Woburn, Massachusetts.
Source: Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland, Containing
Narratives
by Allan Forbes.
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At the time of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration of the city
of Woburn, in 1892, a number of interchanges of messages took place with the
English Woburn and several officials of the latter were invited to be present.
During the excercises, Rev. Edward G. Porter of Lexington, Mass., who had been a
visitor to the old Woburn, England, told of his trip there, particularly
mentioning Woburn Abbey, in which, however, despite the name, there is no
longer any trace of a religious establishment. It stands in a park of 3,500
acres, enclosed by a high brick wall, twelve miles in circuit, and the old fish
ponds of the monks are now beautiful sheets of water enlivened by ducks and
swans, while herds of deer may be seen quietly grazing over the sloping lawns.
The portrait galleries of this Abbey are famous and include paintings by Titian,
Van Dyck, Rubens, Rembrandt, Teniers, Murillo and others. Mr. Porter
was so interested in this fine collection that, at his request, the Duke of
Bedford, who owned Woburn Abbey, presented catalogues of his collection to the
public libraries of Woburn, Lexington and Bedford in Massachusetts in America.
Judge Edward F. Johnson of the Massachusetts Woburn, visited the mother town
in England and its Abbey in 1879. He was treated with great hospitality by Hon.
George Russell, M.P., and upon his return home he wrote an account of his visit
which was afterwards published in England and resulted in a very cordial letter
from a member of the Russell family.
Old Woburn, or Woubourne, as it was once called, dates from Saxon times and
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although little is known of its early history, it was chosen for the site of
an abbey in the 12th century, when fourteen monks took up their residence there
and gave much attention to the mill facilities that were offered by the brooks.
In the reign of Henry VIII, on the dissolution of the monasteries, the Abbey
reverted to the crown. When this monarch came to the throne, he gave the estate
to John Russell, who was created Earl of Bedford. The latter's successors, up
to the year 1892, had included four Earls and ten Dukes. The famous Woburn
Abbey is now the seat of the Duke of Bedford.
Previous to the introduction of railways, Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, was a
great center for stages and was a larger and busier town than it is at the
present time. Today, its nearest railway station is known as Woburn Sands, which
is some three miles distant from the town itself and about forty miles
from London.
There are three places in England from which it was thought for some time that
the Massachusetts Woburn might have derived its name: Woburn in Bedfordshire,
Woo-burn in Bucks County and O-Burn in Dorset, all three spellings having been
used by the earliest settlers of the Massachusetts town of Woburn. It is rather
remarkable, as Mr. Porter says, "that not one of the first sixty towns in the
colony received an Indian name, and only one or two were honored with Scripture
names.
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although the Puritan element was then so strong." It is also an interesting
fact that no other town in America bears the name of Woburn, so far as we can
learn.
There is no contemporary record which explains the naming of our Woburn, but it
is now known definitely that it derived its name from Woburn, Bedfordhshire,
England, and was so named by Captain Edward Johnson, the "father" of the town,
in honour of his friend, Major-General Robert Sedwick, who was born in the Bed-
fordshire town. Sedwick came to this country in 1635, was one of the earliest
settlers in Charlestown, Massachusetts and commander for several years of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, of which both he and Johnson were
charter members. Sedgwick was also at one time commander of the "Castler".
He was a neighbor of Johnson's in Charlestown, Mass., and in his famous book
entitled "Wonder-working Providence of Sion's Saviour in New England" Johnson
refers to Sedgwick in eulogistic terms, calling him "stout and active in all
feats of war, nurst up in London's Artillery garden, and furthered with fifteen
years experience in N. E. exact theory, besides the help of a very good head-
piece." In his first mention of Sedgwick in the Woburn Town Records, Johnson
calls him "Noble Captain Sedgwick;" and Sedwick's part in the work of exploring
the land for the settlement of the town, and the influential position he held
in deciding upon its present site, are also set forth by Johnson in the first
volume of the Woburn Records. Sedgwick, however, never lived in Woburn and
apparently never intended to. Johnson was its first
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town clerk, the chairman of its first Board of Selectmen and the first Deputy
from Woburn to the General Court, and his leadership and influence were such in
all matters relating to the organization and government of the new town that he
would naturally have had the say as to its name. In recognition of the nativity
of his distinguished friend, he chose the name of Woburn; and, at the
General Court holden at Boston, September 27 (October 7th, New Style of dating)
1642, it was ordered:
"That Charlestowne Village is called Wooborne."
It may be interesting to mention that Charles Goodyear, the inventor of the
process for vulcanizing India rubber, lived in Woburn as early as 1835 in a
house now standing, in that part of Woburn called Montvale; he was at that time
poor and unknown, and it was while warming himself one cold night in the village
store that his great idea occurred to him. In Woburn also was born
Benjamin Thompson, afterwards made Count Rumford, who became a famous philos-
opher and scientist, known throughout Europe. John Fiske, the historian, in
his History of the United States, says that Rumford was the greatest scientist
America has produced, and it is as a scientist that he is honoured in his native
town. In 1784, he was knighted by the King of England, and in 1791, was
created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire by the Elector of Bavaria. He chose the
title of Rumford in honour of Rumford, now Concord, New Hampshire, with which
town
his wife's family was prominently identified in the days of the
early settlement. Count Rumford was founder, with a large endowment, of the
Rumford Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Rumford
Professorship in Harvard College. In an article published in the Youth's
Companion, August 26, 1920, the late President Dr. Maclaurin of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) gives an interesting account of
some of Rumford's inventions and experiments - "experiments that set the
scientific world thinking and working in the right direction."
A statue of Rumford was erected on the lawn of the Woburn Public Library in
1900, the inscription on the pedestal, prepared by President Charles W. Eliot
of Harvard College, reading in part: -
The Earliest
Scientific Philanthropist
He Proved That Heat Is Motion
And had a glimpse
Of the great doctrine
known later as
The Conservation of Energy
The house in which Rumford was born is still standing in North Woburn and is
owned and maintained as a museum of local antiquities by the Rumford Historical
Association, organized and incorporated in 1877 for that purpose.
In North Woburn there is a statue of Loammi Baldwin, a contemporary and
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lifelong friend of Rumford. The inscription states briefly his career, men-
tioning also the fact that he was one of the proprietors and a principal con-
structor of the Middlesex Canal, the first sheriff of Middlesex County and then
recording that he was:
DISSEMINATOR OF THE APPLE
IN HONOR OF HIM CALLED
THE BALDWIN APPLE
WHICH PROCEEDED FROM A TREE
ORIGINALLY GROWING WILD
ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH
OF THIS MONUMENT.
The Rumford Historical Association erected a monument some years ago near
Chestnut Street (formerly Butters Row) in that part of old Woburn now Wilm-
ington, Massachusetts, to mark the site of this original Baldwin apple tree.
It may be interesting also to mention that ancestors of Presidents Pierce,
Harrison and Cleveland are buried in the old cemetery on Park Street in Woburn,
while North Woburn has the distinction not only of being the birthplace of Count
Rumford and of Colonel Loammi Baldwin, but is also proud of the fact that
it is the home of Grover Cleveland's first American ancestors.
In its Library building, Woburn possesses one of Richardson's masterpieces of
architecture and on the walls of the reading-room is a collection of views of
Woburn Abbey in England.
The citizens of Woburn still take a great interest in the mother town in
England and several of them have visited there in recent years.
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
p.592
BACON
Bacon. 1. Michael, son of Michael Bacon, of Dedham, 1640, who is said to have
come from Ireland, bringing with him wife and four children, viz: Michael,
Daniel & Sarah. These children are named in their father's Will, 14 April, 1648.
His wife, their mother died 1647 [Savage's Genealogical Dictionary).
Michael Bacon, eldest son of Michael of Dedham, was of Charlestown 1640 where he
subscribed 18 Dec 1640, "Town Orders" for the then projected town of Woburn. He
became, shortly after, one of its original inhabitants; and had born to him
there two daughters, viz: Elizabeth b. Jan 4, 1642, and Sarah b. Aug 24, 1644.
His wife Mary dying Aug 26, 1655, he m. Mary Richardson Oct 26, 1635 and after
her death May 19, 1670 he took to him a 3d wife, Mary Noyes Nov 28, 1670. He d.
July 4, 1688.
Michael Bacon Jun'r only son of the preceding born prob. at Charlestown before
his father settled in Woburn, m. Sarah Richardson Mar 22, 1660 by whom he had
three daughters, Mary, Sarah and Abigail; and also a son Michael Bacon Jun'r of
Billerica, shoemaker. [Woburn Records of Births, Marriages, etc. (a) MSS of Mr.
John A. Boutelle, Woburn.
Daniel Bacon son of Michael of Dedham born in Ireland and another of the
original settlers of Woburn. He m. Mary Reed of Bridgewater by whom he had six
sons, Thomas, John, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel and John Bacon and two daughters,
Rachel & Lydia. About 1669 he removed to Cambridge Village (now Newton) and died
Sept 7, 1691. (Savage Dict.)
BAKER
Baker, John was of Charlestown 1636. His name appears in the Country Rate
assessed in Woburn Aug 26, 1666. He m. Susanna Martin May 28, 1654. By her he
had (1) John b. Mar 25, 1654. (2) Mary b. Feb 22, 1655/6. (3) Joseph b. June 15,
1657 & died soon after. (4) Joseph b. Feb 1, 1659/60 (5) Susanna b. Mar 15, 1662
& died soon (6) Susanna b. April 12, 1663 m. John Cutler 1682. (7) a son b. Mar
8, 1664 & died within a week. (8) Samuel b. April 21, 1665. (9) Benjamin b. May
24, 1667. (10) James b. June 10, 1670. (11) Jonathan b. April 2, 1674. (12)
William b. Aug 18, 1679.
John Baker died Nov 6, 1695. "Old Goody Baker died Dec 3, 1714." [Woburn Records
of Births, Deaths, etc. - Frothingham's Charlestown p. 85.)
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BALDWIN
1. Henry Baldwin said to be from Devonshire, England; a subscriber in
Charlestown to the "Town Orders" for Woburn in 1640, and after that a
distinguished citizen of Woburn and freeman of the Colony 1652. His place of
residence was at "New Bridge," or North Woburn where some of his descendants in
each succeeding generation have had their abode and been large proprietors of
land. He was of the Board of Selectmen for Woburn 1681 and a deacon of the
Church from 1686 to his death. He m. Nov 1, 1649 Phebe, the eldest daughter of
Ezekiel Richardson, born prob. on the other side of the Atlantic. By her he had
eleven children: (1) Susanna b. Aug 30, 1650 and died soon. (2) Susanna b. July
25, 1652. (3) Phebe b. Sept 7, 1654 m. Samuel Richardson Jan 6, 1684/5. (6)
Timothy b. May 27, 1661. (7) Mary b. July 19, 1663 & died soon. (8) Henry b. Nov
15, 1664. (9) Abigail b. Aug 20, 1687 m. John Reed 1705? (10) Ruth b. July 31,
1670. (11) Benjamin b. Jan 20, 1672/3. [Woburn Records of Births etc., Savage
Dict.]
Deacon Henry Baldwin died Feb 14, 1697/8. His widow Phebe Baldwin died Sept 13,
1716. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc., etc.]
Henry Baldwin Jun'r m. Abigail Fisk May 4, 1692; and had 8 children. (1) Henry
b. Jan 12, 1692/3. (2) David b. April 9, 1696. (3) Isaac b. Feb 20, 1699/1700.
(4) Abigail b. Feb 13, 1701/2; died Sept 4, 1704 (5) James b. July 11, 1705 died
June 12, 1709. (6) Abigail b. Nov 19, 1707. (7) James b. Oct 19, 1710. (8)
Samuel b. Aug 31, 1717.
Henry Baldwin II died July 7, 1739 [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.]
Isaac Baldwin son of Henry Baldwin II, m. Mary Flegg (Flagg) both of Woburn, Mar
24, 1796. Their children were (1) Luke b. Dec 23, 1728 (2) Jeduthan b. Jan 13,
1731/2. (3) Nahum b. May 3, 1734. (4) Isaac b. Dec 12, 1738.
James Baldwin son of Henry Baldwin II, m. Ruth Richardson, May 29, 1739 & had 4
children. (1) Cyrus b. Nov 5, 1740 (2) Reuel b. May 9, 1742 died Feb 21, 1745/6
(3) Loammi [Col. Baldwin: see Capt XII.] b. Jan 10, 1744/5 (4) Reuel b. June 30,
1747.
James Baldwin died June 28, 1791 aet 81. His wife Ruth died May 13, 1791 aged 78
years.
BLOGGET
Samuel Blogget son of Thomas Blogget who came in the "Increase" from London 1635
at the age of 30 years with his wife Susanna aged 37 years and two sons, Daniel
& Samuel. He was a glover by occupation; settled at Cambridge where he had a
daughter Susanna born to him in June 1637; and a son Thomas who died Aug 7,
1639. In his Will made Aug 10, 1641
and proved July 8 following, he provides for his wife and three children, viz:
Daniel, Samuel and Susanna. After his decease his widow Susanna m. James
Thompson Sen'r of Woburn Feb 15, 1643/4 and his daughter Susanna m. Jonathan
Thompson son of James Thompson Sen'r and Elizabeth his first wife, Nov 28, 1655.
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BLOGGET
1. Samuel Blogget was born in England; brough by his parents to this country
when 1-1/2
years old. Came to Woburn early to reside; m. Ruth Iggleden [Eggleden" County
Records]
of Boston, Dec 13, 1655; had (1) Ruth b. Dec 28, 1656 (2) Samuel b. Dec 10, 1658
(3) Thomas b. Feb 26, 1661 m. Rebecca Tidd Nov 11, 1685. (4) Susanna, b.....m.
to James Simonds Dec 29, 1685 (5) Sarah b. Feb 17, 1686. (6,7) Martha & Mary,
twins b. Sept 15, 1673. Martha m. Joseph Winn 1696.
I. Samuel Blogget d. July 3, 1687. His widow Ruth d. Oct 14, 1703.
BLOGGET
II. Samuel Blogget son of I.Samuel, m. Huldah daughter of William Simonds April
30, 1683 and had (1) Samuel b. Dec 21, 1683 (2) Daniel b. Mar 24, 1685 (3)
William b. Jan 11, 1686/7. (4) Huldah b. Feb 9, 1688/9 m. to Ebenezer Reed (5)
Caleb b. Nov 11, 1691 (6) Joshua b. Feb 26, 1693/4. (7) Josiah b. Mar 27, 1696
(8) John b. April 19, 1699 (9) Benjamin b. Mar 4, 1701 (10) Nathan b. Mar 15,
1704. The following records of his of his wife's death are from the manuscripts
of the Simonds family:
"Ensign Samuel Blogget deceased November fifth 1743." "Widow Huldah Blogget
deceased March the fourteenth 1745/6." N.B. II. Samuel Blogget represented
Woburn in the General Court 1693 [See Woburn Town Records. Records of Births,
etc. Savage Dict.]
"BRITTEN," ["BRITTON," OR "BRITTAINE."]
James, came not improbably in the "Increase" from London 1635 aged 27, "If the
custom record of the embarkation of James Bitton lost a single letter, which is
not improbable." He subscribed the Town Orders for Woburn in 1640 at
Charlestown; came to Woburn to dwell soon after; was taxed there in 1645, in the
first tax upon record; and died May 3, 1655. His widow, Jane m. Isaac Cole Feb
1, 1658/9. [Savage Dict.; Town Rec. of Births etc.]
BROOKS.
John Brooks married Eunice daughter of Deacon John Mousall Nov 1, 1649. Their
children were: (1) John b. Nov 23, 1650 died in 1653. (2) Sarah b. Nov 21, 1652;
m. Ephraim Buck.
(3) Eunice b. Oct 10, 1655. (4) Joanna b. Mar 22, 1659 m. David Roberts 1678.
(5) John b. Mar 1, 1664. (6) Ebenezer b. Dec 9, 1666. (7) Deborah b. Mar 20,
1669. (8) Jabez b. July 17, 1673.
Eunice Brooks dying Jan 1, 1684, John Brooks m. Mary Richardson the widow of
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Theophilas?] Feb 25, 1683/4. By Inventory of Will he died Sept 29, 1691. His
widow died Aug 28, 1704.
To be continued Part 2 - p. 595 - Timothy Brooks & Mary Russell.
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 2.
p.595 cont'd
Timothy Brooks m. Mary dau of John Russell, Sen'r Dec 2, 1659. Their children
were:
(1) Timothy b. Nov 10, 1660 and died soon. (2) Timothy b. Oct 9, 1661. (3) John
b. Oct 16, 1662 (4) Mary born....and died July 2, 1670 at Billerica, to which
town subseqeuntly to her birth, her parents had removed. Other daughters they
had born to them at Billerica
one of whom married ____Mason of Swansea.
Mary, wife of Timothy Brooks died at Billerica Sept 15, 1680.
BROOKS.
Isaac Brooks married Mirian Daniels Jan 10, 1665-6. Their children were (1),
Sarah, b. May 14, 1667; died soon. (2) Miriam b. May 29, 1668; died young (3)
Isaac b. Aug 13, 1669. (4) Henry b. Oct 4, 1671. (5) Miriam b. Dec 16, 1673.
Isaac Brooks died Sept 8, 1686. Descendants from the above three sons of Henry
Brooks have been numerous. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.]
BRUSH or BRUCE.
George Brush (whose descendants have long since spelt their name Bruce) is said
to have been a Scotchman. He m. Elizabeth, dau of William Clark Dec 28, 1659;
and by her had: (1) William b. Nov 21, 1660 and d. January following. (2)
William b. Oct 20, 1661 and died Nov 3, 1661. (3) Elizabeth b. Jan 26, 1663 (4)
Mary b. June 15, 1665; m. to Walter Cranston
June 4, 1683 (5) William b. April 28, 1667 (6) John b. June 18, 1670 (7)
Elizabeth b. Aug 24, 1672 (8) George b. Jan 18, 1674 and died same day (9)
Joseph b. Jan 11, 1674/5
and died Feb 28, 1675/6. (10) Margery b. April 24, 1684, m. Isaac Walker 1705
(13) Lydia b. April 10, 1687.
George Brush died Aug 18, 1692. "Elizabeth Brude, widow of George Bruce," died
Aug 13 1700 [Savage Dict., Town Recs. of Birth, etc.]
"BERBEANE" OR BURBEEN.
John came, it is said from Scotland, was a tailor by occupation & m. Sarah Gould
April 16, 1660. Their children: (1) Mary b. July 2, 1661 d. July 20, 1733? (2)
John b. Aug 9, 1663 (3) James b. May 15, 1668 "Old John Burbeen died Jan 8,
1713/14, aged about 86 years [gravestone]. Sarah his wife died May 14, 1670."
[Woburn Records of Births etc & Gravestone.]
BURBEEN.
1. James, son of John Burbeen m. Mary ____. Their children were: (1 & 2) Mary
and Sarah, twins born March 6, 1694. Sarah died Mar 17, 1694 (3) James b. Aug
21, 1696 (4) John b. Mar 12, 1699 died Aug 25, 1700. (5) Sarah b. June 17, 1701
m. Rev. Timothy Walker of Concord, N.H. (6) Ruth b. March 28, 1708, m. Mr.
Jonathan Heywood in 1735 (7) Joseph b. March 3, 1712.
Mary, wife of James Burbeen died Oct 14, 1724. "Mr. James Burbeen died Sept 4,
1729.
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BURBEEN.
II. James Burbeen son of James and Mary, m. Mary Richardson Sept 5, 1721. Their
children were: (1) James, son of of Mary (Richardson) Burbeen b. July 11, 1722.
(2) Paul b. April 6, 1724. (3) John b. Feb 9, 1725/6. (4) Mary b. July 6, 1729.
(5) Sarah b. March 7, 1733.
BURBEEN.
Mr. Joseph Burbeen son of I James and Mary Burbeen was graduated at Harvard
College 1731; occasionally preached but was never settled in the Ministry; by
his wife Esther had: (1) Esther b. May 29, 1738 m. Jesse Wyman 1760. (2) Bridget
b.July 17, 1742. (3) Susanna b. April 11, 1746 m. Hon. Timothy Walker, Judge,
Concord, N.H. Mrs. Esther Burbeen died March 30, 1776. Mr. Joseph Burbeen died
1794.
BURBEEN.
Paul Burbeen son of II James & Mary Burbeen was graduated at Harvard College
1745; died 1795. [Woburn Records of Births etc.]
BUCK.
Ephraim Buck son or Roger Buck of Cambridge, who came to this country in the
"Increase" in 1635 aged 18 years, settled at Cambridge and had born there by his
wife Susanna the above Ephraim Buck with five other children. His wife Susanna
dying Sept. 10, 1685 he removed to Woburn and there died Nov 10, 1693.
BUCK.
His son Ephraim Buck was born at Cambridge July 26, 1646; removed to Woburn and
was taxed there in the Meeting-house Rate, 1672; married at Woburn Sarah, dau of
John Brooks, Jan 1, 1670/1 and had by her: (1) Sarah b. Jan 11, 1673 (2) Ephraim
b.July 13, 1676 (3) John b. 1678/9 and died within a month after. (4) John again
b. Feb 7, 1679/80. (5) Samuel b. Nov 13, 1682. (6) Eunice b. July 7, 1685. (7)
Ebenezer b. May 20, 1689. (8) Mary b. Oct 28, 1691.
Ephraim Buck died Jan 1720/21. His descendants now living reside principally in
Wilmington. [Woburn Records of Births, Marriages etc. Savage's Dict.]
BUTTER (OR BUTTERS)
I. William Butter(s) was an inhabitant of Woburn 1666 where he was taxed in the
Country Rate Aug 26th of that year. He appears to have died Nov 13, 1692. "Widow
Butter died at Watertown 1701." II. William Butter or Butters, his son by his
wife Rebekah had (1) William b. Sept 18, 1689; died soon. (2) William b. May 24,
1691, died 1711. (3) Rebekah b. Oct 10, 1693 died ____. (4) Lydia b. June 11,
1695 m. Ebenezer Carter 1719. (5) Rebekah b. Aug 30, 1698 m. William Hamblett
1720. (6) Samuel b. June 21, 1703. (7) Mary b. July 28, 1705; m. Samuel Johnson
February 1725. (8) John b. Oct 22, 1708. (9) a daughter of William & Rebekah
Butter died 1711. (10) William b. April 8, 1713.
Samuel Butter son of II. William Butter m. Sarah Jaquith Jan 25, 1726. Their
children were (1) Sarah b. Nov 4, 1726. (2) Samuel b. Nov 3, 1728.
The families of this name resided principally in those quarters of Woburn now
known as Wilington and Burlington. They were formerly
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considerably numerous; and many descendants still remain in both towns.
BUTTERFIELD.
Benjamin Butterfield, a subscriber at Charlestown to the Town Orders of Woburn
1640, an inhabitant of Woburn shortly after; was taxed there in 1645 and by his
wife, Ann, had several children born there; as (1) Nathaniel b. Feb 14, 1642/3.
(2) Samuel b. May 17, 1647. (3) Joseph b. Aug 15, 1649. In 1654 he removed to
Chelmsford where his wife Ann died May 19, 1660 and he m. (2) June 3, 1663,
Hannah, widow of Thomas Whittemore of Malden.
[Woburn Records, Savage's Dict.]
Insert: see also:
History of Chelmsford - table of contents:
http://www.usigs.org/library/books/ma/Chelmsford1917/chel000.shtml
To be continued Part 3 - p. 597 - Mr. Samuel Carter & wife Eunice, son of Rev.
Thomas Carter
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 3.
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CARTER. Rev. Thomas
CARTER.
Samuel Carter, eldest son of Rev Thomas Carter m. Eunice, dau of John Brooks in
1672 by whom he had: (1) Mary b. July 24, 1673. (2) Samuel b. Aug 27, 1675; d.
Sept 10, 1676 (3) Samuel b. Jan 7, 1677/8. (4) John b. Mar 14, 1680. (5) Thomas
b. April 3, 1682. (6) Nathaniel b. April 7, 1685. (7) Eunice b. Mar 29, 1687 (8)
Abigail b. May 1689. (9)
Abigail again, b. May 30, 1690.
He died 1693. His widow married John Kendall as his 3rd wife, subsequently to
1701.
[Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
CARTER.
Timothy Carter, 3rd son of Rev. Thomas Carter m. May 3, 1680, Anna Fiske, dau of
David Fiske of Cambridge Farms (Lexington); and by her had: (1) David b. Oct 17,
1681; d. May 22, 1736 (2) Timothy b. July 12, 1683 & died the same years. (3)
Anna b. July 17, 1684 (4) Timothy b. Oct 17, 1686 (5) Theophilus b. Oct 20, 1688
(6) Thomas b. Aug 14, 1690 (7) Abigail b. Mar 18, 1692 (8) Sarah b. Nov 24, 1694
(9) Elizabeth b. Aug 27, 1696, d. Jun e 26, 1709 (10) Benjamin b. Mar 22, 1699,
died soon. (11) Mary b. June 23, 1700 m. to Jasper
Wyman 1721 (12) Martha b. July 22, 1702, m. John Bruce 1721? (13) Benjamin again
b. Nov 8, 1704.
Anna, wife of Timothy Carter died Jan 27, 1715/16. He died July 8, 1727 [Town
Records of Births, etc.]
CARTER.
Thomas Carter, youngest son of Rev. Thomas Carter, m. 1682, Margaret, or Margery
Whitmore, dau of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge. Their children were: (1) Mary b.
Oct 5, 1683 m. to Joshua Sawyer Jun'r of Charlestown May 22, 1706. (2) Thomas b.
June 13, 1686. (3) Eleazer b. April 20, 1689. (4) Daniel b. Aug 10, 1691 (5)
Ebenezer b. Sept 24, 1695 (6) Ezra b. June 22, 1701.
"Margery, wife of Thomas Carter died Oct 5, 1734."
Descendants of Rev. Thomas Carter, bearing his name, were formerly very numerous
partucularly in Wilmington and in "Carter Row," so called, Burlington. And
though, in the towns just mentioned, their number is now considerably
diminished, they have not yet become extinct. By the following account of the
family of the minister's grandson, William son of Ebenezer, many, probably in
Wilmington and Burlington will be reminded of individuals of his posterity of
whom they have heard, and of some whom they have seen and known.
Ebenezer Carter and Lydia "Butter," both of Woburn married April 15, 1719.
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Their children were: (1) Ebenezer b. May 25, 1720. (2, 3) Lydia & Abigail,
twins, b. Jan 4, 1721/2 (4) Ezra b. May 2, 1723. (5) William b. April 28, 1725
(6) Nathan b. Jan 2, 1727/8.
William Carter of Woburn entered his intentions of marriage with Abigail
"Butter" of Wilmington, Jan 18, 1754. Children were: (1) William b. Sept 11,
1754. (2) Benjamin b. May 2, 1756 (3) Jonas b. April 17, 1758 (4) David b. May
20, 1761 (5) Jonathan b. Nov 2, 1763 (6) Joshua b. Sept 22, 1765 [Woburn Records
of Births, etc.]
CARTER.
I. John Carter, usually distinguished in Woburn Town Book as "Capt. Joh," or
"the Captain," was an early inhabitant of Woburn having been a subscriber to the
"Town Orders" in 1640. By his wife, Elizabeth he had children as follows: (1)
Elizabeth b. Aug 8, 1643 and d. Dec 20, 1653 or as the County Records have, Feb
23, 1654. (2) Mary b. Mar 8, 1646 (3) Abigail b. April 21, 1648 (4) Hannah b.
Jan 19, 1650/51 m. James Convers Jun'r (5) John b. Feb 6, 1652/3.
Elizabeth, wife of Capt. John Carter died May 7, 1691 aged 78 years
[Gravestone.] Capt John Carter and Elizabeth Groce were married 1691. He died
Sept 14, 1692."
CARTER.
II. John Carter and Ruth Burnham m. June 20, 1678. Their children were: (1)
Elizabeth b. Sept 18, 1680, m. Ebenezer Flagg 1700 (2) Ruth b. Oct 18, 1681 m.
Josiah Wright 1700 (3) Mary b. July 17, 1683 (4) John b. Aug 8, 1685; d. May 21,
1705. (5) Thomas b. July 3, 1687 (6) Abigail b. Mar 30, 1682 m. Ralph Kendall
1707? (7) Phebe b. June 11, 1691 (8) Joseph
b Feb 15, 1692/3 (9) Samuel b. Oct 31, 1694 (1) Esther b. Aug 21 1696 (11)
Josiah b. Aug 3, 1698 (12) Jabez b. Sept 17, 1700 (13, 14) Nathaniel & Benjamin,
twins, b. Mar 4, 1702. Benjamin was slain by the Indians near Dunstable, N.H.
Sept. 5, 1724.
Ruth, Wife of Lieut John Carter d. Jan 11, 1723/4 (aged 55 years -
Gravestone).Lieut John Carter died April 13, 1727 (aged 75 years: Gravestone).
Descendants in the male line of Capt. John Carter, once a numerous race, living
in Woburn and Burlington, seem now to be almost extinct in both these towns. One
of the 7th generation, William Carter, a grandson of the late Mr. Jonathan
Carter, yet lives in Burlington, and there may be one or more living in Woburn;
but if any remain there it is apprehended they must be very few. [Woburn Records
of Births etc (a) Fox's Dunstable p. 108).
CARTER.
Joseph Carter, sen'r, was of Newbury 1636. Removed to Woburn as Mr. Savage
conjectures (a)
before 1659; was taxed there in the Country Rate Aug 26, 1666; lived with his
son Joseph Jun'r in Wyman's Lane (so called) Woburn on the old Billerica Road;
and died in Charlestown Dec 30, 1676. (b)
Joseph Carter, Jun'r of Woburn son of the preceding, currier, m. Bethia and had
(1) Bethiah b. June 8, 1671 m. Roland Jones 1695. (2) Susanna b. Feb 24, 1672/3
(3) Joseph b. Nov 28, 1674 (4) John b. Feb 26, 1676/7 (5) Abigail b. Feb 1,
1678/9 (6) Henry b.
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October 1683. (7) Faith b. April 28, 1688 (c) Joseph Carter Jun'r of Woburn,
currier was deceased May 29, 1706, leaving Bethiah his widow (c) [(a) Geneal.
Dict. (b) Charlestown Records (c) Wyman Papers No. 66, Woburn Records.)
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 4.
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CHALKLEY.
Robert Chalkley was of Woburn in 1645 where he was taxed in the Country Rate,
Sept 8th of that year, but as his name is not on the List for the Town Rate
assessed Dec 22, 1646, he had doubtless before that time returned to
Charlestown. He was made freeman 1647 and died in Charlestown Sept 2, 1672. By
his Will made Aug 27th, preceding, he gave all his estate to his wife Elizabeth
who died at Charlestown Oct 13, 1678. [Woburn Rec. Colony;Savage's Geneal.
Dict.]
CHAMBERLAIN.
