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151 He was a physician, and resided in Boston from 1708 to 1715. He afterwards removed to Watertown, and assumed the medical practice of his father, where he d. in the full vigor of life. May 19, 1729, age 42 y. 2 m. 13 d. He m. in Boston, Oct. 12, 1708, Mary Ladd of that town. His first 3 or 4 children were born in Boston, and were baptized in the Brattle Street Church, of which the parents were members. - Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, by Lemuel Shattuck (1855) Shattuck, Dr. Joseph (I2300)
 
152 He was a prominent man of Weymouth, holding several offices, and leaving quite a property. His will is dated July 12, 1714. Having no children, he leaves his property principally to his nephews, Lieut. John, Deacon Thomas, and Ebenezer Pratt. Pratt, Lt. John (I3599)
 
153 He was an immigrant from England aboard the Ship "James" in July, 1636, giving his age as 23 years old. He settled at Lynn, Massachusetts and followed his trade as a Blacksmith. He was admitted a freeman September 7, 1639 and was one of the proprietors of the town. He removed to Rowley and was living there in 1641 when he had a suit of law at Ipswitch. he was also a proprietor of Rowley. The general court, May 26, 1647 ordered him to answer at the Essex court for "neglect to further public service by delaying to shoe Mr. Symond's horse when he was about to come to the General Court". That was before the days of labor unions and strikes in America. he deposed in 1658 that he was aged about 48 years of age. he removed to Ipswich and was a subscriber to the Denison fundin 1648. he was a commoner of Ipswich as early 1664 and a voter in 1679. He administered on the estate of of his wife's third son, John Littlehale, Nov. 25, 1675. He removed finally to Topsfield (Ipswich), where he died Jan 13, 1684/5. His will is dated Jan 6, 1684/5 and proved Mar 31, 1685. The inventory amounted to 235 pounds. - Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol.2, William Richard Cutter Bridges, Edmund Sr. (I1464)
 
154 He was an original proprietor of Hartford,CT in 1636, and also lived in Hadley and Northampton,MA. Son of John Marsh and Grace (Baldwin) Marsh. [The American Genealogist Volume 58, in which it states the parentage is proven by the will of Grace (Baldwin) Marsh where she mentions her son John 'now in New England'.] His first wife was Anne Webster Marsh. His second wife was Hepzibah Ford Lyman Marsh, the widow of Richard Lyman Jr, and the daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde Ford. He had a brother Joseph Marsh of Braintree, Co.Essex, England whose 1676 will was contested and whose estate was distributed to John Marsh's children, and a sister Lydia Marsh Martin, whose daughter Grace he and his second wife adopted. - findagrave.com
The name of Marsh has been common in England ever since use of surnames. It is undoubtedly a place name. Families were numerous in counties Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, York, and in Wiltshire and Ireland. Sir Thomas Marsh, who lived in 1660, bore these arms, which, with slight variations, were borne by many different families: Gules, a horse's head couped between three crosses bottonee fitchee argent. At least six immigrants of the name of Marsh came to New England.
(I) John Marsh, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in 1618, and is said to have come to New England in to Cambridge. He is supposed to have gone with Hooker's company the next year to Hartford, where he became one of the first settlers. He had grants of land for himself and for others in 1639-40. His home lot was No. 16, on the north side of the stream that now runs through Bushnell Park, where Temple and Front streets now cross. He had other grants later, and was a proprietor of the common lands. He was a leading citizen of Hartford, one of the five higher magistrates in 1639 holding office until 1655, when he became deputy governor. After serving as governor in 1656 he resumed the office of magistrate, which he held until 1659. He removed at this time to Hadley, Massachusetts. He was dismissed from the Hartford church July 11, 1656, on account of church differences. He had lot No. 34 in Hadley, and was one of the selectmen in 1675. He was one of the original members of the Northampton church June 18, 1661. His will was dated March 3. 1687-88, and proved December 4, 1688. He married (first) Anne, daughter of Governor John Webster and his wife Agnes. She died June 9, 1662, and he married (second), October 7, 1664, Hepsibah, widow of Richard Lyman, and daughter of Thomas Ford, of Hartford. John Marsh died September 28, 1688, at Windsor, Connecticut, probably while on a visit to his daughter, Hannah Loomis. - unknown 
Marsh, John (I1837)
 
155 He was baptized at the New Church, Amsterdam, Holland, on Jan 10, 1627, andcame to America with his parents. He was admitted to the Rights of a Great Burgher in New Amsterdam on April 11, 1657, but unlike his father and brothers did not enter upon a political career. The only office he held in New Amsterdam was that of stamper, to which he was appointed Feb. 20, 1674, and on Oct. 27, 1675 he was nominated for magistrate of New Harlem. He was a yacht Captain engaged in river trade between New Amsterdam and the settlements at Esopus (Kingston) and Fort Orange (Albany). His descendents settled in Rhinebeck. - unknown Kip, Isaac Hendricksen (I1527)
 
156 He was bred a blacksmith, and first settled in Whitingham, Vt., but in 1831 removed to Cherry Creek, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he d. of pleurisy. - Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, by Lemuel Shattuck (1855)
Pliny and Dolly had 8 children; Jerome B, Dolly H., Oliver Martin, Frederick Augustus Simms, Lawrence Eugene, Lucy Parker, Harriet Augusta, and Philemon Rice. 
Shattuck, Pliny (I2294)
 
157 He was probably the Samuel Shattuck who was a proprietor of Petersham at its first incorporation, (Wilson's Ad-dress, pp. 15, 88.) He afterwards settled in Deerfield (Mass). His eldest son served a campaign in the French war; and on his return brought home the small pox, and gave it to both his parents. The mother and son recovered, but the father died. So far as the information contained in this volume shows, the name of Shattuck, among the descendants of Dr. Philip, his grandfather, has been preserved only in the line of this Samuel. In the other branches it appears to have become extinct. - Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, by Lemuel Shattuck (1855) Shattuck, Samuel (I2287)
 
158 He was styled "Sergent Pratt," and was killed in the "Sudbury Fight" by the Indians, April 19, 1676. He was a large land-owner at Weymouth; held the office of Selectman several years, and occupied many positions of trust in the town. Rev. William Pratt (III.), in his Diary, states: "My father was slaine by the Indians the 19th day of April, in the year 1676." Heuiy Axtell was slain by the Indians between Sudbuiy and Marlboro, April 19, 1676." This establishes the date of the great "Sudbury Fight." - The Pratt family : a genealogical record of Mathew Pratt, of Weymouth, Mass., and his American descendants, 1623-1889
Thomas and Mary had 5 children; William, Thomas, Sarah, Hepzebah, and Abigail. 
Pratt, Thomas (I3597)
 
159 Henry and Harriet Shattuck were twins. Harriet and Luther Longley had 9 children; Calvin, unknown daughter, Luther, Alice L., Harriet N., Oliver S., Samuel N., Olivia R., and Emily L. Shattuck, Harriet (I2296)
 
160 Henry and Olive had 5 children; Harriet, Harriet, Levi Hubbard, Mary Ann, and Joseph Henry. He had 3 more additional children with Tirza; Olive, Edwin White, and Ellen Maria.
Henry and Harriet Shattuck were twins. 
Shattuck, Henry (I2295)
 
