a completely different part of England. Tingley also gave Richard a non-existent son named William.
2. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds 5:107.
3. "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts," 9 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1911-75), 3:368 (hereafter cited as "Essex Court Records").
4. The marriages for Holy Trinity parish in the nearby town of Dorchester were searched, but their marriage was not found there either ("Dorset Parish Registers," Marriages, 7 [London: Phillimore, 1914]:1-44). The marriages for Charminster were also published by Phillimore.
5. Prerogative Court of Canterbury 69 Parker [Thomas], 140 Twisse [William]. (Cerne Abbas is best known for its ancient 180-foot-tall giant chalk figure with oversized genitalia.)
6. The archivist provided the following citations, apparently from the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset: Ref DS 6 258 [Edith]; Inv CC/262, no locality listed [Henry].
7. The original research on these baptisms was carried out in the Bishops' Transcripts for Charminster, Dorsetshire, 1591-1879 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film #1,279,491, items 9-12]. The transcripts are missing for the years 1617, 1623, and 1624. Copies from the parish register at the Dorset Record Office in Dorchester were obtained by Simon Neal of London, who located the entry for Susan in 1617, but not the baptism for son Richard.
8. [George Ernest Dow, ed.,] "The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts," 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1916-20), 2:355-57 (hereafter cited as "Essex Co. Probate Records").
9. E.g., David W. Hoyt, "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts," 3 vols. plus supplement (Providence, RI., 1897-1919), 1:162; Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 46.
10. Robert1 Lockwood and his family, see Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed., "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. (Fairfield, Conn., 1930-32), 1:380-81, 715.
11. See Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38; and an anonymous article [probably by Eben Putnam], "John Hart of Marblehead, Shipwright," "The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine" 3(1902):67-72. The latter article does not identify Hart's wife Florence or provide her 2nd marriage.
12. Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38.
13. "Essex Co. Probate Records," 2:286-87.
14. "Essex Court Records," 5:256, as cited in Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1335; Christopher Johnston, "Thomas Weston and His Family," "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 50(1896):201-6, at 202-3."

3. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 44-46:
"RICHARD NORMAN, born in England about the year 1580, came to America as an employee of the Dorchester company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this settlement, which undoubtedly received additions from Engalnd from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 udner leadership of Roger Conant and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn ... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem ... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company."(Essex Deeds, 5:107.) These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters."
Richard Norman participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and he had undoubtedly received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find himliving on "Darby Fort side: (Marblehead) wehre he may possibly have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. (Records and Files, etc., I:194.) The last record we have of him is in 1653, where Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard. (Records and Files, etc., III:368.) He probably died soon afterward.
Richard Norman's wife testified against Richard Cooke in 1645, but unfortunately her name was not recorded.
Children:
i. A DAUGHTER. On 17: 7: 1637 Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory has been advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and whose wife's name was Susanna. (
ii. JOHN.
iii. MARGARET. She m. Robert Morgan, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly. He united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29: 4: 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671 in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age. His will, dated Oct. 14, 1672, and probated June, 1673, mentions his wife Margaret, his son Samuel, to whom he left twelve acres of land at Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave her in the g't plain," his sons Benjamin, Joseph, Robert and Moses, and his daughter Bethia, and appoints Ensign Corning and John Stone overseers. Margaret (Norman) Morgan m. Samuel Fowler of Salisbury and was living in 1690.
Children:
1. Samuel Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Elizabeth Dixey, daughter of Capt. William Dixey, Dec. 15, 1658. (See Dixey.)
2. Luke Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; d. before 1672.
3. Benjamin Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; slain by Indians, "to the eastward" before July, 1677.
4. Joseph Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Deborah Hart, daughter of John and Florence (Norman) Hart, his first cousin, July 12, 1669, in Lynn. (See Hart.)
5. Robert Morgan, bapt. 15: 10: 1650, in Salem; d. s. p.
6. Moses Morgan, d. s. p. before 1694.
7. Bethia Morgan, bapt. 29: 3: 1653, in Salem; m. Samuel Weed, son of John and Deborah (Winsley) Weed of Amesbury, March 12, 1675/6.
iv. RICHARD.
v. FLORENCE. She m. John Hart of Marblehead as his second wife. (See Hart.) After his death in 1656, she m. Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich. He was a son of William Whittridge, a carpenter, who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635. Thomas Whittridge died in 1672, and administration was granted to Robert Morgan and Richard Norman on Sept. 24 of that year. They filed the following document: "A declaration of the verball will of Thomas Whittridge deceased which wee Robert Morgan & Richard Norman present vnto this honoured Court.... Our brother Thomas Whittridge being sicke Sent vnto mee Robert Morgan: by 2 of his Sonnes desireing mee with speede to (send) to our brother Richard Norman: & that wee together would come Vnto him: which we Accomplished & tarried not long. Uppon the 21st of August last past wee went to the howse of our brother: who finding him Uppon his bed: after mutual greting & talk about gods Seuerall dispensations towards vs in or relations in general: & to him & his family in pticular: he said hee had beine very sick but yesterday mr newman administering phisick vnto him hee was revived & something better: so summing from his bed and walking to & fro in his howse sapke as foll: Bretheren you being the most Intimate with vs and dearest in our affections vnto mee & yor sister my wife now taken from mee in whom wee putt our Confidence: & in whom I doe Confide: of all our relations remaining aliue: I have therefore Sent for you to decar(re) my mind Unto yow, wch is this: my desire & will is ... to Committ vnto you my 3 sonnes wch I had by yor sister: withal that smale estae yt god hath given mee; … (here follows a division of property between the sons, Thomas, Richard and William Whittridge) … to putt his sd 3 Sonnes Unto trades such as they most desire: & wheare their affections most enclined to bee; but with their relations rather than any others: if possibly wee could bring it so to passe. This having spoken he lay downed vppon his bed againe & wee according to our duty as the Lord enabled Vs sought unto god with him & for him by prer & in som tyme after departed from him: and all this tyme from our Coming Vnto him Untill our depting from him weare present his owne 3 Sonnes before mentioned: and his brother Sammuell Whittridge: and his Sone in Law John Traske (Husband of Florence Hart.)." (Records and Files, etc., VII:163.)
Children, by Whittridge:
1. Thomas Whittridge.
2. Richard Whittridge.
3. William Whittridge."

4. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 49-53:
"LIEUT. RICHARD2 NORMAN (Richard1) was born about 1623, his age being given as fifty in 1673 and fifty-seven in 1680. His first appearance in the Essex County records is in 1643, when he was fined ten shillings "for carrying a burden on the Lord's day," his father answering for him. He lived in Marblehead with his father, and in 1653 the "old planter" deeded the homestead to him. (Records and Files, etc., III: 368.) He married Margaret ___ about 1649.
Richard Norman was engaged in the fishing trade and he also kept an inn, receiving a license each year from 1669 until 1679. In 1682 the selectmen again recommended his appointment by the Court, saying "the situation of our place being a Seaport towne, and the concourse of many strangers especially in the summer season being such that one particular house of entertainment cannot with any convenience accomodate all" … Left. Richard Norman is one "who will (we hope) endeavour to keep such good orders in his house that none may charge with just matter of complaint." (Records and Files, etc., VIII: 318.)
He served the town of Marblehead as selectman in 1670, 1671 and 1672, took the freeman's oath in 1680 and was the town constable that same year. His military career began in 1675 when he was ensign of the local foot company and four years later he was confirmed as its lieutenant. The town failed to send its quota of troops to the defense of the province in King Philip's War and was fined. £10 for this neglect, and Lieut. Norman, as one of the military commissioners, petitioned the court that half of the fine be remitted. He served in the Jury of Trials in 1668, 1673, 1676 and 1677.
On August 11, 1683, a jury impanelled "to enquire to the untimely death of Lieut. Norman" found that being in a shallop at Moulton's Misery (Misery Island) he leapt out intending to swim ashore, but was drowned. Administration was granted to his widow Margaret Norman and Lieut. John Pickering and an inventory taken by Moses Maverick and James Dennis showed an estate of £398. Among the papers in the probate court docket is a list of Norman's children -- Rebecka, Richard, William, John, Elizabeth, Joseph, Benjamin and Jonathan. The administrators were authorized to pay the widow and eldest son £80 apiece. Margaret Norman married Robert Goodwin October 15, 1685, and died before 1705 when administration on the estates of Mr. Richard Norman and Margaret his wife, both deceased, was granted to their eldest son, Mr. John Norman, joiner. He sued his step-father, Robert Goodwin, for his father's house in 1706. (Supreme Judicial Court, No. 6962.) The undivided estate then consisted of property valued at £226, including a tract of land at Dunstable. The death of John Norman again interrupted the settlement of the estate, and Moses Norman, a grandson, was appointed to complete it on March 15, 1708/9. (Essex Probate, 303: 103; 308: 407; 310: 88.)
Children:
i. REBECCA, b. about 1650; m. Edward Diamond of Marblehead, who was b. about 1642; d. in 1732, aged eighty-two. In that year her children William, Thomas and Aholiab Diamond, Mary Tucker, Hannah Fettyplace, and her grandchildren Rebecca Treffry, Michael and John Wormistall sold to her son Joseph Diamond all their rights in the homestead of Edward and Rebecca Diamond at Marblehead. (Essex Deeds, 61: 239.)
Children:
1. William Diamond, b. May 9, 1671; a shoreman in Marblehead in 1732.
2. Mary Diamond, b. Oct. 7, 1672; m. Andrew Tucker, Jr., of Marblehead Nov. 6, 1690, and was his widow in 1732.
3. Rebecca Diamond, m. (1) Michael Wormistall July 5, 1696; had sons John and Michael and daughter Rebecca (who m. Thomas Treffry in 1715); she probably m. (2) Edward Hammond June 1, 1709.
4. Aholiab Diamond, b. March 16, 1679; m. Lucy Bond Aug. 14, 1701; a fisherman in Beverly in 1732.
5. Thomas Diamond, b. Jan. 28, 1684; m. Margaret Wilkins, June 6, 1706; a fisherman in Salem In 1734.
6. Edward Diamond, bapt. Sept. 11, 1687.
7. Richard Diamond, bapt. Sept. 11, 1687.
8. Joseph Diamond, bapt. Oct. 7, 1687; of Salem in 1732.
9. Benjamin Diamond, bapt. Nov. 24, 1689.
10. Hannah Diamond, b. Oct. 28, 1694; m. William Fettyplace Feb. 21, 1714/15; living in Marblehead in 1732.
11. Rebecca Diamond, b. 7: 16: 1695. (Possibly the clerk made an error in recording the name of this child, as Edward and Rebecca Diamond had a daughter Rebecca living in 1695. The Cressey Genealogy, in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 31, p. 199, states that Rebecca, dau. of Edward and Rebecca Diamond, m. Job Cressey of Salem June 27, 1723. As this couple named a daughter Lucy, it is more likely that the wife of Cressey was Rebecca, dau. of Aboliab and Lucy (Bond) Diamond, who was born Jan. 13, 1703.)
ii. RICHARD; his name appears in the list of the children of Lieut. Norman, attached to the inventory of the estate in 1682, but, as no further reference to him whatsoever is found, it is probable that he d. before reaching majority.
iii. WILLIAM; an apprentice of William Beale of Marblehead, from whom he ran away in 1665, being caught at Ipswich, placed in jail and sentenced to be whipped ten stripes (Records & Files, III : 263.); Beale assigned his interest in Norman to Capt. Thomas Savage, with the approval of the court, at the same session; m. Rebecca ___; d. before 1699 when Samuel Walton of Wenham deeded land to his widow (Essex Deeds, 13 : 221.); his widow, Rebecca, was a shop-keeper in Marblehead, and conveyed her two houses, goods and jewels to her son-in-law Joshua Orne in 1715/6 (Essex Deeds, 29 : 261); Orne was appointed to administer her estate in 1728. (Essex Probate, 318: 178.)
Child:
1. Elizabeth; m. Joshua Orne Nov. 23, 1704.
iv. JOHN, b. about 1658; m. Sarah Maverick, daughter of Moses and Eunice Maverick of Marblehead Nov. 10, 1683; appointed administrator of the estates of his father and mother, as eldest son, Sept. 3, 1705; will, dated Jan. 25, 1708/9, and proved Feb. 25, 1708/9, describing him as a carpenter and joiner, appoints his wife Sarah executrix and Mr. Richard Grover and Mr. Eleazer Ingalls overseers, and directs that his estate be divided when his youngest child reaches the age of eighteen. (Essex Probate, No. 19560.)
Children:
1. Richard, b. Sept. 4, 1684; d. s. p. before 1723/4.
2. Margaret; d. April 12, 1685.
3. Eunice, bapt. March 21, 1686; m. Samuel Raymond of Beverly, mariner, Nov. 21, 1704; in 1720/1 he purchased from her brothers John and Joseph their right in the house in Marblehead given by their grandparents, Moses and Eunice Maverick, to their mother (Essex Deeds, 39 : 184.); widow, living in Marblehead in 1724.
4. Moses, b. 1687; m. Anne Bullfinch in Boston Aug. 30, 1716; mariner; appointed administrator of the estates of his grandparents, Richard and Margaret Norman 1708/9, and still acting as such in 1717 will, dated Oct. 15, 1716, in Boston, leaves entire property to wife Anne; inventory Jan. 3. 1731; three children, Moses, John and Anne, wife of Thomas Eggleston. (In a deed to Philip English, in 1719, Moses Norman of Boston, mariner, is stated to be only son of John Norman of Marblehead, shipwright (Essex Deeds, 36: 16). In 1723/4, however, Moses Norman of Boston, mariner, joins his two brothers and three sisters, all described as children of John Norman of Marblehead, in a conveyance to Joseph Neal of Salem (Essex Deeds, 43: 173). The first description is obviously an error.)
5. John, b. 1690; d. young.
6. Sarah. bapt. May 14, 1693; m. John Broughton of Marblehead Dec. 3, 1718; in 1723 she sold to her brother John a house and land inherited from her grandfather Maverick; she joined in the 1723/4 deed to Joseph Neal.
7. Benjamin, b. 1694; d. young.
8. John, bapt. April 26, 1696; m. Mary Cox Sept. 15, 1720; fisherman; administration granted to widow Mary July 5, 1725. (Essex Probate, 314: 221; 316: 25.)
9. Benjamin, bapt. Oct. 8, 1699; cordwainer and fisherman of Marblehead; with his brother John sells house and land (Essex Deeds, 39: 184.) given to their mother Sarah Norman by their grandparents Moses and Eunice Maverick to their brother-m-law Samuel Raymond, in 1720/1.
10. Jonathan, b. 1701; d. before 1723/4.
11. Elizabeth, bapt. Sept. 8, 1706; m. William Edgella Boston Aug. 2, 1725; sold property inherited from her parents to Joshua Orne, husband of her cousin Elizabeth Norman, July 26, 1725. (Essex Deeds, 47: 37.)
v. Elizabeth, m. (1) Aholiab Diamond Jan. 8, 1685/6; m. (2) William Hine Nov. 13, 1688; purchased a portion of her father's land from nephew, Moses Norman, the relationships being fully described, June 10, 1711 (Essex Deeds, 39:176.); d. Oct. 15, 1716; in 1722 William Hine and wife Mary conveyed to William Hine, Jr., the house of his grandfather, Richard Norman. (Essex Deeds, 38: 276.)
Child, by first husband:
1. Susanna Diamond. bapt. Sept. 11, 1687, in Marblehead; m. Joseph Woolcomb March 30, 1713, in Marblehead.
Children, by second husband:
2. William Hine, bapt. March 29, 1691.
3. Richard Hine, bapt. Jan. 6, 1694/5.
4. Joseph Hine, bapt. March 21, 1696/7.
5. Elizabeth Hine, bapt. April 3, 1700.
6. Hannah Hine, bapt. March 14, 1701/2.
7. Benjamin Hine, bapt. Sept. 16, 1705.
vi. JOSEPH; m. Mary Collins Jan. 24, 1688/9; his widow Mary appointed administratrix of his estate and an inventory filed Nov. 18, 1691 (Essex Probate, 303 : 95, 101.); she m., second, Henry Hooper of Marblehead, who was made joint administrator Dec. 6, 1692.
vii. BENJAMIN; d. young.
viii. JONATHAN; administration granted to his step-father and chief creditor, Robert Goodwin, April 21, 1713 (Essex Probate, 310 : 539.); in 1714, Goodwin sued Moses Norman, as administrator of the estates of his grandparents, Richard and Margaret Norman, for Jonathan Norman's one-seventh share thereof, stating that one child of Mr. and Mrs. Norman had died before reaching majority."

5. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:102-103, "NORMAN. RICHARD (a.1580-aft.1653) OF MARBLEHEAD, MA":
"... Richard Norman - Born about 1580. Died 1682. He m. ___ in England. He came to Salem, MA by 1630. Savage (3:288) says he came in 1626, probably from Dorchester, Dorset. Tingley says he was with Governor Roger Conant's company in 1625 in Salem (?). Tingley makes a statement that is difficult to interpret: "It is supposed that he was the Richard Fryeth alias Norman, who Oct. 23, 1603, brought suit against his step-mother and half-sister, Agnes Greenleaf, but no proof has been found". Children (Salem 3:288)
a. John Norman - B.a. 1613, England. Died 1673, age 60. He m. Arabella ___, who died 1679. Eight children (1637-1656).
b. Richard Norman, Jr. - B.a. 1624, England. Died 1683, Marblehead, MA. He m. (1) Elizabeth Whitridge, 15 July 1654 (1635-1659), daughter of William Whitridge. He m. (2) Margaret, daughter of William Flint and Alice Bosworth. She m. (2) Robert Goodwin. Three children by first wife (1656-1658) and six by second (1661-1672).
c. Susanna Norman - She m. (1) Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Fairfield, CT. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris. Six children by first husband (1634-1643).
d. William Norman - He m. (1) ___ in England, and he left her there. Maine (p. 512) says he m. (2) Margery Randall, while still married to his first wife. On 11 Mar. 1650/1, in Wells, ME, they were legally separated and he was banished after failing to divorce his first wife in England. His second wife m. (2) Thomas Spinney. One daughter.
e. Margaret Norman - Born England. Died before 1694. She m. (1) Robert Morgan, 27 Jan. 1638, Salem, ME (1601-1673). She m. (2) Samuel Fowler (a.1618-1711). Eight children by first husband.
Richard Norman had five children and at least 32 grandchildren.
Reference: Some Ancestral Lines, Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935."

6. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 267-68:
"RICHARD1 NORMAN, born England, probably Dorchester, by about 1587, died Salem MA after 22 April 1653 but before 27 June 1664; married England about 1611 (birth 1612) (___), possibly Margaret Alford)), born there say 1590, died Marblehead MA after 1645.
Richard1 was in Cape Ann (Gloucester) MA by 1626, living in Salem 6 September 1628, and in Marblehead in 1645. He came to America as an employee of the Dorchester Company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this group, which undoubtedly received additions from England from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 under the leadership of Roger Conant, and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company." These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters".
He participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and undoubtedly had received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman probably was not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find him living on "Darby Fort side" (Marblehead), where he may have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. The last record we have of him is in 1653, when Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard (Torrey 538).
Children, surname NORMAN:
i. JOHN, born England about 1612, died Salem MA 1672; married there about 1636 (birth 1637 Arabella (___), born England say 1616, died Salem 1679. He passed his youth in the Cape Ann and Naumkeag settlements, and was a carpenter and shipwright. He shared in the first grants to Salem settlers, and his first home was in the North Field, on land granted him in 1636, and on which he immediately built a house (Torrey 538).
ii. MARGARET, born England say 1613; married (1) Salem MA by about 1633 Robert1 Morgan, born England 1601, died Beverly MA 1672, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1673 Samuel1 Fowler, born England 1618, died Salisbury 1711 (Torrey 518 and 280). Robert united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29 April 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671, in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age.
iii. SUSANNA2, born England say 1615, died Greenwich CT 23 December 1660: married Watertown MA about 1633 (birth 1634) Sgt. ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, baptized Combs, co. Suffolk, England 18 January 1600, died Fairfield CT by 11 September 1658. On 17 July 1637 Sgt. Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's". There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory is advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield CT, and whose wife's name was Susanna (see Lockwood Chapter) (Torrey 470).
iv. FLORENCE, born England say 1619; married (1) Salem MA by about 1639 as his second wife John1 Hart, born England 1595, died Marblehead MA 1656; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1657 Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich MA, a carpenter, born England say 1620, died Salisbury 1672, son of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635 (Torrey 348 and 812)
v. RICHARD, born England about 1623, died Marblehead MA 1683; married (1) there 15 July 1654 Elizabeth2 Whitridge, born England say 1625, died Marblehead 1659, daughter of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who probably came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635; married (2) there 28 March 1660 Margaret2 Flint, born probably England 1635, died Marblehead 1705, probably daughter of William1 and Alice1 (Bosworth) Flint, married (2) there 15 October 1685 Robert1 Goodwin, born probably England say 1625 (Torrey 538 and 312).
("MA & ME Families in Ancestry of W. G. Davis", W. G. Davis, 1996; Colket 221; Pope 330; Savage III:288; "Great Migration Begins", 1:1334, R. C. Anderson, 1995)"

6. The periodical “The American Genealogist” 90(April 2018):147-48, “The Probable Residence in England before Emigraion of Richard1 Norman of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts,” by Randy A. West:
“It is known that Richard[1] Norman of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts, was living in Charminster, co. Dorset, England, until at least 17 October 1619, the date of baptism of his daughter Florence.[1] He had immigrated to New England by 1628. Richard Brackenbury deposed on 20 January 1680[/1] "that he came to N. E. with John Endicott Esq. late Gov. of New England, Deceased, & that we came ashore at a place now called Salem, the 6th of Sept. 1628; ... at Salem wee found living old Goodman Norman, & his sonn, William Allen, & Walter Knight, & others; these owned that they came over upon the acount of a company of England, called by us by the name of Dorchester Company, or Dorchester marchants. They had sundry houses built at Salem…"[2] It will be shown that Richard Norman probably lived in Dorchester, co. Dorset, after leaving Charminster and before emigrating.
A baptism for "Richard sonne of Richard Norman" on 1 September 1622 was found at Holy Trinity, Dorchester, co. Dorset.[3] This is probably for the youngest son of the immigrant, as it is close to his approximated year of birth of 1623-24,[4] and Dorchester is adjacent to Charminster. No other baptisms or burials were found in this parish register for the surname Norman for the period 1615-30.
At a court of the Dorset Quarter Sessions held at Dorchester on 2-4 October 1626, Richard Norman of Dorchester, carpenter, was bound over in the sum of £10 to the next session.[5] This is the only entry for a Richard Norman in these records, which spans the years 1625 through 1638. "Richard Norman the elder of Marblehead, carpenter," was the grantee of land in a deed dated 29 July 1651,[6] and his occupation in this deed corresponds with that in the court record above.
These three records above provide a consistent narrative of the immigrant Richard Norman moving from Charminster to the neighboring parish of Dorchester by 1622 and then immigrating to New England before 1628 under the auspices of the Dorchester Company. He may have been recruited by Rev. John White of Dorchester for his skills as a carpenter.[7] If Richard was present at the court session in late 1626, he probably left England in the spring of 1627 and sailed on the same ship that returned to England in the fall with John1 Woodbury of Salem.[8]
Footnotes:
1. Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," TAG 77(2002):102-3.
2. James Kimball, "Gleanings from the Records of the County of Essex, No. 3," “Essex Institute Historical Collections” 13(1877):138-39 (citing Essex Co., Mass., Deeds, 5:497). The son of "Goodman Norman" mentioned in the record is almost certainly the eldest, John, who would have been 21 in Sept. 1628, and presumably assisted in building houses at Salem.
3. Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorset, parish register [images, ancestry.com].
4. Mahler, "English Origin of Richard1 Norman" [note 1], 103.
5. Terry Harding and Sarah Bridges, "Dorset Quarter Sessions Order Books, 1625-1638: A Calendar," Dorset Record Society Publications 14(2006):33.
6. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds, 1:23 (later transcript, citing orig. vol., p. 10) [Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film #866015].
7. A brief outline of the Dorchester Company and its leader, Rev. John White, is in Robert Charles Anderson, “The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629-1630” (Boston, 2012), 7-8.
8. Robert Charles Anderson, “The Great Migration Begins: Immigants to New England, 1620- 1633,” 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 3:2054, 2056. A year of migration for Richard Norman of 1626 was proposed in Anderson, “Great Migration Begins,” 2:1334. Mr. Anderson has privately communicated that this year was chosen based on his understanding at the time of the years in which the Dorchester Company sent ships to New England, but he acknowledges that Richard may have come a year later.”

 		Norman, Richard (I3289)
 
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1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"Richard Norman
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1626
First Residence: Salem
Removes: Marblehead
Occupation: Fisherman or shipwright.
Education: Signed deed of 1653 by mark 3:369]. Offices: Coroner's jury on body of William Bateman, 18 September 1630 [MBCR 1:78]. On 18 May 1631 "Rich[ard] Norman is fined 2s. 6d. for his negligence in watching" [MBCR 1:87]. Estate: In Salem land grant of 1636 received twenty acres [STR 1:19, 24]. In the 25 December 1637 division of marsh and meadow, granted three-quarters of an acre, with a household of four [STR 1:103]. Granted twenty acres "that was Mr. Thorndeck's," 29 January 1637/8 [STR 1:65]. A grant of 20 January 1640/1 to Allen Converse refers to "that lot which was Richard Norman's near the head of the river," and adjoining Mr. Endicott's farm [STR 1:109]. In his will, dated 14 October 1672, son-in-law Robert Morgan of Salem mentions the twelve acres of land in Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave unto her in the great plain" [EPR 2:355]. On 22 April 1653 Richard Norman the elder deeded to his son Richard Norman his house and ten acre lot "in Marvellheade upon Darbe Fort side," along with cow commons [EQC 3:369]. Birth: By about 1587 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 22 April 1653 [EQC 3:369], but before 27 June 1664 [EQC 3:369, when Thomas Millett Sr. acknowledged "old Richard Norman's act and deed"]. Marriage: By about 1612 ____ ____; on 9 July 1645 the "wife of Richard Norman Sr." testified in court [EQC 1:82]; no further record. (Two women by the name of Arabella Norman were admitted to Salem church, one in May 1637 and the other on 25 February 1637/8 [SChR 6, 7]. One of these is certainly the wife of John Norman, son of Richard. The second is probably a clerical error, but just might be the wife of Richard Sr.) Children:
i JOHN, b. say 1612; m. before May 1637 Arabella ____ [SChR 6; EQC 1:74 (when he certifies the births of children with wife Arabella)].
ii MARGARET, b. say 1613; m. (1) by about 1633 Robert Morgan (who mentions "my wife's father Norman" in his will [EPR 2:355]; their eldest Child, Samuel, m. in 1658). (Margaret is said to have married second, after 1673, Samuel Fowler, but the evidence for this is not seen [Hoyt 162].)
iii SUSANNA, b. say 1615; m. by 1635 Robert Lockwood (who refused a Salem houselot grant "beyond his father Norman's" [STR 1:47]).
iv FLORENCE, b. say 1619; m. (1) by about 1639 John Hart (daughter Elizabeth m. in 1659; husband of daughter Florence called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge in 1672 [Sarah Stone Anc 38]); m. (2) about 1657 Thomas Whittridge (who called Richard Norman his wife's brother and with whom she had three sons after 1657 [EPR 2:287; Sarah Stone Anc 46-47]).
v RICHARD, b. about 1623 (deposed aged about fifty 19 March 1673/4 [EQC 5:256], deposed aged about fifty-seven at June Term 1680 [EQC 7:386]); m. by about 1650 Margaret ____ (daughter Elizabeth "d. in 1732, aged eighty-two" [Sarah Stone Anc 52]).
Comments: In his deposition of 20 January 1680/1 Richard Brackenbury included "old Goodman Norman and his son" among those who were already at Salem when Endicott arrived in 1628 [EIHC 13:138]. On 17 September 1640 "Erasmus James and Richard Norman, sr., [were] presented for defective fences on Darby fort side. Not proved" [EQC 1:194]. Richard Norman was evidently in a fishing or shipbuilding business with his son, since "Rich[ard] Norman, Jno. Norman and Company" were sued by John Devereux at July Term 1642 and again at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:42, 45]. The conflict grew heated and Devereux further sued Richard Norman for defamation at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:45]. At July Term 1642 Norman witnessed against Matthew Gillet who stole a piece of soap from John Norman "to wash his shirts with, as he said" [EQC 1:44]. When his son Richard, Jr., was fined for "slighting ordinances and carrying a burden on Lord's day," Richard Sr. answered for him in court, February 1642/3 [EQC 1:51]. It is likely, as Davis says, that "Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion" [Sarah Stone Anc 45]. Pope incorrectly applied the probate of the younger Richard to the elder. Savage thought that there were two John Normans, a brother of Richard the immigrant, and a son, but the records all apply to one man, son of Richard. Bibliographic Note: In 1930 Walter Goodwin Davis prepared one of his typical eloquent but sparsely referenced treatments of this family [Sarah Stone Anc 45-54]."

2. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, arrived in New England with his family at a very early date, certainly prior to 1628.[1] In 1680 Richard Brackenbury, aged 80, testified that "Old Goodman Norman and his sonn" and others "owned that they came over upon the account of a company of England called by us by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants."[2] Brackenbury himself had arrived in 1628 with John Endicott. Richard Norman was granted land at Salem in 1636, 1637, and 1638. The last record found for him is in 1653, when he deeded his house with a ten-acre lot in Marblehead to his son Richard.[3]
Since Richard was part of the Dorchester Company, it should be no surprise to find records of his family near Dorchester in old England. The village of Charminster, co. Dorset, is just to the north of Dorchester, and this is where Richard's children were baptized in a church that dates from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The entries show that his wife was named Florence, but if they were married in Charminster, the record does not survive, as the church registers and Bishops' Transcripts are both missing the marriages from 1598 to 1605.[4]
Relatively few Dorsetshire probate items were found for this surname. There were two wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Thomas Norman of Wimborne dated 1619, and William Norman of Cerne Abbas (just to the north of Charminster), for 1646.[5] Nothing in either of these wills connects with Richard Norman of Charminster. Contact with the Dorset County archivist located an administration for Edith Norman of Sherbome, widow in 1600, and an inventory for Henry Norman for 1636.[6]
Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset:[7]
i. John2 Norman, bp. 7 Feb. 1606/7; m. by 1637, ARABELLA ___.
ii. Elizabeth Norman, bp. 12 Jan. 1610/1, bur. Charminster, 23 April 1613.
iii. Margaret Norman, bp. 4 Feb. 1614/5; m. by 1633, Robert1 Morgan, a cooper of Cape Ann Side in Salem, Mass. Robert's will, dated 14 Oct. 1672 and proved 24 June 1673, includes a reference to "my wife's father Norman."[8] Several sources state that she m. (2) Samuel2 F0WLER (Philip1) of Salisbury, Mass., but primary evidence has not been found.[9]
iv. SUSAN Norman, bp. 31 July 1617; m. by 1635, Robert1 Lockwood. This identification is based on a record of 17 July 1637, when Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a house lot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." This appears to be a reference to Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who later removed to Fairfield, Conn., and whose wife was named Susanna.[10]
v. FLORENCE Norman, bp. 17 Oct. 1619; m. (1) by 1639, JOHN1 HART of Marblehead, Mass.;[11] in 1672, John Trask, husband of their daughter Florence, was called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge.[12] She m. (2) ca. 1657, Thomas2 WHITRRIDGE (William1) of Salisbury, who, in his nuncupative will, declared before 3 Sept. 1672, stated that Richard Norman was his wife's brother.[13]
vi. Richard Norman, b. ca. 1623-24; m. ca. 1650, Margaret ___. He deposed, aged about 50, on 19 March 1673/4 and on 2 Dec. 1674.[14] His baptism was not found in Charminster, so the family probably moved from there about the time that they disappeared from the register.
Footnotes:
1. Walter Goodwin Davis published an excellent account of the Norman family in 1930 ("The Ancestry of Sarah Stone..." [Portland, Maine, 1930], 45-54 [hereafter cited as Davis, "Stone Ancestry"]). The best modern summary of this family can be found in Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 2:1334-6 (hereafter cited as Anderson, "Great Migration Begins"). Statements about Richard1 Norman and his family in this article that are not documented here are taken from this latter source. Another recent account of this family can be found in Burton W. Spear, ed., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, "18: West Country Ancestries, 1620-1643 (Toledo, Ohio, 1992), 102-3, which uses (with a note of caution) the poorest available source: Raymon Meyers Tingley, "Some Ancestral Lines.. ." (Rutland, Vt., 1935), 256-58. Tingley has Richard1 as the son of a John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk, which is in a completely different part of England. Tingley also gave Richard a non-existent son named William.
2. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds 5:107.
3. "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts," 9 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1911-75), 3:368 (hereafter cited as "Essex Court Records").
4. The marriages for Holy Trinity parish in the nearby town of Dorchester were searched, but their marriage was not found there either ("Dorset Parish Registers," Marriages, 7 [London: Phillimore, 1914]:1-44). The marriages for Charminster were also published by Phillimore.
5. Prerogative Court of Canterbury 69 Parker [Thomas], 140 Twisse [William]. (Cerne Abbas is best known for its ancient 180-foot-tall giant chalk figure with oversized genitalia.)
6. The archivist provided the following citations, apparently from the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset: Ref DS 6 258 [Edith]; Inv CC/262, no locality listed [Henry].
7. The original research on these baptisms was carried out in the Bishops' Transcripts for Charminster, Dorsetshire, 1591-1879 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film #1,279,491, items 9-12]. The transcripts are missing for the years 1617, 1623, and 1624. Copies from the parish register at the Dorset Record Office in Dorchester were obtained by Simon Neal of London, who located the entry for Susan in 1617, but not the baptism for son Richard.
8. [George Ernest Dow, ed.,] "The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts," 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1916-20), 2:355-57 (hereafter cited as "Essex Co. Probate Records").
9. E.g., David W. Hoyt, "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts," 3 vols. plus supplement (Providence, RI., 1897-1919), 1:162; Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 46.
10. Robert1 Lockwood and his family, see Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed., "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. (Fairfield, Conn., 1930-32), 1:380-81, 715.
11. See Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38; and an anonymous article [probably by Eben Putnam], "John Hart of Marblehead, Shipwright," "The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine" 3(1902):67-72. The latter article does not identify Hart's wife Florence or provide her 2nd marriage.
12. Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38.
13. "Essex Co. Probate Records," 2:286-87.
14. "Essex Court Records," 5:256, as cited in Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1335; Christopher Johnston, "Thomas Weston and His Family," "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 50(1896):201-6, at 202-3."

3. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 44-46:
"RICHARD NORMAN, born in England about the year 1580, came to America as an employee of the Dorchester company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this settlement, which undoubtedly received additions from Engalnd from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 udner leadership of Roger Conant and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn ... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem ... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company."(Essex Deeds, 5:107.) These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters."
Richard Norman participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and he had undoubtedly received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find himliving on "Darby Fort side: (Marblehead) wehre he may possibly have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. (Records and Files, etc., I:194.) The last record we have of him is in 1653, where Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard. (Records and Files, etc., III:368.) He probably died soon afterward.
Richard Norman's wife testified against Richard Cooke in 1645, but unfortunately her name was not recorded.
Children:
i. A DAUGHTER. On 17: 7: 1637 Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory has been advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and whose wife's name was Susanna. (
ii. JOHN.
iii. MARGARET. She m. Robert Morgan, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly. He united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29: 4: 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671 in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age. His will, dated Oct. 14, 1672, and probated June, 1673, mentions his wife Margaret, his son Samuel, to whom he left twelve acres of land at Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave her in the g't plain," his sons Benjamin, Joseph, Robert and Moses, and his daughter Bethia, and appoints Ensign Corning and John Stone overseers. Margaret (Norman) Morgan m. Samuel Fowler of Salisbury and was living in 1690.
Children:
1. Samuel Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Elizabeth Dixey, daughter of Capt. William Dixey, Dec. 15, 1658. (See Dixey.)
2. Luke Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; d. before 1672.
3. Benjamin Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; slain by Indians, "to the eastward" before July, 1677.
4. Joseph Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Deborah Hart, daughter of John and Florence (Norman) Hart, his first cousin, July 12, 1669, in Lynn. (See Hart.)
5. Robert Morgan, bapt. 15: 10: 1650, in Salem; d. s. p.
6. Moses Morgan, d. s. p. before 1694.
7. Bethia Morgan, bapt. 29: 3: 1653, in Salem; m. Samuel Weed, son of John and Deborah (Winsley) Weed of Amesbury, March 12, 1675/6.
iv. RICHARD.
v. FLORENCE. She m. John Hart of Marblehead as his second wife. (See Hart.) After his death in 1656, she m. Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich. He was a son of William Whittridge, a carpenter, who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635. Thomas Whittridge died in 1672, and administration was granted to Robert Morgan and Richard Norman on Sept. 24 of that year. They filed the following document: "A declaration of the verball will of Thomas Whittridge deceased which wee Robert Morgan & Richard Norman present vnto this honoured Court.... Our brother Thomas Whittridge being sicke Sent vnto mee Robert Morgan: by 2 of his Sonnes desireing mee with speede to (send) to our brother Richard Norman: & that wee together would come Vnto him: which we Accomplished & tarried not long. Uppon the 21st of August last past wee went to the howse of our brother: who finding him Uppon his bed: after mutual greting & talk about gods Seuerall dispensations towards vs in or relations in general: & to him & his family in pticular: he said hee had beine very sick but yesterday mr newman administering phisick vnto him hee was revived & something better: so summing from his bed and walking to & fro in his howse sapke as foll: Bretheren you being the most Intimate with vs and dearest in our affections vnto mee & yor sister my wife now taken from mee in whom wee putt our Confidence: & in whom I doe Confide: of all our relations remaining aliue: I have therefore Sent for you to decar(re) my mind Unto yow, wch is this: my desire & will is ... to Committ vnto you my 3 sonnes wch I had by yor sister: withal that smale estae yt god hath given mee; … (here follows a division of property between the sons, Thomas, Richard and William Whittridge) … to putt his sd 3 Sonnes Unto trades such as they most desire: & wheare their affections most enclined to bee; but with their relations rather than any others: if possibly wee could bring it so to passe. This having spoken he lay downed vppon his bed againe & wee according to our duty as the Lord enabled Vs sought unto god with him & for him by prer & in som tyme after departed from him: and all this tyme from our Coming Vnto him Untill our depting from him weare present his owne 3 Sonnes before mentioned: and his brother Sammuell Whittridge: and his Sone in Law John Traske (Husband of Florence Hart.)." (Records and Files, etc., VII:163.)
Children, by Whittridge:
1. Thomas Whittridge.
2. Richard Whittridge.
3. William Whittridge."

4. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 267-68:
"RICHARD1 NORMAN, born England, probably Dorchester, by about 1587, died Salem MA after 22 April 1653 but before 27 June 1664; married England about 1611 (birth 1612) (___), possibly Margaret Alford)), born there say 1590, died Marblehead MA after 1645.
Richard1 was in Cape Ann (Gloucester) MA by 1626, living in Salem 6 September 1628, and in Marblehead in 1645. He came to America as an employee of the Dorchester Company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this group, which undoubtedly received additions from England from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 under the leadership of Roger Conant, and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company." These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters".
He participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and undoubtedly had received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman probably was not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find him living on "Darby Fort side" (Marblehead), where he may have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. The last record we have of him is in 1653, when Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard (Torrey 538).
Children, surname NORMAN:
i. JOHN, born England about 1612, died Salem MA 1672; married there about 1636 (birth 1637 Arabella (___), born England say 1616, died Salem 1679. He passed his youth in the Cape Ann and Naumkeag settlements, and was a carpenter and shipwright. He shared in the first grants to Salem settlers, and his first home was in the North Field, on land granted him in 1636, and on which he immediately built a house (Torrey 538).
ii. MARGARET, born England say 1613; married (1) Salem MA by about 1633 Robert1 Morgan, born England 1601, died Beverly MA 1672, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1673 Samuel1 Fowler, born England 1618, died Salisbury 1711 (Torrey 518 and 280). Robert united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29 April 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671, in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age.
iii. SUSANNA2, born England say 1615, died Greenwich CT 23 December 1660: married Watertown MA about 1633 (birth 1634) Sgt. ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, baptized Combs, co. Suffolk, England 18 January 1600, died Fairfield CT by 11 September 1658. On 17 July 1637 Sgt. Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's". There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory is advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield CT, and whose wife's name was Susanna (see Lockwood Chapter) (Torrey 470).
iv. FLORENCE, born England say 1619; married (1) Salem MA by about 1639 as his second wife John1 Hart, born England 1595, died Marblehead MA 1656; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1657 Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich MA, a carpenter, born England say 1620, died Salisbury 1672, son of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635 (Torrey 348 and 812)
v. RICHARD, born England about 1623, died Marblehead MA 1683; married (1) there 15 July 1654 Elizabeth2 Whitridge, born England say 1625, died Marblehead 1659, daughter of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who probably came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635; married (2) there 28 March 1660 Margaret2 Flint, born probably England 1635, died Marblehead 1705, probably daughter of William1 and Alice1 (Bosworth) Flint, married (2) there 15 October 1685 Robert1 Goodwin, born probably England say 1625 (Torrey 538 and 312).
("MA & ME Families in Ancestry of W. G. Davis", W. G. Davis, 1996; Colket 221; Pope 330; Savage III:288; "Great Migration Begins", 1:1334, R. C. Anderson, 1995)"
 		Norman, Florence (I3288)
 
2422 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"Richard Norman
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1626
First Residence: Salem
Removes: Marblehead
Occupation: Fisherman or shipwright.
Education: Signed deed of 1653 by mark 3:369]. Offices: Coroner's jury on body of William Bateman, 18 September 1630 [MBCR 1:78]. On 18 May 1631 "Rich[ard] Norman is fined 2s. 6d. for his negligence in watching" [MBCR 1:87]. Estate: In Salem land grant of 1636 received twenty acres [STR 1:19, 24]. In the 25 December 1637 division of marsh and meadow, granted three-quarters of an acre, with a household of four [STR 1:103]. Granted twenty acres "that was Mr. Thorndeck's," 29 January 1637/8 [STR 1:65]. A grant of 20 January 1640/1 to Allen Converse refers to "that lot which was Richard Norman's near the head of the river," and adjoining Mr. Endicott's farm [STR 1:109]. In his will, dated 14 October 1672, son-in-law Robert Morgan of Salem mentions the twelve acres of land in Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave unto her in the great plain" [EPR 2:355]. On 22 April 1653 Richard Norman the elder deeded to his son Richard Norman his house and ten acre lot "in Marvellheade upon Darbe Fort side," along with cow commons [EQC 3:369]. Birth: By about 1587 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 22 April 1653 [EQC 3:369], but before 27 June 1664 [EQC 3:369, when Thomas Millett Sr. acknowledged "old Richard Norman's act and deed"]. Marriage: By about 1612 ____ ____; on 9 July 1645 the "wife of Richard Norman Sr." testified in court [EQC 1:82]; no further record. (Two women by the name of Arabella Norman were admitted to Salem church, one in May 1637 and the other on 25 February 1637/8 [SChR 6, 7]. One of these is certainly the wife of John Norman, son of Richard. The second is probably a clerical error, but just might be the wife of Richard Sr.) Children:
i JOHN, b. say 1612; m. before May 1637 Arabella ____ [SChR 6; EQC 1:74 (when he certifies the births of children with wife Arabella)].
ii MARGARET, b. say 1613; m. (1) by about 1633 Robert Morgan (who mentions "my wife's father Norman" in his will [EPR 2:355]; their eldest Child, Samuel, m. in 1658). (Margaret is said to have married second, after 1673, Samuel Fowler, but the evidence for this is not seen [Hoyt 162].)
iii SUSANNA, b. say 1615; m. by 1635 Robert Lockwood (who refused a Salem houselot grant "beyond his father Norman's" [STR 1:47]).
iv FLORENCE, b. say 1619; m. (1) by about 1639 John Hart (daughter Elizabeth m. in 1659; husband of daughter Florence called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge in 1672 [Sarah Stone Anc 38]); m. (2) about 1657 Thomas Whittridge (who called Richard Norman his wife's brother and with whom she had three sons after 1657 [EPR 2:287; Sarah Stone Anc 46-47]).
v RICHARD, b. about 1623 (deposed aged about fifty 19 March 1673/4 [EQC 5:256], deposed aged about fifty-seven at June Term 1680 [EQC 7:386]); m. by about 1650 Margaret ____ (daughter Elizabeth "d. in 1732, aged eighty-two" [Sarah Stone Anc 52]).
Comments: In his deposition of 20 January 1680/1 Richard Brackenbury included "old Goodman Norman and his son" among those who were already at Salem when Endicott arrived in 1628 [EIHC 13:138]. On 17 September 1640 "Erasmus James and Richard Norman, sr., [were] presented for defective fences on Darby fort side. Not proved" [EQC 1:194]. Richard Norman was evidently in a fishing or shipbuilding business with his son, since "Rich[ard] Norman, Jno. Norman and Company" were sued by John Devereux at July Term 1642 and again at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:42, 45]. The conflict grew heated and Devereux further sued Richard Norman for defamation at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:45]. At July Term 1642 Norman witnessed against Matthew Gillet who stole a piece of soap from John Norman "to wash his shirts with, as he said" [EQC 1:44]. When his son Richard, Jr., was fined for "slighting ordinances and carrying a burden on Lord's day," Richard Sr. answered for him in court, February 1642/3 [EQC 1:51]. It is likely, as Davis says, that "Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion" [Sarah Stone Anc 45]. Pope incorrectly applied the probate of the younger Richard to the elder. Savage thought that there were two John Normans, a brother of Richard the immigrant, and a son, but the records all apply to one man, son of Richard. Bibliographic Note: In 1930 Walter Goodwin Davis prepared one of his typical eloquent but sparsely referenced treatments of this family [Sarah Stone Anc 45-54]."

2. The following partial excerpt concerning this individual is from the biography of Jeffrey Ferris in the "Great Migration" book. These are highly reliable summaries of early pre-1636 colonists and the entire biography can be read in Jeffrey's notes:
"Jeffrey Ferris
Origin: Unknown.
Migration: 1634
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Wethersfield 1635, Stamford 1641, Greenwich by 1650, East Town 1655, Greenwich by about 1659...
Estate: ...On 25 November 1650, "William Hallet of Grenwich" sold to "Jeffere Ferris & his heirs, all his housing & lands in Grenwich, his whole right & title, & his wife's right also, in the lands purchased by Daniell Pattrick & Robert Feke in the New Netherlands, the parcels of lands that William Hallet doth own" are a house lot, "a piece of salt meadow of five acres more or less, also upland by the side of it on Elizabeth Neck, also the half of the land in the said Elizabeth Neck that is not already given out, both upland & meadow, also six acres of meadow, more or less, with a piece of upland by it ..., also a piece of upland in consideration of the ox pasture Goodman Sherwood did & should take in, ... also a piece of upland & meadow on Myanos Neck that was William Hallett his particular lot" [Greenwich LR 1:169]. (On 18 July 1640, Robert Feake and Daniel Patrick purchased from several Indians land that would become Greenwich; an annotation of unknown date to this deed states that "Keofrum hath sold all his right in the abovesaid neck unto Jeffere Ferris [Greenwich LR 1:455].)
On 28 May 1661, "Jeffery Ferries, by marriage with his wife Susanna, now deceased, stands engaged to pay certain legacies due to the children of Robert Lockwood, deceased, according to the administration entered in Court 20 October 1658" [Fairfield PR 1:65].
In his will, dated 6 January 1664(/5?] and proved 9 March 1666/7, "Jeaffrey Ferris" bequeathed to "my wife that now is, all the estate which she can make appear that she brought with her" and £l0; to "her four children, that is to say, those four boys which I brought up and kept," £10 apiece; "in case my wife that now is shall see cause to remain a widow alter my decease, ... I give for her use five acres of land that now is in till, the one half in my home lot and the other half at Tomuck," also "one of my allotments that is on Mihanoes Neck," also some household goods to "my son James Ferris," £20, some moveables, and "half my farm, that is to say, that land that I now gave him"; to "my daughter Mary Lockwood, that now is, twenty pounds besides the quarter part of my before mentioned jades I gave to her husband, Jonothan Lockwood"; to "my son Peter Ferris, his three children, one mare colt"; to "my son Josep[h]'s two children one mare colt"; residue to "be equally divided amongst all my children"; "in case God should please to give my wife a child born of her body whilst she remains my wife, that is to say, whilst I live, or if I leave her with child when I die," that child to have "the other half of my farm" and a young mare; "my loving friend, John Holly, now in Stamford, and my son Peter Ferris" to be executors [Fairfield PR 2:20-21].
The inventory of the estate of "Jeffrey Ferris, deceased," taken 23, 24, 26 and 29 November 1666, totalled £493 6-¼d., of which £170 was real estate: "house and lands," £170 [Fairfield PR 2:29-32]. Appended to the inventory is a division of the estate, dated 22 March 1666/7: to "brother Jonathan Lockwood"; to "brother James Ferris"; to "brother Joseph Ferris"; and to "brother Joseph Ferris" [Fairfield PR 2:32] (perhaps one of the entries for Joseph Ferris is intended for one of the other brothers).
On 21 June 1687, "Peter Ferris & Jonathan Lockwood & Joseph Ferris & Jeames Ferris, being administrators of the estate of our deceased father, Jeffere Ferris," agreed "that all lands that are dividable that were formerly our foresaid deceased father's, ... that any or each person of us do possess, that he or they shall have ... the said land ... as his own proper right" [Greenwich LR 1:124].
On 16 July 1705, "John Ferris, inhabitant of Westchester, ... son unto Jeffre Ferris of Greenwich," gave a receipt for his share of his father's estate from "my brother[s] Peeter Ferris & Joseph Feris & James Feris & Jonathan Lockwood, ... as they were administrators of the estate of my deceased [father] Jeffere Feris" [Greenwich LR 1:173].
Birth: By about 1604 based on estimated date of marriage.
Death: Greenwich 31 May 1666 [Gillespie Anc 118, source not cited].
Marriage:
(1) By about 1629 ___ ___. She died at Stamford 31 July 1658 (TAG 10:45, citing Stamford TR 1:20].
(2) About 1659 Susanna (Norman) Lockwood, daughter of Richard Norman {1626, Salem} [GMB 2:1334-36] and widow of Robert Lockwood {1634, Watertown} [Fairfield PR 1:65]. She died at Greenwich 23 December 1660 (recorded at Stamford) [TAG 10:118, citing
Stamford TR 1:98].
(3) By about 1662 Judith (Feake) Palmer, daughter of James Feake of London and widow of William Palmer {1636, Watertown} [NYGBR 86:211-12, and arguments presented there]. She married (3) John Bowers soon after the death of Jeffrey Ferris, for, on 9 March 1666/7, "Judah Bowers, lately widow Ferris sometimes wife to Jeffery Ferris, do openly acknowledge I have received in full satisfaction what was given me by my husband's will" [Fairfield PR 2:21]...
Bibliographic Note: In 1976 Paul W. Prindle prepared a comprehensive account of this immigrant and his family [Gillespie Anc 117-36]."