Thomas Chamberlain, freeman May 29, 1644; taxed in Woburn in the Country Rate
Sept 8, 1645. By his wife Mary, he had borne to him: (1) Thomas born elsewhere,
possibly in England. (2) Samuel b. in Woburn Oct 7, 1645. (3) Mary b. Jan 30,
1649. He then removed to Chelmsford. [Col. Rec., Woburn Rec., Savage's Geneal
Dict.]
CLARK.
William Clark, a weaver by occupation was of Watertown 1631; made freeman 1633;
removed to Woburn not far from 1654, reference being made there by the Selectmen
May 27, 1654 to grant of land made to him by the Town. He was taxed in Woburn in
the Country Rate Aug 26, 1666. By his wife Margery who accompanied him from
England, he had born to him in Watertown: (1) Mary b. Dec 10, 1640; m. Dec 27,
1655 to William Locke of Woburn. (2) Elizabeth b. Nov 26, 1642; m. 1659 to
George Brush (Bruce) of Woburn. (3) Hannah b. Feb 13, 1646; m. 1667 to William
Frissell of Concord who died 1684. (see History of Concord
online at: http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm (4) Lydia m. and left a
widow with two daughters.
William Clark died Mar 15, 1682 aged 87; and his widow died Oct 11, 1694 aged
95.
[Bond's Watertown p. 159 - see History of Watertown online
http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm [see also Savage Dict, Mass Colony Rec.
Woburn Town Rec. Vol I.]
CLEAVELAND.
I. Moses Cleaveland (or Cleveland, as the name is now more usually spelled, in
conformity it is understood, to the mode of spelling it in England.) came to
this country (says family tradition) with his master, a joiner, from Ipswich in
the county of Suffolk, England. He early took up his permanent abode in Woburn,
as appears by the Town Records, which, under date of Feb 3, 1648/9, mention a
committee appointed to lay out the portion of land which had been promised him.
He m. Ann, dau of Edward Winn, born in England Sept 26, 1648 and had by her the
following children, viz: (1) Moses b. Sept 1, 1651. (2) Hannah b. Aug 4, 1653,
m. Thomas Henshaw (pronounced at that day Hincher) 1677. (3) Aaron b. Jan 10,
1654/5 (4) Samuel b. June 9, 1657. (5) Miriam b. July 10, 1659 m. a Fosdick or
rather Foskett of Charlestown.
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(6) Joanna b. Sept 19, 1661 died July 2, 1667. (7) Edward b. May 20, 1663 (8)
Josiah b. Feb 26, 1666/7 (9) Isaac b. May 11, 1669. (10) Joanna b. April 5,
1670, m. a Keyes of Chelmsford (11) Enoch b. Aug 1, 1671.
Moses Cleaveland Sen'r died Jan 9, 1701/2. No record of his wife's death has
been observed.
II. Moses Cleaveland married Ruth Norton Oct 4, 1676 and had by her (1) "Annah"
(Anna or Hannah?) b. Nov 7, 1677. (2) Joseph b. Mar 31, 1686.
I. Aaron Cleaveland m. Dorcas Wilson, Sept 26, 1675. Their children were: (1)
Dorcas b. Oct 29, 1676 m. John Knight Mar 12, 1699. (2) Hannah b. Dec 18, 1678
d. June 13, 1679. (3) Aaron b. July 9, 1680. (4) Hannah b. June 2, 1687 m. a
Beard (5) Moses b. Feb 24, 1689/90 (6) Sarah b. Mar 5, 1692 m. Job Richardson
1718? (7) Miriam b. July 9, 1694. (8) Isabel b. April 6, 1697; d. Dec 7, 1714.
(9) Benjamin b. May 16, 1701. (10) Ann dau of Aaron and Dorcas born ____.
Dorcas wife of Aaron Cleaveland d. Nov 29, 1714. Soon after her death he m. (2)
Prudence and died Sept 14, 1716 aged according to Gravestone, 62 years.
CLEAVELAND.
II. Aaron son of Aaron & Dorcas Cleaveland, a carpenter by trade m. Abigail and
resided in Woburn till after the birth of his 2nd child. He then removed and
took up his residence first apparently in Medford then in Cambridge, and after
that in Medford again and subsequently in Charlestown. He was admitted, Oct 7,
1711 into the Church at Cambridge and his mother, Dorcas dying in his house
there in 1714 and his eldest son in 1716 they were both buried in the Cambridge
graveyard. [See epitaphs on mother and son in Harris's Collection) In 1720 his
Church relationship was transferred from Cambridge to Medford church but even
after that, he had one child at least baptized in the church at Cambridge. He
continued to reside in Medford or Charlestown till 1738 when he removed with his
family ot East Haddam, CT where he bore the title of "Captain," and traded
largely in land. Whether he remained there or not till his decease has not been
ascertained. His children by his wife Abigail having been born in different
places, their births are not all recorded in one place. These were (1) Aaron
born at Woburn Oct 20, 1702; died at Cambridge and was buried there in 1716. (2)
Samuel b. at Woburn May 17, 1704. In Vol. XLIII. p. 517, Registry of Deeds [for
Suffolk?] under date of May 23, 1743 is a deed from "Samuel Cleaveland," of
Boston, mariner, in which he calls Aaron Cleaveland his father (3) Abigail
"daughter of Aaron & Abigail Cleaveland" born at Medford May 10, 1706 [medford
Town Records.] (4) John, "son of Aaron & Abigail Cleaveland," was baptized Oct
7, 1711 in the First Church of Cambridge, the same day his father was taken
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into that church. (5) Josiah son of Aaron Cleaveland & Abigail his wife, was
baptized in infancy at Cambridge Nov 1, 1713 (Cambridge Church Records) He m.
Jan 1, 1735 (1735-6?)
Joanna Porter dau of Rev Aaron Porter of Medford; owned the Halfway Covenant in
1736; and had a son born to him Dec 12, 1736 whom he called Aaron. This Josiah
Cleaveland removed to Haddam, CT about the same time his father did. In a paper
in the Registry of Deeds dated Nov 28, 1738, he styles himself "Josiah
Cleaveland, now of Millerton in East Haddam in the Colony of Connecticut and
County of Hartford, late of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex, Mass.,
housewright," etc etc. As late as February 10, 1748/9 he had removed to Boston.
(6) Aaron born at Cambridge Oct 29, 1715 (Cambridge Town Records.) Of him see
more below. (7) John, son of Aaron & Abigail Cleaveland was baptized in infancy,
July 18, 1717. (8) "Moses, son of Aaron and Abigail Cleaveland was baptized in
infancy - of Aaron & Abigail Cleaveland his wife." [Cambridge Church Records]
The child then baptized whose name was not recorded may have been his daughter
Mary who married Elisha Clark of Haddam Sept 17, 1741; and had four children,
viz: (1) "Waterius (Waters or Waterhouse?) b. June 30, 1742 (2) Elisha b. April
23, 1744 (3) William b. Aug 19, 1746 (4) Mary b. April 4, 1749.
Samuel Cleaveland, 3d son, 4th child of Moses and Ann Cleaveland, first
settlers of the name in Woburn, m. May 17, 1680, Jane the dau of Solomon Keyes
of Chelmsford and this, his first wife dying Nov 4, 1681 he m. (2) May 23, 1682,
Persis, dau of Richard Hildreth of the same town. He resided there several
years and had several children born to him. About 1693 he seems to have gone
back to Woburn where June 26, 1693 his dau Elizabeth was born and very soon
after he removed with his family to Canterbury, Connecticut and there had other
children. He died probably 1736.
Josiah brother of the above Samuel Cleaveland served in the Indian War. Was of
Chelmsford 1691; and there by his wife Mary he had several children born to him
as also afterwards at Canterbury, CT to which he removed. According to Mr.
Savage he died April 26, 1709.
In 1699 Samuel and Josiah Cleaveland, sons of Moses and Ann were inhabitants of
Plainfield, CT on the West side of the quinabaug River, now Canterbury. Between
1699 and 1703 they were joined by their brother Isaac (and doubtless too by
their brother Edward.) In 1716 there were only 63 taxable inhabitants in all
Canterbury and of these 63 nine were Cleavelands; viz: (1) Samuel whose
property was estimated at £84. (2) Samuel Jun'r son of Samuel?) at £49 6s. (3)
Joseph (son of Samuel?) at £40 (4) Edward Sen'r (brother of Samuel and Josiah?)
at £35 (5) Edward Jun'r (son of Edward Sen'r?) at £24 (6) Widow Cleaveland
(supposed to be Isaac's widow) at £100. (7) Josiah,
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(son of Josiah, then deceased?) at £44. (8) Joseph (Jun'r?) (who?) at £36 10s
(9)
Moses (son of Samuel b. according to Mr. Savage in 1695) estimated at £22.
These nine made one-seventh of all the inhabitants of the town, and owned one-
eighth of
all the taxable property.
To be continued Part 5 - p. 602 - Enoch Cleaveland son of Moses & Ann
Cleaveland.
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to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 4.
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Enoch, youngest son of Moses & Ann Cleaveland, was a tailor by trade; lived
successively at Sudbury, Framingham and Concord, at which last mentioned town he
died, 1729 leaving a widow and three children. His widow, Elizabeth, died before
April, 1731 and his eldest son, Jonathan of Acton, a tailor by occupation,
administered on his father's estate. [Letter of Rev. Oliver A. Taylor of
Manchester, Mass.]
Many have been the descendants of "Moyses Cleaveland," who came to New England
the humble apprentice of a joiner in 1635, and established himself in Woburn
about 1648, that have done worthily in their day; have been distinguished not
only by their position in society but by their weight of character and
influence, and by the usefulness of their lives. And although a place cannot be
claimed for them here, as inhabitants of Woburn; yet it will be gratifying, it
is presumed, to the present people of Woburn, to see some notice taken of them
in this work, as descendants of one of the early settlers of the place.
1. Rev. Aaron Cleveland, great grandson of Moses and Ann and son of Aaron and
Abigail Cleveland, successively inhabitants of Woburn, Medford, Cambridge,
Medford again, and Charlestown and finally in East Haddam, CT was born October
29, 1715. As this record of his birth is from the Cambridge Town Records, and as
the record of his baptism the next day, October 30, 1715, is from the Records of
the Church of Cambridge, it may be confidently presumed that Cambridge was the
place of his birth; though it has been said by some that he was born in Medford.
He entered Harvard College at sixteen years of age; was graduated in 1735; was
over the church and people of Haddam, CT in July 1739; married Aug 4, 1739,
Susannah, dau of Rev. Aaron Porter of Medford, born Mar 1, 1716 and the sister
of Joanna Porter b. Mar 22, 1719 whom his brother, Josiah Cleveland had married
Jan 1, 1735 (1735/6?). Rev. Mr. Cleveland was dismissed from Haddam 1746;
installed over the South Church in Malden about June 1747, and dismissed about
October, 1750. We next hear of him at Halifax, Nova Scotia, whence he sailed for
England; received orders to the Church of England in London, 1755 and was
commissioned July 1, 1757 by the Society for the Propagating the Gospel in
Foreign parts to take charge of the Episcopal Chruch in Newcastle, Delaware in
compliance with the request of that people.
On his way to Boston, to make arrangements for conveying his family to
Newcastle, he stopped at the house of Dr. Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia; was
there taken sick and died Aug 11, 1757. His remains were interred in Christ
Church, Philadelphia. His widow died at Salem 1788. The Pennsylvania Gazette of
August 18, 1757 contained an obituary notice in which was a warm eulogium upon
him written by the Editor, Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
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2. Rev. Aaron Cleveland of Norwich, son of the preceding, was born at Haddam, CT
Feb 3, 1744. His father dying when he was only thirteen years of age, the plan
for giving him an education at college was defeated; and he was put by his
friends in Connecticut to learn the hatter's trade, and followed that business
many years. In 1779 he was a member of the Legislature of Connecticut; was
ordained soon after to the Congregational ministry; and continued to perform his
clerical functions in various places till his death. He was for some time
resident in Norwich, Weathersfield and West Hartford; but never had a settlement
in any congregation. He performed missionary service in Hartford County and
vicinity and preached frequently as a supply in almost all its towns; and long
afterwards was spoken of with profound respect by those who had heard him. And
his wit, too, and agreeableness in company became proverbial. He published in
1775 a "Poem against Slavery;" and two sermons against War, preached just after
the news of the battle of Waterloo, 1815. In the "Poets of Connecticut," were
published in 1844 two poems of his "which show what he might have been with
better advantages." He died of dysentery in New Haven Sept 21, 1815 at the house
of a relative, Mrs. Porter; and lies buried in New Haven. (Allen's Biography;
Letters of Prof. C. C. Cleveland 1846; and of Rev. A. Cleveland Coxe, 1847.)
N.B. The mother of Rev. Mr. Coxe, just refereed to was Abiah Hyde, dau of Rev.
A. Cleveland of Norwich, by his second wife, a Clement, of Norwich. The father
of Prof. C. D. Cleveland is the venerable Rev. Charles Cleveland of Boston, son
of REv. Mr. Cleveland of Norwich, who, people of Woburn will remember, was
present there on a late memorable occasion, Feb 22nd 1867; and who though
upwards of 95 years of age still paces
the streets of Boston in his pious and benevolent labors.
3. Rev. John Cleveland of Chebacco. He was a great-grandson of Moses and Ann of
Woburn, a grandson of Samuel & Persis Cleveland of Chelmsford and Canterbury,
CT, and a son of Josiah Cleveland of Canterbury and of Abigail (Paine)
Cleveland, his wife. He was born at Canterbury April 22, 1722; was graduated at
Yale College 1745 and settled over Chebacco Parish in Ipswich, now the town of
Essex, 1747. He married for his first wife Mary Dodge (Choate?) dau of Parker
Dodge, by whom he had four sons and 3 daughters. As she died in 1768 he next m.
(2) the widow Mary Neal Forster of Manchester, with whom his connection as also
that with his first wife, was eminently happy.
In the Frech War 1758, he went as Chaplain and at the commencement of the
Revolutionary struggle he served as a Chaplain at Cambridge; and with him at
that time were two of his brothers and all four of his sons. In 1763 he was
rejoiced to witness a powerful revival among his people. In his preaching he was
not confined to written sermons. It was said of him by Rev. Dr. Emmons that "he
was a pattern of piety, and an ornament to the Christian and clerical
profession." His faithful labors were
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crowned with great success; at one period in about six months, one hundred
persons were added to his church. He died in peace and hope April 22, 1799 on
his 77th birthday.
4. Rev. Ebenezer Cleveland, brother of the preceding, was born in Canterbury
1725; received a degree from Yale College 1748; married Abigail Stevens of
Canterbury 1746; commenced preaching at Sandy Bay, Gloucester (now Rockport) in
1751 or 1752, and was ordained their first minister, 1755. During much of his
time in the Revolutionary War he was absent from his people as a chaplain in the
army. In 1780, he left the army and removed to Coos, N.H., on some land he had
received, and also as superintendent of the Dartmouth College lands. While he
resided here his dau. Mary was married to Prof. John Smith of Dartmouth College;
and he spent seven or eight years, preaching as he could, part of the time in a
barn. Subsequently, he was for a year or two employed as an evangelist in Maine.
Returning to Maine, he was settled in the ministry at Amesbury where he remained
four or five years. He then went to Rockport and there spent the remainder of
his days. Rev. Dr. Allen observes of him, "His lot was cast in hard places, and
in hard times; and he had a large family and domestic causes of uneasiness, so
that his life was that of a worthy man struggling with adversity." He died July
4, 1805 in the 79th year of his age in the hope of immortal glory. His wife
deceased Dec 25, 1804 aet 77 yrs. A monument has been erected to their memory
in Rockport, upon which appropriate epitaphs have been inscribed to them both.
[Allen's Biog. Dict., Letter from Rev. O. A. Taylor, April 23d 1846."
To be continued Part 5 - p. 604 - Rev. John Cleveland eldest son of Rev. John
Cleveland of Chebacco b. 1750.
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to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
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5. Rev John Cleveland, eldest son of Rev. John Cleveland of Chebacco, was born
in 1750
and was fitted for college but prevented by ill health from entering. At the
commencement of the Revolution he enlisted in the army, obtained a lieutenant's
commission and continued in the service during the war. Having had from his
youth a strong inclination for the Christian ministry his wishes in this respect
were at length gratified. He was called to the pastoral office in Stoneham,
1798; over the North Parish in Wrentham where after a faithful and exemplary
discharge of ministerial duty he died 1848 aged 68. [Allen's Biography.]
6. Parker Cleveland, M.D., son of Rev. John Cleveland of Chebacco, born 1751,
settled as a physician in Byfield at the age of 19; and during the first year of
the war of the Revolution was the surgeon of a regiment. He was skilful as a
physician; often represented Rowley (to which Byfield belonged) in the
Legislature; and was eminently pious, devout and benevolent as a Christian. He
married for his first wife, E. Jackman in 1772 by whom he had Parker Cleveland,
a graduate 1799 and subsequently a tutor of Harvard College, and an eminent
professor of natural philosophy, chemistry, etc etc, for many years in Bowdoin
College. For his second wife he m. Abigail Cleveland of Canterbury, CT by whom
he had Rev. John P. Cleveland, D.D. successively of Salem, Cinncinnati,
Providence, Northampton, Mass and Lowell, Mass.
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Dr. Parker Cleveland died in February, 1826 aged 74. [Letter of Rev. O. A.
Taylor. Allen's Biographical Dict.]
7. Nehemiah Cleveland, youngest son of Rev. John Cleveland of Chebacco was born
1760. He accompanied his father at the age of 16, during the siege of Boston,
and enlisted in the army for about a year. Having studied medicine with his
brother, and with Dr. Manning of Ipswich, he entered on the practice in
Topsfield, 1783. He was also much employed in his day in various honourable
public offices. For his first wife, he m. Lucy, dau. of Dr. Manning of Ipswich
who died 1791, leaving no children. By his 2nd wife, Expereince Lord, dau. of
Dr. Elisha Lord of Pomfret, CT., he had nine children:
(1) Nehemiah who died soon. (2) Experience who died young (3) Nehemiah of
Brooklyn, N.Y. late preceptor of Dummer Academy, Byfield, b. 1796. (4) William
b. 1798, now (1846) of Topsfield. (5) Lucy b. 1800; d. 1838. (6) Mary b. 1802,
wife of Rev. Oliver Alden Taylor of Manchester, Mass. (7 & 8) twins, born 1804
of whom one died; the other John the present John Cleveland Esq of New York
City. (9) Rev. Elisha Lord Cleveland of New Haven b. 1806.
Dr. Nehemiah Cleveland d. Feb 26, 1837 aged 76, sustained by the consolations of
the religion which he had professed and adorned. His widow, Experience, died at
the house of her son-in-law, in Manchester, Rev. Mr. Taylor (who has himself
since deceased) Jan 21, 1845 in the 81st year of her age. [Allen's Biog. Dict.;
Letter of Rev. Mr. Taylor dated April 23, 1846.]
COLE.
Isaac Cole, son of Isaac of Charlestown, who came to this country 1635 with wife
Joanna and two children, in the ship Hercules from Sandwich County in Kent,
England. This son of his was born in 1637 at Charlestown, came to Woburn to
reside and had granted him by the town, April 25, 1662, a lot of land in the
centre, 50 poles, bounded by the highway [High Street] on the east, and by the
highway to the Burying Place on the north. He m. Jane, widow of James Britten or
Britton, Feb 1, 1659 but had no children. He was one of those eight members of
Woburn Church who were presented by the Grand Jury in Oct 1671 for refusing to
commune with the church on the ground of certain alleged scruples of conscience
and whose case was commended by the court to the consideration of a council of
neighboring churches, to assemble March 1672 before the court should come to a
final decision [See Chapt V.] What the result of the council was, and what the
decision of the court is not known. He died June 10, 1674; his widow,Jane died
March 120, 1687.
CONVERS.
Edward Convers, Deacon - see Chapt. II.
CONVERS.
James Convers, Ensign. See Chapt. V.
CONVERS.
Deacon Josiah Convers, eldest son of Deacon Edward Convers, born in England;
came with his father to New England in 1630; abode awhile at Charlestown and
came with his father to Woburn to dwell about 1641. He
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married March 26, 1651, Esther Champney, dau of Richard Champney of Cambridge, a
ruling elder of the church there in 1658. By his wife Esther, Deacon Convers
had a son Josiah b. March 15, 1660 who m. Oct 8, 1685 Ruth Marshall and had
children by her. In after times this son of his was much employed in town
business, was familiarly known by the title of "Captain Josiah Convers," and
died July 15, 1717 aged 58.
Deacon Josiah Convers was a deacon of the Church of Woburn in 1674, and died Feb
3, 1689/90 aged 72 years [Woburn Records of Births etc.; Savage's Geneal Dict. ;
Cambridge Church Records & Gravestone.]
CONVERS.
Samuel Convers, son of Deacon Edward Convers, born in Charlestown; baptized in
the church there March 12, 1637/8; settled at Woburn; made freeman 1666; m.
Judith dau. of Rev. Thomas Carter, June 8, (Oct 14th?) 1660; by whom he had a
son Samuel b. April 4, 1662.
[Woburn Rec's; Savage's Geneal. Dict; Charlestown Church Records.]
CONVERS.
Allen Convers, called by Deacon Edward Convers in his Will a "kinsmen," and made
an overseer thereof. He is supposed on his arrival in this country to have gone
first to Salem; and is said by Felt to have had land granted him there in 1639.
He was in Woburn as early as 1642; was taxed there in the Country Rate of 1645;
and was made freeman in 1644. He was apptd Commissioner of the Rate in Woburn,
1666; and taught school there in 1676.
By his wife, Sarah, he had borne to him Oct 11, 1642 a son, Zechariah and after
him several other children. He died April 19, 1679. His wife died only three
days after him it is supposed of the small-pox, which was then spread in the
town and among its victims there is numbered "Goodwife Convers." [Savage; Town
Records; Vol II., inverted, p. 163.]
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CONVERS.
James Convers, Jun'r, Major. See Chapt. V and Woburn Records of Marriages &
Deaths.
Two of his sons, Robert & Josiah were men of distinction and influence in their
day. Robert b. Dec 29, 1677 m. Mary Sawyer, on Dec. 19, 1698 and by her had
twelve children but his male posterity in Woburn, it is believed, is now
extinct. "Capt. Robert Converse" died July 20, 1736.
Josiah Convers, his son, b. Sept 12, 1684 m. Hannah, dau of Joshua Sawyer of
Woburn Dec. 30, 1706 and by her and by Dorothy, a second wife, he had 8
children.
Josiah Convers, son of Josiah and Hannah Convers, b. March 2, 1710 m. Sarah
Evans of Reading abt 1732 and had 4 children and died June 17, 1748.
Josiah Convers, son of Josiah & Sarah Convers b. Jan 27, 1733 (1734?) m.
Hepzabah Brooks Mar 28, 1758 and had issue as follows: (1) Josiah b. Mar 14,
1759. (2) John b. March 3, 1761. (3) Jesse, b. Feb 9, 1765 (4) Joshua, b. Jan
20, 1767. (5) Luther b. Jan 26, 1777 died Mar 11, 1861.
Of the sons of Josiah and Hepzibah Convers two instances of very remarkable
longevity. Jess died in 1864 when he lacked but a few
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months of being 100 years old. Joshua completed his century of existence on Jan
20, 1867 and there were highly interesting services performed in his presence
and in which he himself took part, in celebration of the event, Feb 22nd, 1867
in Lyceum Hall, Woburn.
"CRAGGIN," or CRAGIN.
John Craggin was taxed in the Country Rate, made Aug 26, 1666 and is numbered
April 3, 1668 with those who had right in the common lands of Woburn. He married
Sarah Dawes Nov 4, 1661; and by her had 8 children; two of whom, twins, Rachel &
Leah were born March 14, 1680 and both died four days later. He died Oct 27,
1708; his widow, Sarah, died Dec 23, 1725.
"CRAGGIN," or CRAGIN.
John Craggin, Jun'r, his son entered his intentions of marriage with Deborah
Skelton, April 13, 1700: and to them were born twins, John & Anna, March 25,
1701 and, secondly, Benjamin b. Nov 27, 1702. John Craggin Jun'r d. Jan 26,
1703/4. [Woburn Records of Births, etc., Town Records, Vol I., pp. 43, 44.]
CUTLER.
John Cutler was probably one of three brothers, Robert, James and John Cutler,
who are supposed to have emigrated from Hingham, Norfolk County, England and to
be the ancestors, one or other of them, of all, or most of their name in New
England. James Cutler dwelt first at Watertown, then at "Cambridge North Farms,"
now Lexington; Robert was of Charlestown, a Deacon of the Church there, and
ancestor of that distinguished scholar and divine, Rev. Dr. Timothy Cutler,
President of Yale College, 1719; and afterwards becoming an Episcopalian, Rector
of Christ's Church, Boston where he died Aug 17, 1765 aged 82.
John Cutler was in Woburn 1646. He married in Woburn, Sept 3, 1650, Olive
Thompson, born prob. in England, a dau. of James Thompson, one of the original
settlers of Woburn and a member of the first Board of Selectment chosen in 1644.
His first wife dying he m. (2) the widow of Mr. John Lewis of Lynn, Mass., who
also had deceased in 1666. In the mean while becoming providentially deranged,
he was, by order of the County Court, April 3, 1666, put under the guardianship
of the Selectmen for the disposal of him and his property for his own benefit
and that of his children.
In a suit at law, in 1678, against his trustees, judgment was obtained in favor
of the town, in satisfaction of the expense the town had been at for his
maintenance the twelve years previous. But the Selectmen agreed to give up by
deed to his son John, a large portion of the lands which had once belonged to
his father, for a very moderate consideration; he promising not to sell, except
to his sisters to live on, or to the town; in which latter case, he was to
receive back from the town as much as he had paid for them. [Woburn Records.]
I. John Cutler died of the small-pox in 1678/9. The dates of the death of his
two wives are not known. His children who were prob. all by his first wife were:
(1) Mary b. Aug 1651; d. May 3, 1655. (2) Susanna b. Mar 22, 1653/4 (3) John.
(4) Mary or Marah," b. May 5, 1663; m. to Matthew Smith of Woburn as his 2nd
wife June 20, 1684. [Woburn Town Records; Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.]
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II. John Cutler, only son of John & Olive (Thompson) Cutler, was born abt 1656;
married for his first wife, Anna, who d. July 24, 1681, having borne him a
daughter, Susanna who seems likewise to have died young. For his 2nd wife he m.
Susanna, dau of John & Susanna (Martin) Baker, in 1682, by whom he had (1) John
b. Jan 15, 1682/3 and died the 2nd day from his birth. (2) John (again) b. Dec
7, 1684 & died the same day. (3) John (again) b. Jan 4, 1685/6; m. first Lydia
Barnap who d. April 27, 1743 & m. (2) Rachel Poodney of Wilmington Nov 24, 1743.
He lived much respected within the limits of Woburn Precinct; d. Jan 10, 1767
aged 81 and lies buried (as does also his widow Rachel who d. Aug 22, 1784 in
her 84th year) in the Precinct or Burlington Burying Ground. By neither of his
two wives does this 3d John Cutler appear to have had children. (4) Susanna b.
Nov 8, 1687.
Susanna the 2nd wife of II. John Cutler, she being dead, he m. Oct 14, 1692 for
his 3d wife, Elizabeth Reed, dau of the first Deacon George Reed of Woburn and
Elizabeth (Jennings or Jennison) Reed, his wife b. July 29, 1653; by whom he
had children as follows: (1) Hannah or Anna b. July 5, 1694 & died a single
woman apparently on Feb 6, 1737/8 (2) Rebekah, b. Aug 8, 1697 (3) Nathaniel b.
May 23, 1700. (4) Sarah b. April 22, 1702.
CUTLER.
III. Nathaniel Cutler only son of II. John Cutler & Elizabeth his wife, m.
Abigail Bruce of Woburn, Mar 21, 1723. Their children were: (1) Nathaniel b. May
26, 1724. (2) John b. July 21, 1726. (3) Sarah b. May 26, 1729. (4) Abigail b.
Sept 6, 1731. (5) Elizabeth b. Nov 30, 1735. (6) William b. Feb 7, 1737/8, m.
Mary Trask April 17, 1760 (7) Mary b. Feb 26, 1739/40; m. Shubael Johnson 1760
(8) Silas b. May 30, 1743 m. Ruth Johnson Oct 31, 1765; removed to Templeton,
Mass and there died (9) Ruth b. Jan 9, 1745 (1745/6?).
"Lieut Nathaniel Cutler," in his 49th year, died Aug 25, 1748. Gravestone in the
Precinct Burial Ground.
Of the posterity of John Cutler, the first settler of the name in Woburn about
1646, four entire generations have passed away from this stage of existence; one
or two individuals of the 5th generation still linger behind, and from the
numerous ranks of the 6th and 7th generations, a considerable number upon
reckoning are found missing, but a goodly remnant is left, resident in
Burlington, Chicopee and various other places in New England and in the West.
To be continued Part 7 - p. 608 - Nicholas Davis who came in the Planter early
in 1635.
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DAVIS.
Nicholas Davis came in "the Planter," early in 1635, aged 40 with his wife,
Sarah, 48, and
his cousin, meaning prob. his nephew, William Locke aged 6, and others, his
servants. His
wife Sarah dying May 24, 1643 he m. (2) the July following, Elizabeth, the widow
of Joseph
Isaacs of Cambridge. He was active in promoting the settlement of Woburn, & the
Town Orders for which he subscribed at Charlestown in
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December, 1640; was taxed there in the first "Country Rate,' levied September 8,
1645 and also in the first Town rate assessed Dec. 22, 1646. But his name is not
found in any subsequent tax list in Woburn. He prob. removed to York and was
there in 1652. "His will of April 27, 1667, proved March 12, 1670," refers not
to any son but presents the names of many remote relations.
DEAN or DAINE.
William Dean "married at Billerica, Sept 1, 1670, Martha Bateman of Concord," by
whom he had (1) Martha, b. Aug 17, 1671. (2) William b. July 5, 1673. (3) Samuel
b. July 26, 1675. (4) John b. June 25, 1677. (5) Sarah b. 1687 d. Mar 6, 1688.
His name appears for the first time on any recorded Tax List for Woburn in the
new Meeting Rate, 1672.
[Town Rec. Vol I, pp 38, 39.] His death is not on record. Martha Dean, (wife, or
daughter?) died 1711. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc., Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
In a list of soldiers stationed (about 1695?) at Fort Mary, Saco Falls, where
John Hill was Captain, are recorded "William Dean of Woburn," and "Samuel Dean,
Woburn." They were doubtless the sons by those names, of William & Martha Dean,
above mentioned. There is evidence to make it probable that one of these two
brothers was taken prisoner and carried off. One or both of them prob. settled
in that region.
John Dean, son of William & Martha Dean had by his wife, Mary: (1) John b. Jan
10, 1704/5. (2) William b. May 7, 1706. (3) Edward b. Sept 14, 1707. (4)
Ebenezer b. Jan 28, 1708/9, embarked at Boston abt 1739 and was never heard of
afterwards. By his wife Mary he had a son Ebenezer and a daughter. The son b.
