BURIAL: age 68
BURIAL: Headstone reads "In memory of Ann Page, wife of Thomas Page who died February 4th, 1772, age 56 years"
ROBERT BACKHOUSE and ELIZABETH NEWSON
By Myrtle Stevens Hyde, l965
The picturesque little English villages of Yoxford and Sibton are often called the garden of Suffolk. Springtime finds them very lovely with glorious daffodils and beds of primroses everywhere. The trees too are all bursting with green and blossoms. (Letter from B. W. Hood, Yoxford vicarage.)
In this setting, in the spring of 17145, Robert Backhouse, a young man living at Yoxford, was courting a young woman, Elizabeth Newson, who lived at Sibton. Some months later he won her hand, as testified by the following entry. in the Sibton Parish Registers:
Robert Backhouse of Yoxford, singleman, and Elizabeth Newson, singlewoman, of this parish married Nov. 18, 1745.
Robert was a farmer, and, with his wife, lived in the Sibton area for a few years, here being born their first two children. In about 17149 they moved two or three miles to the Carlton-Kelsale area, and there raised their children, including the five born after their move. (Kelsale and Canton Parish Registers.)
Robert and Elizabeth remained in Canton the rest of their lives. In April of 1795, Robert, having arrived at a good old age, wrote his will (reproduction on next page). He died in September of that year, aged eighty-one, and Elizabeth died the following year. (Carlton Parish Register.)
Transcription of will:
In the Name of God Amen I Robert Backhouse of Canton in the County of Suffolk ffar- mer being of sound Mind and Memory Do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First I do hereby nominate and appoint Joseph Backhouse my Son sole Executor of this my Will and I do give and bequeath to my Sons Samuel Backhouse Robert Backhouse William Backhouse Philemon Backhouse and my Daughter Elizabeth the Wife of Thomas Page House Carpenter of Kelsale one Guinea of lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to each of them one year and one day after my decease And I give and bequeath to Joseph Backhouse my Son and Executor all my wearing apparel and Body linnen and all my household ffurniture farming live and dead stock And all my property and substance whatsoever and wheresoever he the said Joseph Backhouse my Executor discharging all such just Debts as shall be due and owing from me to any person or persons whomsoever at the time of my decease my ffuneral charges and all other charges and expences attending the execution of this my Will My Mind and will further is that if Elizabeth my loving Wife survive me my affore said Son Joseph shall maintain and support her supplying her with all necessaries she resideing or continueing with him during the term of her natural life In Witness whereof I the said Robert Backhouse the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament sett my hand and Seal the sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five.
Robt Backhouse
Signed sealed published and declared by the abovenamed Robert Backhouse the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto. Mary Andrews Samuel Ludbrook.
At Saxundham the 19 day of Septr 179S The Executor within named was sworn in due form of Law before me. Geo Dinsdaled Surr? to the Comm??.
Effects under 100£ Exacud 27th Octr 1806 Wm(?) Rackham
JOSEPH PARKIN and ANN FOSTER
In the parish of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England, there are several small hamlets. Joseph Parkin, a nailer, and his wife, the former Ann Foster, lived in a couple of them, Loundside in 1730 and Lane End in 1733 and 1736. Children were christened in those years. The couple had been married in 1729 at the Ecclesfield parish church.
The family next moved into the neighboring chapelry of Wentworth, where six more children were christened during the years 1737 to 1748. The family residence was, at least during Joseph's and Ann's later years, in the hamlet of Thorpfieldside.
Joseph died before 1782 (there is a gap in the record of Wentworth burials 1756-1777), as in 1782 Ann is called a widow in the will of their son Samuel. Samuel, who had prospered and was called Gentleman, also names his brothers and sisters, appointing his brothers executors.
Ann's burial entry, of 4 December 1788, has the following: Ann widow of Joseph Parkin Nailer of Thorpfieldside aged 84 decay.
HENRY MOWRY, son of Nathaniel, born about 1670, married 1st in 1701 Mary, daughter of Isaac and Mary Bull of Newport. Married 2d in 1726, Hannah Mowry, widow of John Mowry 2d of Smithfield. Her maiden name was Packard. Mary died about 1728. Henry died in Smithfield, Sept. 23, 1738. Hannah survived him.
Hewry Mowry (Nathaniel, Roger), son of Nathaniel Mowry and Joanna Inman, was born?, died Sept. 23, 1759, married first Nov. 27 1701 Mary Bull issue.
Mary Mowry b. Sept. 28, 1702
Uriah Mowry b. Aug. 15, 1705 d. March 6, 1792.
Jonathan Mowry b. June 1, 1708
Jeremiah Mowry b. April 7, 1711
Sarah Mowry b. April 5, 1717
Elisha Mowry
Phebe Mowry
Henry Mowry married second Jan.4,1733 Mrs.Hannah Mowry. There was no issue from the second marriage.
Henry Mowry was born, lived, and died on the. Farm home. Of his father in Smithfield, Rhode island. He. Was a very active man and was constable. For many years. He and his brother, Joseph, had a dispute over the property line between their farms. This continued for some time, during which one sued the other for trespass, and was in turn sued for assault and battery. Finally, in 1721, the dispute was settled by arbitration.
Henry left a will, and his sons, Jonathan and Elisha, were the executors. Mary Bull was a daughter of Isaac and Mary Bull. We do not know her birth and death dates, but she must have died previous to Jan. 4,1733, when henry married second, Mrs. Hannah Mowry, whose maiden name was Packard, was the widow of john Mowry, 2nd, who was a son of Nathaniel's brother, John.
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URIAH MOWRY, son of Henry, born Aug. 15, 1705, married 1st about 1724, Urania, daughter of John Paine of Providance. She was born July 4, 1706. Married 2d in 1773, Hannah, widow of William Arnold of Providence. She was daughter of Job Whipple. Urania died Mar. 8, 1772. Uriah died in Smithfield March 6, 1792. Hannah survived him.