3. "The Great Migration," by Robert Charles Anderson:
"Robert Lockwood
Origin: Combs, Suffolk [Connecticut Ancestry 47:120-23].
Migration:1633.
First Residence: Watertown.
Removes: Stamford 1646, Fairfield 1650...
Estate: ...The inventory of the estate of "Robert Lockwood deceased in Fairfeild," taken 11 September 1658, totalled £464 3s., of which £110 was real estate: "housing & lands," £110 [Fairfield PR 1:42-43].
On 20 October 1658, "the widow Lockwood" presented her husband's inventory, and the court appointed "the widow Susanna Lockwood to be administratrix"; "the deceased having left no will, the Court orders as followeth: that the widow shall have a third part of the state and the rest of the children being nine in number, their names are Jonathan, Joseph, Daniell, Epraim, Gershom, John, Abigail, Sarah and Mary, shall have the rest of the estate divided amongst them as followeth, the eldest son Jonathan is to have a double portion only that estate which the said Jonathan received of his father before his death being here made to appear to be fifty-seven pounds, twelve shillings, is to be reckoned to be part of his double portion, and ... the rest of the estate is to be divided among the rest of the children only each of the sons are to have a third part more than [each] of the daughters ...; Deborah being married hath received her portion of her father before his death" [Fairfield PR 1:43].
On 17 May 1659, "Susanna Lockwood" sued John Cable "in an action of the case to the damage of £120," and the court found for the defendant [RPCC 200]. (This dispute may have involved the land which Roger Ludlow and John Cable had sold to Robert Lockwood many years before.)
On 28 May 1661, "whereas Jeffery Ferris by marriage with his wife Susanna now deceased stands engaged to pay certain legacies due to the children of Robert Lockwood deceased according to the administration entered in court 20 October 1658 and whereas he sayeth that Joseph & Daniell hath received their portions already as also that they have received the portions of Epraim & Gershom & that they are to stand engaged to see it paid according to the court order and that he intends at the first opportunity to clear himself thereof at a court and whereas John & the three daughters portions are still in his hand, he having removed out of this jurisdiction and security being demanded, he doth by these presents bind over all his housing and accommodations that he hath in Greenwich that the legacies shall be truly paid" [Fairfield PR 1:65, 67].
On 1 December 1681, "Jonathan Hewsteed of Greenwich having marrying Mary Lockwood the daughter of Robert and Susanna Lockwood" acknowledged having received his wife's portion of her parents' estates from "Daniell Lockwood, Joseph Lockwood and Will[ia]m Ward administrators upon the estate of their father and mother" [Fairfield PR 3:314]. On 28 December 1681, "John Barlowe of Fairfeild," noting that "there was a portion due out of the estate of my father-in-law Robert Lockwood deceased and of the estate of my mother -in-law Susanna Ferris deceased unto she that is now my wife Abigal their daughter, and whereas that my brother-in-law Will[ia]m Ward in his lifetime and my brother-in-laws Joseph and Daniel Lockwood were appointed by the court to administer on the abovesaid estate," acknowledged having received his wife's portion [Fairfield PR 3:313].
Birth: Baptized Combs, Suffolk, 18 January 1600/1, son of Edmund Lockwood [Connecticut Ancestry 47:120-23].
Death. Between 21 May 1657 (when he was appointed sergeant at Fairfield [CCCR 1:299]) and 11 September 1658 (date of inventory).
Marriage: By 1634 Susanna Norman, daughter of Richard Norman {1626, Salem} [NYGBR 5 8:395-96; GMB 2:1334-36]. She married (2) about 1659 Jeffrey Ferris {1634, Watertown} [GM:2:517-21] and died at Greenwich on 23 December 1660 (recorded at Stamford) [TAG 10:118, citing Stamford TR 1:98].
Children:
i. Jonathan Lockwood, b. Watertown 10 September 1634 [NEHGR 6:380; WaVR 1:3]; m. by 6 January 1664[/5?] Mary Ferris, daughter of Jeffrey Ferris [GM 2:2:519-20].
ii. DEBORAH Lockwood, b. Watertown 12 October 1636 [NEHGR 7:159; WaVR 1:4]; m. (1) by 20 October 1658 William Ward, son of Andrew WARD {1633, Watertown} [GMB 3:1918-21 (which misstates the estimated date of marriage)]; m. (2) by 1678 John Topping [FOOF 1:265, 645 (citing "Marriage agreement between Ebenezer Hawley and Hester Ward, daughter of Mrs. Deborah Topping of Southampton, 19 Apr. 1678")].
iii. Joseph Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 August 1638 [NEHGR 7:160; WaVR 1:5]; m. (1) by an unknown date ___ Beacham, daughter of Robert Beacham (in his will of 24 November 1689, "Rob[er]t Beacham of Maxemas Farms in Fairfeild" included bequests to "my grandchild Robert Lockwood," "my grandchild Susana Lockwood," "my other two grandchildren John and Sarah Lockwood," and made "my loving son-in-law Joseph Lockwood" sole executor [Fairfield PR 4:36]); possibly m. (2) after 1689 Mary (Coley) (Simpson) Stream, widow of Peter Simpson and John Stream [FOOF 1:383].
iv. Daniel Lockwood, b. Watertown 25 March 1640 [NEHGR 7:162; WaVR 1:8]; m. by about 1669 Abigail Sherwood (eldest known child b. about 1669 [FOOF 1:383]), daughter of Thomas Sherwood [FOOF 1:383, 548-49].
v. EPHRAIM Lockwood, b. Watertown 1 December 1641 [NEHGR 7:281; WaVR 1:9]; m. Norwalk 8 June 1665 Mercy St. John [Norwalk LR 1:49], daughter of Mathias St. John [FOOF 1:513].
vi. GERSHOM Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 September 1643 [NEHGR 7:283; WaVR 1:11]; m. (1) ___ ___ ["Connecticut Ancestry" 47:130]; m. (2) Oyster Bay 3 August 1697 Elizabeth (Townsend) Wright [Oyster Bay TR 1:515], daughter of John Townsend and widow of Gideon Wright ["Connecticut Ancestry" 47:130; FOOF 1:384-85].
vii. John Lockwood, b. say 1646; the inventory of the estate of "John Lockwood" was taken "by us as selectmen of the town of Norwocke in February last Anno 1675 [probably 1675/6]" (including a debt "from the country for wages as a soldier") and presented by Ephraim Lockwood [Fairfield PR 3:23-24]; apparently unm.
viii. Abigail Lockwood, b. say 1648; m. by about 1668 John Barlow (eldest known child b. about 1668), son of Thomas Barlow [Fairfield PR 3:313; FOOF 1:29].
ix. Sarah Lockwood, b. say 1650; d. Fairfield 1 March 1650[/1] [CTVR30].
x. Sarah Lockwood, b. Fairfield 27 February 1651[/2?] [CTVR 30]; she may have married Abraham Adams [Connecticut Ancestry 47:130; FOOF 1:9-10].
xi. Mary Lockwood, b. say 1654; m. (1) by 1681 Jonathan Huestis [Fairfield PR 3:314; TAG 30:127-28, 73:204-5]; m. (2) by 1713 Joseph Knapp (on 28 April 1713, "Joseph Knap of the town of Gree[n]wich ... & Mary his wife formerly Mary Heusted relict of Jonathan Heusted of the said Greenwich deceased" deeded to Jonathan Jessup land formerly held by Jonathan Huestis [Greenwich LR 2:85; FOOF 1:317-18]).
Associations: Brother of Edmund Lockwood {1630, Cambridge} [GMB 2:1192-94]. Two features of the landholding of Robert Lockwood illuminate further the life of Edmund Lockwood. First, prior to 1639, Robert Lockwood had sold to John Masters "five acres of marsh at the oyster bank near the river" [CaTR 53]. This was probably land originally in the possession of Edmund Lockwood who had resided in Cambridge before his death. Robert Lockwood was executor of the estate of Edmund Lockwood, whose widow had married John Masters. Second, in the grants of land in the Beaverbrook Plowlands and the Remote Meadows, which were based on household size, Robert Lockwood received six acres. At the date of these grants, in late 1636 and early 1637, the immediate household of Robert Lockwood was four persons (himself, his wife, and his two eldest children). The most likely explanation for the additional two household members is that they were the orphaned children of Edmund Lockwood and his first wife. One of these children was the son Edmund. The identity of the second of these children is unknown, but this tells us that in 1637 there were only two surviving children by this first marriage.
At the same time that Robert Lockwood sold his Watertown lands to Bryan Pendleton and Edward Garfield, Nicholas Knapp sold all his Watertown lands to the same men [SLR 1:71]. Knapp also made the migration to Fairfield [Connecticut Ancestry 47:125-26].
Comments: Based on the birth of a son at Watertown on 10 September 1634 [WaVR 1:3], the year of immigration of this immigrant had been placed as 1634. However, the pattern of his landholding in Watertown and the presence in New England of the woman he married several years earlier lead us to conclude that he had actually arrived by 1633 Connecticut Ancestry 47:123]. He may even have come over with his brother Edmund Lockwood in 1630. In any case, we have chosen to include him in this volume.
Although Robert Lockwood created no surviving records during his residence at Stamford, we place him there from 1646 to 1650 for two reasons. First, he left Watertown at the same time that others of that own, especially Nicholas Knapp, made the move to Stamford [GMN:8]. Second, in 1650, when he was already at Fairfield, he sold land in Stamford which had been the proprietary share of the Rev. Richard Denton [Stamford TR 1:41], who had left Stamford prior to 1646. This and would have been the residence of Robert Lockwood during his sojourn at Stamford.
In 1654 two members of the family of Robert Lockwood became embroiled in the witchcraft trial of Goody Knapp. On 13 May 1654, "Susan Lockwood, wife of Robert Lockwood," and "Deborah Lockwood, of the age of 17 or thereabout," gave depositions of events on the day of Goody Knapp's execution [NHCR 2:82-83; Witchhunting 74-86].
Bibliographic Note: In 1889 Frederic A. Holden and F. Dunbar Lockwood compiled a genealogy of the descendants of the Lockwood brothers ["Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," Philadelphia 1889)].
In 1927 Clarence A. Torrey identified the wife of this immigrant NYGBR 58:395-96]. Donald Lines Jacobus treated Robert Lockwood and his descendants in the course of his work on the families of Fairfield [FOOF 1:380-87]. In 1978, building on the work of Jacobus and correcting the "Lockwood Family," Harriet Woodbury Hodge published an account of the immigrant Edmund Lockwood, thus correcting earlier accounts of Robert Lockwood ["Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and His son Edmund Lockwood (c. 1625-1693) of Stamford, Connecticut" (New York 1978)]. In 1984 Harriet Woodbury Hodge published an account of the agnate descendants of Ephraim Lockwood, son of this immigrant ["Connecticut Ancestry" 27:9-18, 64-70, 141-47].
In 2004 Robert Charles Anderson published a study of this immigrant, concentrating on his English origin, his landholding and the marriages of his children ["Connecticut Ancestry" 47:119-30]."

4. Per "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. pages 380, 381: "Susannah, probable daughter of Richard Norman of Salem, Mass. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris."

5. The book: "Genealogy of the Lockwood Family 1630-1888 - Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia: "Susan Lockwood, wife of Robert Lockwood, May 13th, 1654, gave evidence in a witch case, at a court held at New Haven, Conn., and stated that she was present when goodwife Knapp was hanged for a witch. (New Haven Colonial Records) Elizabeth Brewster, goodwife Staples and goodwife Odill were also present, and examined the body of goodwife Knapp after she was executed, and stated that goodwife Lockwood was with them on that occasion. Note - Mrs. Susannah Lockwood subsequently married Jeffrey Ferris. 'Mrs. Susannah Ferris, wife of Jeffrey Ferris, died at 'Grinwich' Dec. 23d, 1660. (Hy. Stamford p. 158)"

7. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information...":
"Ruth, b. 1-6-1640/41. m. 9 or 11-20-1657, Joseph Ferris, son of Jeffrey Ferris. Joseph b. 1638. d. 1699. They moved to Stamford, Conn. in 1646. He was made Proprietor at Greenwich, Conn. 2-5-1664. Jeffrey Ferris was made Freeman at Watertown, Mass. 5-6-1635. Moved to Stamford in 1640. d. 5-31-1666. (See Ferris Genealogy.)...
The executors of Joseph Ferris's estate were his brother Peter and son-in-law, Samuel Peck, in 1699. He left his lands in Horseneck to sons John and James. His lands on Cos Cob Neck to Moses, Benjamin and Caleb. Sons Joseph and Joshua and dau. Ruth Peck, "Lidia Runolds" and Hannah were mentioned. Probably Hannah was not yet m.
Jeffrey Ferris came to the part of Stamford that later became Greenwich. He m. 1st (name unknown). She was mother of all his children. m. 2nd Susannah, widow of Robert Lockwood. d. 1666. m. 3rd Judith (Judy) Feake Palmer, who m. after Jeffrey's death, ___ Bowers, erroneously sometimes called Burns. Jeffrey's only dau. m. Jonathan Lockwood, son of Robert and Susannah. There were 4 Ferris sons- John of Westchester, Peter of Stamford, Joseph and James of Greenwich. Both Peter and Joseph left widows named Ruth, and it was Peter's widow who m. John Clapp, not Joseph's."
"Jeffry Ferris was b. in Leicestershire, England about 1610 and came to America about 1634. His widow, Susannah, had a dau. Mary by first marriage perhaps - perhaps by second."

8. From FHL book 929.273-K727kaa: "The Ancestral Lines of Mary Lenore Knapp," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D.,1800 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, Illinois; 1947. Note the discrepancy from Susannah's supposed married date of 28 May 1661 and death date a year earlier 23 Dec. 1660:
'11-G-41. Robert Lockwood, son of 12-G-32. Edmund Lockwood & ?
B. At Combs, Co. Suffolk, England. Bapt. Jan. 18, 1600
D. 1658. No will. Inventory 9-11-1658, by John Banks. Wife, Administrator.
M. Susannah Norman. 11-G-42. (which see) First 6 children recorded in Watertown."
"11-G-42. SUSANNAH Norman, dau. of 12-G-33. Richard Norman & ? of Salem, Mass.
D. Dec. 23, 1660, at Greenwich, Conn.
M. 1st, Robert Lockwood. 11-G-41. (which see)
2nd, Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich. Marriage contract signed 5-28-1661. He d. 1666. He was the guardian of Robert's children.
Robert and Susannah had:
1. Jonathan Lockwood, b. 9-10-1634.
2. Deborah Lockwood, b. 10-12-1636. m. 1st, before 10-2-1658, Ensign Williams Ward. 2nd, John Tapping.
3. Joseph Lockwood, b. 8-6-1638.
4. Daniel Lockwood, b. 3-21-1640. 10-G-44. (which see)
5. Ephraim Lockwood, b. 12-1-1641.
6. Gershom Lockwood, b. 9-6-1643.
7. John Lockwood, d. 1677. Single. Inventory about 1677.
8. Abigail Lockwood, m. John Barlow, Jr.
9. Sarah Lockwood, d. 3-1-1650/1. Perhaps 1st wife of Lieut. Abraham Adams.
10. Mary Lockwood, m. 1st, Jonathan Husted, 2nd, Joseph Knapp, of Greenwich, probably.
11. Deborah Lockwood, probably.
Robert Lockwood was in Watertown, Mass. May 30, 1630: Came with Winthrop & Saltonstall, perhaps on the "Mary and John," probably not on the "Arabella." Removed to Fairfield, Conn. about 1646. Was Freeman in Mass. Bay Colony, 3-9-1631. Freeman in Conn. 5-20-1652. Sergt. of Fairfield Train Band. He was Exect. of his bro. Edmund Lockwood's will. Susannah gave evidence in the Witchcraft trial of Goodwife Knapp and was present at her hanging. Because of the intimate relationship between Robert Lockwood and Nicholas Knapp in their business relations and movements, it is believed by many that Elinor, wife of Nicholas, was a sister of Robert Lockwood. I consider it very probable."

9. From FHL book 929.273-K727kaa: "The Ancestral Lines of Mary Lenore Knapp," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D.,1800 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, Illinois; 1947:
"12-G-33. Richard Norman, Ancestry not traced. Of Salem, Mass. Came from Dorchester, England, about 1626. He was a carpenter. Was in Salem before Endicott came. He was one of the oldest "Planters" of the Old Planters, called Old Goodman Norman. He was a member of the old Episcopal Colony of Cape Ann in 1623. In Salem in 1623. Moved to Marblehead before 1645. Had
1. Hugh Norman. [KP: Disputed.]
2. John Norman.
3. Richard Norman.
4. Susan Norman who m. Robert Lockwood. 11-G-42."

10. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, arrived in New England with his family at a very early date, certainly prior to 1628.[1] In 1680 Richard Brackenbury, aged 80, testified that "Old Goodman Norman and his sonn" and others "owned that they came over upon the account of a company of England called by us by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants."[2] Brackenbury himself had arrived in 1628 with John Endicott. Richard Norman was granted land at Salem in 1636, 1637, and 1638. The last record found for him is in 1653, when he deeded his house with a ten-acre lot in Marblehead to his son Richard.[3]
Since Richard was part of the Dorchester Company, it should be no surprise to find records of his family near Dorchester in old England. The village of Charminster, co. Dorset, is just to the north of Dorchester, and this is where Richard's children were baptized in a church that dates from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The entries show that his wife was named Florence, but if they were married in Charminster, the record does not survive, as the church registers and Bishops' Transcripts are both missing the marriages from 1598 to 1605.[4]
Relatively few Dorsetshire probate items were found for this surname. There were two wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Thomas Norman of Wimborne dated 1619, and William Norman of Cerne Abbas (just to the north of Charminster), for 1646.[5] Nothing in either of these wills connects with Richard Norman of Charminster. Contact with the Dorset County archivist located an administration for Edith Norman of Sherbome, widow in 1600, and an inventory for Henry Norman for 1636.[6]
Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset:[7]
i. John2 Norman, bp. 7 Feb. 1606/7; m. by 1637, ARABELLA ___.
ii. Elizabeth Norman, bp. 12 Jan. 1610/1, bur. Charminster, 23 April 1613.
iii. Margaret Norman, bp. 4 Feb. 1614/5; m. by 1633, Robert1 Morgan, a cooper of Cape Ann Side in Salem, Mass. Robert's will, dated 14 Oct. 1672 and proved 24 June 1673, includes a reference to "my wife's father Norman."[8] Several sources state that she m. (2) Samuel2 F0WLER (Philip1) of Salisbury, Mass., but primary evidence has not been found.[9]
iv. SUSAN Norman, bp. 31 July 1617; m. by 1635, Robert1 Lockwood. This identification is based on a record of 17 July 1637, when Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a house lot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." This appears to be a reference to Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who later removed to Fairfield, Conn., and whose wife was named Susanna.[10]
v. FLORENCE Norman, bp. 17 Oct. 1619; m. (1) by 1639, JOHN1 HART of Marblehead, Mass.;[11] in 1672, John Trask, husband of their daughter Florence, was called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge.[12] She m. (2) ca. 1657, Thomas2 WHITRRIDGE (William1) of Salisbury, who, in his nuncupative will, declared before 3 Sept. 1672, stated that Richard Norman was his wife's brother.[13]
vi. Richard Norman, b. ca. 1623-24; m. ca. 1650, Margaret ___. He deposed, aged about 50, on 19 March 1673/4 and on 2 Dec. 1674.[14] His baptism was not found in Charminster, so the family probably moved from there about the time that they disappeared from the register.
Footnotes:
1. Walter Goodwin Davis published an excellent account of the Norman family in 1930 ("The Ancestry of Sarah Stone..." [Portland, Maine, 1930], 45-54 [hereafter cited as Davis, "Stone Ancestry"]). The best modern summary of this family can be found in Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 2:1334-6 (hereafter cited as Anderson, "Great Migration Begins"). Statements about Richard1 Norman and his family in this article that are not documented here are taken from this latter source. Another recent account of this family can be found in Burton W. Spear, ed., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, "18: West Country Ancestries, 1620-1643 (Toledo, Ohio, 1992), 102-3, which uses (with a note of caution) the poorest available source: Raymon Meyers Tingley, "Some Ancestral Lines.. ." (Rutland, Vt., 1935), 256-58. Tingley has Richard1 as the son of a John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk, which is in a completely different part of England. Tingley also gave Richard a non-existent son named William.
2. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds 5:107.
3. "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts," 9 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1911-75), 3:368 (hereafter cited as "Essex Court Records").
4. The marriages for Holy Trinity parish in the nearby town of Dorchester were searched, but their marriage was not found there either ("Dorset Parish Registers," Marriages, 7 [London: Phillimore, 1914]:1-44). The marriages for Charminster were also published by Phillimore.
5. Prerogative Court of Canterbury 69 Parker [Thomas], 140 Twisse [William]. (Cerne Abbas is best known for its ancient 180-foot-tall giant chalk figure with oversized genitalia.)
6. The archivist provided the following citations, apparently from the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset: Ref DS 6 258 [Edith]; Inv CC/262, no locality listed [Henry].
7. The original research on these baptisms was carried out in the Bishops' Transcripts for Charminster, Dorsetshire, 1591-1879 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film #1,279,491, items 9-12]. The transcripts are missing for the years 1617, 1623, and 1624. Copies from the parish register at the Dorset Record Office in Dorchester were obtained by Simon Neal of London, who located the entry for Susan in 1617, but not the baptism for son Richard.
8. [George Ernest Dow, ed.,] "The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts," 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1916-20), 2:355-57 (hereafter cited as "Essex Co. Probate Records").
9. E.g., David W. Hoyt, "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts," 3 vols. plus supplement (Providence, RI., 1897-1919), 1:162; Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 46.
10. Robert1 Lockwood and his family, see Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed., "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. (Fairfield, Conn., 1930-32), 1:380-81, 715.
11. See Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38; and an anonymous article [probably by Eben Putnam], "John Hart of Marblehead, Shipwright," "The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine" 3(1902):67-72. The latter article does not identify Hart's wife Florence or provide her 2nd marriage.
12. Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38.
13. "Essex Co. Probate Records," 2:286-87.
14. "Essex Court Records," 5:256, as cited in Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1335; Christopher Johnston, "Thomas Weston and His Family," "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 50(1896):201-6, at 202-3."

11. "Connecticut Ancestry," periodical published by the Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Dec. 2004, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 119-130: "Robert Lockwood of Watertown, Stamford and Fairfield: English Ancestry, New England Connections and Children's Marriages," by Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, (may be contacted at 2 Fenway, Deny, NH 03038, or at ). Note that the following is a partial transcript of the full transcript in the notes of Robert Lockwood; the full article is well written by one of the very best modern genealogists and should be consulted in conjunction with the following notes:
"GENEALOGICAL Summary
Robert1 Lockwood was almost certainly the child of that name baptized at Combs, Suffolk, on 18 January 1600[/1], son of Edmund and Alice (Cowper) Lockwood. He died, probably at Fairfield, between 21 May 1657 (when he was appointed sergeant at Fairfield) and 11 September 1658 (when his inventory was taken), and probably closer to the latter date. He married by 1634 Susanna2 Norman, baptized 31 July 1617 at Charminster, Dorset, daughter of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman of Salem. Massachusetts.(54) After 20 October 1658 (when she was still referred to as "widow Lockwood"), she married (2) Jeffrey Ferris, and she died at Greenwich on 23 December 1660.(55) Robert Lockwood arrived in New England no later than 1633 (and perhaps as early as 1630). As a resident of Watertown he was granted by the town a full proprietary share, which he sold in 1646, at which time he removed to Stamford, where he purchased the proprietary share of Rev. Richard Denton, which he disposed of in 1650. By 1650 he had removed to Fairfield, where he purchased the proprietary share originally granted to Henry Gray.
Children(i-vi born Watertown(56)):
i. Jonathan Lockwood, b. Watertown 10 September 1634. He m. by 6 January 1664[/5?] Mary Ferris, daughter of Jeffrey Ferris.(57)
ii. DEBORAH Lockwood, b. Watertown 12 October 1636. She m. (1) by 20 October 1658 William Ward, son of Andrew Ward.(58) She m. (2) by 1678 John Topping.(59)
iii. Joseph Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 August 1638. He m. (1) by an unknown date Beacham, daughter of Robert Beacham.(60) He possibly m. (2) after 1689 Mary (Coley) (Simpson) Stream, widow of Peter Simpson and John Stream.(61)
iv. Daniel Lockwood, b. Watertown 25 March 1640. He m. by about 1669 Abigail Sherwood, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield.(62)
v. EPHRAIM Lockwood, b. Watertown 1 December 1641. He m. Norwalk 8 June 1665 Mercy St. John,(63) daughter of Mathias St. John.(64)
vi. GERSHOM Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 September 1643. He m. (1) 65 He m. (2) Oyster Bay 3 August 1697 Elizabeth (Townsend) Wright, daughter of John Townsend and widow of Gideon Wright.(66)
vii. JohnLockwood, b. say 1646. The inventory of the estate of"John Lockwood" was taken "by us as selectmen of the town of Norwocke in February last Anno 1675 [probably 1675/6]" (including a debt "from the country for wages as a soldier") and presented by Ephraim Lockwood; apparently unmarried.(67)
viii. Abigail Lockwood, b. say 1648. She m. by about 1668 John Barlow, son of Thomas Barlow.(68)
ix. Sarah Lockwood, b. say 1650; d. Fairfield 1 March 1650[/1].(69)
x. Sarah Lockwood, b. Fairfield 27 February 1651[/2?].(70) She was living on 28 May 1661.(71) She may have married Abraham Adams.(72)
xi. Mary Lockwood, b. say 1654. She m. (1) by 1681 Jonathan3 Huestis (Angel2, Robert1).(73) She m. (2) by 1713 Joseph Knapp.(74)
Footnotes:
54. TAG 77(2002):102-3; Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1334-36.
55. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr. and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, "Volume 2, C-F (Boston, 2001), pp. 517-21 (cited hereafter as Anderson et al., Great Migration).
56. "Watertown Records: Vital Records," pp. 1:3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11; Register 6:380, 7:159, 160, 162, 281, 283.
57. Anderson et al., "Great Migration," 2:517-21; Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:382.
58. Fairfield Probate Records 1:43; Anderson, Great Migration Begins 3:1918-21 (which misstates the estimated date of marriage).
59. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:645 (citing "Marriage agreement between Ebenezer Hawley and Hester Ward, dau. of Mrs. Deborah Topping of Southampton, 19 Apr. 1678").
60. In his will of 24 November 1689, "Rob[er]t Beacham of Maxemas Farms in Fairfeild" included bequests to "my grandchild Robert Lockwood," "my grandchild Susana Lockwood," "my other two grandchildren John and Sarah Lockwood," and made "my loving son-in-law Joseph Lockwood" sole executor [Fairfield Probate Records 4:36].
61. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:383.
62. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:383, 548-49 (in her will of 29 January 1691/2, widow Abigail Lockwood made brother Matthew Sherwood one of her overseers).
63. Norwalk Deeds 1:49.
64. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:513.
65. Holden and Lockwood claim that she was "Lady Ann Millington from England, daughter of Lord Millington," an unsupported and highly unlikely identification (Lockwood Family 16-17). In 1930 Jacobus called her "Ann [?Millington] of Windsor," but in 1955 he referred to her simply as "(first wife)" and gave to Gershom, son of this Gershom, wife Ann Millington (Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:384-85; TAG 31:224). This latter Gershom had a son named Millington (TAG 31:226), which may be the origin of the proposed Millington connection.
66. John Cox, Jr., ed., "Oyster Bay Town Records," Volume I, 1653-1690 (New York, 1916), p. 515. In 1955 Jacobus argued that this Elizabeth died and that Gershom had a third wife, also named Elizabeth. In presenting the estate papers for Gershom, Jacobus states that "The prenuptial contract of Gershom with his widow was dated 2 Oct. 1716" (TAG 31:225-26). This prenuptial contract has not been found, but the will of Gershom Lockwood, dated 2 October 1716, refers to "what I have [given] to my dear & loving wife Elizabeth as in my deed of gift to her" (Fairfield Probate Records Case #3836). If Jacobus mistook this reference to a deed of gift as a prenuptial contract, then we have evidence for only one wife named Elizabeth.
67. Fairfield Probate Records 3:23-24.
68. Fairfield Probate Records 3:313. The eldest child of John and Abigail (Lockwood) Barlow was born about 1668 (Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:29.
69. Edwin Stanley Welles, ed., Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, 1898), p. 30 (cited hereafter as Welles, "Birth, Marriages and Deaths ... of Connecticut").
70. Welles, "Births Marriages and Deaths ... of Connecticut," p. 30.
71. Fairfield Probate Records 1:65, 67.
72. In a footnote to his account of Abraham Adams, son of Edward Adams of Fairfield, Jacobus reports that "Mr. Clarence A. Torrey of Dorchester, Mass., ... suggests from circumstantial evidence that the mother of the Adams children may have been Sarah Lockwood" (Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:9-10). The "circumstantial evidence" was that Sarah Lockwood was available, that Abraham Adams used the names Deborah and Susannah for daughters, and that the children of Daniel Burr with his first wife (one of whom married a Lockwood) chose Adams as their attorney (letters from CAT to DLJ dated 18 and 19 December 1929, and letter of DLJ to CAT dated 20 December 1929, Folder #2, Correspondence of DLJ and CAT, Connecticut Historical Society.
73. Fairfield Probate Records 3:314; TAG 30:127-28, 73:204-5.
74. On 28 April 1713, "Joseph Knap of the Town of Gree[n]wich ... & Mary his wife formerly Mary Heusted relect of Jonathan Heusted of the said Greenwich deceased" deeded to Jonathan Jessup land formerly held by Jonathan Huestis [Greenwich Deeds 2:85]."

12. The book "Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie (Mrs. William Sperry Beinecke)," by Paul W. Prindle, 1976, pp. 117-129:
"JEFFREY FERRIS was born in England about 1610. He married three times. The death of his first and unidentified wife, mother of all his children, is recorded in "Stamford Town Records," 1:20, the edge of the page being worn away: "[--]wif to Jeffery Ferris, died 31:5:58," i.e., 31 July 1658. Shortly thereafter Jeffrey married, second, Susanna, widow of Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Stamford, Connecticut, and daughter of Richard Norman of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony ("History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 1:380, by Donald Lines Jacobus). Susanna died 23 December 1660 at Greenwich, Connecticut ("Stamford Town Records," 1:98) and Jeffrey took as his third wife Judith, widow of Lt. William Palmer of Newtown, Long Island, New York, and daughter of James and Audrey (Crompton) Feake of London, England. Jeffrey Ferris died 31 May 1666 and Judith married, third, John Bowers ("The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86:211). "Mr. John Bowers, Leftenant of ye Traned Band in grenwich, Deseased, departing this World upon ye 17 daye of March 1693/4" ("Greenwich Early Records": 85).
According to "The Story of Jeffrey Ferris," a typescript compiled in 1937 by Charles P. Stauback, Jeffrey Ferris "with the first settlers at Watertown, Mass., in 1630, is on the list of those who paid for the survey and received ten acres of land on the first assignment."
The name of "Jeffery fferris" appears on a list of freemen of Boston dated 6 May 1635 ("The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," 3:93). In that year a group of men from Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded a town on the Connecticut River which they also called Watertown, the name being changed in 1636 to Wethersfield. The land within the bounds of Wethersfield, at a place called Naubuc, on the east bank of the river, was laid out sometime prior to 1640. Jeffrey Ferris drew farm No. 26 of 45 acres. It was 7 1/2 rods wide and ran from the river inland for three miles. Next to his was farm No. 27 of nine acres, owned by John Whitmore, mentioned below. In 1645, after Jeffrey had moved to Stamford, he sold his farm to John Deming (Glastonbury for Two Hundred Years: 159-61, 177, by the Rev. Alonzo B. Chapin).
In "The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut," I:269, Henry R. Stiles wrote that Jeffrey Ferris received a homestead 26 April 1641 and a home lot and four acres. He sold one acre "to Wm. Comstock in 1641; the rest to John Deming, 1645. He came fm. Wat. to Weth. prob. 1635; rem. to Stamford, 1640 [sic -- it was 1641] , where he became a prominent citizen." Jeffrey Ferris was living at Wethersfield in April 1639 when he was placed on a jury which awarded £ 3 to a Mr. Williams for corn destroyed by cattle due to defective fences owned by the defendants in the suit ("The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1665": 6, by J. Hammond Trumbull). Less than one year later, on 6 February 1639/40, Jeffrey himself was found guilty of the same offense by a General Court sitting at Hartford (ibid.: 44). He was required to provide the plaintiff with two bushels of corn to replace that damaged by Jeffrey's swine, to reimburse the plaintiff for his 10-shilling expense in bringing witnesses to the court, and was fined £1 for questioning the impartiality of the men appointed by the court to determine the facts of the case.
That same General Court accepted the inventory of the estate of a Mr. Oldams, which included details of debts owed to others in the amount of £504:09:03, of which £3:15:00 was due to Jeffery Ferris.
Church controversies and a growing population in Wethersfield brought about the exodus in 1641 of a group of settlers, led by the Rev. Richard Denton, to a site purchased 1 July 1640 from the Indians for £33 by Capt. Nathaniel Turner as agent for the New Haven Colony. On 4 November 1640 that colony gave to the Wethersfield group the right to occupy the newly acquired lands provided the £33 expended by the colony was refunded ("Ancient Wethersfield," op. cit., 1:142). The new settlement, known first as Toquam, then Rippowam, was renamed Stamford in 1642.
The first "Stamford Town Record" is a book originally used briefly by William Collinson, agent for Mr. Edward Bradley and Mr. John Mount. The last of his entries in the book is dated 16 September 1631. Then follows, on page five of the original book, a partially illegible entry:
"[16]40. A towne book [of the] freeholders of the towne [of Stamford as it] was afterward called, but now Rippowame, conta[ining agreements] and conclusions of the Companie of Weathrsfeld men to [the] removall thith'r this winter, and also theire most matteriall agreements touching the place; how they came by it, theire rat[es] , accounts, theire divisions and grants of land, 84 records of every mans land and passages of land from one to anoth'r ...
"And whereas the purchase of ye place and vewing of it first maide by our frends of New Haven, and Wee stand indebted to them for it, it [is] Ordered at the same time that 100 bushells of come, at 3 s. a bushell, be paid in towards it, w'ch raised and sent them as followeth..."
In the list which follows (now partially illegible) of the contributions by 30 men of the 100 bushels of corn, "Jeff. Firries" is credited with three bushels, one peck.
On page 6 of this book there appears a statement, also partly illegible, concerning the allotment of lands, at two pence per acre, and three pence per home lot. The record bears no date but was recorded probably as of the fall of 1641:
"Also, this is to bee noted, That in a full meeting of the company yt was intend[ed] to come ‘hither the same spring yt wee came, every of these every of these [sic] 28 men aforementioned, and Jo. Jisop, were severally considered of, and what quantitie of aland was meete for every man determined of (the man under consideration absenting himselfe whil his case was in hand and so successivly, &c when hee was called in againe & demanded if so much gave him content; and so contentment and satisfaction was by every one of these men acknowledged; and they sett downe these numbers of acres of marsh and upland after the same proportion, as followeth..."
Then were listed the names and acreage of each of "these 28 [sic] men aforementioned, and Jo. Jisop." "Jeff. Firries" was allocated 10 of the 276 total acres.
On 18 July 1640, before Stamford was settled but soon after the date of the Turner purchase, Capt. Daniel Patrick and Lt. Robert Feake, also on behalf of the New Haven Colony, purchased from the Indians the area just west of the Turner purchase, which became known as "Old Town," later called Sound Beach, the eastern section of the town of Greenwich, now called Old Greenwich. The deed, recorded in "Greenwich Early Records": 2, and also in "Greenwich Land Records", 1:455, is transcribed below because of the part the subject Jeffrey Ferris played in the transaction:
"Wee, Amogerowe, Sachem of Asamock; Ramahtthoe Nawhorone, Sachem of Tatannick; Amssetthettowe, whith his Brother, Owenoke, Sachems of asamuck, have Sould Unto Robert Feacks 8c Daniell Patrick all theire Rights & Interest in all ye severall Lands betwene asamuck River and Tatomuck, which Tatomuck is a littill River which Divideth ye Bounds betwene Capt. Turners Purchase & this, except ye neck of Land by ye Indians Cauled Monakawoge, by us Elizabeth Neck, which Neck is ye Perticaler purchas of Elizabeth Feaks, ye s'd Robert Feacks, his Wiffe, to bee hers &c her heaires or assignes for ever, or else to bee at ye disposing of ye Afore mentioned purchasers for ever, to them & theire heaires, exequetors or asignes, & theye to Injoye all rivers, Iselands & ye severall naturall adjuncks of all ye fore mentioned places; neyther shall ye Indians fish within a mille of aney English Ware, nor Invite or permitt aney other Indians to sett downe in ye fore mentioned Bounds. In consideration of which Land ye fore mentioned Purchasers are to give unto ye above Named sachems twentie five Coates, whereof Thaye have Reseved Eleven in part of payment; to wittnes all Which thaye have hereunto sett theire hands this 18 of Jully 1640.
Witnes [each Indian signed by mark]: Robert Heusted, Andrue Messenger [by mark], Rasoabitt, Saponus, Whowhoron, Paaowhas, Powiatoh
Keofrum hath sould all his Right in ye above s'd Necke unto jeffere Ferris, as wittnes under written
Testifieth: Amogerowe, Whowhoron, Akeroque, Amsetthettowe, Keofferam
Wittnes or Testimones to ye Last name: Richard Welliams, Angell Heusted [by mark]
This above written bill of Sale was Entered in ye Years 1686 p'r Sam'll Peck, recorder"
The significance of Keofrum's sale to Jeffrey Ferris of "all his Right in ye above s'd Necke" eludes this compiler. The only neck mentioned in the deed is Monakawoge, or Elizabeth Neck, stated to be her property.
This Elizabeth, after whom the neck was named, was a most unusual woman for those times. She is the subject of a sympathetic historical novel, "The Winthrop Woman," by Anya Seton. A less favorable but more objective biography is given in the article, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London and Colonial America" ("The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86:221-221) by Dr. George E. McCracken, successor to the late Donald Lines Jacobus as editor-in-chief, owner and publisher of "The American Genealogist." Elizabeth, née Fones, widow of Henry Winthrop, was the daughter-in-law and also niece of Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She married second, Robert Feake, who died 1 February 1660/1 at Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He had been insane since the early 1640's. Whether or not Elizabeth and Robert were ever divorced is a question never settled, for no record of such an action has ever been found. Nor is there any record of her marriage, if indeed it took place, to William Hallett, Robert Feake's business manager, although William and Elizabeth lived together as man and wife and had two sons born to them while Robert was still living.
On 25 November 1650 Jeffrey Ferris made a most important purchase of property from William and Elizabeth Hallett ("Greenwich Land Records," 1:169):
" now witnesseth yt William Hallet of Greenwich in new Netherland, for &c in Consideration of three Score 8: Tenn pounds, hath Sould, & by this present doth Sell & allienate from him Selfe & his heares forever unto jeffere fferris & his heares, All his housing 8c Lands in grenwich, his Whole Right & Tittull, & his wiffes Right also, in ye Lands purchased by Daniell Pattrick & Robert Feke in ye New Netherlands. thee Persales of Lands yt William Hallet doth owne are thee house Lott bounded on ye North East with Goodman Meakocks & goodman Heusteds Land, from whence it Runs up Elizabeth Neck to ye two acres of Meadow that Edmon Sticklands is to Mowe ye next yeare, then that Meadow is to Retume to s'd Ferris. also a peace of Salt Meadow of five Eacres more or les; also Upland by ye Side of it on Elizabeth Neck. also ye halfe of ye Land in ye s'd Elizabeth Neck yt is not Already given out, both Upland & meadow. also six acres of Meadow, more or les, with a pease of upland by it, Lying betwene Goodman Heusted, his six acre Lott, & other of his Meadow. also a Pease of Upland in Consideration of ye Oxe Pasture good Man Sherwood did & should take in. William Hallett doth sell Jeffere Ferris of Stanfford his Right in all these Parsels of Land & also his Right in all thee rest of that Purchas which is undevided. also a Peace of Upland & Meadow on Myanos Neck yt Was William Hallett, his perticuler Lott. in Wittnes hereof hee hath sett his hand.
Witnes: Petter Mecok, Richard [T?]owles
[Signed by] William Hallett, Elizabeth Hallett
William Hallett Reseved full payment of this Sale except twentie one pounds, which is by bill to bee payd by three pounds a Yeare following ye Date here of.
1650 Decmbr. ye 5"
Another association between Jeffrey Ferris and the Feake family was his third marriage, after 1661, to Judith Feake, widow of Lt. William Palmer, late of Newtown, Long Island, New York, and niece of Lt. Robert Feake ("Record, op. cit.," 6:211).
A third such connection is found in the marriage of Jeffrey's son, Peter Ferris, to Elizabeth Reynolds, whose brother, John Reynolds, married Judith Palmer, daughter of Jeffrey's third wife, Judith Feake, by her first husband, Lt. William Palmer.
Still another association between Jeffrey Ferris and the Feakes is the marriage of Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Jackson) Ferris and granddaughter of Jeffrey, to Nathaniel Underhill, son of John and Elizabeth (Feake) Underhill. Elizabeth was a daughter of Lt. Robert Feake and his wife, Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake.
William Hallett is called in the indenture transcribed above, "of Greenwich in new Netherland." In that early period jurisdiction over the Greenwich area was claimed by both the Dutch and the English. Capt. Patrick and Lt. Feake had on 9 April 1642 submitted to the authority of the Dutch and become patroons of Greenwich although, perhaps due to Robert Feake's disturbed mental condition, his wife Elizabeth had signed the act of submission in his stead. Stamford, however, claimed Greenwich as a section of itself, and actually exercised jurisdiction over it. In 1650 the Dutch acknowledged Greenwich to be part of the New Haven Colony, although the residents themselves considered Greenwich to be an independent state until 6 October 1656, when 12 heads of families, including Peter Ferris, subjected themselves, under pressure, to the jurisdiction of the New Haven Colony ("Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven, 1653-1665": 216, by Charles J. Hoadly). In 1665 the General Court in Hartford formally declared Greenwich to be a separate town.
The boundary line between the Turner purchase (Stamford) and the Patrick and Feake purchase (Greenwich) remained the subject of dispute for at least 44 years. On 2 November 1641 an agreement was signed between Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake, representing the Greenwich plantation, and Andrew Ward, Robert Coe and Richard Gildersleeve, representing the "Wethersfield Mens Plantation" (Stamford), defining the border but, as noted in John Mead's section herein, he and two other Greenwich men were named in 1686 to settle a boundary dispute with Stamford.
By 1655 Jeffrey Ferris had, with a number of other Stamford men, started a settlement in Westchester County which they called East Town, known by the Dutch as Oostdorp, and now called Eastchester. The Dutch, concerned over this settlement within their jurisdiction, arrested these trespassers and took them to Manhattan, where they were deprived of most of their guns before being permitted to return to East Town. An interesting account of the settlement and the subsequent acknowledgment by the Englishmen of submission to Dutch authority appears in "The Documentary History of the State of New-York," III: 71, 557-9, by E.B. O'Callaghan.
The Rev. Johannis Megapolensis and the Rev. Samuel Drisius on 5 August 1657 wrote a long letter from New Amsterdam in New Netherland to the Classis in Amsterdam, Holland, reporting on the state of the churches in New Netherland. They reported, in part, "On the West side of the East river, about one mile through Hellgate (as we call it), opposite Flushing on the main, another English village has been begun over two years. It was named Oostdorp. The Inhabitants of this place are also Puritans, alias Independants. They also have no Preacher. They hold Sunday meetings, reading from an English book a sermon, and making a prayer."
On Saturday, 30 December 1656, Director General Peter Stuyvesant sent Capt. Lt. Brian Nuton, Secretary Cornelis van Ruyven and Commissary Carel van Brugge to Oostdorp with instructions to have the Englishmen take the oath of allegiance to New Netherland. Their detailed and interesting report stated they had "gone ashore during the ebbing of the tide, on this side of Hell-gate, where William Hallet's house & plantation formerly stood, which were laid waste by the Indians about September of the year 1655." The party arrived late in the day. The inhabitants refused to meet with them on the following day since it was the Sabbath, so the party attended their religious services, at which Robert Bassett "read a Sermon from a printed Book composed & published by an English Minister in England." That evening Bassett had them as his guests at supper.
Early Monday morning the Englishmen assembled, summoned by the beating of a drum. When the nature of the mission was announced, Bassett objected to the wording of the oath of allegiance and offered a substitute of his own devising. This was acceptable to the Dutch and by all the inhabitants except Anthony Gill, who was thereupon ordered by the Dutch to leave the Province of New Netherland within three weeks. The statement drawn up by Robert Bassett, which avoided use of the word "oath," was signed by him and by 14 others, including "Jeffery fferris" (by mark), Jonathan "Llockwood" (Jeffrey's son-in-law),and John Finch. It read:
"This first Jannuary Ao 1657: in east towne in the N. Netherlands. Wee, hose hands are under writen, do promes to oune the governor of the manatas [Manhattan] as our governor and obay all his magastrates and lawes that ar mad acordin to god, so long as we live in his Jurisdiction."
The report goes on, "The business being completed and leave taken, we went to Mr. Ferris', who invited us to breakfast. This done, the tide being favorable after breakfast, we resolved to depart, though it rained hard." How long Jeffrey Ferris remained at East Town before returning to Greenwich is not known. His wife's death was recorded in Stamford in the summer of 1658 and he presumably had returned by then. He was certainly back in Greenwich by 5 February 1664, when the "constitution" of that town was adopted at "A metin 1664 Februare fift" ("Greenwich Early Records": 5):
"The propriators having taken in to Consideration what wee thought might make best for ye Comfortable Settlement of our towne, in Refference to which wee do conclude to Laye downe our Rites in Common lands lying without fence, mens perticuler Alotment exemted. wee do agree & Conclude that our Rites as above Spesified is now to bee Setled upon all Inhabitants that now are or Shall hereaffter bee added unto us, yt thay Shall bee [entitled?] unto all our out Lands as afore s'd with ourselves and as ourselves, by a Rule of proportion according to what each mans estate Shall bee visablez upon these Considerations, that they with us Shall Constantly endevor to mainetaine & too upholde thee ministrie amougst us. Secondly, yt thay with us Shall mainetaine & uphold, Strengthen & confirme ye Privileges of ye towne. the Proprietors are as followeth: Jeffere Ferris Sen'r, Joshua Knap Sen'r, Joseph Ferris, Jonathan Renalds, Angell Heusted, John Mead Senior, John Hobbe.
Why Jeffrey Ferris should have been designated "Sen'r" is not clear. There was no other of that name in either Greenwich or Stamford.
The name of Jeffrey Ferris seldom appears in contemporary Greenwich records. On 13 February 1648 he brought an action in court against John Finch, declaring that "John Fensh cam upon my ground and feld my tember and cared it away w't out my leave ...S entenc of ye Court. the tree in question ... appeers to be in Jeffery Feris ground and is his tree, and therefore John Fensh shall giv Jeffery Feris on[e] hundered of clabbord yt shall be answerabl to ye losse yt ye tree did make, and paye ye charge of ye Court, and for ye war'nts."
On 8 December 1648 Jeffrey Ferris and Robert Hustis took the inventory of the estate of John Whitmore, late of Stamford ("Jurisdiction, op. cit.": 159). Whitmore, previously a next-door neighbor of Jeffrey, had been murdered by Indians ("History of Stamford": 46, by the Rev. E.B. Huntington).
These two men, Jeffrey Ferris and Robert Hustis, brought an action in court 3 May 1649 against James Steward on behalf of local Indians:
"Declearation. ye sayd Jams Steward was by agreement w't ye townsmen to keep ye town oxen, and to have 12 s. ye week and on[e] man to helpe hem for on week, and then to Keepe himselfe and to hav 14 s. ye week, and he was to du his best indevors to Keep them from coming horn and out of ye Indien corn, but he hath neclleckted his duty and went about of other work w't other men and for hemself, and by yt means ye cattell did du damedge to ye Indiens in their Corne, it being duly proved ye damed[ge] was 12 boushell and half of Indian corn as 2 boushelles and halfe of pease ... Sentenc of Court, yt ye sayd Jams Steward shall pay ye Indians 12 boushell and half Indion corn and 2 boushell and half of pease, and bear ye charg of ye Court."
In the move in 1641 from Wethersfield to Stamford, Jeffrey must have settled in that part which was later known as Sound Beach (now Old Greenwich), a part of Greenwich. The record of the first allotment of Greenwich lands appears on page five of "Greenwich Early Records." "Jeffere feris" drew lot No. 8 of the 19 distributed, no date or acreage being noted. "Greenwich Land Records" reflect only two deeds in which Jeffrey Ferris was a principal, the purchases from the Indian sachem Keofrum, and from William and Elizabeth Hallett, both noted above.
"Fairfield Probate Records," 1:65, contain an acknowledgment that "Jeffery fferries, by mariage with his wife Susanna, now Deceased, Stands ingaged to pay certain Legasies Due to the Children of Robert Lockwood, deceased, acording to the Administration enterd in Courte 20 october 1658."
The inventory of the estate of Jeffrey Ferris, deceased, was taken and appraised on the 23rd, 24th, 26th and 29th of November 1666 by Joseph Mead, Angell Husted and John Holly. The listing, in great detail, represented a total value of £493:00:06, a large estate for that period. Among the literally hundreds of items listed were five pewter dishes weighing 18 pounds, five pewter plates weighing 18 pounds, Bible, Psalm books, earthen pot with honey, flint musket, beaver hat, etc. His house and lands were appraised at £170 (ibid., 2:29).
Jeffrey Ferris made his will on 6 January 1664. It was probated 9 March 1666/7 (ibid., 2:20-1):
"I, Jeaffery fferris, being now at this time, through The mercy of God, in Indifferent good health and good memory ... give unto my wife that now is, all the estate which Shee can make apeare that shee brought with her, And alsoe Ten pounds of my estate I give her als 		Norman, Susanna (I3270)
 
2423 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"Richard Norman
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1626
First Residence: Salem
Removes: Marblehead
Occupation: Fisherman or shipwright.
Education: Signed deed of 1653 by mark 3:369]. Offices: Coroner's jury on body of William Bateman, 18 September 1630 [MBCR 1:78]. On 18 May 1631 "Rich[ard] Norman is fined 2s. 6d. for his negligence in watching" [MBCR 1:87]. Estate: In Salem land grant of 1636 received twenty acres [STR 1:19, 24]. In the 25 December 1637 division of marsh and meadow, granted three-quarters of an acre, with a household of four [STR 1:103]. Granted twenty acres "that was Mr. Thorndeck's," 29 January 1637/8 [STR 1:65]. A grant of 20 January 1640/1 to Allen Converse refers to "that lot which was Richard Norman's near the head of the river," and adjoining Mr. Endicott's farm [STR 1:109]. In his will, dated 14 October 1672, son-in-law Robert Morgan of Salem mentions the twelve acres of land in Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave unto her in the great plain" [EPR 2:355]. On 22 April 1653 Richard Norman the elder deeded to his son Richard Norman his house and ten acre lot "in Marvellheade upon Darbe Fort side," along with cow commons [EQC 3:369]. Birth: By about 1587 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 22 April 1653 [EQC 3:369], but before 27 June 1664 [EQC 3:369, when Thomas Millett Sr. acknowledged "old Richard Norman's act and deed"]. Marriage: By about 1612 ____ ____; on 9 July 1645 the "wife of Richard Norman Sr." testified in court [EQC 1:82]; no further record. (Two women by the name of Arabella Norman were admitted to Salem church, one in May 1637 and the other on 25 February 1637/8 [SChR 6, 7]. One of these is certainly the wife of John Norman, son of Richard. The second is probably a clerical error, but just might be the wife of Richard Sr.) Children:
i JOHN, b. say 1612; m. before May 1637 Arabella ____ [SChR 6; EQC 1:74 (when he certifies the births of children with wife Arabella)].
ii MARGARET, b. say 1613; m. (1) by about 1633 Robert Morgan (who mentions "my wife's father Norman" in his will [EPR 2:355]; their eldest Child, Samuel, m. in 1658). (Margaret is said to have married second, after 1673, Samuel Fowler, but the evidence for this is not seen [Hoyt 162].)
iii SUSANNA, b. say 1615; m. by 1635 Robert Lockwood (who refused a Salem houselot grant "beyond his father Norman's" [STR 1:47]).
iv FLORENCE, b. say 1619; m. (1) by about 1639 John Hart (daughter Elizabeth m. in 1659; husband of daughter Florence called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge in 1672 [Sarah Stone Anc 38]); m. (2) about 1657 Thomas Whittridge (who called Richard Norman his wife's brother and with whom she had three sons after 1657 [EPR 2:287; Sarah Stone Anc 46-47]).
v RICHARD, b. about 1623 (deposed aged about fifty 19 March 1673/4 [EQC 5:256], deposed aged about fifty-seven at June Term 1680 [EQC 7:386]); m. by about 1650 Margaret ____ (daughter Elizabeth "d. in 1732, aged eighty-two" [Sarah Stone Anc 52]).
Comments: In his deposition of 20 January 1680/1 Richard Brackenbury included "old Goodman Norman and his son" among those who were already at Salem when Endicott arrived in 1628 [EIHC 13:138]. On 17 September 1640 "Erasmus James and Richard Norman, sr., [were] presented for defective fences on Darby fort side. Not proved" [EQC 1:194]. Richard Norman was evidently in a fishing or shipbuilding business with his son, since "Rich[ard] Norman, Jno. Norman and Company" were sued by John Devereux at July Term 1642 and again at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:42, 45]. The conflict grew heated and Devereux further sued Richard Norman for defamation at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:45]. At July Term 1642 Norman witnessed against Matthew Gillet who stole a piece of soap from John Norman "to wash his shirts with, as he said" [EQC 1:44]. When his son Richard, Jr., was fined for "slighting ordinances and carrying a burden on Lord's day," Richard Sr. answered for him in court, February 1642/3 [EQC 1:51]. It is likely, as Davis says, that "Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion" [Sarah Stone Anc 45]. Pope incorrectly applied the probate of the younger Richard to the elder. Savage thought that there were two John Normans, a brother of Richard the immigrant, and a son, but the records all apply to one man, son of Richard. Bibliographic Note: In 1930 Walter Goodwin Davis prepared one of his typical eloquent but sparsely referenced treatments of this family [Sarah Stone Anc 45-54]."