Oct 7, 1733 was a shoemaker, removed to Maine and died at Lincolnville 1810 aged
77; had 15 children, a numerous posterity in Maine and in the West. (5) Thomas
b. Nov 23, 1712. (6) Molly b. April 16, 1715 d. July 20, 1739. (7) Samuel b. Feb
24, 1716/7. Mr. John Dean d. February, 1751. All his sons had families.
Edward Dean son of John & Mary Dean m. (1) Patience, dau of Jacob & Elizabeth
Wyman May 1, 1740 and she dying June 15, 1741, he entered his intentions of
Marriage with "Sarah Roble" of Billerica April 14, 1753, by whom he had: (1)
Jesse the well known citizen of Burlington, b. Feb 17, 1754 and (2) Sarah b.
June 3, 1756, wife of Major John Radford.
EAMES.
Robert Eames was of Charlestown 1651; but removing to Woburn, he was taxed there
1666 and had right in the common lands of Woburn. Children: (1) Samuel b. April
7, 1653 & d. April
same year. (2) John born ____ and died Jan 18, 1654. (3) Elizabeth b. June 4,
1659. (4) Mary, who b. June 11, 1661; m. Abraham Cozzens, 1684. (5) Priscilla b.
May 2, 1663. (6) Samuel b. Sept 2, 1664 (7) Abigail b. Sept 22, 1666. (8) John
b. May 9, 1668.
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Elizabeth, wife of Robert Eames d. Mar 22, 1710. Robert Eames died July 30,
1712. But Mr. Savage remarks in Geneal. Dict., of this Robert Eames, "I suppose
he removed to Chelmsford in the part called Dracut, Mass., and died April 25,
1671. His Will, made 3 days before names "brother John and cousin Richard, son
of sister Dorothy Newman, of Farnham in County Surrey; and adds no more to our
knowledge."
EAMES.
Samuel who m. Mary ____, by whom he had: (1) Samuel b. Sept 8, 1692. (2) Lydia
b. Oct 28, 1694?) m. to Ebenezer Buck 1713. (3) Daniel b. Jan 10, 1696 (1697?)
(4) Jacob b. July 11, 1699. "Jacob, son of Samuel Eames, died of the small pox
Jan 1721 or 1722?. (5) Hephzibah b. Mar 7, 1702. (6) Joshua b. May 8, 1705. (7)
Caleb, b. Mar 17, 1708. (8) Elizabeth b. Mar 26, 1711. (9) Robert b. Oct 6,
1712; died the same day. (10) Abigail b. April 11, 1714. (11) Jonathan b. Aug
18, 1716. N.B. Samuel & Mary Eames appear by deed of land in
Woburn to Daniel Fisk, Oct 14, 1740 to belong at that date to Wilmington, set
off from
Woburn 1730 [Rec. of Births, etc.]
EAMES.
Samuel Eames, son of Samuel & Mary Eames m. Judith Simonds both of Woburn, July
2, 1717.
To them were born: (1) Judith b. Mar 22, 1718 m. to Zach. Symmes 1741. (2)
Samuel b. Feb 13, 1719 or 1720; d. April 13, 1727. (3) Jacob b. Aug 10, 1723.
(4) Samuel b. June 28, 1727. "Deacon Eames, son of Samuel d. Dec 12, 1756." (5)
Rebekah, a daughter died April 21, 1728. (6) Huldah b. Mar 4, 1733 m. Elijah
Wyman 1765. Deacon Samuel Eames d. Jan 20, 1775 aged 84: Gravestone: 83rd year.]
EAMES.
Daniel Eames, son of Samuel & Mary Eames m. Abigail Nourse of Reading, Mar 8,
1720. He had a son Daniel b. at Reading Mar 30, 1721. (2) Mary b. April 12,
1723. (3) John b. at Woburn April 19, 1727. (4) Jonathan b. at Wilmington Nov 9,
1730 grad. at Harvard Coll. 1752; a minister of Newtown, N. H. (5) Jacob b. June
12, 1732 at Wilmington. (6) Samuel b. at Wilmington Jan 24, 1734/5. Afterwards,
Capt. Daniel Eames removed to Haverhill and m. (2) Mary Chadwick of Bradford Aug
9, 1748 and for a third wife, Priscilla Kimball, widow, Feb 2, 1756.
EAMES.
Calab Eames, son of Samuel & Mary Eames m. Sarah, Dau of John & Sarah Simonds
both of Woburn April 5, 1732. Their children were: (1) Caleb b. Nov 7, 1732. (2)
Jonas b. Mar 15, 1734; d. Feb 10, 1736/7 (3) Caleb (again) b. Dec 26, 1737. (4)
Jonas b. Feb 2, 1742. (5) John b. Oct 25, 1746 m. Abigail, dau of Samuel
Thompson, Esq.
EAMES.
Jacob Eames son of Deacon Samuel & Judith Eames entered his Intentions of
Marriage with Rachel, dau. of Nathan & Huldah Wyman both of Woburn Mar 15, 1748.
Their children were: (1) Rachel b. Nov 5, 1749 (2) Jacob b. June 6, 1751. (3)
Nathan b. April 11, 1753 d. July 21, 1773 aet. 21 yrs; Gr.St. (4) Ruth b. May
28, 1758. [Rec. of Births, etc.]
N.B. Of late years the name of Eames is written and spelled by some as Ames.
To be continued Part 8 - p. 611 - George Farley & Christian Bietnes or Births.
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FARLEY.
George Farley, an early inhabitant of Woburn, his name being on the List of
Country Tax assessed there Sept 8, 1645, the first on record. He married there,
Christian Births, April 9, 1641, by whom he had: (1) James b. Nov 23, 1643; d.
Dec 10th, following (2) Caleb b. April 1, 1645. (3) Mary b. Feb 27, 1646/7. Not
long after he removed to Billerica where he had: (4) Samuel b. the last weeke in
Sept. 1654. (5) Mehetable b. the last weeke in April 1656 and departed this life
Feb 1, 1672/3. On the 19th of Nov 1656, George Farley "of Billerica," sold his
house and land, 20 acres in Woburn to Richard Snow. George Farley, Sen'r
departed this life Dec 27, 1693. "Christian Farley, widow of George Farley,:
died March 27, 1702. N.B. The name Farley is sometimes spelled Farlow and
Farlo. See Savage's Geneal. Dict.
FARRAR.
John Farrar was admitted an inhabitant of Woburn at the Town Meeting Feb 1655/6?
to choose town officers for 1656. He is presumed to have been a brother of Jacob
Farrar of Lancaster who appears from the following record in Woburn Town Book,
to have died at Woburn:
"John Ffarer, Sen. died August 14, 1677." His widow, Ann* was married to John
Seirs of Woburn as his 2nd wife on Nov 2, 1680. To John Farrar were born: (1)
Mary b. April 10, 1656. (2) Jacob b. Oct 22, 1657, died of the small-pox June
1679. (3) Isaac b. Dec 16, 1659, died in a fortnight after. (4) Joanna b. April
9, 1661, m. Robert Dayle, 1650 (5) Mercy b. April 1, 1663. (6) Hannah b. Jan 22,
1667/8; m. John Wyman, wheelwright Dec 14,
1685. (7) Isaac b. July 1, 1671.
John Farrar died July 11, 1690. His wife's name* and the date of her death ar
not known.
Insert: Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 - has several contradictions
as follows: p.259
Jacob Farrar (1614 to ?) & 1st wife, Grace Dean m. Nov 21, 1640, Halifax,
England.
Jacob Farrar 2 (1614 to 1677) & 2nd wife *Ann ___? who m. (2) John Sears in 1680
in
England. Lancaster/Woburn.
John Farrar (b.?1611; d. 1690) & 2nd wife (Savage doesnt have 1st wife) Joanna
___?
(d. 1687 or 1701+); Woburn.
p.611 - Woburn - cont'd.
FARRAR.
Isaac Farrar's name not occuring on the Woburn Province Tax Lists for 1714,
1715, he is supposed to have previously removed from the town.
FLAGG.
Gershom Flagg was born at Watertown April 16, 1641; the eldest son of Thomas and
Mary Flagg of Watertown where the name was originally spelled Flegg. He came to
Woburn abt 1668 where he m. Hannah Lepingwell, April 15, 1668 a dau. of Michael
"Lepingwell." He was a tanner by trade; and in 1673, had his dwelling-house and
tanning establishments, with about an acre of land attached, in High Street,
near the site of the first meeting-house, having Rev. Mr. Carter's house on the
West, the Old Burying Place on the east and the Training field on the
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South. His children were: (1) Gershom b. Mar 10, 1669 (2) Eleazer b. Aug 1, 1670
(3) John b. May 25, 1673 (4) Hannah b. Mar 12, 1675 m. Israel Walker 1696? (5)
Thomas b. June 22, 1677; died the next day (6) Ebenezer b. Dec 21, 1678 (7)
Abigail b. Jan 8, 1681/2; m. David Cuttler Dec 12, 1700 & m. (2) Stephen Wright
April 12, 1704. (8) Mary b. Feb 2, 1682/3 (9) Thomas b. April 19, 1685. (10)
Benoni b. Aug 19, 1687 and died the same day.
Lieut. Gershom Flagg was killed with Wiswall, his captain & others, by the
Indians at Wheelwright's Pond in the town of Lee, New Hampshire, July 6, 1690.
His widow was m. Dec 10, 1696 to Ensign Israel Walker. Descendants from Gershom
Flagg have been numerous and respectable, both in Woburn & in Wilmington. Col.
Eleazer Flagg (or, Flegg, as he preferred to write his name), a gentleman of
note and influence in Woburn in the early part of the last century, was his 2nd
son. Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, a grad. of Harvard Coll. 1725 was a grandson, by his
son Ebenezer. He was born Oct 18, 1704; ordained at Chester, N.H. in 17-6; and
died there, Nov. 14, 1796 aged 92 yrs. Dr. John Flagg of Lynn, Mass was the son
of Rev. Ebenezer Flagg.
see also Hist. of Lynn, Mass. - full book online:
http://www.usigs.org/library/books/ma/Lynn1890/lynn.shtml
To be continued Part 9 - p. 612 - Hopestill Foster of Woburn
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FOSTER.
Hopestill Foster was born in Woburn 1672 where his name is on the Tax List for
building the new meeting-house that year. He m. Elizabeth, the widow of the 2nd
Thomas Whittemore, Oct 15, 1670 by whom he had: (1) Thomas b. April 17, 1672;
died May 1st following. (2) Abigail b. Mar 12, 1673; m. Timothy "Farlow"
(Farley) of Billerica. (3) John b. Feb 14, 1676/7. (4) Merch b. Feb 26, 1677/8.
Time of Mr. Foster's decease is not on record in Woburn. [Torrey - p.277 has:
Hopestill Foster b. 1648; d. 1679 m. Elizabeth (Pierce)
Whittemore who d. 1692, the widow of Thomas Whittemore; she m. (3) Nathaniel
Pierce; Woburn.] [Woburn Rec. of Births etc.]
FOWLE.
I. James Fowle was taxed in Woburn 1666; and is registered as one of those who
had right in the common lands of the town in 1668. He was a cordwainer by trade;
and had liberty granted him by the town, Feb 26, 1678 "to take in a little piece
of land to set a shop on, not improbably behind the Bell Hill," provided it
should be laid out by the Selectmen. Bell Hill was prob. the elevation west of
the old Fowle Tavern stand, near the centre of the town and appears to have been
so called because the bell that called the people to public worship in the first
meeting-house was hung on its top.
James Fowle is supposed to have been a son of George Fowle of Concord (see
History of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck online at
http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm
By his wife Abigail [Torrey - p.279 has: James Fowle (1642 - 1690) Woburn & wife
Abigail Carter, 1648 to ___; dau of John Carter & who m. (2) Samuel Walker & m.
(3) Samuel Stone; Charlestown.] James Fowle, by his wife Abigail had: (1) James
b. Mar 4, 1667 (2) Abigail b. Oct 15, 1669; m. Jonathan Wyman 1689 (3) John b.
Mar 12, 1671 (4) Samuel b. Sept 17, 1674 (5) Jacob b. April 3, 1677 (6)
Elizabeth b. Sept 28, 1681 m. Timothy Walker 1699 (7) Hannah b. Jan 23, 1683/4
m. 1605 Samuel Trumbull of Charlestown (8) Mary b. July 18, 1687.
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"Lt. James ffoull" died Dec 17, 1690 aged 49 yrs - Gravestone. His widow,
Abigail m. Ensign Samuel Walker April 18, 1692 as his 2nd wife.
FOWLE.
II. James Fowle son of Lieut James Fowle m. Mary, dau of Joseph Richardson Oct
2, 1688. Their children were: (1) Mary b. June 18, 1689; m. James Simonds 1714.
(2) James b. July 20, 1691 d. Oct 11, 1706. (3) Abigail b. Aug. 22, 1693 (4)
John b. Nov 11, 1695 (5) Hannah b. Sept 13, 1697 (6) Elizabeth b. Aug 9, 1699.
(7) Ruth b. April 16, 1701; d. Mar 3, 1713 aged 11 yrs. - Gravestone. (8) Sarah
b. July 29, 1703 m. James Richardson 1728? (9) Samuel b. June 10, 1705 (10)
Esther b. May 29, 1707 m. Nathan Simonds Nov 2, 1726. (11) Martha b. March 12,
1709; m. Rev. Supply Clap of Woburn Precinct, 1737 (12) Catharine b. Sept 20,
1711 m. Josiah Whittemore of Charlestown 1730. Capt. James Fowle died March 19,
1714 aged 47 yrs & 14 days. - Gravestone. His widow was afterwards m. to Deacon
Samuel Walker, first of Woburn Church and then in 1735, of the Precinct Church,
now in Burlington. She died his widow at Charlestown (Oct 22, 1748 aged 80 -
Gravestone.)
FOWLE.
I. John Fowle son of Lieut. James Fowle & Abigail Fowle, m. Elizabeth Prescott
of Concord
July 1, 1696.
(Prescott Memorial p.46 has: Elizabeth Prescott b. Sept 27, 1678 m. John Fowle
of Woborn July 1, 1696. - record ends).
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Their children: (1) Elizabeth b. Sept 19, 1698; d. Mar 4, 1699. (2) John Fowle
b. Jan 7,
1699/1700. (3) Elizabeth Fowle b. Dec 16, 1701; (4) Dorothy Fowle b. Aub 9, 1703
d. May 28
1704. (5) Dorothy Fowle b. Mar 14, 1705; d. Sept 14, 1732. (6) Rebecca Fowle b.
Nov 21, 1706; m. Phineas Richardson, 1728? (7) Abigail Fowle b. Dec 15, 1707 (8)
Hannah Fowle b.
Aug 30, died Oct 3, 1710 (or 1709) (9) James Fowle b. July 16,1710. (10)
Jonathan Fowle
b. Aug 29, 1712; d. Nov 21, 1714. (11) Mary Fowle b. Dec 14, 1713 m. Alexander
Cochran of
Boston 1736? (12) Hannah Fowle b. Aug 10, 1715 (13) Ruth Fowle b. Feb 9,
1716/17; d. Feb
18, 1720/21 (14) Lucy Fowle b. July 28, 1720 m. Henry Gardner (15) Ruth Fowle b.
April 10,
1722. Capt. John Fowle died June 13, 1744. His widow, Elizabeth (Prescott)
Fowle, died
May 14, 1753.
FOWLE.
I. Jacob Fowle, son of Lieut. James Fowle, m. Mary Broughton, grandaughter of
the first Rev. John Rayner of Dover, N.H., on Nov 3, 1701. Their children were
(1) Jacob b. June 12, 1703, died soon (2) Mary b. Nov 29, 1704. (3) Jacob
(again) b. Feb 24, 1706/7. (4) Abigail b. March 6, 1708. (5) Dorothy b. Feb 5,
1710/11. (6) Timothy b. Aug 28, 1713; d.July 3, 1714. (7) Elizabeth b. Feb 3,
1715/16. (8) Judith b. Jan 14, 1718/19 (9) Ruth b. July 2, 1721.
FOWLE.
II. John Fowle son of Capt. James & Mary Fowle, m. Mary Convers, both of Woburn,
Dec 25, 1718. Their children were: (1) James b.June 13, 1720. (2) John (Master
Fowle) b.Feb 1, 1726/7; died Oct 15, 1786 aged 61 yrs. (3) Josiah b. July 14,
1731. (4) Mary b. May 12, 1734 m. Joshua Wyman, Jun'r 1760 (5) Leonard b. Jan 8,
1737/8.
Major John Fowle died Sept 28, 1775. (Memorandum of Samuel Thompson, Esq.)
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The Fowles of Woburn have always been a highly distinguished family, and the
office of Town Clerk, they seemed for many years to hold by prescription. Capt.
James Fowle was chosen Clerk in 1701, and was annually re-chosen till 1714, when
he died in office. His brother, Capt. John Fowle, was immediately appointed his
successor and served the town in that capacity twenty-five years. In 1744,
Cornet John Fowle, apparaently Capt. John's son was chosen clerk; but his death
in 1745, prevented his being re-chosen. From 1746, James Fowle, Esq., was chosen
Clerk every year, without interruption for 34 years; and he died in office,
1779. His son, James Fowle, Jun'r, immediately succeeded him in his labors for
11 years more. And in 1814, Marshall Fowle, Esq., son of James Fowle Jun'r, was
chosen Clerk and was uniformly re-chosen for 19 years more, when he died in
office in 1833. So that during the 132 years which elapsed between the election
of Capt. James Fowle in 1701 and the death of Marshall Fowle, Esq., in 1833,
Woburn had a Fowle for its Clerk 103 years, or more than three-fourths of the
time.
To be continued - Part 10. p. 614 - Thomas Fuller & Elizabeth Tidd.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 10.
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FULLER.
Thomas Fuller - a subscriber to the Town Orders for Woburn drawn up at
Charlestown in December, 1640; was a smith by trade; and had meadow granted him
in Woburn at Ragg Rock, 1648 and also 4 poles square of swamp "next his shop,"
December 28th. He bore the title of "sargeant" in 1656 and of lieutenant in
1685. He was a Selectman in 1663, 1664 and again in 1685; and a petitioner with
others to the General Court 1664 for an additional grant of land to the town.
He married June 13, 1643, Elizabeth Tidd, by whom he had: (1) Thomas b. April
30, 1644. (2) Elizabeth b. Sept 12, 1645. (3) Ruth b.May 17, 1648 (4) Deborah b.
May 12, 1650 m. Isaac Richardson. (5) John b. Mar 1, 1653. (6) Jacob b. May 14,
1655. (7) Joseph b. Aug 8, 1658 (8) Benjamin b. April 15, 1660. (9) Samuel b.
May 9, 1662.
His wife Elizabeth dying, he appears to have left Woburn for Salem Village
(Danvers) about 1664; whence (leaving his sons, it is likely, to spread into
Wills Hill, or Middleton,) he returned to Woburn in 1684; married Sarah, widow
of Lieut. John Wyman and the daughter of Miles Nutt, Aug 25, 1684 and she dying
May 24, 1688 he seems to have again removed from Woburn to Danvers & m. (3)
Hannah ____ [insert: Torrey, p.290 - Thomas Fuller (1618 to 1698) & 3rd wife,
Hannah (?James) Wilson, wife of John Wilson; Aug 25, 1688; Woburn],
and to have died abroad. After his death his widow came to Woburn to reside with
her married daughters, the wives of James Proctor, Aaron Cleveland, John Wilson,
etc. whom the Selectmen compelled to give bonds for her maintenance, June 21,
1697 [Town Records, Vol III., p. 97; also Records of Births, etc and the letter
of Henry H. Fuller, Esq., of Boston.]
GARDNER.
Richard Gardner, came, says family tradition, from the County of Surry, England
& settled first within the bounds of Woburn, having his house nearly opposite to
the mansion of the late Luke Reed, Esq.,in Woburn West End, about 40 rods from
the road, where remains the cellar and well still discernible in 1857; but
between 1661 and 1667, he removed into "Charlestown End," to the spot where the
two maiden ladies Miss Patience Gardner & her
sister had their habitation.
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And hence the births of his last four children are not recorded in Woburn
Records, but must be looked for in those of Charlestown, Mass. He married Anna
Blanchard of Acton, Mass. (Savage says of Charlestown, the widow of Thomas of
Mystic or Malden side) Oct 18, 1651, by whom he had: (1) John b. Aug 14, 1652.
(2) Anna b. Jan 17, 1654/5; died before her father. (3) Benjamin b. Dec 26,
1656; died also before his father. (4) *Henry b. Feb 12, 1657/8. (5) Esther b.
Oct 15, 1659 m. William Johnson, eldest son of Major William Johnson & Esther
his wife; and died Dec 17, 1706 aet 48. (6) Ruth b. April 1, 1661 m. John Gypson
or Gibson. (7) Hannah born ____ m. Coddington. (8) Abigail b. ____ m. James
Thompson (9) Rebecca b. ____ m. Samuel Whittemore of Cambridge Feb 13, 1686.
(10) Mehetabel b. ____ m. John Connett.
Richard Gardner died May 29, 1698, aged 79 years - Gravestone.
I. *Henry Gardner b. Feb 12, 1657/8 married 1st Elizabeth _____[Torrey, p.293 -
has Elizabeth Lane b. 1663; d. 1703: Woburn/Charlestown.] by whom he had: (1)
John b. July 22, 1695. (2) Henry b. Aug 2, 1698. (3) Samuel b. Sept 10, 1700;
d. unm. Mar 3, 1723. (4) Elizabeth b. Dec 25, 1702 m. ___ Sawyer. (5) Mary b.
May 28, 1705; "do. of Charlestown," m. Zechariah Flagg of Woburn Jan 2, 1733.
After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Lane who d. June 3, 1703 aged 43, -
Gravestone; Henry Gardner m. (2) Hannah Prescott who survived him. He died Feb
20, 1713/14 aet 57 while his son John was in college.
Insert: Burial Ground, Woburn, Mass.
"Here lyes buried the body of Mr. Henry Gardner, aged 57 years, deceased
February the 20th 1713/14. (Footstone - Mr. Henry Gardner)
Henry Gardner, son of Richard Gardner, born February 12, 1657-58, married wife
Elizabeth, died 1703 and (2d) Hannah Prescott, who survived him.
http://www.yeoldewoburn.com/Burial1.htm
Note: There is no record of a marriage between Hannah Prescott & Henry Gardner
in the
Prescott Memorial - nor a record of a Hannah Prescott in that time slot. The
tombstone
at Woburn where Hannah (Prescott) Gardner is buried with her husband proves the
marriage.
None of the Lancaster books have her marriage to Henry Gardner.
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GARDNER.
II. John Gardner son of Henry & Elizabeth Gardner, was graduated at Harvard
College, 1715; ordained at Stow, Mass in 1718 and died the minister of that
town, Jan 10, 1775 aet. 80 yrs. He was the father of the Hon. Henry Gardner,
treasurer of Massachusetts in the time of the Revolution; and of Rev. Francis
Gardner, minister of Leominster.
GRAVES.
Mr. Thomas Graves - see Chapter II.
GLAZIER.
John Glazier was in Woburn in 1663; was taxed here in 1666; and, to encourage
him to remain in the town, fourteen inhabitants, at a General Meeting, Aug 8,
1672, agreed to give him an acre of land each, one gave two acres and eight gave
half an acre each, twenty acres in all, to be deducted from their several
proportions of the common lands about to be divided, and to be laid out at the
Wyman Bridge, some on each side of the brook. By his wife, Elizabeth, dau of
John George of Charlestown, John Glazier had: (1) John b. 1663. (2) Zechariah b.
April 20, 1666. (3) Elizabeth b. Aug 4, 1668. (4) John b. Dec 15, 1669. (5) Ruth
b. May 30, 1671 (6) Samuel b. July 5, 1672. (7) George b. June 3, 1667.
To be continued - p.615 - Part 11 - William Green & wife Hannah ____ [Torrey -
p.323 has:
William Green (1620-1654) & Hannah Carter (1625 - 1658) She m. (2) Thomas
Brown/Lindell?
Woburn/Charlestown.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 11.
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GREEN.
William Green was of Charlestown in 1640 and a subscriber that year to the "Town
Orders" for Woburn and among its earliest inhabitants. He was made freeman 1644.
By his wife, Hannah _____
[Torrey - p.323 - William Green (?1591, 1620-1654); & Hannah Carter (1625-1658)
who m. (2)
Thomas Brown/Lindell?; Woburn/Charlestown.
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by his wife Hannah he had: (1) Mary b. Jan 20, 1644 (2) Hannah b. Feb 7, 1646/7;
m. Joseph
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Richardson (3) John b. Oct 11, 1649 (4) William b. Oct 22, 1651.
William Green, Sen'r died Jan 7, 1653/4. By him or one of his sons, was probably
owned the lot in the centre of Burlington known as the Green Lot; and the ruins
of the house once attached to it are still be be seen.
John Green, a brother probably of the above William Green, taxed with him at
Woburn in 1645 but was not taxed there in 1646, and seems to have soon left the
town.
GREEN.
John Green, son of the above William Green, married July 3, 1671, Sarah the dau.
of John Bateman of Boston; by whom he had: (1) Sarah b. June 6, 1672 (2) Samuel
b. Jan 29, 1673/4 (3) John b. Jan 6, 1676/7 (4) Hannah b. March 4, 1679. He was
taxed in a Town Rate Dec 22, 1679; and in 1680 he was numbered among those who
were appointed by the Selectmen July 5, to be under the inspection of Sergeant
Matthew Johnson as tythingmen. But in a tax made for the minister in 1687 his
name does not occur; whence it is concluded that at the last mentioned date he
was dead or removed from the town. [Torrey does not have his death date]
GREEN.
II. William Green, Jun'r son of William Green, Sen'r had by his wife Mary _____
[Torrey, p. 323 - William Green (1651 - 1717) 1st wife, Mary or Hannah Felch
(1653? - 1676); Woburn. & 2nd wife, Hannah Kendall (1655-1719?); Woburn.]
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had, by 1st wife Mary: (1) William b. Aug 9, 1675. His first wife dying, June 3,
1676 he m. (2) Hannah, dau of Francis Kendall by whom he had (2) Francis b. Nov
30, 1678 (3)
Ebenezer b. July 18, 1680 (4) Mehetabel b. June 30, 1682 d. Mar 27, 1698 (5)
Hannah b.
Oct 7, 1684 (6) Mary b. Nov 1, 1686. (7) Samuel b. 18th July 1689 (8) Jacob b.
Oct 14, 1691; (9) Joseph b. April 14, 1694 (10) Abigail b. 1699.
William Green, Jun'r died Dec 1, 1717. [Woburn Records of Briths, etc. &
Savage's Geneal.
Dictionary.)
HALL.
Thomas Hall: (or Hale, in County Records) taxed in the Meeting-house Rate 1672.
By his wife _____ he had:
[Torrey, p.336 has: Thomas Hall who m. Dec 24, 1673, Elizabeth (Dowse) Miles
widow of
Samuel Miles; Charlestown/Woburn.
By his wife he had: (1) Elizabeth b. Dec 14, 1674, died a fortnight after. (2)
Abigail b.
Aug. 20 and died Oct 30, 1681.
HENSHAW.
I. Thomas Henshaw. His name occurs in the List for the Meeting-house Rate, 1672;
but not in the Tax List for 1666, nor among those who had right in the common
lands of Woburn, 1668. He was married Sept 24, 1677, to Hannah, the dau. of
Moses Cleaveland. Their children were: (1) Elizabeth b. July 30, 1678, m. John
"Manser," Charlestown, June 3, 1701. (2) Thomas b. Nov 17, 1680 (3) Hannah b.
May 21, 1683. (4) William b. Nov 25, 1685. (5) Samuel b. Mar 13, 1688. (6)
Ebenezer b. Mar 1, 1691; died Feb 28, 1756. (7) Josiah b. March 1, 1695.
"Thomas Hensher" died Jan 16, 1699 (1699/1700).
HENSHAW.
II. Thomas "Hincher," son of the preceding & Mary Brooks were married May 26,
1712. by her he had: (1) Thomas b. Sept 1, 1713 (2) William b. Dec 21, 1715 (3)
Isaac b. Aug 22, 1719
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"Mr. Isaac Hincher died Jan 3, 1756." (4) Joshua b. Oct 1, 1721 (5) Mary b. Feb
7, 1723
(1723/4). (6) Oliver b. Mar 14, 1726.
Thomas Hincher died Sept 11, 1726. [N.B. The name Henshaw but seldom occurs in
Woburn Records: it is there almost invariably spelt "Henshow," or "Hensher," or
"Hincher."]
HILL.
Ralph Hill was orig. of Plymouth, where he m. Margaret Toothaker, prob. a widow,
1638. Removing to Woburn, he was taxed there as an inhabitant, 1645 & 1646; and
there had a son born to him viz: Jonathan Hill b. April 20, 1646. He was made
freeman 1647; was Selectman of Woburn 1651; but in 1653 he removed to Billerica
and became one of its earliest settlers and in 1659 he sold his house and land
in Woburn to Richard Snow. He died at Billerica April 29, 1663. His widow died
there Nov 22, 1683 aged "about 88." In his Will November 10, 1662, he names his
son Nathaniel Hill (born prob. at Plymouth) Jonathan, Ralph, Martha, Rebecca,
his widow Margaret and his son-in-law, Roger Toothaker, etc. (Savage's Geneal.
Dict., Woburn Records, Billerica Records, Wyman Papers No. 53.
To be continued Part 12 - p. 617 - Christopher Holland.
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to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 12.
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HOLLAND.
Christopher Holland was one of the earliest settlers of Woburn, being taxed
there in the "Rate for the Country," levied Sept. 8, 1645. But he soon removed,
being of Boston
in 1652. [Woburn Town Records, Vol. I., p.8.; Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
See the 4 volumes of Savage's Geneal. Dictionary online (thanks to our Warren
Wetmore &
Kathy Leigh):
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/
Nothing more is found on Christopher Holland, in Woburn.
IVONS.
Edward Ivons was taxed as an inhabitant of Woburn in 1666; had once a grant of
land made to him in the centre of the town, near the Training Field; and at the
general distribution of land and timber among the proprietors, in 1668, he had a
share assigned him in the "4th Eighth.", but becoming deranged, and rendered
poor thereby, and incapable of taking care of himself, the Selectmen took him
under their protection and provided for his comfort. He died about 1683 and was
buried at the Town's expense.
JOHNSON.
Capt. Edward Johnson - see chapter II. Major William Johnson: see Chapter V.
JOHNSON.
Matthew, son of Capt. Edward Johnson, and brother of Major William Johnson, was
born in England: came from Charlestown to Woburn to reside; was taxed there in
Country Rate of Aug 26, 1666; and had a share in the common lands of Woburn
assigned him, 1668, in the "8th Eighth." He m. Hannah, the dau. of Peter
Palfrey on Nov 12, 1656; and, she dying Aug 1, 1662 he took for his 2nd wife,
Oct 23, 1662, Rebekah, dau. of John Wiswall of Dorchester, then of Boston and
ruling elder of the First Church there. By her he had: (1) Rebekah b. Mar 1,
1665; m. to Samuel Wyman in 1692. (2) Matthew, b. Mar 18, 1667. (3) Hannah b.
