Middlesex County MA Archives History - Books .....Early Settlers Of Sudbury, Mass 1638 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Leslie Sears http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006250 February 3, 2015, 12:43 am Book Title: History Of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1889 By Alfred Sereno Hudson History of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1889 by Alfred Sereno Hudson. p.26 The Early Grantees - Settlers of Sudbury Plantation about 1638 or 1639: Mr. William Pelham John Parmenter, Senior Mr. Edmund Browne Edmond Rice Mr. Peter Noyse Henry Rice Bryan Pendleton Wyddow Buffumthyte Walter Haine Henry Curtis John Haine John Stone John Blandford John Parmenter, Jun. Hugh Griffyn John Rutter Edmond Goodnowe John Toll Robert Beast Henry Loker Thomas Noyse John Wood Thomas Browne John Loker Robert Darnill Widow Wright William Browne John Bent Thomas Goodnow Nathaniel Treadaway John Freeman Robert Hunt Solomon Johnson Widow Hunt William Ward John Maynard Richard Newton Joseph Tainter John Howe Robert Fordum or Fordham George Munnings Thomas Joslyn or Jslen. Anthony Whyte Richard Sanger Andrew Belcher Richard Bildcome John Goodnowe Robert Davis John Reddock Henry Prentiss Thomas Whyte William Kerly John Knight Thomas Hoyte William Parker Thomas Flyn The following names of persons who were at the settlement after it began: Thomas Axdell John Moore Thomas Read Thomas Bisbig p.27 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. Thomas Plympton John Waterman Hugh Drury Goodman Witherell Philemon Whale John George William How Thomas King John Smith Peter King Thomas Buckmaster Jonas or James Pendleton John Grout John Woodward Thomas Cakebread Shadrach Hapgood John Redit Edward Wright Of the Sudbury settlers who once lived at Watertown, Mass., we have the following names: Robert Betts (Beast) Thomas Cakebread Henry Curtis Robert Daniel (Darnell) John Grout Solomon Johnson John Knight George Munnings William Parker Bryan Pendleton Richard Sanger Joseph Tainter Anthony White Goodman John Wetherell Nathaniel Treadaway John Stone. Some of these men were prominent and valuable citizens of Watertown. Bryan Pendleton was one of its early Selectmen. Nathaniel Treadaway and John Stone were sons-in-law of Elder Edward How. Robert Bett had a share in the Great Dividend Allotment and the Beaver Brook "plow lands." Of those who came direct from England, we have on a single ship's list of passengers the names of some of the most prominent persons in the Sudbury Plantation, namely: "The list of the names of the Passengers Intended for New England in the good shipp the Confidence of London of CC. tonnes, John Jobson, Master. And thus by vertue of the Lord Treasurer's Warrant of the 6th of April, 1638. Southampton, 24, Aprill 1638: "Walter Hayne of Sutton, Mandsfield in the County of Wilts: Linen Weaver 55. Elizabeth Hayne, his wife. Their sonnes under 16 yeares of age: Thomas Hayne Josias Hayne Their daughters: Sufferance Hayne Mary Hayne p.28 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. Their servants: John Blanford age 27 John Riddett 26 Rich Bildcombe 16 Peter Noyce of Penton in the County of Southampton, yeoman Age 47. Thomas Noyce, his son Age 15. Elizabeth Noyce, his daughter ___ His Servants: Robert Davis 30. John Rutter 22. Margarett Davis 26. Nicholas Guy - Upton Gray, County of Southampton, Capenter 50. Jane Guy, his wife Mary Guy, his daughter His Servants: John Taynter Robert Bayley John Bent of Penton in the County of Southampton, husbandman 35. Martha Bent, his wife. Their children, all under ye age of 12 years: Robert Bent Peter Bent John Bent Ann Bent John Goodenowe of Semley, Welsheir - husbandman 42. Jane Goodenowe, his wife. Their daughters: Lydia Goodenowe Jane Goodenowe. Edmund Goodenowe of Dunhead in Whisheire - husbandman 27. Anne Goodenowe, his wife. Their sonnes 4 years and under: John Goodenowe Thomas Goodenow. Their Servant: Richard Sanger, his servant. p.29 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. Thomas Goodenow of Shasbury Age 30. Jane Goodenow, his wife. Thomas Goodenow, his sonne. Ursula Goodenow, his sister. Edmond Kerley of Ashmore 22. William Kerley, husbandman" It is not certain that the young men mentioned in this ship's list as "servants," or "hired men," ever came in that capacity. John Rutter was by trade, a carpenter; Richard Sanger was a blacksmith; one had a family when he came; two others were afterward sons-in-law of the persons in whose employ they ostensibly