2. From FHL book 929.273-K727kaa: "The Ancestral Lines of Mary Lenore Knapp," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D.,1800 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, Illinois; 1947:
"12-G-33. Richard Norman, Ancestry not traced. Of Salem, Mass. Came from Dorchester, England, about 1626. He was a carpenter. Was in Salem before Endicott came. He was one of the oldest "Planters" of the Old Planters, called Old Goodman Norman. He was a member of the old Episcopal Colony of Cape Ann in 1623. In Salem in 1623. Moved to Marblehead before 1645. Had:
1. Hugh Norman. [KP: Disputed.]
2. John Norman.
3. Richard Norman.
4. Susan Norman who m. Robert Lockwood. 11-G-42."

3. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, arrived in New England with his family at a very early date, certainly prior to 1628.[1] In 1680 Richard Brackenbury, aged 80, testified that "Old Goodman Norman and his sonn" and others "owned that they came over upon the account of a company of England called by us by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants."[2] Brackenbury himself had arrived in 1628 with John Endicott. Richard Norman was granted land at Salem in 1636, 1637, and 1638. The last record found for him is in 1653, when he deeded his house with a ten-acre lot in Marblehead to his son Richard.[3]
Since Richard was part of the Dorchester Company, it should be no surprise to find records of his family near Dorchester in old England. The village of Charminster, co. Dorset, is just to the north of Dorchester, and this is where Richard's children were baptized in a church that dates from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The entries show that his wife was named Florence, but if they were married in Charminster, the record does not survive, as the church registers and Bishops' Transcripts are both missing the marriages from 1598 to 1605.[4]
Relatively few Dorsetshire probate items were found for this surname. There were two wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Thomas Norman of Wimborne dated 1619, and William Norman of Cerne Abbas (just to the north of Charminster), for 1646.[5] Nothing in either of these wills connects with Richard Norman of Charminster. Contact with the Dorset County archivist located an administration for Edith Norman of Sherbome, widow in 1600, and an inventory for Henry Norman for 1636.[6]
Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset:[7]
i. John2 Norman, bp. 7 Feb. 1606/7; m. by 1637, ARABELLA ___.
ii. Elizabeth Norman, bp. 12 Jan. 1610/1, bur. Charminster, 23 April 1613.
iii. Margaret Norman, bp. 4 Feb. 1614/5; m. by 1633, Robert1 Morgan, a cooper of Cape Ann Side in Salem, Mass. Robert's will, dated 14 Oct. 1672 and proved 24 June 1673, includes a reference to "my wife's father Norman."[8] Several sources state that she m. (2) Samuel2 F0WLER (Philip1) of Salisbury, Mass., but primary evidence has not been found.[9]
iv. SUSAN Norman, bp. 31 July 1617; m. by 1635, Robert1 Lockwood. This identification is based on a record of 17 July 1637, when Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a house lot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." This appears to be a reference to Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who later removed to Fairfield, Conn., and whose wife was named Susanna.[10]
v. FLORENCE Norman, bp. 17 Oct. 1619; m. (1) by 1639, JOHN1 HART of Marblehead, Mass.;[11] in 1672, John Trask, husband of their daughter Florence, was called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge.[12] She m. (2) ca. 1657, Thomas2 WHITRRIDGE (William1) of Salisbury, who, in his nuncupative will, declared before 3 Sept. 1672, stated that Richard Norman was his wife's brother.[13]
vi. Richard Norman, b. ca. 1623-24; m. ca. 1650, Margaret ___. He deposed, aged about 50, on 19 March 1673/4 and on 2 Dec. 1674.[14] His baptism was not found in Charminster, so the family probably moved from there about the time that they disappeared from the register.
Footnotes:
1. Walter Goodwin Davis published an excellent account of the Norman family in 1930 ("The Ancestry of Sarah Stone..." [Portland, Maine, 1930], 45-54 [hereafter cited as Davis, "Stone Ancestry"]). The best modern summary of this family can be found in Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 2:1334-6 (hereafter cited as Anderson, "Great Migration Begins"). Statements about Richard1 Norman and his family in this article that are not documented here are taken from this latter source. Another recent account of this family can be found in Burton W. Spear, ed., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, "18: West Country Ancestries, 1620-1643 (Toledo, Ohio, 1992), 102-3, which uses (with a note of caution) the poorest available source: Raymon Meyers Tingley, "Some Ancestral Lines.. ." (Rutland, Vt., 1935), 256-58. Tingley has Richard1 as the son of a John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk, which is in a completely different part of England. Tingley also gave Richard a non-existent son named William.
2. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds 5:107.
3. "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts," 9 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1911-75), 3:368 (hereafter cited as "Essex Court Records").
4. The marriages for Holy Trinity parish in the nearby town of Dorchester were searched, but their marriage was not found there either ("Dorset Parish Registers," Marriages, 7 [London: Phillimore, 1914]:1-44). The marriages for Charminster were also published by Phillimore.
5. Prerogative Court of Canterbury 69 Parker [Thomas], 140 Twisse [William]. (Cerne Abbas is best known for its ancient 180-foot-tall giant chalk figure with oversized genitalia.)
6. The archivist provided the following citations, apparently from the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset: Ref DS 6 258 [Edith]; Inv CC/262, no locality listed [Henry].
7. The original research on these baptisms was carried out in the Bishops' Transcripts for Charminster, Dorsetshire, 1591-1879 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film #1,279,491, items 9-12]. The transcripts are missing for the years 1617, 1623, and 1624. Copies from the parish register at the Dorset Record Office in Dorchester were obtained by Simon Neal of London, who located the entry for Susan in 1617, but not the baptism for son Richard.
8. [George Ernest Dow, ed.,] "The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts," 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1916-20), 2:355-57 (hereafter cited as "Essex Co. Probate Records").
9. E.g., David W. Hoyt, "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts," 3 vols. plus supplement (Providence, RI., 1897-1919), 1:162; Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 46.
10. Robert1 Lockwood and his family, see Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed., "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. (Fairfield, Conn., 1930-32), 1:380-81, 715.
11. See Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38; and an anonymous article [probably by Eben Putnam], "John Hart of Marblehead, Shipwright," "The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine" 3(1902):67-72. The latter article does not identify Hart's wife Florence or provide her 2nd marriage.
12. Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38.
13. "Essex Co. Probate Records," 2:286-87.
14. "Essex Court Records," 5:256, as cited in Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1335; Christopher Johnston, "Thomas Weston and His Family," "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 50(1896):201-6, at 202-3."

4. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 44-46:
"RICHARD NORMAN, born in England about the year 1580, came to America as an employee of the Dorchester company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this settlement, which undoubtedly received additions from Engalnd from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 udner leadership of Roger Conant and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn ... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem ... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company."(Essex Deeds, 5:107.) These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters."
Richard Norman participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and he had undoubtedly received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find himliving on "Darby Fort side: (Marblehead) wehre he may possibly have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. (Records and Files, etc., I:194.) The last record we have of him is in 1653, where Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard. (Records and Files, etc., III:368.) He probably died soon afterward.
Richard Norman's wife testified against Richard Cooke in 1645, but unfortunately her name was not recorded.
Children:
i. A DAUGHTER. On 17: 7: 1637 Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory has been advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and whose wife's name was Susanna. (
ii. JOHN.
iii. MARGARET. She m. Robert Morgan, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly. He united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29: 4: 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671 in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age. His will, dated Oct. 14, 1672, and probated June, 1673, mentions his wife Margaret, his son Samuel, to whom he left twelve acres of land at Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave her in the g't plain," his sons Benjamin, Joseph, Robert and Moses, and his daughter Bethia, and appoints Ensign Corning and John Stone overseers. Margaret (Norman) Morgan m. Samuel Fowler of Salisbury and was living in 1690.
Children:
1. Samuel Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Elizabeth Dixey, daughter of Capt. William Dixey, Dec. 15, 1658. (See Dixey.)
2. Luke Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; d. before 1672.
3. Benjamin Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; slain by Indians, "to the eastward" before July, 1677.
4. Joseph Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Deborah Hart, daughter of John and Florence (Norman) Hart, his first cousin, July 12, 1669, in Lynn. (See Hart.)
5. Robert Morgan, bapt. 15: 10: 1650, in Salem; d. s. p.
6. Moses Morgan, d. s. p. before 1694.
7. Bethia Morgan, bapt. 29: 3: 1653, in Salem; m. Samuel Weed, son of John and Deborah (Winsley) Weed of Amesbury, March 12, 1675/6.
iv. RICHARD.
v. FLORENCE. She m. John Hart of Marblehead as his second wife. (See Hart.) After his death in 1656, she m. Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich. He was a son of William Whittridge, a carpenter, who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635. Thomas Whittridge died in 1672, and administration was granted to Robert Morgan and Richard Norman on Sept. 24 of that year. They filed the following document: "A declaration of the verball will of Thomas Whittridge deceased which wee Robert Morgan & Richard Norman present vnto this honoured Court.... Our brother Thomas Whittridge being sicke Sent vnto mee Robert Morgan: by 2 of his Sonnes desireing mee with speede to (send) to our brother Richard Norman: & that wee together would come Vnto him: which we Accomplished & tarried not long. Uppon the 21st of August last past wee went to the howse of our brother: who finding him Uppon his bed: after mutual greting & talk about gods Seuerall dispensations towards vs in or relations in general: & to him & his family in pticular: he said hee had beine very sick but yesterday mr newman administering phisick vnto him hee was revived & something better: so summing from his bed and walking to & fro in his howse sapke as foll: Bretheren you being the most Intimate with vs and dearest in our affections vnto mee & yor sister my wife now taken from mee in whom wee putt our Confidence: & in whom I doe Confide: of all our relations remaining aliue: I have therefore Sent for you to decar(re) my mind Unto yow, wch is this: my desire & will is ... to Committ vnto you my 3 sonnes wch I had by yor sister: withal that smale estae yt god hath given mee; … (here follows a division of property between the sons, Thomas, Richard and William Whittridge) … to putt his sd 3 Sonnes Unto trades such as they most desire: & wheare their affections most enclined to bee; but with their relations rather than any others: if possibly wee could bring it so to passe. This having spoken he lay downed vppon his bed againe & wee according to our duty as the Lord enabled Vs sought unto god with him & for him by prer & in som tyme after departed from him: and all this tyme from our Coming Vnto him Untill our depting from him weare present his owne 3 Sonnes before mentioned: and his brother Sammuell Whittridge: and his Sone in Law John Traske (Husband of Florence Hart.)." (Records and Files, etc., VII:163.)
Children, by Whittridge:
1. Thomas Whittridge.
2. Richard Whittridge.
3. William Whittridge."

5. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 46-49:
"JOHN2 NORMAN (Richard1) was born about the year 1612, and passed his youth in the Cape Ann and Naumkeag settlements. He married Arabella ___ who was admitted to the Salem church in 1637. He was a carpenter and shipwright. He shared in the first grants to Salem settlers, and his first home was in the North Field, on land granted him in 1636, and on which he built a house. The following year he had a grant twenty-five acres at Jeffrey's Creek (Manchester) and seems also to have had a share in four hundred acres in the same locality granted to "eight men," probably "old planters," and in 1640 he and sixteen others "belonging to ye Church & Towne of Salem … being straitned in our accomodations, so yt we are not able comfortably to subsist" petitioned the Court to be given power to erect a village at "Jeffereyes Creeke, lying so neere us & most of us having some small quantitye of ground alotted to us there alreadye." (Records and Files, etc., VII:163.) He immediately conveyed his North Field homestead to Rev. Hugh Peter, but there is some doubt as to the date of his removal to Jeffrey's Creek.
Norman was made a commoner in Marblehead in 1647, and in 1650 he was definitely settled at Manchester and petitioning the court for permission to open a house of entertainment there, to sell wine and beer and to keep provisions and accommodations for men and horses. He was Manchester's constable in 1652 and again in 1663, and served on the Grand Jury in 1661, 1671 and 1672. He seems to have been of a somewhat combative disposition, being several times summoned to court for engaging in physical conflict with his neighbors, and on one of these occasions a battle royal seems to have taken place, John Norman, his son John and a servant being engaged on one side and John Pickworth and his three sons on the other. (Records and Files, etc., I: 323. II: 107; 225.) His wife Arabella was also in court in 1657 for striking the wife of Nicholas Vinson, and it is amusing to find her appearing as a witness against John Elletrap, who was tried for "profane swearing" in 1667, and testifying that the miserable defendant had said "plague take it." (Records and Files, etc., III: 46.)
Among the papers in suits brought by Mr. George Emery and Capt. John Lathrop against John Norman for breach of contract in failing to finish two houses in Manchester are copies of the specifications in accordance with which the houses were to be built, and they are of great interest to all students of seventeenth-century architecture. (Records and Files, etc., II: 186, 282.)
John Norman died in 1672, and his widow, Arabella Norman, was appointed administratrix in November of that year, and ordered to pay forty shillings to the eldest son and twenty shillings to each of the other children. An inventory of £125: 10 was presented. (Essex Probate, 301: 3.) Arabella Norman died on November 23, 1679, and her son John, a ship-carpenter of Salem, was made administrator of the estates of both of his parents, his father's estate being valued at £150: 16 in 1680. (Essex Probate, 301: 165.) The Manchester homestead was sold to Obed Carter on Oct 4, 1707. (Essex Deeds, 20: 66.)
Children:
i. JOHN, bapt. March 4, 1637/8; m. Mary Ropes, daughter of George and Mary Ropes of Salem, 17: 9: 1663; sea-captain and shipbuilder, of Salem; prefix of respect; taken prisoner and plundered by a Dutch man-of-war off the Virginia coast in 1667; one of the administrators of his father-in-law's estate in 1670 Jury of Trials, 1677; member of the Salem troop in 1678; for him Norman Street, leading to his ship-yard in Salem, was named; d. May 6, 1713; his will dated April 10 and proved July 3, 1713, leaves his entire estate to his wife for life, and also mentions his daughter Abigail Green and his granddaughter Mary Norman, Mr. John Pickering and Mr. Simon Willard being named overseers (Essex Probate, 311 : 11-12.); administration cum testamento annexo granted to his son-in-law John Green Nov. 2, 1713, the widow and executrix having died Oct. 24, 1713, aged sixty-eight.
Children, born in Salem:
1. John. b. 12: 9: 1664; d. 22: 9: 1664.
2. John, b. 12: 10: 1666; d. s. p. before 1713.
3. Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1668; d. s. p. before 1713.
4. Timothy, b. Feb. 20, 1670; m Abigail Cole Dec. 20. 1693; d. before May 24, 1695, when his widow Abigail Norman m. ___ Andrew. Mary Norman, his daughter, b. 10: 9: 1694, in Salem, is mentioned in her grandfather's will. She m. Theodore Atkinson June 12, 1715, and in 1721, stating that she was "granddaughter of Mr. John Norman late of Salem & ye only surviving heir or heiress of that family," she sold Salem property to John Cabot. (Essex Deeds, 39: 106.)
5. Richard, b. Feb. 20, 1674; d. s. p. before 1713.
6. Abigail, b. July 10, 1677; m. John Greene, who was administrator of her father's estate in 1713; in 1720 they deeded all their right in her father's land, buildings, house and wharf in Salem to her niece, Mary Atkinson, and her husband, Theodore Atkinson, shipwright (Essex Deeds, 39 : 6.); d. s. p. before 1711.
ii. LYDIA, b. Jan. 15, 1639/40; admonished in 1657 for being abroad at night where there was feasting and drinking, and for riding behind two fellows at eight o'clock at night without her master's or dame's consent (Records and Files, etc., 11: 48.); m. Thomas Bishop of Manchester, son of Richard and Dulcebella Bishop of Salem (Supreme Judicial Court, No. 2285.); he d. Oct. 15 1694; she was still living in 1704.
Children, born in Manchester:
1. Hanna Bishop, b. March 11, 1661; m. Manning Day before 1702.
2. Mary Bishop, b. Aug. 5, 1634; widow ___ Buseo in 1702.
3. John Bishop, b. Oct. 17, 1667.
4. Richard Bishop, b. Dec. 25, 1669; d. at sea Oct. 7. 1703.
5. Joseph Bishop, b. Feb. 27, 1671; living in 1702.
6. Lydia Bishop, b. March 1, 1673; m. Francis Pierce before 1702.
7. Elizabeth Bishop, b. Sept. 6, 1676; m. John Williams of Beverly Nov. 1, 1705.
8. Rebecca Bishop, b. June 19, 1678; living in 1702.
9. Thomas Bishop, b. April 7, 1680; living in 1702.
iii. HANNAH, b. Jan. 4, 1642/3; bapt. as Anne 1: 3: 1642/3; if it were not for the fact that marriage with a deceased wife's sister was a court offense it might be suspected that she m. her brother-in-law Samuel Leach as his second wife and had three children, Hannah, Richard and Benjamin (1686-1692), the Leach family tradition being that Samuel Leach's wives were closely related and the Leach genealogists stating that his second wife was "his first wife's niece, Hannah Balden," which is proven not to be the case, Hannah being his first wife's daughter by her first husband, John Balden.
iv. ARABELLA, b. Feb. 14, 1643/4; m. (1) John Balden Sept., 1664; m. (2) Samuel3 Leach (Robert2, Lawrence1); d. 1681; in 1681 Joseph Norman conveyed to Leach, his brother-in-law, all his rights in the estates of his father and mother, John and Arabella Norman (Essex Deeds, 6 : 80.); he m. Hannah ___, and d. Oct. 14, 1696.
Children, by first husband:
1. Hannah Bolden, b. Oct. 15, 1667; in 1682 testimony was offered to make her the sole beneficiary of her uncle Richard Norman's estate; m. James Arden May 9, 1689.
2. John Bolden, b. 26: 9: 1668.
Children, by second husband:
3. Penelope Leach, b. Sept. 26, 1678.
4. Catherine Leach, b. Oct. 1, 1680; m. Joseph Allen Oct. 26, 1696.
5. Samuel Leach, b. May 8, 1681.
v. MARTHA, bapt. May 17, 1646; living in 1681.
vi. RICHARD, bapt. Oct. 5, 1651; m. Elizabeth Bullock 13: 11: 1671, in Salem, the record stating that he was "son of John"; d. s. p. April 17, 1682. "Richard Hawes, master of the ship Benjamin, testifies that on her voyage to the coast of Guinea, Richard Norman, late carpenter of said ship, being sick at St. May (?) declared it to (be) his last will and testament that his two brothers John and Joseph of Salem should have and enjoy all that he had or left in the world, published by the said Richard 17 April 1682, the same day in which he died." John and Joseph gave bonds as administrators on June 15, 1682, and presented an inventory. Hannah Ward, aged about thirty-four, entered a deposition, however stating that Richard gave the things that he left at her house to his cousin Hannah Balden "when he was going the last voyage wherein he dyed." (Essex Probate, 302: 20.)
vii. JOSEPH, bapt. Sept. 8, 1653.
viii. JOSEPH, bapt. Sept. 7, 1656; living in 1682."

6. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:102-103, "NORMAN. RICHARD (a.1580-aft.1653) OF MARBLEHEAD, MA":
"... Richard Norman - Born about 1580. Died 1682. He m. ___ in England. He came to Salem, MA by 1630. Savage (3:288) says he came in 1626, probably from Dorchester, Dorset. Tingley says he was with Governor Roger Conant's company in 1625 in Salem (?). Tingley makes a statement that is difficult to interpret: "It is supposed that he was the Richard Fryeth alias Norman, who Oct. 23, 1603, brought suit against his step-mother and half-sister, Agnes Greenleaf, but no proof has been found". Children (Salem 3:288)
a. John Norman - B.a. 1613, England. Died 1673, age 60. He m. Arabella ___, who died 1679. Eight children (1637-1656).
b. Richard Norman, Jr. - B.a. 1624, England. Died 1683, Marblehead, MA. He m. (1) Elizabeth Whitridge, 15 July 1654 (1635-1659), daughter of William Whitridge. He m. (2) Margaret, daughter of William Flint and Alice Bosworth. She m. (2) Robert Goodwin. Three children by first wife (1656-1658) and six by second (1661-1672).
c. Susanna Norman - She m. (1) Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Fairfield, CT. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris. Six children by first husband (1634-1643).
d. William Norman - He m. (1) ___ in England, and he left her there. Maine (p. 512) says he m. (2) Margery Randall, while still married to his first wife. On 11 Mar. 1650/1, in Wells, ME, they were legally separated and he was banished after failing to divorce his first wife in England. His second wife m. (2) Thomas Spinney. One daughter.
e. Margaret Norman - Born England. Died before 1694. She m. (1) Robert Morgan, 27 Jan. 1638, Salem, ME (1601-1673). She m. (2) Samuel Fowler (a.1618-1711). Eight children by first husband.
Richard Norman had five children and at least 32 grandchildren.
Reference: Some Ancestral Lines, Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935."

7. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 267-68:
"RICHARD1 NORMAN, born England, probably Dorchester, by about 1587, died Salem MA after 22 April 1653 but before 27 June 1664; married England about 1611 (birth 1612) (___), possibly Margaret Alford)), born there say 1590, died Marblehead MA after 1645.
Richard1 was in Cape Ann (Gloucester) MA by 1626, living in Salem 6 September 1628, and in Marblehead in 1645. He came to America as an employee of the Dorchester Company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this group, which undoubtedly received additions from England from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 under the leadership of Roger Conant, and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company." These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters".
He participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and undoubtedly had received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman probably was not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find him living on "Darby Fort side" (Marblehead), where he may have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. The last record we have of him is in 1653, when Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard (Torrey 538).
Children, surname NORMAN:
i. JOHN, born England about 1612, died Salem MA 1672; married there about 1636 (birth 1637 Arabella (___), born England say 1616, died Salem 1679. He passed his youth in the Cape Ann and Naumkeag settlements, and was a carpenter and shipwright. He shared in the first grants to Salem settlers, and his first home was in the North Field, on land granted him in 1636, and on which he immediately built a house (Torrey 538).
ii. MARGARET, born England say 1613; married (1) Salem MA by about 1633 Robert1 Morgan, born England 1601, died Beverly MA 1672, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1673 Samuel1 Fowler, born England 1618, died Salisbury 1711 (Torrey 518 and 280). Robert united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29 April 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671, in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age.
iii. SUSANNA2, born England say 1615, died Greenwich CT 23 December 1660: married Watertown MA about 1633 (birth 1634) Sgt. ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, baptized Combs, co. Suffolk, England 18 January 1600, died Fairfield CT by 11 September 1658. On 17 July 1637 Sgt. Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's". There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory is advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield CT, and whose wife's name was Susanna (see Lockwood Chapter) (Torrey 470).
iv. FLORENCE, born England say 1619; married (1) Salem MA by about 1639 as his second wife John1 Hart, born England 1595, died Marblehead MA 1656; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1657 Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich MA, a carpenter, born England say 1620, died Salisbury 1672, son of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635 (Torrey 348 and 812).
v. RICHARD, born England about 1623, died Marblehead MA 1683; married (1) there 15 July 1654 Elizabeth2 Whitridge, born England say 1625, died Marblehead 1659, daughter of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who probably came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635; married (2) there 28 March 1660 Margaret2 Flint, born probably England 1635, died Marblehead 1705, probably daughter of William1 and Alice1 (Bosworth) Flint, married (2) there 15 October 1685 Robert1 Goodwin, born probably England say 1625 (Torrey 538 and 312).
("MA & ME Families in Ancestry of W. G. Davis", W. G. Davis, 1996; Colket 221; Pope 330; Savage III:288; "Great Migration Begins", 1:1334, R. C. Anderson, 1995)"
 		Norman, John (I499)
 
2424 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"Richard Norman
Origin: Unknown
Migration: 1626
First Residence: Salem
Removes: Marblehead
Occupation: Fisherman or shipwright.
Education: Signed deed of 1653 by mark 3:369]. Offices: Coroner's jury on body of William Bateman, 18 September 1630 [MBCR 1:78]. On 18 May 1631 "Rich[ard] Norman is fined 2s. 6d. for his negligence in watching" [MBCR 1:87]. Estate: In Salem land grant of 1636 received twenty acres [STR 1:19, 24]. In the 25 December 1637 division of marsh and meadow, granted three-quarters of an acre, with a household of four [STR 1:103]. Granted twenty acres "that was Mr. Thorndeck's," 29 January 1637/8 [STR 1:65]. A grant of 20 January 1640/1 to Allen Converse refers to "that lot which was Richard Norman's near the head of the river," and adjoining Mr. Endicott's farm [STR 1:109]. In his will, dated 14 October 1672, son-in-law Robert Morgan of Salem mentions the twelve acres of land in Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave unto her in the great plain" [EPR 2:355]. On 22 April 1653 Richard Norman the elder deeded to his son Richard Norman his house and ten acre lot "in Marvellheade upon Darbe Fort side," along with cow commons [EQC 3:369]. Birth: By about 1587 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: After 22 April 1653 [EQC 3:369], but before 27 June 1664 [EQC 3:369, when Thomas Millett Sr. acknowledged "old Richard Norman's act and deed"]. Marriage: By about 1612 ____ ____; on 9 July 1645 the "wife of Richard Norman Sr." testified in court [EQC 1:82]; no further record. (Two women by the name of Arabella Norman were admitted to Salem church, one in May 1637 and the other on 25 February 1637/8 [SChR 6, 7]. One of these is certainly the wife of John Norman, son of Richard. The second is probably a clerical error, but just might be the wife of Richard Sr.) Children:
i JOHN, b. say 1612; m. before May 1637 Arabella ____ [SChR 6; EQC 1:74 (when he certifies the births of children with wife Arabella)].
ii MARGARET, b. say 1613; m. (1) by about 1633 Robert Morgan (who mentions "my wife's father Norman" in his will [EPR 2:355]; their eldest Child, Samuel, m. in 1658). (Margaret is said to have married second, after 1673, Samuel Fowler, but the evidence for this is not seen [Hoyt 162].)
iii SUSANNA, b. say 1615; m. by 1635 Robert Lockwood (who refused a Salem houselot grant "beyond his father Norman's" [STR 1:47]).
iv FLORENCE, b. say 1619; m. (1) by about 1639 John Hart (daughter Elizabeth m. in 1659; husband of daughter Florence called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge in 1672 [Sarah Stone Anc 38]); m. (2) about 1657 Thomas Whittridge (who called Richard Norman his wife's brother and with whom she had three sons after 1657 [EPR 2:287; Sarah Stone Anc 46-47]).
v RICHARD, b. about 1623 (deposed aged about fifty 19 March 1673/4 [EQC 5:256], deposed aged about fifty-seven at June Term 1680 [EQC 7:386]); m. by about 1650 Margaret ____ (daughter Elizabeth "d. in 1732, aged eighty-two" [Sarah Stone Anc 52]).
Comments: In his deposition of 20 January 1680/1 Richard Brackenbury included "old Goodman Norman and his son" among those who were already at Salem when Endicott arrived in 1628 [EIHC 13:138]. On 17 September 1640 "Erasmus James and Richard Norman, sr., [were] presented for defective fences on Darby fort side. Not proved" [EQC 1:194]. Richard Norman was evidently in a fishing or shipbuilding business with his son, since "Rich[ard] Norman, Jno. Norman and Company" were sued by John Devereux at July Term 1642 and again at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:42, 45]. The conflict grew heated and Devereux further sued Richard Norman for defamation at December Term 1642 [EQC 1:45]. At July Term 1642 Norman witnessed against Matthew Gillet who stole a piece of soap from John Norman "to wash his shirts with, as he said" [EQC 1:44]. When his son Richard, Jr., was fined for "slighting ordinances and carrying a burden on Lord's day," Richard Sr. answered for him in court, February 1642/3 [EQC 1:51]. It is likely, as Davis says, that "Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion" [Sarah Stone Anc 45]. Pope incorrectly applied the probate of the younger Richard to the elder. Savage thought that there were two John Normans, a brother of Richard the immigrant, and a son, but the records all apply to one man, son of Richard. Bibliographic Note: In 1930 Walter Goodwin Davis prepared one of his typical eloquent but sparsely referenced treatments of this family [Sarah Stone Anc 45-54]."

2. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, arrived in New England with his family at a very early date, certainly prior to 1628.[1] In 1680 Richard Brackenbury, aged 80, testified that "Old Goodman Norman and his sonn" and others "owned that they came over upon the account of a company of England called by us by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants."[2] Brackenbury himself had arrived in 1628 with John Endicott. Richard Norman was granted land at Salem in 1636, 1637, and 1638. The last record found for him is in 1653, when he deeded his house with a ten-acre lot in Marblehead to his son Richard.[3]
Since Richard was part of the Dorchester Company, it should be no surprise to find records of his family near Dorchester in old England. The village of Charminster, co. Dorset, is just to the north of Dorchester, and this is where Richard's children were baptized in a church that dates from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The entries show that his wife was named Florence, but if they were married in Charminster, the record does not survive, as the church registers and Bishops' Transcripts are both missing the marriages from 1598 to 1605.[4]
Relatively few Dorsetshire probate items were found for this surname. There were two wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Thomas Norman of Wimborne dated 1619, and William Norman of Cerne Abbas (just to the north of Charminster), for 1646.[5] Nothing in either of these wills connects with Richard Norman of Charminster. Contact with the Dorset County archivist located an administration for Edith Norman of Sherbome, widow in 1600, and an inventory for Henry Norman for 1636.[6]
Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset:[7]
i. John2 Norman, bp. 7 Feb. 1606/7; m. by 1637, ARABELLA ___.
ii. Elizabeth Norman, bp. 12 Jan. 1610/1, bur. Charminster, 23 April 1613.
iii. Margaret Norman, bp. 4 Feb. 1614/5; m. by 1633, Robert1 Morgan, a cooper of Cape Ann Side in Salem, Mass. Robert's will, dated 14 Oct. 1672 and proved 24 June 1673, includes a reference to "my wife's father Norman."[8] Several sources state that she m. (2) Samuel2 F0WLER (Philip1) of Salisbury, Mass., but primary evidence has not been found.[9]
iv. SUSAN Norman, bp. 31 July 1617; m. by 1635, Robert1 Lockwood. This identification is based on a record of 17 July 1637, when Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a house lot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." This appears to be a reference to Robert Lockwood of Watertown, who later removed to Fairfield, Conn., and whose wife was named Susanna.[10]
v. FLORENCE Norman, bp. 17 Oct. 1619; m. (1) by 1639, JOHN1 HART of Marblehead, Mass.;[11] in 1672, John Trask, husband of their daughter Florence, was called son-in-law of Thomas Whittridge.[12] She m. (2) ca. 1657, Thomas2 WHITRRIDGE (William1) of Salisbury, who, in his nuncupative will, declared before 3 Sept. 1672, stated that Richard Norman was his wife's brother.[13]
vi. Richard Norman, b. ca. 1623-24; m. ca. 1650, Margaret ___. He deposed, aged about 50, on 19 March 1673/4 and on 2 Dec. 1674.[14] His baptism was not found in Charminster, so the family probably moved from there about the time that they disappeared from the register.
Footnotes:
1. Walter Goodwin Davis published an excellent account of the Norman family in 1930 ("The Ancestry of Sarah Stone..." [Portland, Maine, 1930], 45-54 [hereafter cited as Davis, "Stone Ancestry"]). The best modern summary of this family can be found in Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 2:1334-6 (hereafter cited as Anderson, "Great Migration Begins"). Statements about Richard1 Norman and his family in this article that are not documented here are taken from this latter source. Another recent account of this family can be found in Burton W. Spear, ed., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, "18: West Country Ancestries, 1620-1643 (Toledo, Ohio, 1992), 102-3, which uses (with a note of caution) the poorest available source: Raymon Meyers Tingley, "Some Ancestral Lines.. ." (Rutland, Vt., 1935), 256-58. Tingley has Richard1 as the son of a John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk, which is in a completely different part of England. Tingley also gave Richard a non-existent son named William.
2. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds 5:107.
3. "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts," 9 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1911-75), 3:368 (hereafter cited as "Essex Court Records").
4. The marriages for Holy Trinity parish in the nearby town of Dorchester were searched, but their marriage was not found there either ("Dorset Parish Registers," Marriages, 7 [London: Phillimore, 1914]:1-44). The marriages for Charminster were also published by Phillimore.
5. Prerogative Court of Canterbury 69 Parker [Thomas], 140 Twisse [William]. (Cerne Abbas is best known for its ancient 180-foot-tall giant chalk figure with oversized genitalia.)
6. The archivist provided the following citations, apparently from the Archdeaconry Court of Dorset: Ref DS 6 258 [Edith]; Inv CC/262, no locality listed [Henry].
7. The original research on these baptisms was carried out in the Bishops' Transcripts for Charminster, Dorsetshire, 1591-1879 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, film #1,279,491, items 9-12]. The transcripts are missing for the years 1617, 1623, and 1624. Copies from the parish register at the Dorset Record Office in Dorchester were obtained by Simon Neal of London, who located the entry for Susan in 1617, but not the baptism for son Richard.
8. [George Ernest Dow, ed.,] "The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts," 3 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1916-20), 2:355-57 (hereafter cited as "Essex Co. Probate Records").
9. E.g., David W. Hoyt, "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts," 3 vols. plus supplement (Providence, RI., 1897-1919), 1:162; Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 46.
10. Robert1 Lockwood and his family, see Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed., "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. (Fairfield, Conn., 1930-32), 1:380-81, 715.
11. See Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38; and an anonymous article [probably by Eben Putnam], "John Hart of Marblehead, Shipwright," "The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine" 3(1902):67-72. The latter article does not identify Hart's wife Florence or provide her 2nd marriage.
12. Davis, "Stone Ancestry," 38.
13. "Essex Co. Probate Records," 2:286-87.
14. "Essex Court Records," 5:256, as cited in Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1335; Christopher Johnston, "Thomas Weston and His Family," "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 50(1896):201-6, at 202-3."

3. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 44-46:
"RICHARD NORMAN, born in England about the year 1580, came to America as an employee of the Dorchester company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this settlement, which undoubtedly received additions from Engalnd from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 udner leadership of Roger Conant and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn ... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem ... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company."(Essex Deeds, 5:107.) These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters."
Richard Norman participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and he had undoubtedly received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find himliving on "Darby Fort side: (Marblehead) wehre he may possibly have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. (Records and Files, etc., I:194.) The last record we have of him is in 1653, where Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard. (Records and Files, etc., III:368.) He probably died soon afterward.
Richard Norman's wife testified against Richard Cooke in 1645, but unfortunately her name was not recorded.
Children:
i. A DAUGHTER. On 17: 7: 1637 Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory has been advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and whose wife's name was Susanna. (
ii. JOHN.
iii. MARGARET. She m. Robert Morgan, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly. He united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29: 4: 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671 in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age. His will, dated Oct. 14, 1672, and probated June, 1673, mentions his wife Margaret, his son Samuel, to whom he left twelve acres of land at Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave her in the g't plain," his sons Benjamin, Joseph, Robert and Moses, and his daughter Bethia, and appoints Ensign Corning and John Stone overseers. Margaret (Norman) Morgan m. Samuel Fowler of Salisbury and was living in 1690.
Children:
1. Samuel Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Elizabeth Dixey, daughter of Capt. William Dixey, Dec. 15, 1658. (See Dixey.)
2. Luke Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; d. before 1672.
3. Benjamin Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; slain by Indians, "to the eastward" before July, 1677.
4. Joseph Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Deborah Hart, daughter of John and Florence (Norman) Hart, his first cousin, July 12, 1669, in Lynn. (See Hart.)
5. Robert Morgan, bapt. 15: 10: 1650, in Salem; d. s. p.
6. Moses Morgan, d. s. p. before 1694.
7. Bethia Morgan, bapt. 29: 3: 1653, in Salem; m. Samuel Weed, son of John and Deborah (Winsley) Weed of Amesbury, March 12, 1675/6.
iv. RICHARD.
v. FLORENCE. She m. John Hart of Marblehead as his second wife. (See Hart.) After his death in 1656, she m. Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich. He was a son of William Whittridge, a carpenter, who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635. Thomas Whittridge died in 1672, and administration was granted to Robert Morgan and Richard Norman on Sept. 24 of that year. They filed the following document: "A declaration of the verball will of Thomas Whittridge deceased which wee Robert Morgan & Richard Norman present vnto this honoured Court.... Our brother Thomas Whittridge being sicke Sent vnto mee Robert Morgan: by 2 of his Sonnes desireing mee with speede to (send) to our brother Richard Norman: & that wee together would come Vnto him: which we Accomplished & tarried not long. Uppon the 21st of August last past wee went to the howse of our brother: who finding him Uppon his bed: after mutual greting & talk about gods Seuerall dispensations towards vs in or relations in general: & to him & his family in pticular: he said hee had beine very sick but yesterday mr newman administering phisick vnto him hee was revived & something better: so summing from his bed and walking to & fro in his howse sapke as foll: Bretheren you being the most Intimate with vs and dearest in our affections vnto mee & yor sister my wife now taken from mee in whom wee putt our Confidence: & in whom I doe Confide: of all our relations remaining aliue: I have therefore Sent for you to decar(re) my mind Unto yow, wch is this: my desire & will is ... to Committ vnto you my 3 sonnes wch I had by yor sister: withal that smale estae yt god hath given mee; … (here follows a division of property between the sons, Thomas, Richard and William Whittridge) … to putt his sd 3 Sonnes Unto trades such as they most desire: & wheare their affections most enclined to bee; but with their relations rather than any others: if possibly wee could bring it so to passe. This having spoken he lay downed vppon his bed againe & wee according to our duty as the Lord enabled Vs sought unto god with him & for him by prer & in som tyme after departed from him: and all this tyme from our Coming Vnto him Untill our depting from him weare present his owne 3 Sonnes before mentioned: and his brother Sammuell Whittridge: and his Sone in Law John Traske (Husband of Florence Hart.)." (Records and Files, etc., VII:163.)
Children, by Whittridge:
1. Thomas Whittridge.
2. Richard Whittridge.
3. William Whittridge."

4. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:102-103, "NORMAN. RICHARD (a.1580-aft.1653) OF MARBLEHEAD, MA":
"... Richard Norman - Born about 1580. Died 1682. He m. ___ in England. He came to Salem, MA by 1630. Savage (3:288) says he came in 1626, probably from Dorchester, Dorset. Tingley says he was with Governor Roger Conant's company in 1625 in Salem (?). Tingley makes a statement that is difficult to interpret: "It is supposed that he was the Richard Fryeth alias Norman, who Oct. 23, 1603, brought suit against his step-mother and half-sister, Agnes Greenleaf, but no proof has been found". Children (Salem 3:288)
a. John Norman - B.a. 1613, England. Died 1673, age 60. He m. Arabella ___, who died 1679. Eight children (1637-1656).
b. Richard Norman, Jr. - B.a. 1624, England. Died 1683, Marblehead, MA. He m. (1) Elizabeth Whitridge, 15 July 1654 (1635-1659), daughter of William Whitridge. He m. (2) Margaret, daughter of William Flint and Alice Bosworth. She m. (2) Robert Goodwin. Three children by first wife (1656-1658) and six by second (1661-1672).
c. Susanna Norman - She m. (1) Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Fairfield, CT. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris. Six children by first husband (1634-1643).
d. William Norman - He m. (1) ___ in England, and he left her there. Maine (p. 512) says he m. (2) Margery Randall, while still married to his first wife. On 11 Mar. 1650/1, in Wells, ME, they were legally separated and he was banished after failing to divorce his first wife in England. His second wife m. (2) Thomas Spinney. One daughter.
e. Margaret Norman - Born England. Died before 1694. She m. (1) Robert Morgan, 27 Jan. 1638, Salem, ME (1601-1673). She m. (2) Samuel Fowler (a.1618-1711). Eight children by first husband.
Richard Norman had five children and at least 32 grandchildren.
Reference: Some Ancestral Lines, Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935."

5. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 267-68:
"RICHARD1 NORMAN, born England, probably Dorchester, by about 1587, died Salem MA after 22 April 1653 but before 27 June 1664; married England about 1611 (birth 1612) (___), possibly Margaret Alford)), born there say 1590, died Marblehead MA after 1645.
Richard1 was in Cape Ann (Gloucester) MA by 1626, living in Salem 6 September 1628, and in Marblehead in 1645. He came to America as an employee of the Dorchester Company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this group, which undoubtedly received additions from England from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 under the leadership of Roger Conant, and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company." These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters".
He participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and undoubtedly had received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman probably was not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find him living on "Darby Fort side" (Marblehead), where he may have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. The last record we have of him is in 1653, when Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard (Torrey 538).
Children, surname NORMAN:
i. JOHN, born England about 1612, died Salem MA 1672; married there about 1636 (birth 1637 Arabella (___), born England say 1616, died Salem 1679. He passed his youth in the Cape Ann and Naumkeag settlements, and was a carpenter and shipwright. He shared in the first grants to Salem settlers, and his first home was in the North Field, on land granted him in 1636, and on which he immediately built a house (Torrey 538).
ii. MARGARET, born England say 1613; married (1) Salem MA by about 1633 Robert1 Morgan, born England 1601, died Beverly MA 1672, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1673 Samuel1 Fowler, born England 1618, died Salisbury 1711 (Torrey 518 and 280). Robert united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29 April 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671, in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age.
iii. SUSANNA2, born England say 1615, died Greenwich CT 23 December 1660: married Watertown MA about 1633 (birth 1634) Sgt. ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, baptized Combs, co. Suffolk, England 18 January 1600, died Fairfield CT by 11 September 1658. On 17 July 1637 Sgt. Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's". There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory is advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield CT, and whose wife's name was Susanna (see Lockwood Chapter) (Torrey 470).
iv. FLORENCE, born England say 1619; married (1) Salem MA by about 1639 as his second wife John1 Hart, born England 1595, died Marblehead MA 1656; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1657 Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich MA, a carpenter, born England say 1620, died Salisbury 1672, son of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635 (Torrey 348 and 812).
v. RICHARD, born England about 1623, died Marblehead MA 1683; married (1) there 15 July 1654 Elizabeth2 Whitridge, born England say 1625, died Marblehead 1659, daughter of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who probably came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635; married (2) there 28 March 1660 Margaret2 Flint, born probably England 1635, died Marblehead 1705, probably daughter of William1 and Alice1 (Bosworth) Flint, married (2) there 15 October 1685 Robert1 Goodwin, born probably England say 1625 (Torrey 538 and 312).
("MA & ME Families in Ancestry of W. G. Davis", W. G. Davis, 1996; Colket 221; Pope 330; Savage III:288; "Great Migration Begins", 1:1334, R. C. Anderson, 1995)"
 		Norman, Margaret (I495)
 
2425 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"Richard Norman
Origin: Unknown... Marriage: By about 1612 ____ ____; on 9 July 1645 the "wife of Richard Norman Sr." testified in court [EQC 1:82]; no further record. (Two women by the name of Arabella Norman were admitted to Salem church, one in May 1637 and the other on 25 February 1637/8 [SChR 6, 7]. One of these is certainly the wife of John Norman, son of Richard. The second is probably a clerical error, but just might be the wife of Richard Sr.)..."

2. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts, arrived in New England with his family at a very early date, certainly prior to 1628.[1] In 1680 Richard Brackenbury, aged 80, testified that "Old Goodman Norman and his sonn" and others "owned that they came over upon the account of a company of England called by us by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants."[2] Brackenbury himself had arrived in 1628 with John Endicott. Richard Norman was granted land at Salem in 1636, 1637, and 1638. The last record found for him is in 1653, when he deeded his house with a ten-acre lot in Marblehead to his son Richard.[3]
Since Richard was part of the Dorchester Company, it should be no surprise to find records of his family near Dorchester in old England. The village of Charminster, co. Dorset, is just to the north of Dorchester, and this is where Richard's children were baptized in a church that dates from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The entries show that his wife was named Florence, but if they were married in Charminster, the record does not survive, as the church registers and Bishops' Transcripts are both missing the marriages from 1598 to 1605.[4]..."
Footnotes:
1. Walter Goodwin Davis published an excellent account of the Norman family in 1930 ("The Ancestry of Sarah Stone..." [Portland, Maine, 1930], 45-54 [hereafter cited as Davis, "Stone Ancestry"]). The best modern summary of this family can be found in Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633," 3 vols. (Boston, 1995), 2:1334-6 (hereafter cited as Anderson, "Great Migration Begins"). Statements about Richard1 Norman and his family in this article that are not documented here are taken from this latter source. Another recent account of this family can be found in Burton W. Spear, ed., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, "18: West Country Ancestries, 1620-1643 (Toledo, Ohio, 1992), 102-3, which uses (with a note of caution) the poorest available source: Raymon Meyers Tingley, "Some Ancestral Lines.. ." (Rutland, Vt., 1935), 256-58. Tingley has Richard1 as the son of a John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk, which is in a completely different part of England. Tingley also gave Richard a non-existent son named William.
2. Essex Co., Mass., Deeds 5:107.
3. "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts," 9 vols. (Salem, Mass., 1911-75), 3:368 (hereafter cited as "Essex Court Records").
4. The marriages for Holy Trinity parish in the nearby town of Dorchester were searched, but their marriage was not found there either ("Dorset Parish Registers," Marriages, 7 [London: Phillimore, 1914]:1-44). The marriages for Charminster were also published by Phillimore..."

3. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 44-46:
"RICHARD NORMAN, born in England about the year 1580, came to America as an employee of the Dorchester company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this settlement, which undoubtedly received additions from Engalnd from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 udner leadership of Roger Conant and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn ... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem ... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company."(Essex Deeds, 5:107.) These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters."
Richard Norman participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and he had undoubtedly received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman was probably not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find himliving on "Darby Fort side: (Marblehead) wehre he may possibly have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. (Records and Files, etc., I:194.) The last record we have of him is in 1653, where Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard. (Records and Files, etc., III:368.) He probably died soon afterward.
Richard Norman's wife testified against Richard Cooke in 1645, but unfortunately her name was not recorded.
Children:
i. A DAUGHTER. On 17: 7: 1637 Sergeant Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's." There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory has been advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and whose wife's name was Susanna. (
ii. JOHN.
iii. MARGARET. She m. Robert Morgan, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly. He united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29: 4: 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671 in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age. His will, dated Oct. 14, 1672, and probated June, 1673, mentions his wife Margaret, his son Samuel, to whom he left twelve acres of land at Manchester "which my wife's father Norman gave her in the g't plain," his sons Benjamin, Joseph, Robert and Moses, and his daughter Bethia, and appoints Ensign Corning and John Stone overseers. Margaret (Norman) Morgan m. Samuel Fowler of Salisbury and was living in 1690.
Children:
1. Samuel Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Elizabeth Dixey, daughter of Capt. William Dixey, Dec. 15, 1658. (See Dixey.)
2. Luke Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; d. before 1672.
3. Benjamin Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; slain by Indians, "to the eastward" before July, 1677.
4. Joseph Morgan, bapt. 23: 4: 1650, in Salem; m. Deborah Hart, daughter of John and Florence (Norman) Hart, his first cousin, July 12, 1669, in Lynn. (See Hart.)
5. Robert Morgan, bapt. 15: 10: 1650, in Salem; d. s. p.
6. Moses Morgan, d. s. p. before 1694.
7. Bethia Morgan, bapt. 29: 3: 1653, in Salem; m. Samuel Weed, son of John and Deborah (Winsley) Weed of Amesbury, March 12, 1675/6.
iv. RICHARD.
v. FLORENCE. She m. John Hart of Marblehead as his second wife. (See Hart.) After his death in 1656, she m. Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich. He was a son of William Whittridge, a carpenter, who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635. Thomas Whittridge died in 1672, and administration was granted to Robert Morgan and Richard Norman on Sept. 24 of that year. They filed the following document: "A declaration of the verball will of Thomas Whittridge deceased which wee Robert Morgan & Richard Norman present vnto this honoured Court.... Our brother Thomas Whittridge being sicke Sent vnto mee Robert Morgan: by 2 of his Sonnes desireing mee with speede to (send) to our brother Richard Norman: & that wee together would come Vnto him: which we Accomplished & tarried not long. Uppon the 21st of August last past wee went to the howse of our brother: who finding him Uppon his bed: after mutual greting & talk about gods Seuerall dispensations towards vs in or relations in general: & to him & his family in pticular: he said hee had beine very sick but yesterday mr newman administering phisick vnto him hee was revived & something better: so summing from his bed and walking to & fro in his howse sapke as foll: Bretheren you being the most Intimate with vs and dearest in our affections vnto mee & yor sister my wife now taken from mee in whom wee putt our Confidence: & in whom I doe Confide: of all our relations remaining aliue: I have therefore Sent for you to decar(re) my mind Unto yow, wch is this: my desire & will is ... to Committ vnto you my 3 sonnes wch I had by yor sister: withal that smale estae yt god hath given mee; … (here follows a division of property between the sons, Thomas, Richard and William Whittridge) … to putt his sd 3 Sonnes Unto trades such as they most desire: & wheare their affections most enclined to bee; but with their relations rather than any others: if possibly wee could bring it so to passe. This having spoken he lay downed vppon his bed againe & wee according to our duty as the Lord enabled Vs sought unto god with him & for him by prer & in som tyme after departed from him: and all this tyme from our Coming Vnto him Untill our depting from him weare present his owne 3 Sonnes before mentioned: and his brother Sammuell Whittridge: and his Sone in Law John Traske (Husband of Florence Hart.)." (Records and Files, etc., VII:163.)
Children, by Whittridge:
1. Thomas Whittridge.
2. Richard Whittridge.
3. William Whittridge."

4. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:102-103, "NORMAN. RICHARD (a.1580-aft.1653) OF MARBLEHEAD, MA":
"The following ancestry was taken from "Some Ancestral Lines Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935. NOTE: Jacobus said this book should be used with caution and the ancestry looks shaky.
1. John Norman, the elder of Bishopsworth, Somerset (1 m. S of Bristol). Will [unclear] Sept. 1578, proved, 7 Mar. 1578. In his will he mentions son, John; brother Thomas; and wife Joane and Edward Norman. He died 1578, Winsford, England. (Winsford, Somerset then it is 16 mi. N of Tiverton, Devon). Child
a. John Fryeth alias Norman - See below.
2. John Fryeth alias Norman of Ipswich, Suffolk. Died Sept. 1590, very old. He m. (1) ___ and (2) Agnes ___, who was alive, 23 Oct. 1603.
Child by first wife
a. Richard Fryeth alias Norman - See below.
Child by second wife
b. Elizabeth Norman - She m. Edmund Greenleaf, before 23 Oct. 1603, of St. Mary's parish, Ipswich, England. Child:
i. Capt. Edmund Greenleaf - B.a. 1590, Brixham, England (Devon?, 4 mi. NE of Dartmouth). Died 24 May 1670/1, Boston, MA. He m. (1) Sarah ___, 1612, who Savage (2:308) says was perhaps the sister of Richard Dole, son of William Dole of Thornbury, Gloucestershire (See Savage 2:58). However, Douglas Richardson says he checked the Thornbury records and he found no Doles there. Sarah died 18 Jan. 1662/3, Boston, MA. He m. (2) Sarah Jourdain, daughter of Ignatius Jourdain and Elizabeth Baskerville, and widow of William Hill of Fairfield, CT (d. 1649) and Nathaniel Sowther (d. 1655). (See Search series Vol. 2, p. 93 and TAG Oct. 1967, p. 14). Edmund Greenleaf came to Newbury, MA with his first wife a. 1635.
3. Richard Norman - Born about 1580. Died 1682. He m. ___ in England. He came to Salem, MA by 1630. Savage (3:288) says he came in 1626, probably from Dorchester, Dorset. Tingley says he was with Governor Roger Conant's company in 1625 in Salem (?). Tingley makes a statement that is difficult to interpret: "It is supposed that he was the Richard Fryeth alias Norman, who Oct. 23, 1603, brought suit against his step-mother and half-sister, Agnes Greenleaf, but no proof has been found". Children (Salem 3:288)
a. John Norman - B.a. 1613, England. Died 1673, age 60. He m. Arabella ___, who died 1679. Eight children (1637-1656).
b. Richard Norman, Jr. - B.a. 1624, England. Died 1683, Marblehead, MA. He m. (1) Elizabeth Whitridge, 15 July 1654 (1635-1659), daughter of William Whitridge. He m. (2) Margaret, daughter of William Flint and Alice Bosworth. She m. (2) Robert Goodwin. Three children by first wife (1656-1658) and six by second (1661-1672).
c. Susanna Norman - She m. (1) Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Fairfield, CT. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris. Six children by first husband (1634-1643).
d. William Norman - He m. (1) ___ in England, and he left her there. Maine (p. 512) says he m. (2) Margery Randall, while still married to his first wife. On 11 Mar. 1650/1, in Wells, ME, they were legally separated and he was banished after failing to divorce his first wife in England. His second wife m. (2) Thomas Spinney. One daughter.
e. Margaret Norman - Born England. Died before 1694. She m. (1) Robert Morgan, 27 Jan. 1638, Salem, ME (1601-1673). She m. (2) Samuel Fowler (a.1618-1711). Eight children by first husband.
Richard Norman had five children and at least 32 grandchildren.
Reference: Some Ancestral Lines, Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935."

5. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 267-68:
"RICHARD1 NORMAN, born England, probably Dorchester, by about 1587, died Salem MA after 22 April 1653 but before 27 June 1664; married England about 1611 (birth 1612) (___), possibly Margaret Alford)), born there say 1590, died Marblehead MA after 1645.
Richard1 was in Cape Ann (Gloucester) MA by 1626, living in Salem 6 September 1628, and in Marblehead in 1645. He came to America as an employee of the Dorchester Company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this group, which undoubtedly received additions from England from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 under the leadership of Roger Conant, and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company." These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters".
He participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and undoubtedly had received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman probably was not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find him living on "Darby Fort side" (Marblehead), where he may have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. The last record we have of him is in 1653, when Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard (Torrey 538).
Children, surname NORMAN:
i. JOHN, born England about 1612, died Salem MA 1672; married there about 1636 (birth 1637 Arabella (___), born England say 1616, died Salem 1679. He passed his youth in the Cape Ann and Naumkeag settlements, and was a carpenter and shipwright. He shared in the first grants to Salem settlers, and his first home was in the North Field, on land granted him in 1636, and on which he immediately built a house (Torrey 538).
ii. MARGARET, born England say 1613; married (1) Salem MA by about 1633 Robert1 Morgan, born England 1601, died Beverly MA 1672, a cooper, who lived in that part of Salem first called Cape Ann Side and later organized as Beverly; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1673 Samuel1 Fowler, born England 1618, died Salisbury 1711 (Torrey 518 and 280). Robert united with the Salem church in 1650 and was made a freeman on 29 April 1652. He signed the petition of the settlers on Cape Ann Side to be set off as a separate town in 1659, and when the Beverly church was organized he kept the first book of records. He was clerk of the writ in 1671, in which year he stated that he was seventy years of age.
iii. SUSANNA2, born England say 1615, died Greenwich CT 23 December 1660: married Watertown MA about 1633 (birth 1634) Sgt. ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, baptized Combs, co. Suffolk, England 18 January 1600, died Fairfield CT by 11 September 1658. On 17 July 1637 Sgt. Lockwood refused the grant of a houselot in Salem "beyond his father Norman's". There is no further record of Lockwood in Salem, and the theory is advanced that he was that Robert Lockwood of Watertown, 1635, who eventually settled in Fairfield CT, and whose wife's name was Susanna (see Lockwood Chapter) (Torrey 470).
iv. FLORENCE, born England say 1619; married (1) Salem MA by about 1639 as his second wife John1 Hart, born England 1595, died Marblehead MA 1656; married (2) Salisbury MA about 1657 Thomas2 Whittridge of Ipswich MA, a carpenter, born England say 1620, died Salisbury 1672, son of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635 (Torrey 348 and 812)
v. RICHARD, born England about 1623, died Marblehead MA 1683; married (1) there 15 July 1654 Elizabeth2 Whitridge, born England say 1625, died Marblehead 1659, daughter of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who probably came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635; married (2) there 28 March 1660 Margaret2 Flint, born probably England 1635, died Marblehead 1705, probably daughter of William1 and Alice1 (Bosworth) Flint, married (2) there 15 October 1685 Robert1 Goodwin, born probably England say 1625 (Torrey 538 and 312).
("MA & ME Families in Ancestry of W. G. Davis", W. G. Davis, 1996; Colket 221; Pope 330; Savage III:288; "Great Migration Begins", 1:1334, R. C. Anderson, 1995)"

MARRIAGE:
1. A marriage to a Margaret Alford is found in Ordinance Index: Extracted marriage record for St. Giles In The Wood, Devon, England, Batch number M051691, Film 916930, Dates: 1555-1743, Printout: 1037005. [Forgot to copy the date but I believe it was in 1615.
According to the Great Migration Project quoted above, the name and marriage date of Richard Norman is unknown. The name Richard Norman in England is probably not very unique.
 		Florence (I3272)
 
2426 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"Robert Feake
Origin: London
Migration: 1630
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Greenwich 1640, Watertown
Return Trips: 1647, returned to Watertown 1650
Occupation: Goldsmith. He served an apprenticeship with his father, James Feake, for eight years beginning 21 September 1615, but probably never practiced his craft in the New World [NYGBR 86:212]. Freeman: Requested 19 October 1630 (as "Mr. Robte. Feake") and admitted 18 May 1631 (as "Mr. Roberte Feakes") [MBCR 1:79, 366]. Education: His 1636 letter to John Winthrop Jr. shows a good education [WP 3:287]. His estate included a Bible [NYGBR 86:220]. Offices: Chosen lieutenant to Capt. Patrick, 4 September 1632 [MBCR 1:99]; deputy for Watertown to General Court, 14 May 1634, 4 March 1634/5, 6 May 1635, 3 March 1635/6, 25 May 1636, 8 September 1636 [MBCR 1:116, 135, 145, 164, 174, 178]; committee on fortifications, 3 September 1634 [MBCR 1:124]; committee on various boundary disputes, 4 March 1634/5 [MBCR 1:139]; appointed magistrate for quarter court, 25 May 1636 [MBCR 1:175]; committee to arbitrate "difference betwixt Boston & Waymothe at Mount Woollaston," 25 October 1636 [MBCR 1:181]. Chosen Watertown selectman, 10 October 1636, 10 December 1638, 6 December 1639 [WaTR 1:2, 5]. Estate: Granted eighty acres in the Great Dividend in Watertown, 25 July 1636 [WaBOP 4]; granted twenty-four acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands, 28 February 1636/7 [WaBOP 7]; granted forty acres in the Remote Meadows, 26 June 1637 [WaBOP 8]; granted nine acres at the Town Plot, 9 April 1638 [WaBOP 11]. In the Watertown Inventory of Grants "Robert Feke" was shown to have received nine parcels of land: fourteen acre homestall [ten acres sold to Simon Stone]; fifteen acres upland [ten acres sold to Thomas Bright by 1640 (Lechford 286-87)]; six acres marsh [sold to Simon Stone]; eighty acres upland in the Great Dividend [to John Benjamin]; twenty-four acres plowland [to John Benjamin]; forty acres Remote Meadow [twenty-five acres sold to Edward Howe]; nine acres upland [Town Plot, to Nathan Fiske]; six acres upland [sold to Daniel Patrick]; and six acres meadow in Plain Meadow [to John Page] [WaBOP 71]. (Robert Feake had disposed of his Watertown property before the compilation of the Watertown land inventories; the indication of sales of land given here derives mostly from comparison of the grants made to Feake with the later holdings of others.) His house and farm lot at Dedham were held barely a year, he resigning them 21 September and 23 November 1638; Robert Feake attended only those early Dedham meetings which were actually held in Watertown, and never resided in Dedham [DeTR 3, 21-23, 25-26, 35, 49-50, 55, 57, 69, 167]. In 1640 he and Daniel Patrick purchased the site of Greenwich from the Indians, which fell for a time under Dutch authority. The act of submission was signed by Daniel Patrick and Elizabeth Feake, acting in the absence and illness of her husband [NYGBR 86:214]. Mr. Robert Feakes was supported by the town of Watertown from 17 October 1650 until his death [WaTR 1:27, 28, 40, 43, 59, 64, 71, 73, 76]. Birth: About 1602, son of James and Judith (Thomas) Feake [NYGBR 86:144-45]. Death: Watertown 1 February 1660/1 [WaVR 23]. Marriage: Between 2 November 1631 and 27 January 1631/2 Elizabeth (Fones) Winthrop, widow of Henry Winthrop (son of Governor John Winthrop). (See Comments below for their "divorce" and her "remarriage" to William Hallett.) Children [from NYGBR 86:220-21 unless otherwise stated]:
i Elizabeth, b. probably about 1633; m. by 1659 as his second wife John Underhill.
ii Hannah, b. probably Watertown June 1637; m. Flushing 7 May 1656 [NS] John Bowne as his first wife.
iii John, b. probably Watertown about 1639; m. Killingworth, Oyster Bay, 15 September 1673 Elizabeth Prior [NYGBR 87:107-8].
iv Robert, bp. New York Dutch Church 17 July 1642 [NS]; m. Sarah ___, who took administration of his estate 19 June 1669.
v Sarah, bp. New York Dutch Church 14 April 1647 [NS]; d. before 21 July 1648 when only four children of Robert Feake are cared for [WP 5:238].
Associations: Henry Feake of Lynn and Sandwich was apprenticed to James Feake, father of Robert Feake, for a term of nine years in 1606 and was Robert's distant cousin. Tobias Feake & Judith (Feake) Palmer were niece and nephew of Robert Feake, children of Robert's brother James Feake of London [NYGBR 86:209, 211-12; Lechford 228-29]. Comments: In his lengthy article on the Feake family (see Henry Feake for full citation), George E. McCracken went into great detail on Robert Feake, and particularly on the matter of his "divorce," arguing that the couple had in fact received only a legal separation, and that Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake was not free to remarry [NYGBR 86:212-21, 94:243-44]. In 1966 Donald Lines Jacobus reviewed the same problem, and came to the conclusion that Robert Feake and his wife did obtain a divorce from the Dutch government, that she had married William Hallett by August 1649, and that the marriage was performed by John Winthrop Jr., her former brother-in-law [NYGBR 97:131-34]. Feake was described as "... a man whose God-fearing heart was so absorbed with spiritual and heavenly things that he little thought of the things of this life, and took neither heed nor care of what was tendered to his external property" [NYGBR 86:214, citing court depositions as transcribed in NYGBR 11:12-24]. To others he was a distracted person who could not manage his estate, and whose lofty connections alone preserved him. Certainly his inability to control his property and his wife was a difficult burden for the Winthrops. His abrupt return to England in 1647 is not sufficiently explained. McCracken suggests that the Robert Feake pardoned by the House of Commons 4 March 1649/50 for some unstated crime might be Robert of Watertown [NYGBR 86:215]. In any event, he left considerable scandal behind him in New England. In a letter dated Stamford 14 April 1648, Thomas Lyon related to his "loving grandfather" John Winthrop the history of Mr. Feake and Elizabeth (Fones) Winthrop: '...when I married first I lived in the house with her because my father being distracted I might be a help to her. Whereupon seeing several carriages between the fellow she now hath to be her husband and she the people also took notice of it which was to her disgrace which grieved me very much ... and seeing what condition she were in I spake to her about it privately and after I discovered my dislike I see her carriage alter toward me ... Father concerning the condition she is in and the children and estate my father Feike going away suddenly, having taken no course about the children and estate only desired a friend of his and I in case we see them about making away the estate and to remove we should stay it ... She also hath confessed since she came there openly she is married to him is with child by him and she hath been at New Haven but could have no comfort nor hopes for present to live in the jurisdiction and what will become of her I know not [WP 5:213-14]. In a letter dated New Haven 21 July 1648, Theophilus Eaton told John Winthrop Jr.: '...I understand William Hallet etc. are come to your plantation at Nameag, their grievious miscarriage hath certainly given great offense to many. I wish their repentance were as clear and satisfying. It is possible that William Hallet and she that was Mr. Feake's his wife are married, though not only the lawfulness and validity of such a marriage, but the reality and truth is by some questioned, because themselves and Toby Feakes sometimes deny it; but leaving that, I shall acquaint you ... with some passages about that estate. Mr. Feakes from Boston October 6, 1647 wrote to Stamford that he reserved the whole propriety of his estate, till he saw how God would deal with him in England, and desired he and the children might not be wronged etc., after which that estate being from the Dutch in danger of confiscation, they brought it to Stamford, and at their request, it was there seized, as wholly belonging to Mr. Feakes, though after they challenged part thereof as the proper estate of William Hallet, and she besides desired a share in what was due to Mr. Feakes. I was not willing they should be wronged in the least, ... and accordingly at their request, I wrote to Stamford. William Hallet after this brought a letter from your honored father, and told me, he met with some opposition at Stamford, whereupon I advised him to attend the Court of magistrates ... but I perceived in him an unwillingness thereunto.... It was ordered that ... if she settled at Watertown, Pequod, or within any of the English colonies, two of the children, with half Mr. Feakes his proper estate should be put into the power and trust of such English government ... with such respect to Mr. Feakes, as may be meet, and that the other half of the estate should be improved at Stamford for the use of Mr. Feakes and maintenance of the other two children. I hoped that this might have satisfied, but the next news was that William Hallet etc. in a secret underhand way, had taken the children, two cows, all the household goods, and what else I know not, and by water were gone away ... when they had all the estate in their hands, the children went (if not naked) very unsatisfyingly apparelled [WP 5:237-9].' John Winthrop Jr. interceded with Peter Stuyvesant in a letter in the beginning of 1648/9, asking him to manage what estate was left so that "Mrs. Feakes" and her children had a comfortable living [WP 5:298-99]. By the spring, Andrew Messenger was informing Winthrop that the estate at Greenwich was still unimproved [WP 5:323-24]. Winthrop wrote again in May to Stuyvesant, asking that he honor the agreement made between William Hallet with Mr. Feakes, Feakes having consented to it before going for England "knowing him [Hallet] to be industrious and careful" and also to allow Hallet back into Greenwich to improve the land there [WP 5:338-39]. Evidently Stuyvesant came through, for Elizabeth (now Hallett) wrote last from Hellgate 10 January 1652/3 saying to her cousin John Winthrop Jr.: 'Our habitation is by the whirlpool which the Dutchmen call the Hellgate where we have purchased a very good farm through the governor's means ... we live very comfortably according to our rank. In the spring the Indian killed four Dutchmen near to our house which made us think to have removed ... yet now the Indian are quiet and we think not yet to remove [WP 6:239].' The story of Elizabeth Fones (Winthrop) (Feake) Hallett was told in 1958 in an historical novel called "The Winthrop Woman" by Anya Seton."

2. FHL book 974.44/W5 H2t "Divided We Stand - Watertown, Massachusetts, 1630-1680," by Roger Thompson [Amherst], pp. 188-89:
"In July 1636 both he and his wife wrote similar letters to their brother-in-law John Winthrop Jr., whose first wife, Martha Fones, Elizabeth's sister, had died in 1634. Winthrop was preparing the settlement of Saybrook near the mouth of the Connecticut River. Feake referred to "distractions we have been in by reason we were altogether unsettled ... [but] we are resolved again for Connecticut and therefore I have now sent my man to mow grass there for to winter my cattle there ... I purpose God willing in the spring [of 1637] to come there with my wife and family." Elizabeth specified that their destination would be "Watertown," the original name for Wethersfield, in order to be near Winthrop; otherwise, "we had chosen Concord for to dwell in." God seemed to have other plans, however. The Pequot War broke out in Wethersfield in the spring of 1637, and Robert Feake's only experience of the Connecticut Valley was confined to his service as Patrick's lieutenant in the conflict.
In 1639 Feake's father died in London, and the Boston notary Thomas Lechford made out a letter of attorney to dispose of property on behalf of Lt. Robert Feake of Watertown, Gent.; Judith Palmer, his niece who lived at Yarmouth, Massachusetts; and her brother Tobias Feake, aged seventeen. In 1640, after toying with the idea of moving to Dedham, the Feakes left Massachusetts with Captain Patrick, a former Dutch guardsman, and settled near New Amsterdam at Greenwich, Connecticut. After persistent threats from local Native Americans and assertions of sovereignty by the Dutch governor, the fledgling plantation was forced to pledge allegiance to the Netherlands. Feake opposed submission but was overruled by Patrick and Elizabeth, who signed over Greenwich on 9 April 1642. This breach of fidelity seems to have undermined Feake's reason. He was judged "unfit to dispose a plantation," which his wife took over.
Elizabeth, in turn, seems to have lost her reputation, according to an April 1644 letter of her aunt Lucy Downing. She may have fallen under the unsavory influence of Patrick, a womanizer whose arrogance and untrustworthiness led to his murder in January 1644. This brutal blow dealt another shock to Robert's unhinged mind. In June 1646 there was a recruit to the Feake household: Thomas Lyon, who had married Robert Feake's stepdaughter, Martha Johanna Winthrop. He moved in "because my father [Feake] being distracted I might be a help" to his mother-in-law, who despite Robert's illness was pregnant with her sixth Child, Sarah. (Or perhaps it was because of Robert's illness?) About this time, there appeared on the scene William Hallett, who soon moved in with Elizabeth and took over the running of the Feake property. In March 1647 Robert suddenly made over his land and half his cash to his wife and Hallett and left Greenwich. On the same day that Elizabeth's child was baptized in New Amsterdam, 14 April 1647, the Feakes were divorced on the grounds of her adultery.
We next hear of Feake in Boston in 1647 bound for London, expressing apprehension about "how God would deal with him in England." In March of 1650 Robert Feake was issued with a pardon by the House of Commons, possibly for his taking an oath of allegiance to what had now become a hostile power. He was back in the new world by September 1650, but by then his mind had completely given way. His neighbors recalled him at this time as a man "whose God-fearing heart was so absorbed with spiritual and heavenly things, that he little thought of the things of this life and took neither heed nor care of what tended to his external property. We moreover considered him as a man so unsettled and troubled in his understanding and brain, that although he was, at times, better settled than at others, nevertheless in his last years and about the time he agreed with his wife respecting the division of their temporal property, he was not a man of any wisdom or capable of acting understandingly like any other man in a matter regarding his own benefit, profit and advantage. In like manner, we testify that he as yet on all occasions exhibited a more than ordinary respect towards ... his wife [Elizabeth], and that he in our opinion was easily to be seduced by her to do whatever she wished than what was wise and reasonable in the opinion of a man who was compos sui, and as we say his own man."
Thereafter "he became melancholy, and about fourteen days after was seriously ill, headstrong and crazy." While his wife, later romanticized as Anya Seton's "Winthrop Woman," made a questionable marriage with Hallett, sought refuge in New London, and then settled at Hellgate on Long Island, poor deranged Robert Feake somehow ended up in Watertown. There he was cared for until his death at the age of sixty in February 1663. By early 1660 his distress had become unmanageable, and Capt. Hugh Mason, chairman of the board of selectmen, and Deacon Ephraim child were deputed to "go to him, and use their discretion in words to the moderating of him in his disorder." He died in the care of Deacon Thatcher, next door to his original lot granted in 1630. The town petitioned the county court on 6 October 1663 for £8 from his estate to defray "entertainment" and £3.14.0 for Feake's funeral. Over the previous thirteen years £90 had been disbursed from town funds; they had not first spent all of Feake's assets because "if something [of his estate] had not been spared such as he might call his own, it would have been further destruction of his mind." The residue of his property consisted of "one suit and cloak and an old jacket, two old coats ... some other old clothes ... one Bible, three books... valued in all at ₤.9.2d."

3. The following partial excerpt concerning this individual is from the biography of Jeffrey Ferris in the "Great Migration" book. These are highly reliable summaries of early pre-1636 colonists and the entire biography can be read in Jeffrey's notes:
"Jeffrey Ferris...
Estate: ...On 25 November 1650, "William Hallet of Grenwich" sold to "Jeffere Ferris & his heirs, all his housing & lands in Grenwich, his whole right & title, & his wife's right also, in the lands purchased by Daniell Pattrick & Robert Feke in the New Netherlands, the parcels of lands that William Hallet doth own" are a house lot, "a piece of salt meadow of five acres more or less, also upland by the side of it on Elizabeth Neck, also the half of the land in the said Elizabeth Neck that is not already given out, both upland & meadow, also six acres of meadow, more or less, with a piece of upland by it ..., also a piece of upland in consideration of the ox pasture Goodman Sherwood did & should take in, ... also a piece of upland & meadow on Myanos Neck that was William Hallett his particular lot" [Greenwich LR 1:169]. (On 18 July 1640, Robert Feake and Daniel Patrick purchased from several Indians land that would become Greenwich; an annotation of unknown date to this deed states that "Keofrum hath sold all his right in the abovesaid neck unto Jeffere Ferris [Greenwich LR 1:455].)..."

4. FHL book 974.44/W5 H2t "Divided We Stand - Watertown, Massachusetts, 1630-1680," by Roger Thompson [Amherst], pp. 42-48:
"In 1634, the start of the second stage of town government, the Watertown records begin, and recapturing the running of town business becomes easier. In that year the town had three selectmen: Ensign William Jennison; Mr. Brian Pendleton, a merchant from London; and John Eddy, one of the Boxted congregation who had accompanied Phillips's Company to the new world. Richard Brown was first representative to the General Court, with Jennison and Lt. Robert Feake. When responsibility for land allocation was localized in 1636, the board of selectmen was expanded to eleven. It stayed at this level until 1639, when it rose to twelve, dropping back to nine in 1642. By the time the interrupted minutes restart in book 2 (1647), the board had steadied at seven. With few exceptions, it held to that number for the rest of the century.
The fourfold expansion of the board in 1636 may have been a move toward opening up leadership to a wider group. There certainly seems to have been a conscious attempt to involve new men in the board each year. For the year 1636 eight of the eleven "prudential men" were inevitably new, but next year six other new names appear, and the following year seven. After the elections for 1639, when four new men were chosen (including two subsequent record-breaking selectmen Hugh Mason and Thomas Hastings), experimentation tailed off. Twenty-eight householders had served on the town executive by the end of 1640; suitable candidates were probably running out.
Another factor, however, was behind changes of personnel after 1638. In that year the members of the eleven-man board had provoked popular outrage by granting themselves farms. Several were driven from office, and it took years to restore their reputations. The town had exerted its authority over its self-serving selectmen for the first, but not for the last, time.
Despite the liberal appearance of this rolling cycle of town leaders, there was, even by 1640, an inner group who were reelected again and again; Jennison, Pendleton, Richard Brown, the town surveyor Abraham Brown, Thomas Mayhew (first elected in 1637), the surgeon Simon Eyre, Elder Edward Howe, and Lt. Robert Feake. What these men had in common was status. All were entitled to the honorific "Mr.," and two were commissioned officers. Several had mercantile backgrounds: Jennison, trading with the Chesapeake and Bermuda (where he had previously lived); Pendleton and Feake, land speculators from London business families; and Mayhew, a Southampton trader and agent for London merchant Matthew Craddock, who had invested in Watertown mill and weir. Richard Brown had owned a wherry, or river barge, in London and lived in the commercial borough of Southwark on the south bank of the Thames. The merchants Mayhew, Feake, Pendleton, and Jennison were a decade younger than the remainder of the core group, who all were East Anglians aged over fifty.
The missing records between 1634 and 1647 prevent precision, but at some point in the mid-1640s, all of the early core group disappeared. This complete turnover had several causes. Some established selectmen died. Some fell ill. A scandal blighted one volatile career. On 7 March 1643 "Mr. Richard Brown being questioned for unmeet and filthy dalliances with Sarah now wife of Thomas Boylston, for want of full evidence, they were dismissed with an admonition." Brown was never again elected to the Watertown board.
The commonest reason for this wholesale change was that members of the first core group moved elsewhere. Eyre the surgeon moved to a larger clientele in Boston; merchants Busby, Clark, Payne, and Pendleton to growing ports and fisheries. Others sought fresh starts: Mayhew, near financial ruin, on Martha's Vineyard with its agricultural and fishing potential; and Patrick, discharged and sexually compromised in Watertown, to new settlement down the coast. The Feakes, already restless, went with him. Jennison, Biscoe, and Pastor Knowles joined the remigrators attracted by the exciting potential of the godly republic in England.
Apart from such personal reasons for departure, what most leavers shared was outsider status in the predominantly East Anglian town. All except Eyre (who kept his Watertown holdings when he moved across the Charles) and possibly Jennison came from what is known in the eastern counties as "away." They had not intermarried with the East Anglians. They might have had social status, wealth, broad horizons, and administrative experience, but they were strangers to the Suffolk-Essex core of Watertown residents.
The small core group who replaced them on the board were no strangers. The four men who were henceforward reelected time and again to town office were Suffolk men Thomas Hastings and Ephraim child and Essex men Hugh Mason and John Sherman. All first entered office between 1639 and 1642, and after their executive apprenticeship, one or another of them was usually the first-named selectman, presumably the year's chairman. They were not just selectmen either but held multiple offices. Mason and Sherman were militia officers, Hastings and child deacons. All brought specialist skills to the town's service.
The "board revolution" was complete in 1644, when two other regulars, Richard Beers and Michael Bairstow, were first elected selectmen. Beers was a leading militiaman whose origins are unknown. The Yorkshireman Bairstow had moved into Watertown in 1641 or 1642 as the new husband of the widow Carver, an East Anglian by affinity. Several other men joined the six regulars as occasional recruits to the board: Sergeant (and later Deacon) Henry Bright, Ensign Thomas Bartlett, Deacon Simon Stone, Charles Chadwick, and Deacon Samuel Thatcher. The origins of the last two are unknown; the first three were East Anglians.
The apparent continuities in government of the regulars between the 1640s and the 1670s and the pool of occasional recruits to the board have convinced several scholars that Watertown had come to be ruled by a tight and persistent East Anglian oligarchy. Setting aside the significant minority of selectmen not from East Anglia, this conclusion is still seriously misleading. Mason, Sherman, child, and Hastings did not have things entirely their own way. Outrage against cronyism in 1638 had been a warning shot. The upsets of the 1640s and 1650s, discussed elsewhere, demonstrated voter rejection of unresponsive executives; those of the 1660s left them in no doubt about who were the ultimate masters in the town.
In the early 1660s town government was become increasingly casual and incompetent. Elected officials were failing to do their jobs properly. The rot seems to have set in most seriously in 1662 and 1663. In January 1662 there was a routine town meeting at which officials were elected, including Ephraim child as town clerk. One selectmen's meeting is recorded in March, then there is a blank page and another misordered page. In January 1663 only five, instead of the normal seven, selectmen were elected: the usual gang of Mason, Beers, and Hastings, joined by William Bond, step-nephew of Ephraim Child, and Nathaniel Treadway. No town clerk was named, though child was close to death; there were no town accounts included in the most perfunctory annual records. The selectmen met only three times and were insolently rebuffed by a young man behind in his rates to the pastor. In December the accounts of the constable Roger Wellington were so unsatisfactory that Beers and Bond were deputed to "deal with him," presenting him to the grand jury if necessary. Something was rotten in the state of Watertown.
The town meeting of 4 February 1664 began the cleansing process. The choice of selectmen represented a virtual clean sweep. Mason, Beers, Hastings, and Bond were out, and nine men were elected in their place. Treadway alone was reelected. He was joined by Joseph Tainter. The two of them for the next three years were the shakers and movers of the town's executive. Their board colleagues were new or newly returned to favor. Tainter and Treadway were slightly younger than Mason and Hastings, but the average age of the new nine-man board was not a major factor of change...
Two years later, local sovereignty of the inhabitants was asserted with devastating directness: "Whereas the selectmen affirm that they are the town and their orders shall stand, we humbly [submit] that according to law title Township 75, 76, that the power of making orders belongs to the inhabitants that are there allowed to act, and where selectmen [are] chosen by the town to act in prudential affairs yet they are to act according to instructions given them in writing by the inhabitants, but in this case it is not so and therefore their orders will not stand by law and these [orders] are not to be submitted to."
Another snub was delivered in 1671 with the summoning of a special town meeting in December. The selectmen, including Mason, Tainter, and Treadway, by now elite figures themselves, had appointed a committee of leading figures - Mason, in the chair, Beers, Hastings (lately embroiled in a bruising and embarrassing paternity suit), Sherman, and Bond among them - to find a solution to the renewed problem of cattle herding. They drew up new regulations, but "these not agreeing to the satisfaction of the town," the meeting chose three outside arbiters instead. On difficult and contentious questions, the "establishment" of the town could not rely on its prestige and authority to impose its solution.
During the 1670s the names of the men regularly chosen by the town for a generation to administer the day-to-day business of this farming community are seen less frequently in the records or disappear. Michael Bairstow died in 1674, Captain Richard Beers, ambushed by Indians, in 1675, and Hugh Mason in 1678. John Sherman, usually very active about town business in the late 1660s, may have been "deselected" by his constituents, he may have gone off to sulk in his tent, or he may have suffered ill-health or injury. Deacon Thomas Hastings similarly slips into the shadows for much of the 1670s, eclipsed by the joint tragedies that struck his family around the turn of the decade. Nathaniel Treadway simply retired at the age of sixty-five in 1675, though his fellow terrier Joseph Tainter remained active up to 1680. He could induct and guide the new generation that was taking over, sons of the founders or adolescent arrivals coming into their prime. The town gave them a taste of office, and if the householders approved their performance, they returned them regularly to the board...
Selectmen needed energy and authority too. It can be no coincidence that so many regulars were either church or militia officers, or both. Indeed church and trained band may have provided their leaders with organized support. Status and wealth were usually important qualifications, though wealth was not essential and did not of itself guarantee office. Some regular choices were not that rich, and some rich townsmen were only rarely given responsibility. One of the richest, Thomas Hammond, never held any town office. He lacked that other vital prerequisite, age. He was a mere thirty-seven when he died, and his father was still alive."

5. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken:
"Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88).
Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject.
The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made Ao. 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above...
Lieutenant Robert1 Feake, second son of James Feake (no. 32) by wife Judith Thomas, is mentioned as such in the wills of his maternal grandfather in 1610 and of his paternal grandmother in 1619, and he was apprenticed to his father, James Feake, citizen and goldsmith of London, for the term of eight years beginning on Sept. 21, 1615. This would suggest that he was born in 1602, perhaps even on Sept. 20 of that year. It is under his name that the Feake arms have recently been registered in the American Roll of Arms (New England Historical and Genealogical Register 107:269).
Colonel Banks ("The Winthrop Fleet of 1630," p. 69) says he came to America with that fleet, and, if he did not, he must have arrived soon afterwards, for he requested to be made freeman on Oct. 19, 1630, and was accepted May 18, 1631. John Winthrop's "Journal" (1:83, under date of Jan. 27, 1631/2) states that a certain hill - in that part of Watertown afterwards Waltham - was named for Robert Feake who had married the governor's daughter-in-law.
She was Elizabeth Fones, born Jan. 21, 1609/10 at Groton, England, daughter of the London apothecary, Thomas Fones, by his wife Ann Winthrop who was sister to Governor John' Winthrop, and she had married, first, on April 25, 1629, in England, her first cousin, Henry2 Winthrop, son of Governor John1 Winthrop by his wife Mary Forth (Muskett's "Suffolk Manorial Families "1:26, 87). Henry Winthrop did not accompany his father to America in 1629 but followed him on the Talbott, arriving at Salem on July 2, 1630. On the same day, seeing a small boat across a bay he attempted to swim over to it but, being seized by cramps was drowned in full sight of his friends, none of whom was able to swim. The young widow was still in England, having given birth on May 9, 1630, to a daughter who was christened with a double name, Martha Johanna, unusual for this period. Faced with the prospect of having ultimately to support his widowed daughter-in-law and her child, the thrifty governor naturally looked about for a suitable candidate to be her second husband, and when his eye lighted upon a young man of pious character, goodly estate, and great promise, the future governor William Coddington, he attempted to interest him in the widow. Shortly afterwards William Coddington went to England and visited the widow but he married, instead, another. Thus Elizabeth was still a widow when, on Nov. 2, 1631, she arrived in the Bay with her daughter as passengers on the ship Lyon. In less than three months, however, she had found her second husband, Robert Feake, and had married him.
Henry Winthrop's daughter Martha Johanna grew up in the Feake household and, though she was not of robust health, about 1647 she married one Thomas Lyon, b. ca. 1621, died at Greenwich, Conn., in 1690, on whom see the Lyon Memorial (Detroit, 1907, 2:28-37). Lyon's correspondence with the Winthrops is also printed in the "Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society" 2:6:1-20, and is highly important for the subsequent history of the Feakes. Thomas and Martha Johanna (Winthrop) Lyon had two children, the first of whom apparently died very young as we hear no more of it, but the second was a daughter Mary, born shortly before Sept. 2, 1649, aet. 6 months on Jan. 23, 1649/50. Mary married, first, Joseph Stedwell of Rye, and second, John Wilson of Bedford and Rye (D. L. Jacobus, "Families of Old Fairfield" 1:394 f.). The Stedwell children were Mary, Joseph, Martha, and Johanna; the Wilson Children: Martha Johanna, Roger, John Winthrop, Susanna, Samuel, and Thomas. Martha Johanna (Winthrop) Lyon died ca. 1654, and her widower married, second, Mary Hoyt, daughter of Simon Hoyt and had a family by her (Jacobus, op. cit. 1:294, 394).
Robert and Elizabeth Feake and their family may have lived for a time in Boston but soon moved to Watertown. Elizabeth's double relationship to the governor of the colony was naturally sufficient to insure that, if Robert had any abilities, he would get a chance to demonstrate them, so we are not surprised to discover that on Sept. 4, 1632, he was made lieutenant under Captain Daniel Patrick of Watertown, of whom we shall hear much at a later point ("Records of Massachusetts Bay" I:99), and on Sept. 3, 1634, was on a committee to prepare fortifications (ibid. 1:124). From 1634 to 1636 he was a member of the General Court and in the latter year is first clearly recorded at Watertown. His land there is listed as totalling 200 acres in nine parcels ("Watertown Records" 1:4, 7, 8, 11, 17, 19, 71). He was elected selectman of Watertown in 1636 and 1638 but not in 1637. Before the first term was out, he had apparently moved to Dedham where his name is the first on the Covenant ("Dedham Town Records" 1:3) and where he was present at four town council meetings between Aug. 29, 1636, and Jan. 28, 1636/7. His house and farm lot at Dedham are mentioned on Aug. 11, 1637, but he resigned the right to these on Sept. 21, 1638, and to all his Dedham property on Nov. 23, 1638. In 1639 he was back at Watertown, a gentleman, when he signed the power of attorney discussed in the sketch of his brother, but at this time he was doubtless preparing to move elsewhere, for his Watertown homestead is recorded as belonging next to Thomas Bright who sold it again to Colonel William Rainsborough as early as Dec. 17, 1640.
On July 18, 1640, Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake obtained from the Indians a deed conveying the site of Greenwich, Conn., and doubtless intended this to be an English settlement, but Greenwich was so close to the Dutch at New Amsterdam that these two Englishmen - Patrick, as will be seen, had married a Dutch wife in Holland ten years before - were forced to submit to the Dutch authority and became patroons of Greenwich. At what date Robert Feake first exhibited signs of the insanity which clouded his later years we do not know, but it is perhaps significant that the very act of submission to the Dutch, dated April 9, 1642, was signed by Patrick and, in the absence and illness of her husband, by Elizabeth Feake ("Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society" 2:6:1-20; "Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York" 2:144). It may well be that the illness was mental, even at this early date. Insanity had been present in the Feake family in the preceding generation. Robert's aunt, Mary (Feake) Barnham (no. 30) was a lunatic for at least twenty years, and it may be that Robert had inherited the taint. If so, these are the only two instances of mental illness discovered in the family.
Testimony was later given in court by John Bishop, Richard Lawe, and Francis Bell (quoted in extenso by Mr. Latting), that Robert Feake "was a man whose God-fearing heart was so absorbed with spiritual and heavenly things that he little thought of the things of this life, and took neither heed nor care of what was tendered to his external property," and so allowed his wife to dominate him. Bishop also added that Feake had lived with him and during this period went to Greenwich and there made an agreement contrary to what Bishop and his wife thought reasonable. It may well be that his mental instability was a partial cause of his wife's looking elsewhere for manly protection, or the fact that his wife did not take her marital vows very seriously may have contributed to his mental downfall: at this late date we cannot be sure which. Certain it is that for many years before his death Robert was unable to manage his own affairs and that he made some sort of arrangement with William Hallett to care for them, though we have not been able to lay our hands on the instrument which made the arrangement effective. There is, however, on record a letter in which John2 Winthrop expressed his satisfaction with the way in which Hallett discharged these duties, but it would be too much to say that this letter expresses any approval of the relationship between Hallett and Elizabeth, as some have tried to maintain that it does.
Secondary sources also claim that during the lifetime of Daniel Patrick, who was assassinated by a soldier at Greenwich in 1644, that worthy had conducted an illicit love affair with Elizabeth Feake. The source usually cited is Winthrop's "Journal" but my friend, G. Andrews Moriarty [page faded] unexpurgated edition of the Journal, informs me that though Patrick's "folly" is recorded, there is no mention of Elizabeth Feake as the partner. The old governor would, naturally, have been loath to record any fault of his niece and erstwhile daughter-in-law, though he was quite willing to set down in gross detail the follies of others.
In any case, Robert Feake would appear to have returned to the Boston area and in 1647 he went back to England, for what reason does not appear, though the departure was undertaken suddenly. On March 4, 1649/50, the House of Commons took action pardoning a Robert Feake for some unstated offense ("The Record"11:16), and our Robert Feake is the only man of the name known to us who could be involved. We can only guess that the reason for the pardon was that as he was patroon of a Dutch town some question had been raised as to his loyalty to the British crown or to the Commonwealth which had by then usurped the authority of the crown, and that this vote of the House cleared him.
When Thomas Lyon married Martha Johanna Winthrop about this time, he seems to have expected, as one of the delights brought by matrimony, to get the right to serve as manager of the estate of her stepfather and was deeply disappointed when Hallett supplanted him. Thus, on April 14, 1648, he wrote to his wife's grandfather, Governor John1 Winthrop, a remarkable letter (see the correspondence cited above) in which he unburdened himself about the unhappy situation then existing in the Feake household. He refers to "my father being distracted" [i.e., Feake's mental difficulties], "my father Feake going away sodingly," and boldly accuses his mother-in-law of adultery: "she openly confesses that she is married to him [William Hallett] and is with child." However much we may impute to Thomas Lyon unworthy motives in making this accusation, or explain his attitude as only an acute case of the natural antipathy which some men feel towards their mothers-in-law, it is certain that Elizabeth must have been pregnant at the time, for she gave birth, probably towards the end of 1648/9, to a child thereafter known as William Hallett. The child's name precludes the possibility that in Elizabeth's defense any one might suggest that this was Robert Feake's Child, conceived before Robert's departure from Greenwich at an unknown date. The child was admittedly Hallett's, not Feake's. Moreover, included in the Lyon correspondence cited above, there is a letter dated Feb. 12, 1649 [i.e., 1648/9], addressed to her cousin and erstwhile brother-in-law, Governor John2 Winthrop, which is signed by Elizabeth as Elizabeth Hallett, and also letters from Hallett to the same person whom he calls kinsman, thereby abundantly making it clear that William Hallett and Elizabeth claimed to be husband and wife, this, though her second and also currently legal husband, Robert Feake, was certainly not dead at the time.
For reasons quite understandable it has been claimed by descendants of William Hallett that a legal divorce had been granted to Elizabeth from Robert Feake and that Elizabeth had then married, as, it would be, her third husband, William Hallett. We have searched for primary records to support this claim in the extant archives of the three jurisdictions where the couple resided, namely, New Netherland [faded page] one secondary source which even purports to cite a primary source. The primary source cited is a document still extant at the State Library in Albany, namely, New York Colonial Manuscripts, volume 4, page 365. This exists in the original Dutch form and also in an English translation made in the nineteenth century by the late Dr. E. B. O'Callaghan, "New York Colonial Manuscripts" (translation), volume 4, page 365, and is of two pages in the English version. We have taken the trouble to obtain photostats of both versions. The English translation begins with the following words: "Whereas Elizabeth Feax has for adultery been legally divorced from her former husband Robert Feax, before our arrival, by the preceding Director General and Council..." At first sight these words would appear to prove that a divorce had been granted to Robert Feake from his wife Elizabeth on the grounds of adultery, this before the departure of Governor William Kieft from New Netherland. Inasmuch, however, as the sentence is taken from a translation made about two centuries after the fact, we must appeal to the original document itself. In this case the Dutch original is not only extant but is better preserved than the English translation, and is written in a fine, clear hand which presents no difficulties to an experienced reader. The words translated by "legally divorced" are "wettelyck gescheyden." The adverb gives no trouble and has been correctly translated but at least it can be said that the participle, if not wrongly rendered by Dr. O'Callaghan, can be rendered differently. We consult K. Ten Bruggencate's "Engelsch Woordenboek," 12th edition revised by A. Broers (Groningen, etc., preface dated 1932), which contains both an English-Dutch and a Dutch-English section in separate volumes. Part I, page 207, lists the English word "divorce" and gives the Dutch equivalent of the noun as "(echt)scheiden" and for the verb "scheiden." The latter word, of which we have the participle in the phrase under discussion, really means, as reference to the same dictionary, Part II, page 685, shows, "separate" in any sense but when used of married people can mean "divorce." That is, it so means in the twentieth century and probably so meant in the nineteenth when O'Callaghan worked. Did it also mean this in the seventeenth century? Or was it used in this document in the more general and at any rate original sense, i.e., "separate." Note that the scrivener found it necessary to add the word "wettelyck." This court proceeding is called a legal one. Now all divorces are legal in that a court proceeding must precede dissolution of a marriage. Not all separations, however, are legal. We think it certainly possible that what happened to the Feakes was a court proceeding whereby they were legally separated but not divorced. Care was taken by the court to protect Feake's property in his own interest and that of his children, but that did not mean that either party to this marriage was now free to marry again.
If it be argued that we are wrong in our interpretation and that O'Callaghan's rendering of the phrase is perfectly correct, we wish to point out a fact which corroborates our interpretation. Let us assume that a divorce was really granted and that the marriage was completely dissolved. Then the former wife was in a position to marry again, yet she did not do so, despite the fact that she was twice put under severe persecution for adultery, as we shall see. If a divorce has been granted, and one of the parties is then accused of adultery, the easiest way out of the difficulty is for the accused person to point to the fact that he or she has been married again, subsequent to the divorce. Whether William and Elizabeth ever were married at all we do not know, but it is absolutely certain that on both March 9, 1649 [i.e., 1648/9] and on May 17, 1649, they had not yet been married to each other, since documents bearing those dates, shortly to be quoted in full, show them as persecuted by, respectively, the Dutch and the Connecticut authorities for continued adultery. If Robert and Elizabeth had been legally divorced in the full modern sense and then William and Elizabeth had been married, no one but a lunatic would fail to appeal to these two facts in order to cause the persecution to cease. Yet they did not make such an appeal but in each instance resorted to flight from the persecuting jurisdiction. We conclude, therefore, that Elizabeth was not free to marry. We have not overlooked the possibility that under the canon law existing in the Reformed Dutch Church in New Netherland, a divorce may have been permitted without granting to the guilty party, certainly in this case Elizabeth, the right to marry again, and should anyone who reads this be expert in the Reformed Dutch canon law, we should be most happy to be informed of the facts. Even so, we are confident that Elizabeth was not free to remarry and that no divorce in the modern sense had taken place.
We now transcribe Dr. O'Callaghan's translation, revised by us in the light of the foregoing:
"Whereas Elizabeth Feax has for adultery been legally separated from her former husband Robbert Feax, before our arrival, by the preceding Director General and Council, and since that time continued to live, cohabit and keep company with her pal and adulterer in a carnal manner, as the witnesses declare, contrary to all good laws and our published order, and endeavored with him to alienate, sell and to transfer the lands, cattle, furniture and other property of her former husband Robbert Feex, left to his four children, even to others who reside beyond our government, whereby the children finally impoverished, would become a charge either on the Company, or on this Commonalty. This cannot be either suffered or tolerated, in a good and well regulated government. Therefore we do hereby, as well for the maintenance of justice as for the protection of the still minor children, and fatherless orphans, declare the above named Elizabeth Feax unqualified and incapable of disposing, alienating, transferring or selling any property, whether of her former husband, or belonging to the children; and although deserving of much severer castigation and punishment, yet through special favor & for private reasons us thereunto moving, we consent to her living and residing at Greenwich, within our government with the children, under such Curators as we have already appointed, or hereafter for the future may appoint, to be supported out of funds that have been left and yet on the condition that she remain herself apart from him on pain of bodily punishment as we do hereby sentence and condemn William Hallet, the adulterer, to remain banished out of this our jurisdiction and entrusted government, and do depart therefrom within one month from date, and not to molest or trouble anyone within our government on pain of corporal punishment; furthermore condemning his pretended property to be forfeit for the benefit and advantage of the child begotten on her, on condition that travelling expences be allowed him at the discretion of the director and council, and that he, moreover, pay the costs of this suit. Thus done in Council in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 9th March 1649" [i.e., 1648/9].
The only answer the unhappy couple made to the order was to flee from Dutch territory to the jurisdiction of Connecticut, where at New London, John2 Winthrop then was.
Here, despite the powerful protection of the great name of Winthrop, the long arm of Connecticut justice attempted to reach them. Under date of May 17, 1649, the "Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut" 1:186 contain the following:
"Whereas, It is now come to the certeine intelligence of this Courte, that one Hallitt, with one that was Mr. Pheax his wife, are now come into and hues in the Plantation of Pequett [New London], and (as is concieued) hath committed in other places, so hues at this present, in that fowle sin of adultery, wch is odious to God and man, and therefore this Courte cannott but take notice of it; It is therefore ordered, that there bee a warrant directed to the Constable of the same Towne, to aprhend the said partyes, and to bring them vpp to the next perticular Courte in Hartford, wch will bee vppon the first Thursday of the next month; and the Governor is desired to write to Mr. Wenthrope and acquaint him with it." The records of the Particular Court contain no further reference to this case: instead of answering the charges and producing evidence that what was presumed to be adultery was no adultery at all, a divorce and third marriage having taken place, the couple fled to Long Island, this time on Cousin Feake's boat. This cousin was really Robert Feake's nephew Tobias Feake (no. 88), and he was a resident of Flushing where, afterwards if not already, he was schout. We have found no evidence of how William Hallett and his "wife" Elizabeth finally made their peace with the authorities. It may be that Tobias Feake was sufficiently important in the affairs of Flushing to protect them and make some sort of arrangement with the Dutch to prevent further persecution, but if so, we have found no trace. It may be that, as Mr. Torrey has suggested, William Hallett and Elizabeth were actually married after Robert Feake's death in order to legitimatize their two children, but at the time of the flight from New London nearly twelve years of Robert Feake's unhappy life remained.
If it be argued that, despite the failure of the two culprits to produce evidence of the divorce in court on two separate occasions, such a divorce had taken place in New Haven Colony, near Greenwich, we may quote a letter written to John2 Winthrop by Governor Theophilus Eaton on July 21, 1648: "It is possible that William Hallett and she that was Mr Feakes his wife, are marryed; though not only the lawfullness and validitie of such a marriage but the reallity and truth is by some questioned" ("Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society" 4:6:368). Governor Eaton obviously knew of no legal divorce.
There is also on record ("Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York" 4:116 f.) a letter written to Director General Stuyvesant by Robert Heusted, Richard Crabb, Thomas Sherwood, and John Coo, dated Sept. 18, 1649, new stille, in which allusion is frequent to this unhappy triangle as Mr. Feke, Mr. Hallet, Mrs. Feke, and Mrs. Hallet. The reader unacquainted with the facts might suppose that four persons are meant, instead of three. The nineteenth-century editor of this volume was doubtless squeamish about some of the statements in the letter for he appears to have made excisions, as the use of asterisks shows.
To the documents already cited in which Elizabeth signs as Elizabeth Hallett, we must now add one of a different character. There is on record in Greenwich Town Records 1:168 a deed dated Nov. 25, 1650 (cited in "Lyon Memorial" 3:275) in which William Hallett of Greenwich in New Netherland for 3 score and 10 pounds sells to Jeffere Ferris as his own and wife's right also ye lands purchased by Daniel Patrick and Robert Feke in New Netherland, and this is signed by William Hallet and Elizabeth Hallet. This is not a private letter but a public document and it was recorded by the town clerk of Greenwich who must have been in position to know the validity of the Halletts' claim to be owners of the property sold, even if not well acquainted also with the family history then only two or three years past. Moreover, as the grantor was William Hallet of Greenwich in New Netherland, not of Flushing, the pair must, by 1650, have returned to Greenwich.
Finally, much later, on Nov. 10, 1659, but still during the lifetime of Robert Feake, his nephew Tobias Feake instituted action against William Hallett concerning a debt of his uncle, to be paid by William Hallet, and Solomon LaChair, the notary, recorded this in his Notarial Papers ("Holland Society Year Book" 1900, p.140): "Said Robbert Feeke had been living at Greenwich near Stanfort and his wife [sic] had married William Hallet." The careful notary knew the facts and used the proper word advisedly.
On William Hallett, see Delafield, op. cit., 2:484, appendix 3 and chart; also pp. 960-2. The chart shows that Elizabeth Fones bore to William Hallett two sons, the first: William (1647-1729) who married Sarah Wooley (born 1650). William's birth date conflicts with the baptismal date of the last Feake child in that year. Moreover, by Lyon's testimony, Elizabeth was pregnant on April 14, 1648, so we date the birth of this William in the fall of 1648. The other son Samuel appears on the chart with the dates 1686-1724 but the correct date of birth, as shown later in the volume, is 1652, as Samuel died on Dec. 27, 1724, in his 73rd year (Riker, "Annals of Newtown," p.405).
Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) (Feake) Hallett must have died before 1669, for by that year William Hallett had a wife Susanna, perhaps born Booth, and certainly the widow previously of William Thorne ("Second Annual Report of the New York State Historian," 393, 403). On their matrimonial troubles see "Third Annual Report of the New York State Historian" 2:182, 252-4, 257, 323, 403; "The Record,"53:18. His third wife was named Katharine and the fourth was Rebecca, widow of John Baylies or Bayliss of Jamaica, and this fourth marriage took place before Oct. 5, 1693, when they signed a power of attorney (Suffolk County, New York, Deeds A-98). He died in 1706.
Robert Feake, upon his return from England, may have lived again for a time in Greenwich but in any case, he ultimately went back to Watertown where he died on Feb. 1, 1660/i1, according to the Watertown Records - the date has been given variously by several writers, and it is barely possible that the year is too early by one or two years, as the final accounting was late in 1663 (see below). At his death he had been living on the town for over five years and perhaps longer. On Jan. 9, 1659/60, the good selectmen of Watertown wearied of paying for the care of their once distinguished guest, whom the clerk still invariably recorded with respect as Mr. Feak, despite his pathetic state, and appointed "Capt masan & Ephraim child to get him to moderate in his disorder" ("Watertown Records" 1:64), but psychiatry was as yet unknown in New England and doubtless the committee failed in its mission. Samuel Thacher was paid for his care the following sums: £4/10 on Oct. 31, 1655, £7/16 on March 10, 1657/8, and again on Jan. 8, 1660/1 the same sum, the final item being as follows: "Samuel Thatcher the 29/10/63 [i.e., Dec. 29, 1663] for all charges about Mr. Feakes both Liueing and dead and vpon assigneing of Mr. Feaks Estate [which, though very small, included a Bible] to him only 1/1/0 excepted hee Doth remaine Debtor to the Towne 16-9d" (ibid. 43, 59, 71, 73, 76). A pathetic ending for one who began life as the son and grandson of wealthy London goldsmiths.
Lawrence Buckley Thomas, "The Thomas Book" (1896), p. 556, attributes the sons Robert and John to a wife earlier than Elizabeth Fones, but there is no evidence for such a marriage and clear proof that they were children of Elizabeth. In "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 17:112 is a chart of the Field family compiled by Osgood Field which wrongly attributes the daughters Hannah and Elizabeth to that family, and this is copied by Frederick C. Pierce, "The Field Genealogy" (Chicago, 1901) I:91. See also Delafield, op. cit. 2:650; Mary Powell Bunker, Long Island Genealogies (Albany, 1895) pp. 202 f.; Milton Rubincam, "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 103:246 f. Children: 5:
i. Elizabeth2, b. Ca. 1633, probably at Watertown, Mass.; first child in Latting's list, fourth in the 1667 pedigree; m., as second wife, Capt. John1 Underhill, noted Indian fighter, b. ca. 1597, d. Sept. 21, 1672, son of John and Honor or Lenora (Pawley) Underhill, on whom see Josephine C. Frost, "Underhill Genealogy" (1932), especially Feake-Hallett notes (1:45); "Dictionary of National Biography" 20:31; "Dictionary of American Biography" 19:110 f.; Mary Powell Bunker, op. cit. 296-8. He married, first, Dec. 12, 1628, Helena de Hooch, who died in 1658, having had at least one son and two daughters. Elizabeth died ca. 1675, at which time administration was granted to John2 Underhill, her stepson, on Nov. 4, 1675, in the estate of his father Capt. John Underhill of Killingworth, Oyster Bay, Long Island ("Collections of the New York Historical Society," Wills, 1:31). The second marriage is proved in "The Record," 31:85. The births of the five children of Elizabeth by John Underhill are listed ibid. 3:185 f.... [KP: Article lists five children born 1659-1672.]
ii. Hannah2, b. June 1637, probably at Watertown, Mass., second child in Latting's list, third in the 1667 pedigree; m. May 7, 1656, as first wife, John2 Bowne (Thomas'), b. at Matlock, co. Derby, May 9, 1627, d. at Flushing, Long Island, Dec. 20, 1695. They became Quakers and Hannah died, while on a religious visit to England, at the house of John and Mary Elson in London, Jan. 31, 1677/8, buried Feb. 2, 1677/8. John married (2) on Feb. 2, 1679/80, Hannah Bickerstaff, from Tupton, co. Derby, who died June 7, 1690; (3) on June 26, 1693, Mary Cock, b. Jan. 1, 1655/6, living 1696, daughter of James and Sarah (___) Cock. On John Bowne see John Cox, Jr., "John Bowne, Pioneer of Freedom: Dictionary of American Biography" 2:523; Josephine C. Frost, "Frost Genealogy" (1912), p. 22 Mary Powell Bunker, op. cit. pp.184 f. John Bowne's sixteen children are listed in "The Record,"3:185, of which we list here only those by Hannah Feake... [KP: Lists 8 children b. 1656/7-1673.]
iii. John2, b. ca. 1639 at Watertown, Mass., d. May 1724, Oyster Bay.
iv. Robert2, b. probably 1642 at Greenwich, Conn.; fourth in Latting's list, first in the 1667 pedigree, then said to be aet. 22 which is an error as he was baptised at the New York Dutch Church, July 17, 1642; probably the Robert Fecks of Flushing, intestate, admin. to widow Sarah, June 19, 1669 ("Collections of the New York Historical Society": Wills 1:10). If he had issue, none is known.
v. Sarah2, bap. New York Dutch Church, April 14, 1647, not in 1667 pedigree; d. before July 21, 1648, on which date Governor Theophilus Eaton, writing to John2 Winthrop, remarks that the four children of her parents had been separated, two placed with one family, the other two elsewhere ("Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society," 4:6, 348, 353)."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed:
-NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting.
-NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken.
-NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken.
-NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893).
-TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus.
-Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. 		Feake, Robert (I4793)
 