161 Henry Rhodes came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, settling at Lynn before 1640, where he died in 1675. He was an ironmonger in Lynn, 1640; a witness 1647; representative to the General Court 1657. He served in King Philip's War and fought against the Indians in the Nipmugg Country, and at Narragansett in 1675. He signed his name with various spellings, but commonly "Rodes." Bodge, in his "History of King Philip's War," records him as "Henry Rhoades," as he is frequently quoted in other historical references. There are many branches of the Rhodes family existing in the United States, practically none are found spelling their names "Rhoades," except the descendants of Henry, of Lynn. In England, where the family originated, but one family is found which so spells its name and that is the one from which Amphillis Rhoades, great-grandmother of George Washington, descended.
This branch of the Rhodes family descended from a long line of English ancestors, tracing back to Willemus, of Rode, on many of whom heraldic honors had been conferred. Henry Rhodes brought to America a coat-of-arms and copy of the original charter inscribed, "These are the ancient names of the family of Rhodes of Adrod, Cheshire, whereof James Rhodes, of Lancashire, is descended of the second house, Henry Rhodes, son of George."
All descendants of Henry Rhodes are qualified for membership in the Society of Colonial Wars and Order of Founders and Patiots of America. - Colonial Families of the United States, 1920 
Rhodes, Henry (I73)
 
162 Henry Sherborn, probably a younger son of the Sherborn family of Stonyhurst, Co. Lancaster, or one of its branches, but whose origin is at present undetermined, settled about 1560 in Oxford in the parish of St. John the Baptist, where he rebuilt and lived in a house called Byham Hall. He was a groom (equisso) of Corpus Christi College in 1562. In 1588, John Atherton, parson of Bawdripp, Co. Somerset, grated to Henry Sherbor of Oxford the lands called Swineshull closes, lying near the south bridge leading from Oxford toward Abington.
His first wife, whose name is unknown, bore him one son. His second wife was Joan Acton, sister of Thomas Acton of Oxford. It is said that Henry Sherborn died in 1598 and that his widow married on 7 Oct 1616, William Smith of Oxford. - Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Vol. III. 
Sherburne, Henry (I3829)
 
163 Henry Sherburne (1611-1681) was born in Odiham, Hampshire. England. He came to America in 1631/32 with his brother John. They came from a landed family, but since they were younger sons, they would not inherit and so decided to seek their fortune in America. They settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, then called ``Strawberry Banke´´ and were licensed to operate a tavern and a ferry from the ``Great House´´ community center to the ``Great Island´´ out in the Bay. In 1637 Henry married Rebeckah, only daughter of Ambrose Gibbons and Elizabeth, his wife. Henry was well educated and became active in community affairs and he is noted in history books of that era, including the ``Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire´´ by Noyes. His descendants are included, up to the period immediately following the American Revolution. Henry and Rebeckah had eleven children. - http://grunerheritage.com/theotherside/sherburne/history2.html
Henry Sherburne (Joseph [2], Henry [1]) was baptized in Odiham, co. Hants, (England) March 28,1611. His age was given in depositions as forty-eight in 1662, fifty-three in 1665, fifty-eight in 1669 and also in 1671. He was therefore twenty-one when he sailed from London on the James, reaching Boston on June 5, 1632. Possibly he went to the eastern settlements in Maine or New Hampshire at once, but the first record of him is on July 20, 1634, when he witnessed a document for Henry Jocelyn of Black Point. On November 13, 1637,t he married Rebecca Gibbons, only daughter of Mr. Ambrose Gibbons, a leading colonist and one of the factors of the Laconia company. This alliance, added to his own abilities, gave the young man a promising start in life. Sherburne is said to have been a warden of the first church at Portsmouth, Rev. Richard Gibson's Episcopalian parish, in 1640. He must have had large and early land grants in the Little Harbor and Sandy Beach region of the lower Piscataqua settlement. In 1643 the court ordered him to keep a ferry and set the fees. From the "great house" to Great Island (New Castle) he was to have 2d., "to the province" 12d., to Rowe's 2d., to Strawberry Bank 6d., for one man. "If there come two or more," the fees were decreased. He was also to keep an ordinary or inn and serve 8d. meals. Generally given the title of "Mr." in the records he was a grand juryman in 1643, served the town as selectman twelve times between 1652 and 1672, succeeded Dr. Fernald as town clerk in 1656 and held the office for three years. He was "commissioner to end small causes," or a local justice, for many terms from 1649 to 1666. In 1649 he sued Thomas Wedge for slandering his wife and got judgment.
Under Massachusetts Bay authority Sherburne got further preferment. On October 23, 1651, he and Mr. Ambrose Lane and Mr. Brian Pendleton were "invested with ample power and enabled as associates with Capt. Thomas Wiggin to keep one court a year at Strawberry Bank and to try all civil and criminal actions." Individually they were authorized to administer oaths, keep the peace and try cases involving less than 40s.* In 1654 he was appointed "searcher" for Piscataqua, to see that no one took out of the jurisdiction by sea or by land more than 20s. In 1660 he was a deputy to the General Court of the Bay Colony representing Portsmouth.
Opposition to Massachusetts ran high in 1665 and with other Portmouth men Henry Sherburne was arrested and taken to Boston, charged with sedition. His defence was recorded in a deposition signed November 8, 1665, in which he was stated to be fifty-three years old. He swore that, being at home one morning in the past summer, some neighbors came by and told him that they were going up to Strawberry Bank where the people were meeting to sign a petition. They asked him to go with them and he at first refused but "with much importunity they persuaded me." He heard the petition read by Mr. Corbett at his house where about eighteen or twenty men were present, but he refused to sign it because there were some words in it "concerning the usurpation of power over the people here by the Massachusetts government." Quite possibly his discretion ran counter to his opinions.
After the death of his first wife Rebecca on June 3,1667, Henry Sherburne contracted an ill-advised alliance which brought him much trouble. His new wife was Sarah, widow of Walter Abbott, a Portsmouth innholder who had also died in 1667 leaving his business affairs in poor order. As the husband of Abbott's executrix Sherburne was joined as defendant in several long continued suits involving Abbott's property and obligations. The principal difficulty, however, was Sarah's temperament. In 1668, within a year of their wedding, Sarah was before the court for beating her husband and "breaking his head," while Henry was charged with beating his wife several times. They were both bound to good behavior. In 1670 Sarah appeared as witness against Henry who was charged with fighting with John Kenniston probably a tavern brawl. The next year, 1672, saw "Mr. Hen: Sherburne & his wife presented for disorderly Liveing & fighting" and the unhappy man "owned that they Lived disorderly." They were fined 50s. apiece or to be whipped ten stripes each. Naturally he paid the fines for it would have been intolerable for a man who had sat so long on the local bench to submit to a public whipping.
In 1673 a young man named David Campbell of Great Island had the temerity to criticize the government, the magistrates and the minister "by reproachful speeches." In addition to this offense against the local ideology he was accused of "being ye worse for drinke." David demanded a jury trial and it was granted, but he was convicted by his peers and sentenced to receive "20 stripes upon ye bare skin well Lade on," to pay a heavy fine and to produce a bond in £40 for future good behavior. Mr. Sherburne and his son John took up the cudgels for David and were promptly before the magistrates themselves, "for theire publick opposing of the execution of the sentence of Court aboute whiping of David Campbell, which had Like to have made an Insurrextion among the people." Found guilty, Mr. Sherburne was given the stiff fine of £5 while John got off for 50s. One wishes that they had stuck to their principles, but, as is too familiar in similar cases, they "humbly confessed their fault," probably with mental reservations, and the fines were reduced.
Old Thomas Walford, the "old planter" whom the Puritan settlers had found living with his family on the site of Charlestown, the sole inhabitants, when they arrived in 1629 and who, promptly fined by his new neighbors for "contempt of authority," had packed up and taken refuge at Great Island on the Piscataqua, died in 1667 and named Henry Sherburne one of the executors of his will. The complications of Walford heirship were still giving Mr. Sherburne and the courts trouble in 1673.
Mystery hangs over the end of Henry Sherburne. In the court of December 7, 1680, he sued Edward Bickford for trespass because of damage done by Bickford's hogs, cattle and horses, and lost the case. Later in the same session a complaint which he had lodged against the Bickford children for stealing his pears was called, but Sherburne did not appear to prosecute and Bickford was discharged. By June, 1681, Sherburne was dead under circumstances which led the magistrates to summon Edward Bickford, his wife and children for questioning, but their examination produced no damaging evidence and they were dismissed, but not without a trace of lingering suspicion. In her family record Mary Sloper, Sherburne's daughter, says "his death we was not sensible of." Possibly he wandered away in December of 1680 and died of exposure in a winter storm, his body not recovered until June of 1681. This is, however, only conjecture.
From Sherburne sprang, in the next three or four generations, many distinguished New Hampshire men, particularly in the judicial field. - Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966) 
Sherburne, Henry (I3778)
 