Uriah Mowry was born, lived, and died in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He made a will on feb. 7, 1792, which was duly probated in Smithfield.
Uriah Mowry served as a private in the. Revolutionary war in the 2nd regiment, Providence County, Rhode. Island, militia under captain Daniel Mowry and colonel Chad Brown. Capt. Daniel Mowry was Uriah's first cousin, their fathers being brothers (joseph and henry,). there are at least three women who have joined the. D.A.R. on Uriah's service record. These three. Are numbers 134460, 140065, and 143914. These three follow the line of uriah's son, gideon, to Gideon's daughter, Diana, who married into the Ballou family, which also had a revolutionary war service record. Urania Paine. Was the eleventh and youngest child of John Paine (Payn) 3rd (1658-1718) and Elizabeth Belcher,who was a daughter of Josiah Belcher and Urania Rainsford.
Urania Paine's brother, Benjamin, married Amey Mowry, a daughter of John Mowry, 2nd, in the John Mowry line, this Benjamin, by his four wives had 28 children, all in Smithfield, Rhode. Island.
Mrs. hannah arnold was a daughter of job whipple, and was the widow of william arnold. She was william arnold's fourth wife and he was her third husband.
Married NISHE (Dutch for Ann, Anna or Hannah, and more frequently spelled Neatje, Natje, Annatje, etc.).
1698. Hempstead, L.I., both Peter and his wife Nishe Lott, appear in the Census Records. As Peter was married at this tIme, and head of a family, he very evidently was not the Peter, born 1682, nor the one born 1690, as claimed by numerous authorities. In 1703, he was a resident of Newtown, L.I.., and in 1708, purchased land in Maidenhead, N.J., at which time he may have moved there. His records are as follows:-
1703/4 March 3. Peter Lott of Newtown and Nisie his wife of the one part and Nicholas Berrien of the same place of the other part sd Peter Lott and his wife for and in consideration of the sum of 700 pounds have given granted and sold unto Nicholas Berrien all that certain messuage and tenement house land situate and being at Newtown containing 105 acres bounded south east by a land or way that leads to the salt meadow southwest by the land which did formerly belong to Cornelius Berrien. deceased northwest by the land of Jonathan Hazard and north east by flushing Bay together with a certain point or neck of land which Joins to the aforesaid bay and the salt meadow containIng 12 acres together with 70 acres of salt meadow bounded northerly by the sd point or neck and the meadow of Jonathan Hazard easterly by flushing Creeke southerly by the Meadow of Cornelius Berrien and westerly by the above granted land. (Q.C. Deeds 82:27)
Wit: Robert Breck Peter Lott
Richard Edsall Niesie Lott
John Buys
1708. May 25. Peter Lott purchased from Standeland, property in Maidenhead, N.J.
1715. Nay 30. Peter Lott sold property to Brearley, in Maidenhead, N.J.
1720. Dec. 11. Peter Lot made his will. In the Name of God Amen. I, Peter Lot of Hopewell, in the county of Hunterdon and in the province of New Jersey, Yeoman, being sick and weak In body tho of sound mind and memory, thanks be given to God, Therefore calling to mind the mortality or my body and the shortness and uncertainty of human life Do make and this my last Will and Testament viz:
My will is that my lands and Tenaments both here and at Burlington be sold by my Executors and my debts paid out of same. And I give and bequeath unto Nishe my dearly beloved wife one Third part to her and her heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my five cliiidren all the remainder of my estate goods chattels to go equally (except six shillings which I give my son Peter more than to the rest), Moreover my will is that my Dearly beloved wife aforesaid, and my loving sons Peter Lot and John Phillips be Executors.
Wit: Daniel Howell (Signed) Peter Lot
Richard Scudder
Cornelia Slecht
Proved April 17, 1721 N.J.W.
Res:- Hempstead, Newtown, L.I; Maidenhead, Hopewell, N.J.
Francis Wyard, a cooper, and Margaret Bardwell were married in 1635 at Earl Soham, county Suffolk, England. Margaret died before 1664, as did two of the couple's five children.
In his will, dated 29 April 1664, Francis gave property in Debenham to his Sons William and John. To his daughter Ursula, the wife of Steaven Alldis, he gave property in Earl Soham. He appointed his brother Randolph Wyard to be executor.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Par. Reg. of Earl Soham and Fressingfield
Will of Francis Wyard, dated 1664
Earl Soham Manor Court Rolls
When Samuel Newson and Elizabeth Estaugh (Easthaugh) were married at Kelsale, Suffolk, England, in 1711, Samuel was listed as being of Canton, a neighboring village. Samuel and Elizabeth made their home in nearby Swefling, where their children Alice and Joseph (or Joshua) were christened in 1714 and 1720. Joseph died at about the age of one month. Though the christening of daughter Ann has eluded discovery, she was likely born at Swefling about 1717. By 1721. we find the family living in Carlton, where two more children, Elizabeth (1721.) and Jonathan (1724), were christened.
Wife Elizabeth apparently preceded her husband in death. His will, dated 24 January 1752, fails to mention her. In the will he calls himself Samuel Nuson, yeoman. Son Jonathan must have died before 1752 also, but likely had married first, as Samuel names a granddaughter Margaret Nuson. Also named are the daughters' husbands: Robert Backhouse, who was to have Samuel's clothing; Joseph AbletL; and John Bottred. To his daughter, Ann Bottred, Samuel gave his clock. Samuel was buried 18 September 1752 at Canton.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Will of Samuel Newson 1752
Par. Reg. of Kelsale and Carlton
Par. Reg. & Bis. Trans. of Swefling
Name might be Joshua.