2427 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: Judd, Peter H. "Genealogical and Biographical Notes: Haring-Herring, Clark, Denton, White, Griggs, Judd, and Related Families." New York: P.H. Judd, 2005. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005.) The statements are sourced, but I did not copy them yet. The following is partial quote of the full transcript in the notes of Nathaniel the father:
"Nathaniel2 Denton (Richard1), b. March 1628 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, bp. there on 9 March 1629, and a second time later in life, on 9 March 1682; d. bef. 18 Oct. 1690 in Jamaica, Queens Co., N.Y.; m. poss. Sarah ____ prob. by 1653...
Nathaniel's three sons can be identified from the land grants he made to them while he lived; he also had one and possibly two daughters. Their birthdates and chronological order remain uncertain.
Children of Sarah ____ and Nathaniel2 Denton, all born in Hempstead (pre-1656) or Jamaica, Long Island:
i. Nathaniel3 Denton Jr., b., say, 1653.
ii. Samuel3 Denton, b., say, 1655.
iii. Richard3 Denton, b., say, 1658.
iv. Phebe3 Denton, b., say, 1652 [KP: Typo: 1662?]; m. John Foster. In their wills, Nathaniel3 named "brother Foster," and Richard3 "brother - John Foster," as an overseer.
v. Maria3 Denton, b., say, 1664, bp. 18 June 1664."

2. The periodical "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 120[1989]:10-17, 94-97, 160-163; 121[1990]:221-225, etc., "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton," by Walter C. Krumm. I have divided up this article and included each generation with the individual detailed (see notes of Rev. Richard Denton for summary of all other publications and researchers prior to this publication):
"Nathaniel2 Denton (Richard1), born (at least baptised) at Turton, Bolton Priory, Lancashire in early 1629, died Jamaica, Long Island in 1690 before 18 October (JTR 2:317-8). As the eldest son he probably married by 1653 in Hempstead, Long Island to a bride identified in 1664 and 1689 records only as Sarah (BDC 73 and JTR 1:316, 319). Combes added a last name of "Smith," citing the will of Nathaniel3, Jr., who referred to one "Nathaniel Smith" as his "cousin." Solid evidence is lacking for this conjecture, and there may be another explanation for Nathaniel, Jr.'s reference...
Nathaniel's three sons can be identified from the land grants he made to them while he lived (e.g., JTR 2:272-3, 315-9); he also had one and possibly two daughters. Their birthdates and chronological order remain uncertain.
Children of Nathaniel and Sarah (___) Denton, all born in either Hempstead (pre-1656) or Jamaica, Long Island:
i. Nathaniel3, b. say 1653.
ii. Samuel, b. say 1655.
iii. Richard, b. say 1658.
iv. Phebe, b. say 1662, m. John Foster. In their wills Nathaniel3 named "brother Foster," and Richard3 "brother ... John Foster," as an overseer (WNYHS 2:220; REC. 65:248; Combes, 15).
v. Maria, b. say 1664, bap. 18 June 1664 (BDC 73)."
 		Denton, Phebe (I3196)
 
2428 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: Judd, Peter H. "Genealogical and Biographical Notes: Haring-Herring, Clark, Denton, White, Griggs, Judd, and Related Families." New York: P.H. Judd, 2005. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005.) The statements are sourced, but I did not copy them yet. The following is partial quote of the full transcript in the notes of Nathaniel the father:
"Nathaniel2 Denton (Richard1), b. March 1628 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, bp. there on 9 March 1629, and a second time later in life, on 9 March 1682; d. bef. 18 Oct. 1690 in Jamaica, Queens Co., N.Y.; m. poss. Sarah ____ prob. by 1653...
Nathaniel's three sons can be identified from the land grants he made to them while he lived; he also had one and possibly two daughters. Their birthdates and chronological order remain uncertain.
Children of Sarah ____ and Nathaniel2 Denton, all born in Hempstead (pre-1656) or Jamaica, Long Island:
i. Nathaniel3 Denton Jr., b., say, 1653.
ii. Samuel3 Denton, b., say, 1655.
iii. Richard3 Denton, b., say, 1658.
iv. Phebe3 Denton, b., say, 1652 [KP: Typo: 1662?]; m. John Foster. In their wills, Nathaniel3 named "brother Foster," and Richard3 "brother - John Foster," as an overseer.
v. Maria3 Denton, b., say, 1664, bp. 18 June 1664."

2. The periodical "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 120[1989]:10-17, 94-97, 160-163; 121[1990]:221-225, etc., "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton," by Walter C. Krumm. I have divided up this article and included each generation with the individual detailed (see notes of Rev. Richard Denton for summary of all other publications and researchers prior to this publication):
"Nathaniel2 Denton (Richard1), born (at least baptised) at Turton, Bolton Priory, Lancashire in early 1629, died Jamaica, Long Island in 1690 before 18 October (JTR 2:317-8). As the eldest son he probably married by 1653 in Hempstead, Long Island to a bride identified in 1664 and 1689 records only as Sarah (BDC 73 and JTR 1:316, 319). Combes added a last name of "Smith," citing the will of Nathaniel3, Jr., who referred to one "Nathaniel Smith" as his "cousin." Solid evidence is lacking for this conjecture, and there may be another explanation for Nathaniel, Jr.'s reference...
Nathaniel's three sons can be identified from the land grants he made to them while he lived (e.g., JTR 2:272-3, 315-9); he also had one and possibly two daughters. Their birthdates and chronological order remain uncertain.
Children of Nathaniel and Sarah (___) Denton, all born in either Hempstead (pre-1656) or Jamaica, Long Island:
i. Nathaniel3, b. say 1653.
ii. Samuel, b. say 1655.
iii. Richard, b. say 1658.
iv. Phebe, b. say 1662, m. John Foster. In their wills Nathaniel3 named "brother Foster," and Richard3 "brother ... John Foster," as an overseer (WNYHS 2:220; REC. 65:248; Combes, 15).
v. Maria, b. say 1664, bap. 18 June 1664 (BDC 73)."
 		Denton, Maria (I3194)
 
2429 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: Judd, Peter H. "Genealogical and Biographical Notes: Haring-Herring, Clark, Denton, White, Griggs, Judd, and Related Families." New York: P.H. Judd, 2005. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005.) The statements are sourced, but I did not copy them yet. The following is only a partial excerpt of the full transcript in the notes of Richard Denton:
"Richard1 Denton, b. 1603 in Yorkshire, England, prob. bp. 19 April 1603 in Warley, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England, where a Richard, son of a Richard Denton, was christened; d. 1662-63, possibly in Essex, England; m. ____, probably after graduation from Cambridge in 1623-24.
According to Walter C. Krumm, no record has been found of Richard1 Denton's leaving the Anglican Church nor of his emigration to New England,although the latter event was certainly after the birth of his fifth Child, in 1634, when the first settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony had most lots taken and out-migration was underway...
Children of Richard1 Denton and wife, all born England
i. Tymothie2 Denton, bp. 1627. at Turton, Lancashire, where his father was identified as "preacher"; no further record.
ii. Nathaniel2 Denton, bp. at Turton, Lancashire 1628/29.
iii. Samuel2 Denton, bp. 1631 at Coley, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
iv. Daniel2 Denton, bp. 1632 at Coley.
v. Phoebe2 Denton, bp. 1634 at Coley; no further record."
[The list doesn't seem complete since the statement above makes reference to a son Richard whom is not listed in the author's compilation of children.]

2. The periodical "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 120[1989]:10-17, 94-97, 160-163; 121[1990]:221-225, etc., "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton," by Walter C. Krumm. I have divided up this article and included each generation with the individual detailed:
"In 1989 there is a need to revise and update the data on the first generations of Dentons in America. Many old records have been newly published and otherwise made available, making possible a more detailed and accurate account of the Rev. Richard Denton and his immediate descendants. This statement does not denigrate the work of earlier researchers, without whose efforts quantities of unique data would have disappeared. First and foremost was Walter BION Denton (1857-1941), who for fifty years diligently collected Denton data, especially as elicited from Denton descendants. His notes, files, and correspondence (unedited and unindexed) are held in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library. Easier to use and resulting from separate research is William A. D. Eardeley's "Manuscript of Notes on the Denton Family in America" (1936; he died the same year). The original document of 289 pages is held in the Queensborough Public Library in Jamaica, New York, but photocopies are available elsewhere. In the same year George D. A. Combes, who had worked with Eardeley in compiling data, produced his manuscript "Genealogy of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton of Hempstead, L.I., for the First Five Generations." As Hempstead Town Historian and acknowledged expert on early Hempstead history, Combes was able to refine and clarify Eardeley's material. Both manuscripts are honest, valuable works.
More recently several partial histories of the Dentons in America have appeared. Best known is a 94-page pamphlet entitled "Some of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton" (1959) by Edythe Whitley, a professional genealogist in Tennessee. Walter Womack, himself a Denton descendant and publisher of the pamphlet, admitted to the numerous inaccuracies it contained but died before he could make the corrections. This is especially regrettable since later Denton family historians have accepted this work and repeated its errors in the opening chapters of their otherwise soundly researched efforts.
Currently there are many genealogists at work trying to fill out the Denton family record. Representative of this work are Carroll M. Miller (died 1985) and Tom Jarvis (died 1988) of Dallas, both of whom have diligently amassed data and generously shared their findings with their many correspondents. But the Dean of Denton genealogists today is William Derel Denton (born 1908) of Elizabethtown, New York. His 50-plus years of interest in the history of the Denton family have brought him into personal and/or postal contact with all of the above researchers. Both his files and his correspondence are voluminous, and his generosity in sharing his time and information is unstinting. One of the best recommendations for the work which follows is that "Bill" Denton has agreed to help edit the text.
Currently many Denton researchers are duplicating each other's work by mining the same sources, and often are unable to test the accuracy of earlier "statements of fact" and "family traditions." The time has come to publish a new Denton Family History that incorporates all of the latest available data and dispels the accumulated myths. The article "Who Was the Rev. Richard Denton" which appeared in the July and October 1986 issues of "The Record" was a beginning in this effort. [KP Note: The 1986 article was later updated by the same author in 2004, which I have transcribed and included in the notes of Richard Denton in my database; it is best not to use the 1986 earlier edition.] The present article starts with biographies of Richard's three sons who fathered Denton families (the second generation in America); it will continue into the fifth generation.
The author acknowledges the immense work done by his predecessors. Recognizing that a genealogist's work is never done, he knows that this current work is only another step toward a comprehensive family picture. He hopes there are no errors, but will not be surprised when some are found. In that spirit he welcomes communications from other Denton historians.
When the Rev. Richard Denton sailed back to England in 1658, he must have felt discouraged; unable to live on his earnings on Long Island or to find better pay in Virginia, he and his wife were returning to England to receive a bequest of £400 awaiting them there ("Ecclesiastical Records, State of New York" 1:411). Apparently he left in America little or no property for his sons to inherit, and he could expect never to see them again. Yet the Presbyterian Church in America has regarded him as their first minister ("Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church," ed. Alfred Nevin, 1884, p. 183-4), and his descendants number in the thousands.
It is possible to reconstruct much of Denton's immediate family from English records. As a subsidized university student he was almost certainly unmarried when he was graduated from Catharine's Hall, Cambridge in 1623/4. The next mention of him, found in the baptismal record of his son in July, 1627, identifies him as "preacher at Turton," a small chapelry in Bolton Priory, Lancashire. This suggests that he married c. 1625 (no record has been found) and that his son was born a year or so later. St. Peter's Parish Church, Bolton, has only these two Denton entries (Lancashire Parish Register Society Publications 50:107, 114):
"Tymothie Denton, son of Mr. Denton, preacher at Turton baptised 23 July [1627]."
"Nathaniell Denton of Turton, son of Mr. Denton 9 March, baptised [1628/9]."
Denton's predecessor at Turton, Gilbert Astley, was buried at Bolton on 27 Jan 1625/6 suggesting that his own term began there soon after.
The next baptisms show that by 1631 the family had moved to Coley Chapel in Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, 25 miles east of Bolton (records compiled and anglicized by the West Yorkshire Archive Service):
"Samuel, son of Richard Denton, Minister of Coley, 29 May, 1631"
"Daniel, son of Richard Denton, Curate of Coley, 10 July 1632"
"Phoebe, dau. of Richard Denton, minister of Coley, 30 Nov. 1634"
Christening usually took place within a few weeks after birth unless sickness postponed it or fear of imminent death hastened it. Tymothie and Phoebe are never heard from again, suggesting that they died young, or if Phoebe survived Childhood, she may have married in an unrecorded ceremony in the New World. Between 1635 and 1640 the Dentons arrived in America although a record of their crossing is lacking; birth records of additional Children, if any, have not survived. Later records in America do show that when the parents returned to England in 1658, three, possibly four, sons remained behind:
Nathaniel, Samuel, Daniel, and maybe Richard, Jr.,(1) in that order.
Rev. Richard1 Denton, born 1603, probably the one baptised 19 April 1603 at Halifax, Yorkshire; died in England 1662-63 (tradition). For his career see REC. 117:163-6, 211-8 . He and his wife (unidentified) were the parents of at least these Children:
i. Tymothie2, b. 1627; no further record.
ii. Nathaniel, b. 1628/29.
iii. Samuel, b. 1631.
iv. Daniel, b. 1632.
v. Phoebe, b. 1634; no further record."

3. From the internet accessed 15 Jan 2019: "The Origins of Reverend Richard Denton (1601-c.1662)," 20 September 2018, by R. Riegel [Citation: http://www.analent.com/Denton/OriginsOfRichardDenton.pdf]. Note the original PDF should be consulted online since it contains extensive images, extractions, and reproductions of the various sources and documents which cannot be reproduced in this transcription. There is also a copy of the PDF attached to Richard Denton and his family's entry in Family Search:
"After reviewing the dubious assertions that Helen Windebank was Richard Denton's wife, I decided to revisit the original documents used to establish basic dates and people in Reverend Denton's life. While doing that research, I discovered several problems with those dates that make them unlikely to be correct. I also discovered evidence that a Richard Denton, likely the Reverend, married Maria Duerden on January 21, 1626 in Yorkshire. Of course, the births of at least 18 Richard Dentons in England between 1585 and 1605 complicated the analysis.
Birth. Two years are generally given for the birth of Reverend Richard Denton - 1586 and 1603. But both of those dates are based on circumstantial evidence and both are questionable. They were likely derived by a process of elimination at times in the past when fewer parish records were available for easy (or even laborious) review. When those dates were first proposed, between the 1840's and 1920's, the aggregation of records on the internet obviously did not exist and the only way to research church records in England was to make visits to churches or libraries by horse, carriage, train or ship or by the exchange of correspondence that could take weeks or months.
The 1586 birth date appears to come from "The History of Long Island from the Discovery to the Present Time" by Benjamin F. Thomson in 1843 at p. 19:
Mr. Denton was born of a good family, at Yorkshire, England, in 1586, and was educated at the university of Cambridge, where he graduated in 1623, and was settled as minister of Coley Chapel, Halifax, for the period of seven years... [H]e probably arrived in New England, with Governor Winthrop, in 1630...
He returned to England (says the Rev. Mr. Heywood, his successor at Halifax) in 1659, and spent the remainder of his life at Essex, where he died in 1662, aged 76. The cause of his departure from America is involved in mystery, particularly as he left behind him his four sons Richard, Samuel, Nathaniel and Daniel...
Thompson gave no source for his 1586 date and I have found no baptismal records to support that date. That same date was repeated in "Ecclesiastical Records, State of New York," Vol III, (1902) in a footnote on page 1464.
The 1603 birth date appears to come from the "Dictionary of National Biography," Vol XIV, (1888), p. 380:
DENTON, RICHARD (1603-1663), divine, was born in 1603 in Yorkshire, and lived at Priestley Green [near Halifax in Yorkshire]. He took his B.A. degree at Catharine Hall, Sherlock Court, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University Cambridge, 1623. He became minister of the chapel of Coley, near Coley Hall... Here he remained about seven years ...
This 1603 date is supported by a Warley Parish (also known as Warley Town) baptism record for:
"April 10 [1603] Richard Rich: Denton War[ley]” in the West Yorkshire County Record Office, Newstead Road, Wakefield. That record is cited by Walter C. Krumm in his article "Meeting the Reverend Richard Denton (1603 - 1663?)" appearing in the "Connecticut Ancestry," journal published by the Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Vol. 47, No. 2, Dec. 2004.
The 1603 date also appears in Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part I, Vol II, John Venn (1922) (a biographical list of Cambridge University graduates) which cites the Dictionary of National Biography as one of its sources at p. 34:
DENTON, RICHARD. Matric. sizar from St Catharine's, Easter, 1621. B. 1603, in Yorkshire. B.A. 1623-4. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Mar. 9, 1622-3; priest, June 8, 1623. C. of Coley Chapel, Halifax, for some years. Went to New England, e. 1638. Preacher at Stamford, Conn.; and at Hempstead, Long Island, for 15 years. Returned to England, 1659. Said to have died at Hempstead, Essex, 1663. Author, Soliliquia Sacra. (Felt, 515; J. G. Bartlett; D.N.B.) [Emphasis added.]
“Sizar” means “[a]n undergraduate at Cambridge... receiving financial help from the college and formerly having certain menial duties.” Oxford Dictionaries. Presumably, if Reverend Richard Denton received assistance to attend Cambridge, his father was not rich enough to pay for his entire education. “Felt” refers to Joseph B. Felt's The Ecclesiastical History of New England (1862). J. G. Bartlett (1872-1927) of Boston supplied biographical accounts of Cambridge students who emigrated to New England prior to 1650. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Vol 1, p. xviii. And, “D.N,B.”stands for the Dictionary of National Biography.
Note that the foregoing biographical entry is not a quote from a Cambridge University record. Rather, it is a 1922 compilation of information from various sources including the Dictionary of National Biography (1888) as stated above. In fact, the preface to Volume I of the Alumni Cantabrigienses discusses some of the difficulties encountered while developing the biographical information.:
As this [the Matriculation Register for the entire university of Cambridge] is the only official record of membership, it ought to be complete and trustworthy. Unfortunately it is neither the one nor the other. Very many names of students who undoubtedly came into residence are omitted altogether. Indeed one negligent Registrary has emphasized his term of office (1590-1601) by failing to record any matriculations at all...
[The University records] give no personal information, beyond the very vague suggestion as to social status, afforded by the fact of matriculation as fellow-commoner, pensioner, or sizar. It is from the College Admission Registers, exclusively, that we can obtain such facts as parentage, birth-place, age, school, and so forth... [A description of the records available from each college then follows:]
(9) St Catharine's [the college attended by Reverend Richard Denton]. Commences about 1627; but is scarcely more than a list of names, ... Note that the student records for St. Catharine's College, which Rev. Richard Denton attended, did not begin until 1627, several years after he graduated.
Dates. Dates in England prior to 1752 can be confusing and ambiguous. See the Lancashire Online Parish Clerks Project:
Prior to 1752, the Julian calendar was in use in England. In this calendar, the new year began on 25 March each year, so 31 Dec would be followed by 1 Jan of the same year, and 24 Mar would be followed by 25 Mar the following year. This applied up to 31 Dec 1751, after which the Gregorian calendar was adopted. 31 Dec 1751 was followed by 1 Jan 1752.
To solve this problem, the Lancashire Online Parish Clerks Project uses a dual date for the period from 1 January to 24 March of each year:
To avoid any ambiguity, we record dates between 1 Jan and 24 Mar of each year prior to 1752 as dual dates. So for example, 31 Dec 1746 is followed by 1 Jan 1746/7, 2 Jan 1746/7 and so on until 24 Mar 1746/7, then 25 Mar 1747.
The Alumni Cantabrigienses used a similar system but said:
Sometimes, however, this is not possible, and then we have to leave the exact date ambiguous. Thus, when any one is said, in these volumes, to have died 'Feb. 15, 1615,' it is meant that we simply do not know whether this should stand 1614-5, or 1615-6. A number of these puzzles have been left us, the Dictionary of National Biography itself being a notinfrequent offender.
In addition, determining what year written in a church record was actually intended can also pose issues. The Lancashire Online Parish Clerks Project describes the problem as follows:
Sometimes the minister would not record the change of year correctly, forgetting to do it until a few days later. The information presented on our website will normally reflect the change of year at the point where it should have occurred, not necessarily where the minister wrote it.
And, the Alumni Cantabrigienses said:
The principal difficulty one has to face is this. In taking a date, from an ordinary history of the popular kind, we often do not know what the author means. Has he simply copied some contemporary record - parish register, tombstone, etc. - or has he tacitly substituted the modem reckoning? Wherever we can determine which he has done we have substituted the double date in order to avoid confusion.
Finally, the CCEd Clergy of the Church of England Database displays only a single year in its dates and does not explain whether that is the actual date shown in the historical record or whether it has been adjusted from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
The foregoing issues suggest viewing all dates from this period with extra caution.
Ordination as a Deacon and Priest. The Church of England's records for Rev. Richard Denton appear under his given name Richard (CCEd Person ID: 33942), but also under the given name “Roger” (CCEd Person ID 134825), and both entries must be viewed to see all of his records. The reason for this error in names is not clear. While Rev. Denton's record under the name Richard indicates that he was ordained as a deacon at Peterborough Cathederal on 9 March 1622, his record under the name Roger indicates he was ordained a deacon a year later on 9 March 1623. Venn also gives his ordination as a deacon as 9 March 1623 (Gregorian) in Alumni Cantabrigienses. Rev. Denton's “qualification” to be a deacon was noted as “literate” which meant that he had not yet earned his degree from Cambridge but that the bishop judged he had sufficient education to qualify for ordination. See CCEd Clergy of the Church of England Database.
The Church of England's CCEd database also states that Rev. Richard Denton was ordained as a Priest on 8 June 1623, the same Gregorian date given by Venn and only three months after being ordained a deacon. But Rev. Denton's record in Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses indicates that he received his B.A. degree from Cambridge in 1624 (Gregorian), while the CCEd database gives 7 March 1628 for his graduation date. (That 1628 graduation date is exactly the same as the CCEd date given for his appointment as Curate at Turton and likely in error.) Typically, a university degree was required for ordination as a priest and one year would pass between ordination as a deacon (1623) and ordination as a priest. In addition, about nine out of ten B.A. degrees were awarded in January but, when awarded after March 25th, were technically called Ad Baptistam (A.B.) degrees. See Alumni Cantabrigienses, Vol 1, Venn (1922), p. xvi. Therefore, Rev. Denton's ordination as a priest was more likely to have been in June 1624 after his graduation from Cambridge and receipt of the typical B.A. Degree in January, 1624. In fact, mental contortions are required to explain all of these inconsistent dates unless one makes just one simple correction to Rev. Denton's ordination date as a priest from 1623 to 1624.
In the 17th Century (and even today) priests could not be ordained in the Church of England until they were at least 23 years old (called the “canonical age”). (See “Sources of Personal History,” “Ordinations” in the Preface to Alumni Cantabrigienses, Vol 1, (1922), p. xii and Canon C-3-6 of the Church of England. Also see The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Vol. 1, R. H. Helmholz (2004), p. 273 et seq.) If Rev. Richard Denton was ordained in 1624, then he should have been born no later than 1601. Thus, a birth date in 1603 would have precluded his ordination. The Preface to Alumni Cantabrigienses, Vol 1, (1922) says the church records of ordinations indicate that ordinations “almost invariably” occurred within a year or two after the ordinand turned 23.
The Church of England database indicates that Rev. Denton was not officially given his own church until 7 March 1628 (likely 1629 under the Gregorian calendar) when he was appointed Curate of St. Bartholomew's (later renamed St. Anne's) Church in Turton, Lancashire. The record for that appointment notes he had his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge. The St. Anne's web site, however, states that Rev. Denton became an incumbent in Turton in 1627. And, the baptism record for Rev. Denton's first son, Tymothie, at nearby St. Peter in Bolton on 23 July 1627 states that Rev. Denton was already a preacher at Turton. The St. Anne's web site also indicates that Rev. Denton held an M.A. (Master of Arts) degree. While I have found no other source for that M.A., it could explain where Rev. Denton was during at least some of the years between 1624 and 1627.
A list of all the Richard Dentons I could find who were born in England between 1585 and 1606 is included at the end of this document. Below is a list of those baptized between 1595 and 1601: (Baptism Date Location Father's Name)
Denton Richard 29 Jun 1595 St John the Baptist, Halifax, Yorkshire, WR
Denton Richard 21 Sep 1595 Holborn, London Richard Denton
Denton Ric. 18 Apr 1596 Royston, Yorkshire
Denton Richard 12 Nov 1599 Fishlake, Yorkshire, WR Edward Denton
Denton Ric 1 Jan 1600/1 Tonbridge, Kent Wm Denton
Denton Richard 19 Apr 1601 Halifax, Yorkshire, WR Henry Denton
“WR” = West Riding, Yorkshire
As stated above, Reverend Richard Denton was a priest at St. Anne's Church in Turton, Lancashire from 1627 to 1631. The following is a list of “Incumbents at Turton” from the St. Anne's web site:
Incumbents of Turton
1596 Gilbert Astley/Aston
1610 "Well supplied with ministers"
1627 Richard Denton M.A.
1632 Mr Boden
Walter Krum in his "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton," (The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 120 [1989]: 10-17, 94-97, 160-163; 121 [1990]: 221-225) states:
It is possible to reconstruct much of Denton's immediate family from English records. As a subsidized university student he was almost certainly unmarried when he was graduated from Catharine's Hall, Cambridge in 1623/4. The next mention of him, found in the baptismal record of his son in July, 1627, identifies him as "preacher at Turton," a small chapelry in Bolton Priory, Lancashire. This suggests that he married c. 1625 (no record has been found) and that his son was born a year or so later. St. Peter's Parish Church, Bolton, has only these two Denton entries (Lancashire Parish Register Society Publications 50:107, 114) [emphasis added.]:
"Tymothie Denton, son of Mr. Denton, preacher at Turton baptised 23 July [1627]."
"Nathaniell Denton of Turton, son of Mr. Denton baptised 9 March [1629]."
Marriage. While Walter Krum did not find any record of Reverend Denton's marriage, four records of men named Richard Denton marrying in Yorkshire in 1625 and 1626 do exist.
The first indicates that “Richus” (Richard) Denton married Maria Duerden in Halifax, Yorkshire on January 21, 1626 (using the Gregorian calendar). The surname “Duerden” was variously spelled as Durden, Dearden and Deurden. A Maria Durden was baptised in Heptonstall, St. Anne's Church, Turton, Yorkshire about 5 miles west of Halifax, on 14 Oct 1604. This Maria Durden/Duerden's father's name was Thomas. A Thomas Duerden is also shown in the Clergy of the Church of England Database (CCEd) as a Curate in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1592. Rochdale is about 15 miles from both Heptonstall where Maria was baptised and Bolton where Rev. Denton became a Curate by 1627. Rochdale is also in an area that, at various times, has been part of the counties of West Riding, Yorkshire and Lancashire. In fact, the Church of England describes Rochdale as being in the county of “Lancashire, West Riding, Yorkshire.” Two more daughters of Thomas Duerden were baptised in Heptonstall, Sara on 1 April 1607 and Grace on 20 January 1610. The CCEd comments about Rev. Thomas Duerden say: "Clasisified in 1592 amongst 'no graduates, but preachers, honest men'.”
There is also some evidence that the Heptonstall, Halifax Denton and Durden families knew each other. An Agnes Dentone was married to Robert Durden in Halifax in June, 1572. In addition, a Richard Duerden was baptised in Halifax on 10 January 1601/2 to a father named Richard in Sowerby which is only a mile or two from Warley where Rev. Denton was born. This Richard Duerden would have been Rev. Denton's age, they may have known each other and, perhaps, even attended Heath Grammar School together. This young Richard may also have been Maria Duerden's cousin. And, a Richard Dearden (perhaps young Richard Duerden's father) was a Governor of the Heath Grammar School (1624-26) in Halifax which Rev. Denton had likely attended before leaving for Cambridge in 1621. Heath Grammar School: A Popular History of the Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth, at Heath, Thomas Cox (1879), p. 121.
A second marriage record indicates that a Richardi Denton (who died 23 Mar 1653/4 in Normanton) married an Editha Oatly on June 29, 1625 in Wragby, Yorkshire, but I could find no record of her birth. There are records, however, for the birth of a son named Richard on 25 Nov 1627 in Normanton, Yorkshire and another son named William on 23 Dec 1631 in Normanton.
A third record indicates that a Richard Denton married Margaret Patterson in Costessey, Norfolk in July, 1626. A Margaret Patterson was baptised October 11, 1601 in Gressenhall, Norfolk to Jon Patterson. Records indicate, however, that this Richard Denton died in Feltwell, Norfolk on 12 Dec 1626.
A fourth record appears in The Registers of the Parish Church of Adel in the County of York, George Lumb (1895). That entry on page 22 reads as follows: “Mariages in the yeare 1625. May 11. Richard Denton maried Susanna Coates, they being both of this pish.” The entry for this marriage on FreeReg.org indicates that Susanna Coates was a “servant to the Parson of Adle [sic]” and the church was named St. John the Baptist. Adel is a village about 14 miles northeast of Halifax, Yorkshire and is now a suburb of Leeds. (See maps infra.)
While the Adel Parish Registers say Susanna Coates was "of this parish," there are also records for two Susanna/Susan Coates baptised in England around that time. A Susanna Coates was baptised December 30, 1593 in Fulborn, Cambridgeshire to Christofer Coates and a Susan Coates was baptised August 19, 1604 in Petworth, Sussex to Radulphj [sic] Coates. In addition, the baptism records for St. John the Baptist Church in Halifax include two children of a Richard Denton from Adel: George baptised 26 Mar 1626 and Mary baptised 1 Aug 1629.
The marriage of Reverend Richard Denton in the 1625-26 time frame would fit neatly with his graduation from Cambridge in 1624 and the birth of Reverend Denton's first son in 1627. Earlier in the 1620's, other Richard Denton's married:
1. Jana Nicoll (bp. 30 Nov 1589 in Huddersfield) at St. Peter in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1620,
2. Sara Hall (bp. 7 Dec 1600 in Mirfield) at St. Mary in Mirfield, Yorkshire in 1621 and
3. Bridget Hancock (bp.1602 in Worcestershire) in London in 1622.
Records for those marriages also appear at the end of this document.
Helen Windebank. A record does exist for the marriage of a Richard Denton to a Helen Windebank on 16 Nov 1612 at Southwark, St. Saviour in Surrey, England (near London). (That record is included at the end of this document.) Since searches do not reveal other records for a “Helen” Windebank, this “Helen” is likely “Ellen Windebank,” baptised on 5 February 1593 in Hurst, Berkshire and the daughter of a Thomas Windebank. See A History of the Parish of Hurst in Berkshire, Rev. John Wimberley (1937). If this Helen or Ellen had married Reverend Denton in 1612, why was their first child not born until fifteen years later, in 1627? And, why would Reverend Denton start college at Cambridge nine years after their marriage?
In addition, searches reveal only one other Helen or Ellen Windebank who was baptized in England between 1583 and 1603. Her name was “Ellyn Windebanke” and she was baptized on 1 Feb 1597 (perhaps 1598 under the Gregorian calendar) in Cornwall, about as far from Yorkshire as one could get.
Given there were eight Richard Denton's baptised in England between 1588 and 1593 alone, Rev. Denton was not the only Richard Denton Helen or Ellen could have chosen to marry. If one were to believe Reverend Richard Denton had been born earlier in the 1590's and had been married between 1610 and 1620, three Richard Dentons married three other women during that period:
1. Grace Mawde (bp. 12 Dec 1591 in Halifax) in 1612 in Elland, Yorkshire,
2. Eleanor Guy in 1615 in Southwark, St. Saviour, Surrey and
3. Susan Bouthoumley (bp. 1592, 1595 or 1598 in Elland) in 1618 in Elland, Yorkshire.
Records for those marriages also appear at the end of this document.
Marriages Summary. In light of the foregoing evidence, the most logical conclusion would be that Reverend Richard Denton married Maria Duerden in 1626. And, a marriage at a Yorkshire church in 1625 or 1626 shortly after Rev. Denton graduated from Cambridge in 1623/4 and then worked on his Masters degree, coupled with the birth of his (their) first child in 1627, simply makes the most logical sense in light of the evidence available, as suggested by Walter Krumm, supra.
Which Richard Denton was the Reverend? There were four Richard Dentons born in Yorkshire between 1595 and 1601 who may have been the Reverend Richard Denton. The Richard Denton born in Fishlake in 1599 was the only Richard born in Fishlake between 1520 and 1640 except for a Richard Denton born to a Richard Denton on 4 Mar 1632. (There were fewer than 30 baptisms in Fishlake between 1600 and 1640.) It seems likely that the Richard born in 1632 was the son of the Richard born in 1599 which makes it unlikely this Richard Denton was the Reverend.
A “Rychard” Denton married Jane Greenold in Royston, Yorkshire in 1624. There was then a John Denton born in Royston in 1628 to a father also named “Rychard” Denton. If this “Rychard” Denton was the "Ric. Denton" baptised in Royston on 18 Apr 1596 then it is unlikely this Rychard or Ric was the Reverend Denton.
There was a Richard Denton baptised at St. John the Baptist in Halifax on 29 June 1595. There was also a marriage of Rich Denton to Susan Bouthoumley in Elland, Halifax in 1618 and the birth of a Jana Denton to a Richard Denton in Elland on 25 July 1624. In addition, if this Richard were the Reverend, he would have been 29 years old at the time of his ordination in the summer of 1624. That age would have put him 6 years past the age (23) at which Anglican priests were "almost invariably" ordained.
Finally, there was a Richard Denton (the son of Henry Denton) baptised in Halifax on 19 April 1601. If this Richard was the Reverend, he would have been 23 years old if he was ordained in June 1624. Because church records were not always accurate, it is likely that the year shown in the CCEd database for his ordination (1623) is wrong. After all, the Church database suggests he was ordained a priest before he had graduated from Cambridge and before he had been a deacon for a year, contrary to Canon Law. And, while the Church database noted Rev. Denton's qualification to be a deacon as “literate,” it did not give that same qualification for becoming a priest only three months later. Also, while Rev. Richard Denton is noted on the St. Anne's, Turton web site as being a preacher there in 1627, the Church of England's database states his appointment to Turton and his graduation from Cambridge were both on 7 March 1628 (1629 Gregorian). And, the Church of England database erroneously lists Rev. Richard Denton's appointment as Curate at Coley under the name Roger Denton in 1633 (1634 Gregorian) although Rev. Richard Denton was at Coley by 1631. Correcting the year Rev. Denton was ordained a priest to 1624 gives a more natural progression of his career and a progression that complies with Canonical and Parliamentary law: (1) matriculation at Cambridge in 1621, (2) ordination as a deacon in March, 1623, (3) graduation from Cambridge in January, 1624, (4) 23rd birthday on 19 April, 1624 and (5) ordination as a priest in June, 1624 at age 23 and one year after becoming a deacon.
Coley. After serving at St. Anne's Church in Turton, Rev. Denton became the minister at Coley Chapel in 1631. Coley is several miles northeast of Halifax. The Church of England records (which erroneously show his given name as Roger) state that he was appointed Curate at Coley on 5 February 1633 (1634 under the Gregorian calendar). Rev. Denton and his family lived nearby at Priestly Green. While at Coley. Rev. Denton and his wife had five more children. Three of those children are listed in the Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton, by Walter C. Krumm in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 120[1989]:10-17, 94-97, 160-163; 121[1990]:221-225:
The next baptisms show that by 1631 the family had moved to Coley Chapel in Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, 25 miles east of Bolton (records compiled and anglicized by the West Yorkshire Archive Service):
Samuel, son of Richard Denton, Minister of Coley, 29 May, 1631
Daniel, son of Richard Denton, Curate of Coley, 10 July 1632
Phoebe, dau. of Richard Denton, minister of Coley, 30 Nov. 1634
But Walter Krum missed two more children of Rev. Denton:
Peter who was baptised on 6 January 1637 (Gregorian calendar) at Coley, and
Mary who was baptised on 21 June 1638 at Hipperholme, a chapel only about a mile from Coley.
Copies of the Halifax Bishop's transcripts for those baptisms appear at the end of this memo.
The Reverend Oliver Heywood (1630-1702) later succeeded Reverend Denton at the Coley church in about 1651. Rev. Heywood stated that Reverend Richard Denton was the Curate at St. John the Baptist Church, Coley, Yorkshire for about 7 years, at which time he emigrated to New England. Rev. Heywood's substantially contemporaneous recollection would place Rev. Denton and his family at Coley from 1631 to about 1638. See The Rev Oliver Heywood, His Autobiography, Diaries, Anecdote and Event Books, Vol IV, Horsfall Turner (ed.) (1885), pp. 11-12.
Emigration. While some authors have asserted that Rev. Denton had migrated to Watertown, Massachusetts and Wethersfield by 1635, those assertions have been made without citing evidence and are unlikely. For example, Sherman W. Adams, a contributing author to Henry R. Stiles' 1904 book The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Vol. 1, took conflicting positions about Rev. Denton's arrival date in Wethersfield. On pages 20-21, Sherman claimed that Rev. Denton was with six other men who went from Watertown to Wethersfield on May 29, 1635. But on pages 135-136 Sherman said that Rev. Denton “came from Watertown, Mass., in 1638.” And, he noted it was strange that his name did not appear along with six other Wethersfield founders on a Court document dated April 26, 1636 authorizing the formation of a church in Wethersfield.
We know, however, that Rev. Denton's daughter Mary was baptised at Hipperholme (only about a mile from Coley) in June of 1638 with his occupation as “minister” noted at the end of that baptism entry. And, we know that Reverend Heywood wrote that Rev. Denton remained at Coley in Yorkshire until about 1638 (the same date adopted by Venn in his Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part I, Vol II, (1922)). Rev. Denton's migration to New England was likely prompted by the appointment of Richard Marsh as the new Vicar of Halifax in April of 1638 and the re-imposition of preReformation Church of England liturgical practices. See “Century of Revolution,” Halifax Minster. In fact, Rev. Oliver Heywood who succeeded Rev. Denton at Coley in about 1651 said:
Mr. Denton ... was a good minister of Jesus Christ, affluent in his worldly circumstances, and had several children. He continued here about seven years; times were sharp, the bishops being in their height. In his time came out the book for sports on the Sabbath days. He saw he could not do what was required, feared further persecution, and therefore took the opportunity of going into New England. He returned to Old England about 1659, and lived and died in Essex. In his time the chapel at Coley was enlarged." Memoirs of the Rev. Oliver Heywood, B.A., Rev. Richard Slate (1827) , p. 20.
We also know that Rev. Denton's name does not appear on the passenger lists for the many ships sailing from England to America in the 1630's. See the Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's. Most of those passenger lists for the late 1630's are for journeys from London, Southampton and Bristol. And the number of those lists available becomes smaller and smaller from about 1636 forward. But there was another port closer to Coley at Hull, Yorkshire and only about 70 miles away from Coley. Another Yorkshire minister named Ezekiel Rogers from Rowley reportedly organized a fleet of eight to eleven ships from Hull to Massachusetts in 1638. The English Ancestry of Richard Belden of Wethersfield, Connecticut, Paul Reed and John Sharp, in The American Genealogist (2001), p. 20. But, again, the passenger lists for those ships are not yet available, presuming they still exist.
Reverend John Sherman was one of the six members of the Watertown church who founded the Wethersfield church in April 1636 where he was the minister until he moved to Milford, New Haven between November 1639 and May, 1640. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Vol. 1, Henry Stiles (1904), p. 135. In 1638, Reverend Denton became the seventhmember of the Wethersfield church as noted by Henry Stiles, ibid., p. 136: “This seventh member may have been the Rev. Richard Denton, who came from Watertown Mass., in 1638.” The distinction between the original six members of the Wethersfield church who had come from Watertown in 1636 and the later seven members was also noted by Rev. E.B. Huntington in his History of Stamford, Connecticut (1868) at p. 14 where he said “"The church at Wethersfield had only seven voting members, six who had come from Watertown, and one who had joined them.”
Because Rev. Denton's daughter Mary was baptised in Halifax in June of 1638, Rev. Denton and his family must have spent very little time in Watertown, if any at all. In fact, there is no record Rev. Denton was made a “freeman” (a church member and voter) in Watertown.
When Rev. Denton and his family arrived in Wethersfield in 1638, the church was in the midst of a dispute among its members. That dispute ultimately led to a split, with many Wethersfield families (including Rev. Denton's) arranging in November of 1640 to purchase land from New Haven which they later named Stamford. Rev. Denton did receive a deed on April 10, 1640 for 15 acres of land in Wethersfield. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, (Hartford 1850-1890) Vol 1, p. 63. The move to Stamford occurred in the summer of 1641. History of Stamford, Connecticut, ibid.
But by 1644, Rev. Denton, his family and many of his parishioners were on the move again, this time to Hempstead on Long Island. In 1647 the original settlers of Hempstead created a written record of their original 1644 allotments of land which included a list with the names of those settlers. Rev. Denton was on that list along with his sons Nathaniel, Daniel and Samuel. His son Peter was not included because he had died in 1637, six months after his birth. But a new son, named Richard Denton, Junior was included. The Early History of Hempstead, Long Island, Charles Moore (1878), pp. 6-8.
Richard Denton, Jr. does not appear on any of the original Bishop's Transcripts of baptisms in Halifax between 1624 and 1640, nor does he appear among the baptisms in Lancashire from 1611 to 1635. Although the earliest baptism recorded in Stamford was for Jonathan Bell in September 1640-41, there are no baptisms recorded for any Dentons in Stamford. History of Stamford, Connecticut, Huntington (1868), p. 155 et seq. Nevertheless, Richard, Jr. does appear on the list of Hempstead settlers in 1644. The only other location Richard Denton, Jr. might have been born would have been Wethersfield. Unfortunately, none of those Wethersfield records remain:
The total absence of any church records during the first sixty-two years of its existence leaves us in complete ignorance of Wethersfield's religious history during that period... The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Vol. 1, supra, p.135.
In 1656, Nathaniel (b.1628/9) and Daniel (b.1632) Denton are both shown on a certificate for the purchase of Jamaica on Long Island. But Samuel (b.1631) and Richard, Jr. remained in Hempstead after their parents returned to England in 1658. Then, in 1685 Samuel is shown as owning 240 acres while Richard, Jr. is shown as owning only 50 acres. Richard, Junior's smaller land holdings suggest he may have been the younger brother. History of Long Island, Thompson, Vol 2, 3rd ed., (1918), pp. 494, 584. Given this evidence, it seems most likely that Richard Denton, Jr. was born in Wethersfield circa 1640.
The full list of Reverend Richard Denton's children follows:
Tymothie, 1627 Jul 23, Turton, Bolton, Lancashire (died 1631)
Nathaniel, 1629 March 9 [Gregorian], Turton, Bolton, Lancashire
Samuel, 1631 May 29, Coley, Halifax, Yorkshire
Daniel, 1632 Jul 10, Coley, Halifax, Yorkshire
Phoebe, 1634 Nov 30, Coley, Halifax, Yorkshire
Peter, 1637 Jan 6 [Gregorian], Coley, Halifax, Yorkshire (died June 1637)
Mary 1638 Jun 21, Hipperholme/Coley, Halifax, Yorkshire
Richard, Jr., b.c.1640, probably Wethersfield, Connecticut
Return to England. Reverend Denton did likely return to England with his wife about 1658. Two men who knew Rev. Denton in New York (Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius) wrote in October 1657 that Rev. Denton intended to return to England with his “sickly wife” to collect an inheritance of 400 pounds from a “friend.” Ecclesiastical Records, State of New York, Vol I, 1901, p. 407. Some suggest Rev. Denton and his wife went to Essex, east of London, upon their return. (A Wethersfield in Essex was the namesake for Wethersfield, Connecticut. Ezekiel Rogers' father, Richard, had been a famous pastor in Wethersfield, Essex for 43 years. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Vol. 1, Henry R. Stiles (1904), p. 52, et seq.) It is also possible that Rev. Denton and his wife made their way back to Yorkshire, although Rev. Oliver Heywood, who succeeded Rev. Denton at Coley Chapel near Halifax in about 1651 and who knew of Rev. Denton, did not mention any return by Rev. Denton to Halifax. Unfortunately, again, the ship on which Rev. Denton and his wife returned to England has not been identified.
After Rev. Denton returned to England, Oliver Cromwell died in September 1658 and Charles II was restored to the throne in May 1660. Then, Parliament adopted the Act of Uniformity in May 1662 which required the use of the new Book of Common Prayer and gave English priests until 24 August 1662 to comply. Nearly 2,500 priests were ejected from the Church of England for failing to comply with the Act of Uniformity, but Rev. Denton was not included in the list of those ejected, suggesting he may have died before The Great Ejection. See Freedom After Ejection, Gordon Alexander (1917).
For a much more in depth review of Reverend Richard Denton's life, see the discussion called The Origins of Reverend Richard Denton on Geni.com. [https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Richard-Denton/4295150054050067693#/tab/discussion]
Timeline for Reverend Richard Denton
1601 April 19 - Richard Denton baptised at Warley, Halifax
1604 Aug 14 - Maria Durden baptised in Heptonstall (near Halifax)
c.1606-c.1620 - Probably at Heath Grammar School with Henry Priestley
1621 - Became sizar at St Catharine's College, Cambridge
1623 March 9 (Gregorian) - Ordained deacon at Peterborough Cathederal
1624 January (Gregorian) - BA degree from Cambridge
1624 April 19 - Turned 23 and then one year after being ordained deacon
1624 June 8 - Ordained a priest at Peterborough (erroneously reported as 1623)
1624 June through 1625 - Teaching at Cambridge for his Master's degree
1626 January 21 (Gregorian) - Married Maria Duerden in Halifax
1626 - Curate at Turton Chapel, living in Bolton, Lancashire. Chapel says 1627; church records say 7 Mar
1629 (Gregorian). Gilbert Astley, prior Turton priest, buried 27 January 1626.
1627 July 23 - Tymothie baptised at St. Peter in Bolton. Baptism record confirms Rev. Denton a preacher at Turton, Lancashire in 1627.
1629 Mar 9 (Gregorian) - Nathaniel baptised at St Peter in Bolton, Lancashire
1631 - Became Curate at Coley (near Halifax). Stays at Priestley Green owned by Henry Priestley or the Sunderland family. Edward Sunderland was a local Curate in 1605.
1631 May 29 - Samuel baptised at Coley. Evidence he was at Coley/Halifax in 1631.
1631 Jul 28 - Tymothie buried at Coley
1632 Jul 10 - Daniel baptised at Coley
1634 Sep 29 - Phoebe baptised at Coley. Krumm found no later evidence of her existence.
1637 Jan 6 - Peter, baptised at Coley [Gregorian] . Died June 1637.
1638 Apr 12 - Richard Marsh appointed Vicar of Halifax to restore pre-Reformation liturgical practices. Likely substantial contributing cause for migrating to New England.
1638 June 21 - Mary, baptised at Hipperholme/Coley
1638 - John of London and fleet of 8 to 11 ships sail from Hull, Yorkshire to New England. No evidence when or on what ship Rev. Denton sailed.
1638 - Denton family emigrated to Wethersfield, CT. 1640 Apr 10 deed to 15 acres in Weathersfield is first written evidence of Rev. Denton in America.
c.1640 - Richard, Jr., born probably at Wethersfield
1641 - Denton family moved to Stamford, CT
1644 - Denton family moved to Hempstead, Long Island
1656 - Nathaniel (b.1628/9) and Daniel (b.1632) purchased Jamaica, Long Island with others
1658 - Rev. Richard Denton and Maria returned to England to collect inheritance
1658 September 3 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, died
1660 May 29 - Charles II restored to the throne
1662 Aug 24 - Deadline to comply with Act of Uniformity and use new Book of Common Prayer. 2,500 priests ejected from church in "Great Ejection." Rev. Denton not listed as among those ejected.
1685 - Samuel (b.1631) owned 240 acres and Richard, Jr. (b.c.1640) owned 50 acres in Hempstead
[The following documents and images are in the PDF for which I only include the the sources as follows:]
Richard Denton Baptism 1601 April 19 at Warley, Halifax
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Halifax, St John the Baptist 1601," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 31 Aug. 2018), entry for Richard Denton baptism, 19 Apr 1601, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D53/1/4 (Image ID: 32355_248981-00943).
Maria Duerden Baptism 1604 Oct 14 at St. Thomas, Heptonstall
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Heptonstall, St Thomas 1604," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 5 Sep. 2018), entry for Maria Duerden baptism, 14 Oct 1604, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D149/1 (Image ID: 32355_248834-00222).
Richard Denton and Maria Duerden Marriage 1625/6 Jan 21 in Halifax
Richus Denton and Maria Duerden marriage 21 January 1625/6, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. From the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York. Yorkshire Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts. Database FindMyPast.com (accessed 3 Sept. 2018), entry for Maria Duerden, marriage 21 January 1625/6 (file name: GBPRS_YORKSHIRE_007587960_00045.jpg).
Samuell Denton Baptism 1631 May 29 at Coley, Halifax
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Halifax, St John the Baptist 1631," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 29 Aug. 2018), entry for Samuel Denton baptism, 29 May 1631, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D53/1/5 (Image ID: 32355_248981-01351).
Tymothy Denton Burial 1631 July 28 at Coley, Halifax
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Halifax, St John the Baptist 1631," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 20 Sep. 2018), entry for Tymothy Denton burial, 28 July 1631, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D53/1/5 (Image ID: 32355_248981-01352).
Daniell Denton Baptism 1632 Jul 10 at Coley, Halifax
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Halifax, St John the Baptist 1632," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 29 Aug. 2018), entry for Daniel Denton baptism, 10 Jul 1632, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D53/1/5 (Image ID: 32355_248981-01365).
Phebe Denton Baptism 1634 Sep 29 at Coley, Halifax
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Halifax, St John the Baptist 1634," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 29 Aug. 2018), entry for Phebe Denton baptism, 29 Sep 1634, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D53/1/5 (Image ID: 32355_248981-01392).
Peter Denton Baptism 1636/7 Jan 6 at Coley, Hipperholme, Halifax
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Halifax, St John the Baptist 1636," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 29 Aug. 2018), entry for Peter Denton baptism, 6 Jan 1636/7, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D53/1/5 (Image ID: 32355_248981-01421).
Peter Denton Burial 1637 June 5 at Hipperholme, Halifax
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Halifax, St John the Baptist 1637," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 20 Sep. 2018), entry for Piter Denton burial, 5 June 1637, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D53/1/5 (Image ID: 32355_248981-01426).
Mary Denton Baptism 1638 Jun 21 at Hipperholme, Halifax
"West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Halifax, St John the Baptist 1638," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 29 Aug. 2018), entry for Mary Denton baptism, 21 Jun 1638, West Yorkshire Archive Service Reference D53/1/5 (Image ID: 32355_248981-01438)."
 		Denton, Phebe (I2974)
 
