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In 1689 Maj. Wm .Bradford having made some claim to all the territory comprehended within the limits of Taunton, the town paid him £20 for his alleged rights, and he gave a deed of release and confirmation, to John Poole, William Harvey, Thomas Harvey, Sr., Thomas Harvey, Jr., and others, " pro-pritors" [See
original deed in possession of the Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton.]
William Harvey's death occurred at Taunton in the Summer of 1691. As the name of his wife is not mentioned in his will it is supposed that her death took place some time before. The following is a copy of his will taken from the
Bristol county (Mass.) Probate Records, Book I., page 41 :
Impe. Doe commit my Soule to ye Lord Jesus Christ my Redeemer in hopes of acceptance thro free Grace & my Body to be Decently buryed by my Execr. in hopes of a joyfull Resurrection through Christ our Lord -------- Secondly to my son Thomas Harvey I give ye house and land he lives upon from ye River up to ye Highway & another parcell at ye higher end of my Land that runneth home to Joseph Willis Land bounded against my other lands by a samll white oake by yt [sic] side next ye Cart path on ye Swampe side by a Tree yt lyes along & so [sic] home to Joseph Willis his land. Also to Thomas I give three score acres of land lying by Three mile River Bridge. Also a Lott of meadow at Scaddin's should be about four acres. Also one half of my late fifty acre Division lying easterly from ye three mile River. All sd [sic] parcells of Land to be my son sd Thomas Harvey & his heirs and assigns forever. Thirdly to my son Jonathan the remiander of this my home lott at Towne with ye house thereon & Barne to Jonathan allso all my Land upland and meadow lying up by Three mile River on ye Easterly side thereof & a small parcell of meadow lying by Winnicunnitt Ponds, a small quantity of meadow lying at ye Brooke called Rumford Brooke with all my share of Land yt is called ye North Purchase. Also to Jonathan ye other half of my late fifty acre Division. Fourthly to ye chidlren of my son Joseph Harvey Deceased a parcell of land Lying at a place called ye streights being about eight acres more or less & another parcell of land being about nine acres more or less lying near a place called ye Wolfe pitt swamp --- the sd parcells to be equally Divided amongst the children of my son Joseph. Alsoe the meadow at ye west side of three mile River to ye sd children of my son Joseph. Fifthly to Nathan Thare, Junr I give a parcell of land about or three acres lying at ye Norwest from ye meadow which we usually mow at three mile River. Sixthly -- my comon Rights and all future Divisions to be my two Sons Thomas & Jonathan to be equally divided.
Seventhly all ye rest of my movable estate I give unto my Son Jonathan whom I Doe hereby Constitute ye sole Exectr of this my last Will & Testamt who is to receive any Debts due to me & to pay what is due from me. In Witness hereof I ye sd William Harvey have hereunto sett my hand and Seal this twelfth Day of June sixteen hundred Ninety one. Signed & sealed in William Harvey presence of us, Joseph + Willis his mark Henry Hodges Samuel DanforthChildren of William and Joanna (Hucker) Harvey:
+ 6. i. ABIGAIL, b: 25 April 1640; d. 20 Aug 1691 + 7. ii. THOMAS, b: 18 Dec, 1641; d: 1728 - 8. iii. EXPERIENCE, b: 4 march 1644; married (11) Thomas, q. v. + 9. iv. JOSEPH, b: 8 Dec, 1645 d: 1691 +10. v. JONATHAN, b:1647 d: 1691[here ends page 33 of The Harvey Book] ================================================================= [here begins page 34 of "The Harvey Book"] contributed by: William L. Harvey, TEAMS Leader for Team 3.
