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2836. Elder William WENTWORTH [image] 1 was born on 15 Mar 1613 in Alford, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. He was christened on 15 Mar 1616 in Alford, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. He died on 15 Mar 1696 in Dover, Strafford, Nh. He was buried in 1690 in Old, Dover, , Nh. He married Elizabeth in 1649/1650 in Dover, , Nh. [Parents]
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~‘It all started around 1632 when "Elder" William Wentworth, then in his early 20s, arrived in the New World from England to seek his fortune. He was among the original settlers in Exeter who signed the Exeter Combination, a sort of Mayflower Compact designed to create a body of laws in a rugged new frontier. William moved to nearby Dover, where at age 73, history records, he threw a band of attacking Indians out of the Heard family garrison and barred the door, despite a hail of bullets, until help arrived. That garrison, successfully defended, was among the few that survived the famous "Cochecho Massacre." This paragraph is from “As I please - Last Chance for Paul Wentworth” by J. Dennis Robinson Vol 5 No. 19, Dec 15 2001
Elder William Wentworth was the first Wentworth in New Hampshire, apparently arriving with the Antinomian Rev. John Wheelwright in that area after this minister was banished from Mass. One of the early signatories of the 1639 Exeter Combination, he in time became a "Ruler Elder" of the Congregationalist church, a governing and lay-preaching role in that sect. (From John Wentworth,
Wentworth Genealogy, English and American, (1878), vol. 1, pp. 69-112. There is a substantial amount of biographical information on this ancestor).He was sheltering at the Heard Garrison during the 28 June 1689 Cocheco massacre: "In the darkest hour before the morn.... Elder Wentworth was awakened by the barking of a dog. Suspicious, he hastened to the door and found the Indians entering. Alone, and seventy-three years of age, he pushed them out, shut the door, and falling on his back held it until the inmates came to his assistance. While he was lying in this position, two bullets passed through the door and over him. It was the only garrison [of five] saved. Twenty-three persons were killed and twenty-nine carried away captive." (From John Wentworth, Wentworth Genealogy, English and American, (1878), vol 1,
p.98).More on Elder William is found at Jim True's website
2837. Elizabeth 1 died after 4 Apr 1696.
' "Elder William had a second wife who was a mere child. A man called at the house on one occasion, and a child was crying inside with no one in attendance. He saw some children playing in the dirt, and he went to them and mentioned about the crying child, whereupon the largest girl ran towards the house and he found she was Elder William's second wife, and had been playing with the first wife's children." ' (Rebecca Ricker's 1876 recollection as per Wentworth Gen., p. 105).
Another descendant recalls "that she was very young to be married, and that the reason that Elder William gave for marrying so young a wife was that 'women were scarce.' ... She was certain of hearing the family talk over about the second wife's youth, her inexperience, and her making no preparations for the birth of her first child ...." She may have been the daughter of Ezekiel Knight of Wells, Maine. (Wentworth Gen., pp. 104-109).
Elizabeth did not sign documents, but made her mark, and presumabley she could not read and write.
No church or town records list Dover marriages prior to 1700, and the Secretary of States' records (Concord) stops at "W." (Wentworth Genealogy, pp. 103-109)
2838. Richard MILLER 1 was born in 1649 in (England). He died on 8 Oct 1692 in Long Reach, , n.h.. He married Grace ROGERS.
"Of Kittery, Maine." (Wentworth Gen., p. 159).
2839. Grace ROGERS 1 was born in 1648 in Of Kittery, York, Maine, (england). She died after 1693.
As cited in Wentworth Genealogy, p. 159.
From files of Steve & Dale Robbins.
From files of Steve & Dale Robbins.
2904. Edward SOUTHWORTH was born in Duxbury, Mass.. He died 1 in 1727. He married 2 Mary PABODIE on 16 Nov 1671 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. [Parents]
"EDWARD SOUTHWORTH3 [Constant2, Edward1], b. in Dux-bury, Mass.; d. about 1727; m., 16 Nov., 1669, MARY PABODIE, b. 7 Aug., 1648, dau. of William2 and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie.* He was a yeoman. In 1667 he appears on the treasurer's book as due by rates to the Colony £OO.09.00. He served on "Corrowners jury" in 1673; was constable for Duxbury in 1677; in 1679 was one of a committee to lay out a highway; in 1686 was summoned to serve on the jury, but neglecting to appear, was fined 10s.; was deputy to the General Court for Duxbury in 1689 and 1691. Res. Duxbury, where his children were born." (Southworth Genealogy, chapter 2, page 36). See Southworth Genealogy
Residence: Duxbury, Mass.