2430 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: Judd, Peter H. "Genealogical and Biographical Notes: Haring-Herring, Clark, Denton, White, Griggs, Judd, and Related Families." New York: P.H. Judd, 2005. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005.):
"NATHAN2 Clark (William1), second child of William Clark, b. ca. 1672, as he was 38 in town clerk's list of 1710; his will was made 29 April 1726; d. after 1738 and possibly as late as 1744; m. (1) in 1697 CLEMENCE MILLS, dau. of Samuel Mills and Susanna Palmer, b. 1675, d. 1709 at Bedford, N.Y.; m. (2) ____, about 1710.
When a child, Nathan Clark evidently accompanied his father to Bedford. He resided there throughout his life, a property owner and holder of several town offices. On 11 April 1693 and on 29 May 1697 the Bedford town meeting approved the transfer of four acres of swamp to him, and on the latter date his return of same, was conveyed in the motion "The town by a maiger vote doth exchange with Nathan Clarck he is to throo up his four acres of swamp on the back side of the field & he is to tack up four acres of up land in the room of it no predigishall to no former grants or high ways." On 15 January 1703 he signed with others approved the transfer of land to the minister Mr. John Jones.
On 23 October 1700, "Joseph Clark of Stamford, Fairfield, Conn., New England" sold to his brother Nathan Clark "three acres of Medow on the back side of the east field that was layed out to my brother Willyam Clark which medow is situate in Bedford."
On 21 July 1703 Nathan Clark was one of witnesses to the sale of additional land adjoining Bedford from the Indian sachems Katonah & Wackemane, chief proprietors of the land about Bedford, to Jacobus Van Cortlandt of New York City and Zachariah Roberts, Sr. of Bedford.
In 1704, following the decision of the Crown granting the Bedford Patent, affirming that the town was within the Province of New York (in resolution of Connecticut's opposing claim of ownership), Nathan Clark was recognized as one of the 29 land holders to whom Queen Anne confirmed 23,000 acres.
On 30 April 1708, in the drawing for lots among those seeking property in the addition to the land of the Bedford proprietors secured by purchase from the Indians (the West Purchase), Nathan Clark drew number 7. On 19 August 1710 he was on the list of those owning lots in the First and Cohomong Purchases with 43 acres and 86 in Comonage. In 1714 he was on the list of those on whom rates were levied for his Comonage and " New Purchase right"
In 1710 he was among the "List of the Names of the Persons within the District of the Town of Bedford, According to Ye Direction of Ye Writt Issued For to Ye Clark of Ye County, 1710": "Nathan Clark freeholder & widdowr age 38: Children: Stephen 12, Nathan [illegible], Rubin 4 months, Martha 9, Sarah 3."
The town meeting elected him one of the fence viewers ("fenc vewars") on 18 March 1695, and on 22 January 1700 and again on 16 March 1702 elected him one of the "surveors for year ensewing." On 28 Sept. 1702 he was among those selected to lay out highways; on 2 April 1703 he was elected one of "seleckt men to look after ye prewdenshalls of ye town for year in sewing." On 2 April 1717 and again on 7 April 1719 he was voted to be assessor for a year. On 9 Dec. 1726 he was witness to a bill of sale from Samuel Wood of Norwalk to Arthur Smith of Bedford. On 28 May 1736 he was a signatory, with others, agreeing as patentees to divide lands in the north side of the Cross River and appointing a representative to divide the property; he also served on the committee to lay out land between Old Purchase and Cross River.
His improved social status is confirmed in the title he was given in a land transaction recorded 5 Jan. 1735/36: Nathan Clark Sr. gentleman, sold to Nathan Clark, Jr., yeoman for 31 pounds current money of New York "All ye one head right in the New Purchase ... fifty acres being already laid out & is now in ye tenour & occupation of ... Nathan Clark, Junior."
According to the 1892 family genealogy, Nathan Clark "lived and died on the east side of the street half way up the hill, nearly opposite the second Presbyterian Church, about one quarter of a mile north of the village of Bedford on a farm where his father William2 Clark had also lived..."
The bequests made in his will of 29 April 1726 were as follows:
To eldest Son Stephen Clark all the twelve acres of Land and ye Comonage therunto belonging and all my Rights of Land on ye North Side of ye Cross River to be and Remain to him his heirs & assigns for Ever.
I give and bequeath to my Second Son Nathan Clark only five shillings current money of Newyork because he has his part of land given to him by deed.
I give and bequeath only five shillings current money of New York to my third son, Silvanus Clark, by reason that he hath his part of land given him by deed.
I give and bequeath to my fourth son, Jehiel Clark all that twenty-four acres of land by contents where he hath a frame now set up between ye Brooks with ye Rights of Comonage therunto belonging to him and his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my fifth son, Joseph Clark, all that land at a place called Copps bottom and all ye lands belonging to the adjoining with ye Commonage-therunto belonging to ye sai land more or less to him his heirs and assigns forever.
I give and bequeath to my younger son, Nathaniel Clark, my house and home lot and all my land in ye 15 East field and all my meadow at ye upperland meadow, so called with all ye Comonage therunto belonging to have and to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever and I give and bequeath to my above-named son, Jehiel Clark, three acres of meadow in ye great meadow, so called, with ye Comonage therunto belonging to him his heirs and assigns forever.
I give and bequeath all my moveables after due debts paid to be equally divided between my five youngest daughters: namely Elizabeth, Deborah, Abigail, Esther and Comfort and lastly I doe appoint my sons Stephen Clark and Nathan Clark to be executors of this my Last Will and Testament ...
Nathan Clark mark, marks for Elizabeth Wescott, signed Solomon Holmes, Zach. Mills. "His mark because of feebleness."
Children of Clemence Mills and Nathan2 Clark
i. STEPHEN3 Clark, b. ca. 1698.
ii. Martha3 Clark, b. 1701, twin.
iii. Elizabeth3 Clark, b. 1701, twin.
iv. NATHAN3 Clark, b. 24 March 1704.
v. Sarah3 Clark, b. ca. 1707.
vi. RUBIN3Clark, b. ca. 1709.
Children of Nathan2 Clark and second wife, all born Bedford
vii. JEHIEL3 Clark, b. ca 1711-12.
viii. Joseph3 Clark, b. 15 March 1713; d. 18 April 1791 at Bedford; m. ca. 1735 Sarah Smith, dau. of Jacob Smith, b. 1715, d. April 1798.
ix. Nathaniel3 Clark, b. 1715; d. 1 June 1784 at Bedford; m. Mary ____, d. 3 April 1774.
x. Abigail3 Clark, m. AMOS MILLS.
xi. DEBORAH3 Clark, b. 1718; m. Joseph HOLMES.
xii. Esther3 Clark.
xiii. COMFORT3 Clark, b 1722; m. 29 Aug. 1750 ALBERT CLOCK of Stamford."

2. The obituary of Samuel Mills notes he had 16 children from one wife.
Another source, Ancestry.com's "A Documentary history of the family of Mills: descended from George Mills of Hempstead and Jamaica...," by Lewis D. Cook, 1937 , provides transcriptions of several deeds for Samuel and his wife Susannah. It states it is hard to determine who the 16 children, but the deeds help determine some children as follows:
22 Jan 1682/3 to "son in law John Smith" inhabitant of Jamaica; 25 Feb 1685/6 to "son in law John Smith and his wife Elizabeth."
6 Apr 1697 to Samuel Mills, Jr.; 23 Feb 1718 to Samuel Mills, Jun., sadler.
6 Jul 1698 to "our son John Mills".
8 May 1718, Samuel and Susannah with Ephraim Mills and Susannah his wife convey land.
11 Jun 1705 to Hope Mills, both of Jamaica.
This same Ancestry source lists the 16 children as follows:
1. Samuel Mills, Jr., mar. Sarah Denton, rem. to Greenw.
2. John Mills, mar. Susannah ____, rem. to Stamford.
3. Andrew; 4. Martha; 5. Zebulon; 6. Ephraim.
7. Alexander Mills of New York City and Jamaica, L.I.
8. Rebecca (?)
9. George (?)
10. Clemence
11. Elizabeth Mills, mar. bef. 22 Jan 1682/3, John Smith.
12. Hope Mills, mar. Martha ___, d. 1737.
13. Aurelius Mills (?) (Perhaps the Aurelius Mills of Flushing, L.I., "joiner" whose will dated 10 May 1758, pr. 18 Apr 1759, names daughter Elizabeth as legatee and appts. Thomas Thorne as exec. Abstract of this will published in "Calendar of Wills" at Albany, 1626-1836, pub. N.Y. 1896, p. 258.)
14. Mills; 15. Mills; 16. Mills.
 		Mills, Clemence (I3184)
 
2431 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Citation Information: Judd, Peter H. "Genealogical and Biographical Notes: Haring-Herring, Clark, Denton, White, Griggs, Judd, and Related Families." New York: P.H. Judd, 2005. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005.):
"Nathan2 Clark (William1), second child of William Clark, b. ca. 1672, as he was 38 in town clerk's list of 1710; his will was made 29 April 1726; d. after 1738 and possibly as late as 1744; m. (1) in 1697 Clemence Mills, dau. of Samuel Mills and Susanna Palmer, b. 1675, d. 1709 at Bedford, N.Y.; m. (2) ____, about 1710.
When a child, Nathan Clark evidently accompanied his father to Bedford. He resided there throughout his life, a property owner and holder of several town offices. On 11 April 1693 and on 29 May 1697 the Bedford town meeting approved the transfer of four acres of swamp to him, and on the latter date his return of same, was conveyed in the motion "The town by a maiger vote doth exchange with Nathan Clarck he is to throo up his four acres of swamp on the back side of the field & he is to tack up four acres of up land in the room of it no predigishall to no former grants or high ways." On 15 January 1703 he signed with others approved the transfer of land to the minister Mr. John Jones.
On 23 October 1700, "Joseph Clark of Stamford, Fairfield, Conn., New England" sold to his brother Nathan Clark "three acres of Medow on the back side of the east field that was layed out to my brother Willyam Clark which medow is situate in Bedford."
On 21 July 1703 Nathan Clark was one of witnesses to the sale of additional land adjoining Bedford from the Indian sachems Katonah & Wackemane, chief proprietors of the land about Bedford, to Jacobus Van Cortlandt of New York City and Zachariah Roberts, Sr. of Bedford.
In 1704, following the decision of the Crown granting the Bedford Patent, affirming that the town was within the Province of New York (in resolution of Connecticut's opposing claim of ownership), Nathan Clark was recognized as one of the 29 land holders to whom Queen Anne confirmed 23,000 acres.
On 30 April 1708, in the drawing for lots among those seeking property in the addition to the land of the Bedford proprietors secured by purchase from the Indians (the West Purchase), Nathan Clark drew number 7. On 19 August 1710 he was on the list of those owning lots in the First and Cohomong Purchases with 43 acres and 86 in Comonage. In 1714 he was on the list of those on whom rates were levied for his Comonage and "New Purchase right"
In 1710 he was among the "List of the Names of the Persons within the District of the Town of Bedford, According to Ye Direction of Ye Writt Issued For to Ye Clark of Ye County, 1710": "Nathan Clark freeholder & widdowr age 38: Children: Stephen 12, Nathan [illegible], Rubin 4 months, Martha 9, Sarah 3."
The town meeting elected him one of the fence viewers ("fenc vewars") on 18 March 1695, and on 22 January 1700 and again on 16 March 1702 elected him one of the "surveors for year ensewing." On 28 Sept. 1702 he was among those selected to lay out highways; on 2 April 1703 he was elected one of "seleckt men to look after ye prewdenshalls of ye town for year in sewing." On 2 April 1717 and again on 7 April 1719 he was voted to be assessor for a year. On 9 Dec. 1726 he was witness to a bill of sale from Samuel Wood of Norwalk to Arthur Smith of Bedford. On 28 May 1736 he was a signatory, with others, agreeing as patentees to divide lands in the north side of the Cross River and appointing a representative to divide the property; he also served on the committee to lay out land between Old Purchase and Cross River.
His improved social status is confirmed in the title he was given in a land transaction recorded 5 Jan. 1735/36: Nathan Clark Sr. gentleman, sold to Nathan Clark, Jr., yeoman for 31 pounds current money of New York "All ye one head right in the New Purchase ... fifty acres being already laid out & is now in ye tenour & occupation of ... Nathan Clark, Junior."
According to the 1892 family genealogy, Nathan Clark "lived and died on the east side of the street half way up the hill, nearly opposite the second Presbyterian Church, about one quarter of a mile north of the village of Bedford on a farm where his father William2 Clark had also lived..."
The bequests made in his will of 29 April 1726 were as follows:
To eldest Son Stephen Clark all the twelve acres of Land and ye Comonage therunto belonging and all my Rights of Land on ye North Side of ye Cross River to be and Remain to him his heirs & assigns for Ever.
I give and bequeath to my Second Son Nathan Clark only five shillings current money of Newyork because he has his part of land given to him by deed.
I give and bequeath only five shillings current money of New York to my third son, Silvanus Clark, by reason that he hath his part of land given him by deed.
I give and bequeath to my fourth son, Jehiel Clark all that twenty-four acres of land by contents where he hath a frame now set up between ye Brooks with ye Rights of Comonage therunto belonging to him and his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my fifth son, Joseph Clark, all that land at a place called Copps bottom and all ye lands belonging to the adjoining with ye Commonage-therunto belonging to ye sai land more or less to him his heirs and assigns forever.
I give and bequeath to my younger son, Nathaniel Clark, my house and home lot and all my land in ye 15 East field and all my meadow at ye upperland meadow, so called with all ye Comonage therunto belonging to have and to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever and I give and bequeath to my above-named son, Jehiel Clark, three acres of meadow in ye great meadow, so called, with ye Comonage therunto belonging to him his heirs and assigns forever.
I give and bequeath all my moveables after due debts paid to be equally divided between my five youngest daughters: namely Elizabeth, Deborah, Abigail, Esther and Comfort and lastly I doe appoint my sons Stephen Clark and Nathan Clark to be executors of this my Last Will and Testament ...
Nathan Clark mark, marks for Elizabeth Wescott, signed Solomon Holmes, Zach. Mills. "His mark because of feebleness."
Children of Clemence Mills and Nathan2 Clark
i. Stephen3 Clark, b. ca. 1698.
ii. Martha3 Clark, b. 1701, twin.
iii. Elizabeth3 Clark, b. 1701, twin.
iv. Nathan3 Clark, b. 24 March 1704.
v. Sarah3 Clark, b. ca. 1707.
vi. Rubin3 Clark, b. ca. 1709.
Children of Nathan2 Clark and second wife, all born Bedford
vii. Jehiel3 Clark, b. ca 1711-12.
viii. Joseph3 Clark, b. 15 March 1713; d. 18 April 1791 at Bedford; m. ca. 1735 Sarah Smith, dau. of Jacob Smith, b. 1715, d. April 1798.
ix. Nathaniel3 Clark, b. 1715; d. 1 June 1784 at Bedford; m. Mary ____, d. 3 April 1774.
x. Abigail3 Clark, m. Amos Mills.
xi. Deborah3 Clark, b. 1718; m. Joseph Holmes.
xii. Esther3 Clark.
xiii. Comfort3 Clark, b 1722; m. 29 Aug. 1750 Albert Clock of Stamford."
 		Clark, Nathan (I3183)
 
2432 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Comments on two different John Franks and which one is ours:
Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 13 Jan 2005 database "popfraley" of Vickie Beard Thompson : "They moved to Smith county, Tennessee in about 1809, from Laurens county, South Carolina. They moved to Livingston county, Kentucky about 1830/31. John Franks: Birth: 23 May 1767 in, Laurens, South Carolina: Death: 1838 in, Livingston, Kentucky. Father: Nehemiah Franks. Judah Brown: Death: 1840/1842 in, Livingston, Kentucky." Alternate database "barsmi" shows "Juda Brown" born 7 Jan 1783. Alternate databases also show John Franks' death potentially bef. 1842 at Chrittenden Co., Kentucky; however, the majority shows 1838 in Livingston Co., KY. Several databases show several children generally born in Smith Co., Tennessee from about 1805 to about 1831.
Even though the above information is a bit random, the latter death date of bef. 1842 in Chittenden Co., KY, is most likely correct because of the deed found there date 6 Apr 1842. This date proves the connections between husband and wife as well as seven children.
Some submitters confuse two different John Franks and try to combine both with Sarah Bird being the second wife. This does not work since their children overlap. The 1842 land deeds of the deceased John Franks who married Judith Brown in 1804 prove he is not the same one who married Sarah Bird in 1808 in Edgefield District, SC. This same deed lists his relict Judah Franks, which also proves his last wife was not a Sarah. This second John Franks who married Sarah Bird seems to have ended up in Livingston Co., KY, and died there sometime from 1835 ot 1838 and is apparently confused with our John Franks in the Worldconnect notes above.
The following is an old note found in Family Search with a submitter named KShelton (no contact information). It appears to be a bit random with various Franks who may or may not have some relation. Most important, however, is the 1842 deed in Chittenden co., KY, name the deceased John Franks and his relict wife Judah Franks. It also lists seven of their children. The note as originally presented is as follows:
"A William Frank is on the 1759 Rowan Co, NC tax list.
1790 Rowan Co, NC Census:
797: John Frank: 1-1-3-0-0
798: Martin Frank: 1-2-2-0-0
795: William Frank: 2-1-6-2-0
Obadiah Paris Sr. purchased land from Matthias Hoover of Rutherford County on 21 Jun 1819. This same Matthias Hoover also sold 416 acres to Little Berry Hughes on 23 Mar 1810, and at that time, Hoover was 'of Rutherford Co, TN'. Interestingly enough, the 65 acres that Obadiah's brother James Paris bought of Elijah Fulks was also originally Matthias Hoover's, per deed of 24 Mar 1810. Witnesses to Hoover deed are Leander Hughes and John Franks. Land is on Mulherin's Creek, bounds a 640 acre tract that Matthias Hoover formerly lived on, containing 129 acres total. On 1 June 1819, John Franks purchased a tract of 92 acres from Matthias Hoover on Mulherin's Creek bound by Hoover's 640 acre tract. Obadiah Paris (Sr.) & Leander Hughes witnessed the deed. On 10 Nov 1819, John Franks sold to Leander Hughes, 20 acres on Mulherin's Creek bound by Frank's boundary lines, witnessed by Obadiah Paris & Robert Williams. On the same date, Joseph Duncan sold to Leander Hughes, 50 acres bound by Matthias Hoover's east boundary line, McDain's line, Duncan's grant, witnessed by Robert Williams and Obadiah Paris again. Deed datd 19 Nov 1830, John Franks to Leander Hughes, 92 acres on Mulherin's Creek, bound by Matthias Hoover's 640 acre tract, witnessed by Little B. Hughes Senr. and James Parris Senr.
Crittenden Co, KY, Deed Book Bk. A, pg. 560, 6 Apr 1842, between John E. Wilson and wf. Nancy (late Franks), Charles A. Chandler and wf. Sarry (late Franks), and R.C.W. Franks of the first part and James D. Franks, Wm. M. Franks, John M. Franks, and Jesse B. Franks, all of Crittenden County ... whereas John Franks dec'd, father of sd. Nancy, Sarry, R.C.W., James D., Wm. M., John M. and Jesse B., died seized and possessed of a small estate consisting of a tract of land containing about 115 acres on Crooked Creek, bounded by Gabriel Butler's line on the east, John Wright's on the south, Robert Hillhouse's on the west and John E. Wilson's on the north, also other property, to wit, about 30 hogs, 5 cattle, 5 sheep, sorrel mare about 7 yrs old and her colt, 2 beds, stead & bedding, 1 crib of corn supposed to contain about 200 bushels, lot of bacon, farming utensils, household and kitchen furniture & whereas Juda Franks, late relict of John Franks, departed this life ... parties of the first part, for love and affection and $1, convey above property to parties of the second part. /s/ Charles A. Chandler, Sarry Chandler, R.C.W. Franks.
Franks, James Newton; born 28 July 1873 MO; died 3 May 1922 Crittenden Co, KY; buried Mound [Mt.] Zion Cemetery; male; white; widowed; father Joshua Newton Franks born Crittenden Co; mother Margaret Elisabeth Lowery born KY. Informant: Jno. F. Franks of Marion, KY. Certificate #13038.
Franks, Martha; born 20 Mar 1857 KY; died 2 Feb 1923 Crittenden Co, KY; buried Union Cemetery; female; white; widowed; house work; father Little Berry Allison born TN; mother Sarah Jane Smart born TN. Informant: Rush Hughes of Sheridan, KY. Certificate #3980."

2. Photostatic typed copy of "Roger Brown's Bible Record" found 2002 in working papers of Enid Willardson after her death with copy on file with me [Elizabeth Gill in the letter is probably Elizabeth Brown who married Francis Gill]:
"Original Owner: Roger Brown
Present Owner: Byron E. Brown, R. 2, Laurens, S.C., 29360
Publisher & Date: Missing
Copied by: Mrs. David P. George, who noted: 'Only part of this Bible remains, including the family record. It was found recently in an old chest. With it was an old letter which was written in 1839 by Elizabeth Gill from Cross Keys, Kentucky and addressed to her stepmother, Mrs. Rebecca Brown, or William Brown or Hardiman Duke (Deeke), Laurens District, S.C. In this letter, Elizabeth Gill wrote of her sister Lydia (evidently the first name in the record), who was living near her, also sister Judah, living in Nashville, Tenn. She asked the whereabouts of brother Jesse. She didn't know whether her stepmother Rebecca Brown was still living.' Family Record:
__dia Brown was born 23 day ___ember 1778.
John Brown was born the 2th of December 1775 and died the last day of May 1792.
Elizabeth Brown was born the 7th of September 1781 [before the photostat was made, someone penciled in '8 Mar 1780' in lieu of 7th of September 1781 and added 'Anney Brown was born' with an arrow pointing to '7th of September 1781' on Elizabeth's line.]
Judey Brown was born the __ of January 1783.
Rebecka Brown was born the 3d of November 1784.
Mary Brown was born the 14 or October 1786.
Jesse Brown was born the 19 of August 1788.
Fereby Brown was born the 10 of July 1790.
Mattey Brown was born the 10 of December 1792.
Jeaney Brown, the mother of the above, died the 19 January 1798.
Peggy Brown was born the 19th of August 1800.
William Brown was born the 3 of July 1802.
Bexey Brown was born the 21st day of November 1807.
Roger Brown was born the 19 of July 1809.
Rachel was born the 25 of August 1811.
Jane Brown was born the 17 of May 1817.
Nancey Brown, the grandmother of the above departed this life the 19 of December 1812.
Fanny Brown was born on November 15, 1815.
George B. Brown was born 29 August 1852.
Camilla Jane Brown was born 11 of Oct 1854.
Emma Leila Ada Brown was born February the 25 1858.
Thomas G. Beaureanang [penciled in: Beaureagand] and Carolina S. Davis was born May 16th 1860.
Ella Erskin was born March the 26, 1862.
John Quincy Brown was born June 11, 1865.
Deaths
Roger Brown departed this life July 19, 1895.
Jane W. Brown departed this life April 26th, 1899.
Births
Roger Brown was born 19th of July 1809.
Jane W. [penciled in: Adair] Brown was born the 14th of November 1825.
Thaddeus Sumpter Brown was born the 17th of July 1844.
[Penciled in: Hamilton Rutledge Brown was born 27 of January 1846.]
[Penciled in: Julia Ellen Quitman Brown was born January the 26, 1848.]
[Penciled in: William Pembroke Brown was born the 22 of February 1850.]
Deaths
Julia E.Q. Brown died 30th March 1849.
Hamilton Rutledge Brown was killed on the 8 of May 1864 near Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia.
Thaddeus Sumpter Brown was killed near the Salt Hatchie River So Ca on the 31 January 1865.
Emma died November the 16, 1891.
Carrie died August 11, 1898.
Marriages
Roger Brown and Jane W. Adair February 21, 1843.
Irby D. Shockley and Carrie D. Brown was married the 7th of Oct. 1880.
R.P. Hipps and Camilla J. Brown was married 19th Dec 1870.
J.D. Shockley & Emma A. Brown was married 3 of April 1873.
G.B. Brown and Emma O. [penciled in: Othella] Madden was married 11 July 1878 [11 July crossed out and '31 Jan' penciled in].
Jas. Lafayette Moore and Ella E. Brown was married May 6th 1880.
[Penciled in: W.P. Brown and Luegenia Madden was married 11th July 1878.]
Note: Was not the fifth marriage from the end probably that of J.D. (not Ida D.) Shockley? Or perhaps Joe D. or some other masculine name not clearly written?"

3. Mentioned in father's will per typewritten copy on file of "Will of Roger Brown" found in the research files of Enid Beagley Willardson who is now deceased. It notes: "Copied from the original will of Roger Brown on file in the office of the Judge of Probate for Laurens County, S.C. in Bo No. 4, pkg. No 7." I think there is also a copy of this will in the Laurens County Public Library. Duncan's creek is in the northeast portion of Old Laurens District. It does say it was written in 1810 which is evidently a typo since according to the book "Laurens County, South Carolina Wills, 1784-1840," by Colleen Elliott, p. 177, the will was written in 1818; this makes better sense since some of the children mentioned were born after 1810 through 1817. Same book also mentions "24 Mar 1826. Appraisal of estate of Rodger Brown, dec'd of Laurens Dist. by Thos. Craig, James Farebourn and Moses Leek." The will:
"Know all men by these presents that I Roger Brown on Dunkins Creek in Laurens District and state of south Carolina Being not in perfect health But of perfect mind and memory and knowing the mortality of my Bodey Do make and ordain this my Last will and testement and first as I Gave all my children thats mary'd as much of my Good and Chattles at said time of their marrage as I could well aford It is now my will that each of them shall posses no more of my Remaining propertey than one shilling each excepting my Daughter Elizebeth which shall have twentey five Dollars as soon as posible after a young horse I have and Desiers to be sold as soon after my Decease as posible or in Case I should sell said horse before my Dease [decease] and send her what I think Right in that case shee shall have but one shilling my Daughter Lydia one shilling, Anney one shilling, Judey one shilling Rebecke one shilling Marey one shilling Terebey (?) one shilling mattey one shilling I give to my sone Jesse the tract of Land thats cald his and is divided from my other Lands as follows beining where my Line crosses Lawdey hiches [Loudery Hitch?] spring Branch and Down said spring branch to Dunkins Creek thence Down said Creek to where a dich was Dug and where a fence now stands there to cross said creek and thence on a straight Line to a kickorey Corner that stands on my Line between mee and henery pits senr and at the corner of a field of mine next s'd pits house all my Land on the west side of the Designated Line on Both sides dunkins creek shall be his I Bequeath to my other two sons William and Roger all the Remainder of my Lands at their mothers Decease who is to have her thirds where shee chuses and to have the Direction of all the plantation till they come of age and when they Inherit said Lands William shall Give my Daughter Bexey one hundred Dollars and Roger when he come to Inheret the whole of his share of said Lands shall Give my Daughter Genney one hundred Dollars. I Bequeath to my Daughter Peggy one good Bed and furniture with one cow and calf with every thing that Cald hers I Give to my Dauther Bexey one Good Bed and furniture I Give to my sone william Besides the Land my sadle and Gun I Give to my sone Roger one Cow and Calf and one Good Bed and furniture when he needs them I Bequeath to my Daughter Rachel one Bed and furniture and one Cow and Calf when she mareys or Is come of age I Bequeath to my Daughter Genney one good Bed and furniture with one Cow and Calf when shee mareys or is of age all my Books at their mothers Decease I Desier may be eaquilee Divided Betwee my two youngest sons william and Roger I Give and Bequeath all the Remainder of my Goods and Chattles of every kind to my wife Bexey with the care and manigment of the plantation till my two youngests sons & either of them comes to age or mareys and then shee is alive she must Chues her third And in case my wife Bexey should marey my will is that the man shee marrys shall have no power to dispose of aney thing I Leave nor shall he Corect aney of my children but Leave them with all I Leave to my wifes Care and correction my will is the Land shall not be Cleared nor the timbe Cut any more than is suficient to Raise the familee and keep up the fences my will is that at the Decease of my said wife the whole of my Land be eaqueley Divided btween by said two sons william and Roger and Lastley I constitute and and ordain my wife Bexey the sole Executor of this my Last will and testement this 3 day of December In the year of our Lord 1818 and witness wereof I have hereunto subscribed my name. Roger Brown. Sign sealed publisht and pronounct in the presence of us who in his presence and he presence of each other have heerunto subscrbd our names. William Adair, Joseph N. Hitch, Louther Hitch Senr. since I wrote the above and before signing I sent my Daughter Elizebeth Gill fifteen Dollars which shall be Deducted out of the 25 mentioned above. Roger Brown. I acknowledge the within will as my Last will and testement signd with name and seald with my seal this 21 Day of August 1823. Roger Brown (L.S.) A codicle to the above will In case my sone Jesse should never Come heer and settle or sell the tract of Land I have willed him In that case my will is that my youngest Daughter Geney shall possess the land I have willd to him and in Case shee should possess said Land then my sone Roger shall not Give her the hundred Dollars I have willed to her above this 10th Day of September 1824. Roger Brown (L.S.) Signd seald published and pronount In the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other have heerunto subscribd our Names. Joseph N. Hitch, Sarah Hitch, Rosannah Hitch. Memorandum the within will of Roger Brown Deceased was proven before me in the court of ordinary by Luther Hitch Senr. and the codisel was proven by Sarah Hitch on the twentieath day of March 1826 - subscribing witnesses to the same. D. Anderson, Ordy't."

4. 1790 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, p. 11, dated 1791, brothers Roger and Matthew are next door neighbors. Nine doors away is Aaron Harlen whose son Samuel marries Matthew Brown's daughter Nancy. Also within a dozen neighbors are John and William Brown who are most likely brothers of Roger and Mathew Brown:
Matthew Brown, 1-2-4-0-0
Rodger Brown, 1-2-7-0-0
John Brown, 1-2-5-0-0
William Brown, 1-0-1-0-0

5. The following private manuscript is not found at the FHL library or on the Internet as of 23 Sep 2012: "The Descendants of John Brown, Sr." Compiler address: 8106 Shoreridge Terr, Indianapolis, IN 46236. Some entries on the Internet make reference to it, but I believe it to be mainly a private compilation; however, I did find an online recapitulation of the manuscript data as prepared in 2001 by Richard M. Leland III (from a copy he received directly from Mr. Volnoggle in Apr 2000) at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lelandva/jbrow004.htm#id5421 and entitled appropriately as "The Descendants of John Brown Sr." (accessed 23 Sep 2012). The data purports John Brown Sr. to be the original immigrant whereas I have Robert Brown. No documentation or contemporary quotes showing the presence of John or how the family grouping is derived are given for these two compilers choice of "John Brown Sr." as the original ancestor. The only sources given for any of the following are James Volnoggle's compilation. The data for the first generation:
"John1 Brown Sr; married Nancy (Ann) ( - ? - ) before 1738 in Ireland; died circa 1803 at Laurens Co., SC.
Children of John1 Brown Sr. and Nancy (Ann) ( - ? - ) were as follows...
+ 2 i. Roger Brown, born circa 1734 at Antrim, Ireland; married Jeaney ( - ? - ); married Rebecca (Bexey) Wallace...
The compilers continue with the next generation of Roger (b. 1755) as follows:
Roger2 Brown (John1); born circa 1750 at Antrim, Ireland; married Jeaney ( - ? - ) circa 1774 at Laurens Co., SC; parents of 10 children; married Rebecca (Bexey) Wallace circa 1799 at Laurens Co., SC; parents of 7 children; died circa 1825 at Laurens Co., SC. Served during the Revolutionary War as a private from South Carolina.
Children of Roger2 Brown and Jeaney ( - ? - ) were as follows:
18 i. John3 Brown; born 20 Dec 1775 at Laurens Co., SC; died 31 May 1792 at Laurens Co., SC, at age 16.
19 ii. Lydia Brown; born 23 Dec 1778 at Laurens Co., SC; married Nathaniel Ashley between 1840 and 1850; died circa 1845 at .
20 iii. Elizabeth Brown; born 8 Mar 1780 at Laurens Co., SC; married Francis Gill; died at Livingston, KY.
21 iv. Anney Brown; born 7 Sep 1781 at Laurens Co., SC; married Thomas Allison; died before 1839 at .
22 v. Judah Brown; born 7 Jan 1783 at Laurens Co., SC; married John Franks; died circa 1839 at .
+ 23 vi. Rebecca Brown, born 3 Nov 1784 at Laurens Co, SC; married Thomas Jefferson Adair Sr.
24 vii. Mary Brown; born 14 Oct 1786 at Laurens Co, SC; married Hardiman Dukes.
25 viii. Jesse Brown; born 19 Aug 1788; married Lucy Staples; died after 1840 at .
26 ix. Fereby Brown; born 10 Jul 1790 at Laurens Co, SC.
27 x. Martha Brown; born 10 Dec 1792 at Laurens Co, SC.
Children of Roger2 Brown and Rebecca (Bexey) Wallace were as follows:
28 i. Peggy 3 Brown; born 19 Aug 1800 at Laurens Co, SC.
29 ii. William Brown; born 3 Jul 1802 at Laurens Co, SC; died at .
30 iii. Bexey Brown; born 21 Nov 1807 at Laurens Co, SC.
+ 31 iv. Roger Brown Jr., born 19 Jul 1809 at Laurens Co, SC; married Jane W. Adair.
32 v. Rachel Brown; born 25 Aug 1811 at Laurens Co, SC.
33 vi. Fanny Frances Brown; born 13 Nov 1813 at ; married Alfred Holcombe circa 23 Feb 1843.
34 vii. Jane Brown; born 17 May 1817 at Laurens Co, SC."

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Various databases dated 13 Feb 2005 from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 		Brown, Judith or Judah or Juda or Judey (I2038)
 
2433 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Comments on two different John Franks and which one is ours:
Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 13 Jan 2005 database "popfraley" of Vickie Beard Thompson : "They moved to Smith county, Tennessee in about 1809, from Laurens county, South Carolina. They moved to Livingston county, Kentucky about 1830/31. John Franks: Birth: 23 May 1767 in, Laurens, South Carolina: Death: 1838 in, Livingston, Kentucky. Father: Nehemiah Franks. Judah Brown: Death: 1840/1842 in, Livingston, Kentucky." Alternate database "barsmi" shows "Juda Brown" born 7 Jan 1783. Alternate databases also show John Franks' death potentially bef. 1842 at Chrittenden Co., Kentucky; however, the majority shows 1838 in Livingston Co., KY. Several databases show several children generally born in Smith Co., Tennessee from about 1805 to about 1831.
Even though the above information is a bit random, the latter death date of bef. 1842 in Chittenden Co., KY, is most likely correct because of the deed found there date 6 Apr 1842. This date proves the connections between husband and wife as well as seven children.
Some submitters confuse two different John Franks and try to combine both with Sarah Bird being the second wife. This does not work since their children overlap. The 1842 land deeds of the deceased John Franks who married Judith Brown in 1804 prove he is not the same one who married Sarah Bird in 1808 in Edgefield District, SC. This same deed lists his relict Judah Franks, which also proves his last wife was not a Sarah. This second John Franks who married Sarah Bird seems to have ended up in Livingston Co., KY, and died there sometime from 1835 ot 1838 and is apparently confused with our John Franks in the Worldconnect notes above.
The following is an old note found in Family Search with a submitter named KShelton (no contact information). It appears to be a bit random with various Franks who may or may not have some relation. Most important, however, is the 1842 deed in Chittenden co., KY, name the deceased John Franks and his relict wife Judah Franks. It also lists seven of their children. The note as originally presented is as follows:
"A William Frank is on the 1759 Rowan Co, NC tax list.
1790 Rowan Co, NC Census:
797: John Frank: 1-1-3-0-0
798: Martin Frank: 1-2-2-0-0
795: William Frank: 2-1-6-2-0
Obadiah Paris Sr. purchased land from Matthias Hoover of Rutherford County on 21 Jun 1819. This same Matthias Hoover also sold 416 acres to Little Berry Hughes on 23 Mar 1810, and at that time, Hoover was 'of Rutherford Co, TN'. Interestingly enough, the 65 acres that Obadiah's brother James Paris bought of Elijah Fulks was also originally Matthias Hoover's, per deed of 24 Mar 1810. Witnesses to Hoover deed are Leander Hughes and John Franks. Land is on Mulherin's Creek, bounds a 640 acre tract that Matthias Hoover formerly lived on, containing 129 acres total. On 1 June 1819, John Franks purchased a tract of 92 acres from Matthias Hoover on Mulherin's Creek bound by Hoover's 640 acre tract. Obadiah Paris (Sr.) & Leander Hughes witnessed the deed. On 10 Nov 1819, John Franks sold to Leander Hughes, 20 acres on Mulherin's Creek bound by Frank's boundary lines, witnessed by Obadiah Paris & Robert Williams. On the same date, Joseph Duncan sold to Leander Hughes, 50 acres bound by Matthias Hoover's east boundary line, McDain's line, Duncan's grant, witnessed by Robert Williams and Obadiah Paris again. Deed datd 19 Nov 1830, John Franks to Leander Hughes, 92 acres on Mulherin's Creek, bound by Matthias Hoover's 640 acre tract, witnessed by Little B. Hughes Senr. and James Parris Senr.
Crittenden Co, KY, Deed Book Bk. A, pg. 560, 6 Apr 1842, between John E. Wilson and wf. Nancy (late Franks), Charles A. Chandler and wf. Sarry (late Franks), and R.C.W. Franks of the first part and James D. Franks, Wm. M. Franks, John M. Franks, and Jesse B. Franks, all of Crittenden County ... whereas John Franks dec'd, father of sd. Nancy, Sarry, R.C.W., James D., Wm. M., John M. and Jesse B., died seized and possessed of a small estate consisting of a tract of land containing about 115 acres on Crooked Creek, bounded by Gabriel Butler's line on the east, John Wright's on the south, Robert Hillhouse's on the west and John E. Wilson's on the north, also other property, to wit, about 30 hogs, 5 cattle, 5 sheep, sorrel mare about 7 yrs old and her colt, 2 beds, stead & bedding, 1 crib of corn supposed to contain about 200 bushels, lot of bacon, farming utensils, household and kitchen furniture & whereas Juda Franks, late relict of John Franks, departed this life ... parties of the first part, for love and affection and $1, convey above property to parties of the second part. /s/ Charles A. Chandler, Sarry Chandler, R.C.W. Franks.
Franks, James Newton; born 28 July 1873 MO; died 3 May 1922 Crittenden Co, KY; buried Mound [Mt.] Zion Cemetery; male; white; widowed; father Joshua Newton Franks born Crittenden Co; mother Margaret Elisabeth Lowery born KY. Informant: Jno. F. Franks of Marion, KY. Certificate #13038.
Franks, Martha; born 20 Mar 1857 KY; died 2 Feb 1923 Crittenden Co, KY; buried Union Cemetery; female; white; widowed; house work; father Little Berry Allison born TN; mother Sarah Jane Smart born TN. Informant: Rush Hughes of Sheridan, KY. Certificate #3980."

2. It is reported that John Franks sold land in Laurens Co., SC, and Judy Brown Franks relinquished 1804 and 6 February 1809.

MARRIAGE:
1. I assume a marriage in Laurens Co., SC before 1805.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Various databases dated 13 Feb 2005 from Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 		Franks, John (I1337)
 
2434 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Concerning the Robert of the Robert Herzenberg apartment in modern Kuldigas. I had previously had some reservations whether or not I had linked them them correctly to the known line of Herzenbergs with him being the son of Eleazer Herzenberg and Amalia Hirschman. There was the possibility that Robert could also be the son of Jacob and Dorothea (___) Herzenberg; however, the Yad Vashem Holocaust website seems to prove the connection. The "Pages of Testimony" were submitted in the mid-1950s by a "relative" named Lea Zindel Shemin. I am not sure of what the relation may be, if any. They were part of a total of 13 Pages submitted by this same person. On Robert's Page, he is mentioned as the son of Ema, which would be Amalie Hirschman who married Eleazer Herzenberg, the brother to my great-grandfather Edouard Herzenberg. In the 13 Pages of Testimony, Lea also submitted pages for Adolf and Tekla Mai, born 1885 and 1890 respectively; also included was a daughter of this couple, Anna Mai, b. 1916. The May family is part owner of the current Robert Herzenberg building in Kuldiga. With this connection to the May family, that would tie them to the Robert and Sofia Herzenberg I had in my database.
The website of all 13 Pages of Testimony of Lea Zindel Shemin is at:
https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=en&advancedSearch=true&sln_value=Zindel_Shemin&sln_type=synonyms&sfn_value=Lea&sfn_type=synonyms
Each page gives more details on each individual. There are two additional Herzbergs in the 13 Pages:
-Leopold, b. 1908 in Kuldiga. We had previously known of him as a son of Robert and Sofia/Zofia, but not what happened to him. He died in the Holocaust.
-Sara, age [about] 70, wife of Yitzkhak (Isaac) Herzberg, born Jacobstadt, Jekabpils, Zemgale, Latvia. Jekabpils is in the southeast of Latvia whereas Kuldigas was in the northwest. She would be the same generation as Robert and Sofia. Apparently there is a family connection, which would appear to be that Isaac, her husband, was the brother of Robert. I currently have Isaac, b. abt 1856 in Kuldigas, in the database but with an unknown wife. This would then add another person to our database. Apparently Isaac may have died before the Nazi occupation making Sara most likely a widow at the time of the Holocaust.