TWO WILLIAM HARVEYS IN NEW ENGLAND IN 1639 ============================================================= The author says (page 745): " Thomas and William Harvey, brothers, were in this country previous to 1640. Thomas married in 1643 Eliza- beth, daughter of James Wall, of Hampton, and resided in Hampton and Amesbury. William married Joan ______. and in 1639 was living in Plymouth. He removed to Taunton. * * *
"Children by first wife : " i. Abigail, b. 25 Apl., 1640. " ii. Thomas, b. 18 Dec., 1641. "iii. Experience, b. 10 Mar., 1644. [should be 4. She was baptized the 10th.] "iv. Joseph, b. 14 Dec., 1645. [Should be 8. He was baptized the 14th.]"His wife Joan died in 1649, and he married, 2nd, Martha Slocum, sis- ter to Anthony Slocum. * * *
"Children by second wife : " v. William, b. 27 Aug., 1651. " vi. Thomas, b. 16 Aug., 1652. "vii. John, b. Feby., 1655."William the father died 15 Aug., 1658, and his widow married Henry Tewksbury 10 Nov., 1659. It is believed that (vi.) Thomas and (vii.) John are the Thomas and John Harvey found on the early Amesbury records. * * From (vii.) john Harvey the descent is clearly traced to the Harveys of Nottingham, Nortwood,Warner and Sutton [New Hampshire}." * * * * It is very certain, I think, that the Thomas first named by Mrs. Wor- then, and who married Elizabeth Wall, was not the Thomas who was settled at Cohannet or Taunton in 1638, and was not the brother of Wil- liam who "married Joan " [Hucker]. As we have shown on page 28 ante, William, the first, resided at Co- hannet, and not at Plymouth when he was married in 1639 to Joane Huc- ker; and soon thereafter he and his wife removed temporarily to Boston, where within the next six years four of their five children were born. They then returned to Taunton, where in 1647 their fifth child was born. The whole family continued to reside in Taunton for many years. Mrs. Worthen says William's wife Joane died in 1649 and he married (2nd) Martha Slocum. She bases this statement, without doubt, upon what Savage says in his "Genealogical Dictionary," viz. : "And it is sup- posed the same man [i. e., William of Boston, 1640-'5, whose wife was Joane] by wife Martha had :
William, b. 27 Aug., 1651. Thomas (again), * b. 16 Aug., 1652. John, b. Feby., 1655. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*ii. Thomas, b. 18 Dec., 1641, son of William and Joanna (Hucker) Harvey, was alive at this date, and it is hardly probable that another son would be named Thomas when there was already one bearing that name among the children of the family. The facts in the case are these : In 1650 there was residing in Boston a certain William Harvey, who was married in that year to Martha Copp, daughter of William Copp, of Boston, cordwainer. They became the parents of four children : i. William, b. 27 Aug., 1651; ii. Thomas, b. 16 Aug ., 1652; iii. John, b. 5 Feby., 1654; iv. Mary, b. 1656 or'7. In 1654 the first three of these children were baptized in Boston. [See "Report of the Record Comsrs. of Boston," pp. 46 and 49.] William the father died 15 Aug., 1658. [See "Report of Record Comsrs., p. 66.] His widow, Martha maried Henry Tewksbury, 10 Nov., 1659. [See "Report of Record Comsrs., p. 72.] William Copp, father of Martha (Copp, Harvey) Tewksbury, died in 1662, and his will was probated 31 October. He named therein his "daughter Tewksbury" and grandchildren William, Thomas, John and Mary Harvey. [See New England Hist. & Gen. Reg., XLV111. : 459] In commenting upon the will of Agnes Clark (mentioned on page 29 ante) the editor of the N.E. Hist & Gen. Reg. said (Vol. XLV1., p. 453) : "Savage gives two persons by the name of William Harvey who were then [1647] in New England. One was of Boston and had by wife Joane * * *. A person of this name, probably the same, by wife Martha had * * *. The other William was of Plymouth [sic?[; married Joanna,, 1639; removed to Taunton. Query : May not the Ply- mouth man be the same as the Boston man, and the Taunton man be a different person?" I think it is very clearly proved by the public records herein referred to, and by other records, that there was no William Harvey residing at Plymouth in 1639, and that the two Williams "then in New England" were : (1) William of Taunton, whose wife was Joanna Hucker, and (2) William of Boston, who married Martha Copp. This is the end of the transcription from The Harvey Book. If you would like to volunteer to transcribe more of the book, please use the Contact Us link at the top of the page. |