came; and all of them took their place among the substantial men of the settlement. It was a tradition among the descendants of John Rutter, without their having a knowledge that this ship's list was in existence, that their ancestor came to this country disguised as a servant. The state of the times and the strictness of English laws at that period, with regard to ships and emigrants coming to America, might be a reason why some might come in disguise. If this was so in the case of one, it might have been so with regard to the rest. In connection with the names of the settlers, it is appropriate to state something of their character. In attempting this, perhaps we can do no better than to say that they fitly represented the noble element that came to New England shores at that period. They wer Puritans both in theory and practice; and afar from the conveniences and luxuries of their native land, sought in a new country a home remote from ecclesiastical and political strife. They embarked for America at a time when England was in an unsettled condition and when ship after ship was bringing to these shores some of her purest and stanchest citizens. As we pass along, we shall see that they were a practical people, and possessed of energy equal to the emergencies incident to pioneer life; and that they began the settlement as men who could forecast what a substantial and prosperous community would require. The whole trend of their conduct is indicative p.30 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. of self-reliance, though recognizing all proper authority. What the common weal required they took hold of with zest; and in their ad- herence to what they thought suitable, they showed a perseverance truly commendable. Their proceedings in town-meeting, and the manner in which the records were kept, indicate that the education of a part of them at least was good for the times; and the measures enacted for the common convenience and welfare show common sense and sagacity. As a religious people, they in no way lacked what we ascribe to the historic Puritan. Although compelled by circumstances to economize all their resources, and to make the most of time, talents and strength to meet the demands of every day life, yet they found time to serve their Creator, and praise and adore Him in their forest home. Their Christianity manifested itself in their stead-fast adherence to the Christian faith, in their reliance on God, and their love for His holy law. Industry was a prominent characteristic. From the minister down to the humblest citizen, each had a share in the manual work of the settlement. Though the mini-ster's salary was in part paid in produce, yet he was assigned lands and attend-ed to husbandry. Another characteristic trait of the settlers seems to have been their desire for territorial enlargement and possession, and for the pioneering of new places. To such an extent did this spirit prevail in Sudbury and its neighboring town, Concord - that the following law was passed by the Court in 1645: "In regard of the great danger that Concord, Sudbury and Dedham will be exposed unto, being inland townes and but thinly peopled, it is ordered that no man now inhabiting and settled in any of the said townes (whether married or single) shall remove to any other Town without the allowance of the Magistrates or the Selectmen of the towns, until they shall obtain leave to settle again." The settlers of Sudbury were young men, or in the prime of manhood: they were not patriarchs near the close of their pilgrimage. Even those with whom, be-cause of their prominence, we most associate dignity and gravity, were com- p.31 paratively young men when the settlemnt began. By the passenger-list of the ship "Confidence" it will be noticed that only Walter Haine had reached the age of 55 and John Rutter was only 22; Robert Davis, 30; John Blandford, 27; John Redett, 26; Peter Noyes, 47; John Bent 35; John Goodenow, 42; Edmund Goodenow, 27; Thomas Goodenow, 30. These ages are doubtless correct, as we have in 1666, a deposition made by one of them, Edmund Goodenow, in which he alleges that he is about fifty-five years old. Rev. Edmund Browne was in about the prime of life when he came to the plantation; and Edmund Rice was about thirty-four. In fact, we find in an old petition presented at the close of Philip's war in 1676, from a dozen to a score or more of the names that may have belonged to the early grantees. Probably from a quarter to a half century passed before there was