164 Henry was the Chief Justice of New Hampshire 1732-1742 Sherburne, Henry (I3815)
 
165 Heritage Consulting. <i>The Millennium File</i>. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting. Source (S552)
 
166 Herman P. Sandow, 81, 3 Cortland St., died Sunday at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. He had suffered a stroke July 7. Mr. Sandow, who was a Norwalk native, was a sales representative 35 years for Metalene Chemical Co., Cleveland, serving Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. He then became a part-time agent for the White Cross Insurance Co. locally until his retirement. Mr. Sandow was a former member of the United Commercial Travelers, the Norwalk Elks Club, and the Odd Fellows Lodge. Survivors include his widow, Esther, with whom he celebrated a 50th wedding anniversary June 30, 1973; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Helen Jean) Wright, of Northbrook, Ill.; two granddaughters, Candace and Pamela Wright, both students at Northwestern University. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Kubach-Smith Funeral Home, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Elden Smith, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. ~The Norwalk Reflector, Monday, August 19, 1974, page 2 Sandow, Herman Peter (I2225)
 
167 Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Source (S560)
 
168 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/cem11.htm Source (S66)
 
169 Hugh was noted as single on death record. McPherson, Hugh (I2638)
 
170 In 1681 William received one hundred acres, lying between the great and little marshes, near the Cape Porpoise river. He also bought one hundred acres from his brother in law John Puddington. In 1686 William and others petition to have the public records continued at York; and in 1689 he was one of those appointed for the surveying and laying out of lots of land. The family was driven from Cape Porpoise by repeated indian troubles but in 1720 the town of Arundel, formerly Cape Porpoise, regranted to his sons, John and Ebenezer, all their fathers rights in lands and marshes on the Cape Porpoise River. The early records make mention of Barton's Creek, Barton's Cove, Barton's Neck and Barton's Further Neck, also called Easter Neck. - "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" Vol 84 Oct. 1930 pg 402 & 40 Barton, William (I1745)
 
171 In 1777 he claimed land in KY, but by 1779 he had returned to Caroline Co.,MD. In 1782 he was taxed on certain property in Washington Co.,VA, where he apparently lived at that time. On October 21, 1790, he was the signer of a petition to the Virginia Legislature asking for the establishment of a new county to be carved out of Lincoln Co.,KY, so was apparently a resident of KY at that time. He later returned to Caroline Co.,MD where he appeared in the U.S. Census of 1800 and 1810 and where he was mentioned in the will of his brother, William Lemar, dated May 26, 1812. He remained in Md and is assumed to be alive at the time of his brother, William's, will. He is believed to have been the father of Gallant III, Luke, and James. These sons were all residents of Kent Co.,DE, at the time of the Census of 1800, 1810, and 1820, only a few miles away from their father who was living in Caroline Co.,MD.
Will of Gallent Lemar in Kent Co.,DE
In The Names Of God Amen August 18th 1806 I Gallent Lemar of Murderkill Hundred Kent County and the State of Delaware being sick and weak but of sound and disposed mind and memory thanks be to my Almighty preserver do make this my last Will and Testament in the foloowing manner that is to say First I commend my soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body to be buried in a Christianlike manner at the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter mentioned and as for the manner, Secondly I give and bequeath unto my apprentice boy John Wickim(??) the sum of Twenty five pounds without interest when he shall arive(sic) to the age of twenty one years provided he the said John continue with my wife and at her discretion until he shall arive(sic) to age as aforesaid if she so long shall live____Thirdly my will is that my beloved wife Prudence have and enjoy all the remainder of my estate after paying my just debts, funeral expenses and the legacy of twenty five pounds aforesaid Fourthly my will and desire is that my apprentice boy John aforesaid shall have and enjoy all my aforesaid estate that remain after the death of my aforesaif wife__ and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my said wife Prudence my whole and sole Executrix hereby revoking and disannuling all wills by me heretofore made--- Signed, Sealed published and pronounced in the presence of us-- John Lockwood Isaac Lockwood Gallent Lemar Seal 
Lemar, Gallant II (I2794)
 
172 In 1852 Wm. J. Shattuck built a sawmill on the west branch of Mill brook. The supply of water proving insufficient, the mill was after several years practically abandoned, and the building was removed in 1884. - History of the Town of Plainfield (1891) Shattuck, William Justus (I2270)
 
173 In the Schenectady Massacre in 1690, Johannes was carried away captive by the French and Indians to Montreal. After several months he was ransomed and returned. His father, William, in consideration of the heavy losses sustained, gave Johannes his bouwery and farm in Schenectady.
Name: Johannes Teller Gender: M (Male) Remarks: "Johannes Teller and his negroe". State: New York Town: Schenectady Residence Year:1690 Household Remarks:"LYST OF Ye PERSONES WHICH Ye FRENCH AND THERE INDIANS HAVE TAKEN PRISONERS ATT SKINNECHTADY AND CARIED TO CANIDA Ye 9th DAY OF FEBRUARY 1689/90."
Johannes Teller was born in 1659. He was the youngest child of the marriage of New Netherland pioneers Willem and Margarita Donchesen Teller. His mother died while he was a young boy and his father re-married. By that time, his father had become a patentee of Schenectady - although may not have lived there. Willem Teller did retain his Albany properties and was listed as an Albany resident for many years.
In August 1686, Johannes wed Susanna Wendell at the Albany Dutch church. Both marriage partners were identified as living in Albany at that time. However, their first child was not baptized in Albany until February 1691 - a year after the raid on Schenectady in which Johannes reportedly was taken prisoner! By 1698, however, three more children had been christened in the Albany church.
During the 1690s, Johannes Teller was an Albany mainstay. He was a constable and high constable in 1694 and '95. In 1699, he joined other Albany residents in swearing allegiance to the king of England. Traditional sources imply that he was a resident of Schenectady. At the same time, he was included on Albany survey documents. As late as 1709, his Albany property in the first ward was valued on city tax rolls.
After 1700, Johannes Teller began receiving land at Schenectady from his father - reportedly to help offset losses sustained in the raid of 1690. Johannes probabaly lived there until May 1725 when he made his will. He died in Schenectady at the end of June. - Johannes Teller by Stefan Bielinski
Johannes Teller, son of Willem and the settler of Schenectady, was born in 1659 and married Sussanna, daughter of Capt. Johannes Wendel of Albany, in 1686. At the time of the Schenectady massacre of 1690, his house was burned and he was made a captive by the French and carried to Canada. In 1700 Willem Teller conveyed his two Schenectady bouweries to his son Johannes "in consideration that he was much reduced in property in 1690, at the burning of Schenectady by the French." Johannes Teller had three sons, Johannes, Willem and Jacobus, among whom his property was divided at his death in 1725. - History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, Chapter 22: Settlers at Schenectady, 1661-4

In the Schenectady Massacre in 1690, Johannes was carried away captive by the French and Indians to Montreal. After several months he was ransomed and returned. His father, William, in consideration of the heavy losses sustained, gave Johannes his bouwery and farm in Schenectady.