April 23, 1669. (4) Samuel b. April 28, 1672 (5) Ruth, b.
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January 1, 1674/5; m. John Reed, 2nd, 1697? (6) Sarah b. April 14, 1677; m.
Daniel Reed 1699 (7) Henry b. April 7, 1683.
Lieut. Matthew Johnson was a carpenter by trade; and was employed in building
the house erected by the town for Rev. Jabez Fox in 1680. He represented Woburn
in the General Court, 1689, 1690, 1691 & 1692; and died July 19, 1696 aged 62
yrs [Gravestone] His widow, Rebekah, died Dec 25, 1709. [Woburn Records;
Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
See also Woburn earliest cemetery Inscriptions online at:
The First Burial Ground - Woburn, Mass. Inscriptions:
http://www.yeoldewoburn.com/Burial1.htm
JOHNSON.
John Johnson, brother of Matthew, was a miller and proprietor of a saw-mill in
Woburn; married Bethiah Reed, dau. of William & Mabel Reed, April 28, 1657 and
had: (1) JOHN b. Jan. 24, 1658. (2) Bethiah b. Jan 20, 1659/60l m. _____,
Wolcott, Cambridge. (3) William b. Sept 29, 1662 removed to Plainfield
(Canterbury), CT. (4) Obadiah b. June 15, 1664; removed to Canterbury, CT, 1690.
(5) Samuel b. Oct 29, 1670 (6) Nathaniel b. May 15, 1673.
John Johnson, becoming sick, enfeebled and poor in his latter years, he and his
wife Bethiah were taken by their sons, William & Obadiah, in 1712 to Canterbury,
CT and there maintained by them during life at the charge of Woburn. Mrs.
Bethiah Johnson died about 1717. Her husband survived until 1720. [Woburn
Records of Births, etc.; Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
JEFTS.
Henry Jefts was a subscriber to the "Town Orders" for Woburn in 1640; taxed in
the Country Rate of September, 1645; had grants of land made to him in Woburn.
He m. "Anna Stowars (Ann Stowers) Sept 13, 1647; and she dying, he m. (2),
Hannah Births, May 21, 1649; by whom he had (1) John Jefts b. May 11, 1651. In
1653, he had become an inhabitant of Billerica where a daughter Hannah died in
"the first weeke" of May 1653. His children born afterwards were (2) Hannah
(again) b. Feb. 1654/5. (3) Joanna b. May 24, 1656. (4) Henry b. Mar 21, 1658/9.
Hannah, his wife, dying Sept 15, 1662 he m. (3) oct 3, 1666, Mary Bird, a widow
and after her decease April 1, 1679, he m. (4) Mary Baker of Concord, widow, May
5, 1681.
"Henry Jefts, Sen'r., departed this life aged about 94 years, May 24, 1700."
[Billerica Records, Woburn Records & Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
To be continued Part 13 - p. 618 - Abraham Jaquith.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 13.
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JAQUITH.
I. Abraham Jaquith son of Abraham of Charlestown and of Ann, his wife, the dau.
of James Jordan of Dedham. He was b. Dec 19, 1644; took up his residence in
Woburn (viz: that part of Woburn which is now Wilmington); was taxed there 1666;
m. Mary Adford, Mar 13, 1671 and had: (1) Abraham b. Feb 17, 1672/3. (2)
Elizabeth b. May 19, 1675. (3) Sarah b. Sept 21, 1677. [Torrey, p.416 says
wife, Mary Adford m. (2) Jacob Hamlet.]
JAQUITH.
II. Abraham Jaquith son of the preceding, married Sarah Jones Dec 26, 1700. To
them were born: (1) Abraham b. Dec 30, 1701. (2) Sarah b. Mar 8, 1703 m. Samuel
Butter Jan 29, 1726/7? (3) John b. Oct 7, 1704. (4) Mary b. Sept 1, 1706. (5)
Elizabeth b. June 5, 1708. (6) Adford, b. April 15, 1710. (7) Abigail b. June
10, 1712. (8) Ebenezer, b. June 3, 1714. (9) Benjamin b. June 27, 1716.
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(10 & 11) William & Lydia, twins b. May 1, 1718; both died the same month. (12)
Hannah b. July 19, 1719. (13) Ruth, b. April 10, died 30th April, 1722. (14)
Susanna b. June 23; d. July 5, 1723. (15) Seth, b. June 5, & died July 16, 1724.
[Woburn Recors of Births, etc.; Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
KENDALL.
Kendall is a family name of local derivation, borrowed from Kent-dale, that is,
a dale in the County of Kent, England; or, as may be thought by some, from
Kendal, a noted town in Westmoreland County, on the borders of the river Ken.
From one or the other of these sources, the Kendal(s) or Kendall(s) in England
prob. derived their origin and their name.
KENDALL.
Francis Kendall, born in England, is supposed to have been the common ancestor
of all of his name in New England. He was in Charlestown, 1640, where he
subscribed the "Town Orders" for Woburn in December of that year; and was taxed
among the earliest inhabitants of Woburn, 1645. The record of his marriage there
reads thus: "ffrancis Kendall, alias Miles and Mary Tedd (Tidd) maryed 24th of
*10th month [24 *Dec.] 1644;" which lends support to a family tradition,
communicated many years ago by Rev. Dr. Kendall of Weston, that in order to
conceal from his parents his intentions to emigrate to this country, he embarked
in England under a feigned name. His children by his wife Mary were (1) John b.
July 2, 1646. (2) Thomas b. Jan 10, 1648/9. (3) Mary b. Jan 20, 1650/1; m.
Israel Reed about 1669. (4) Elizabeth b. Jan 15, 1652/3 m. James Peirce. (5)
Hannah b. Jan 26, 1654/5 m. William Green, Jun'r as his 2nd wife. (6) Rebekah b.
Mar 2, 1657; m. Joshua Eaton; deceased in 1706. (7) Samuel b. Mar 8, 1659. (8)
Jacob b. Jan 25, 1660/1. (9) Abigail b. April 6, 1666; m. William "Read," May
24, 1686.
Mary, his wife, died in 1705. "Francis Kendall, Sen'r died 1708," when,
according to a testimony given by him in Court, 1700, he must have been 88 years
old. He was a gentleman of great respectability and influence in the place of
his residence. He served the town at different times, 18 years on the Board of
Selectmen; and was often appointed on important committees, especially on one
for distributing the common lands of the town, 1664 and on another, respecting
the erection of the second meeting-house, 1672.
In his Will dated May 9, 1706, when he was "stricken in years," (he writes),
"and expecting daily his change," he styles himself a miller; and gives one half
of his mill, with a proportionate interest in the streams, dams and untensils
thereto belonging, to his son, John; one-quarter to Thomas, and one-quarter to
Samuel. This mill has ever since been in the possession of his posterity. Its
present owner and occupant, Mr. Joseph R. Kendall, a descendant from Thomas,
second son of Francis, is of the 6th generation from its original proprietor.
[Kendall Family Papers.]
Francis Kendall remembers likewise in his Will the eight children of his
brother, Thomas (one of the first settlers of Reading, and a deacon of
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the church there) who were living, when he, his said brother died. It seems that
this brother of Francis Kendall of Woburn, Deacon Thomas Kendall of Reading, and
Rebecca, his wife, had had ten daughters but no son that lived. [Torrey, p. 433
has: Thomas Kendall who
d. 1681 m. Rebecca ?Paine (1616 - 1673 d. aged 85.?Lynn/Roxbury.] But these
daughters, in order to preserve their maiden name, Kendall, among their
posterity, directed, each of them, when married, that her first born son should
have the given name, Kendall, prefixed to his surname; as Kendall Peirson,
Kendall Boutwell, Kendall Eaton, Kendall Briant, etc. etc., which gave occasion
to the following lines respecting these daughters in a poem written by Lillie
Eaton, Esq., of South Reading, and published with Flint's Historical Address
upon the 200th Anniversary of the founding of Reading. In mentioning the
venerable matron, their mother, he observes:
"She had ten daughters; and each one,
When married, christened her first son
Kendall; and thus we may infer
Why 'tis these names so oft occur."
Flint's Address, p.64.
The children of John, Thomas, Samuel and Jacob Kendall, the four sons of Francis
the first were as follows:
John Kendall, eldest son of Francis Kendall, married Jan 29, 1668, Hannah, dau.
of Thomas Bartlett. Their children were: (1) Mary b. Sept 1, 1671. (2) Lydia b.
April 23, 1674. (3) Francis b. Dec 4, 1678; d. soon.
His first wife, Hannah, dying, John Kendall m. Elizabeth Comey March 29, 1681
and had by her: (1) Francis b. April 11, 1682. (2) John b. Oct 7, 1684; died
young. (3) David b. Nov 14, 1686. (4) Elizabeth b. Feb 23, 1688/9; m. to Amos
Knight, 1720? (5) Jonathan b. Nov 28, 1690. (6) Rebekah b. Mar 22, 1693 (7)
Nathaniel b. Feb 27, 1694/5. (8) John 2nd, b. July 8, 1699.
Elizabeth, wife of John Kendall, died in December, 1701. After her death, he m.
(3) Eunice the widow of Mr. Samuel Carter and daughter of John Brooks. She was
living in 1706.
[Woburn Records of Birth, etc; Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
Samuel Kendall, third son of Francis Kendall, married Nov 13, 1683, Rebekah,
dau. of Isaac Mixer. Their children were: (1) Samuel b. Aug 13, 1684 (2) Isaac
b. Sept 13, 1686. (3) Joshua b. Mar 14, 1689. (4) Rebekah b. July 6, 1691; d.
Nov 25, 1691.
Rebekah, wife of Samuel Kendall dying Oct 25, 1691, he m. (2) Mary, daughter of
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William Locke, March 30, 1692. By her he had: (1) Mary b. Feb 3, 1692/3; who
died Aug 14, 1727. (2) Rebekah b. Jan 26, 1694/5; wife of Samuel Russell. (3)
Abigail b. Mar 31, 1697 m. William Nichols of Reading 1719/20. (4) Ebenezer b.
May 16, 1700. (5) Ruth b. April 23, 1703 m. to ____Bancroft. (6) Tabitha b. Jan
22, 1706/7; m. to Nathan Richardson 1729 & died Nov 25, 1739.
Samuel Kendall finally removed, we are told, to Lancaster, Mass. He prob.
remained in Woburn till the summer of 1742, being taxed there in a Parish Tax
assessed Jan 28, 1741/2 but not in one assessed in February 1742/3. His Will,
written Dec 6, 1742, when he was "advanced in years," is subscribed with his own
hand, "Samuel Kendal." But it is said not to have been proved till 1749. [Woburn
Records of Births, etc. etc.]
Buried in Lancaster at The Old Burial Field:
Grave No. 100.
In Memory of Thomas Son of Mr. Thomas Kendall & Abigail his wife Died Oct'r 25th
1756 In Ye 1st Year of His Age.
To be continued Part 14 - p.621 - Jacob Kendall & wife Persis "Heywood" or
"Hayward"
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KENDALL.
Jacob Kendall, youngest son of Francis Kendall, m. Persis "Heywood" or
"Hayward," Jan. 2, 1683/4. Their children were: (1) Persis, b. Aug 24, 1685. (2)
Jacob, b. Jan 12, 1686/7. (3) Joseph b. Dec 7, 1688. (4) Jonathan, b. Nov 2, &
died Nov. 11, 1690. (5) Daniel b. Oct 23, 1691.
Persis, wife of Jacob Kendall, died Oct 19, 1694 & he m. (2) Alice Temple, Jan
10, 1694/5. By her he had: (1) Ebenezer, b. Nov 9, 1695; died young. (2) John,
b. Jan 19, 1696/7; died oct 17, 1697. (3) Sarah b. July 18, 1698. (4) Esther b.
Nov 20, 1699. (5) Hezekiah, b. May 26, 1701. (6) Nathan b. Dec 12, 1702. (7)
Susanna, b. Oct 27, 1704. (8) Phebe, b. Dec 19, 1706. (9) David b. Sept 28,
1708. (9) Ebenezer (again) b. April 5, 1710. (10) Alice b. Jan 31, 1711/12. (11)
Abraham b. April 26, 1712 (This, or the preceding record, or both, obviously
erroneous.) (12) Jacob (again) b. April 22, 1714; died June 1, 1714. (13)
Persis, (again) b. Aug 23, 1715. [Woburn Records of Births, etc. & Savage
Geneal. dict.]
Descendants of these four brothers, who made Woburn their place of permanent
residence, were formerly very numerous. Individuals of the name and connection
still remain in the town, but have much dwindled of late in respect to the
numbers. But multitudes of Kendalls have gone forth from Woburn, to replenish
other towns of the Commonwealth. Tewksbury and Sherborn, in Middlesex County,
and Athol, Lancaster, Leominster and Sterling in Worcester County, have all been
more or less indebted to Woburn for her many sons and daughters,
Kendalls by name or birth, whom she has contributed to help settle those towns,
or when settled already, to increase their number of inhabitants. And no family
of Kendalls in Woburn has done more to swell the tide of emigration towards the
towns above mentioned than that of Samuel Kendall, grandson of Francis, and son
of Thomas and Ruth Kendall, born in Woburn October 29, 1682. He was a carpenter
by trade; and formerly known far and wide beyond his native place as Lieutenant
Kendall, from having received a Lieutenant's commission from Governor Belcher,
Oct 5, 1732. He was a very active, enterprising, public spirited man, often
employed in town
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business, and much engaged in promoting both the civil and the religious
prosperity of Woburn. He was an original proprietor of Northtown (or, Townsend)
and as such became involved in a controversy with the heirs of Major Hathorne of
Salem, who claimed a portion of the lands in that town, under a prior grant from
the General Court.
He was also a principle settlet of Paguaige, (or, Athol) in the settlement of
which he and several of his sons suffered much from floods, and from the
depradations of the Indians during the French wars between 1744 and 1760. By his
wife, Elizabeth, Lieut. Kendall had fifteen children as follows:
1. Samuel Kendall b. June 30, 1708. Minister of New Salem.
2. James Kendall b. April 28, 1710. Lived and died in Sterling, once a part of
Lancaster.
3. Josiah Kendall b. Sept 1, 1712. Lived and died in Sterling.
4. Ezekiel Kendall b. Mar 14, 1715. An inhabitant of Sterling; lived and died
there.
5. Timothy Kendall b. Mar 23, 1717. Lived and died at Leominster.
6. Elizabeth Kendall b. Sept 3, 1719. Wife of John Brooks of Sterling, then
Lancaster.
7. Jonas Kendall b. Mar 10, 1721. of Leominster.
8. Sarah Kendall, b. April 16, 1723, wife of John Kendall of Leominster, a son
of II. Francis, born April 11, 1682, a grandson of I. John Kendall and great
grandson of I. Francis Kendall.
9. Susanna Kendall b. July 5, 1724. unmarried.
10. Obadiah Kendall b. at Woburn Sept. 3, 1725. Occupant of the paternal mill:
deacon of the church of Woburn.
11. Jesse Kendall b. May 15, 1727. Lived at Athol, a husbandman and roiller; one
of the first settlers of Athol: married Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew & Mary Evans
of Woburn, about 1751 and had by her twelve children.
12. Seth Kendall b. Jan 4, 1728/9. Lived at Athol.
13. Abigail Kendall b. Feb. 27, 1730/1. Wife of Jacob Peirce of Woburn.
14. Ephraim Kendall b. Nov 9, 1732. Died Feb 16, 1732/3.
15. Jerusha Kendall b.Feb 13, 1734/5. Wife of Reuben Richardson, Jun'r of
Woburn.
Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Samuel Kendall died January 10, 1741/2. He appears then
to have married a 2nd wife. the following probably is a record of his Intentions
of Marriage: "Samuel Kendall entered his Intentions of Marriage with Mehitabel
Asmore (Hosmer?) of Concord July 6, 1751."
"Lieut. Kendall's 2nd wife died August 24, 1755. "Lieut. Samuel Kendall died
Dec. 13, 1764.
Insert:
Source: Concord, Mass. Marriages.
Mehitabel Hosmer & Samuel Kendall of Woburn ----- July 23, 1751
http://www.rays-place.com/marrage/concord-ma-ah.htm
Samuel Kendall of Woburn & Mehitabel Hosmer married July 23, 1751.
http://www.rays-place.com/marrage/concord-ma-jz.htm
Among the descendants of the Kendalls who went from Woburn and settled
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in other places were several gentlemen of distinction and great respectability
of character, of whom it seems proper here to give a passing notice:
1. Rev. Samuel Kendall (or Kendal, as he preferred to spell his name), D.D. son
of Elisha Kendall of Sherborn, who was the 12th son of II. Thomas & Sarah
(Cheever) Kendall of Woburn and Sherborn, a grandson of I. Thomas & Ruth Kendall
of Woburn, and a great grandson of Francis Kendall the first settler of the
name. He was born at Sherborne, July 11, 1753; grad. at Harvard College 1782;
ordained at Weston, Nov 5, 1783 and died there Feb 16, 1815 aet. 62 yrs. Elisha
Kendall, his father, who spent his latter days with him at Weston, outlived him,
dying 1824, aged 99 yrs. [Rev. Kendall's Century Sermon, pp. 44, 45: Allen's
Biog. Dict.]
2. Rev. Samuel Kendall, eldest son of Lieut. Samuel Kendall, wwas born at Woburn
June 30, 1708; grad at Harvard College 1731; ordained at New Salem, Franklin
Co., Mass. at the gathering of the church there, Dec 15, 1742; dismissed, 1776
and died Jan 31, 1792 aged 84 yrs. [Woburn Records of Births & Allen's Biog.
Dict.]
3. Rev. James Kendall, D.D. of Plymouth. He was the youngest son of Major James
Kendall of Sterling, Worcester Co., Mass, whose father, James Kendall was the
2nd son of Lieut Samuel Kendall of Woburn; m. Sarah Richardson of Woburn, July
21, 1735 and removed to Sterling (then Lancaster) to reside. Rev. James, his
grandson, was born at Sterling, Nov 3, 1769; grad. at Harvard College, 1796;
ordained at Plymouth Jan 1, 1800 and died there Mar 17, 1859 aged 89 yrs. 4
mos., & 14 days; and in the 60th year of his ministry. [Mr. Calvin Kendall of
Athol, Mass. Funeral Sermon.]
4. Hon. Jonas Kendall. He was the son of Jonas Kendall, 6th son of Lieut. Samuel
Kendall of Woburn and an early settler of Leominster. He was born at Leominster,
his father's residence, Oct 27, 1757; was largely engaged it is believed, in the
manufacturing business at Leominster; was sometime member of the Senate of
Massachusetts; and at death, ws nearly 80 years of age. [Mr. Calvin Kendall of
Athol: Letter of Hon. Joseph G. Kendall, his son.]
5. Hon. Joseph Gowing Kendall, son of the preceding, was a native of Leominster;
a graduate 1810 and subsequently a tutor of Harvard College; was a lawyer by
profession; a Clerk of the Courts, resident at Worcester; and once represented
that district in the Congress of the United States. He died in 1847. [Letter
from him, 1846: College Catalogue, etc.].
6. Rev. David Kendall was a son of Jesse Kendall of Athol, who was the 8th son
of Lieut. Samuel Kendall of Woburn. He was graduated at Harvard College 1794;
was minister of Hubbardston from 1802 to 1809. He then removed to Augusta,
Oneida Co., N.Y. where he continued in the pastoral office till his death, Feb
19, 1853 at the age of 85 yrs.
[Mr. Calvin Kendall of Atho: Allen's Biog. Dict.
To be continued Part 15 - p. 623/624. Joseph Knight orig. of Watertown.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 15.
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KNIGHT.
Joseph Knight, Sen'r. was originally of Watertown. He sold his
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house there, Dec 10, 1649; and soon after with his wife, Hannah [Torrey, p. 444
has: Joseph Knight (ca 1624-1687) & Hannah Russell? (-1695) m. Dec. 10, 1649l
Watertown/Woburn.]
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with his wife, Hannah, removed to Woborn. He was made freeman 1653; was taxed in
Woburn 1666; and was numbered among those who had right in the common lands of
Woburn, 1668. At Woburn he had born to him, by his wife Hannah, (1) Sarah b.
March 8, 1651. (2) Samuel, b. Sept 8, 1652 & died Dec 26, 1653. (3) Hannah b.
Mar 25, 1654. (4) John b. Jan 16, 1665/6. (5) Elizabeth b. April 7, 1658. (6)
Mary b. June 6, 1660 died April 10, 1661. (7) Dinah b. July 4, 1661 m. John
Morse of Watertown 1686. (8) Samuel (again) b. Mar 18, 1663. (9) Mary b. Dec 12,
1672; died March 1, 1673. (10) Joseph b. Dec 12, 1673. (11) Edward b. Aug 31,
1677. (12) Isaac b. Feb 24, 1679/80; died Mar 4, 1679/80. (13) James b. April
22, 1681 & died the next day.
Joseph Knight, Sen'r (County Records) died Aug 13, 1687. "Hannah, relict of
Joseph Knight Sen'r died Jan 13, 1694/5."
KNIGHT.
II. "Joseph Knight, Jun'r." Among those made freeman at the Court in May, 1675
and "re-admitted to freedome Feb 21, 1675/6," is found, "Joseph Knight, Woburn."
He was taxed in the rate for the second Meeting-house in Woburn, 1672; m. Martha
Lilley, April 4, 1699 and in his Will, January 16, 1733, names wife Martha and
six daughters.
KNIGHT.
John Knight was taxed in Woburn 1666; m. there, March 2, 1681, "Abigail,
daughter of John & Sarah Craggen;" and had by her: (1) Abigail b. Dec 27, 1681.
(2) John b. Jan 31, 1683/4; died June 21, 1685. (3) John (again) b. Mar 3, 1686.
(4) Benjamin b. Mar 20, 1688; d. Sept 1697. (5) Samuel b. Sept 27, 1690 (6)
Mercy b. Feb 3, 1692/3. (7) Ebenezer b. Aug 20, 1695. (8) Rebekah b. May 14,
1698. (9) Benjamin (again) b. Oct 20, 1700 (10) Joseph Joseph b. Nov 9, & died
Dec 19, 1702. (11) Amaziah, b. Dec 14, 1703.
Abigail wife of John Knight, died June 17, 1707. "John Knight, Sen'r died Nov 9,
1735. [Woburn Records.]
KNIGHT.
John Knight, his son, born March 3, 1686 is prob. the John Knight who sold his
homestead Feb 3, 1735/6 in Woburn Precinct, to Rev. Mr. Supply Clap; vacated the
house May 19, 1736 and seems to have removed from the town, as no further
mention of him has been observed
[Woburn Records. Rev. Mr. Clap's papers, etc.]
KNIGHT.
Michael Knight had right in common lands of Woburn assigned him, 1668; was
admitted freeman 1654; m. Mary Bullard, Oct 20, 1657; and had: (1) Mary b. Oct
14, 1658; m. George Polly, Jun'r. 1677 (2) Jonathan b. Mar 23, 1662. (3) Joseph
b. Jan 10, 1664/5. (4) Lydia b. Sept 29, 1674. [Woburn Rec.; Colony Rec's.]
To be continued Part 16 - p. 624 - p. 625. William Learned.
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families.
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868
Part 16.
p.624
LEARNED.
William Learned b. in England; admitted freeman of the Colony, 1634; received
with Goodeth, his wife, into the First Church, Charlestown, Dec 6, 1632;
subscribed at Charlestown the "Town Orders"; for Woburn, 1640;
[Torrey, p.458 has: William1 Learned (-1646) & 1st wife Judith ___?;
Charlestown/Woburn.
William1 Learned (-1646) & 2nd wife, Jane/Sarah? died 1661 Malden;
Charlestown/Woburn.
[R. C. Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Vol. II p.1164 - 1166 - had
marriage -
St. Olave, Southwalk, Surrey, England April 22, 1606 to Goodith Gilman "Goodith"
was a
distinct name, not to be confused with Judith and not to be interpreted as
"goodwife" he
m. (2) Jane ____ who died at Maldin, Jan 24, 1660 - five children.]
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was one of the first seven members of the church of Woburn at its gathering in
1642 and one of the first Board of Selectmen in Woburn, chosen 1644. He died
March 1, 1646.
LEARNED.
Isaac Learned, apparently an *only child of William Learned was born in England.
[Great Migrations has *children of William Learned:
(1) Sarah Learned b. 1607 m. (1)
Jan 13, 1623/4 at Bermondsey, Surrey, Eng., Thomas Ewer; m. (2) Dec 11, 1639,
Thomas Lathrop son of Rev. John Lathrop. (2) Bethia Learned bp. Surrey, Oct 29,
1612. (3) Mary bp. Surrey, Sept 15, 1615 buried there July 26, 1625; (4) Abigail
Learned bp. Surrey Sept 30, 1618. (5) Elizabeth Learned bap. Surrey Mar 25, 1621
m. by 1645, John Hall (6) Isaac
Learned bap. Surrey, Feb 25, 1623/4; m. at Woborn July 9, 1646, Mary Stearns
dau. of Isaac
Stearns.]
Isaac Learned m. July 9, 1646, Mary Stearns, eldest child of Isaac & Mary
Stearns of Watertown. (see Stearns, Watertown - 648 kbs file
http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm)
He settled first in Woburn. but, April 2, 1652 he sold his house and lands in
Woburn to Bartholomew Peirson of Watertown and removed to Chelmsford where he
was at one time Selectman and where he died Nov 27, 1657.
see Hist. of Chelmsford online at
http://www.usigs.org/library/books/ma/Chelmsford1917/chel000.shtml
Isaac Learned had born to him at Woburn: (1) Mary Learned b. Aug 7, 1647. (2)
Hannah Learned b. Aug 24, 1649. (3) William Learned "eldest son," birth not
recorded but prob. born in Woburn; died 1684, unmarried. At Chelmsford were born
(4) Sarah Learned b. Oct 28, 1653 (5) Isaac Learned b. Sept 16, 1655. (6) Benoni
Learned b. 2 days after his father's death, Nov 29, 1657. [Bond's History of
Watertown http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm
also, Colony Records, Charlestown First Church Records; Woburn Town Records;
Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
LEPINGWELL.
Michael Lepingwell was an early inhabitant of Woburn and taxed in the first rate
levied there for the Country, Sept 8, 1645. By his wife, Isabel he had: (1)
Hannah b. Sept 1, 1642 d. Feb 10, 1642/3 (2) Hannah b. Jan 6, 1645/6 m. Gershom
Flagg. (3) Sarah (Mary) in County Records) b. Mar 10, 1647 (4) Thomas b. Jan 13,
1648/9 (5) Ruth b. Jan 2, 1649/50. (6) Michael b. June 8, died June 15, 1651.
(7) Rachel b. Mar 4, 1658 (8) Abigail b. May 24, 1655. (9) Esther b. May 16,
1657. (10) Tabitha b. May 8, 1661.
Isabel Lepingwell died Nov 17, 1671. Michael Lepingwell died March 22, 1687.
Woburn Records of Births, et. - The Lepingwells have been extinct from Woburn a
century or more. Descendants or relations apparently, are found elsewhere but
they spell their name Leffingwell. See Savage's Dictionary & Torrey's New
England Marriages Prior to 1700.
LITTLEFIELD.
Francis Littlefield. His name first appears in Woburn in the Town Rate assessed
Dec 22, 1646 but not in any subsequent List. By his wife Jane he had a daughter
Mary b. Dec 14, 1646; but the mother died Dec 20, 1646 within a week from the
daughter's birth; and the father himself probably soon removed from the town.
[Torrey, p. 468 has: Francis Littlefield, (1619?-1713) Wells, Maine; Woburn,
Mass.; Dover, N.H.; & 1st wife, Jane
Hill?; dau of Ralph; Charlestown/Woburn; & he m. (2) Rebecca ___? (1630-1683+);
Wells, ME; Woburn, Mass; Dover, N.H.; Ipswich.
To be continued Part 17 - p.625 Richard Lowden.
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 17.
p.625
LOWDEN.
Richard Lowden was of Charlestown, 1638 and there subscribed the "Town Orders"
for Woburn, December 1640; but it does not appear that he ever changed his
residence for Woburn. [Savage & Town Records of Woburn.]
Savage Dictionary - LOWDEN:
LOWDEN, JOHN, Charlestown, s. of Richard, m. 29 May 1662, Sarah, d. of Andrew
Stephenson, had John and Richard, both bapt. 29 Mar. 1668; Andrew, 2 Aug. 1668;
Mary, 22 Jan. 1671; Sarah, 16 Nov. 1673; Joseph, 27 Feb. 1676; and by w.
Elizabeth had Elizabeth bapt. 13 Mar. 1687, was freem. 1668. RICHARD,
Charlestown 1638, freem. 18 May 1642, by w. Mary had John, b. 10, bapt. 16 May
1641; Jeremy, b. 8 Mar. 1643, bur. 11 mos. aft.; Mary, 24 Feb. 1645; Samuel, wh.
d. Sept. 1682, in 33d yr.; Elizabeth bapt. 23 Sept. 1656; and Martha, b. 6
[[vol. 3, p. 126]] Apr. 1659. His w. Mary d. 6 Oct. 1683, aged 65; and he d. 12
July 1700, in 88th yr. Martha m. John Call.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/lothrop-ludden.htm
LOCKE.
William Locke, Sen'r., was prob. born in London, Dec 13, 1628; came from there
in the ship, "Planter," 1635, being then a child 6 years old, with Nicholas
Davis, who calls him in his Will "cossen," meaning prob. his nephew. He
doubtless lived at first with his uncle at Charlestown, where his uncle
subscribed to Town Orders for Woburn, December 1640, and became one of the first
planters of this new settlement. Locke seated himself down with him at Woburn;
married November 27, 1655,
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Mary, dau. of William Clark of Watertown; lived in Woburn, at the place well
known as Capt. Fox's place; was chosen a deacon of the church of Woburn about
1700; and died the 16th of June, 1720. His wife, Mary, died before him July 18,
1715. His children:
(1) William b. Dec 27, 1657; d. Jan 9th, following. (2) William (again) b. Jan
18, 1658/9. (3) John, b. Aug 1, 1661. (4) Joseph b. Mar 8, 1664; to whom his
father gave by deed, lands in "Cambridge ffarmes" (now Lexington) March 26, 1695
and who was doubtless the founder of the numerous families named Locke in that
town. (5) Mary b. Oct 16, 1666; m. Samuel Kendall March 30, 1692. (6) Samuel b.
Oct 14, 1669. (7) Ebenezer b. Jan 8, 1673/4. (8) James b. Nov 14, 1677. (9)
Elizabeth b. Jan 4, 1680/1; m. James Markham, Oct 14, 1700 [Woburn Records of
Births, etc., Savage's Dict.]
LOCKE.