a generation of old men in Sudbury. Having noticed thus much of the character of the Sud-bury settlers collectively, we will give a few facts concerning them individu-ally. These facts will serve the purpose not so much of genealogy, as an intro-duction of these ancient worthies, with whom the history of our town is so closely connected. WILLIAM PELHAM. William Pelham came to this country in the fleet with John Winthrop, and may have been a brother of Herbert and John Pelham. James Savage, Savage Dictionary: states that William Pelham lost the passage with the "Governor's son, Henry Winthrop, by going ashore at Cowes from the ship "Arbella" and trusting in fortune for another ship." It is recorded in the Colonial Records, 1645, that "Mr. William Pelham being recommended to this Court by ye town of Sudbury for the Captaine, and Edmund Goodnow as the Ensign, were both accept-ed and confirmed in their places by this Court." In 1645-6, he was Selectman and Representative in 1647. He returned to England, and was there in 1652. EDMUND BROWNE. (see chapter on the First Minister, Meeting-house, etc, and period 1675- 1700.) PETER NOYES. Peter Noyes came from England in the ship, "Confidence" 1638. He is called "yeoman" in the Ship's Passenger List, but is repeatedly mentioned in the records of this p.32 country as "gentleman;" and the term, "Mr." is often applied. After a short stay in America, he returned to England, but came back the next year in the Ship, "Jonathan," with, it is supposed, other children, viz., Nicholas Noyes, Dorothy Noyes, Abigail Noyes and Peter Noyes; also the servants, John Waterman, Richard Barnes and William Street. Mr. Noyes was a freeman May 13, 1640, a Selectman eighteen years and represented the town at the General Court in 1640, 1641, and 1650. He died September 23, 1657. Three years before his death he gave his estate in England to his son, Thomas Noyes. The day before his death he made his Will in which he made his son Thomas his executor, and named the following other children: Peter, Joseph, Elizabeth who was the wife of Josiah Haynes, Dorothy the wife of John Haynes, Abigail, the wife of Thomas Plympton, his daughter-in-law, Mary the wife of his son Thomas Noyes and his kinsman, Shadrach Hapgood. The Noyeses have lived in various parts of this town. The mill on the west side was built by them. (see period 1650-1675) Prominent members of the family are buried in the Old Burying Ground, Wayland, Mass. BRYAN PENDLETON Brian Pendleton came from England in 1634 and became a freeman September 3, 1634. He came to Sudbury from Watertown, where he was a grantee of ten lots of land, which he sold when he left the place. He was one of the prominent petitioners for a plantation at Sudbury, and his name is on the town records as one of the foremost business men of the place. He was early appointed to lead the "train band," and was one of the early Selectmen. A hill in the centre of the town still bears the name of "Pendleton Hill." Mr. Pendleton did not live long in Sudbury but returned to Watertown which place he repre- sented in the Colonial Court for several years. About 1642 he moved to Portsmouth, of which he was Representative some years, and from thence to Saco, Maine. At the close of the Indian War of 1676, he returned to Portsmouth, where he died in 1681, leaving a Will which was made August 9, 1677 and probated August 5, 1681. WALTER HAYNES. Walter Haynes (Hayne or Haine) came to America from England on the ship, "Confidence," in 1638. p.33 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. He was a freeman May 13, 1641. He represented the town in the General Court in the years 1641, 1644, 1648 and 1651, and was a Selectman ten years. Mr. Haynes was probably one of the first grantees to erect a house on the west side of the river, which house was probably the "Haynes Garrison." He died February 14, 1665. In his Will, Thomas is mentioned as being away from home, and Sufferance as being the wife of Josiah Treadway and Mary as the wife of Thomas Noyes. One piece of property disposed of in his Will was a tenement in Shaston, Dorsetshire, England. The Haynes family has been well known and quite numerous in Sudbury. Members of it have lived in various parts of the town, and held prominent offices, both civil and military. Captain Aaron Haynes commanded a Sudbury company that marched to Concord on the memorable 19th of April, 1775, and participated in the stirring events of that day. Deacon Josiah Haynes was slain in that contest at the age of