Name: Johannes Teller Gender: M (Male) Remarks: "Johannes Teller and his negroe". State: New York Town: Schenectady Residence Year:1690 Household Remarks:"LYST OF Ye PERSONES WHICH Ye FRENCH AND THERE INDIANS HAVE TAKEN PRISONERS ATT SKINNECHTADY AND CARIED TO CANIDA Ye 9th DAY OF FEBRUARY 1689/90." 
Teller, Johannes (I316)
 
174 In the service of George Calvert, later Lord Baltimore, he was made "Clerk of the Entries" in 1610 when Calvert was Clerk of the Council. Later, 1617-1621, he was a London agent of Sir Dudley Carleton, secretary to Sir Francis Bacon. He became secretary of the East India Company in 1621 and Clerk of the Ordnance of the Tower in 1626. On Feb. 10, 1625, he had been granted a general pardon, and in 1637 he was given the reversion of the office of Clerk of the Ordnance. "Mr. Rous of Oriel use to say of Edward Sherburne ... that he was a proud man and that he always took him to be a gentleman, but, saith he, upon enquiry I find that his mother sold ale in some of the skirts of the city." Edward Sherborn married Frances Stanley, second daughter of John Stanley of Roydon. He died in December,1641, aged 63, and was buried in the chapel of the Tower of London. His widow was granted administration on his estate in June, 1642. - Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Vol. III. Sherburne, Edward (I3865)
 
175 Includes index. Source (S326)
 
176 Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). Specific source information is listed with each entry. Source (S572)
 
177 Info from the will of John Twombly
20 acres at Littleworth in the Ash swamp to his son, John; 20 acres "lying above the Malligo River to his son, Samuel; half of his home farm divided between sons, Joseph and Samuel; the other half of his homestead split between his wife, Rachel, and his son, William, and upon his mother's, Elizabeth's, death to be inherited by William.
The homestead is described as "lying on the southerly side of the road leading down to Joseph Hansons and so unto the Neck". This seems to be the land that Ralph was granted around 1656. Joseph and Samuel were to share the tract of land on the northerly side of the aforesaid road going down to the Neck.
Rachel and Joseph, John's son, were the executors of the will. William is charged with caring for Elizabeth Twombly, John's mother, during her lifetime. [Elizabeth's will has not been found.] - http://trumboldfamilies.com/twombly/johntwombly.html 
Twombly, John (I4416)
 
178 Inscription: "Here lyes buried The body of Mary Holmon Wife of Mr. Solomon Holmon Died October 18 1736 Aged 63 years" Barton, Mary (I1710)
 
179 Iowa. <i>1895 Iowa State Census</i>. Des Moines, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa. Source (S523)
 
180 Isaac was a soldier in the French and Indian War of 1755. Poole, Isaac (I2595)
 
181 Isaac White Martin Sr. worked as a merchant ship captain, delivering and picking up cargo to faraway places such as Gibralter, Maldonado (Spain), Lima, Guayaquil (Equador), Veracruz (Mexico), Havanna, Valpariso and Coliapo (Chile), and Guasca (Colombia) among others. Cargo included sugar, cocoa, furs etc. and wages were $35-$40 per month. The ships were sailing vessels or steam powered including one from Robert Fulton's famous fleet.
Death notice: "Departed this life at half past 2 o'clock P.M. (on the 3rd) after a short but painful illness, Capt. Isaac W. Martin, in the 38th year of his age. His friends and acquaintances are respectfully requested to attend his funeral at 9 o'clock this morning from his late dwelling in Fleet Street." - Baltimore American newspaper, Oct. 4, 1832, copied by Thomas Bishop Martin
"His death was caused from Cholera, which was contracted by his son, I. W. Martin, the second, and later given to the father in a glass of water which both had drunk. When my grandfather came home and found his son ill with cholera, it is said that he walked the floor continuously and at times was so distressed over his son's condition, that he would "pull his own hair out", unless guarded by someone, and alas, he himself caught the dreadful disease, died within a few days, while his son recovered and lived past 80 years. - Thomas Bishop Martin 
Martin, Capt. Isaac White Sr. (I665)
 
182 Isaac, son of Jesse and Marie (du Cloux) De Forest, was baptized at Leyden, Holland, July 10, 1616. With his brother, Henry, then thirty years of age, Isaac, who was ten years his junior, quitted Amsterdam, October 1, 1636, in a small vessel called the"Renssalaerwyck," which belonged to Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the first patroon. They reached New Amsterdam in safety and settled upon the broad fertile flat called "Muscoota," now the site of Harlem, upper New York City. Henry had a grant of two hundred acres; Isaac, a strip of one hundred acres along the Harlem river and part of the later day Morris Park. Henry, the wealthier and apparently the abler of the two brothers, died July 26, 1637. The interests of his widow were safeguarded by Dominie Evarardus Bogardus, as her attorney. She married again. Isaac was still unmarried, and for several years remained at Harlem raising tobacco and selling it at New Amsterdam for transport to Holland. On June 9, 1641, he married "Sarah du Trieux of New Amsterdam, spinster," daughter of Phillip du Trieux and Jaqueline Noiret, founders of the Truax family of America. He became a wealthy tobacco dealer and brewer of New Amsterdam, and was appointed in 1658 by Governor Stuyvesant and council a "great burgher." When the English fleet took New York in 1664 he was one of the persons of distinction seized and held. His will is dated June 4, 1672. He died in 1674. His widow died in 1692.- Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. I, p. 447 De Forest, Isaac (I1495)
 
183 It is supposed that he was bom in England and baptized in the parish of St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England, April 10, 1686; that he came over with his mother prior to 1642, and resided at Barnstable, first, at his ``Coggin´s Pond lot, until 1702; when he removed to Hamblin´s Plains, West Barnstable; where his son Ebenezer occupied the old homestead, which he afterwards sold to Col. John Gorham.
Mr. Gustavus Hinckley, of Barnstable, writes in 1894, that the site of his house on his father´s Coggin´s Pond lot is well known; it having been owned and occupied by three generations of Gorham; a modern house was built about forty years ago over the old cellar. Mr. Otis says, that he lived all his life in Barnstable; but David Hamblen says, he died in Tisbury, May 3, 1718. He was a farmer, an exemplary member of the church and a good citizen. He married Mary Dunham, November 20, 1662. She was born 1642. Otis says, she was probably the daughter of Dea. John, of Plymouth; but Prof. Charles E. Hamlin, who gave considerable attention to this branch of the family, and from which he descended, says: she was daughter of John, of Martha´s Vinyard. Perhaps Otis and Prof. Hamlin referred to the same individual. Mr. Hinckley says, her grave is about sixty rods distant from the site of the house, on their Coggin´s Pond lot, and the slate headstone bears the inscription: ``Mary, wife of James Hamlin, died April ye l9th 1715, in ye 73d year of her age.´´
James Hamblen is expressly named in his father´s will, dated January 13, 1683. David Hamblen states that his children, Mary, Eleazar and Experience,, are expressly referred to in his will, as being then deceased in 1717; and infers that his children Elisha; John and Benjamin were also dead, from the fact that neither of them, nor any child of theirs is mentioned in the will.
His name frequently appears in the Colonial records: May 29, 1670, James Hamblen, Juni., in list of Freemen. June 5, 1671, James Hamblen, Juni., app. to inspect the Ordinaries (Taverns) in Barnstable. June 6, 1682, James Hamblen, Junir., Member of Grand Enquest.
- History of the Hamlin Family - with genealogies of early settlers of the name in America. 1639-1894, Franklin Andrews
Gravestone Inscription: "Here Lyeth Ye Body Of Mr. James Hamlin Late of Barnstable Who Died At Tisbury May Ye 3D 1718 In Ye Year 82 Of His Age" 
Hamlin, James (I2378)
 