From files of Steve & Dale Robbins.
2905. Mary PABODIE was born 1 on 7 Aug 1648 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She died 2 on 11 Dec 1727. [Parents]
Residence: Duxbury, Mass.
From files of Steve & Dale Robbins.
2906. John SIMMONS died 1 on 9 Feb 1715/1716. He married 2 Mercy PABODIE on 16 Nov 1669 in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Residence: Duxbury, Mass.
From files of Steve & Dale Robbins.
2907. Mercy PABODIE was born 1 on 2 Jan 1649/1650 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She died 2 in 1728 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. [Parents]
Residences: Duxbury, Mass.
Her birth date: "02 January 1649/50".
From files of Steve & Dale Robbins.
2910. Ens John STETSON [image] was born in Apr 1648. He died in 1690. He married Abigail HUDSON. [Parents]
He died in 1690 "in the Sir William Phipps Canadian Expedition," age 41. (From files of Steve & Dale Robbins.)
One hundred and fifty three "... Plymouth troops participated in the expedition to Quebec in the fall of 1690, under the command of Sir William Phips, but the army could not take Quebec, and the campaign was a disaster, resulting in great financial losses for both Massachusetts and Plymouth.
"There were human losses too. As a pure statistic, twenty-two Plymouth men killed in that war does not seem a large number. But when we associate the number with names and feelings, recognizing so many Plymouth families, we can perhaps understand a little better what this statistic meant to so many people. The following are only those war deaths that can be identified by Plymouth County probate records: ... [they include] John Stetson, whose inventory was presented by Abigail Stetson, "Relict Widdow Ensign John Stetson late of Scituate"; ... " (Plymouth Colony - Its History and People 1620-1691, E.A. Stratton, p. 133, which in turn cites Genealogical Advertiser, ed. Lucy Hall Greenlaw (reprint, Baltimore, 1974), 1:116-20, 2:26, 60-62.)
It's unclear whether John was one of the approximately 30 "Englishmen" who died in the actual Battle in October, 1690, or was one of the approximately 1,000 who died from disease or shipwreck (three ships were lost in a storm on the St. Lawrence River). See 1690 Battle of Quebec (as accessed October 17, 2006).
2911. Abigail HUDSON died on 19 Sep. [Parents]
Residence: Scituate, Mass.
Her death date: "19 September 172-, age 67" [source?].
From files of Steve & Dale Robbins.
2950. William LANE 1 was born in 1580 in Probably, Norfolk Co., England. He died 2 before 6 Jul 1654. He married Agnes before 1612 in , , England.
~"WILLIAM, the ancestor of all who have borne this surname in Hing. and vic. by birth, was prob. from the western part of Eng., where, according to tradition, one or more of his dau's was m. The precise date at which he came to New Eng. is unknown. It is certain, however, that he was a resident of Dorchester as early as 1635, and prob. a widr., as no mention is made of his w. either upon Dor. or Hing. rec's. The foll. parcels of land were granted him at Dor. in 1637, viz.: "Jan. 2. It is ordered that Good: Lane shall haue one acre [at] the little neck towards the harbor." On the 18th of March foll. he had two additional grants of between six and seven acres; and at his decease he bequeathed to dau. Mary Long "my great lot" of ab. 24 acres. He also bequeathed to Thomas Rider "my Sonne in Law" and dau. Elizabeth his w. "my new dwelling-house" in Dor. with all the outhousing, gardens, etc. Also to his sons and sons in law, a specified sum to each, in silver. He d. ab. 1654. His will, proved 6 July of that year, mentions two sons and four dau's; all prob. b. in Eng., as foll.: —
~ i. ELIZABETH, ——. m. Thomas Rider.
~ ii. MARY, ——. m. (1) Joseph Long, and (2) Joseph Farnsworth.