eighty years and Joshua Haynes was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. One of the descendants of Capt. Israel Haynes, represented the town in the Legislature at the session when Charles Sumner was first elected United States Senator. A descendant now living in town is Honorable C. F. Gerry, who has served both in the House of Representatives and the Senate of Massachusetts, and whose wife is a great-grandaughter of Judge Foster, the first representative in Congress from New Hampshire, and was a well-known authoress. John Haynes, son of Walter Haynes, came with his father in 1638 in the ship, Confidence, at the age of sixteen. We hear of him in 1658 with other Sudbury parties, in possession of lands in the territory of Worcester, Mass. JOHN BLANDFORD. John Blandford came from England in the ship, "Confidence" in 1638 at the age of twenty-seven. He came in the employ of Walter Haynes, and, it is supposed, brought with him Mary, his first wife, who died Dec. 4, 1641. He married (2) Dorothy Wright. He had at least four children, all born in this country: Sarah, Hannah, John and Steven. He made a Will, dated Oct. 21, 1687, p.34 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. probated November 23, following. His widow received all of the estate for her life. HUGH GRIFFIN. (or, Griffing) was a freeman in 1645, and held the office of the Town Clerk of Sudbury. The Colony Records state that in 1645, Hugh Griffin was "appointed clerk of the writs in place of Walter Haynes." He married Elizabeth Upson, a widow, who had one daughter by a former marriage. He died 1656, and left a Will in which are mentioned as his children: Jonathan, Abigail (born Nov 16, 1640), Sarah, born Nov 20, 1642, Shemuel, born Jan 9, 1643 and also Hannah, daughter of his wife by her former marriage. Amond his descendants was Rev. Edward Dorr Griffin, D.D., who was a professor of Sacred Rhetoric at Andover, a pastor of the Park Street Church, Boston, and the third president of Williams College. Dr. Griffin was born at East Haddam, Conn., in 1670; grad. at Yale College in 1790. EDMUND GOODNOWE (Goodnow, Goodinow, Goodenow) came in the ship Confidence in 1638. The house-lot assigned to him was on the north street, the third east of the meeting-house, and adjacent to that of John Haynes. He was an early inhabitant on the west side, and probably built the "Goodnow Garrison." He was a freeman May 13, 1640. He repeatedly represented the town at the General Court, was appointed to lay out land and was a Captain of the town militia. He died April 6, 1688, aged seventy-seven. His wife, Ann, died March 9, 1675, aged sixty-seven. Edmund Goodnow and wife were buried in the Old Burying Ground, Wayland, Mass. Mr. Haynes brought with him to America his children, John and Thomas. Hannah and Sarah were born afterwards. Thomas, it is supposed died young. Hannah married James Pendleton, April 29, 1656. Sarah married John Kettle. The Goodnow family has had a prominent position in the town from an early date. It has largely dwelt on the west side of the river, and to quite an extent in the south part of the town. One of the descendants was John Goodnow, the donor of the Goodnow Library, who was for many years a well-known merchant in Boston; as was p.35 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. also George Goodnow, who gave a fund for the aid of the poor in Sudbury. Their father, John Goodnow, lived to be over a hundred years old, and was the last survivor in Sudbury of those who did service in the Revolutionary War. He was born on the Noah Clapp farm, about half way between Sudbury Centre and South Sudbury, from which he went in early life to lands in Lanham, formerly owned and occupied by Thomas Read and his descendants. ROBERT BETTS. (Best or Beast) came to Sudbury from Watertown, where he owned lands. He died at Sudbury in 1655, bequeathing his estate to his brother-in-law, William Hunt and other relatives. THOMAS NOYES. (see sketch of Peter Noyes.) THOMAS BROWNE. Thomas Browne was at Concord in 1638 and was perhaps a brother of Rev. Edmund and William Browne. He was a freeman March 14, 1639. His wife's name was Bridget, who died January 5, 1681 - he had several children. It is supposed he removed to Cambridge. He died November 3, 1688. ROBERT DARNEL. (Darniel or Darvell) came to Watertown where he was a grantee of five house- lots. He died in 1655. WILLIAM BROWN. Bond, in his history of Watertown, has been thought to be of the lineage of Christopher Brown of Hawkedon, of the Parish