184 Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. <i>Maryland Census, 1772-1890</i>. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Source (S568)
 
185 Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. <i>Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890</i>. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Source (S559)
 
186 Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. <i>AIS Mortality Schedules Index</i>. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Source (S579)
 
187 James and Rachel had abt 12 children. James and Catherine had 5 children. Kenney, James (I2898)
 
188 James Hamblen, so far as hias been ascertained, was the first of the name who settled in America. He came from London and settled in Barnstable, Massachusetts, in the Spring of 1639. Of his earlier life very little has been learned; records exist, however, from which some traces of him are supposed to have been discovered.
The late David Hamblen, Esq., of Boston, the first to investigate his history about 1849, caused research to be made in England for the pedigree, which without citing the place where the record was found, he gives as follows:
JOHN HAMELYN of Cornwall, living 1570 Married Amor, daughter of Robert Knowle, of Sarum.
GILES HAMELIN - Son (of John) and heir County Devon. Married daughter of Robert Ashley.
THOMAS HAMELIN - (son of Giles) Gentleman, London 1623
JAMES HAMELIN (son of Giles).
From which it is understood that he was brother of Thomas, gentleman, of London, living in 1623; sons of Giles, of Devonshire; son of John, of Cornwall, England, who was living in 1570.
- History of the Hamlin Family - with genealogies of early settlers of the name in America. 1639-1894, Franklin Andrews

The records of the baptisms and burials of some of his children are supposed to have been found in the parish register of St. Lawrence, in Reading, Berkshire, England; extracts from which are taken: BAPTISMS. Hamlin James, son of James, Oct. 81, 1630. Hamblin Sarah, dau Sept 6, 1632, Hamlin Mary, July 27, 1634, James, son April 10, 1636. BURIALS. Hamlin James, Oct. 24, 1638. From these records it is apparent that the eldest child, James, died in England before the birth of the second James. It will be subsequently noticed that it was the custom of the family to baptize the children on the day of birth, if possible; so that the dates of baptisms are supposed to be about the dates of births.
Mr. Otis, the genealogist of the first settlers of Barnstable, says: that the baptism of his children, James and Hannah do not appear on the records of Barnstable, that it is probable they were born in England and that neither they nor their mother came over so early as the father, a common occurrence in those early times; the record of the birth or baptism of Hannah has not been found in England; perhaps owing to the troubles to be related, no public record of it was made there. It will be observed that their first child born in America, was Bartholomew, born April 20, 1642. Hannah may have been born about 1638.
An approximate idea of the time when the members of the family left England may be ascertained from these dates. Mr. Otis does not appear to have any knowledge of the English records referred to, and does not mention the children, Sarah and Mary; as they had another Sarah born in Barnstable in 1647 it is supposed the Sarah born 1682 had died before they came to America. An account of Mary will be given in its proper order later.
While no express record of the fact has been discovered, it is not improbable that James Hamblen may have been obliged to leave his family and fly (flee) from England on account of religious persecution; he was a Puritan and a member of Mr. Lothrop´s church after the latter came to Barnstable.
An account of the troubles of the congregation of Mr. Lothrop in England will be of interest, and may in future lead to information concerning our ancestor.
Rev. John Lothrop was pastor of an Independent or Congregationalist Society, at Southwalk, London. April 29, 1682, forty-five members of this church were apprehended for unlawful meeting, eighteen of whom escaped. Some were confined in the Clink, New Prison, and the Gate House, for about two years, and then released on bail; except Mr. Lothrop, for whom no favor could at first be obtained. There is some question as to the terms of his release, but the fact remains that these people caused the English government no little trouble; religion was regulated by law at that period; and this society were non-conformists. That they believed they were right does not alter the fact. The exact date of their release is not given, but on Sept. 18, 1634 The Griffin and another ship arrived in Boston with passengers, among whom were Mr. Lothrop and thirty of his followers. It is not supposed Hamblen was with them. Soon after Mr. Lothrop and most, if not all those who came with him, went to Scituate, Massachusetts, where there was a small settlement of his old friends, whom he had known in England, and who invited him to become their pastor. There were nine of these families then at Scituate who had previously come from England, settling tirst at Plymouth; and Mr. Lothrop gives a list of ``The Houses in ye plantation of Scituate att my Comeing hither, onely these wch was aboute the end of Sept. 1634, - all wch small plaine palizadoe Houses.´´ The name of James Hamblen is not in the list, nor does it appear there down to the date of removal of Mr. Lothrop and his church to Barnstable hereafter related.
Mr. Lothrop and his church came (to Barnstable) Oct. 21, 1639, New Style. The town had been incorporated, many houses built and a civilized community were dwelling among the Indians. Mr. Hull and the other settlers welcomed them to their homes, assigned them lands and assisted them in putting up their first rude cabins. It turned out that Mr. Lothrop´s church constituted a majority of the people, who preferred their own pastor, with whom they had suftered persecution in England. Mr. Dimmock and others of the first settlers preferred to sit under his preaching, rather than Mr. Hull, in consequence of which the latter left the town. The dwellings are thus described: ``The walls were made of poles filled between with stones and clay, the roof thatched, the chimney to the mantle of rough stone, and above of cob work, the windows of oiled paper and the floors of hand sawed planks. Mr. Lothrop called such structures ``booths,´´ and says: ``They were open and cold, and in winter a high piled fire was constantly to be kept burning. All the houses in the village were alike - there was no opening for pride to claim a supremacy.´´ Mr. Otis says there had thirteen settled in the town when it was incorporated June 4, 1639, among whom was James Hamblen. In a list of the inhabitants of Barnstable made on January 5, 1643-4, the sixteenth name is ``James Hamblin, London, of B(arnstable) spring of l639. These accounts show conclusively that he settled in Barnstable independently from Mr. Lothrop and his church. There is no proof that he was or was not a member of Mr. Lothrop´s church in London, or that he suffered any persecution; but the facts that he was a puritan; the unrecorded birth and baptism of his daughter Hannah; that he came from London without his family; and united with the church in Barnstable, whose members had suffered persecution; leads to the inquiry whether he might not have been a member of that church in London, which suffered persecution as related.
His house lot, containing eight acres, was at Coggin´s Pond, and was one of those presumably laid out under the authority of Mr. Callicut. It was bounded northerly by the lot of Gov. Hinckley; easterly by the Commons, (now the ancient graveyard); southerly by the Commons; and westerly by the highway, which at that time, after crossing the hill on the west, turned to the north on the borders of the pond, to Gov. Hinckley´s old house, which stood near the pond; and thence turned easterly, joining the present road at the head of Calve´s Pasture Lane. In 1680 the present road was laid out through Hamblen´s lot, and leaving a triangular shaped portion of it on the north of the road; afterwards, in 1693, the location of the road having been changed, the Hamblens were allowed to enclose that part of the old road situated between their land and the pond, adjoining Gov. Hinckley´s. The westerly portion of the road which was discontinued, opposite the south end of the pond, was reserved as a watering-place, and is so occupied to this day. His other lands were six shares, and six acres of upland in the Calve´s Pasture; twenty acres of upland, and the meadow on the north, bounded easterly by the land of Henry Bourne, and westerly by the land of Dea. John Cooper; his great lot of fifty acres was bounded southwesterly by the Great Indian Pond; southerly by the lot of Thomas Lothrop; and northerly by the Indian Pond lots, on which his son John built a house. The Hamblens were among the first settlers in that part of town; and that region of country is now known as ``Hamblin´s Plains.´´ In 1686 his house was described as standing on his twenty-acre lot, on the north side of the highway, between the houses of Mr. Russell, (known in modern times as Brick John Hinckley´s,) and Dea. John Cooper, owned by William Hinckley and others.
The name of Mr. Hamblen appears frequently in the records of Plymouth Colony. The first mention is ``March 1, 1741-2. James Hamblen was propounded for Freeman; ``Before Willm Bradford, gent. Gou. (and other members of the court named) James Hamlen (was appointed) Constable for Barnstable.´´; March l5, 1657, James Hamblen served on inquest on the body of a child, Simeon Davis. June 3, 1657; James Hamblen was sick and could not serve on the Oraud Enquest; The name of James Hamblen appears in the list of Freemen of Barnstable in 1658; June 7, 1670, James Hamblen served on Grand Enquest, same day he was member of a trial jury; May 29, 1670, James Hamblen, Juni, and James Hamblen, Seni, in list of Freemen; March 6, 1671, James Hamblen served on a jury; June 3, 1679, James Hamblen served on a jury in the case between Capt. John Williams and Edward Jenkins; July 7, 1681, James Hamblen served on juries; July 6, 1682, James Hamblen summoned to serve on a jury, and served; In the list of Freemen of Barnstable for 1689, among others appear the names of James Hamblen, James Hamblen, Jr., John Hamblen, Eleazar Hamblen.
"Goodman Hamblen was not much in public life. He was an honest man, a good neighbor and a sincere Christian; he was industrious and prudent in his habits and brought up his children to walk in his footsteps. His descendants have, with few exceptions, inherited the good qualities of the ancestor."
The correct spelling of his name is a question of doubt. As a matter of fact people in those times were not particular, and the same individual did not spell his own name uniformly, in many instances; there was no standard of English orthography then. In the foregoing pedigree the name is spelled Hamelyn and Hamelin, in the record of baptisms, Hamblin and Hamlin; in the colonial records, Hamlene, Hamlen and Hamblen. His pastor. Rev. Mr. Lothrop wrote the name uniformly, Hamling. Rev. Mr. Russell, a successor of Mr. Lothrop, wrote it Hamblin. His sons and descendants for the first four generations, generally wrote it Hamblen; but assigned to his will, it is spelled Hamlin. The descendants spell the name variously: Hamlin, Hamlen, Hamline, Hamblin and Hamblen.
- History of the Hamlin Family - with genealogies of early settlers of the name in America. 1639-1894, Franklin Andrews