II. William Locke, Jun'r., live at the Thomas Locke place, so called, formerly
in Woburn, now in Lexington. He m. May 29, 1683, Sarah, dau. of Francis &
Isabel Whitmore of Cambridge, who was born Mar 2, 1662 by whom he had: (1)
William b. June 28, 1684; buried Jan 29, 1767 aged 83 yrs. (2) Francis b. July
25, 1690; lived in West Cambridge, a tanner. (3) Daniel b. July 9, 1693 of
Woburn, a weaver.
His wife, Sarah, dying, he m. (2) Abigail Heywood (Haywood) on June 8, 1698; by
whom he had: (1) Ebenezer who m. Elizabeth ____. (2) Abigail b.June 22, 1710 m.
Jonas Merriam of Lexington, housewright.
William Locke, Jun'r was a deacon of the church of Woburn, 1709 and died July 8,
1738. His widow survived him and died, prob. 1748 or 1749.
LOCKE.
John Locke, son of William Locke, Sen'r., m. May 31, 1683, Elizabeth Plympton, a
dau. of Thomas Plympton of Sudbury who was an emigrant from England and was
killed by the Indians in fight at Sudbury April 18 (or 21st) 1676. She was born
Dec 23, 1658 and by her he had: (1) Thomas b. Mar 20, and died March 23, 1684.
(2) Marah [Mary, County Rec.] b. April 1, 1685. (3) John, b. May 14, 1686; d.
Feb 15, 1709/10. (4) Thomas (again) b. April 5, 1688; d. Nov 27, 1717; ("aged
29" - Gravestone.) (see early Woburn Tombstones online at:
http://www.yeoldewoburn.com/Burial1.htm
(5) a daughter b. June 11, 1693 (6) Abigail b. April 2, 1694; m. to Nathaniel
Kendall 1720. (7) Peter b. Sept 10, 1698; d. Dec 25, 1709.
Elizabeth, the wife of John Locke dying Feb 23, 1719/20, he m. (2) Mary Wyman,
widow of Nathaniel Wyman & daughter of Increase Winn, Nov 30, 1720. He died
April 1756 and his widow about the same time [Woburn Records of Birth, etc.;
Savage's Dict.]
LOCKE.
Ebenezer Locke, son of William Locke, Sen'r., m. Susanna, dau. of Israel Walker,
Oct 18, 1697; by whom he had: (1) Ebenezer b. April 28, 1699.
His wife, Susanna, dying, June 13, 1699, he m. (2) Oct 14, 1701,
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Hannah Mead, dau. of David Mead, by whom he had: (1) Samuel b. Aug 24, 1702. (2)
Josiah b. Mar 15, 1705. (3) Joshua b. Aug 21, 1709. (4) Nathan b. Mar 20, 1713.
(5) Hannah born April 11, 1716 m. Asa Richardson, 1739.
Ebenezer Locke, Sen'r, died Dec 24, 1723. Hannah his widow died July 24, 1739.
[Woburn Rec. of Births, etc., Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
LOCKE.
II. Samuel Locke, eldest son of Ebenezer and Hannah Locke m. Rebecca Richardson,
both of Woburn, March 2, 1730. Their eldest son, Samuel Locke b. Nov 23, 1731,
grad. at Harvard Coll. 1755; early called to be President of that Institution in
1770; "was a fine scholar but by untoward circumstances, required to resign his
office" in 1773; returned to Sherborn where he had been previously settled in
the ministry and died there of apoplexy Jan 15, 1778. [Woburn Records of Births,
etc.; Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
See also The Locke Family by Jerry N. Harrison, Ph.D - JRoots@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/jroots/locke.html
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To be continued Part 18 - p.627 - Deacon John Mousall.
Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 18.
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MOUSALL.
Deacon John Mousall: See Chapter II.
MOUSALL.
II. John Mousall, his son, married Sarah Brooks, May 13, 1650; died April 2,
1698 [Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
NEVERS.
Richard Nevers (or, Neverds, as his name is often written) is first mentioned as
an inhabitant of Woburn in the Country Rate of Aug 26, 1666. By his wife Martha,
he had three children: (1) Samuel, b. Dec 16, 1689. (2) Mary b.July 9, 1694. (3)
Martha, b.July 20, 1698.
Richard "Neverds" died November, 1709. "The widow Nevards" died March 15, 1720.
NEVERS.
I. Samuel Nevers, his son, had by his wife, Deborah: (1) Samuel b. June 20,
1715. (2) William b. Aug 16, 1716. (3) Hannah b. Feb 4,1717/18, m. David Evans
of Reading, 1740. (4) Richard b. Dec 29, 1719. (5) Joshua b. June 13, 1721. (6)
Deborah b. April 27, 1723. (7) Mary, b. Oct 24, 1728.
NEVERS.
II. Samuel Nevers, Jun'r, son of Samuel, m. Susanna Williams, Aug 2, 1739. To
them was born "Samuel Williams Nevers, son of Samuel & Susanna Nevers, b. Nov 2,
1741; died Jan 22, 1741/2.
NEVERS.
III. Samuel Nevers, whom II. Mr. Samuel Nevers adopted for his own, shortly
after the death of his son, Samuel Williams Nevers, was originally named Thomas
Marshall, son of William Marshall, a seafaring man of Scotch descent and born
March 2, 1741/2. When taken into the family of Mr. Nevers, he grew up under his
care and went into the French War in 1758 and was present at the death of
General Wolff before Quebec. He was twice married and died May 24, 1826, leaving
a very numerous family of children.
NUTT.
Myles Nutt was made freeman 1637; was a proprietor of Watertown 1636/7 and in
1642./ In Woburn, he was taxed in the first town rate on record, levied Dec 22,
1646; and order also was given about the same time for enlarging his house lot.
He was a Selectman of Woburn in 1647 and during seven of the nine years
immediately following. In 1644, November 5th, his daughter Sarah, whom he had
brought with him from England,
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was married to Lieut. John Wyman; and after Mr. Wyman's death, May, 1684, she m.
(2) Thomas Fuller, Aug 25th of the same year. Mr. Nutt died at Malden July 2,
1671 aged about 73 years. [Bond's Watertown; Woburn Town Records, Vol I., p. 97;
Records of Marriages, etc in Woburn.]
The Parker Brothers
PARKER.
Abraham Parker early settled in Woburn, being taxed there Sept. 8, 1645, the
first tax for the Country on record. He m. Nov 18, 1644, Rose Whitlock by whom
he had: (1) Hannah (Anna in County Records) b. Oct 29, 1645. (2) John b. Oct 30,
1647. (3) Abraham b. March 8, 1650 died 20, 1651. (4) Abraham (again) b. August
1652.
About this time, he removed to Chelmsford where he had other children born to
him. He was made freeman 1645; and died Aug 12, 1685. His widow died Nov 13,
1691.
Note:Abraham Parker was the brother of Capt. James Parker of Groton (see NEHGS
"The Parker
Brothers (full 48 kbs report on request).
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NEHGS Register, Vol. 153 -January, 1999 No. 609
The English Origin and Ancestry of The
PARKER Brothers of Massachusetts and Their
Probate Aunt, Sarah Parker, Wife of Edward
Converse.
Excerpt:
John Parker was born probably between 1585 and 1590
He married, say 1614, Ann or Anna ___. They resided
at Great Burstead, where six of their seven known children
were baptized. John served as a witness in 1618 in the
Essex Court of Quarter Sessions. John Parker and his
wife Anne, were both living in 1630, at the birth of
their seventh child, Joshua. Their subsequent history
is unknown.
Children:
i. (Sergeant) John1 Parker, immigrant to New Eng-
land, bp at Great Burstead 4 June 1615, as "son
of John Parker"; d. intestate without issue at
Billerica, Mass, 14 June 1667. He m. at Great
Burstead, 23 June 1642, Mary (?Pope) (Poulter)
Aylett. b. ca 1605, dau. of Marie (___) Pope,
and widow successively of John Poulter, yeoman
and John Aylett, draper, both of Rayleigh, Essex
Mary had three children with her first husband
1. Mary Poulter, 2. Elizabeth Poulter, 3. John
Poulter.
Possibly John and his brothers attended the
school for boys in Great Burstead, (which in 1840
Lewis stated, was endowed with land producing
£60 per annum.) He was a legatee and witness to
the 1640 will of John Aylett of Rayleigh, who
bequeathed him 20s and called him "servant."
John and Mary immigrated to New England by 1649
where they settled first at Woburn and by 1654
were at Billerica, Mass. John Parker was the
first town clerk of Billerica, the first collect-
or of taxes, and he built the first meeting
house there. He was named a legatee and over-
seer in the 1659 will of Edward1 Converse of
Woburn, Mass., who called him "kinsman" and
bequeathed him 40s.
ii. (Captain) James1 Parker, immigrant to New Eng-
land, b. ca 1617 (he gave his age as 81 yrs in
a deposition in 1698 and as 83 in his 1700 will);
died at Groton, Mass, shortly before 12 July
1700 when his estate was inventoried. He m. (1)
at Woburn, 23 May 1643 Elizabeth Long bp at
St. Albans, Herts, 14 Nov. 1621 daughter of
Robert1 and Sarah (Taylor) Long of St. Albans
and Dunstable, Bedfordshire and Charlestown,
Mass. She was the older sister of Anne (or
Anna) Long who m. James's first cousin, (Lieut)
James2 Converse (see no. 5.iii, below). He m.
(2) between 1693 and l697 Eunice (Brooks) Carter
b. at Woburn 1655 daughter of John1 and Eunice
(Mousall) Brooks and widow of Rev. Samuel Carter.
James Parker resided successively at Woburn,
Chelmsford and Groton, Mass. He was selectman
of Groton in most of the years between 1662
and 1699; town clerk there 1678-1679; town
treasurer 1697; representative to the General
Court for Groton 1683 and 1693; deacon of the
Groton Church and captain of the military comp-
any in Groton during King Philip's War. James
Parker, "Senior," left a will dated 25 May 1700
proved 17 Aug 1700, in which he mentioned his
wife, Eunice; his wife's former husband, (not
named); daughters Sarah Parker (under 18) Anna
Blood, and Elizabeth Gary; grandchild Elizabeth
Parker, daughter of son Zechariah Parker, de-
ceased; grandchild Abiel Parker, daughter of son
Joshua Parker, deceased; former gifts to sons,
James, Josiah, Samuel, Zechariah and Eleazer
Parker; son Josiah Parker of Cambridge, Mass.,
to serve as executor. His widow Eunice m. (3)
after 1701, John Kendall b. at Woburn 2 July
1642 d. ca April 1732 age 86, son of Francis1
and Mary (Tidd) Kendall of Charlestown and Wo-
burn.
iii. Abraham (or Abram)1 Parker, immigrant to New
England, bp at Great Burstead, 6 Feb. 1619, as
"son of John and Anna Parker", died at Chelms-
ford Mass, 12 Aug 1685. He m. at Woburn, Mass
18 Nov. 1644, Rose1 Whitlock who died at Chelms-
ford 30 Nov. 1691.
Abraham Parker kept an ordinary or public house
at Chelmsford and served the town as grand
juryman, 1658/9, constable, 1673; and tithing-
man, 1679. Abraham Parker, "Senior," left a
will dated Aug. 1685, proved 6 Oct 1685, in
which he named his wife, Rose; his sons, John,
Abraham, Moses, and Isaac Parker; and daughters
Mary, wife of James Parker, Elizabeth Parker,
and Lydia, wife of John Kidder.
iv. Joseph1 Parker, immigrant to New England, bp at
Great Burstead 1 Sept. 1622 as "son of John and
Ann Parker", died in 1690. He m. (1) evidently
at Great Burstead, 16 April 1650 Margaret Puttow
and they came to New England in 1652. He m. (2)
at Chelmsford, Mass., 19 Nov. 1683, Hannah
(Jenkins) Balke widow of Capt. John Balke (or
Bake) of Chelmsford and daughter of Joel1 and
Sarah (Gilbert) Jenkins of Braintree and Malden
Mass. Hannah m. (3) 8 Jan 1690/1 at Concord,
as his 2d wife, Robert Blood Sr. of Ruddington
Nottingham, and Concord, Mass, who died at
Concord 22 Oct. 1701. Hannah died there l3
Dec. 1716.
Jospeh Parker resided successively at Woburn
and Chelmsford, Groton, Dunstable and again at
Chelmsford, Mass. He had children with both
wives.
v. Anne Parker bp at Great Burstead, 13 Feb. 1624
as "daughter of John and Ann Parker." Presum-
ably she is the Ann Parker who m. at Great
Burstead 23 Sept 1647 Edward Clyfe (Cliffe)
Their subsequent history is unknown.
vi. Jacob1 Parker immigrant to New England, bp at
Great Burstead 19 Nov. 1626 as "son of John and
Ann Parker"; died intestate at Billerica, Mass.,
7 Jan 1668/9. He m. Sarah____ b. ca 1627. Jacob
was first town clerk of Chelmsford and served as
selectman from 1662 until his death. His widow
Sarah m. (2) at Malden, Mass., 4 Aug 1675 (as
his 2d wife), Capt. John1 Waite of Malden b. ca
1618 in England, son of Samuel and Mary (Ward)
Waite of Wethersfield, Essex and widower of
Mary Hills, who died at Malden 25 Nov. 1674.
Jacob and Sarah Parker were ancestors of
Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United
States.
vii. Joshua Parker bp. at Great Burstead 29 Nov 1630
as "son of John and Ann Parker." d. presumably
young.
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PARKER.
James Parker: freeman 1644; a subscriber at Charlestown to the "Town Orders" for
Woburn 1640; and taxed in Woburn 1645 & 1646. He m. May 23, 1643, Elizabeth, dau
of Robert Long of Charlestown. By her he had: (1) Elizabeth b. Mar 12, 1645. (2)
Ann, b. Jan 5, 1646/7
(3) John b. Jan 18, 1648/9. (4) Sarah b. Aug 29, 1650; d. Oct 15, 1651. (5)
Joseph b. 1651
(6) James b. April 15, 1652 & killed by the Indians July 27, 1694. About 1652 he
removed from Woburn to Chelmsford where he had other children born to him and
from Chelmsford to Groton. He died 1701 in aged 84 years. [Woburn Town Records
and Records of Births etc. & Savage's Geneal. Register]
To be continued Part 19 - p. 628 - John Peirce.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 19.
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PEIRCE.
John Peirce was taxed in Woburn, in the Rate for the Country in 1645, and in the
Town Rate, 1646. His children recorded in Woburn are: (1) John, b. Nov 23,
1644. (2) Joseph b. Sept 12, 1646. (3) Thomas, b. May 3, 1649. [Records of
Births, etc., in Woburn Town Records. N.B. This name is spelt Peirce with great
uniformity in Woburn Records, till a recent date.
PEIRCE.
I. John Peirce, son probably of the John preceding, married July 1, 1663,
Deborah, dau. of Ensign James Convers; had: (1) Deborah b. Oct 30, 1666. (2)
John b. Jan 26, 1670/1. (3) Thomas b. Dec 23, 1672. (4) James b. Aug 6, 1674;
died when 11 yrs old. (5) Daniel b. Oct 7, 1676. (6) James (again) b. Oct 8,
1686. (7) Joseph b. Aug 24, 1688. (8) Josiah b. June, 1691.
John Peirce represented Woburn in the General Court, 1706; chosen August 13th to
succeed Major James Convers, deceased; and 9 years afterward, between 1709 &
1718, inclusively. [Woburn Records of Births, etc.. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
PEIRCE.
Thomas Peirce, not improbably son of Thomas "Peerce," admitted into Charlestown
Church Feb 21, 1634/5. He, (the son) was born in England; was in Woburn as
early as 1643; was taxed there in 1645; is often styled in the Records there
"Sargent Thomas Peirce"; was Selectman of Woburn, 1660, and repeatedly
afterwards; of the committee for dividing the common lands in Woburn among "the
right proprietors," chosen March 28, 1667; and also of the General Court's
committee appointed for the
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same purpose in 1668. By his wife, Elizabeth [Torrey, p.584 has: Thomas Pierce
(1608?, 1613? - d. 1683 & Elizabeth (Cole) (d. 1688) m. May 6, 1635?
Charlestown/Woburn.]
Children born to him in Woburn: (1) John b. Mar 7, 1643. (2) Thomas b. Jan 21,
1644/5. (3) Elizabeth b. Dec 25, 1646. (4) Joseph b. Sept 22, 1648; d. Feb 27,
1648/9. (5) Joseph (again) b. Aug 13, 1649. (6) Stephen b. July 16, 1651, of
Chelmsford, a tailer, 1678.
(7) Samuel b. Feb 20, 1653/4; died Feb 27, 1655/6. (8) Samuel b. April 7, 1656.
(9) William b. Mar 7, 1657. (10) James b. May 7, 1659. "Old Mr. James Peirce
died Jan 20, 1741/2." (11) Abigail b. Nov 20, 1660; m. George Reed 1684/5.
"Thomas Peirce, Sen'r" died Nov 6, 1683. "Widow Elizabeth Peirce died the 5th of
March, 1688."
PEIRCE.
Robert Peirce, not improbably a son of John & Elizabeth Peirce, of Watertown;
freeman 1642; removed to Woburn about 1650, where he was taxed in the Country
Rate for 1666 and was numbered among those who were entitled to an interest in
the common lands of the town in 1668. By his wife, Mary [Torrey, p.584 has:
Robert Peirce (1620-1706) & wife, Mary (Knight) (1620-1701); or 1702; married
before Oct 16, 1646?; Woburn/Charlestown.
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Robert Peirce by his wife Mary, had born at Woburn: (1) Judith b. Sept 30, 1651;
died May 30, 1689. (2) Mary b. Jan 21, 1653/4; m. John Walker (a brother of
Samuel, Jun;'r and Israel Walker,) Oct 14, 1672. (3) Nathaniel, b. Dec 4, 1655;
m. Hannah Convers Dec 27, 1677. (4) Elizabeth b. Mar 6, 1658 m. Samuel Wilson
1681/2. (5) Jonathan b. Feb 2, 1662/3. (6) Joseph b. May 1, 1672.
Mary, wife of Robert Peirce died March 18, 1701. "Old Robert Peirce" died Sept
10, 1706.
[Bond's Watertown; Col. Records; Woburn Town Rec's; Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.]
PIERSON.
Bartholomew Pierson was of Watertown 1640; admitted freeman 1648. Bought of
Isaac Learned his house and land in Woburn, April 2, 1652; moved there the next
year; was taxed there in the Rate for the Country, assessed Aug 26, 1666; and
was Selectman 1665 and 1666. By his wife Ursula, he had born to him in
Watertown: (1) Bartholomew b. Sept. 1640; died next month. (2) Bartholomew
(again) b. Feb 26, 1641/2; died in Woburn Feb 23, 1661/2. (3) Martha b. Sept 17,
1643. (4) Jonathan b. Aug 12, 1648. (5) Joseph b. Nov 8, 1650.
After he moved to Woburn, he had born to him a daughter, Sarah b. May 7, 1653.
Another daughter probably of his, though her birth is not found on record, viz:
Mary Pierson was m. in Cambridge to John Richardson of Woburn, Oct 28, 1673; and
they had a son called by the well known name of Pierson Richardson. Bartholomew
Pierson died March 12, 1687. His widow, Ursula died May 28, 1694. The name
Pierson is variously spelt Pearson, Persune and Person. [Bond's Watertown, pp.
406; 910; Colony Records; Savage's Geneal. Dict; Woburn Town Rec's & Records of
Births., etc.]
To be continued - p. 629-630 - George Polly.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
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POLLY.
George Polly, a carpenter by trade; land ordered to be laid out to him in
Woburn,
Feb. 3, 1648/9; chosen a Surveyor of Fences 1665; was taxed in the Rate for the
Country, 1666; and his right to share in the
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common lands of the Town was acknowledged 1668. Married in Woburn, Elizabeth
Winn, daughter, prob. of Edward Winn, May 21, 1649, by whom he had: (1) John, b.
Dec 16, 1650. (2) Joseph b. Dec 25, 1652. (3) George b. Jan 4, 1655/6. (4)
Elizabeth b. April 14, 1657, m. John Brown, 1682. (5) Samuel b. Jan 24, 1660/1
and died the next month. (6) Hannah b. April 6, 1662, died the same day. (7)
Hannah (again) b. June 28, 1663, m. J. Baker, Jun'r 1682.
George Polly died Dec 22, 1683. Elizabeth "Polle, widow," died May 2, 1695.
POLLY.
I. George Polly, Jun'r, m. Mary Knight Oct 24, 1677; was a carpenter, like his
father; had a family of ten children; and being pressed, 1692, into the public
service, his family was helped by the town [Town Records & Records of Births,
etc.]
POST.
Richard Post, an early inhabitant of Woburn, being taxed there on the list for
the Country Rate, 1645; and had grant of meadow made to him in 1648. He m.
Susanna Sutton Feb 27, 1649/50. For his second wife he m. Mary Tyler Nov 18,
1662 and had by her: (1) Mary b. Sept 29, 1664. (2) Susanna b. Sept 13, 1666.
(3) John b. April 14, 1669.
He was taxed in the Rate for the Second Meeting-house, erected in 1672; but as
his name is not mentioned in the tax lists for the town, 1679, 1680, it is
presumed that he had then moved away. His house, according to a reliable
tradition, stood a little north of the road leading from Mr. Caleb Richardson's
to the East School-house in Burlington, where it meets the ancient road from
Woburn to Billerica, which passed west from the present great road and of Mr.
Samuel Walker's house. There, remains of Mr. Post's house and his well are still
to be seen. [Woburn Town Recores; Records of Births, etc.]
REED.
George Reed was son of William & Mabel Reed, who embarked from England in the
ship, "Defence" July 4, 1656, for New England, bringing with them three of their
children, viz: George, aged 6 years, Ralph, aged 5 years and "Justice," or
Justus, 18 months old. They took up their abode in Woburn, upon land sold to Mr.
Reed by Nicholas Davis. Their dwelling-house stood in a pasture, called the
Baldwin Pasture, on the road from Kendall's mill to the Messrs. Duren. The
pasture is now owned by them; and remains of Mr. Reed's cellar and well are
still to be seen there. But, ere many years, William Reed and his wife Mabel
returned to England. He died at Newcastle, upon the Tyne, aged 69 yrs and not
having appointed executors in his Will, letters of administration were granted
by Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, Oct 31, 1656, to his widow, Mabel, who
speedily returned with her four youngest children to New England; married (2)
Henry Summers, Sen'r. of Woburn Nov 21, 1660 and, outliving him, died at the
house of her son, George either June 5th or 15th, 1690 aged 85 years [Woburn
Rec. of Births, etc.]
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William & Mabel Reed appear to have had 9 children, viz: George, Ralph, and
"Justice" or Justus, who came with them to New England in 1635; "Michaell" and
Israel, Abigail, Bethiah, Sarah and Rebekah.
Of "Justice," or Justus, nothing is known, after he came to this country. Of
"Michaell," nothing is known, except that his father speaks of him in his Will,
as married in New England. Abigail was married Oct 2, 1650 to Francis Wyman but
the date of her death is not on record. Bethiah was m. to John Johnson, April
28, 1657 and was living, 1712, with her husband at their son, Obadiah's in
Canterbury, CT, where she died about 1717. Sarah was m. to Samuel Walker Jun'r
(afterwards Deacon Walker) Sept 10, 1662 and died Nov 1, 1681. Rebekah was m. to
Ensign Joseph Winn about 1664: "Widow Rebekah Winn died 1734."
REED.
I. George Reed, Sen'r was born in England; came to this country with his parents
in 1635 when he was six years of age; settled at Woburn, where orders were given
a Committee, Nov 9, 1653, to lay out to him 6 acres of land in consideration of
a house lot which had been previously granted him but which he had surrendered
again to the town. He was made freeman 1684; m. Oct 4, 1652, Elizabeth Jennison
(not Ginnings as the records give the name), a daughter of Robert Jennison of
Watertown, to whom were born: (1) Elizabeth b. July 29, 1653; m. Dec 15, 1675
Daniel Fiske. (2, & 3) twin sons who died Nov 14, 1654 but a few hours old. (4)
Samuel b. April 29, 1656. (5) Abigail b. June 27, 1658 m. Nathanl. Richardson
1691. 1694? (6) George b. Sept 14, 1660. (7) William b. Sept 22, 1662. (8) Sarah
b. Feb 12, 1664/5.
Elizabeth, first wife of George Reed, dying Feb 26, 1664/5, he m. (2) Nov 9,
1665, Hannah Rockwell of Charlestown by whom he had: (1) Hannah b. Feb 18,
1669/70. (2) John b. Mar 18, 1672. (3) Mary b.June 15, 1674; m. Matthew Johnson,
Jun'r (4) Timothy b. Oct 20, 1678. (5) Thomas b. July 15, 1682.
George Reed, Sen'r died Feb 21, 1705/6 aet. 67 yrs. His 2nd wife survived him.
REED.
II. George Reed was a deacon in First Church, Woburn, from 1719 to 1735 when, at
the gathering of the Church in the Precinct, now Burlington, he was chosen one
of its first two deacons. His first wife, Abigail dying Sept 9, 1719 he m. (2)
Sybil Rice of Sudbury, prob. widow of Isaac, May 24, 1721. He died at the very
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advanced age of 95 years and 4 months on Jan. 20, 1756. [Woburn Records & Rev.
Mr. Paige, also Savage Geneal. Dict.]
To be continued Part 21 - p. 632 - Ralph Reed, son of Wm. & Mabel Reed who m.
Mary Peirce of Watertown, dau of Anthony Peirce.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
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REED.
Ralph Reed, son of William & Mabel Reed, was brought by them in 1635 to this
country from England, when a child of five years of age. He settled in Woburn
where a grant of land was made to him by the town in 1654, and where he was
taxed in 1666. He m. Mary, daughter of Anthony Peirce of Watertown, by whom he
had: (1) William b. 1658. (2) John b. 1660. (3) Joseph. (4) Daniel. (5) Timothy
b. Feb 14, 1664/5. (6) David. (7) Jonathan.
A memorable fatal accident happened to William, the eldest son of Ralph, which
is stated in the Records of Deaths as follows: "William Reed dyed by a shott
November ye 7th, 1688: his brother Timothy at unawares in the woods shot him in
stead of a deer."
Mary, wife of Ralph Reed died Feb. 15, 1701. Ralph Reed dyed Jan 4, 1711/12.
REED.
Israel Reed, son of William and Mabel Reed, was brought with his sisters from
England to this country by his mother after the decease of his father (in
England); and when about 17 years of age was put under the guardianship of his
brother George, till he should be 21 years old. He was taxed in the rate for
building the new meetin-house in 1672; followed, apparently, the business of a
butcher; had land granted him "near the burying place," to set a barn on,
1683/4; and had liberty given him by the town, Feb 22, 1685/6 to erect a
slaughter house near his house by the Rocke, at the discretion of the Selectmen.
He married about 1669, Mary, dau. of Francis Kendall; by whom he had: (1) Mary
b. Oct 15, 1670 m. Matthew Johnson, Jun'r. (2) Sarah b. Aug 29, 1673. (3) a
daughter, b. Jan 2, 1678/9 (4) Elizabeth b. Dec 22, 1681 m. Richard Snow Jan
1706/7 (5) Ruth b. Jan 6, 1683/4 (6) Israel b. Mar 17, 1687. (7) Jemima b. July
23, 1689 (8) Patience b. Dec 3, 1697, m. Jeremiah Whittemore of Charlestown
March 15, 1722.
"Israel Reed died June 29, 1711." "The widow, Mary Reed died ye 17th of January
1721" (1721/22).
It was to Israel Reed, Jun'r, son of the above Israel Reed, to whom the grant to
Woburn of 2000 acres was sold in 1734 by the town's committee.
RICHARDSON.
Ezekiel Richardson, apparently the eldest of the three brothers of this name
engaged in the settlement of Woburn, was born in England; came with his wife,
Susanna, to Charlestown, probably in the fleet with Winthrop in 1630. (see The
Winthrop Fleet of 1630 online at http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm
(freely downloadable file).
Both joined the church which was gathered there in 1630, and which afterwards
became the First Church in Boston; and both were dismissed from it, Oct 11,
1632, with others, in order to form the present First Church of Charlestown, in
General Court, 1635; Selectman 1640, and one of the seven commissioners
appointed
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that year by the church of Charlestown to effect the settlement of Woburn. Of
the church of Woburn, he was one of the original members. By his wife, Susanna,
he had (1) Phebe, bap. in Boston June 3, 1632 & m. Nov 1, 1649 Henry Baldwin.
(2) Theophilus. (3) Josiah. (4) John who died at Woburn Jan 7, 1642/3. (5)
Jonathan died young. (6) James. (7) Ruth b. at Woburn Aug 23, and died Sept 7,
1643.
Ezekiel Richardson died Oct 21, 1647.
RICHARDSON.
I. Theophilus Richardson, eldest son of Ezekiel and Susanna Richardson, was
baptized in the church of Charlestown Dec 22, 1633; m. May 2, 1654, Mary
Champney, dau of John & Joanna Champney of Cambridge by whom he had (1) Ezekiel
b. Oct 28, 1655. (2) Mary b. Jan 15, 1657/8. (3) Sarah b. April 23, 1660. (4)
Abigail b. Oct 21, 1662. (5) Hannah b. April 6, 1665; m. Daniel Baldwin 1684/5.
(6) John b. Jan 16, 1667/8; d. Oct 29, 1749 aet 81 years. [Gravestone.] (7)
Esther, b. June 25, 1670; (8) Ruth b. Aug 31, 1673; m. William Russell of Salem
Village (Danvers), Jan 20, 1703/4.
Theophilus Richardson died Dec 28, 1674. His widow, Mary, probably m. John
Brooks, Sen'r Jan 30, 1683/4.
RICHARDSON.
II. Ezekiel Richardson, son of Theophilus, and grandson of the first Ezekiel, m.
July 27, 1687, Elizabeth Swan of Cambridge; by whom he had: (1) Theophilus b.
July 4, 1688; d. Aug 3, 1688. (2) Elizabeth b. Oct 20, 1689 (1690, County
Records). (3) Theophilus (again) b. Jan 7, 1691/2. (4) Ezekiel, b. April 22,
1694. (5) Abigail b. Jan 15, 1696/7. (6) Aaron b. Dec 16, 1701.
Ezekiel Richardson died March 13, 1734.
RICHARDSON.
II. John Richardson, son of I. Theophilus Richardson and brother of II. Ezekiel
Richardson, m. Deborah (Torrey, p.623 has: John Richardson (1668-1749) & 1st
wife, Deborah [Brooks] (1669-1704) Woburn.] John Richardson had by wife Deborah:
(1) Mary b. Aug 10, 1689. (2) John b. Dec 29, 1692. (3) Deborah b. Mar 8, 1695;
m. John Kendall, 1718. (4) Sarah b. Mar 12, 1698; d. Feb 20, 1703/4. (5) Josiah
b. Feb 14, 1700/1. (6) Nathan b. Jan 24, 1701/2. (7) Eunice b. Jan 3, 1703/4.
Deborah, wife of John Richardson, died Feb 12, 1703/4. [Records of Births, etc.,
in Woburn.]
RICHARDSON.