of Bury St. Edmunds, County of Suffolk, England; but no evidence of it has been discovered. Probably William, Thomas and Edmund Brown were relatives, if not brothers, and all perhaps arrived at Sudbury at or about the same time. William Brown was assigned a house-lot on the south street of the settlement, the fourth east of the first meeting-house, adjoining that of Edmund Goodnow. He eventually settled near Nobscot, on a tract of land of two hundred acres, which was granted him by the General Court in answer to a petition presented by him in 1649 (Colonial Records, Vol III, p. 155.) He was a freeman June 2, 1641 and became a prominent man at the plantation and at one time Captain of the militia. He was the first deacon of the church at Sudbury, and a Representative under the new Charter in 1692. About 1643 he "was chosen and sworne surveyor of the armes of Sudbury." p.36 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. He was married November 15, 1641 to Mary, daughter of Thomas Berbeck (or Bisby) He had seven children: Mary, Thomas, William, Edmund, Hopestill, Susanna and Elizabeth. His son Thomas, born May 22, 1645, known as Major Thomas Brown, was a man of considerable prominence, because of his public position and services. He married in 1667, Patience Foster, who died August 1706, aged fifty-two years. He married (2) Mary Phipps of Cambridge, widow of Solomon Phipps, Jr., and the daughter of Deputy Governor, Thomas Danforth. His daughter Mary married Jan. 8, 1691, Jonathan Willard of Roxbury. Major Brown was a man much engaged in town business, a Representative for successive years, and commanded a company of horse in the Indian war. In 1701, he was allowed by the General Court compen-sation for a horse lost in pursuit of the Indians in 1697. He died May 7, 1709, and the following note concerning him in the diary of Judge Sewall: "Major Thomas Brown, Esq., of Sudbury, was buried in the Old Burying-place." We con-sider it quite probable that the "Old Brown Garrison" in Sudbury was built by Major Brown. Hopestill, another son, married for his first wife, Abigail Haynes and for his second wife, Dorothy, the widow of Rev. Samuel Paris of Salem witchcraft notoriety. The original William Brown homestead at Sudbury was probably at, or not far from, the spot where the house now occupied by Hubbard Brown formerly stood, which was by a large buttonwood tree on the hillside, a short distance to the westward of its present location. A short distance southerly, at or near the edge of the plain, is still visible - the site of another building. Either of these may be the spot where William Brown erected the first house on his grant of two hundred acres at Nobscot. The Brown family has been numerous in Sudbury, living for the most part on the west side of the river. Members of the family never ceased to dwell, and occupy land, in the neighborhood of Nobscot. In the old homestead located there, the three brothers, John, Israel How and Edward, were born; and on the ancestral estate Everett and Hubbard, p.37 HISTORY OF SUDBURY two sons of Edward still live. A third son is Dr. Frank Brown of Reading, a graduate of Amherst College, and surgeon in the Union Army in the Civil War. THOMAS GOODNOW. Thomas Goodnow was a brother of John and Edmund Goodnow, and became a freeman in 1643. He was twice married and had seven children by his first wife, Jane. In his Will, bearing date, 1664, he mentions his brother Edmund and John Ruddocke. He was a petitioner for the Marlboro Plantation, and moved there at its settlement. In 1661, 1662 and 1664 he was one of the Selectmen. At least two of his children were born in Sudbury - Thomas and Mary who was born Aug. 25, 1640. The house of his son, Samuel Goodnow, who was born in 1646, was one of the Marlboro garrison houses. Mary was killed and scalped by the Indians in 1707. JOHN FREEMAN. We have received but few facts relating to this early grantee of Sudbury. His wife's name was Elizabeth and he had one child, Joseph Freeman who was born March 29, 1645 and was was a freeman in 1678. SOLOMON JOHNSON. Solomon Johnson became a freeman in 1651. He was twice married, his first wife, Hannah, dying in 1651. By this marriage he had three children: Joseph (or Joshua) and Nathaniel, who were twins born Feb 3, 1640, and Mary, born Jan 23, 1644. He married (2) Elinor Crafts by whom he had four children: Caleb, who died young, Samuel born March 5, 1654, Hannah, born April 27, 1656 and Caleb (again) born Oct 1, 1658. He assisted in the formation of the