Will Of James Hamblen. Recorded Vol 1, Page 37. Barnstable Co., Mass., July 21, 1888. True Copy From The Records-Attest Freeman H. Lothrop, Reg. Of Probate Court. The last Will and Testament of James Hamlin Senr. of Barnstable: I being weake in body but throu ye mercy of God of good and dis~ posing mind and memory, and calling to mind ye uncertainty of this transitory life, and being willing to sett things in order as there may be peace and good agreement between my children after my decease, I do make and delare this my last will and testament in manner and forme hereafter mentioned viz: -
Imprimis: I will and bequeath my soul to (God who gave it through Jesus Christ, my deare and only Saviour and Redeemer and my body to decent burial as to my Executrix hereafter named shall seeme meete and convenient, and as for my outward estate which God hath been pleased to lend me, my will is that all my debts which are in right or conscience due to any person shall be first duly satisfied and contented. And then my will is that Anne, my loving wife shall have and enjoy all the rest of my estate in whatsoever it be during her natural life for her supporte and livelyhood, and my will is that after her decease in as much as my son James hath had ten pounds already of me, and my son Bartholemew five pounds, and my daughter Hannah„ five pounds (according to ye desire of my mother) so my will is that ye rest of my children shall have each of them five pounds apeace made up to them out of my estate, viz: to my son John five pounds my little feather bed bolster and rugg belonging to it, to be in part or whole thereof as it shall be appraised; and to my daughter Sarah five pounds, in ye great fether bed I lye on with ye bolster and rugg belonging thereunto as it shall be appraised; And to my son Eliazer four pounds, and five shillings out of my estate which with ye fifteen shillings he owes me on account makes up five pounds to him, And to my son Israel three pounds and eighteen shillings to make up ye bed and coverlett he hath five pounds to him.
Item. My will is that my daughter Sarah shall, have two of my platters which shee shall chose. And my will is that Israel shall have one of my pewter platters as my sons and daughter already married have had each of them one. And my will is that whatsoever of my estate shall remaine after my foresd legacies shall be paid shall after my wifes decease be equally divided amongst all my children unless my wife shall see cause to will any part or parts unto any of my sd children as shee shall see fit to those that are most dutyful unto her, unto whose liberty my will is it shall be left.
As also to nominate an executor to take place after her decease to see this my last will performed, And here in case shee make any will to dispose of ye overplus as aforesd.
Item. It is my will that Anne my wife be sole Executrix of this my last will and testament so long as shee lives.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this 23 of January Anno Dom´ 1683. JAMES HAMLIN [seal.] In presence of THOS. HINCKLEY, Gov. JONATHAN RUSSELL.
Gov, Hinckley and Jonathan Russell witnesses to this will, made oath in Court October ye 22th 1690, that they saw ye above sd James Hamlin deceased signe seal and declare this to be his last will and testament as attest.
- History of the Hamlin Family - with genealogies of early settlers of the name in America. 1639-1894, Franklin Andrews 
Hamblin, James (I2383)
 
189 James Lovell resided on eastern slope of King Oak Hill.
James Lovell of Weymouth made his will 29 Dec 1705, and it was proved 30 Aug 1706. To his son Enoch Lovell lands and one-half of his barn in Weymouth. To son Joseph Lovell also confirms lands and his dwelling house and one-half barn. To son John one-half of his lots in Middleborough, 45 acres, to him and his wife Mary, and at their decease to their son John Lovell, grandson of testator. If he die without issue the same to go to his grandson Samuel Chard. To daughter Doborah Pratt 5s., she having had her portion - more than any except youngest daughter. To daughter Mary Chard L10. To daughter Hannah Cleaves one-half lands in Middleborough. Residue to son Enoch Lovell, he to be executor. - Hisotry of Weymouth, 1923 
Lovell, James (I2567)
 
190 James ran a stage coach between Watervilet, Covert and South Haven. He modified it unlike any known to add comfort to the ride. His modifications included oversized and wider wheels nearly as tall as a man to roll over stones and not sink in the mud and sand. The coach had metal sides and a canvas roof. He fitted the coach with suspension springs, windows, side seats, and a grated floor with charcoal burner to heat the feet, He played music from a music box, had reading materials, mirrors, clock and other amenities for the passengers. His coach could hold as many as twenty people and was driven by a team of white horses matched for looks and disposition. James always spoke politely to his horses and they were well cared for and their equipment perfectly maintained. The horses were adorned with copper and silver ornaments, his coach was well known throughout Michigan.
After the railroad was built the coach was no longer needed so he rented a building and starting selling groceries and later general mechandise in Covert. As business increased he built his own larger store accross the street. In 1891 he moved the business to South Haven where he enlarged it into a department store It was said he was the first to offer his merchandise at odd prices .49¢, .99¢ etc. He always priced his goods lower than the next town but the prices were so low he was left little profit and went out of business.
After his business was disolved, he began selling whips for a Massachusetts firm. He would travel to merchants in his buggy with no bridle or line demonstrating how the whips were used to touch the horses on the right or left flank to turn. - summarized from A Look At Covert's Heritage, Pearl Sarno, 1976 
Kenney, James William (I2825)
 