2. Holocaust Page of Testimony at https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=2032452&ind=4 accessed 8 Aug 2017:
"Sara Herzberg was born in Jacobstadt, Latvia. She was a housewife and married to Yitzkhak. Prior to WWII she lived in Jacobstadt, Latvia. During the war she was in Jacobstadt, Latvia. Sara was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by her relative, Lea Zindel Shemin."
Note: I had an Israeli translate the relationship of Lea in the 1950s. He responds: "I looked at most of the POTs and it seems like this Lea is, or was, a relative. The word for relative (karov) is underlined in most of them at the end." 		Sarah (I5599)
 
2435 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Confirmation of son Poul Pedersen notes mother's name as Ane Kirstine Andersdatter per parish records of Vestervig, Thisted, Denmark GS9935 pt 3 for 14 Apr 1844. However, birth record clearly says Anne Kierstine per source noted under Birth.

2. Peder Poulsen and Anne Andersdatter. Temple microfilm (1058397); batch 7611903. Family History Library

3. From census of Vestervig parish for Skadberg farm:
1801(FHL film GS8507, pt 35) Anders Laustsen, man, 35, married first time, smallholder with land; Anne Laustdatter, his wife, 39, married first time; Else Marie Andersdatter, 5; Anne Kirstine, 4; Laust Christian Andersen 2; Laust Jensen, his father, 72; Inger Nielsdatter, his mother, 64.
1834(entry #90): Laust Christian Andersen, man, 35, married, smallholder; Else Marie Nielsdatter, his wife, 29; Ane Nicoline Nielsdatter, 6; Ane Laustdatter, 3; Anders Laustsen, his father, 73, provided for by his son; Ane Laustdatter, his wife, 73; Karen Marie Chistensdatter, maid, 18.

BIOGRAPHY:
1. Copy of original letter in Danish in my possession. I was able to have the FHL Danish experts in SLC roughly translate the letter. Unfortunately the text is insignificant but the historical time frame of the letter is memorable. It starts off with: "To my dear sister Else Marie Andersdatter on her 70th birthday, 24 Apr 1865" and is signed "Your loving sister, Ane Kjerstine Andersdatter, Røjkjær." The text is a poem not easily translatable with each stanza giving an example of a witness to "God's goodness" i.e. "Flowers and birds witness to God's goodness." The last paragraph after the poem becomes personal with the comment: "Dear Sister, by friend you are as gold in light and need let us strive in live to remember to follow til our deaths ... shout always my good God."

BIRTH:
1. Vestervig parish records GS 9935 pt 2. Copy in files of Kerry Petersen.

2. Research per Bent Pilsgård at Viborg, Denmark Regional Archives; Vestervig parish; microfiche C121.2, plate 2, page 96.

CHRISTENING:
1. Research per Bent Pilsgård at Viborg, Denmark Regional Archives; Vestervig parish; microfiche C121.2, plate 2, page 96; sponsors: The wife of Soeren Madsen carried the child. Anders Laursen of Harring, Soeren Laursen of Dollerup in Sjoering parish, Niels Laursen of Randrup, the wife of Kristen Jensen, Karen of Kiergaard, the wife of Peder Christensen of Neder Gramstrup.

MARRIAGE:
1. At time of marriage, parish record indicates she was 29 of Skadberg which is a small farm in Vestervig parish.

DEATH:
1. Per Vestervig parish records seen by Chris Petersen in Denmark, Churchbook C121, nr. 10, page 246. Mentions she is age 84.
 		Andersdatter, Ane Kjerstine (I700)
 
2436 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Considering that Elizabeth Longstreet's father Gisbert added a daughter to his will by codicil 31 Aug 1757 (not in earlier will of 20 Apr 1755), then perhaps she was born in the interim. Perhaps she wasn't and father had just neglected to name her in earlier will or perhaps they weren't on the best of terms. The problem is that Naomi Johnson, dau. of William and Elizabeth Johnson appears to have been born about 1768 if we are to believe her age given in 1853 Rev. War pension application of her fourth and last husband Walter Karr. Additional research needed.

2. A very well researched paper "A Longstreet Family History," by R(ubert) J(ames) Longstreet (DeLand, Fla,1960) is at the website http://john.rootsweb.ancestry.com/Longstreet/History/history.html accessed 29 Nov 2011. This website should be used to put together the Longstreet family once the connection is more certain. Mr. Longstreet provides the following on Gisbert:
"GISBERT (Variously spelled Guysbrecht, Gysbrecht, Guisbert, and finally Gilbert), b. ca. 1707, bp. 11-26-1710 (Old Brick Church), m. Rachel Schenck, dau. of Garret Reolofse and Neeltje Coerten (Van Vorhees) Schenck (F-9,40). He was a resident of Shrewsbury Tp, in 'Squan, and is probably the Gllllytsbrecht Longstreet who was appointed a Justice in Monmouth County on 6-6-1751, and on 3-16-1756 (M-12,22:242). [He mentions the will and lists all the children, but does not provide any data on Elizabeth except her name.]"

3. Email for Kim Matul dated 24 Jul 2017:
"I can answer a lot of the names left blank on your site under Elizabeth Longstreet and can connect the dots on who most of them are. I have a copy of the original letter written in 1875 by William Johnson Ashton, Elizabeth (Longstreet) Johnson's grandson, son of Samuel Ashton and Hannah Johnson. His letter answers the request of his nephew Thomas Hutchinson Ashton l, who is his brother James's son. Not to be confused with the other Thomas Hutchinson Ashton, who was William and James's brother and my 4th great grandfather. William states "I will now give you as much a description of my mother's family as I can -- my grandfather's name was William Johnson. He was born in Monmouth County New Jersey near Toms River, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War -- fought in battles of Monmouth Brandywine and White Plain. My grandmother's maiden name was Longstreth. She was born in Rhode Island. I have no knowledge of the date of her birth. They had a large family 12 children and all. Six girls and six boys -- the oldest were girls -- the oldest girls name was Neomi, Hannah, Lucretia, Eliazabeth, Sarah & Lydia. The boys names were Jonathan, John, Samuel, Joseph, Joel & Thomas. I have now given you the most accurate account that I possess. I have now traced the family down to your father's recollection."
He goes on to say "my father was married to Hannah Johnson October 14, 1795 and immigrated to Fayette county ___?____ Pennsylvania in the fall of 1799. Where he remained until the spring of 1807 when he moved to Washington County. In the spring of 1811 he immigrated to Claremont county Ohio where he injured the hardships of pioneer life." This is the end of this letter. The beginning talks about his father Samuel and briefly touches on he grandfather William Ashton and grandmother Phebe Hutchinson Ashton.
Longstreet is also spelled Longstreth and Langstraat in records. Langstraat being the oldest version of the name. Elizabeth Longstreet was the daughter of Gisbert Longstreet and Rachel Schenck. Gisbert the son of Stoffel Direksen Langstraat and Mayke Laanen. Stoffel the son of Dirck Stoffels Langstraat and Catherine Van Siddock.
The Langstraat's were Dutch. Unfortunately I don't have access to my tree program that has all my supporting documents on the family, only my Ancestry tree. I do have list of siblings etc. I do believe the older generations lived in the Flatlands, Long Island, New York. It was Stoffel Direksen Langstraat and wife Mayke that went to Monmouth, NJ."

4. Partial excerpt from the book, “A history of the Camfield family: with special emphasis on the descendants of John Freeman Camfield and Margaret Singleton Camfield…,” by Ernest Ross Camfield (Privately printed; 1999), “THE FAMILY OF LONGSTREET AND ITS TIES WITH THE CAMFIELD'S,” pp. 244-51 (see entry for Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet for the full transcript of this partial excerpt):
“Stoffel Dircksen Langestraet
Born: about 1666 in probably New Utrecht, New Netherlands (America)
Married: Moica Lanen Van Pelt in 1695, she was the daughter of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt of New Utrecht, in New Netherlands.
He died about 1 March 1741 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Children:
-Dirck (Richard) Langestraet. Baptized in Brooklyn, New Jersey on 25 April 1697; he lived to be 99 years old.
-Jonica (Jane) Langestraet. Born about 1698 in New Jersey.
-Catherine Langestraet. Born about 1700; married Jan Sutphen of New Jersey in 1720; married a second time to Elias Anderson on 30 March 1761 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
-Maria (Mary) Langestraet. Baptized 6 May 1702 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Baptism recorded a second time on 30 Dec 1711 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Same child listed with same parents. Married #1 William Hendricksen of New Jersey. Married #2 Dirck Sutphen, (brother of Jan Sutphen) of New Jersey.
-Sarah Langestraet. Born about 1705 in New Jersey. Baptized along with her brother Gisbert on 26 November 1710 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Monmouth County, and New Jersey.
-Gisbert (Gilbert) Langestraet. Baptized 26 November 1710 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Birth date was approximately 1707; He married Rachel Schenck; He died 1758 in New Jersey.
-Aaron (Aurie) Langestraet Baptized 26 November 1710, along with his brother and sister, Gisbert and Sarah, at The Dutch Reformed Church in Monmouth County, New Jersey; he married Lydia Hull on 6 May 1754 in New Jersey.
-Stoffel Radical Langestraet (Longstreet). Of whom hereafter there is much data, as we are descended from him.
-Moica (Masy) Langestraet. Baptized 6 March 1716 in Monmouth County, New Jersey in the Dutch Reformed Church; married Johannes Leek (Also recorded as "John Little") in 1736 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
-Anna Langestraet. Born 1718 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Stoffel Langestraet was a Deacon of the Flatlands Church in 1698. Not long after this he, his brother Adrian, and his father moved across to New Jersey. There he settled in the Neversink Hills, (some references say at Deal) which was in Monmouth County, where his descendants abound to this day.
From the "AMERICAN WEEKLY MERCURY," dated 14-21 of February 1726-27 the following extract is taken:
"Langestraet, Theophilus from Shrewsbury in East Jersey, on Saturday, the last day of December 1726. Theophilus Langestraet of Shewsbury in the County of Monmouth aged nearly sixty years, he met with seven swans flying over a meadow, he shot down six of them with one shot, such a shot was never known amongst us."
His Will dated 1 December 1739, was probated on 1 March 1741; meaning he probably died toward the date of probate. In his Will he refers to himself as "THEOPHILUS," an erroneous interpretation of his proper name of Stoffel, or Christopher. It is interesting to note that although he refers to himself as "Theophilus Longstreet," he signs his name on the legal document as "Stoffel Langestraet." The Will of his wife was dated 8 April 1752, and it was probated 13 March 1753; again she must have died toward the later date. These Wills named ten children, their four sons, and six daughters.
WILL OF STOFFEL LANGESTRAET
In the name of God amen. I Theophilus Longstreet of the town of Shrewsbury, in the County of Monmouth and eastern division of the province of New Jersey, yeoman, being in good health of body and sound and disposing mind and memory, thanks be given unto almighty God for that and all other manifold mercies to me, do in tis my time of health, make ordain and constitute this, my last Will and Testament, in the manner following: That is to say,
First and principally, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the hands of my executors. Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection to receive the same again by the almighty power of God. As touching my temporal estate, wherewith it shall please God to bless me with at the time of my decease, I give, devise and bequeath the same after in the following manner and form:
I give unto my beloved wife Mercy (Moica), the use of any fire room of my house which she shall choose, two feather beds and furniture, and as many household goods as will be sufficient for her to keep house with all during the time she remains my widow, and during the said time I order my sons to find her sufficient firewood cut an carted to her door, and a milk cow for winter and summer. An if she sees cause to keep one of the Negro wenches, my will is that she have which one she pleases of them during my said wives life; with this provision, that said Negro wench at her decease shall be reckoned and esteemed as part of my personal estate. What I have herein given my wife is given to her instead of her thirds or dower.
I give, devise, and bequeath to my eldest son, Richard Longstreet, the plantation whereon he now lives and has possession on the North side of the Manasquan River, to him, his heirs and assigns forever my old gun and the sum of fifty pounds out of my personal estate.
I give, devise and bequeath to my second son, Gilbert Longstreet, the plantation whereon he now lives and has possession of also on the North side of the Manasquan River, to him the said Gilbert, his heirs and assigns forever. My will is I hereby give, devise, and bequeath all my tract of land on the North side of the river and joining to my said son, Gilberts plantation, and all land and meadow on the south side of the river, equally to be divided between my said sons Richard and Gilbert, to them, their heirs, and assigns forever.
I give devise and bequeath to my third son, Aury Longstreet, all that tract of land and meadow at Raritom whereon he now lives and has in possession to him the said Aury, his heirs, and assigns forever.
I give, devise, and bequeath to my fourth son, Theophilus Longstreet, all my land and meadow in said town and Long Branch and Raccoon Island, being in my own possession, to him the said Theophilus, is heirs and assigns forever. And my best horse, him having the choice.
All the rest of the lands and meadows, where so ever situate, I give devise and bequeath to my said four sons to be equally divided in four parts to them, their heirs and assigns forever.
And I hereby order that my said four sons pay unto their mother yearly during her widowhood the sum often pounds yearly, that is fifty shillings a year apiece.
The entire residue of my personal estate not herein before bequeathed, I give to my four said sons equally between them, share and share alike. My will is that my said four sons shall equally among them pay unto my six daughters, namely: Yonica, Catherine, Mary, Sarah, Moica, and Anne, the sum of six hundred pounds, that is one hundred pounds apiece to each of my said daughters, and that will be one hundred and fifty pounds for each of my said sons to pay to their sisters. And that my said sons pay unto the sum of fifty pounds apiece within a year after my decease and so on in that proportion yearly until their one hundred and fifty pounds is paid, and that they pay their eldest sisters first. Lastly, I constitute and make my four sons executors of this my last Will and Testament, to see the same performed and I do hereby disannul and make void all former will or wills by me made. IN WITNESS whereof, I the said Theophilus Longstreet to this my last Will and Testament contained on one sheet of paper have set my hand and seal this first day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven-hundred and thirty nine, and in the thirteenth year of His Majesty King George II reign, etc. 1739
Memento: I give to my eldest daughter, Yonica, my old loom, this being done before signing, sealing and publishing.
STOFFEL LONGSTREET (seal) Signed, Sealed and published, and declared by the said testator to be the last Will and Testament in presence of John Little Thomas Wainwright, John Seares, Jacob Dennis, NOTE: There are neither razures nor interlineations in the original nor record foregoing.
BE IT REMEMBERED that on the first day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and forty one, that John Little and Thomas Wainwright, two of the within witnesses, personally came before me, Thomas Bartow, duly authorized to prove Wills, qualify executors etc. in the eastern division of New Jersey, and they being duly sworn on the Evangelists, did dispose that they were present and saw Stoffel Longstreet, the testator named, sign and seal with instrument, and heard him publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament, and that at the doing thereof the said Testator was of sound mind and memory to the best of their knowledge and understanding. And that at the same time, John Seares, and Jacob Dennis, the other subscribed witnesses were present and that each signed his name as witness in the Testator's presence. THOS. BARTOW
BE IT ALSO REMEMBERED that at the same time Richard Longstreet, Gilbert Longstreet, Aury Longstreet, and Theophilus Longstreet, the Executor's within named, personally came before me and were sworn to the due execution and performance of the within Will and Testament according to law. THOS. BARTOW. LEWIS MORRIS, Esquire
Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New Jersey and territories thereon depending in America and Vice Admiral in the same, etc. To all whom these presents shall come, GREETING: Know ye that at Perth Amboy on the first day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and forty one, the Last Will and Testament of Theophilus Longstreet of the town of Shrewsbury, etc. deceased, was proved before Thomas Bartow..."
WILL OF MOICA (VAN PELT) LONGSTREET
In the name of God, amen. I Moica Longstreet of the township of Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth and eastern division of New Jersey, widow, but being in reasonable health of body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, thanks be given to almighty God for that and all others of his manifold mercies to me. Done in this my time of health, I make, ordain and constitute this, my Last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say,
FIRST and principally, I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the Resurrection to receive the same again by the mighty power of God; and as touching my personal estate wherewith it shall please God to bless me with at the time of my decease.
I give, devise, and bequeath the same after the following manner and form: I give all my wearing clothes and all my household goods and all the goods that my son Stoffel Longstreet gave to me at the time he sold the plantation to be equally divided amongst my daughters. To be equally divided amongst them, namely Jeane, Catren, Mary, Sary, Masy, and Anne, to them and their assigns I give devise and bequest unto my drafters as follows; that is to say the remaining part of my estate after my decease after all my just debts be paid for, to be put out at interest. And the interest to be given to my daughters, that is to say to them that has the most need of it. That I leave to the discretion of my Executors. And in case that my Executors sees an occasion for to make use of the principal for the support of my daughters, or for any part of it, I leave it to their discretion. And further, it is my will that if my Executor sees that any of my daughter's children, that is the female kind, is not capable for to relieve themselves, nor for anybody to relieve them, then my Executors, at their discretion may relieve them. And my will is that after the decease of all my daughters, that if there be any estate left in the hands of my Executors that they are desired to keep it at interest as aforesaid mentioned, and use as aforesaid mentioned, that is to let my children's children have it that is the female kind. I leave it to be distributed as my Executors see fit.
My Will is further that if my Executors think that these children are capable of taking care of themselves, that then it may be divided amongst the survivors, equal to them and their assigns. Lastly, I constitute, and make my son, Gilbert Longstreet, John Little and William Hendrickson my Executors of this my last Will and Testament to see. the same performed. And I do hereby disannul and make void all former Wills or Will made by me. In witness thereof, I Moica Longstreet, to this my Last Will and Testament contained 248 on one sheet of paper, here set my hand and seal this eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord, One thousand, seven hundred and fifty two. In the twenty-fifth year of His Majesties Rein King George II, 1752.
Moicae "X" Longstreet Her mark
(Source: REGISTER OF THE PEROGATIVE COURT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY; Will of Moica Longstreet; Recorded in Libber F, page 105) ...
(Source: EARLY SETTLERS OF KING COUNTY, by Bergan, Langestraet Chapter; ANNALS OF CLASSIC LIFE AT BERGEN, by Taylor, pages 78-90; FAMILY BIBLE OF STOFFEL D. LANGESTRAET)”

5. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D17-D21:
“STOFFEL DIRCKSEN LANGESTRAET was born about 1666.
About 1695 he married MOICA, (called by way of pet name MAYKE or Maicken) LANEN VAN PELT, daughter of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt, of New Utrecht. He was a deacon of the Flatlands church in the year 1698. Not long after this he, his brother Adrian, and probably his father moved across to New Jersey. There he settled on the Neversink Hills (some accounts say at Deal) in Monmouth County, where his descendants abound to this day.
From the "American Weekly Mercury," of date February 14-21, 1726-7, the following extract is taken:
"Langstreat Theophilus.-From the Shrewsbury in East Jersey, on Saturday, the last day of December, 1726, Theophilus Longstreat, of Shrewsbury in the county of Monmouth, aged near sixty years, he met with seven swans flying over a meadow, who shot down six of them at one shot, such a shot was never known amongst us."
His will, dated December 1, 1739, was probated March 1, 1741; and he therefore died about the latter date. In that will, he calls himself "Theophilus," an erroneous interpretation of his proper name of Stoffel, or Christopher. He signed his name "Stoffel Langstrat." The will of his wife was dated April 8, 1752, and it was probated Mar. 13, 1753; so that she must have died about the latter date. These wills name some of their children, but not all of them. (See Appendix 1, and Appendix 2.) Those children, so far as now known, were as follows:
1. Dirck (Richard), baptized in Brooklyn, April 25, 1697. (Dirck married a wife named Jane, or Jonica. He died Dec. 4, 1795, in his 99th year. We find this mention of him in "The Historical Collections of New Jersey," on page 351: "The following account of an incursion of the British into this township in the American Revolution, is contained in a published letter, dated Kildare, Monmouth Co., April 9, 1778: 'About 135 of the enemy landed on Sunday last, about 10 o'clock, on the south side of Squam inlet, burnt all the salt-works, broke the kettles, etc., stripped the beds, etc., of some people there, who I fear wished to serve them; then crossed the river, and burnt all except Dirrick Longstreet's. After this mischief they embarked. The next day they landed at Shark river, and set fire to two salt-works, when they observed fifteen horsemen heave In sight, which occasioned them to retreat with great precipitation; indeed, they jumped in their fiat-bottomed boats with such precipitation they sunk two of them." At the time of this fortunate escape, Dirck was 82 years of age.)
2. Jane (or Jonica), born about 1698.
3. Catherine, born about 1700; married Jan Sutphen, of New Jersey, about 1720.
4. Mary (or Maria), baptized May 6, 1702; married first Wm. Hendricksen, of New Jersey; and second, Dirck Sutphen.
5. Sarah, born about 1705.
6. Gisbert (or Gilbert) born about 1707; baptized November 26, 1710; married Rachel Schenck; died in 1758.
7. Aaron, baptized Nov. 6. 1710; married May 6, 1754, Lydia Hull.
8. Stoffel, of whom hereafter.
9. Moica, baptized March 6. 1716; supposed to have married Johannes, Leek.
10. Anna born about 1718.
Having brought the family history down to the middle of the last century, and reached the period when the name assumed its English form of LONGSTREET it may be helpful and interesting to interrupt the course of the narrative in order to consider what manner of people these were and after what fashion they lived. History tells us something of the traits and habits of their friends and neighbors.
"In their family intercourse, and among themselves in their business matters, they continued to use the Dutch language. Several of the old people do so to this day. Their frugal mode of life, their severe and constant bodily labor, their-economical habits, were proverbial. For many generations, their word was their bond, a verbal contract being deemed sufficient. If they toiled hard and earned money they studiously endeavored to save it by prudent investment. They indulged in no costly dress or equipage, and in home-spun garments, neat, clean and whole, they visited the market-place and the sanctuary. The avails of the family toil, in spinning flax and wool, in weaving and coloring, were constantly seen in the ordinary dress, and in the many articles for family use. Goodly stores of domestic linens and woolens were sure to be found in every well-regulated family.
"Nor were they apt to be long retained in the piece, as they came from the weaver's hands, or from the fulling and dressing mills. They were at the earliest convenience of the industrious mother and her active daughters, manufactured into appropriate garments for every member of the family. So far did these provident arrangements extend that in the event of a death, the habiliments for the corpse need not be sent for, or hurriedly put together. The well stored cases or old fashioned clothes-press, contained them all. We have seen on some occasions, the beautifully plaited and well crimped garments brought forth meet the painful exigency. From the same bountiful stores, when the daughters went forth in the new relation of wives, and commence house keeping, their mothers industry, and their own early labors, were well attested by the goodly supply of personal garments, with bedding of every description, and in more recent times, with beautiful domestic carpeting, of their own spinning and coloring.
"It was, however, common for the youthful husband and wife to have their home, for the first year of married life under the roof of her parents.
"With the young people of both sexes, the custom long prevailed of riding on horse-back. Especially about the seasons of the holidays at New York, Christmas, Easter and Whitsuntide. In the evening rides, going in pairs, a beau and a belle mounted on the same animal, the latter seated behind the former, with firm, grip holding on to him who had sought her company. Go where you might, you were sure to see, near the parental dwelling, the huge stepping-block, with its convenient and wide notches, well cut in, serving for steps by which to ascend to its even top, as a firm foundation on which for the sprightly girl to stand until the well-kept steed should be brought up, and thence to spring into her seat; and on which, on returning, to alight It is only within the last twenty-five years (written 1856) this once favorite mode of youthful pleasure-riding, gave way to that of companies of two pairs each, in a substantial wagon, and which, in still later days, has been superseded by the most tasteful buggy. On marriage occasions, long processions of wagons or sleighs, filled with the mirthful escort of 'the happy twain made one,' told of the nuptials, wherever they went, the whole company singing by the way. If they did not possess the luxuries of the neighboring city of New York, or indulge in its extravagances, the people did possess and enjoy their home comforts, and were well content.
"In the old churches the number of the first psalm was set with movable figures suspended at the sides of the pulpit. These the clerk properly arranged before service, so that everyone might readily prepare to sing. It was also the clerk's duty to have an hour-glass properly placed near the minister at the commencement of the sermon, and as the last grains of sand left the upper for the lower cavity, it was a reminder that the time had arrived for the conclusion. Some preachers, however, quietly allowed the sand to run out, and then informed their audience, that as they had sat so patiently through the one, they, would proceed with a second. The collections during the service were taken in velvet bags attached to the ends of long poles, with a small alarm bell fastened to the end. When a coin was given the bell rang; if it passed through a pew silently, it showed that nothing had been contributed by the persons in that pew. It required experienced dexterity to handle them well, to avoid the pillars and the bonnets. Previous to 1802 there were no stoves in the churches. The ladies were accustomed to bring their foot-stoves, and to replenish them at a house near by.
“In those days, when the ladies went out to spend the day, or to make an afternoon visit at the parsonage, they carried their spinning wheels and flax with them. Among the old social customs was one to furnish the persons invited to funerals, with tobacco, pipes and liquor -- a custom which was sadly abused. This was happily abandoned about 1815. Funeral sermons do not appear to have been used in this church in olden times." (Authorities: “Early Settlers of King County,” Bergen, Langestraat; “Annals of Classes, etc., of Bergen,” Taylor, pp. 78-90; “Pamphlet of Consistory.”

6. The book “Register in Alphabetical Order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y.; from its first settlement by Europeans to 1700; with contributions to their biographies and genealogies,” by Teunis G. Bergen (New York: S.W. Green's Son, 1881), pp. 181-82:
“Langestraat, Adriaen, bp. Sept. 16, 1677; d. 1728; m. Christina Janse. On ass. roll of Flds of 1693 and cen. of 1698; also owned land in Gd; deacon of Freehold R. D. ch. in 1721, to which place he had removed. In 1723, an Adriaen Langestraet and Christina Janse his w., mem. of Freehold R. D. ch. Issue, all bp. at Marlboro: Christine or Katharine, bp. Nov. 27, 1709, m. Aug. 24, 1741, Wm Williamsen of the Raritan; Jan, bp. Jan. 13, 1712, m. Dec. 17, 1746, Antje Cowenhoven; Dirck of Princeton, b. about 1713, m. about 1749 Margaret Schenck wid. of Wm Cowenhoven; Nelly, b. about 1715; Winnifred, b. about 1718; Maria, b. about 1721, m. Dec. 5, 1742, Dirck Sutphen; Arianche, b. about 1723; and Stoffel, b. about 1726, m. Nov. 28, 1753, Nelly Schenck, as per Rev. G. C. Schenck.
Derick Stoffelsz, emigrated in 1657, m. 1st Catharina Van Lieuwen; m. 2d, prior to Feb. 13, 1690, Johanna Havens wid. of Johannis Holsaert. Mem. of Flds D. ch. in 1677, took the oath of allegiance there in 1687; on ass. roll of said town of 1693 and cen. of 1698. In ante-nuptial agreement with his 2d w. on the Gd rec. of Feb. 13, 1690, reference is made to his s. Stoffel Dircksen. At an early period, as per Rev. G. C. Schenck, he bought land at Shrewsbury, N. J., which he devised by will to his s. Richard. Issue: - Stoffel Dircksen; Claasje Dircksen, b. about 1672, m. Abraham Lott of Ja; Adrian, bp. Sept. 16, 1677; Richard of Shrewsbury, b. about 1680; (sup.) Johannis; and Samuel, (sup.) m. Barbara Antonides. Signed his name “Dirck Stoffels."
(Sup.) Jan or Johannis Dircksen, b. 1629. Appointed Apl. 28, 1666, by the mag. of Flh one of the guardians of Aernout Reynders s. of Reyndert Arensen and Annetien Hermans, said Annetien being dec. and said Aernout having married Annetien Aukens, as per p. 61 of Lib. D of Flh rec. Allowed to follow the occupation of carman by the court in N. A. in 1674, as per p. 494 of Valentine's Manual of 1855. June 8, 1690, he made an affidavit relating to the troubles in N. Y. during Gov. Leisler's administration, as per p. 741 of Vol. III. of Doc. of Col. His.
Stoffel Dircksen of Flds and N. J., m. Mayke Laanen dau. of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt of N. U. Deacon of Flds D. ch. in 1698. Removed to the Neversinks in Monmouth Co., N. J., where his descendants abound. In his will, da. Dec. 1, 1739, pro. Mar. 1, 1741, he calls himself Theophilus, an improper change for Stoffel or Christopher. The will of Mayke his w. is da. Apl. 8, 1752, and pro. Mar. 13, 1753. These wills name as their children, Jonica, Catharine, Mary, Sarah, Maria, Ann, and Gisbert. Issue: - Dirck, bp. Apl. 25, 1696, in Bro, m. Jane or Jonica, probably d. at date of his father's will; Jonica or Jane; Catharine, (sup.) m. Jan Sutphen of N. J.; Mary or Maria, bp. May 6, 1702, m. 1st Wm. Hendricksen of N. J., m. 2d (sup.) Dirck Sutphen; Sarah, b. about 1705; Gisbert, b. about 1707, m. Rachel Schenck, d. 1758; Aurie, bp. Nov. 6, 1710, m. May 6, 1754, Lydia Hull; Stoffel, bp. Dec. 25, 1713, resided at Upper Freehold, m. Dec. 16, 1743, Abagail Wooley, d. 1784; Moica, bp. Mar. 6, 1716, m. (sup.) Johannes Leek; and Ann, b. about 1718. Signed his name “Stoffel Langstrat."
Abbreviations: Bro. = Brooklyn; Flds = Flatlands; N.U. = New Utrecht; D. ch = Dutch Church; N.A. = New Amsterdam; cen = census; Gd = Gravesend; Flh = Flatbush."

7. “A Longstreet Family History,” by Rupert James Longstreet (DeLand, Fla., 1960), available on FHL film 2056005 item 3 or online at :
“STOFFEL DIRCKSEN LANGESTRAET, (Daniel Perrine and His Descendants, by H.D. Perrine), b. ca. 1666, probably in Flatlands, L.I. and moved to Monmouth County, N.J. sometime near 1700. The "American Weekly Mercury" of Feb 14-21, 1726/7 is quoted in the N.J.A. 111:118 to the effect that Theophilus (or Stoffel) Langstraat from "the Shrewsbury in East Jersey" on Saturday, Dec. 31, 1726, "aged near 60 years met with seven swans flying over a meadow and shot down six of these with one shot". The achievement may well be inaccurately reported but it does give us the birthdate for Stoffel Dircksen. Bergen is our authority for the statement that he m. Mayke Laanen, dau. of Gysbrecht Tuysz Lanen Van Pelt of New Amsterdam, and that he was a deacon of the Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church in 1698, and "removed to the Neversinks in Monmouth County, New Jersey, where his descendants abound to this day".
12-1-1739 "in the 13th year of His Majesty King George the Seconds Reign" proved at Perth Amboy, 3-1-1741, executors being his sons Richard, Aury and Theophilus. The will begins with these words:
“In the name of God Amen. I Theophilus Longstreet of the town of Shrewsbury in the county of Monmouth and eastern division of the Province of New Jersey, yeoman, being in good health of body and of sound and dispensing mind and memory, thanks be given to Almighty God for that and all other manifold mercies to me, do in this my time of health ordain and constitute this my last will and testament, in the manner following, that is to say, first and principally I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried ... nothing doubting but at the general resurrection to receive the same again by the mighty power of God...
The will is signed: STOFFEL LANGSTRAAT. (Apparently the one drawing the will for him, used "Theophilus" as equal to "Stoffel".
In the will, Stoffel refers to his "beloved wife Mercy" (Mayke), to eldest son Richard to whom he gave a plantation on the north side of the Manasquan River, to "second son Gilbert", to "third son Aury" to whom he gave a tract "at Raritom", to a fourth son Theophilus, and bequeathed 100 pounds each to his daughters Yonica, Catherine, Mary, Sarah, Moica and Anne.
Stoffel's wife Mayke also wrote a will which has survived, signed by her with her mark, 4-8-1752 and proved 3-13-1753. She named of the sons only Stoophel and Gisbert. Mayke herself is named in her father's will of 11-7-1720 as "wife of Stoffel Langstraat". Her father signed his will as "Gilbert Lane", but his formal Dutch name was Gysbrecht Tuysz Laanen Van Pelt. In (Somerset County Historical Quarterly, 2:115-6) we read that Mayke's father moved to Monmouth County about 1700. He had a ... (Printing error)
It is not possible to establish accurately the dates of birth of the children of Stoffel and Mayke, save for those whose names are entered in the Register of the "Old Brick Church" of Marlboro and which are marked with an asterisk (*) below. The date for the birth of Dirck (Richard) is in the Register of the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn. The presumed order of birth of the children is as follows:
-Dirck (Richard) bp. 4-25-1696 -Jonica -Catherine -Mary bp. 5-6-1702 (Bergen) -Sarah bp. 11-26-1710* -Gisbert bp. 11-26-1710* -Aurie (Awrey, Aaron) bp. 11-26-1710* -Stoffel bp. 12-25-1713* -Moica bp. 5-6-1715* -Ann b. ca. 1718 (Bergen)”

8. “A Longstreet Family History,” by Rupert James Longstreet (DeLand, Fla., 1960), available on FHL film 2056005 item 3 or online at :
“GISBERT (Variously spelled Guysbrecht, Gysbrecht, Guisbert, and finally Gilbert), b. ca. 1707, bp. 11-26-1710 (Old Brick Church), m. Rachel Schenck, dau. of Garret Reolofse and Neeltje Coerten (Van Vorhees) Schenck (The Rev. William Schenck: His Ancestors and His Descendants, By A.D. Schenck, 40). He was a resident of Shrewsbury Tp, in 'Squan, and is probably the Gllllytsbrecht Longstreet who was appointed a Justice in Monmouth County on 6-6-1751, and on 3-16-1756 (New Jersey Archives, 22:242). His will (#2301M), dated 4-20-1755, proved 11-8-1758, refers to his wife Rachel, sons Garret and Gilbert (minors), and to daughters Moyca, Molley, Jane and Rachel. The order of birth is not known:
-Garret -Gisbert -Moyca -Nelle -Jane -Rachel -Elizabeth”

DEATH:
1. Will: NJ Archives, Calendar of Wills 1751-1760; pg. 204-5; made 20 Apr 1755; Inv taken 13 Nov 1758. "1755, Apr 20. Longstreet, Gisbert, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co. Wife, Rachel. Children - Garret, Gisbert (both under age), Moyca, Nelley, Jane and Rachel. Real and personal estate. Executors - James Irons, Sr, Garret Scanck and John Longstreet, Sr. Witnesses - Koert Schenck, Garret Schanck and Nelley Schanck. Codicil of August 31, 1757, provided that a part of the bequest, given to dec'd daughter Jane, alias Onicha, be give to grandson Guisberd Lake, mentions children of dec'd daughter Moica and a daughter Elizabeth. Witnesses - Moses Richards, Thomas Ellison and John Lake. Proved Nov 8, 1758. Lib G, p 4" "1758, Nov 13. Inventory, ₤1265.15.10, incl. bills, bonds, book debts and cash, ₤704.18.4; 320 bush. of Indian corn. ₤32; 3 Dutch books, 10s; others 12s; half a book called "the Confesions," ₤1; two looking glasses, 16s; 2 negroes, ₤100; made by Thomas Ellison, Ebenezer Cook and David Johnston, with James Irons, Jr, as clerk."
 		Langstraet, Gisbert or Gilbert (I3092)
 
2437 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clinch, Sarah (I5142)
 
2438 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.

2. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 ; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch.
"Solomon Clinch (Our Ancestor) (c 10 Jul 1631 - buried 28 Oct 1690) married Frances. He was 23 when the 1664 assessment was taken and did not own a house at that time. His wife, Francis, was buried at St. John the Baptist, Doddington, Kent, on Feb 10 1682 (Age ~ 39 years) [My note: The burial for Frances is incorrect; she acted as a witness on 10 Feb 1682/3 of the burial on 6 Feb 1682/3 of ffrancis, the dau. of Daniel and Mary Clark who was buried "in wool".]
Their Children:
William Clinch, (bur. 31 May 1663, Otterden)
William Clinch, (Our Ancestor) (c 1 May 1664, Otterden - 15 Nov 1644 to 31 Dec 1744, Bicknor)
Edward Clinch (c. 4 Aug 1667, Otterden)
Thomas Clinch (c. 13 Nov 1672, Otterden)"

2. Subject to more research, possibly the same Thomas Clinch who married Rebecca Roper 10 Feb 1715/6 in Doddington. His mother was a witness to a burial there in 1683 (see her notes for details). The negatives are that he would have married at about 44 and none of the recorded children carry familar first names such as Frances, Solomon, etc. On the other hand, he is one of the few of that area of that generation with the name Thomas Clinch.
 		Clinch, Thomas (I3932)
 
2439 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clench, John (I3460)
 
2440 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.

2. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 ; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch.
"Solomon Clinch (Our Ancestor) (c 10 Jul 1631 - buried 28 Oct 1690) married Frances. He was 23 when the 1664 assessment was taken and did not own a house at that time. His wife, Francis, was buried at St. John the Baptist, Doddington, Kent, on Feb 10 1682 (Age ~ 39 years) [My note: The burial for Frances is incorrect; she acted as a witness on 10 Feb 1682/3 of the burial on 6 Feb 1682/3 of ffrancis, the dau. of Daniel and Mary Clark who was buried "in wool".]
Their Children:
William Clinch, (bur. 31 May 1663, Otterden)
William Clinch, (Our Ancestor) (c 1 May 1664, Otterden - 15 Nov 1644 to 31 Dec 1744, Bicknor)
Edward Clinch (c. 4 Aug 1667, Otterden)
Thomas Clinch (c. 13 Nov 1672, Otterden)"
 		Clinch, Edward (I1999)
 
2441 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clinch, Solomon (I1215)
 
2442 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clench, Elizabeth (I1063)
 
2443 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clinch (I912)
 
2444 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.

2. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 ; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch.
"Solomon Clinch (Our Ancestor) (c 10 Jul 1631 - buried 28 Oct 1690) married Frances. He was 23 when the 1664 assessment was taken and did not own a house at that time. His wife, Francis, was buried at St. John the Baptist, Doddington, Kent, on Feb 10 1682 (Age ~ 39 years) [My note: The burial for Frances is incorrect; she acted as a witness on 10 Feb 1682/3 of the burial on 6 Feb 1682/3 of ffrancis, the dau. of Daniel and Mary Clark who was buried "in wool".]
Their Children:
William Clinch, (bur. 31 May 1663, Otterden)
William Clinch, (Our Ancestor) (c 1 May 1664, Otterden - 15 Nov 1644 to 31 Dec 1744, Bicknor)
Edward Clinch (c. 4 Aug 1667, Otterden)
Thomas Clinch (c. 13 Nov 1672, Otterden)"

BURIAL:
1. Website "Burials in Otterden, kent, 1660-6, 1682-1812" found at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/otterden.html accessed 5 Jan 2016: "William Clinch, May 31, 1663, son of Solomon.
 		Clinch, William (I904)
 
2445 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.

2. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 ; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch.
"Edward Clinche, Our Ancestor (c. 19 Jun 1586 - 23 Feb 1647 Otterden) married Elizabeth Piers in Stalisfield, Kent, on 18 Feb 1608. (See page 94 of attached record in Canterbury Online book.)
Edward's will, Dated 23 Feb 1647 states he was a "yeoman, of Otterden" mentions "Elizabeth my lovinge wife," His daughter An Clinche, "Elizabeth Clinche the wife of Edwarde Gourny," "Sons James Clinche, Soloman Clinche, and Simon Clinche," "Sara Clinche the wife of Nicholas [Meusat?]," "Edwarde Clinche my eldest son named as executor," and "
- Bequeaths considerable property in Otterden, Stalisfield, Eastling, and Doddington.
Their children, from Otterden's records:
Elizabeth Clinch, (c. 12 Jul 1614)
Sara Clinch (c. 11 May 1617)
Edward Clinch (c. 28 Nov 1620 - bur. 10 Jan 1665) married Mary. In the Kent Quarter Sessions Q/SB/6/59 for about 1656 is a petition from "George Bradstreete and Edward Clinch, for discharge as constables of Faversham Hundred and nominating substitutes." Kent Quarter Sessions Q/SO/E1/f.15 , 8 Jan 1656 - "Edward Clynch, who has served as a constable within the upper half hundred of Faversham, for a year and a quarter, is discharged and Robert Giles [sic], the elder, of Sheldwich, is appointed and ordered to go to a justice of the peace and take the oath of a constable." The Kent Hearth tax assessment of 1664 has two entries for "Edward Clinch," in Eastling and Norton, both for houses with a single chimney. (Duncan Harrington, KENT HEART TAX ASSESSMENT LADY DAY 1664, p 323) states that of Executor of his father's will in 1647. Their son John was buried on Dec 13 1661 . His will, probated on March 1 1665, names his wife Mary as executrix and mentions children.
James Clinch (c. 8 Feb 1623) married Margaret. He would have been 33 when his children's baptisms start appearing in the Church Book of Smarten [sic: Smarden] Baptists Church: James (Aug 23, 1656), Joseph (Nov 29, 1658), Joshua (Dec 11, 1660), William (Oct 12 1663), Margaret (Jan 16 1665), Dan (Dec 21 1668) and John (Feb 20 1671). Smarten [sic: Smarden] was the first Baptist church in Kent and its' congregation came from 30 of the surrounding parishes. The were a democratic congregation of farmers and artisans who elected officials with a show of hands. Christopher Blackwood, the first minister, declared that civil magistrates had no more right to punish heretics than they did sick people. He fought in Cromwell's army when they fought in Ireland during 1652. There is a good chance that James Clinch went with him. Cromwell lost the Baptists' support when he declared himself Lord Protector in 1654, though Blackwood dissociated himself from the radical sects who were calling him the "old dragon," "Man of Sin" and "vile person." Some of the more radical Baptists expected the second coming of Christ in 1660. Instead, Charles II was crowned king of England. He had no love of religious dissidents. A third of Scotland's ministers were dismissed because they were Presbyterians. (Fitzroy MacLean, "A Concise History of Scotland," 1970, p. 138) In May, Parliament received a bill for the prompt suppression of Baptists and Quakers. People were fined for attending meetings. The Baptist Minister in Maidstone spent the next 20 years in and out of prison. All of the goods belonging to the Minister of Eyhorne Hundred were seized. London's prisons were filled with religious prisoners. Thus it can be taken as a sign of his courage, that James baptized five of his children during these years. The 1664 assessment says he owned a house with 3 chimneys in Hollingherst. I have no record of him after the baptism of his son John in 1671, but he was presumably alive on September 13, 1688 when James the son of James Clinch , was buried at Otterden. The boy would have been 34 and left all of his possessions to his mother Margaret. ((PRC17/77/192).
Ann Clinch (c. 4 Aug 1627)
Solomon Clinch (Our Ancestor) ( c. 10 Jul 1631 - bur. 28 Oct 1690)
Symon Clinch (c. 10 Jul 1631) The Kent Hearth tax assessment of 1664 states that Symon Clynch owned a house with one chimney in Boughton Maleherb (Harrington, p 103)
Further, for James Clinch (4, above) From the National Archives Kew C 6/160/192 , from 1663:
Description:
Short title: Streete v Clinch.
Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Streete widow.
Defendants: James Clinch.
Subject: property in Otterden, Kent.
Document type: bill, answer."

3. Will of Sampson Piers [Pierce] of Stalisfield, Kent 1615.
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," accessed 14 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, image 462 of 743; Will: Peirs, Sampson at Stalisfield, written 1615, proved 1615, referencence PRC/17/57/396, original reference PRC/16/154 P/6.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGP-9BVV?mode=g&i=461&wc=M68K-PP8%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251294201%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Extract:
-Will written 27 January 1615/16
-Sampson Piers of Stalisfield, Kent, yeoman
-poor of Stalisfield
-wife Agnes property until son Gabriel Piers comes to age 21
-eldest son Gabriel to have the lands etc. in parish of Challock
-son Michael Piers property in Uppharde? Kent
-land in Eastry
-land I bought of my brother Robert Giles [brother-in-law?]
-son John Piers
-property in Shadoxhurst, Bekenlden?, Ehcring? and Stalisfield,
-youngest son George Piers under 21
-daughter Ursula Piers
-daughters Elizabeth, Abigail and Anne Piers whom I had by my present wife?
-daughter Joan the wife of James Wise
-married daughters
-nephew Sampson Craft
-executors son Gabriel Piers and my son-in-law Edward Clinch?
-Will proved 23 Feb 1615/16

4. RESEARCH_NOTES:
4. Mentioned in Ursula Pierce's will. "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23180-59874-43?cc=1949814 : accessed 14 January 2016), Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1641, A-Z > image 274 of 410; County Record Office, Maidstone. Wills 1641, A-Z, image 274 of 410; Pierse, Ursula; Otterden, 1640, 1641, PRC/16/234 P/6, 1641:
Will written 6 Jul 1640, Ursula Pierse of Otterden, Kent spinster
-sister Margaret Craftes the wife of Edward Craftes
-sister Joane Barrow the wife of Henry Barrow
-unto my Mother Pierse [step-mother?]
-brothers Gabrael Perse, Michael Pierse, John Pierse,
-sister Elizabeth Down the wife of William Downe
-sister Abigale Weekes wife of John Weekes
-sister Anne Whitfilde the wife of Henery Whitfilde
-godchildren Joseph Pierse, James Clinch, Ursula Craftes and Ursula Wyse
-all of the children of Elizabeth Clinch, my sister, excepting James Clinch
-all the children of my sister Margaret Craftes exceptin Ursula Craftes
-all the children of my sister Joane Barrow exceptin Ursula Wyse
-goddaughters Elizabeth Wyse and Tonsin Downe
-goddaughter Ursula Filmer
-godchildren: Sara Hatch, Annis Amis, Benet Mosse, Elizabeth Moore and William Woodland
-cousin Elizabeth Gurney
-cousin James Clinch my great chest
-brother-in-law Edward Clinche of Otterten[Otterden] as executor
Witnesses Edward Gurney, Gregory Reason, Edward hatch
Proved 25 September 1641.

MARRIAGE:
1. Online book "Canterbury Marriage Licenses," by Joseph Meadows Cowper, p. 94: "Edward Clinch, of Otterden, and Elizabeth Peirs of Stalisfield. At Stalisfield. Feb. 18, 1608."