Marlboro Planta-tion, and was assigned a house-lot of twenty-three acres there. He was Select-man from 1651 to 1666. His son Caleb purchased, with Thomas Brown and Thomas Drury, the Glover farm near Cochituate Pond, of John Appleton, Jr. Upon this land Caleb erected a house near Dudley Pond, Wayland, and died there in 1777. In the Inventory of his real estate, one piece of land was "Beaver-hole meadow." WILLIAM WARD. William Ward came to this country about the time of the settlement of Sudbury, bringing with him, it is supposed, five children: John b. 1626; Joanna, b. 1628 Obadiah b. 1632, Richard b. 1635 and Deborah b. 1637. He became a freeman in 1643. By his 2nd wife, p.38 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. Elizabeth, he had eight children born in America - Hannah b. 1639, William b. Jan 22, 1640; Samuel, born Sept 24, 1641, Elizabeth, born April 14, 1643, Increase born Feb 22, 1645, Hopestill, born Feb 24, 1646, Eleazer, born 1649, and Bethia, born 1658. In 1643 Mr. Ward represented the town as Deputy to the General Court. He was prominent in helping to establish a plantation at Marl-boro, and moved there in 1660. He was made deacon of the church at its organi-zation, and was sent as Representative of the town in 1666. He died there August 10, 1687, leaving a Will made April 6, 1686. His wife died Dec. 9, 1700, at the age of eighty-six years. RICHARD NEWTON. Richard Newton came from England and was a freeman of the colony in 1645. He was a petitioner for the Marlboro Plantation and settled in that part of the place now Southboro. It is supposed he was twice married and that Hannah, his last wife died Dec. 5, 1697. He died August 24, 1701, at the age of about one hundred years. He had six children, the first of whom was John Newton born in 1641. The second son was Moses Newton who, when the Indians attacked Marlboro, in 1676, causing the inhabitants who were at church to suddenly disperse, nobly remained to assist in the escape of an aged woman. He received a ball in his arm, but succeeded in removing the woman to a place of safety. JOHN HOW. (or Howe) was a son of John How, whom it is supposed came from Warwickshire, England and was descended from John How, the son of John How of Hodinhull, England, who was connected with the family of Sir Charles How of Lancaster, England. John How was admitted a freeman in 1641, and two years later was one of the town's Selectmen. In 1655, he was appointed to see that the youth were well behaved on the Sabbath. He was said to be the first white settler on the new grant. He was a petitioner for the Marlboro Plantation in 1657, and moved to that place about the same year. He was located east of the Indian "planting field," and was the first tavern-keeper in Marlboro, having kept a public house there as early, at least, as 1670. At this ordinary, his grandson, who after-wards kept the Sudbury p.39 HISTORY OF SUDBURY.L "Red Horse Tavern," may have been favorably struck with the occupation of an innholder, and thus led to establish the business in Sudbury. Mr. How was a man of kindly feeling and uprightness of character, and both Sudbury and Marl- boro were favored with the presence of successive generations of the family. John How died at Marloro in 1687, at which place and about which time his wife also died. GEORGE MUNNINGS. (or Mullings) aged thirty-seven, came from Ipswich, County of Suffolk, England, in the ship "Elizabeth," in 1634. He was accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, aged forty-one years and two children, Elizabeth and Abigail, aged respectively, twelve and seven, and perhaps a daughter, Rebecca. He was for a time at Water-town, and became a freeman March 4, 1635. He was an active man, and prominent in public affairs, both of church and state. He was in the Pequot war, and lost an eye in the service. In 1645 he resided at Boston, at which place he died, Aug. 24, 1658. By a Will made the day before his death, he gave his estate to his wife. ANTHONY WHYTE. (or White), aged twenty-seven, came from Ipswich, County of Suffolk, England, in 1634. He came to this country in the ship, "Francis," went to Watertown and subsequently engaged in the enterprise of a settlement at Sudbury. Afterwards he returned to Watertown. He married Grace Hall, Sept. 8, 1645, and had three children, all born at Watertown: Abigail, John and Mary. He died March 8, 1686, leaving a Will, of which Rebecca, widow of his son, John, was named executrix. ANDREW BELCHER. Andrew Belcher married Elizabeth, the daughter