191 James Sherburne (1798-1880) was the eldest son of John and Mary. About 1821, he and his brother Joseph traveled to Ontario and began a lumber business near Hamilton. He married Sarah Middaugh (1805-1891), daughter of Martin Middaugh and Mary Hawn. In 1825, Sarah petitioned the Canadian government for a land grant, as she was the granddaughter of Martin Middaugh, a United Empire Loyalist who had been born in New York State, but moved to Ontario during the Revolution. James and Sarah were granted 200 acres in Trafalgar District, Halton County, and later purchased an adjacent fifty acres. James and Sarah had fourteen children, all born in Canada. About 1856, apparently deciding he was more American than Canadian, James decided to sell out and move the family to Wisconsin, where land was opening up. A wagon train with family and supplies was organized. They crossed into Michigan and traveled along an old Chicago Trail. Some of the family stopped off in Van Buren County, Michigan, and at least one became a fruit grower, but James and several others went on to Walworth County in southern Wisconsin. There he bought a farm and lived there until his death in 1880. Sarah died in 1891, by that time living with family in Van Buren County. - http://grunerheritage.com/theotherside/sherburne/history2.html Sherburne, James C. (I2850)
 
192 James Stansbury Martin, M.D., died in Baltimore, Md., April 14, aged 76. He was born in that city April 2, 1824, being the son of Dr. Samuel B. Martin, a surgeon of the War of 1812. He was educated at the Baltimore College, took his M.D. at Washington University, Baltimore, in 1844, and was resident physician to the Baltimore Almshouse, 1846-7. He resided in California from 1849 to 1855, and was surgeon to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and founder of Sutter’s Fort Hospital. He returned to Baltimore in 1859, where he remained until 1861, when he removed to Brookeville, Md., and practiced there four years. He then returned to Baltimore, where he remained until his death. He was one of the oldest members of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty. - The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 34, p. 1084 Martin, Dr. James Stansbury (I427)
 
193 James Swoap and Susan Crone probably divorced in the 1890's. James apparently moved on to Tyler, Texas where he married Julia Burks. James, however, was in failing health and a few years later was admitted to the "old soldiers" home in Ohio where he passed away. Susan remarried to Thomas DeHaven and remained in Michigan until her death. Swoap, James Gilbert (I2442)
 
194 Jesse, son of Jean and Anne (Maillard) De Forest, was born about 1575. There is no important information concerning him after December 1, 1623, when in a tax list of Leyden, Holland, opposite his name is the entry "gone to the West Indies," which may have meant anywhere in North or Central America. Up to 1606 he appears as a merchant residing at Sedan, France, and in 1615 he appears in the Walloon registers of Leyden, where he was residing in 1620, the time of the departure of the Pilgrim fathers for America. He conceived the design of planting a colony of his own people in the New World, and this design he carried from year to year and from state to state until he had brought it to execution. He gathered a colony of fifty or sixty Walloon and French families, "all of the Reformed faith," and prayed the King of England to grant them a settlement in Virginia and "to maintain them in their religion" by undertaking their protection and defence. The petition or demand was signed by fifty-six men, mostly heads of families, the first of whom was Jesse De Forest. They prayed the King that he would grant them a territory of sixteen miles in diameter where they might cultivate fields, meadows, vineyards, etc., and article seventh of the petition reads:

"Whether they would be permitted to hunt all game, whether furred or feathered; to fish in the sea and rivers, and to cut heavy and small timber, as well for navigation as for other purposes, according to their desire; in a word, whether they might make use of everything above and below ground, according to their will and pleasure, saving the royal rights and trade in everything with such persons as should be there to privilege."

The petition was not acted upon favorably. He continued his enrolling, and looked for aid from Holland in getting the colony to America. Here Jesse De Forest disappears from distinct sight. It seems clear, however, that his first and perhaps only colonizing venture, was to that part of South America which the Dutch called the "wild coast," or Guinea. To this region two successive bands of settlers were despatched from Leyden in 1623. The fleet which Jesse De Forest accompanied sailed out of the Neuse, twenty miles south of Leyden, December 23, 1623. Nothing further is known of him. He was a man of fixed purpose, which he carried into execution, but whether he sleeps beside the Oaypok or beside the Hudson is not known. He had aroused and directed the emigrants who founded New York as well as those who established a dwelling place in Guinea and among the Carribean Islands. He married Marie du Cloux, and their seventh recorded child, Isaac, is the founder in America of the De Forests of Schenectady. - Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. I, p. 447 
De Forest, Jesse (I1492)
 
195 John 2 Dunham would have been about 15 years old if he came to Plymouth with his family in 1629-30. While it is not known which ship brought the Dunham family to Plymouth, it is possible that they arrived with those last English residents of Leyden who came to Plymouth in 1629. A possible ship may have been the Mayflower (not the original ship), which left Gravesend in March with thirty-five passengers, mostly from Leyden. She arrived 15 May 1629 with thirty-five passengers, only 23 of whom are definitely known.[5] He probably married his wife Mary about 1640 when he would have been 25 years old. He was probably the John Dunham on the "Able To Bear Arms" list of 19 May 1643 in Plymouth. John Dunham, the father, was still living, but at age about 54 years may have been excused.
John 2 Dunham has often been given a wife, Dorothy. The book, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey, p. 229 lists John Downham & 1st wife Dorothe --?--, and a child b. 14 March 1643 in Braintree, Massachusetts. This John Downham is a separate family, and in fact John and Dorothy Downham had children recorded in Braintree at the same time that John and Mary Dunham were having children in Plymouth.[6]
Known as John Dunham, Jr,. he was listed in Records of Plymouth Colony Vol. 1, p. 36-37, March 1651, with the names of those “that have interest and proprieties in the Townes land at Punckateesett over against Road Island.” Page 53 notes “the bounds of John Dunham, Junior: his grant of forty acres of land on the southwest on Colchester is bounded . . .,” and pages 57 & 99 refer to land of John Dunham Junior at Winnatuxett. In 1665 he was granted lot number 7 lying on the west side of Nemassakett River (Middleboro).[7]
From Plymouth County Land Record 4:67, dated 8 June 1664, a statement shows that Anthony Snow, Ensign Mark Eames, Joseph Warren, Richard Wright, William Harlow, Nathaniel Morton, Ephraim Morton, William Paybody, JOHN DUNHAM, JR. & John Rogers "have liberty to look out land for accommodations."[8]
There are no land records that show that John 2 Dunham ever lived in Barnstable, but there must have been some close association with the people who lived there. His oldest daughter, Mary, 3 married 20 November 1662 James Hamblen, Jr., and his next daughter, Susanna 3 Dunham born say 1654 married in Barnstable 20 January 1673 Bartholomew Hamblen. Both James Hamblen, Jr. and Bartholomew were sons of James Hamblen one of the earliest settlers in Barnstable.[9] His oldest son John 3 also married in Barnstable 1 March 1679/80 Mary Smith, daughter of Rev. John and Susanna (Hinckley) Smith.
In the will of John Dunham Senior of Plymouth dated 25 January 1668 he states, “As for my son John Dunham whoe is my eldest sonne I have given him his portion alreddy both in land and other things to what I was able and beyond my abilitie.”[10]
The will of John 2 Dunham of Plimouth was dated 2 February 1691/2, and proved 16 April 1692.[11] To “wife Mary Dunham and to my Daughter Mercy Dunham my house I now dwell in with all” personal property except as specified, “Also...all my land about two miles off from my now Dwelling house and the orchard there it all Containing About” 16 acres, “Also...one acre of meadow lying at Doties meadows” in Plymouth, also 40 acres “at Colchester in the Township of Plimouth aforesaid I give to my said wife and daughter Mercy to be equally divided betwixt them But...if my wife need her share of the land for her Support she may sell it...which land I value at” £10; but, if she does not sell it, “after her decease my son John Dunham” to have one half of it, “hoping he will be tender and Carefull to help his mother while she lives” [John Jr. died before his mother; see more under Mercy.] To “my son John Dunham my Best Cloth Coat hereby Signifying he hath already Received his full portion” To “my Son Bartholomew Hamlin and my daughter Susanna his wife I Give all the Rest of my wearing Cloaths both linnen and woollen from head to foote” To “my son James Hamlin one shilling and to my daughter Mary his wife one shilling:” To “my son Robert Barrow one shilling and to my daughter Lidia his wife and to the heirs of her Body for Ever thirty acres of land which I have lying at Monponset in...Plimouth.” “my wife & Daughter Mercy to be Executrixes” and “my loving friends Isaac Cushman and Ephraim Morton junr to be overseers” of the will. The witnesses were John Cotton and Samuel Sturtevant. “Mr Jno Cotton one of the witnesses” made oath to the will at Plymouth, 16 April 1692, before “William Bradford Esqr Dept Governr and Mr Ephraim Morton Associate.”
- http://dunham2000.ipower.com/Generation-2-John(2)Dunham.html 
Dunham, John (I2415)
 