Samuel Richardson, brother of the first Ezekiel, was born in England; was
admitted into the church of Charlestown Feb 18, 1637/8; and at dismission from
that church he became one of the original members of the church in Woburn,
gathered in August, 1642. By his wife Joanna (Torrey, p. 623 has: Samuel
Richardson, (1610, 1602?, 1604?-1658)( & Joanna Thake/Ohake (-1666?);
Charlestown) by his wife Joanna, he had: (1) Mary bap. in the church at
Charlestown Feb 25, 1637/8 m. prob. to Thomas Mousall in Charlestown. (2) John
b. at Charlestown & bap. in the church there Nov 12, 1639. (3) Hannah b. at
Woburn Mar 8, & died there April 8, 1642. (4) Joseph b. July 27, 1643. (5)
Samuel, b.May 22, 1646. [April - Gravestone.] (6) Stephen b. Aug 15, 1649. (7)
Thomas b. Dec 31, 1651, d. Sept 27, 1657. Also a daughter Elizabeth, mentioned
abt 1666 in her mother's Will.
Samuel Richardson died March 23, 1658; his widow Joanna died in 1666.
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[Charlestown Church Records: Savage's Geneal. Dict.; Woburn Town Rec. of Births,
etc.]
To be continued Part 22 - p. 634 - John Richardson who m. Elizabeth Bacon dau of
Michael of Woburn.
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 22.
p.634
RICHARDSON.
John Richardson, eldest son of Samuel Richardson, m. Elizabeth Bacon, dau. of
Michael Bacon of Woburn, Oct 22, 1658; and had by her: (1) John b. Jan 24,
1660/1. (2) Joseph, b. Jan 3, 1666/7. His wife, Elizabeth dying, he m. (2) Oct
28, 1673, Mary Pierson, dau. of Bartholomew Pierson by whom he had: (1) Pierson
Richardson b. Sept 29, 1674. (2) Jacob b. Feb 15, 1675/6. (3) William b. June
29th & d. Aug 1, 1678.
His 2nd wife being dead, John Richardson "Sen'r" and Margaret Willing married
June 25, 1689 and had (1) Willing, a son b. Oct 5, 1692: died March 14, 1704.
(2) Job b. April 30, 1696.
Lieut. John Richardson died Jan 1, 1696/7 aged 58 years [Gravestone]
"Widow Margaret Richardson died Oct 28, 1726." [Rec. of Births, etc., Savage's
Geneal. Dict.]
RICHARDSON.
Joseph Richardson, 2nd son of first Samuel Richardson married Hannah Green, Nov
5, 1666; by whom he had: (1) Hannah b. Oct 22, 1667. (2) Mary b. Mar 22, 1669,
m. James Fowle, 1688. (3) Elizabeth b. June 28, 1670, m. John Coggin 1692. (4)
Joseph b. May 19, 1672. (5) Stephen, b. Feb 7, 1673/4 [Aterwards known as Deacon
Stephen Richardson who died Feb. 1752 aged 79. [Gravestone.]
Joseph Richardson, "Sen'r" was admitted freeman 1672 and died March 5, 1718.
"The widow Hannah Richardson died May 20, 1721. [Woburn Records of BBirths, etc.
- Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
RICHARDSON.
II. Samuel Richardson, 3d son of first Samuel Richardson and brother of John &
Joseph, above, had by his wife Martha, Nov 5, 1670: (1 & 2) Samuel & Thomas,
twins of whom Thomas was slain by the Indians April 10, 1676. (3) Elizabeth b.
abt 1672. (4) Martha b. Dec 20, 1673: Martha the mother of this child, died the
day of its birth. Samuel Richardson m. (2) Hannah Kingsley, Sept 30, 1674. This
2nd wife, Hannah and an infant, Hannah, were slain by the Indians April 10,
1676. He then m. (3) Phebe, dau. of Henry Baldwin, Nov 7, 1676, by whom he had:
Zechariah, b. Nov 21, 1677. Phebe Richardson, his 3d wife dying Oct 20, 1679 he
m. (4) Sept 8, 1680, Sarah Hayward by whom he had (1) Thomas, b. Aug 18, died
Sept 9, 1681. (2) Sarah b. Aug 20 1682. (3) Thomas (again) b. Sept 25, 1684.
(4) Ebenezer b. Mar 15, 1687. (5) a son of Samuel & Sarah Richardson b. Aug 17,
1689 and died same day. (6) Hannah b. Aug 11, 1690. (7) Eleazer b. Feb 10,
1692/3 (8) Jonathan b. July 16, 1696. (9) David b. April 14, 1700.
Samuel Richardson died April 29, 1712 (aged 66 years - Gravestone.) The widow
Sarah Richardson died Oct 14, 1717 (aged 62 years. Gravestone.) Woburn Records
of Births, etc., - Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
RICHARDSON.
I. Stephen Richardson, 4th son of the first Samuel and brother of the above John
& Joseph, m. Jan 2, 1674/5, Abigail Wyman a dau. prob. of Francis Wyman; by whom
he had: (1) Stephen b. Feb 20, 1675/6 (2) Francis b. 19th and died 27th Jan.
1677/8. (3) William b. Dec 14, 1678. (4) Francis (again) b. Jan 15, 1680/1. (5)
Timothy b. Dec 6, 1682; d. Jan 18, 1682/3. (6) Abigail b. Nov 14, 1683. (7)
Prudence
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b. Jan 17, 1685/6. (8) Timothy, (again) b. Jan 24, 1687/8. (9) Seth b/ Jan 16,
1689/90 (10) Daniel b. Oct 16, 1691. (11) Mary b. May 3, 1697. (12) Rebekah b.
June 10, 1698; d. Dec 6, 1711. (13) Solomon b. Mar 27, 1702. (14) Henry b. 1704.
Stephen Richardson, Sen'r, d. Mar 22, 1718 ["Abt 67 years old": Gravestone]
widow Abigail Richardson d. Sept 17, 1720 [aged 60 years: Gravestone]. [Woburn
Rec. of Births, etc. - Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
Thomas Richardson, born in England, doubtless came
to this country with his brothers, Ezekiel & Samuel above named, in 1630; was
admitted into the church of Charlestown Feb 18, 1638 and by his wife Mary had:
Mary who was bap. there Nov 17, 1638 and (2) Sarah bap. at Charlestown Nov 22,
1640. His other children by his wife Mary were born in Woburn and were (1) Isaac
b. May 24, 1643. (2) Thomas b.Oct 4, 1645. (3) Ruth b. April 14, 1647. (4) Phebe
b. Jan 24, 1648/9. (5) Nathaniel b. Jan 2, 1650/1.
Thomas Richardson died Aug 28, 1651.
[Savage's Geneal. Dict.; Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.]
To be continued Part 23 - p.635 - Isaac Richardson & Deborah Fuller.
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Note: of those mentioned in this History of Woburn, The Great Migration Begins,
Robert Charles Anderson - Vol. III - p. 1580 has Ezekiel Richardson
of Charlestown & Woburn.
Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 23.
p.635
RICHARDSON.
I. Isaac Richardson, son of Thomas and Mary, married Deborah, dau. of Thomas
Fuller, June 19, 1667 and had by her: (1) Jonathan b. Dec 12, 1669. (2) Deborah,
b. Jan 22, 1671-2. (3 & 4) Joseph and Benjamin, twins b. June 25, [al. January],
1674. (5) Mercy [Mary, County Records], b. Oct 27, 1676; d. May 13, 1678. (6)
David b. Feb 4, 1678/9. (7) Phebe b. Feb 14, 1680/1; m. Joseph Rice of Reading,
May 20, 1703? (8) Mary b. July 14, 1683. (9) Elizabeth b. Nov 8, 1685. (10)
Edward (Samuel?) b. Feb 2, 1687/8.
Isaac Richardson died April 2, 1689. [Savage's Geneal. Dict., Woburn Records of
Births, etc.
RICHARDSON.
I. Thomas, son of first Thomas Richardson and brother of Isaac, b. Oct 4, 1645,
settled in Billerica, and died there, Feb 25, 1721, [1721/2?]
leaving numerous descendants. [Farmer's Geneal. Register.]
RICHARDSON.
I. Nathaniel, son of first Thomas Richardson and brother of Isaac, had by his
wife Mary: (1) Nathaniel b. Aug 27, 1673. (2) James b. Feb 26, 1675.
"Capt. James Richardson died March 24, 1721/2, (aged 46 years & 23 days." G.S.)
(3) Mary, b. March 10, 1679; m. Thomas Wyman 1696; and to Josiah Winn, 1733. (4)
Joshua b. June 3, 1681. (5) Martha b. 1683. (6) John b. Jan 25, 1684/5. (7)
Thomas b. April 15, 1687. (8) Hannah b. May, 1689. (9) Samuel b. Sept 24, 1691.
(10) Phineas b. February, 1693/4. (11) Phebe b. Mar 4, 1696 m. David Wyman 1716.
(12) Amos son of Nathaniel & Mary Richardson b. Aug 10, 1698. (13) Benjamin son
of Nathaniel & Mary Richardson b. Aug 27, 1700 d. Sept 5, 1700.
Nathaniel Richardson, Sen'r, d. Dec 4, 1714. Mary Richardson, widow of
Nathaniel Richardson d. Dec 22, 1719. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc. - Savage's
Geneal. Dict.]
The Richardsons have always been the most numerous family in Woburn. On the
Province Tax List for both parishes, in 1769 of 330
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resident males taxed, there were 42 Richardsons, 20 Wymans, 16 Reeds and 24
Johnsons, making 102 persons of those four names; a number which within a trifle
is equal to one-third of all the males then taxed. See T.R., Vol. IX., pp 83-91.
Again,in 1760, the Province and County Tax (assessed in Woburn together)
amounted to £641 17s. 6d. 1qr.
In the assessment of this Tax there were:
On the East List, 160 resident persons assessed.
On the West List, 166 Ditto
___
Making 326 resident persons assessed in all.
T.R. Vol. VIII., pp 295-302.
Of the resident persons taxed, there were of:
Johnsons on the East List, 3 on the West List, 18=21
Reeds on the East List, 3 on the West List, 14=17
Richardsons on the East List 42 on the West List, 2=44
Wymans on the East List, 14 on the West List 14=28
Totals 62 48=110
equal to more than one-third of all the resident persons in town
that were taxed that year.
And of the 326 residents taxed that year in Woburn, 44, or nearly 2-15ths of the
whole number were Richardsons.
To be continued Part 24 - p.636 - John Russell & 1st wife Elizabeth.
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 24.
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RUSSELL.
John Russell, Sen'r. See Chap. V.
Concerning his family, however, it may here be added that his first wife,
Elizabeth he doubtless married in England. She dying at Woburn Dec 16, 1644 he
m. for his second wife, Elizabeth Baker, May 13, 1645. She died his widow, Jan
17, 1689/90. His daughter, Mary m. Timothy Brooks, Dec 21, 1659. [Woburn Rec. of
Births, etc. - Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
RUSSELL.
II. John Russell, Jun'r., son of John Russell, Sen'r. See Chapt. V.
He married Sarah Champney, of Cambridge, Oct 31, 1661. Their children were: (1)
John b. Aug 1, 1662. (2) Joseph b. Jan 15, 1663/4. (3) Samuel b. Feb 3, 1667/8;
d. Dec 1, 1668. (4) Sarah b. Feb 10, 1670/1. (5) *Elizabeth b. Feb 19,
1672/3.["Widow *Elizabeth Peirce died June ye 5th, 1743 in the 71st year of her
age. Her maiden name, Eliza Russell."] Rec of Deaths, etc.] (6) Jonathan b. Aug
6, 1675; d. June 20, 1708, ["aged 32 years & 10 mos." Gravestone.] (7) Thomas b.
Jan 5, 1677/8.
Sarah Russell, widow, died ye 25th of April 1697.
RUSSELL.
III. John Russell, son of John Russell, Jun'r., m. Elizabeth Palmer Dec 21, 1682
by whom he had: (1) John b. Sept 20, 1683. (2) Joseph b. Oct 3, 1685. (3)
Stephen b. Aug 25, 1687. (4) Elizabeth b. June 21, 1690. (5) Samuel b. July 16,
1692. (6) Sarah b. oct 15, 1694. (7) John, [name mistaken by Town Clerk] b. Aug
19, & died Sept 12, 1697. (8) Ruth b. Jan 16, 1698/9; m. Samuel Eaton, Mar 20,
1722. (9) Jonthan b. Nov 7, 1700. (10) Mary b. Mar 2, 1703; d. Nov 27, 1709.
(11) Thomas b. June 26, 1705.
John Russell died July 26, 1717.
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"Widow Elizabeth Russell," named in Province Tax, 1723 but not in 1724. She died
about 1723. [Woburn Records of Births, etc., etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
RUSSELL.
IV. John Russell, son of III. John Russell & grandson of John Russell, Jun'r m.
Joanna Winn, Nov 27, 1711. Their children were: (1) Mary b. Oct 3, 1712; m.
Thomas Richardson 1735 & died Jan 11, 1741 (2) Elizabeth b. Dec 18, 1714. (3)
Anne b. Feb 10, 1715/6; m. John Coolidge, 1739. (4) John b. July 16, 1717. (5)
Abigail b. Sept. 1719. (6) Edward b. April 7, 1722. (7) James b. Feb 22, 1723/4.
(8) Daniel b. April 5, 1726.
Mr. Russell was Town Clerk, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743 & 1745 and also chosen
Clerk of First Parish, at the first Parish Meeting Mar 3, 1731/2 and contantly
re-chosen every year till March 1741/2 but the date of his death and that of his
wife are not found in the Records. [T. Records & Records of Births, etc.]
SEIRS.
John Seirs (as the name is spelled in Woburn Records) was in Charlestown in
1639; subscribed there the "Town Orders" of Woburn December 1640; was admitted
into the church at Charlestown, Mar 28, 1641; made freeman the same year; was
among the first who settled in Woburn; taxed there in 1645 and chosen Selectman
1667, 1669. His first wife, Susanna, dying Aug 29, 1677 he m. (2) Esther Mason
(Torrey, p.659 has: John Sears & 2nd wife, Hester or Esther (Howe) Mason the
former wife of Henry Mason.) and quickly after the decease of this 2nd wife on
Aug 14, 1680, he m. (3) Ann Farrar the widow of the first Jacob Farrar, Nov 2,
1680. He died leaving no children Oct 5, 1697. [Woburn Records. Charlestown
Church Records. Savage Dict.]
SHELDON.
John Sheldon was taxed in Woburn, in the rate for the 2nd Meeting-house, 1672;
which shows he was then an inhabitant of Woburn. He had previously, viz: Feb 1,
1658/9 m. at Billerica, Mary Thompson, widow of Simon Thompson of Woburn who
deceased in May 1658. By her he had a son, John Sheldon b. April 24, 1660 who at
his death, Aug 27, 1724 was a deacon in the church of Billerica. John Sheldon,
Sen'r died May 24, 1690, aged abt 63 years. [Woburn & Billerica Records.]
To be continued p.637 - Part 25 - William Simonds, Sen'r & wife Judith Hayward.
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 25.
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SIMONDS.
William Simonds, Sen'r., settled in Woburn about 1644, near a place still known
by the name of Dry Brook. He m. Jan 18, 1643/4, Judith Hayward, widow of James
Hayward, who married when she was Judith Phippen, a fellow passenger and a
fellow servant on board the ship, "Planter", from London, 1635.
By her, Simonds had: (1) Sarah, b. July 28, 1644. (2) Judith, b. Mar 3, 1646.
(3) Mary, b. Dec 9, 1647. (4) Caleb b. Aug 16, 1649. (5) William b. April 15,
1651*. (6) Joseph b. Oct 18, 1652. (7) Benjamin b. Mar 18, 1654. (8) Tabitha b.
July 20, died Aug 20, 1655. (9) Joshua b. ____; died July 16, 1657.
(10) James b. Nov 1, 1658, m. Susanna Blogget, Dec 29, 1685. (11) Bethiah b. "9:
3mo," May 9th [8: 9 mo: 3 Nov.?] 1659; m. John Walker, Sen'r Aug 13, 1696. (12)
Huldah b. Nov 20, 1660; m. Samuel Blogget, Jun'r 1683.
William Simonds, Sen'r died June 7, 1672: Judith Simonds, widow, died
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Jan 3, 1689/90. [Woburn Records of Births, Marriages, etc., - Savage's Geneal.
Dict.]
SIMONDS.
caleb Simonds, eldest son of William & Judith Simonds, m. Sarah Bacon, Sept 25,
1677. To them were born: (1) Samuel b. June 30, 1678; died in 1757? [See
Treasurer's Book, July 29, 1757.] (2) James b. Jan 15, 1683/4. (3) Sarah b. Nov
11, died Nov 16, 1687.
Caleb Simonds died Nov 4, 1712. "Widow Sarah Simonds died April 11, 1697?
Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
SIMONDS.
I. James Simonds, son of the above Caleb and Sarah Simonds, had, by his wife,
Lydia (1) James b. April 22, 1714. (2) Caleb b. May 27, 1716. (3) Sarah b. Mar
2, 1718; d. Feb 25, 1745/6. (4) Lydia b. June 25, 1720 m. Samuel Chamberlain
1744? (5) Abigail b. July 30, 1722, wife of James Thompson of Wilmington &
mother of Mrs. John Flagg. (6) Susanna b. Sept 11, 1724.
James Simonds d. Dec 28, 1733. Widow Lydia Simonds d. June 29, 1744.
[Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
SIMONDS.
II. James Simonds, eldest son of James & Lydia & once the owner, it is believed
of the "Jemmy Pasture," so called in Burlington, now the property of Mr. Caleb
Richardson. He married Ann Convers abt. August 1745. To them were born: (1) Anne
b. July 30, 1746; m. to Ebenezer Whitney, 1767. (2) Jude, b.Jan 9, 1748/9. (3)
Esther b. Mar 2, 1750. (4) Hazael [Asahel?], b. Dec 28, 1752. (5) Ebenezer b.
Mar 4, 1755. (6) Keziah b. Jan 28, 1758. [Woburn Records of Births, Etc.]
SIMONDS.
II. Caleb Simonds, second son of the above James & Lydia, married Lydia Robinson
of Lexington, 1751. Their children were (1) Jonathan b. Jan 1, 1752; a farmer
and a deacon of the church in Burlington; died May 27, 1827 aet. 76 yrs. (2)
Caleb a farmer b. Feb 17, 1755; d. June 15, 1819 aet 65 yrs. (3) James b. Dec 5,
1758. (4) Lydia b. Jan 28, 1761 m. Amos Reed, butcher of New Salem, Oct 7, 1781;
d. at Salem July or Aug 1850 aet. 89 yrs.
Widow Lydia Simonds died Jan 29, 1778 aged about 60 yrs.
[Woburn Records of Births, etc. Also Rev. Mr. Marrett's Record of Deaths.]
SIMONDS.
William Simonds, second son of William & Judith Simonds, it is presumed, removed
from Woburn early, the records giving no information concerning him that has
been observed, except the date of his birth as presented above. (b. 1651)
(Nothing on him in Torrey)
SIMONDS.
Joseph Simonds, 3rd son of William & Judith, was a carpenter. In 1679 he gave by
deed to his brother James, certain lands he owned in Woburn, on the road to
Concord, with a new unfinished house thereon, barn & land about it, and James
gave to him in return, lands he owned in Cambridge Farms (or, Lexington) upon
which Joseph Simonds soon settled & became the father of the numerous families
of his name, which in successive generations have been inhabitants of Lexington.
[Original deed of Joseph Simonds.]
SIMONDS.
I. Benjamin Simonds, 4th son of William & Judith Simonds had by his wife
Rebekah: (1) William b. Feb 14, 1678/9 m.
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Elizabeth and lived in Billerica. (2) Benjamin b. Jan 14, 1680/81. (3) Joseph b.
Mar 1, 1683. (4) John b. Mar 22, 1685. (5) Rebekah, b.June 6, 1687. (6) Daniel
b. Feb 21, 1689/90. (7) Jacob b. May 26 1692. (8) Judith b. Oct 5, 1695; m.
Samuel Eames 1717. (9) Huldah b. Oct 25, 1700; m. Nathan Wyman, 1723.
Rebekah wife of Bejamin Simonds died April 1713. Lieut. Benjamin Simonds d. Sept
21, 1726.
SIMONDS.
II. Benjamin Simonds, Jun'r., son of Benjamin & Rebekah Simonds
m. Abigail, dau of Josiah Wood, Aug 7, 1723. Their children were: (1) Benjamin
b. June 1, 1724. (2) Abigail b. Nov 6, 1725 m. Samuel Wood, Oct 22, 1747. (3)
Ruth b. May 14, 1727 m. Zebedee Simonds May 30, 1749.
Abigail, wife of Benjamin Simonds d. Nov 1, 1739 aged 48 years. Mr. Benjamin
Simonds, Sen'r., died Jan 13, 1749/9 "aged sixty nine yers wanting one day."
[Manuscripts of Simonds' family. - Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
SIMONDS.
III. Benjamin Simonds, son of Benjamin & Abigail Simonds was m. to Susannah
Simonds, dau. of III. James & Mary & son of II. James & Susanna, March 29, 1748.
Their children were: (1) Susannah b. Feb 11, 1749/50. (2) Benjamin b. Dec 30,
1751; d. Dec 24, 1753. (3) Benjamin (again) b. May 20, 1754. (4) Zebedee b. Feb
23, 1756. (5) Nathan b. Oct 23, 1757. (6) Abigail b. May 31, 1759. (7) William
b. Mar 6, 1762. (8) Mary b. Sept 5, 1763. (9) Martha b. Aug 5, 1764. (10) Lucy
b. April 6, 1766. (11) Katharine b. Aug 16, 1769.
Mr. Benjamin Simonds deceased Dec 10, 1783,
aged 59 years. Susanna Simonds his widow d. Nov 15, 1816 in her 91st year.
Concerning their children, it may be added, that Zebedee d. July 2, 1778;
William d. April 9, 1776; Mary d. June 18, 1776; Lucy d. Dec 15, 1792 and
Katharine d. Aug 23, 1769. Susanna was married Dec 4, 1781 by Rev. Samuel Parker
of Boston to Ebenezer Page, who d. June 10, 1784 when he was 47 years of age.
[Woburn Records of Births, etc., - Manuscripts of Simonds' family.]
To be continued Part 26, p.639 - II. James Simonds who m. Mary, dau of James &
Mary Fowle.
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Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 26.
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SIMONDS.
II. James Simonds, son of I. James & Susanna Simonds, m. Mary, dau. of James &
Mary Fowle, June 17, 1714. Their children were: (1) Mary b. Dec 27, 1715 m. John
Lawrence, 1736. (2) James b. Mar 10, 1717 m. Anna Lawrence May 12, 1740. (3)
Joshua b. Oct 17, 1718. (4) Caleb b . Aug 27, 1720 (5) Zebedee b. Sept 4, 1723.
(6)
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Susanna b. June 20, 1725; m. Benjamin Simonds Jun'r, 1748 (7) Nathan b. June 26,
1728. (8) Ruth b. Oct 10, 1730 - Count Rumford's Mother.*** see below.
(9) Abigail b. June 9, 1733 m. Daniel Reed, Jun'r abt 1754.
Insert: ***Rumford, Count aka Benjamin Thompson b. Mar 26, 1753; d. Aug.
24, 1814; born at Woburn, Mass.; d. at Auteuil, Franc.
The American-born British physicist Benjamin Thompson, Count
Rumford (1753-1814), is best known for his attacks on the caloric
theory of heat.
Benjamin Thompson was born on March 26, 1753, in Woburn, Mass. He
received only 2 years of formal education and at 13 was
apprenticed to a local merchant. At the age of 19, while teaching
in Concord, N.H., he married a wealthy widow, 14 years his senior.
He thus acquired not only an extensive estate but social and
political influence as well.
Loyalist.
Thompson's open support of the British crown, however, made his
position increasingly precarious as political tensions mounted in
the Colonies. As a result of his loyalist activities, he was
forced in December 1774 to flee to Boston, abandoning his wife and
infant daughter. He spent the next 15 months actively spying for
the British government, supplying them with detailed reports on
the condition and activities of the assembling colonial forces.
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/rumford-count/
See British Evacuation of Boston -
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GenMassachusetts/2002-08/1029535920
Mary, wife of Lieut James Simonds d. Mar 9, 1762 "in her 74th year." Gravestone.
Should be seventy-third year - author.
Lieut. James Simonds died July 30, 1775 in his 89th year. [Precinct Church Rec.
of Marriages & Woburn Rec. of Births. Simonds' Manuscripts.]
SIMONDS.
III. Caleb Simonds, son of Lieut. James & Mary Simonds, m. Susanna Convers, dau.
of Capt. Robert & Mary Convers, Mar 26, 1746 and had: (1) Jesse b. Oct 13, 1747;
lived in Billerica. (2) Luther, b. Oct 2, 1749; killed by the rolling of a log
upon him at the mill, April 2, 1792. (3) Calvin b. Oct 16, 1752; died at
Burlington July 30, 1840 aet 88 yrs. (4) Achsah, b. Mar 12, 1755. (5) Gideon b.
June 24, 1757; died at Burlington, suddenly, June 12th,
1835, aet. 78 yrs. (6) Sarah b. May 22, 1759. (7) Ruth b. April 13, 1763.
Mrs. Susanna Simonds, 1st wife of Mr. Caleb Simonds being dead, he m. (2) Dec 6,
1774, Mrs. ____ Munroe, widow of Andrew Munroe of Lexington. She was instantly
killed by a horse, which ran over her, while standing by her own door Sept 3,
1783 aged 58. Mr. Caleb Simonds died of old age Jan 4, 1811 in his 91st year.
[Woburn Rec. of Births, etc. - Lexington Chruch Records. - Rev. Mr. Marrett's
Records of Deaths, etc.]
The Simonds family were formerly very numerous in Woburn and Burlington, and had
spread much in Billerica, Bedford and Lexington; and living representatives of
it are yet to be found in most if not all of these towns.
SMITH.
Matthew Smith, supposed to be a son of Matthew Smith, cordwainer, who came from
Sandwich, Kent County, England, 1637 with wife Jane & four children to
Charlestown & was that year admitted an inhabitant. (Torrey has p.686 -
Matthew Smith1 (1610-1681) & wife Jane ___? Charlestown; Matthew2 Smith,
(1630-?) & 1st wife ___?; Woburn. Matthew2 Smith & 2nd wife, Alice Loader/or
Leader, married July 14, 1665, Charlestown.)
Matthew Smith, Jun'r was in Woburn in 1658.(Torrey has p.65 Was taxed there in
1666 and is numbered among those who had right in the common lands of the town
in 1668. There were born to him in Woburn: (1) Elizabeth b. Sept 15, 1658. (2)
Matthew b. Sept 2, 1659. (3) John b. Jan 19, 1661; died Oct 18, 1663. (4) Samuel
b. April 29, 1662. (5) Samuel b. July 26, 1663. (6) Hannah b. Oct 23, 1664. (By
his 2nd wife - he had: (7) John (again) b. Mar 28, 1667.
(Torrey has p.686 - Matthew3 Smith (1659-1690) & 1st wife Elizabeth ___?
who died 1680 in Reading or 1679 in Reading. Matthew3 Smith & 2nd wife,
Mary Cutler (1663-?) m. Mar 2, 1681/2 in Charlestown. She m. (2) Joseph Dutton.
II. Matthew Smith - son of the above? m. Mary Cutler June 20, 1684(?)
(See Savage Geneal. Dict. & Woburn Records)
SNOW.
Richard Snow was the earliest inhabitant of Woburn bearing his name. He was
taxed there in the Rate for the Country, assessed 8 Sept. 1645, which was the
first tax in Woburn on Record. In 1647/8 land was granted him by the town. He
bought, Nov 19, 1656, a house and 20 acres of land of George Farley, one of the
original inhabitants of Woburn, then recently removed to Billerica and in the
general distribution
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of common lands and timber, made in 1668, he had a due proportion assigned him
in the "fifth Eighth." He seems to have been an industrious, striving
husbandman, and to have maintained a respectable rank in society, but not being
ambitious of honor and distinction, he never attained to any considerable office
either in the church or town. He d. Nov 9, *1711.
(Torrey has p.691-692: Richard Snow who died *1677 & wife Anis or Avis; Woburn.
Also: Daniel Snow & 1st wife Rachel Jones who d. 1715 aged 36; was m.
Aug. 5, 1696; Woburn. James Smith (b. 1642; d.?) & Sarah Jaquith; Woburn.
John Smith who died 1706 & Mary Green; Woburn/Lexington. John Smith, 1668-
1735 & wife Sarah Stevens m. Feb 13, 1693 or 1694; Woburn/Chelmsford.
Samuel Smith (1647-*1717) & 1st wife, Sarah Wilson who d. 1686 or 1688;
Woburn. Samuel Smith (1647-1717) & 2nd wife, Sarah Parker (1660-1695) m.
Aug 9, 1686; Woburn. Samuel Snow, (1670-?) Abigail Jones (1675-?); Woburn
to Ashford, CT. Zerubbabel Smith (1672-1733) & Jemima Cutler who d. 1734,
m. Sept 22, 1697; Woburn. end Torrey)
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Besides John & James Snow, sons apparently his, born before he came to Woburn to
reside, he had born to him afterwards: Daniel b. Feb 4, 1644/5 d. July 18,
1646. Samuel b. May 28, 1647. Zechariah b. Mar 29, 1649 - was wounded in the
Swamp or Narragansett fight with the Indians Dec 19, 1675 and died April 14,
1711. His (Zechariah's) homestead in Wyman Lane was sold after his death, July
1711, to Benjamin Wyman, a tanner.
SNOW.
I. John Snow, referred to above, as being prob. a son of Richard Snow, born
before his father took up his residence in Woburn, married and had: (1) John
Snow b. May 13, 1668. (2) Zerubbabel b. May 14, 1672. (3) Timothy b. Feb 16,
1674/5 (4) Hannah b. June 6, 1677. (5) Mary b. Aug 4, 1680 (6) Ebenezer b. Oct
6, 1682; d. Feb 11, 1703/4 (7) Nathaniel, b. Nov 17, 1684.
John Snow died Nov 25, 1706 [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.]
SNOW.
Zerubbable Snow, son of John Snow m. Jemima Cutler Sept 22, 1697. Their children
were: (1) Zerubbabel b. July 19, 1698. (2) Josiah b. Jan 24, 1699/1700. (3)
Jabez b. Mar 12, 1701; d. Dec 9, 1715 (4) Jemima b. Aug 19, 1702; m. Abraham
Josselyn of Marlborough, 1728. (5) Ebenezer b. April 26, 1744. (6) John b. Mar
30, 1706. (7) William b. Jan 25, 1707/8? (8) Abigail b. Mar 29, 1711. (9) Jabez
(again) b. Mar 16, 1716. Zerubbabel Snow Sen'r died
Nov 20, 1733.
SNOW.
Zerubbabel Snow, his son m. Elizabeth Wyman Aug 11, 1721; had by her 8 children
and died September, 1747. His widow, Elizabeth died May 1776.
[Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.]
SNOW.