~ iii. ANIS, or AVITH, ——. m. Thomas Lincoln <../book4/3003.html>, afts. of Hing., Mass., who was kn. as "the Cooper."
~ iv. GEORGE, ——.
~ v. SARAH, ——. m. Nathaniel Baker, and d. at Hull, 19 Aug. 1695, at the house of her s. in law, John Loring
~ vi. ANDREW, ——.
~NOTE. — The Lanes are a very ancient family. As early as 1067, a person of this name came over to England with William the Conqueror. (History of Hingham, vol. 2, pp.410-411).
The History of Hingham is on line and contains an entry for this ancestor.
Hingham, Massachusetts
A real estate firm's promotional video found on Youtube"WILLIAM, Dorchester 1641, from whose will, made 28 Feb. 1651, pro. 6 July 1654, we learn that he had s. Andrew, and George, both of Hingham, d. Mary Long, and Eliz. w. of Thomas Rider, beside ds. whose bapt. names are not seen, ws. of Nathaniel Baker, and of Thomas Lincoln of Hingham." (Savage)
See also The History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts: The Genealogies by George Lincoln at stanwyck.com for his descendants.
2951. Agnes 1 was born in 1584 in Probably Of, Norfolk Co., England. She died before 3 Apr 1671 in Hingham, Plymouth, Ma.
2952. Nicholas JACOB was born in England. He died on 5 Jun 1657 in Massachusetts. He married Mary GILMAN.
~"NICHOLAS, the ancestor of all the families bearing this surname in Hing. and vic., was one of the very few early planters who came to "Bare Cove" prior to the arrival of Rev. Peter Hobart and his company in 1635. According to Cushing's MS., "Nicholas Jacob with his wife and two children and their cosen Thomas Lincoln, weaver, came from Old Hingham and settled in this Hingham, 1633." In Sept. 1635, he had a grant of a house-lot containing three acres on Town St., second from the way leading to Broad Cove, which is ab. where the homestead belonging to heirs of the late William O. Lincoln is located. Other lands were also granted to him at different dates for planting purposes. He was made freeman 1635-36; was selectman in 1637; deputy to the General Court 1648 and 1649, and often engaged upon the business of the town. The chris. name of his w. was Mary. She survived him, and m. secondly, March 10, 1658-59, John Beal, widr. Nicholas d. 5 June, 1657, leaving an est. appraised at £393 8s. 6d. In his will of May 18, 1657, proved 25 July foll., he gives to "wife Mary, the bed which she usually lyeth upon with all the furniture thereto belonging to dispose of to whom she pleases;" also £30 in money. To "my children, Joseph, Hannah, and Deborah £10 each, in addition to what they have already had, . . . To the eldest son John a double portion," . . . and "to the rest of my children," viz.: Joseph Jacob, Mary Otis, Elizabeth Thaxter, Sarah Cushing, Hannah Jacob, and Deborah Jacob, equal shares, "and every one of them shall pay to their mother" a stipulated sum, yearly. Witnesses, Edmund Pitts, Thomas Marsh, Matthew Hawke. " (History of Hingham as found on line)
~"Ch., of Nicholas and Mary, —
~ i. JOHN, b. in Eng. ab. 1630.
~ ii. ELIZABETH, b. in Eng., 1632. m. (1) Dec. 4, 1648, John Thaxter, and (2) March 23, 1690-91, Daniel ~Cushing, Esq., widr.
~ iii. MARY, ——. m. John Otis, Jr.
~ iv. SARAH, ——. m. Feb. 25, 1652-53, Matthew Cushing, Jr.
~ v. HANNAH, bt. in Hing. Feb. 23, 1639-40. m. Dec. 16, 1657, Thomas Loring. Hannah was twice m. Her ~sec. husband was Capt. Stephen French of Wey. See III. p. 27, 2. <3027.html> (3:354 <../book4/3354.html>)
~ vi. JOSHIA, bt. in Hing. Nov. 6, 1642; buried 24 Nov. foll.
~ vii. DEBORAH, bt. in Hing. Nov. 26, 1643. m. Feb. 11, 1663-64, Nathaniel Thomas of Mf'd.
~ viii. JOSEPH, bt. in Hing. May 10, 1646.