196 John and Hannah had 10 children. Caswell, John (I1011)
 
197 John and Hannah had 9 children; Ezekiel David, Deborah, William Smith, Absalom Harvey, Mary Catherine, Elsie Jane, Hannah Margaret, John Sidney and Martha Ann. Kenney, John (I2899)
 
198 John Caswell, Sen., was the son of Thomas Caswell, of Taunton, and was born July 1, 1656. He settled at the east part (of Norton) of what is now Mansfield. He is supposed to have been the John Caswell who married Elizabeth Hall, Nov. 26, 1689. He had six children. His estate was appraised March 20, 1713-11. - A history of the town of Norton, Bristol Co., Mass.: from 1669 to 1859 Caswell, John (I1012)
 
199 John Dawson is said to have emigrated from the north of England sometime before 1700. Whether he came from Whitehaven, in Cumberland, or from Yorkshire is uncertain. By some he is said to have gone into Maryland by way of Philadelphia, where he tarried for a while; others understand that he emigrated directly to Maryland.....His death is supposed to have occurred before 1720, from the fact that his son Thomas, who died in 1800, aged 92, and was, consequently, born in 1708, barely remembered the event as one which happened in his childhood. He married Rebecca Doyne, daughter of John Doyne, an Irish gentleman, who had a grant of land on Chickamoxon creek, in Charles county, about thirty miles below the place where the city of Washington now is. They settled on Broad creek, near the Potomac River, about twelve miles below the site of Washington, in Prince George county, where he died. - A Collection of Family Records, Charles C. Dawson, 1874

John Dawson came to Maryland from Yorkshire, England prior to 1700. Grant of two manors of Land, one near Port Tobacco on the Potomac and the other was in Prince George Co. (now Montgomery Co.) in Maryland near the town of Dawsonville. His wife Rebecca Doyne was a daughter of a Irish Gentleman who had a grant on Chickamaxon Creek in Charles Co., Md. - Colonial Families of USA by MacKenzie, Vol. lV, pp 115/120. 
Dawson, John (I929)
 
200 John Hayden was in Dorchester as early as 1632 as on 16 Jan 1632, he had 16 acres of land granted to him 'next the great lots towards Neponset', and on 1 Dec 1634 has 8 acres granted on Roxbury bounds; also on 17 Apr 1635 had 1 acres of swamp granted him 'betwixt the wolf trap and dead swamp'. He sold the land 'next to the Roxbury bounds' before 18 Jan 1635, and finally 18 Mar 1637, had 4 acres 12 rods of land on the neck, and 3 acres 1 good 12 rods granted him in the Cow Pasture. He was made freeman of the colony, 14 May 1634, was hailed before the General Court and acquitted 6 Jun 1639 for keeping an unlicensed servant. He removed to Braintree shortly after. The General Court, upon his petition assisted him in the care of distracted child 1647-1655.
Will of John Heiden Sr. 31 Oct 1678 - 26 Jul 1682: To wife Susanna 'who hath been my faithful companion many years' my whole estate except what I have disposed to son Ebenezer, 2 acres upland & l a meadow for maintenance of son Joseph, and if he outlives his mother to be in the hands of executors for his support. To son John after my wife's and son Josephs decease enough to make him equal to his other brethern, and the remainder to be divided between all my children. Children of son Samuel to have a childs portion among them, and the children of my daughter Hannah the same. Confirms to son Nehemiah one end of the house and the rest as mentioned in an instrument to that end; if he pay L30 he oweth me. Wife Susanna & friends Samuel Tompson & Joseph Penniman executors who swear to the will 21 Jul 1682. Wit: Stephen Payne, Christopher Webb. 3 Oct 1684 - information that Susanna the widow, executor and only person accepting that trust being given, is dead, letters of administration d.b.n. are given to two of his sons John & Jonathan. 9-107, inventory - a house, half a barn & 2 acres adjoining, 5 acres on the side of the brook next Dea. Basses, 4 a, salt meadow in Milton. Taken Feb 1681/2, by Richard Brackett & Christopher Webb and sworn to by the widow. 13-577, Inventory of remaining estate left by the widow 4 Apr 1695 shows list of debts for sickness & funeral of the deceased and one ---
Search, vol 13, p. 25-Stiles, in his Windsor History states that William B. Hayden of Portland, ME, furnished strong presumptive proof that William Hayden of Windsor, CT was a brother of John Hayden of Braintree, MA, and both came from Hinton Blewitt, Somerset. This Rev. Hayden wrote a book, the Heydons of England & America, 1877, after research in the British Museum, London. It has also been claimed that William Hayden was the son of Gideon Hayden of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, but that has been discredited.
On 20 March 1630, the ship Mary and John sailed from Plymouth, England with 140 passengers aboard. These families and passengers were recruited by the Reverend John White of Dorchester, Dorset. Nearly all of the Mary and John 1630 passengers came from the West Country counties of Somerset, Dorset, Devon and West Country towns of Dorchester, Bridport, Crewkerne and Exeter. The Mary and John 1630, landed in what is now know as Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 30 May 1630, two weeks before the Winthrop Fleet arrived. The passengers of the Mary and John 1630 founded one of the first towns in New England, Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630 and also founded the town of Windsor, Connecticut five years later in 1635.
The Reverend John White, Vicar of Dorchester, England, who has been generally and rightfully acclaimed as the sponsor of the earliest Massachusetts settlement (Plymouth excepted), was the inspiration of a movement which culminated in the gathering of nearly one hundred and fifty persons in the counties of Dorset, Somerset, and Devon and their agreement to emigrate in a body to Massachusetts whither he had sent other groups in the previous six years. ... In describing this Company he said that scarce a half-dozen of them were personally known to each other prior to their assembling at the place of embarkation in Plymouth. It may be assumed that these people, from many parishes scattered over three counties, were moved by the same urge to emigrate which animated those of the Winthrop Fleet, but it is safe to say that the tales of 'religious persecution' of these people was not a factor in their pilgrimage. The West Country was free from it. ...

The Mary and John made a good passage and arrived at Nantasket May 30th without casualty. These one hundred and forty passengers are generally known as the Dorchester Company, from the place chosen for their settlement, and as they remained a distinct body of colonists, and there are contemporary records to identify most of them, it has been possible to compile a tentative list of those who came on this pioneer ship. ...' 
Hayden, John (I1678)
 

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