I. Timothy Snow, son of I. John Snow m. Lydia Peirce Jan 16, 1705/6 their
children were: (1) Timothy b. Feb 19, 1706/7 and died Sept 20, 1775 aet. 69 yrs.
(2) Isaac b. Feb 26, 1708/9. (3) Lydia b. Feb 20, 1710/11, m. Jabez Thompson
1735? (4) Jacob b. Sept 5, 1714. (5) Mary b. April 13, 1717. (6) Zachary, b. Aug
15, 1719; d. Sept 21, 1754 aged 36. (7) Abraham b. Dec 28, 1721 died at
Charlestown March 9, 1772.
Mr. Timothy Snow died March 4, 1747/8 aged 74 years. His widow d. April 27, 1764
aet 81 yrs. [Rec. of Births, etc.]
To be continued - p.641 - Part 27 - Isaac Snow who m. Esther Convers.
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to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 27.
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SNOW.
Isaac Snow, son of Timothy Snow, m. Esther Convers, July 8, 1732 and she dying,
May 30, 1737, he m. (2) Phebe Richardson, April 18, 1738. Their children were:
(1) Phebe b. Jan 5, 1738/9; m. Daniel Thompson, 1760 (2) Bridget b. July 17,
1742 m. Hiram Thompson 1767 (3) Anne b. Mar 19, 1744 m. Ebenezer Reed, June 23,
1777. (4) Mary b. April 26, 1747 d. Dec 8, 1753.
Mr. Isaac Snow died March 31, 1776 aet. 67 yrs. [Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
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SNOW.
I. Samuel Snow, son of Richard Snow, had by his wife, Sarah: (1) Samuel b. Feb
8, 1669/70. (2) Sarah b. May 28, 1672. (3) Daniel b. July 9, 1674. (4) Abigail
b. April 4, 1677. (5) Richard b. Dec 10, 1683. (6) Hannah b. June 8, 1686.
Sarah, wife of Samuel Snow, dying, prob. in childbed June 15, 1686, one week
after her daughter Hannah's birth, he married Aug 9, of the same year, Sarah
Parker of "New Cambridge," (or Newton) by her he had (1) Deborah b. Oct 1687; d.
Dec 30, 1687. (2) Joanna b. Feb 10, 1688/9. (3) Ebenezer b. Oct 7, 1691.
Sarah, wife of Samuel Snow, died Jan 28, 1694/5. "Samuel Snow, Sen'r., died
died Nov 28, 1717. [Records of Births, etc., in Woburn.]
SNOW.
II. Samuel Snow, son of I.Samuel and grandson of Richard Snow, the first settler
in Woburn by the name of Snow and often distinguished in after years by the
title of Lieut. Samuel Snow, had born to him by his wife, Abigail:
(Torrey, p.692 has: Samuel Snow (1670-) & wife, Abigail Jones (1675-) Woburn,
Ashford, CT.) (1) Samuel b. Aug 24, 1692 (2) Abigail b. Nov 18, 1694. (3) Sarah
b. Sept 14, 1697. (4) Ruth b. May 8, 1700. (5) Rebekah b. Feb 11, 1702/3 (6)
Elizabeth b. Dec 29, 1705. (7) Benjamin Aug 29, 1708. (8) Joseph b. May 18,
1713.
SNOW.
III. Samuel, son of Lieut. Samuel Snow, b. Aug 24, 1692 m. June 10, 1718, Sarah
Lock(e) of Lexington and by her had (1) Samuel b. Dec 7, 1719 (2) Oliver b. Aug
28, 1721. (3) Sarah b. Jan 24, 1723/4.
In 1724, Lieut. Samuel Snow and his son Samuel Snow Jun'r., bought each of them
a tract of land in Ashford, CT and immediately removed their residence thither
from Woburn. At Ashford, CT., Lieut Snow became one of the principal men: was
generally Moderator at their town meetings, a Selectman, Town Treasurer, etc.,
for many years. He died Dec 19, 1743. His widow Abigail died Jan 12, 1747.
His son also, Samuel Snow, Jun'r became a prominent character in Ashford and
held there some of the more important town offices several years. His daughter
Sarah b. at Woburn died at Ashford: (1) Sarah b. April 29, 1726. (2) Stephen b.
July 5, 1730. (3) Sylvanus b. Mar 17, 1732. (4) Elizabeth b. July 11, 1734; d.
April 1, 1737. (5) Timothy b. Sept 20, 1737; d. April 9, 1749. (6) Elizabeth b.
Sept. 28, 1739. Mr. Samuel Snow, Jun'r died Dec 24, 1756 aet 65 yrs. Sarah his
widow died Nov 16, 1790 aet 95 yrs. [Woburn Town Records. Woburn Records of
Births, etc.]
To be continued Part 28 - p. 642 - Henry Summers & wife, the widow Mabel Reed.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 28.
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SUMMMERS.
Henry Summers [Somers?] Sen'r is recorded as chosen, Feb 23, 1663/4 as a
Surveyor for Woburn; was taxed there in the Rate for the Country, Aug 26, 1666;
and is numbered with those who had right in the common lands of the town, 1668.
He m. Nov 21, 1660, Mabel Reed, widow of William and mother of George Reed. She
died, the widow of Summers, June 15, 1690.
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SUMMERS.
Henry Summers, Jun'r, son of the preceding, was taxed in Woburn, 1666 and 1672;
and was allowed by the Selectmen "to keep an ordinary for the Towne of Woburn
from the first of May 1682, he forthwith getting a license." He died March 6,
1724. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.]
SUTTON.
Lambert Sutton was first of Charlestown, where he was admitted into the church
April 4, 1641; became soon after an inhabitant of Woburn and was taxed there in
the Rate for the Country, Sept 8, 1645 and chosen a Surveyor, 1646. He was made
freeman 1644 and died in Woburn Nov. 27, 1649 [Charlestown Chuch Recoreds:
Colony Records. Woburn Records of Births, etc.] (Torrey, p.721 has
his wife: Elizabeth, Charlestown/Woburn).
THOMPSON.
James Thompson: born in England prob. in 1593; came with his wife to New
England; was in Charlestown, 1632 (see p.1809, Vol III., The Great Migration
Begins by Robt Charles Anderson) and was admitted with her into the church of
Charlestown in the autumn of 1633. He was made freeman 1634; subscribed at
Charlestown, Dec. 1640, "Town Orders" for Woburn and coming to Woburn to reside,
he was chosen one of the first Board of Selectmen, 1644. His wife, Elizabeth,
dying Nov 13, 1643, he married for his second wife Susanna Blogget,
widow of Thomas Blogget, of Cambridge, Feb 15, 1644. This, his 2nd wife, died
Feb 10, 1660/1. James Thompson himself died in 1682. By his 1st wife, Elizabeth,
he had three sons, all prob. born in England, viz: Simon the eldest, James Jun'r
who died in Woburn Jan 24, 1646/7 and Jonathan. [Savage's Geneal. Dict.
Charlestown Chruch Records. Colony Records. Woburn Town Records and Records of
Births, etc.]
THOMPSON.
Simon Thompson, the eldest son of the first James Thompson, m. Dec 19, 1643,
Mary, dau. of Deacon Edward Convers, by whom he had: (1) John b. April 4 & died
April 12, 1645. (2) Sarah b. Feb 20, 1646/7. (3) James b. March 20, 1649.
(4) Mary b. Jan 25, 1651/2; d. Feb 2, 1661/2. (5) Anne b. July 30, 1655. (6)
Rebecca b. May, 1658. He was made freeman 1648 and became a purchaser of
Chelmsford; but his plans were cut short by death which arrested him when in
early life, May, 1658. In his will made that month, he makes provision for his
children; names his father and his wife and her father and her two brothers,
James and Josiah Convers. His widow m. (2) John Sheldon of Woburn and
Billerica. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict. Colony Records.
Billerica Records of Births, Marriages, etc.]
THOMPSON.
I. Jonathan Thompson, youngest son of first James and Elizabeth Thompson, m. Nov
28, 1655, Susanna, dau. of Thomas and Susanna Blodgett of Cambridge & born there
in June, 1637. By her he had issue as follows: (1) Susanna b. July 4, 1661. (2)
Jonathan b. Sept 28, 1663. (3) James b. 1666; died soon. (4) James (again) b.
June 27, 1667. (5) Sarah b. June 1, 1670. (6) Simon b. June 15, 1673. (7)
Ebenezer b. Aug 18, 1676; d. Feb 19, 1697/8.
Jonathan Thompson died Oct 20, 1691. Susanna his widow died Feb 6, 1697/8?
THOMPSON.
II. Jonathan Thompson, Jun'r. son of I Jonathan and Susanna Thompson b. Sept 28,
1663, m. Frances Whittemore (Torrey, p.737, spells her name Whitmore). BY
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whom he had: (1) Jonathan b. Feb 9, 1689/90. (2) Hannah b. Jan 28, 1691/2. (3)
Joseph b. Oct 20, 1694. (4) James b. Dec 14, 1697; was living in Brimfield 1758.
(5) Susanna b. July 6, 1699; m. Benjamin Mead, 1722? (6) Ebenezer b. Mar 30,
1701. (7) Mary b. Aug 18, 1703. (8) Samuel b. Sept 8, 1705. (9) Patience b. Oct
25, 1713; m. to Timothy Lamson of Concord, 1734. (see also Shattuck's History of
Concord - p.70, 294,295,353,358,359. Full book online at
http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm)
THOMPSON.
Ebenezer Thompson, son of II. Jonathan & Frances Thompson, b. March 30,
1701; m. Hannah Convers, Sept 27, 1728 and had: (1) Benjamin b. Nov 27, 1729.
(2) Ebenezer b. Sept 15, 1731. (3) Hannah b. Sept 21, 1734. (4) Hiram b. May 17,
1743.
THOMPSON.
Benjamin Thompson, son of Ebenezer and Hannah Thompson, b. Nov 27, 1729,
entered his intentions of marriage with Ruth Simonds, both of Woburn, May 30,
1752. Being married shortly after, he had by her the next year:
Benjamin Thompson b. Mar 26, 1753, who in after years gained
a world wide reputation under the titles of Sir Benjamin Thompson and Count
Rumford. For an account of him see Chapter XII.
Benjamin Thompson father of Count Rumford died Nov 7, 1755 in his 26th year.
(Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.)
THOMPSON.
Samuel Thompson, 5th son, 8th child of II Jonathan and Frances Thompson, b. Sept
8, 1705 m. Ruth Wright, dau of Josiah and Ruth Wright, Dec 31, 1730. To them
were born (1) Samuel b. Oct 30, 1731. (2) Daniel b. Mar 9, 1734. (3) Ruth b. Mar
9, 1737 m. Noah Wyman, 1755. (4) Abijah b. April 11, 1739. (5) Mary b. Mary 24,
1741. (6) Phebe b. Feb 5, 1743/4. (7) Lois b.Aug 12, 1746. (8) Jonathan b. Sept
10, 1748.
Samuel Thompson died May 13, 1748 in his 43d year. His widow, Ruth Thompson d.
Oct 1775 aged 69 years. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.] Diary of Samuel
Thompson, Esq.]
To be continued Part 29 - p.644. II. Samuel Thompson eldest son of I. Samuel &
Ruth Thompson b. Oct 30, 1731 - wrote account of the expedition in 1758 against
the French at Lake George.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 29.
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II. Samuel Thompson, eldest son of I. Samuel and Ruth Thompson, b. Oct 30, 1731,
was a gentleman of note and influence in his day. In 1758 he went in an
expedition against the French to Lake George. Of this expedition, he has left a
minute and interesting account in manuscript; and when he returned from it as
the close of the year, he had been advanced to be a lieutenant
in the military service. See appendix No. IX.
For a long succession of years afterwards, he was much employed as a Justice of
the Peace and as a Deacon of the Church, in the civil and ecclesiastical affairs
of the Town. He was chosen Selectman in 1776, 77, 78, 1779; he represented
Woburn in the General Court in the years 1785, 86, 89, 92, 93, 98, 1805 and
1806; and there were but few committees of important town business upon which,
for many years, he was not appointed to serve. This highly respected citizen
was thrice married. His first wife was Abigail Tidd, whom he married May 15,
1753 and by her he had (1) Samuel b. April 7, 1754 and died at New York, a
lieutenant in the military service of his country, of putrid fever, Aug 12, 1776
in his 23d year. (2) Abigail b. Dec 29, 1755; m. John Eames. (3) Mary, b. Jan
13, 1758; d. April 6, 1759. (4) Jonathan b. April 26, 1760, father of the
present
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Cyrus Thompson, Esq. (5) Arphaxad b. Mar 7, 1763; died Dec 15, 1771. (6) Leonard
b. Dec 1, 1764, the father of the present Colonel Leonard Thompson.
Abigail, first wife to Samuel Thompson, Esq., dying Sept 21 (Sept 2?) 1768
aged 35 years, he next married Lydia Jones of Concord Feb 26, 1770, by whom was
born to him, Lydia, Jan 31, 1771.
Lydia, his 2nd wife, dying Oct 19, 1788 aged 54 years, he married for his 3rd
wife, Esther Wyman, Oct 22, 1789.
Samuel Thompson, Esq., died Aug 17, 1820. His wife Esther died before him, Aug
5, 1818. His brother, Abijah Thompson, Sheriff, father of Deacon Charles
Thompson, died Jan 16, 1811. Major Abijah Thompson, the Sheriff's son, and
father of General Abijah Thompson, died Oct 27, 1820. [Woburn Town Records.,
Rec. of Births, etc. Thompson's Diary or Memoranda of Interesting Occurences.]
TIDD.
John Tidd (or as the name was otherwise once spelled, Tead, or Teed or Ted)
embarked, May 12, 1637 at Yarmouth, England, aged 19, as servant of Samuel
Greenfield of Norwich; was of Charlestown that year; subscribed there in
December 1640 "Town Orders" for Woburn; was taxed at Woburn in the Country Rate,
Sept 8, 1645 and chosen a Surveyor of Fences there in 1646. His wife Margaret
died 1651. He died April 24, 1657. By his Will made 15 days before, it appears
that he had a second wife, Alice; daughters, Mary and Elizabeth and a son of his
own name. His daughter Mary was doubtless the wife of Francis Kendall, married
Dec 24, 1644 and Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Fuller, m. June 13, 1643.
TIDD.
II. John Tidd, Jun., son of John Tidd, Sen., and wife, Margaret Tidd, born in
England, married April 14, 1650, Rebekah Wood. By her had had issue: (1) Hannah,
b. Sept 21, 1652. (2) John b. Feb 26, 1654/5. (3) Mary b.Nov 13, 1656. (4)
Samuel b.Jan 16, 1658/9. (5) Joseph b. Jan 18, 1660/1; d. Feb 1, 1660/1. (6)
Joseph (again) b. Jan 20, 1661/2. (7) Rebekah b. ___ m. Thomas Blogget Nov 11,
1685. The death of John Tidd, Jun. and that of his wife Rebekah are not found on
Record. [Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
TIDD.
III. John Tidd, son of John Tidd, Jun., and wife Rebekah Tidd, b. Feb 26,
1654/5 m. Elizabeth Fifield June 12, 1678 and had by her: (1) Elizabeth b. Sept
19, 1679. (2) John b. Nov 2, 1681. (3) Joseph b. Mar 8, 1684. (4) Rebekah, dau
of John & Elizabeth Tedd b. Aug 4, 1687 (5) Mary b. April 25, 1690. (6) Ebenezer
b. Aug 31, 1693.
"Elizabeth, wife of Sergt. John Tidd, died Oct 6, 1732. "Old Mr. John Tidd
died Aug 3, 1743." [Woburn Records of Births, etc."
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To be continued Part 30 - Henry Tottingham p.645
Genealogical Notices of the Earliest Inhabitants of Woburn and Their Families -
The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 30.
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TOTTINGHAM.
Henry Tottingham (or Tottman, as formerly often written and pronounced in
Woburn) was born in England; was of Charlestown in 1640, when and where he
subscribed the "Town Orders" for Woburn. He removed shortly after to Woburn;
was taxed there in 1645, 1647 and 1666; and had a right assigned him 1668, in
the common lands of the town.
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By his wife, Anna, he had: (1) Nehemiah, born Aug 23, 1646; died March 28, 1714.
(2) Eliah, [Elijah, County Records] b. Feb 28, 1651/2.
Anna wife of Henry Tottingham died Feb 23, 1653/4.
Henry Tottingham and Alice Alger, ["Allice Eager," County Rec.] married July 13,
1654. [Woburn Town Records: Rec. of Births, etc.].
TOTTINGHAM.
I. Eliah Tottingham, son of Henry and Anna, had by his wife Mary: (1) Anna b.
Sept 24, 1685. (2) Mary, dau. of "Eliah and Mary Tottingham," born April 18,
1688 m. Thomas Lane 1721? (3) Sarah b. July 13, 1690 m. Nath. Cutler of Reading,
1715. (4) Henry b. Aug 29, 1692. (5) Elisha b. July 22, 1696. (6) Elizabeth b.
Feb 8, 1698/9. (7) Alice b. June 10, 1701. (8) "Arminell," a daughter of Eliah &
Mary, b. July 30, 1707.
Eliah "Tottman," died Nov 27, 1717.
TOTTINGHAM.
II. Elisha, or Eliah Tottingham, son of I. Eliah and Mary, b. July 22, 1696, had
by his wife, Rebecca: (1) "Rebekah," b. Aug 4, 1710; d. April 28, 1733. (2)
Elisha, son of Eliah & Rebekah Tottingham, b. Oct 18, 1713. (3) Elizabeth b. May
4, 1722. (4) John b. Aug 9, 1724. (5) Phebe b. June 30, 1728. (6) Abigail dau.
of Eliah & Rebekah Tottingham b. Dec 30, 1737.
Eliah Tottingham died March 29, 1743.
TOTTINGHAM.
III. Elisha, son of II. Eliah & Rebekah Tottingham, b. Oct 18, 1713; m. Sarah
Lawrence of Woburn, May 27, 1736 and had issue: (1) Elisha b. Feb 8, 1736/7. (2)
Sarah b. Nov 21, 1738; m. John Williams of New Marlborough, 1765. (3) Nathaniel,
b. June 10, 1740. (4) Ephraim b. April 9, 1743. (5) Moses b. July 22, 1746. (6)
Jonathan b. Dec 17, 1748. (7) James b. July 14, 1751. (8) Rebekah b. Nov 15,
1753. (9) Abigail b. July 15, 1755. (10) David b. Sept 24, 1758.
TOTTINGHAM.
II. Henry "Tottman," son of I. Eliah and Mary Tottingham, m. Eunice Wyman, both
of Woburn, Sept 7, 1721. Their children were: (1) Mary b. Mar 6, 1724. (2) Alice
b. May6, 1727.
Henry "Tottman" died April 5, 1728.
TRERICE.
Nicholas Trerice, or Trarice, was in 1634, 1635, a noted Master of the ship,
Planter, in which he had brought many persons from London to New England. In
1636 he was admitted to be an inhabitant of Charlestown. Here by his wife
Rebekah he had a son John who was bap. in the church of Charlestown June 3,
1639. In December, 1640 he subscribed the "Town Orders" for Woburn: removed his
residence to Woburn soon after and here had a son, Samuel Trerice b. May 7,
1643. He was taxed in Woburn in 1645, in the rate for the country, but not in
the Town Rate for 1646; whence it is concluded that, previously to 1646 he had
removed back to Charlestown and there his daughter Rebekah was married in 1655
to Thomas Jenner and his widow Rebekah in 1665 to Thomas Lynde. [Savage's
Geneal. Dictiionary; Woburn Town Records. Rec. of Births, etc.]
See also: Passenger List of the Ship, Planter - 1635 - England to Boston.
http://members.aol.com/dcurtin1/gene/planter.htm
Insert:
John Trerice (M)
b. 26 May 1639
Pedigree
John Trerice was born on 26 May 1639 at Charlestown, Suffolk County,
Massachusetts, His birth date was recorded as 26 (3) 1639.1 He was the son of
Capt. Nicholas Trerice and Rebecca (?).1 John Trerice was baptized on 3 June
1639 at Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts,, His baptism was recorded as
3 (4) 1639.1 In 1663 at Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, John married
Hannah Lynde, daughter of Deacon Thomas Lynde and Margaret Martin.1 On 22
January 1707/8 John married Dorothy Lynde. John Trerice was admitted to the
church at Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on 23 October 1709.1
Children of John Trerice and Hannah Lynde:
Hannah Trerice b. 2 Mar 1664
Nicholas Trerice b. 1 Mar 1668
John Trerice b. 10 Mar 1669/70
Rebecca Trerice b. 14 Sep 1673
http://www.theroyfamily.com/gen/roy/p159.htm
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WALKER.
Samuel Walker, Sen'r., his children (the given name of his wife is unknown)
Note: Torrey, p.775 has: Samuel Walker (?1617-1684); was aged 44 in 1661 &
1st wife,___?; Reading/Woburn. Samuel Walker (-1684) & 2nd wife Ann or Agnes?
Sheldon [Alger] who d. 1716 wife of Arthur; aft Oct 14, 1675; before
1677; Woburn.
The children of Samuel Walker Sen'r: were Samuel Jun'r., Israel and prob. John,
Sen'r of Woburn; and (in the opinion of John Farmer, Esq.) Joseph Walker of
Billerica. Isaac Walker too, of Woburn, according to the following record of
his birth, was also a son of his. "Isaac, son of Samuel Walker, Sen'r, born ye
1st of the 9th mo. [November] 1677." But it is not improbable that sen. was
inadvertently written here for Jun'r. This Isaac Walker married Margery Bruce
of Woburn, Feb 20, 1704/5; and he and his sons by her, Isaac Jun., Ezekiel and
Timothy were sometime of Pennacook, now Concord, N.H. (See Bonton's History of
Concord, N.H.
WALKER.
Samuel Walker, Jun'r. otherwise known as Ensign Walker and Deacon Walker (See
Chapter V.) To the notice there given of Samuel Walker, Jun., it may be added,
that he married, Sept 10, 1661 [Oct 23, County Records], Sarah Reed, dau. of
William and Mabel Reed and sister of George Reed. Their children were: (1)
Edward b. Oct 12, 1663; killed with others by the Indians at Lamprey River, New
Hampshire, July 6, 1690. (2) John Jun., b. July 2, 1665. (3) Samuel b. Jan 25,
1667/8. (4) Sarah, b. Mar 6, 1670; m. Capt. Edward Johnson, grandson of the 1st
Capt. Edward, founder of Woburn and son of Major William, 1686/7. (5) Timothy b.
June 16, 1672; d. June 19, 1706, leaving a wife and 3 children. (6) Isaac b. Nov
1, 1677? (see above Samuel Walker, 1st. (7) Ezekiel b. Mar 5, 1679. Lived in
Boston? Note: Torrey lists
no Ezekiel Walker.
Sarah, wife of Samuel Walker, Jun., died Nov 1, 1681.
"Ensign Samuell Walker & Abigail Foull married April 18, 1692."
"Deacon Samuell Walker died Jan 18, 1703/4 aged 61 years. Gravestone.
Torrey has p.775: Samuel Walker who died 1703 aged 61 years & Wife
Abigail (Carter) Fowle (1640 - 1718) wife of James Fowle. She m. (3)
Samuel Stone April 18, 1692; Woburn.
[Records of Births, etc.]
Israel Walker, son of Samuel, Sen'r., and brother of Samuel Walker, Jun'r., was
taxed as being an inhabitant of Woburn in the Rate for the second Meeting-house,
1672. By his wife, Susanna, [Torrey, p. 774 has: Israel Walker (1648-1719),
Woburn, & wife, Susanna [Baldwin] (1652-1694); Woburn/
Lexington] Their children: Israel b. Sept 29, 1672?; died Nov 1, 1683 (2)
Susanna b. Mar 1, 1674; m. Ebenezer Lock, 1697? (3) Phebe b. Mar 11, 1676. (4)
Henry b. Feb 1, 1678/9 (5) Hannah b. April 26, 1681; d. May 8, 1681. (6)
Elizabeth b. ___; d. Jan 21, 1681/2. (7) Nathaniel b. April 15, 1682. (8)
Israel, again b. July 26, 1684. (9) Hannah again, b. Sept 24, 1686; m. Isaac
Kendall October 1706 (10) Abigail b. Sept 26, 1688. (11) Edward b. Nov 6, 1690.
Susanna, wife of Israel Walker died March 7, 1694
"Ensign Israel Walker and Hannah fflagg married December 10, 1697" Ensign Israel
Walker died April 20, 1719. "Widow Hannah Walker" died March 29, 1724. Torrey,
p.774 has: Israel Walker who died 1719 & wife Hannah (Leffingwell) Flagg who
died 1724. She was the wife of Gershom; m. Dec.
10, 1696; Woborn).
WALKER.
John Walker, Sen'r., supposed above to be a son of Samuel Walker, Sen., and a
brother of Israel Walker, is found taxed in the Rate for the Second Meeting-
house in Woburn, 1672. He m. Mary Dau. of Robert Peirce, Oct 14, 1672 and by
her had: (1) Benjamin, b. Jan 25, 1673/4; died Nov 17, 1675. (2) Mary b. Dec
27, 1675; died Jan 24, 1675/6.
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(3) John Walker b. Dec 27, 1677. "Mary, wife of John Walker, Sen'r., died Nov 8,
1695".
John Walker and Bethiah Simonds [dau. of William Simonds] m. Aug 13, 1696; to
whom were born: (1) Bethiah dau of John & Bethiah Walker b. Nov 4, 1697. (2)
Benjamin b. July 7, 1699.
John Walker, Sen'r died Jan 3, 1723/4.
WALKER.
I. Benjamin Walker and Grace Tay both of Woburn m. Dec. 24, 1724. To them were
born: (1) Mary b. Oct 4, 1725. (2) Elizabeth b. March 17, 1728.
[Woburn Records of Births, etc. Town Records.]
To be continued Part 32 - p.648 - Joseph Waters.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 32.
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WATERS.
Joseph Waters was taxed, as an inhabitant of Woburn in the rate for the Second
Meeting-house, 1672, and served in Philip's War 1675-6. Nothing is found
concerning his family connections. Not improbably he was a relative, perhaps a
brother of Samuel Waters, an inhabitant of Woburn in 1675; to whom
he and his wife Mary were born 12 children between 1675 and 1696. She died Dec
11, 1721 and he died May 2, 1728. [Woburn Records]
Torrey, p.784 has: Samuel Waters (1652-1728) Woburn and Mary [Hutson]/Hudson
(1653-1721); Charlestown/Lancaster/Cambridge.
WHITTEMORE.
Thomas Whittemore was taxed in the Rate for the Country, assessed in Woburn Aug
26, 1668 and is reckoned among those who were entitled to a share of the common
lands of the town in 1668, but not being taxed in the Rate for the new Meeting-
house in 1672, he appears to have previously removed to some other place; or,
more porbably, as Mr. Savage thinks to have died in March 1670, for "5 of April
that year his wife Elizabeth had administered." He m. Nov 9, 1666, Elizabeth
Peirce, dau. of Thomas Peirce, b. Dec 25, 1646? and by her had: Joseph b. Aug
14, 1667.
WILSON.
I. John Wilson, sen., first appears upon the tax lists in Woburn in the Rate for
the Country, assessed Aug 26, 1666; and is numbered among those who had right in
the common lands of the town in 1668.
Torrey, p.825 has: John Wilson who died 1687 & *Hannah [James] aged 58 in
1687. She m. (2) Thomas Fuller. Woburn.
He appears by his wife *____ to have had two children born to him before he came
to Woburn, viz: John, Jun'r and Dorcas who m. Aaron Cleaveland Sept 26, 1675. In
Woburn were born (1) *Samuel b. Dec 29, 1658. (2) Abigail b. Aug 8, 1666. (3)
Elizabeth b. Aug 6, 1668 (4) Benjamin b. Oct 15, 1670. (5) Hannah b. May 31,
1672; m. Jonathan Peirce, 1689.
I. John Wilson, Sen'r died July 2, 1687 [Woburn Records of Births, etc.]
WILSON.
II. John Wilson, Jun'r had born to him by his wife ____
(1) John b. Jan 3, 1672/3. (2) Hannah dau of John wilson, Jun'r b. Dec 28, 1674;
died May 5, 1676. (3) Hannah, again, b. Mar 11, 1677. (4) Susanna b. March 11,
1679. [Records of Births etc in Woburn.]
WILSON.
I. Samuel Wilson, son of John Wilson, Sen'r above named married Elizabeth, dau.
of Robert Perice Feb 24, 1681/2. Their children were: (1) Elizabeth b. Jan 28,
1682/3 (2) Mary b. April 10, 1685. (3) Samuel b. Feb 2, and died Feb 7, 1687/8.
(4) Hannah b. Dec 24, 1688.
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(5) Rebekah b. Mar 5, 1693; d. Nov 29, 1694. (6) Samuel again, b. Nov 21, 1695.
(7) Rebekah, b. July 5, 1698.
Sargeant Samuel Wilson died Nov 21, 1729. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc.]
Torrey, p.825 has: John Wilson who died 1735 at Bedford & 1st wife, Joanna
[Carter] Woburn/Billerica/Bedford. John Wilson who died 1735 at Bedford &
his 2nd wife, Susannah (Goodenough) [Radiat] Miles, wife of John Radiat; wife of
John Miles; Billerica/Concord. p.826 *Samuel Wilson (1658-1729)
son of John Wilson, m. Elizabeth Peirce (1658-___); Woburn.
WILSON.
II. Samuel Wilson, son of I. Samuel & Elizabeth Wilson, b. Nov 21, 1695 m. Sarah
Simonds dau of I. James Simonds & Susanna Simonds, both of Woburn,
Oct 29, 1719. To them were born: (1) Samuel b. July 22, 1720; d. June 21, 1750
aged 29 yrs and 11 mos. (2) Sarah b. July 13, 1722 m. Jonathan Johnson 1748. (3)
Susanna b. Mar 28, 1725 m. Mr. Haywwood or Howard & removed to Maine. (4) Ruth
b. Mar 26, 1729 m. Jona. Proctor abt 1748. (5) Rebekah b. Mar 15, 1732 d. Oct
31, 1734. (6) Rebekah, again b. July 27, 1734 m. Azel Johnson 1757.
Mr. Samuel Wilson died Oct 11, 1750 aged 55 years. After his decease, Deacon
Edward Johnson m. Sarah Wilson, his widow, Feb 19, 1755; that is, he m. the
mother of his son Jonathan's wife. [Rec. of Births in Woburn.
To be continued p.649 - Edward Winn & wife, Joanna of Woburn - Part 33.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
Part 33.
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WINN.
Edward Winn was of Woburn, 1641; made freeman 1643 and taxed in Woburn in the
Rate for the Country, Sept 8, 1645. By his wife Joanna he had Dec 5, 1641, a son
Increase Winn, which was the first born child recorded in Woburn; but probably
his son Joseph and his daughters Ann and Elizabeth had their birth in England
before. Joanna, wife of Edward Winn, dying March 8, 1649 he m. (2) Sarah Beal,
Aug 10, 1649. And she also dying March 15, 1680 he took yet a third wife, Ann,
or Hannah, widow of Nicholas Wood, who survived him, apparently , till 1686.