of Nicholas Danforth of Cambridge on October 1, 1639. His occupation at one time was that of a taverner. He had six children: Elizabeth b. Aug 17, 1640, Jemima, born April 5, 1642, Martha, born July 26, 1644, Mary born ______, Andrew, born Jan 1, 1647 and Ann, born January 1, 1649. He died June 26, 1680, leaving a widow. JOHN GOODNOWE. John Goodnowe was a brother of Edmund, and came with him in the ship, "Confidence," at the age of forty-two. He was a freeman June 2, 1641 and a Selectman of Sudbury p.40 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. in 1644. His daughters, Lydia and Jane came with him. He died March 28, 1654. JOHN REDDOCKE. (Ruddocke or Reddick) became a freeman of the colony in 1640. He was actively engaged in forming the plantation at Marlboro, and in the assignment of house lots he received fifty acres of land. His homestead was northwesterly of the Marlboro meeting-house. He was three times married and his second wife, Jane, being sister of Rev. Mr. Brimsmead, pastor of the Marlboro Church. He built one of the first frame houses in Marlboro, was one of its first Selectmen, first Town Clerk and Deacon of the church. THOMAS WHITE. Thomas White was a freeman May 13, 1640. He was a Selectman in 1642, and shared in the first three divisions of land. JOHN KNIGHT. John Knight came from Watertown where he lived in 1636. He was a freeman in 1642, and was by trade a maulster. WILLIAM PARKER. William Parker came from Watertown. He became a freeman June 2, 1641. The name of his wife was Elizabeth, and he had two children: Ephraim who died in 1640 aged five months, and Ruhamah, born Sept 19, 1641. He had land assigned him in the first and second division of meadow lands, which amounted to five and one-half acres. The house-lot assigned him was on Bridle Point Road, adjacent to Peter Noyes. None of the Parker family bearing the name now live in Sudbury. JOHN PARMENTER, SR. (Parmeter or Permenter) came from England to Watertown, and from there to Sudbury, and was made a freeman May 13, 1640. He was accompanied to America by his wife, Bridget and his son John, who became a freeman May, 1642. Other children may have come from England with them. His wife died April 6, 1660, after which he removed to Roxbury, Mass., where he married (2) Aug. 9, 1660, Annie Dane, widow of John Dane. He died May 1, 1671 aged eighty-three years. Mr. Parmenter was one of the early Selectmen, and the second Deacon of the church, to which office he was chosen in 1658. September 4, 1639, he was appointed one of the commission to lay out the land. p.41 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. EDMUND RICE. Edmund Rice was born in 1594 and came to this country from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England. He was twice married. His first wife, Tamazine, died at Sudbury where she was buried June 18, 1654. His second wife, whom he married March 1, 1655, was Mercie (Hurd) Brigham, widow of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge. He had twelve children, nine of whom were born in England, and the others born at Sudbury: Henry, born 1616; Edward, born 1618; Edmund, Thomas, Mary, Lydia born 1627, Matthew born 1629, Daniel born 1632, Samuel born 1634, Joseph born 1637, Benjamin born 1640, Ruth born 1659 and Ann born 1661. Mr. Rice died May 3, 1663 at Marlboro, aged about sixty-nine years and was buried in Sudbury. His widow married William Hunt of Marlboro. Mr. Rice was a promin-ent man in the settlement. He early owned lands in and out of the town, some of which came by grant of the General Court. His first dwelling-place at Sudbury was on the old north street. September 1, 1642, he sold this place to John Moore, and September 13 of the same year leased, for six years, the Dunster farm, which lay just east of Cochituate Pond. He bought of the widow Mary Axdell six acres of land and her dwelling-house, which were in the south part of the town, and some years afterwards, he bought of Philemon Whale, his house and nine acres of land near "the spring" and adjacent to the Axdell place; and these taken together, in part at least, formed the old Rice homestead, not far from "Five Paths" (Wayland). This old homestead remained in the Rice family for generations. Edmund sold it to Edmund, his son, who passed it to his sons John and Edmund, and afterwards John transferred his share of it to his brother, Edmund, by whom it passed to others of the family, who occupied it till within the last half century. On September 26, 1647, Mr. Rice leased the "Glover Farm" for ten years and April 8, 1657, he purchased the "Jennison Farm," which comprised two hundred acres, situated by the town's southerly boundary, and between the "Dunster Farm" and what is now Weston; and June 24, 1659, the "Dunster Farm" was purchased by Mr. Rice and his son. Mr. Rice was one of the substantial men p.42 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. of the Sudbury plantation. He was a freeman May 13, 1640, and one of the committee appointed by the Colonial Court, September 4, 1639, to apportion land to the inhabitants. He served as Selectman from 1639 to 1644, and was Deputy to the General Court several successive years. He was prominent in the settlement of Marlboro, for which he was a petitioner in 1656. The Rice family in Sudbury have been numerous and the name has been frequently mentioned on the town books. Henry Rice was the son of Edmund and was born in England 1616. He was assigned a house-lot on the south street of the settlement, adjacent to that of John Maynard on the east, and his father Edmund on the west. WIDOW BUFFUMTHYTE. (or Buffumthrope). We have received no facts concerning this early grantee, except that she received early allotments of land. HENRY CURTIS. (or Curtice) had his homestead on the north street of the settlement, probably about where, until within nearly a half century, and old house called the Curtis House stood. His descendants have been conspicuous, not only in town history, but also in that of the county and colony. Ephraim Curtis, his son, was a famous Indian scout. Major Curtis whose grave is in the west part of the "Old Burying Ground," Wayland, was a distinguished citizen. JOHN STONE John Stone came to Sudbury from Cambridge and was son of Deacon Gregory Stone of that place. He was born in England and accompanied his father to America. He married Anne, daughter of Elder Edward Howe of Watertown, and had ten children, most of whom were born in Sudbury. He was at one time an elder in the church, and in 1655 was Town Clerk. He was an early settler on land now in Framingham and at one time owned the land that is now included in Saxonville. It is supposed when the Indian war began he removed to Cambridge. He was Representa-tive of that town in 1682-83. He died May 5, 1683 aged sixty-four years. JOHN PARMENTER, JR. John Parmenter, Jr., was also an early proprietor and kept a tavern or ordinary at which the committee of the p.43 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. Colonial Court and Ecclesiastical Council for the settlement of difficulties in Sudbury, in 1655, were entertained. The old ordinary was situated on the south street of the settlement (Wayland) on the house-lot assigned at the general allotment of 1639. And until near the beginning of the present century, the "Old Parmenter Tavern" was continued at the same spot, a little westerly of the house occupied by the late Dana Parmenter. John Parmenter, Jr. had six children, among whom was one named John. His wife, Amy, died 1681. The Parmenter family has been numerous in Sudbury; they have lived in various parts of the town, and been a people of industry and thrift. RUTTER COAT OF ARMS. Arms - Gules, Three Garbs and Chief, A Lion Passant Argent, or Mullet for Difference. Nicholas Rutter descended from Kinsley Hall in Com. Chester, who came first and lived at Hilcot in Com. Gloucester. John Rutter came to America in the ship "Confidence," in 1638 at the age of twenty-two. He married Elizabeth Plympton, who came to this country in the ship, "Jonathan," in 1639, having as fellow-passengers, Peter Noyes, who was p.44 HISTORY OF SUDBURY. on his second voyage to America, and also the mother and sister of John Bent, both of whom were names Agnes. John Rutter had a house-lot assigned him on the north street, a little westerly of Clay-pit Hill. He was by trade a carpenter, and engaged with the town to build the first meeting house. He had three children, Elizabeth, John and Joseph. About the time of the settlement several acres of land were given him by the town, in acknowledgment of some public service. He was Selectman in 1675. His descendants for many years lived on the south street, Wayland; and the old homestead of Joseph Rutter, which name has been in the family almost from the very first, still stands, being occupied at present by Mr. James A. Draper. At this spot, General Micah Maynard Rutter, son of Joseph, was born in 1779. General Rutter was a prominent man in Middlesex. 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