DEATH:
1. Will of Edward Clinch:
Edward Clinche, Otterden, 1647, 1648, PRC/16/256 C/41648
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23183-45291-70?cc=1949814&wc=M68K-Y3D:250713701,250719201,252018301: accessed 2 August 2015), Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1648, A-Z > images 72 and 73 of 419; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Dated 23 Feb 1647
Edward Clinche, yeoman, of Otterden
- Elizabeth my lovinge wife
- Daughter An Clinche
- Elizabeth Clinche the wife of Edwarde Gourny
- Sons James Clinche, Soloman Clinche, and Simon Clinche
- Sara Clinche the wife of Nicholas [Meusat?]
- Edwarde Clinche my eldest son named as executor
- Bequeaths considerable property in Otterden, Stalisfield, Eastling, and Doddington. Most of the properties have names which I didn't interpret and transcribe.
- Signed his name.
Probated 21 Sep 1648.
 		Clinch, Edward (I898)
 
2446 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Clinch, Margriett (I737)
 
2447 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
Unplaced Individuals
29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.
 		Style, John (I245)
 
2448 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Construction of the Spice Family using Probate and Church Records:
A. Extraction of the Spice family in Thurnham (aka Thornham) Church records, which begin in 1562 to my cut-off of 1700 except for burials which I cut off at 1715; Parish Records (FHL film 1473738, it. 2), Bishop's Transcript (FHL film 1737095, it. 4), and Archdeacon's Transcript (FHL film 1752238, it. 4). The Parish records cover the 1641-1661 gap in the other two records not sent in during the Civil War. The Archdeacon's Transcript starts in 1562 and is missing the following years: 1565-6, 1568-9, 1594-5, 1606-7, 1629-30, 1641-1660. The Bishop's Transcript starts 1611 and is missing 1613-14, 1621-2, 1626-8, 1640-61. The Parish record begins 1631 but has some large almost illegible sections which hinders extracting the Civil War gap. The transcription:
-1 Jan 1564/5, Agnes d of Wyllim Spice, bap.
-1583, Willim Spice as churchwarden
-20 Jun 1585, Margareta d of John Spice, bap., bur. 1 Jul 1585
-18 Sep 1586, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap.
-9 Feb 1588/9, John s of John Spice, bap.
-25 Apr 1591, Edwarde s of John Spice, bap.
-8 Sep 1592, Wyllyam Spise, housholder, bur.
-12 Aug 1593, Arthur s of John Spise, bap.
-22 Feb 1603/4, John Spice, bur.
-25 Oct 1607, Izard Spice an old widow, bur.
-24 Jul 1614, Douratye, d. of John Spice, bap.
-25 May 1618, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap.
-16 Sep 1621, John s of John Spice, bap.
-21 May 1622, Richard Spice and Margarite Amies, mar.
-26 Sep 1623, "A young infant of John Spices dying unbaptized was buried."
-23 Oct 1625, Anne d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 25 Oct 1625 Ann dau. of John Spice.
-11 Mar 1626/7, Margret, d of John Spice, bap. [Note: LDS IGI extracted this wrong as a burial; actual record shows baptism.]
-10 Jan 1629/30, Anne, d of John Spice, bap.
-27 Apr 1633, William Spice, bachelor, 48, bur.
-28 Nov 1637, John Chapman and Elizabeth Spice, mar.
-5 Oct 1645, John Spice and Mary Eagleton, mar. by banns.
-24 May 1646, Edward Spice, brother of Richard, bur. [a lot more to this entry but illegible]
-17 Jan 1648/9, Arthur Spice an ancient bachelor, bur.
-26 Feb 1650, William Spice and Elizabeth Watts botp, mar.
-15 Oct 1650, John Larkin and Margaret Spice, mar.
-23 Oct 1650, Elizabeth wife of John Spice, bur.
-11 May 1651, Richard s of William and Elizabeth Spice, bap.
-26 Dec 1653, Margaret d of William Spice, bap.
-23 Oct 1655, William s of William Spice, bap.
-5 Sep 1662, John Spice an old man, bur.
-6 Nov 1662, Robert Dansy and Anne Spice, mar. by banns.
-3 Jun 1674, Margarett wife of Richard Spice, bur.
-26 Mar 1676, Edward Chambers and Margaret Spice, mar.
-28 Jun 1682, Will Spice, bur.
-6 Nov 1683, George Johnson and Lydia Spice, mar.
-27 Jan 1688/9, Mary, d of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-31 Dec 1690, William, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-23 Mar 1691/2, John Spice, an ancient man, bur.
-19 Mar 1692/3, John, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-29 Dec 1695, Edmund, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-3 Jan 1702/3, John Spice bur.
-7 Jan 1702/3, Nicholas, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-21 Jun 1706, Mary Spice widow, bur.
-28 Oct 1710, Mary Spice widow, bur.
B. Probates:
1592: WILLIAM SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice/Spise, William, Thurnham, 1592, 1592, PRC/17/49/178, PRC/16/100 S/10
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1592, A-Z > image 329 of 468; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RPM-QCN?mode=g&i=328&owc=M68J-WTL%3A250713701%3Fcc%3D1949814&wc=M68K-GZ9%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251242601%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-Wyllyam Spise of Thorneham.
-Will dated 14 Sep 1592.
-To be buried in the Thornham churchyard.
-Isodore my wife
-Daughter Joan to receive a legacy. [IGI: Joan married Edward Scoones at Chart Sutton 5 Nov 1584 and was buried 26 Sep 1598 at the same place.]
-Godson [grandson] Willm Spice to receive legacy. [The son of his son John.]
-Godson [grandson] Thomas Scovne [Scoones] to receive legacy. [Son of his dau. Joan.]
-Son John Spice named as executor and to receive property in Thurnham as well as a place called Christmill in Thornham. Legacies to Isodore and Joan from this property.
-Witnesses: Anthony Braston and John Crompe
-Proved 21 Oct 1592.
1604: JOHN SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, John, Thurnham, 1603, 1604, PRC/17/53/121, PRC/16/125 S/6
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1604, A-Z > image 239 of 294; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGV-RNC?mode=g&i=238&wc=M68K-PWG%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251260001%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-John Spice of Thornham, Yeoman, to be buried in the Thornham churchyard.
-Will dated 15 Feb 1603[/4]
-Daughter Elizabeth, legacy to be upon marriage or reaching age 21.
-Wife Joane Spice named as executor. Joane to receive all property until her death at which time everything to be equally divided between all the sons.
-Izard Spice my mother to have the use of a room in the present dwelling of Richard Winter.
-Sons Willm Spice, John Spice, Edward Spice, Arthur Spice, Richard Spice. All are under the age of 21.
-Overseers: Brother-in-law George Roper of Bearsted and Henry Coulter "thelder" yeoman of Thurnham. [George is his wife Joan Roper's brother.]
-Signed with the mark of X. Witnesses Tho. Gaye, Richard Winter, and Henry Coulter.
-Probated 29 Apr 1604
1607: IZARD SPICE, widow:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, Izard widow, Thurnham, 1607, 1607, PRC/17/54/123, PRC/16/131 S/4
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1607, A-Z > image 301 of 367; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGM-D89?mode=g&i=300&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-P6D%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251267501%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription: [Izard is shown as Isodore in her husband's will and as Izard in her son John's will.]
-Izard Spice widow of William Spice of Thornham
-Will dated 20 Oct 1607
-To be buried in the churchyard of Thornham.
-Appoints William Spice, the son of John Spice, as executor. [John is her son who predeceased her in 1604.]
-To Elizabeth Spice, the sister of the aforenamed William.
-To John Spice their brother
-To Edward Spice, Authuor Spice, and Richard Spice [Grandsons through John her son.]
-To Mary Scoones, the daughter of Edward Scoones [Edward is her son-in-law who married her daughter Jone who was deceased at this time.]
-To Thomas Scoones, John Scoones, and Edward Scoones [Children of the deceased Joan (Spice) Scoones.]
-To Edward Scoones their father [Son-in-law]
-To Sarah Winter and Goodwife Winter
-To Goodwife Gorham, wife of Arthur Gorham
-To my sister Bills [Note: No "Bills" found in Thurnham Church records for this period or earlier; but there is a John and Elizabeth Billes having children bap. starting in 1643.]
-To "my daughter Spice" [Not sure who this would be; the two known daughters, Agnes and Joan, are deceased by this time -- perhaps a daughter-in-law?]
-To my maid Annis
-To Alice the widow of one Newman of Maidstone
-To my maid Mare
-To widow Newman again
-To "her [widow Newman's] sister Judith"
-To "Jone another sister" [of widow Newman]
-To "Rebeccah Smith another sister" [of widow Newman]
-To An Bills, my sister's daughter
-To Jone Allen a widow & my goddaughter Nixmony?
-To my godson Steven Gorham
-To Goodman Winter
-More to "good: Gorham"
-Signed with a mark
-Witnesses: Richard Winter, John Apines?, John Crompe
-Will proved 6 Nov 1607
1675: RICHARD SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, Richard, Thurnham, 1664, 1675, PRC/17/73/410b, PRC/16/294 S/9
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1675, A-Z > image 299 of 358; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRG5-94G6?mode=g&i=298&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-12S%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251397901%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription: [Note: Richard in his will does not mention any siblings or children; apparently, he had no children and from the church records we know his siblings pre-deceased him -- only his wife survived him. The kinsmen and godson in his will are apparently nephews, nieces, etc.]
-Richard Spice of Thornham
-Will dated 10 May 1664
-Wife Margaret to receive everything which also includes three messuages in Thornham. Upon her death, everything to go to "William Spice my kindsman of Boxle [Boxley] in the foresaid countie [Kent]" who shall pay from the same the following legacies to "my kindsman Christopher Spice of Boughton Cor. [Boughton Monchelsea?]," "Alce Joanes & Elizabeth Norington, the sisters of John Coulter of Loye," "Thomas Danier of Ottam [Otham]," my kindsman William Spice of Hallingbourne [Hollingbourne]" who is to receive a house in Thurnham currently occupied by Edward Gorham, "my kindsman John Spice of Bersted [Bearsted]" who is to receive a house and property in Bearsted. [Unsure of how the three Spice kinsmen -- William, Christopher, and William -- are related; possibly the latter William could be his brother who had a son Richard in Hollingbourne.]
-"My aforesaid kindsman William Spice of Boxle [Boxley]" appointed as executor.
-20 shillings a piece to be given to all the children of "John Chappiman" of Thurnham.
-5 pounds to "my kindswoman the wife of Dance" [His niece Anne, wife of Robert Dancy, and daughter of his brother John.]
-5 pounds to "my godson the son of John Larken." [Son of his brother John's daughter Margaret who married John L
-Signed by Richard Spice
-Witnesses: John Tritton juner, Deborah Miller, Stephen Miller.
-Will proved 13 Nov 1675
1682: WILLIAM SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, William, Thurnham, 1682, 1682, PRC/17/76/80, PRC/16/308 S/15
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1682, A-Z > image 297 of 349; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGR-4DG?i=296&wc=M68K-1Z9%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251402301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-William Spice of Thurnham
-Will dated 13 Jun 1682
-Wife Elizabeth to receive a parcel of land called "the Tyle Kilne ffield" in Thurnham. Other parcells as well including the workmen and servants. Upon her death, these to go to his son John Spice.
-Sons Richard and John Spice named as coexecutors; they to receive the messuage and dwelling William now lives in.
-Daughter Margaret now the wife of Edward Chambers to receive his messuage, tenements, and property in Hollingbourne.
-Daughters Lydea Spice, Elizabeth Spice, Mary Spice
-Signed with the mark "W"
-Witnesses: Daniel Cloke, Elizabeth Yorke, Chr. Fullagers
-Will proved 2 Aug 1682
1692: JOHN SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, John, Thurnham, 1689, 1692, PRC/17/78/107, PRC/16/326 S/10
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1692, A-Z > image 272 of 299; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGR-368?i=271&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-BNL%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251409301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-John Spies of Thornham
-Will dated 10 Feb 1689
-Bequeaths to "my kinsman Richard Spice, son of my brother William Spice of the Parish of Hollingbourne" his barns and four parcels of ten acres. If Richard Spice dies without heirs, the property to go to Richard's brother John Spice. They are obligated to make payments to the testator's widow for her life.
-Bequeaths to "my kinsman Richard Spies son of John Spies" a house in the parish of Bearsted. [Unknown relationship.]
-Bequeaths to "my sister Ann the wife of Robertt Dancey" four pounds.
-Bequeaths to "my brothers and sisters children" 3 pounds whom he names:
-Ann the wife of William Hawes [Unknown relationship.]
-Elisabeth the wife of William Wedd [Unknown relationship.]
-Elisabeth and Ann Dancey [Daughters of his sister Anne.]
-Children of William Chapman: Auther and Robertt Chapman; "Ann, Sarah, Margritt there maiden sirnames Chapman." [William Chapman is a clerical error for John Chapman who married Elizabeth Spice and named his children in his 1671 probate as Arthur, Robert, William, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Margaret -- his wife is not mentioned in the probate.]
-Children of John Larkin of "dutling" [Detling?]: John, Elisabeth, and Susanna. [Children of his sister Margaret.]
-Children of Elisabeth the wife of John Gilbert [Unknown relationship.]
-Bequeaths to Alce Touner widow 10 shillings
-Appoints Richard Spice of Hollingbourne, son of his brother William, as executor.
C. Family Groupings based on extracted church records and Kent probates:
A. Family Group: William and Izard/Isodore Spice as parents. Willim Spice as churchwarden in 1583. Wyllyam Spise, housholder, bur. 8 Sep 1592; probate dated 1592. Izard Spice an old widow, bur. 25 Oct 1607:
-1 Jan 1564/5, Agnes d of Wyllim Spice, bap. [Not named in father's 1592 probate.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Joan. [Named in father's will. IGI: Joan married Edward Scoones at Chart Sutton 5 Nov 1584 and was buried 26 Sep 1598 at the same place; Will of Edward Scoone at Chart Sutton, 1615, PRC/17/61/429 (no Spice family mentioned). Scoones children mentioned in both grandparents William and Izard Spices' 1592 and 1607 wills.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], John. (Named in father's will; John is father of Group B.)
B. Family Group: John Spice and Joan Roper as parents [John is a son in Group A]. John Spice, bur. 22 Feb 1603/4. [John has probate dated 1604 in which he names his wife Joane and other family. IGI: John Spice and Joan Roper found in Bearsted 8 Nov 1579.]:
-6 Oct 1583 [in Bearsted per B. Church record]; bur. 27 Apr 1633, "Wm. Spice a bachelor of about 48 years of age dyed at Bersted [Bearsted] and was buried there besides his ancestors." [This calculates to a birth of abt 1585. There is one Spice christening in the Bearsted Kent Family Society CD transcriptions (only baptisms starting in 1563 on the CD): 6 Oct 1583 -- Willm s of John Spyce. This places him then as a son in this family. Mentioned in grandparents William and Izard Spices' 1592 and 1607 wills.]
-20 Jun 1585, Margareta d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 1 Jul 1585
-18 Sep 1586, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-9 Feb 1588/9, John s of John Spice, bap. [father of Group C.] [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-25 Apr 1591, Edwarde s of John Spice, bap. (24 May 1646, Edward Spice, brother of Richard, bur. [a lot more to this entry but illegible, but it seems similar to Wm. Spice his brother above].) [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-12 Aug 1593, Arthur s of John Spice, bap. (17 Jan 1648/9, Arthur Spice an ancient bachelor, bur.) [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Richard. (Richard Spice and Margarite Amies, mar. 21 May 1622. Margarett wife of Richard Spice, bur. 3 Jun 1674.) [Notes: (1) The above Edward's burial record notes Edward as the brother of Richard. (2) Richard in his will proved 1675 does not mention any siblings or children; apparently, he had no children and the church records show that all of his siblings pre-deceased him -- only his wife survived him. The kinsmen and godson in his will are apparently nephews, nieces, etc. (3) Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
C. Family Group: John Spice [son in Group B] bap. 9 Feb 1588/9; John Spice "an old man," bur. 5 Sep 1662; Elizabeth wife of John Spice, bur. 23 Oct 1650. [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]:
-24 Jul 1614, Douratye, d. of John Spice, bap.
-[Unknown unrecorded date], William Spice. (Will Spice bur. 28 Jun 1682.) [Father of Group D.] [Estimated birth date of abt. 1616, but no record found in Thurnham. His brother John's 1692 will identifies him William as his brother and also names both of William's living sons Richard and John.]
-25 May 1618, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. (John Chapman and Elizabeth Spice, mar. 28 Nov 1637. Probably John Chapman, s of Roberte, bap 12 Mar 1608/9.)
-16 Sep 1621, John s of John Spice, bap. (John Spice and Mary Eagleton, mar. by banns, 5 Oct 1645; John Spice, an ancient man, bur. 23 Mar 1691/2.) [John has probate dated 1692.]
-26 Sep 1623, "A young infant of John Spices dying unbaptized was buried."
-23 Oct 1625, Anne d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 25 Oct 1625 Ann dau. of John Spice.
-11 Mar 1626/7, Margret, d of John Spice, bap. (John Larkin and Margaret Spice, mar. 15 Oct 1650. Probably John Larkin, s of Henry, bap. 15 Apr 1627.)
-10 Jan 1629/30, Anne, d of John Spice, bap. (6 Nov 1662, Robert Dansy [Dancy] and Anne Spice, mar. by banns.) [Mentioned in her uncle Richard Spice's 1664 will; her daughters Elizabeth and Anne mentioned in her uncle John Spice's 1692 probate.]
D. Family Group: William Spice and Elizabeth Watts botp, mar. 26 Feb 1650. Will Spice bur. 28 Jun 1682. [William has a probate dated 1682. The probate of John Spice of 1692 proves that they are brothers thereby making William a son in Group C as is John.]:
-11 May 1651, Richard s of William and Elizabeth Spice, bap. [His uncle John's 1692 will indicates Richard is residing in Hollingbourne.]
-26 Dec 1653, Margaret d of William Spice, bap. (26 Mar 1676, Edward Chambers and Margaret Spice, mar.)
-23 Oct 1655, William s of William Spice, bap. [Not named in his father's 1682 probate.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], John. [Named in his father's 1682 will; probable father of Group E.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Elizabeth. [Named in his father's 1682 will.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Lydia. (George Johnson and Lydia Spice, mar. 6 Nov 1683) [Named in his father's 1682 will.]
E. Family Group: John and Mary ___ Spice (John Spice bur. 3 Jan 1702/3. Mary Spice widow, bur. 21 Jun 1706 or 28 Oct 1710 -- two "widow Mary" Spices bur. but not sure which date is for this one and who the other widow Mary may be.) [Probable son in Group D.]:
-27 Jan 1688/9, Mary, d of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-31 Dec 1690, William, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-19 Mar 1692/3, John, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-29 Dec 1695, Edmund, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-7 Jan 1702/3, Nicholas, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.; bur. 3 Jun 1704, Nicholas s of Mary Spice.

BURIAL:
1. Will of Edward Scoone of Chart Sutton, England, 1615, blacksmith:
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGP-9BH5
Citation: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23183-52464-58?cc=1949814 : accessed 5 February 2016), Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1615, A-Z > image 579 of 743; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will, Scoone, Edward, Chart Sutton, 1615, 1615, PRC/17/61/429, PRC/16/154 S/16
-Will written 30 July 1615
-Edward Scoone of Charte next Sutton Valence, Kent, blacksmith
-son Thomas property in Chart Sutton and Langley
-sons John and Edward
-daughter Marie
-son Thomas sole executor
-Will proved 15 August 1615
 		Scoones, Edward (I5188)
 
2449 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Construction of the Spice Family using Probate and Church Records:
A. Extraction of the Spice family in Thurnham (aka Thornham) Church records, which begin in 1562 to my cut-off of 1700 except for burials which I cut off at 1715; Parish Records (FHL film 1473738, it. 2), Bishop's Transcript (FHL film 1737095, it. 4), and Archdeacon's Transcript (FHL film 1752238, it. 4). The Parish records cover the 1641-1661 gap in the other two records not sent in during the Civil War. The Archdeacon's Transcript starts in 1562 and is missing the following years: 1565-6, 1568-9, 1594-5, 1606-7, 1629-30, 1641-1660. The Bishop's Transcript starts 1611 and is missing 1613-14, 1621-2, 1626-8, 1640-61. The Parish record begins 1631 but has some large almost illegible sections which hinders extracting the Civil War gap. The transcription:
-1 Jan 1564/5, Agnes d of Wyllim Spice, bap.
-1583, Willim Spice as churchwarden
-20 Jun 1585, Margareta d of John Spice, bap., bur. 1 Jul 1585
-18 Sep 1586, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap.
-9 Feb 1588/9, John s of John Spice, bap.
-25 Apr 1591, Edwarde s of John Spice, bap.
-8 Sep 1592, Wyllyam Spise, housholder, bur.
-12 Aug 1593, Arthur s of John Spise, bap.
-22 Feb 1603/4, John Spice, bur.
-25 Oct 1607, Izard Spice an old widow, bur.
-24 Jul 1614, Douratye, d. of John Spice, bap.
-25 May 1618, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap.
-16 Sep 1621, John s of John Spice, bap.
-21 May 1622, Richard Spice and Margarite Amies, mar.
-26 Sep 1623, "A young infant of John Spices dying unbaptized was buried."
-23 Oct 1625, Anne d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 25 Oct 1625 Ann dau. of John Spice.
-11 Mar 1626/7, Margret, d of John Spice, bap. [Note: LDS IGI extracted this wrong as a burial; actual record shows baptism.]
-10 Jan 1629/30, Anne, d of John Spice, bap.
-27 Apr 1633, William Spice, bachelor, 48, bur.
-28 Nov 1637, John Chapman and Elizabeth Spice, mar.
-5 Oct 1645, John Spice and Mary Eagleton, mar. by banns.
-24 May 1646, Edward Spice, brother of Richard, bur. [a lot more to this entry but illegible]
-17 Jan 1648/9, Arthur Spice an ancient bachelor, bur.
-26 Feb 1650, William Spice and Elizabeth Watts botp, mar.
-15 Oct 1650, John Larkin and Margaret Spice, mar.
-23 Oct 1650, Elizabeth wife of John Spice, bur.
-11 May 1651, Richard s of William and Elizabeth Spice, bap.
-26 Dec 1653, Margaret d of William Spice, bap.
-23 Oct 1655, William s of William Spice, bap.
-5 Sep 1662, John Spice an old man, bur.
-6 Nov 1662, Robert Dansy and Anne Spice, mar. by banns.
-3 Jun 1674, Margarett wife of Richard Spice, bur.
-26 Mar 1676, Edward Chambers and Margaret Spice, mar.
-28 Jun 1682, Will Spice, bur.
-6 Nov 1683, George Johnson and Lydia Spice, mar.
-27 Jan 1688/9, Mary, d of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-31 Dec 1690, William, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-23 Mar 1691/2, John Spice, an ancient man, bur.
-19 Mar 1692/3, John, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-29 Dec 1695, Edmund, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-3 Jan 1702/3, John Spice bur.
-7 Jan 1702/3, Nicholas, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-21 Jun 1706, Mary Spice widow, bur.
-28 Oct 1710, Mary Spice widow, bur.
B. Probates:
1592: WILLIAM SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice/Spise, William, Thurnham, 1592, 1592, PRC/17/49/178, PRC/16/100 S/10
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1592, A-Z > image 329 of 468; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RPM-QCN?mode=g&i=328&owc=M68J-WTL%3A250713701%3Fcc%3D1949814&wc=M68K-GZ9%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251242601%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-Wyllyam Spise of Thorneham.
-Will dated 14 Sep 1592.
-To be buried in the Thornham churchyard.
-Isodore my wife
-Daughter Joan to receive a legacy. [IGI: Joan married Edward Scoones at Chart Sutton 5 Nov 1584 and was buried 26 Sep 1598 at the same place.]
-Godson [grandson] Willm Spice to receive legacy. [The son of his son John.]
-Godson [grandson] Thomas Scovne [Scoones] to receive legacy. [Son of his dau. Joan.]
-Son John Spice named as executor and to receive property in Thurnham as well as a place called Christmill in Thornham. Legacies to Isodore and Joan from this property.
-Witnesses: Anthony Braston and John Crompe
-Proved 21 Oct 1592.
1604: JOHN SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, John, Thurnham, 1603, 1604, PRC/17/53/121, PRC/16/125 S/6
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1604, A-Z > image 239 of 294; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGV-RNC?mode=g&i=238&wc=M68K-PWG%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251260001%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-John Spice of Thornham, Yeoman, to be buried in the Thornham churchyard.
-Will dated 15 Feb 1603[/4]
-Daughter Elizabeth, legacy to be upon marriage or reaching age 21.
-Wife Joane Spice named as executor. Joane to receive all property until her death at which time everything to be equally divided between all the sons.
-Izard Spice my mother to have the use of a room in the present dwelling of Richard Winter.
-Sons Willm Spice, John Spice, Edward Spice, Arthur Spice, Richard Spice. All are under the age of 21.
-Overseers: Brother-in-law George Roper of Bearsted and Henry Coulter "thelder" yeoman of Thurnham. [George is his wife Joan Roper's brother.]
-Signed with the mark of X. Witnesses Tho. Gaye, Richard Winter, and Henry Coulter.
-Probated 29 Apr 1604
1607: IZARD SPICE, widow:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, Izard widow, Thurnham, 1607, 1607, PRC/17/54/123, PRC/16/131 S/4
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1607, A-Z > image 301 of 367; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGM-D89?mode=g&i=300&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-P6D%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251267501%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription: [Izard is shown as Isodore in her husband's will and as Izard in her son John's will.]
-Izard Spice widow of William Spice of Thornham
-Will dated 20 Oct 1607
-To be buried in the churchyard of Thornham.
-Appoints William Spice, the son of John Spice, as executor. [John is her son who predeceased her in 1604.]
-To Elizabeth Spice, the sister of the aforenamed William.
-To John Spice their brother
-To Edward Spice, Authuor Spice, and Richard Spice [Grandsons through John her son.]
-To Mary Scoones, the daughter of Edward Scoones [Edward is her son-in-law who married her daughter Jone who was deceased at this time.]
-To Thomas Scoones, John Scoones, and Edward Scoones [Children of the deceased Joan (Spice) Scoones.]
-To Edward Scoones their father [Son-in-law]
-To Sarah Winter and Goodwife Winter
-To Goodwife Gorham, wife of Arthur Gorham
-To my sister Bills [Note: No "Bills" found in Thurnham Church records for this period or earlier; but there is a John and Elizabeth Billes having children bap. starting in 1643.]
-To "my daughter Spice" [Not sure who this would be; the two known daughters, Agnes and Joan, are deceased by this time -- perhaps a daughter-in-law?]
-To my maid Annis
-To Alice the widow of one Newman of Maidstone
-To my maid Mare
-To widow Newman again
-To "her [widow Newman's] sister Judith"
-To "Jone another sister" [of widow Newman]
-To "Rebeccah Smith another sister" [of widow Newman]
-To An Bills, my sister's daughter
-To Jone Allen a widow & my goddaughter Nixmony?
-To my godson Steven Gorham
-To Goodman Winter
-More to "good: Gorham"
-Signed with a mark
-Witnesses: Richard Winter, John Apines?, John Crompe
-Will proved 6 Nov 1607
1675: RICHARD SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, Richard, Thurnham, 1664, 1675, PRC/17/73/410b, PRC/16/294 S/9
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1675, A-Z > image 299 of 358; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRG5-94G6?mode=g&i=298&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-12S%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251397901%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription: [Note: Richard in his will does not mention any siblings or children; apparently, he had no children and from the church records we know his siblings pre-deceased him -- only his wife survived him. The kinsmen and godson in his will are apparently nephews, nieces, etc.]
-Richard Spice of Thornham
-Will dated 10 May 1664
-Wife Margaret to receive everything which also includes three messuages in Thornham. Upon her death, everything to go to "William Spice my kindsman of Boxle [Boxley] in the foresaid countie [Kent]" who shall pay from the same the following legacies to "my kindsman Christopher Spice of Boughton Cor. [Boughton Monchelsea?]," "Alce Joanes & Elizabeth Norington, the sisters of John Coulter of Loye," "Thomas Danier of Ottam [Otham]," my kindsman William Spice of Hallingbourne [Hollingbourne]" who is to receive a house in Thurnham currently occupied by Edward Gorham, "my kindsman John Spice of Bersted [Bearsted]" who is to receive a house and property in Bearsted. [Unsure of how the three Spice kinsmen -- William, Christopher, and William -- are related; possibly the latter William could be his brother who had a son Richard in Hollingbourne.]
-"My aforesaid kindsman William Spice of Boxle [Boxley]" appointed as executor.
-20 shillings a piece to be given to all the children of "John Chappiman" of Thurnham.
-5 pounds to "my kindswoman the wife of Dance" [His niece Anne, wife of Robert Dancy, and daughter of his brother John.]
-5 pounds to "my godson the son of John Larken." [Son of his brother John's daughter Margaret who married John L
-Signed by Richard Spice
-Witnesses: John Tritton juner, Deborah Miller, Stephen Miller.
-Will proved 13 Nov 1675
1682: WILLIAM SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, William, Thurnham, 1682, 1682, PRC/17/76/80, PRC/16/308 S/15
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1682, A-Z > image 297 of 349; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGR-4DG?i=296&wc=M68K-1Z9%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251402301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-William Spice of Thurnham
-Will dated 13 Jun 1682
-Wife Elizabeth to receive a parcel of land called "the Tyle Kilne ffield" in Thurnham. Other parcells as well including the workmen and servants. Upon her death, these to go to his son John Spice.
-Sons Richard and John Spice named as coexecutors; they to receive the messuage and dwelling William now lives in.
-Daughter Margaret now the wife of Edward Chambers to receive his messuage, tenements, and property in Hollingbourne.
-Daughters Lydea Spice, Elizabeth Spice, Mary Spice
-Signed with the mark "W"
-Witnesses: Daniel Cloke, Elizabeth Yorke, Chr. Fullagers
-Will proved 2 Aug 1682
1692: JOHN SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, John, Thurnham, 1689, 1692, PRC/17/78/107, PRC/16/326 S/10
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1692, A-Z > image 272 of 299; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGR-368?i=271&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-BNL%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251409301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-John Spies of Thornham
-Will dated 10 Feb 1689
-Bequeaths to "my kinsman Richard Spice, son of my brother William Spice of the Parish of Hollingbourne" his barns and four parcels of ten acres. If Richard Spice dies without heirs, the property to go to Richard's brother John Spice. They are obligated to make payments to the testator's widow for her life.
-Bequeaths to "my kinsman Richard Spies son of John Spies" a house in the parish of Bearsted. [Unknown relationship.]
-Bequeaths to "my sister Ann the wife of Robertt Dancey" four pounds.
-Bequeaths to "my brothers and sisters children" 3 pounds whom he names:
-Ann the wife of William Hawes [Unknown relationship.]
-Elisabeth the wife of William Wedd [Unknown relationship.]
-Elisabeth and Ann Dancey [Daughters of his sister Anne.]
-Children of William Chapman: Auther and Robertt Chapman; "Ann, Sarah, Margritt there maiden sirnames Chapman." [William Chapman is a clerical error for John Chapman who married Elizabeth Spice and named his children in his 1671 probate as Arthur, Robert, William, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Margaret -- his wife is not mentioned in the probate.]
-Children of John Larkin of "dutling" [Detling?]: John, Elisabeth, and Susanna. [Children of his sister Margaret.]
-Children of Elisabeth the wife of John Gilbert [Unknown relationship.]
-Bequeaths to Alce Touner widow 10 shillings
-Appoints Richard Spice of Hollingbourne, son of his brother William, as executor.
C. Family Groupings based on extracted church records and Kent probates:
A. Family Group: William and Izard/Isodore Spice as parents. Willim Spice as churchwarden in 1583. Wyllyam Spise, housholder, bur. 8 Sep 1592; probate dated 1592. Izard Spice an old widow, bur. 25 Oct 1607:
-1 Jan 1564/5, Agnes d of Wyllim Spice, bap. [Not named in father's 1592 probate.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Joan. [Named in father's will. IGI: Joan married Edward Scoones at Chart Sutton 5 Nov 1584 and was buried 26 Sep 1598 at the same place; Will of Edward Scoone at Chart Sutton, 1615, PRC/17/61/429 (no Spice family mentioned). Scoones children mentioned in both grandparents William and Izard Spices' 1592 and 1607 wills.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], John. (Named in father's will; John is father of Group B.)
B. Family Group: John Spice and Joan Roper as parents [John is a son in Group A]. John Spice, bur. 22 Feb 1603/4. [John has probate dated 1604 in which he names his wife Joane and other family. IGI: John Spice and Joan Roper found in Bearsted 8 Nov 1579.]:
-6 Oct 1583 [in Bearsted per B. Church record]; bur. 27 Apr 1633, "Wm. Spice a bachelor of about 48 years of age dyed at Bersted [Bearsted] and was buried there besides his ancestors." [This calculates to a birth of abt 1585. There is one Spice christening in the Bearsted Kent Family Society CD transcriptions (only baptisms starting in 1563 on the CD): 6 Oct 1583 -- Willm s of John Spyce. This places him then as a son in this family. Mentioned in grandparents William and Izard Spices' 1592 and 1607 wills.]
-20 Jun 1585, Margareta d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 1 Jul 1585
-18 Sep 1586, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-9 Feb 1588/9, John s of John Spice, bap. [father of Group C.] [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-25 Apr 1591, Edwarde s of John Spice, bap. (24 May 1646, Edward Spice, brother of Richard, bur. [a lot more to this entry but illegible, but it seems similar to Wm. Spice his brother above].) [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-12 Aug 1593, Arthur s of John Spice, bap. (17 Jan 1648/9, Arthur Spice an ancient bachelor, bur.) [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Richard. (Richard Spice and Margarite Amies, mar. 21 May 1622. Margarett wife of Richard Spice, bur. 3 Jun 1674.) [Notes: (1) The above Edward's burial record notes Edward as the brother of Richard. (2) Richard in his will proved 1675 does not mention any siblings or children; apparently, he had no children and the church records show that all of his siblings pre-deceased him -- only his wife survived him. The kinsmen and godson in his will are apparently nephews, nieces, etc. (3) Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
C. Family Group: John Spice [son in Group B] bap. 9 Feb 1588/9; John Spice "an old man," bur. 5 Sep 1662; Elizabeth wife of John Spice, bur. 23 Oct 1650. [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]:
-24 Jul 1614, Douratye, d. of John Spice, bap.
-[Unknown unrecorded date], William Spice. (Will Spice bur. 28 Jun 1682.) [Father of Group D.] [Estimated birth date of abt. 1616, but no record found in Thurnham. His brother John's 1692 will identifies him William as his brother and also names both of William's living sons Richard and John.]
-25 May 1618, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. (John Chapman and Elizabeth Spice, mar. 28 Nov 1637. Probably John Chapman, s of Roberte, bap 12 Mar 1608/9.)
-16 Sep 1621, John s of John Spice, bap. (John Spice and Mary Eagleton, mar. by banns, 5 Oct 1645; John Spice, an ancient man, bur. 23 Mar 1691/2.) [John has probate dated 1692.]
-26 Sep 1623, "A young infant of John Spices dying unbaptized was buried."
-23 Oct 1625, Anne d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 25 Oct 1625 Ann dau. of John Spice.
-11 Mar 1626/7, Margret, d of John Spice, bap. (John Larkin and Margaret Spice, mar. 15 Oct 1650. Probably John Larkin, s of Henry, bap. 15 Apr 1627.)
-10 Jan 1629/30, Anne, d of John Spice, bap. (6 Nov 1662, Robert Dansy [Dancy] and Anne Spice, mar. by banns.) [Mentioned in her uncle Richard Spice's 1664 will; her daughters Elizabeth and Anne mentioned in her uncle John Spice's 1692 probate.]
D. Family Group: William Spice and Elizabeth Watts botp, mar. 26 Feb 1650. Will Spice bur. 28 Jun 1682. [William has a probate dated 1682. The probate of John Spice of 1692 proves that they are brothers thereby making William a son in Group C as is John.]:
-11 May 1651, Richard s of William and Elizabeth Spice, bap. [His uncle John's 1692 will indicates Richard is residing in Hollingbourne.]
-26 Dec 1653, Margaret d of William Spice, bap. (26 Mar 1676, Edward Chambers and Margaret Spice, mar.)
-23 Oct 1655, William s of William Spice, bap. [Not named in his father's 1682 probate.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], John. [Named in his father's 1682 will; probable father of Group E.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Elizabeth. [Named in his father's 1682 will.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Lydia. (George Johnson and Lydia Spice, mar. 6 Nov 1683) [Named in his father's 1682 will.]
E. Family Group: John and Mary ___ Spice (John Spice bur. 3 Jan 1702/3. Mary Spice widow, bur. 21 Jun 1706 or 28 Oct 1710 -- two "widow Mary" Spices bur. but not sure which date is for this one and who the other widow Mary may be.) [Probable son in Group D.]:
-27 Jan 1688/9, Mary, d of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-31 Dec 1690, William, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-19 Mar 1692/3, John, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-29 Dec 1695, Edmund, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-7 Jan 1702/3, Nicholas, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.; bur. 3 Jun 1704, Nicholas s of Mary Spice.
 		Spice, Joan (I5187)
 
2450 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Construction of the Spice Family using Probate and Church Records:
A. Extraction of the Spice family in Thurnham (aka Thornham) Church records, which begin in 1562 to my cut-off of 1700 except for burials which I cut off at 1715; Parish Records (FHL film 1473738, it. 2), Bishop's Transcript (FHL film 1737095, it. 4), and Archdeacon's Transcript (FHL film 1752238, it. 4). The Parish records cover the 1641-1661 gap in the other two records not sent in during the Civil War. The Archdeacon's Transcript starts in 1562 and is missing the following years: 1565-6, 1568-9, 1594-5, 1606-7, 1629-30, 1641-1660. The Bishop's Transcript starts 1611 and is missing 1613-14, 1621-2, 1626-8, 1640-61. The Parish record begins 1631 but has some large almost illegible sections which hinders extracting the Civil War gap. The transcription:
-1 Jan 1564/5, Agnes d of Wyllim Spice, bap.
-1583, Willim Spice as churchwarden
-20 Jun 1585, Margareta d of John Spice, bap., bur. 1 Jul 1585
-18 Sep 1586, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap.
-9 Feb 1588/9, John s of John Spice, bap.
-25 Apr 1591, Edwarde s of John Spice, bap.
-8 Sep 1592, Wyllyam Spise, housholder, bur.
-12 Aug 1593, Arthur s of John Spise, bap.
-22 Feb 1603/4, John Spice, bur.
-25 Oct 1607, Izard Spice an old widow, bur.
-24 Jul 1614, Douratye, d. of John Spice, bap.
-25 May 1618, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap.
-16 Sep 1621, John s of John Spice, bap.
-21 May 1622, Richard Spice and Margarite Amies, mar.
-26 Sep 1623, "A young infant of John Spices dying unbaptized was buried."
-23 Oct 1625, Anne d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 25 Oct 1625 Ann dau. of John Spice.
-11 Mar 1626/7, Margret, d of John Spice, bap. [Note: LDS IGI extracted this wrong as a burial; actual record shows baptism.]
-10 Jan 1629/30, Anne, d of John Spice, bap.
-27 Apr 1633, William Spice, bachelor, 48, bur.
-28 Nov 1637, John Chapman and Elizabeth Spice, mar.
-5 Oct 1645, John Spice and Mary Eagleton, mar. by banns.
-24 May 1646, Edward Spice, brother of Richard, bur. [a lot more to this entry but illegible]
-17 Jan 1648/9, Arthur Spice an ancient bachelor, bur.
-26 Feb 1650, William Spice and Elizabeth Watts botp, mar.
-15 Oct 1650, John Larkin and Margaret Spice, mar.
-23 Oct 1650, Elizabeth wife of John Spice, bur.
-11 May 1651, Richard s of William and Elizabeth Spice, bap.
-26 Dec 1653, Margaret d of William Spice, bap.
-23 Oct 1655, William s of William Spice, bap.
-5 Sep 1662, John Spice an old man, bur.
-6 Nov 1662, Robert Dansy and Anne Spice, mar. by banns.
-3 Jun 1674, Margarett wife of Richard Spice, bur.
-26 Mar 1676, Edward Chambers and Margaret Spice, mar.
-28 Jun 1682, Will Spice, bur.
-6 Nov 1683, George Johnson and Lydia Spice, mar.
-27 Jan 1688/9, Mary, d of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-31 Dec 1690, William, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-23 Mar 1691/2, John Spice, an ancient man, bur.
-19 Mar 1692/3, John, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-29 Dec 1695, Edmund, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-3 Jan 1702/3, John Spice bur.
-7 Jan 1702/3, Nicholas, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-21 Jun 1706, Mary Spice widow, bur.
-28 Oct 1710, Mary Spice widow, bur.
B. Probates:
1592: WILLIAM SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice/Spise, William, Thurnham, 1592, 1592, PRC/17/49/178, PRC/16/100 S/10
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1592, A-Z > image 329 of 468; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RPM-QCN?mode=g&i=328&owc=M68J-WTL%3A250713701%3Fcc%3D1949814&wc=M68K-GZ9%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251242601%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-Wyllyam Spise of Thorneham.
-Will dated 14 Sep 1592.
-To be buried in the Thornham churchyard.
-Isodore my wife
-Daughter Joan to receive a legacy. [IGI: Joan married Edward Scoones at Chart Sutton 5 Nov 1584 and was buried 26 Sep 1598 at the same place.]
-Godson [grandson] Willm Spice to receive legacy. [The son of his son John.]
-Godson [grandson] Thomas Scovne [Scoones] to receive legacy. [Son of his dau. Joan.]
-Son John Spice named as executor and to receive property in Thurnham as well as a place called Christmill in Thornham. Legacies to Isodore and Joan from this property.
-Witnesses: Anthony Braston and John Crompe
-Proved 21 Oct 1592.
1604: JOHN SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, John, Thurnham, 1603, 1604, PRC/17/53/121, PRC/16/125 S/6
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1604, A-Z > image 239 of 294; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGV-RNC?mode=g&i=238&wc=M68K-PWG%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251260001%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-John Spice of Thornham, Yeoman, to be buried in the Thornham churchyard.
-Will dated 15 Feb 1603[/4]
-Daughter Elizabeth, legacy to be upon marriage or reaching age 21.
-Wife Joane Spice named as executor. Joane to receive all property until her death at which time everything to be equally divided between all the sons.
-Izard Spice my mother to have the use of a room in the present dwelling of Richard Winter.
-Sons Willm Spice, John Spice, Edward Spice, Arthur Spice, Richard Spice. All are under the age of 21.
-Overseers: Brother-in-law George Roper of Bearsted and Henry Coulter "thelder" yeoman of Thurnham. [George is his wife Joan Roper's brother.]
-Signed with the mark of X. Witnesses Tho. Gaye, Richard Winter, and Henry Coulter.
-Probated 29 Apr 1604
1607: IZARD SPICE, widow:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, Izard widow, Thurnham, 1607, 1607, PRC/17/54/123, PRC/16/131 S/4
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1607, A-Z > image 301 of 367; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGM-D89?mode=g&i=300&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-P6D%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251267501%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription: [Izard is shown as Isodore in her husband's will and as Izard in her son John's will.]
-Izard Spice widow of William Spice of Thornham
-Will dated 20 Oct 1607
-To be buried in the churchyard of Thornham.
-Appoints William Spice, the son of John Spice, as executor. [John is her son who predeceased her in 1604.]
-To Elizabeth Spice, the sister of the aforenamed William.
-To John Spice their brother
-To Edward Spice, Authuor Spice, and Richard Spice [Grandsons through John her son.]
-To Mary Scoones, the daughter of Edward Scoones [Edward is her son-in-law who married her daughter Jone who was deceased at this time.]
-To Thomas Scoones, John Scoones, and Edward Scoones [Children of the deceased Joan (Spice) Scoones.]
-To Edward Scoones their father [Son-in-law]
-To Sarah Winter and Goodwife Winter
-To Goodwife Gorham, wife of Arthur Gorham
-To my sister Bills [Note: No "Bills" found in Thurnham Church records for this period or earlier; but there is a John and Elizabeth Billes having children bap. starting in 1643.]
-To "my daughter Spice" [Not sure who this would be; the two known daughters, Agnes and Joan, are deceased by this time -- perhaps a daughter-in-law?]
-To my maid Annis
-To Alice the widow of one Newman of Maidstone
-To my maid Mare
-To widow Newman again
-To "her [widow Newman's] sister Judith"
-To "Jone another sister" [of widow Newman]
-To "Rebeccah Smith another sister" [of widow Newman]
-To An Bills, my sister's daughter
-To Jone Allen a widow & my goddaughter Nixmony?
-To my godson Steven Gorham
-To Goodman Winter
-More to "good: Gorham"
-Signed with a mark
-Witnesses: Richard Winter, John Apines?, John Crompe
-Will proved 6 Nov 1607
1675: RICHARD SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, Richard, Thurnham, 1664, 1675, PRC/17/73/410b, PRC/16/294 S/9
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1675, A-Z > image 299 of 358; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRG5-94G6?mode=g&i=298&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-12S%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251397901%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription: [Note: Richard in his will does not mention any siblings or children; apparently, he had no children and from the church records we know his siblings pre-deceased him -- only his wife survived him. The kinsmen and godson in his will are apparently nephews, nieces, etc.]
-Richard Spice of Thornham
-Will dated 10 May 1664
-Wife Margaret to receive everything which also includes three messuages in Thornham. Upon her death, everything to go to "William Spice my kindsman of Boxle [Boxley] in the foresaid countie [Kent]" who shall pay from the same the following legacies to "my kindsman Christopher Spice of Boughton Cor. [Boughton Monchelsea?]," "Alce Joanes & Elizabeth Norington, the sisters of John Coulter of Loye," "Thomas Danier of Ottam [Otham]," my kindsman William Spice of Hallingbourne [Hollingbourne]" who is to receive a house in Thurnham currently occupied by Edward Gorham, "my kindsman John Spice of Bersted [Bearsted]" who is to receive a house and property in Bearsted. [Unsure of how the three Spice kinsmen -- William, Christopher, and William -- are related; possibly the latter William could be his brother who had a son Richard in Hollingbourne.]
-"My aforesaid kindsman William Spice of Boxle [Boxley]" appointed as executor.
-20 shillings a piece to be given to all the children of "John Chappiman" of Thurnham.
-5 pounds to "my kindswoman the wife of Dance" [His niece Anne, wife of Robert Dancy, and daughter of his brother John.]
-5 pounds to "my godson the son of John Larken." [Son of his brother John's daughter Margaret who married John L
-Signed by Richard Spice
-Witnesses: John Tritton juner, Deborah Miller, Stephen Miller.
-Will proved 13 Nov 1675
1682: WILLIAM SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, William, Thurnham, 1682, 1682, PRC/17/76/80, PRC/16/308 S/15
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1682, A-Z > image 297 of 349; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGR-4DG?i=296&wc=M68K-1Z9%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251402301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-William Spice of Thurnham
-Will dated 13 Jun 1682
-Wife Elizabeth to receive a parcel of land called "the Tyle Kilne ffield" in Thurnham. Other parcells as well including the workmen and servants. Upon her death, these to go to his son John Spice.
-Sons Richard and John Spice named as coexecutors; they to receive the messuage and dwelling William now lives in.
-Daughter Margaret now the wife of Edward Chambers to receive his messuage, tenements, and property in Hollingbourne.
-Daughters Lydea Spice, Elizabeth Spice, Mary Spice
-Signed with the mark "W"
-Witnesses: Daniel Cloke, Elizabeth Yorke, Chr. Fullagers
-Will proved 2 Aug 1682
1692: JOHN SPICE:
Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, John, Thurnham, 1689, 1692, PRC/17/78/107, PRC/16/326 S/10
Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1692, A-Z > image 272 of 299; County Record Office, Maidstone.
Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGR-368?i=271&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-BNL%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251409301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
Transcription:
-John Spies of Thornham
-Will dated 10 Feb 1689
-Bequeaths to "my kinsman Richard Spice, son of my brother William Spice of the Parish of Hollingbourne" his barns and four parcels of ten acres. If Richard Spice dies without heirs, the property to go to Richard's brother John Spice. They are obligated to make payments to the testator's widow for her life.
-Bequeaths to "my kinsman Richard Spies son of John Spies" a house in the parish of Bearsted. [Unknown relationship.]
-Bequeaths to "my sister Ann the wife of Robertt Dancey" four pounds.
-Bequeaths to "my brothers and sisters children" 3 pounds whom he names:
-Ann the wife of William Hawes [Unknown relationship.]
-Elisabeth the wife of William Wedd [Unknown relationship.]
-Elisabeth and Ann Dancey [Daughters of his sister Anne.]
-Children of William Chapman: Auther and Robertt Chapman; "Ann, Sarah, Margritt there maiden sirnames Chapman." [William Chapman is a clerical error for John Chapman who married Elizabeth Spice and named his children in his 1671 probate as Arthur, Robert, William, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Margaret -- his wife is not mentioned in the probate.]
-Children of John Larkin of "dutling" [Detling?]: John, Elisabeth, and Susanna. [Children of his sister Margaret.]
-Children of Elisabeth the wife of John Gilbert [Unknown relationship.]
-Bequeaths to Alce Touner widow 10 shillings
-Appoints Richard Spice of Hollingbourne, son of his brother William, as executor.
C. Family Groupings based on extracted church records and Kent probates:
A. Family Group: William and Izard/Isodore Spice as parents. Willim Spice as churchwarden in 1583. Wyllyam Spise, housholder, bur. 8 Sep 1592; probate dated 1592. Izard Spice an old widow, bur. 25 Oct 1607:
-1 Jan 1564/5, Agnes d of Wyllim Spice, bap. [Not named in father's 1592 probate.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Joan. [Named in father's will. IGI: Joan married Edward Scoones at Chart Sutton 5 Nov 1584 and was buried 26 Sep 1598 at the same place; Will of Edward Scoone at Chart Sutton, 1615, PRC/17/61/429 (no Spice family mentioned). Scoones children mentioned in both grandparents William and Izard Spices' 1592 and 1607 wills.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], John. (Named in father's will; John is father of Group B.)
B. Family Group: John Spice and Joan Roper as parents [John is a son in Group A]. John Spice, bur. 22 Feb 1603/4. [John has probate dated 1604 in which he names his wife Joane and other family. IGI: John Spice and Joan Roper found in Bearsted 8 Nov 1579.]:
-6 Oct 1583 [in Bearsted per B. Church record]; bur. 27 Apr 1633, "Wm. Spice a bachelor of about 48 years of age dyed at Bersted [Bearsted] and was buried there besides his ancestors." [This calculates to a birth of abt 1585. There is one Spice christening in the Bearsted Kent Family Society CD transcriptions (only baptisms starting in 1563 on the CD): 6 Oct 1583 -- Willm s of John Spyce. This places him then as a son in this family. Mentioned in grandparents William and Izard Spices' 1592 and 1607 wills.]
-20 Jun 1585, Margareta d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 1 Jul 1585
-18 Sep 1586, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-9 Feb 1588/9, John s of John Spice, bap. [father of Group C.] [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-25 Apr 1591, Edwarde s of John Spice, bap. (24 May 1646, Edward Spice, brother of Richard, bur. [a lot more to this entry but illegible, but it seems similar to Wm. Spice his brother above].) [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-12 Aug 1593, Arthur s of John Spice, bap. (17 Jan 1648/9, Arthur Spice an ancient bachelor, bur.) [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Richard. (Richard Spice and Margarite Amies, mar. 21 May 1622. Margarett wife of Richard Spice, bur. 3 Jun 1674.) [Notes: (1) The above Edward's burial record notes Edward as the brother of Richard. (2) Richard in his will proved 1675 does not mention any siblings or children; apparently, he had no children and the church records show that all of his siblings pre-deceased him -- only his wife survived him. The kinsmen and godson in his will are apparently nephews, nieces, etc. (3) Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]
C. Family Group: John Spice [son in Group B] bap. 9 Feb 1588/9; John Spice "an old man," bur. 5 Sep 1662; Elizabeth wife of John Spice, bur. 23 Oct 1650. [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]:
-24 Jul 1614, Douratye, d. of John Spice, bap.
-[Unknown unrecorded date], William Spice. (Will Spice bur. 28 Jun 1682.) [Father of Group D.] [Estimated birth date of abt. 1616, but no record found in Thurnham. His brother John's 1692 will identifies him William as his brother and also names both of William's living sons Richard and John.]
-25 May 1618, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. (John Chapman and Elizabeth Spice, mar. 28 Nov 1637. Probably John Chapman, s of Roberte, bap 12 Mar 1608/9.)
-16 Sep 1621, John s of John Spice, bap. (John Spice and Mary Eagleton, mar. by banns, 5 Oct 1645; John Spice, an ancient man, bur. 23 Mar 1691/2.) [John has probate dated 1692.]
-26 Sep 1623, "A young infant of John Spices dying unbaptized was buried."
-23 Oct 1625, Anne d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 25 Oct 1625 Ann dau. of John Spice.
-11 Mar 1626/7, Margret, d of John Spice, bap. (John Larkin and Margaret Spice, mar. 15 Oct 1650. Probably John Larkin, s of Henry, bap. 15 Apr 1627.)
-10 Jan 1629/30, Anne, d of John Spice, bap. (6 Nov 1662, Robert Dansy [Dancy] and Anne Spice, mar. by banns.) [Mentioned in her uncle Richard Spice's 1664 will; her daughters Elizabeth and Anne mentioned in her uncle John Spice's 1692 probate.]
D. Family Group: William Spice and Elizabeth Watts botp, mar. 26 Feb 1650. Will Spice bur. 28 Jun 1682. [William has a probate dated 1682. The probate of John Spice of 1692 proves that they are brothers thereby making William a son in Group C as is John.]:
-11 May 1651, Richard s of William and Elizabeth Spice, bap. [His uncle John's 1692 will indicates Richard is residing in Hollingbourne.]
-26 Dec 1653, Margaret d of William Spice, bap. (26 Mar 1676, Edward Chambers and Margaret Spice, mar.)
-23 Oct 1655, William s of William Spice, bap. [Not named in his father's 1682 probate.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], John. [Named in his father's 1682 will; probable father of Group E.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Elizabeth. [Named in his father's 1682 will.]
-[Unknown unrecorded date], Lydia. (George Johnson and Lydia Spice, mar. 6 Nov 1683) [Named in his father's 1682 will.]
E. Family Group: John and Mary ___ Spice (John Spice bur. 3 Jan 1702/3. Mary Spice widow, bur. 21 Jun 1706 or 28 Oct 1710 -- two "widow Mary" Spices bur. but not sure which date is for this one and who the other widow Mary may be.) [Probable son in Group D.]:
-27 Jan 1688/9, Mary, d of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-31 Dec 1690, William, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-19 Mar 1692/3, John, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-29 Dec 1695, Edmund, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.
-7 Jan 1702/3, Nicholas, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.; bur. 3 Jun 1704, Nicholas s of Mary Spice.
 		Spice, Agnes (I5186)
 

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