He died Sept 5, 1682. In his Will, made May 6, of that year, he names his son,
Increase, his son Joseph's daughter Sarah, the three youngest children of his
daughter Elizabeth, wife of George Polly. His widow likewise made her Will Sept
9, 1685 which being proved Nov 1, 1686, is an indication that she was then
deceased. [Woburn Records of Births, Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
WINN.
Increase Winn, son of Edward and Joanna, married Hannah Sawtell July 13, 1665.
Their children were: (1) Hannah b. April 11, 1666; m. Samuel Baker. (2) Edward,
b. June 15, 1668. (3) Mary b. May 1, 1670 m. Nathl. Wyman, 1692. (4) Abigail b.
Jan 8, 1677/8. (5) Rebekah b. Nov 5, 1679. (6) Jacob b. Oct 4, 1681. (7) Joanna
b. June 24, 1683. (8) Increase b. Feb 9, 1684/5; died July 1, 1713 aged 28 yrs.
& 4 mos. - Gravestone.
"Sargent Increase Winn" died Dec 14, 1690. Widow Hannah Winn died Feb 18,
1722/3.
WINN.
II. Jacob Winn, son of Increase and Hannah Winn, married Prudence Wyman, June
28, 1704; and by her had: (1) Prudence b. July 28, 1705. (2) Elizabeth b. Sept
29, 1707. (3) Hannah b. Mar 1, 1711. (4) Increase b. Jan 24, 1716/17. (5) Joshua
b. April 14, 1719. (6) Abigail b. Jan 25, 1722/3.
Prudence, wife of Jacob Winn dying he m. for his second wife, Phebe Palfray,
July 14, 1737.
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WINN.
III. Increase Winn, son of Jacob & Prudence Winn, m. Elizabeth Knight, Oct 5,
1742. Their children were: (1) David who m. Hannah Twiss, June 11, 1765. (2)
Elizabeth b. Dec 9, 1745; m. Timothy Twiss July 12, 1768. (3) Annah or Hannah b.
Oct 31, 1747. (4) Jacob b. July 16, 1751 m. Molly Twiss & removed to Hollis,
N.H. (5) Molly b. Jan 1753.
WINN.
III. Joshua Winn, son of Jacob & Prudence Winn, m. Mary Center, about October,
1745 and had by her: (1) Joshua b. May 17, 1747 (2) Jeremiah b. April 29, 1749.
(3) Molly b. April 5, 1751 (4) James b. April 7, 1753. (5) Jonathan b. Oct 18,
1755.
WINN.
Joseph Winn, son of Edward & Joanna, among the first settlers of Woburn, was
born in England; m. Rebekah, dau. of William & Mabel Reed, and sister of first
George Reed of Woburn, about 1664. Their children were: (1) Rebekah b. May 25,
1665; died April 6, 1679. (2) Sarah b. Nov 9, 1666; m. Ebenezer Johnson. (3)
Joanna b. ___; m. Edward Knight July 13, 1699. (4) Abigail b. June 18, 1670; d.
June 25, 1670. (5) Joseph b. May 15, 1671. (6) Josiah b. Mar 15, 1674. (7 & 8)
Rebekah and Hannah, twins b. Feb 14, 1678/9. Rebekah m. Timothy Spaulding of
Chelmsford Mar 5, 1700. No mention of Hannah in his Will. (9) Timothy b. ___;
died Mar 22, 1678?. (10) Anne b. Nov 1, 1684; died Sept 13, 1686. (11) Timothy
b. Feb 27, 1686/7.
"Ensign Joseph Winn" died Feb 22, 1714/15. Widow Rebekah Winn died ____ 1734.
[Woburn Records of Births, etc. ]
WINN.
I. Timothy Winn, son of Joseph & Rebekah Winn, married Elizabeth Brooks. Their
children were:
Timothy Winn, II., b. about July 1712.
Elizabeth b. Sept 1, 1719; m. Nehemiah Wyman Dec 7, 1742.
Elizabeth, wife of Timothy Winn died May 14, 1724 aged about 34 - Gravestone.
Timothy Winn and Jane Belknap, both of Woburn married Feb 18, 1729/30. To them
were born: (1) Ruth b. Aug 6, 1732. (2) Joseph b. July 3, 1734. (3) Jerusha b.
Aug 4, 1740.
I. Timothy Winn died Jan 5, 1752 aged 65 yrs: Gravestone.
Widow Jane Winn died of Small-pox May, 1775. [Records of Births in Woburn.]
WINN.
II. Timothy Winn, better known as Deacon Timothy Winn, was a gentleman of note
and of much influence in his day. He was the son of I. Timothy and Elizabeth
(Brooks) Winn and was born in Woburn about July 1712. His place of residence
falling within the bounds of Woburn Precinct, he joined the Precinct Church May
4, 1740 and was chosen a deacon of that church Dec. 26, 1752; an office which he
held during life. He was a man noted for his industry, economy and success in
amassing wealth. He was chosen one of the Selectmen of the town in 1756 & 1757
and
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again in 1773, 74 & 75. He represented Woburn in the General Court, 1787, 88,
and 1791. And in December 1787 he and James Fowle, Junr were chosen delegates
for Woburn to the convention which met in Boston January 9, 1788 respecting the
ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
In all the early attempts to set off Woburn Precinct as a separate town, he was
opposed, it is said, to the measure. But he favored, it is understood, the last
attempt, which proved successful. But he did not live long enough to enjoy the
success of it. He died March 3, 1800 aged 87 years and 8 months, a few days
more than a year after the act of Court incorporating the Second Precinct as a
town, by the name of Burlington. By his wife Mary (Bowers) Winn, Deacon Winn
had two children that lived to mature age, viz: Timothy Winn, b. Dec 20, 1740 &
Mary Winn b. June 21, 1743, m. Jan 2, 1777, Colonel John Waldron of Dover, N.H.
Deacon Winn's son Timothy, distinguished in Woburn Records as Timothy Winn,
Jun'r and Ensign Timothy Winn, was a gentleman highly respected and esteemed. He
m. Sarah Reed of Woburn Jan 23, 1766; she dying in January of the following year
he m. (2) Mary Bridge dau. of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge of Chelmsford. By her had
had among other children: the late Colonel William Winn of Burlington and
Woburn, who was the father of the present William Winn, Esq of Burlington and
Messrs. Jonathan Bowers Winn and Timothy Winn of Woburn, gentlemen well known in
all this vicinity.
WINN.
Joseph Winn, son of I. Timothy and Jane Winn and half brother of Deacon Timothy
Winn, was a respected and influential citizen in his day. In the war of the
Revolution he served his country in the military line and acquired the title of
Lieut. Winn; and at the first Town Meeting in Burlington, after the act of
incorporating it as a town, he was chosen chairman of the Board of Selectmen and
of the Overseers of the Poor. He died April 30, 1817 aged 82 years and 9 months.
The late Abel Winn, Esq., of Burlington was a son of his.
To be continued Part 34 - p.651 - John Wright.
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The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory
to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860., Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.
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WRIGHT.
John Wright by his wife Elizabeth had issue as follows: (1) Elizabeth b. July 2,
1664 m. Eleazar Bateman Nov 2, 1686. (2) Joseph b. Mar 14, 1667 m. Elizabeth
Bateman July 7, 1692. (3) Sarah b. Feb 25, 1669/70 (4) John b. Oct 2, 1672. (5)
Joanna b. April 18, 1675; d. Feb 17, 1690/1. (6) James b. Mar 10, 1677. (7)
Timothy b. April 3, 1679. (8) Stephen b. Jan 22, 1680/81. (9) Jacob b. June 22,
1683. (10) Ruth b. Oct 10, 1685. (11) Benjamin b. Mar 14, 1688.
Elizabeth, wife of Deacon Joseph Wright d. June 28, 1713. Deacon Joseph Wright
died March 31, 1724.
WYMAN.
I. John Wyman, a subscriber at Charlestown to Town Orders for Woburn December
1640, was taxed at Woburn in tax for the Country, Sept 8, 1645; m. Nov 5, 1644,
Sarah Nutt, whom her father, Myles Nutt, had brought with him from England. The
children of John & Sarah Wyman were: (1) Samuel b. Sept 20, and died Sept 27,
1646. (2) John b. Mar 28, 1648. (3) Sarah b. April 15, 1650 m. Dec 15, 1669,
Joseph Walker of Billerica; died Jan 26, 1729. (4) Solomon b. Feb 26, 1651/2; d.
Sept 22, 1725. (5) David b. April 7, 1654.
(6) Elizabeth b. Jan 18, 1655/6 d. Nov 21, 1658. (7) Bathsheba b. Oct 6, 1658 m.
Nathaniel Tay of Billerica May 30, 1677; d. July 9, 1730. (8) Jonathan b. July
13, 1661. (9) Seth b. Aug 3, 1663. (10) Jacob b. ___, the youngest son of Lieut.
Wyman.
Lieut John Wyman died May 9, 1684. His widow, Sarah, m. after his death, Thomas
Fulller, Aug 25, 1684 [Woburn Recores of Births, etc.]
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WYMAN.
II. John Wyman, Jun'r., m. Mary, dau. of Rev. Thomas Carter, about 1671. Their
children were (1) John b. April 23, 1672. (2) Mary b. June 25, 1674 m. Thomas
Peirce, jun'r son of Sergt. Thomas Peirce, Feb 27, 1693. John Wyman Jun'r being
one of Capt. Prentice's troop was slain by the Indians in the Narragansett Fight
Dec 19, 1675. His widow Mary was married Oct 31, 1676 to Nath. Batchelder of
Hampton [Woburn Rec. Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
See 1931 Yarmouth Newspaper coverage of Lieut John Wyman and the history of
this family - excellent report!
http://www.marthachurchill.com/family/xWym1931.htm
WYMAN.
David Wyman, son of I. John & Sarah Wyman, was a tanner; m. April 27, 1675 in
Charlestown, Mass., Isabel Farmer dau. of John Farmer of Concord, by whom he had
two children, viz: (1) David b. May 29, died June 15, 1676. (2) Isabel b. July
5, 1677 m. 1700 at Malden John Green of that town and died Aug 9, 1765 "in her
88th year." - Gravestone.
David Wyman died of the small-pox in Woburn, 1678 and his widow married in
Concord, James Blood on Nov 19, 1679. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc., & Manuscript
Genealogy of Thomas B. Wyman, Esq. also Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
See also History of Concord, Mass. by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835 - full book online
at:
http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm
WYMAN.
Jonathan Wyman, son of I. John & Sarah Wyman, m. Abigail Fowle, dau. of Lieut.
James Fowle, July 29, 1689, who died Jan 3, 1690. For his 2nd wife he m. Hannah
a dau. of Peter Fowle, July 31, 1690. Their children were: (1) Abigail b. June
1, 1691; m. Samuel Buck & died Dec 2, 1720. (2) Hannah b. Nov 1694 m. June 1,
1717 Israel Reed. (3) Mary b. Jan 26, 1696/7 m. prior to 1718 Jeremiah Center.
(4) Elizabeth b. Feb 15, 1700/1 m. Aug 11, 1721 Zerubbabel Snow. (5) Jonathan b.
Sept 13, 1704 (6) Sarah b. Aug 18, 1706 m. ___, Nathan Brooks & died Feb 21,
1747. (7) Zachary b. July 19, 1709 was a soldier in the French War, 1748.
Cornet Jonathan Wyman died Dec 15, 1736.
wyman.
Seth Wyman, son of I. John & Sarah Wyman m. Esther Johnson, dau. of Major
William Johnson, Dec 17, 1685 by whom he had: (1) Seth b. Sept 13, 1686; killed
at Lovewell Fight, 1725. (2)"Hesther," b. Oct 25, 1688. (3) Sarah b. Jan 17,
1690/1 m. Caleb Blogget. (4) Jonathan b. Nov 5, 1693 d. Jan 19, 1693/4. (5)
Susana b. June 30, 1695. (6) Abigail b. Feb 6, 1698/9; m. Jan 19, 1725 Timothy
Brooks; and died March 16, 1780. (7) Love b. Feb 14, 1701/2 m. Josiah Wyman?
Lieut Seth Wyman died Oct 26, 1715. His widow, Esther d. March 31, 1742. [Wob.
Rec. of Births, etc., Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wyman MSS Genealogy.]
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WYMAN.
Jacob Wyman, youngest son of I. John & Sarah Wyman; a tanner; freeman 1690; m.
Nov 23, 1687, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Richardson and had: (1) Jacob b. Sept
11, 1688. (2) Samuel b. Feb 7, 1689/90. (3) Elizabeth b. Jan 7, 1691/2; m.
Josiah Waters and died prior to 1742. (4) David b. April 14, 1693 (5) Martha b.
Oct 13, 1695; m. Major Joseph Richardson. (6) Mary b. July 8, 1698 died prior to
1742. (7) John b. Dec 11, 1700 d. July 9, 1721, a graduate of Harvard College
the same year. (8) Solomon b. April 24, 1703 d. aged 22 yrs. (9) Patience b.
April 13, 1705. (10) Ebenezer b. May 5, 1707, Harvard College 1731; minister of
Union, Conn., m. at Woburn widow Mrs. Mary Wright, May 22, 1739; d. Feb 9, 1746
(11) Isaiah b. Feb 28, 1708/9; d. Feb 9, 1746/7. (12) Peter b. Sept 27, 1711 m.
Abigial Russell about 1744 in Boston? (13) Daniel b. May 27, 1715; a saddler in
East Sudbury, now Wayland; m. (1) Rebecca ____, who d. Feb 10, 1744. He m. (2)
Dorothy Jennison or Johnson,
who died Sept 30, 1806. Daniel Wyman died Dec 29, 1766; had 8 children by his
two wives.
Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Jacob Wyman died Nov 21, 1739. Mr. Jacob Wyman m. Mrs.
Elizabeth Coggin Feb 4, 1739/40. Mr. Jacob Wyman d. March 31, 1742. Widow
Elizabeth Wyman died May 2,, 1752.
[Woburn Rec. of Births, etc., Savage's Geneal Dict. & Wyman MSS. Genealogy.]
Francis Wyman m. Jan 30, 1644/5 Judith Peirce of Woburn, b. at Norwich, England,
dau of John Peirce; d. without issue. For his 2nd wife he m. Abigail Reed, dau
of William & Mabel Reed, and sister of first George Reed, Oct 2, 1650. Their
children were: (1) Judith b. Sept 29, and died Dec 22, 1652. (2) Francis b.
about 1654 d. during the Indian War, April 26, 1676 about 22 years old (3)
William b. abt 1656. (4) Abigail b. abt 1659 m. Stephen Richardson Jan 2,
1675/6; died Sept 17, 1720 aged 60 - Gravestone. (5) Timothy b. Sept 15, 1661;
died 1709. (6) Joseph b. Nov 9, 1663, a tailor, was unmarried and died July 24,
1714. (7) Nathaniel b. Nov 25, 1665. (8) Samuel b. Nov 29, 1667. (9) Thomas b.
April 1, 1671. (10) Benjamin b. Aug 25, 1674. (11) Stephen b. June 2, 1676 d.
Aug 19, 1676. (12) Judith b. Jan 15, 1678/9; m. Nath. Bacon of Billerica; living
in 1714. Francis Wyman Sen'r, died Nov 30, 1699 aged per gravestone abt 82 yrs.
[Woburn Rec. of Births; Savage's Geneal. Dict.
WYMAN.
III. William, son of Francis and Abigail Wyman, m. Prudence ___?. their children
were: (1) William b. Jan 18, died Jan 20, 1682/3. (2) Prudence b. Dec 26, 1683
m. Jacob Winn. (3) william b. Jan 15, 1685/6. (4) Thomas b. Aug 23, 1687; lived
in his latter days and died in Pelham, N.H. (5) Elizabeth b. July 5, 1689 d.
June 25, 1690. (6) Francis b. July 10, 1691. (7) Joshua b. Jan 3, 1692/3; a
blacksmith & innholder, 1722; m. (1) Mary Pollard & (2) Mary Green in Woburn,
July 14, 1747. (8) Edward b. Jan 10, 1695/6 (9) Elizabeth b. Feb 16, 1697/8 (10)
Deliverance b. Feb 28, 1700/1 m. Ezekiel Gowing, Jun'r,
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of Lynn, 1732. (11) James b. Mar 16, 1702 ; taxed in Woburn 1723. William Wyman
died 1705. [Woburn Rec. of Births, etc.; Savage's Geneal. dict., Wyman's MSS.
Genealogy.]
WYMAN.
V. Timothy Wyman, son of Francis and Abigail Wyman, m. Hannah ___., by whom he
had: (1) Hannah b. July 7, 1688. (2) Timothy b. April 5, 1691. (3) Solomon b.
Oct 24, 1693; m. at Medford, June 9, 1725, Mary Peirce dau. of John Peirce of
Woburn; which Mary, when afterwards a widow, m. Benjamin Johnson Feb 14, 1765.
Solomon's Will dated Jan 2, 1760. (4) Joseph b. Nov 1, 1695. (5) Eunice b. Feb
24, 1697/8 m. Henry Tottingham 1721; d. prior to 1748. (6) Anne b. Mar 26, 1700
was of Andover and died unmarried 1774. (7)
Judith b. June 16, 1702; m. John Wright III. 1725; was of Ashford, Conn.; living
1748. (8) Eli, b. Mar 11, 1704 d. Aug 22, 1728. (9) Ebenezer b. Mar 21, 1706 was
of Townsend, Mass.; m. in Woburn Feb 24, 1736, Rebekah Johnson dau. of Deacon
Edward Johnson and, (2) in Billerica, April 2, 1745 Dorcas Wilson. Was living in
1764. (10) Hesther, b. ___. (11) Elizabeth, b. ___. (12) Prudence b. Mar 8, 1709
m. Thomas Phelps. Was living 1748, 1772.
WYMAN.
WYMAN. VI. Nathaniel Wyman, son of Francis and Abigail, married Mary, daughter
of Increase Winn, 28 June, 1692. Their children were: (1) Nathaniel, b. 23 May,
1693; died 13 Dec. 1715. (2) Mary, b. 28 May, 1694; died insane, 1728. (3)
Abigail, b. 5 Oct. 1695; md. to Benjamin Gowen. (4) Ruth, b. 17 Apr. 1697; md.
to Thomas Gould, Charlestown, 1721. (5) Hannah, b. 28 Apr. 1699; md. to II.
Timothy Wyman. (6) Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov. 1700; md. 12 March, 1723, to John
"Geary," of Charlestown. [Stoneham?] (7) Phebe, b. 11 June, 1702; md. prior to
1729 to Thomas "Geary," [Gerry] Stoneham. (8) Rebekah, b. 14 April, 1704; md. 7
March, 1723, to Thomas Holden. (9) Johanah, [Joanna?] b. 25 July, 1705; md. to
Jonathan Holden, 1731; died 11 Nov. 1786.(10) Increase, b. 1 March, 1707. (11)
Sarah, b. 21 Aug. 1710; m. 6 July, 1732, to Ezekiel Walker; died prior to 1756.
(12) Keziah, b 5. Apr. 1713; md. to John Reed, 1735; died 14 Jan. 1756.
Nathaniel Wyman died 8 Dec. 1717. His widow, Mary Wyman, md. to John Locke, of
Woburn, 30 Nov. 1720. [Wob. Records of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Diet.
Wyman's MSS. Genealogy.]
WYMAN.
VIII. Samuel Wyman, son of Francis and Abigail; md. Rebekah, daughter of Matlew
Johnson, - 1692. Their children were: (1) Rebekah, born 11 Nov. 1693; married at
Watertown to Thomas Richardson, of Woburn, 29 Sept. 1713; died 11 April, 1771.
(2) Abigail, b. 5 Feb. 1694-5; md. prior to 1726 to Jonas Richardson. (3)
Hannah, b. 10 Dec. 1696; md. 10 May, 1725, to Samuel Parker. (4) Sarah, b. 2
Feb. 1698-9; md. probably 31 Aug. 1726, to John Coggin. (5) Samuel, b. 18 March,
1700. (6) Oliver, b. 5. Sept. 1701; a soldier of Leominsterin 1758,'59, and died
1759. (7) Lydia, b. 1 Jan. 1702-3; md. 24 July, 1729, at Reading, to Oliver
Richardson, of Woburn. (8) Patience, b. 11 Jan. 1705-6;
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m. to Edward Dean. (9) Matthew, b. 3 Aug. 1707: of Lancaster, a laborer; married
8 March, 1738-9, to Abigail Willard, by whom he left issue. He served in
Willard's Comp., Nova Scotia, 1755. (10) Esther, b. 25 Feb. 1709-10. Samuel
Wyman died 17 May, 1725. His widow, Rebekah, living 1735. [Records of Births,
etc. Wyman's MSS. Genealogy. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
WYMAN.
I. Thomas Wyman, sen., son of Francis and Abigail Wyman, m. Mary Richardson, a
daughter of Nathaniel, 5 May, 1696. Their children were: (1) Thomas, born 12
May, 1697. (2) Josiah, b. 18 March, 1700. (3) Phineas, b. 1701; living, insane,
1747. (4) Timothy, b. 1 March, 1702. (5) Benjamin, b. 12 June, 1704. (6) John,
b. 6 July, 1706; died 26 March, 1729; a housewright, taxed from 1725 to 1728.
(7) Mlary, b. 10 March, 1708; m. 13 June, 1726, to Nath. Clark, Watertown. (8)
Aaron, b. 6 Dec. 1709. (9) Eleazer, b. 13 Apr. 1712; died 16 July, 1747. (10)
Nathaniel, b. 18 May, 1716. (11) Elizabeth, b. 19 Dec. 1718; md. to ___ Blogget;
issue by whom, and Elizabeth Wyman. Thomas Wyman, sen., served in Sir Charles
Hobby's troop at Annapolis, 10 Oct. 1710, to 10 Oct. 1711. He died 4 Sept. 1731.
His widow Mary md. Josiah Winn, 17 Aug. 1733, and died 7 June, 1743. Benjamin,
son of Francis and Abigail Wyman, was a "maltster;" and married 20 Jan. 1702-3,
Elizabeth Hancock, of Cambridge. Their children were: (1) Elizabeth, born 1 May,
1705; md. 11 June, 1724, to Jacob Richardson. (2) Benjamin, b. 13 Dec. (al.
Nov.) 1706. (3) Lucy, b. 17 Apr. 1708; died 25 Oct. 1730: wife of Richard
Davenport, of Shrewsbury. (4) Zebadiah, b. 26 June, 1709. (5) Eunice, b. 16 Nov.
1710; md. to Robert Peirce, 1736; died 15 Apr. or May, 1774 or 1775. (6)
Jerusha, b. 23 July, 1712; m. to Edw. Richardson, 1730; died 10 Apr. 1784. (7)
Tabitha, b. 7 Apr. 1714; m. to Josiah Kendall, 1736; died 24 Apr. 1800. (8)
Abijah, b. 20 Sept. 1715. (9) Katharine, b. 6 May, 1717; md. 28 Feb. 1732-3? to
William Tufts, of Medford; died, per stone, 20 Feb. 1749. (10) Nathaniel, b. 26
Jan. 1718-19. (11) Abigail, b. 26 Aug. 1720; m. 8 Apr. 1740, to Jacob Snow; died
31 Oct. 1771. (12) Martha, b. 7 May, 1722; md. 6 Sept. 1739, to Samuel Dean.
(13) Noah, b. 30 July, 1724; died 10 Dec. 1726. (14) Jonas, b. 26 July, 1725; a
blacksmith; died at Louisburg, 20 Jan. 1746. (15) Reuben, b. 9 Nov. 1726.
Benjamin Wyman died 19 Dec. 1735. His widow m. 22 Aug. [al. Sept.] 1739, to
Jonathan Bacon of Bedford; and died March 2, 1749, set. 63. [Wob. Rec. of
Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Diet. Wyman MSS. Genealogy.]
Messrs. John and Francis Wyman were brothers, and original settlers of the town
of Woburn. By occupation, they were both tanners; and had their dwellings and
their tanning establishments near the late Dea. Benjamin Wyman's, in the Wyman
Lane. They were also joint proprietors of extensive tracts of land in other
parts of the town. About 1669, they united in the purchase of the " Coitmore
Grant," so called, in Woburn, containing 500 acres, for which they paid £25 or
£30 sterling each, to Mr. Joseph Rock, executor of the will of Martha (Coitmore)
Coggau, who had been the widow of Capt. Coitmore, the grantee. This grant was
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laid out in the northwest part of Woburn, now Burlington; and upon it numerous
descendants of both brothers were living a century ago, though now not a person
by the name of Wyman is an inhabitant of that portion of the town. They also
owned a large farm, with houses thereon, adjoining the Coitmore grant, situate
in the west part of Woburn, and extending within the bounds of Billerica, upon
which, by order of Court, they were taxed equally for some years, both in
Billerica and in Woburn. The descendants of these two brothers by the name of
Wyman have been a multitude. In a genealogy of their families, prepared with
great industry and untiring research by Thomas Bellows Wyman, Esq., of
Charlestown, a descendant from John Wyman of the 6th generation, there were
numbered, Nov. 6th, 1844, of the posterity of John Wyman, in the male line, 5
children, 31 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren, 91 of the 4th generation,
106 of the 5th, 147 of the 6th, and 8 of the 7th,-442 in all; and of the
posterity, in the male line, of Francis Wyman, 9 children, 71 grand children,
152 great-grandchildren, 213 of the 4th generation, 188 of the 5th, 41 of the
6th,674 in all; making a total, in 1844, of 1116 descendants, from the males, in
each generation, from the two patriarchs, John and Francis Wyman. Of the
posterity of these two noted primitive settlers in Woburn, numbers may be
referred to who were prominent men in their day; persons distinguished not only
by their official relations, but by their ability and care to fulfil them with
usefulness to society. Of this description, among the descendants of John Wyman,
was Dea. Samuel Wyman, the revolutionary patriot, repeatedly chosen in those
trying times to represent Woburn in the General Court, and in the Provincial
Congress assembled at Watertown.
And among the descendants of Francis Wyman answering to the above character, may
be reckoned Capt. Benjamin Wyman, the faithful treasurer of the town from 1752
to 1758 inclusively, seven years in uninterrupted succession: Dea. Zebadiah
Wyman, his successor in that important office, and at a very trying period, ten
years out of the thirteen which elapsed from 1780 to 1792 inclusively: the late
Dea. Benjamin Wyman, the judicious and upright magistrate, as well as exemplary
officer of the First Church in this town; and Dr. Rufus Wyman, a native of
Woburn, "the beloved physician," while at Chelmsford, the skilful, successful
Superintendent of the McLean Asylum for the Insane at Somerville, honored in
life, and lamented at his death.
WYMAN.
John Wyman, 2d, distinguished as Sergeant John Wyman, and supposed by some to
have been a near relative, perhaps a nephew, of John and Francis Wyman, had land
granted him in Woburn, 25 Feb. 1679.a He was a wheelwright by occupation, and
married Hannah, daughter of John Farrar, of Woburn, 14 Dec. 1685. Their children
were: (1) John, born 16 Nov. 1686. He settled in Wilmington, and died prior to 6
Jan. 1748.a (2) Thomas, b. 25 March, 1689, and died insane prior to 1749. a (3)
Jasher, b. 6 Jan. 1691-2. (4) Nathan, b. 8 Jan. 1695-6. (5) Hannah, b. a Woburn
Records of Births, etc. Wyman's Manuscript Genealogy.
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8 Aug. 1703. (6) Anne, b. 10 Apr. 1705; md. 5 May, 1739, to Samuel Bathrick, of
Portsmouth, N. H.a (7) Rachel, b. 24 Oct. 1707. Sergt. John Wyman died 19 April,
1728.
WYMAN.
I Nathan Wyman, son of Sergt. John Wyman and Hannah, married Huldah Simonds,
daughter of Benjamin and Rebekah, both of Woburn, 29 Jan. 1723. Their children
were: (1) Nathan, born 28 June, 1723. (2) Rachel, b. 31 July, 1724; md. to Jacob
Eames, in 1748. a (3) Elijah, b. 22 Feb. 1727-8. Nathan Wyman, wheelwright, died
4 Feb. 1773. Huldah, his wife, died 28 May, 1768, aged 68, per Stone.
WYMAN.
II. Nathan Wyman, jun., son of Nathan and Huldah, md. Rebekah Russell, daughter
of Saml. and Rebekah, of Woburn, 11 June, 1749, and had issue: (1) Nathan, born
21 May, 1754. (2) Rebekah, b. 7 Aug. 1757; died 15 Sept. 1759. (3) Zadok, b. 20
[10?] Aug. 1760. (4) Rebekah, b. 7 Aug. 1762. (5) John, b. 26 Feb. 1765.
Rebekah, widow of Nathan, died 9 Oct. 1811, aged 85.
WYMAN.
II. Nathan Wyman, son of Nathan and Rebekah, m. 21 Nov. 1778, Mary Convers,
daughter of Samuel and Mary, who had a son, Nathan, born 11 Sept. 1783. II.
Nathan Wyman died 30 April, 1821; his wife Mary died 3 Sept. 1817, set. 51. IV.
Nathan Wyman, son of Nathan and Mary, m. Esther Wilder, and at his decease left
two sons, viz: (1) Herbert, born May 7, 1818; md. Lydia Kimball, and lives
respected at North Woburn. (2) V. Nathan, born 16 Feb. 1821; chosen Town Clerk
of Woburn 1844, and by constant re-election still (1867) continues in that
office. a Woburn Records of Births, etc. Wyman's Manuscript Genealogy.
End.
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Surname: BALDWIN
Source: An Historical Sketch of Groton, MA by Dr.
Samuel A. Greeen - Groton, MA 1894
p.206
The Groton, MA Fire Department.
The first fire engine in Groton was made in the year 1802
by Loammi Baldwin, Jr. then a law-student in the office
of the Honorable Timothy Bigelow, but who afterward be-
came a civil engineer.
He was the son of Loammi and Mary (Fowle) Baldwin and
born at Woburn, MA May 16, 1780; and after his graduation
at Harvard College, in the class of 1800, he came to
Groton to study the profession of law. Like many others
he did not seem to have found at the start, his proper
calling, as his tastes were naturally for mechanical
science and the kindred arts. While following his
studies here (Groton), a house, situated just south of
the academy grounds, was burned down in the winter-time
and there was no fire engine to stop it.
The neighbors had to fight the flames as best they could,
with snow as well as water. By this incident he became
so impressed with the need of an engine in Groton, that
with his own hands he constructed the first one the town
ever had. This machine, known for a long time
as Torrent No. 1 was still serviceable after a use of
more than eighty years and would throw a stream of water
over the highest roof in the town. It was made in
Jonathan Loring's shop, which was then opposite to Mr.
Boynton's blacksmith shop where the iron work was done.
The tub was of copper and bore the date, "1802."
Mr Baldwin, soon after this time, gave up the practice
of law and became distinguished in his new profession.
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