The History of Hingham entry on Nicholas Jacob as found on line.'In 1633 "Nicholas Jacob with his wife and two children, and their cousin Thomas Lincoln, weaver, came from Old Hingham [Norfolk, England], and settled in this Hingham." ' (Cushing, 25, as cited in Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, vol II G-O, RC Anderson, 1995, pp. 1069-1071).
However he first settled in Watertown, where he was granted a 13 acre homestall by 1634, and then moved to Hingham in 1635. He was made a Freeman 3 March 1635/6.
He was an Innkeeper. On 7 October 1640 "Nicho[las] Jacobs is allowed to keep an ordinary at Hingham."
He was a deputy for Hingham to the General Court of Massachusetts 10 May 1648 and again on 2 May 1659. He was a commissioner to end small causes at Hingham 4 November 1646.
His 18 May 1657 will, proved 28 July 1657, gave life use of her furniture and £30 to his wife, and a double portion to his oldest son John. All other children received equal shares.
He was worth £393 8s. 6d. (398 pounds, 8 shillings, 6 pence) at death, including £134 in real estate: "the houses & homelot with the orchard & meadow joining to the lot," and "corn land & meadow in the neck with the crop upon it and four acres of meadow at Conehasset," and "the woodlots in the neck."
Is found in a website "Ancestry of George W. Bush" where he is described as a 10th great grandparent.
2953. Mary GILMAN died on 15 Jun 1681 in Hingham, Massachusetts. [Parents]
A Geocities site identifies parents as Edward and Mary Hawes Gilman. Grandparents also given.
2954. George RUSSELL was born about 1595. He died 1 on 26 May 1694 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married 2 Jane on 14 Feb 1639/1640 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
~“George, came to Hing. 1636, and had a grant of five acres of land on South St., nearly opp. Thaxter’s Bridge. Subsequently, ab. 1646, he removed to Scit., but returned again to Hing. Ab. 20 yrs. Later, and here passed the remainder of his life. The name of his first w. is not given on Hing. Rec’s. For his second w. he m. in Hing. Feb 14, 1639-40, Mrs. Jane James, prob. The wid. of Philip James. She d. in Hing. 22 Feb. 1688-89, aet., as her gravestone says, ab. 83 yrs. He d. 26 May, 1694, aet. 99 yrs. “Miller.” Resided on Main St., So. Hing.”
~"Ch., by his first w., were -
~i. George, of Dux. 1652, Mf’d 1657. m. ------ Rogers, and d. 1675, leaving sons George and John.
~ii. Samuel, was one of the victims of the Rehoboth battle, 1676. --- Hist. Of Dux.
~Ch., b. or bt. in Hing., by w. Jane were -
~iii. Mary, Apr. 1, 1641. m. Oct 3, 1661, John Jacob, Wid’r.
~iv. Elizabeth, Feb 12, 1642-43.
~v. Martha, Oct. 9, 1645.
~vi Patience, ----. M. July 3, 1667, Purthe Macvarlo." (History of Hingham, Volume 3, pp. 141-2)His History of Hingham entry is found on line.
"Georg Russell" appears on a 1643 "Able to Bear Arms" list for "Scittuate". (Plymouth Colony - Its History & People 1620-1691, ES Stratton, Appendix J, p. 443).
"In 1651 George Russell of Scituate was found guilty of beating Katherine Winters and required to pay twenty shillings to the constables for her benefit." (Plymouth Colony - Its History & People 1620-1691, ES Stratton, p. 163).
"In 1652 George Russell was fined £3 for abusing the constable of Scituate in the execution of his office." (Plymouth Colony - Its History & People 1620-1691, ES Stratton, p. 216).
2955. Jane was born about 1606. She died 1 on 22 Feb 1688 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
2956. Thomas ALLYN died 1 in Nov 1680. He married Winifred.
"THOMAS, Barnstable, had Samuel, b. 10, bapt. 18 Feb. 1644; John, bapt. 27 Sept. 1646; and Mehitable, bapt. 26 Nov. 1648; and he d. Nov. 1680, at gr. age. Mehitable m. 1 June 1667, Samuel Annable of the same. His first w. was nam. Winifred; the sec. was a wid. but surnames are not found." (Savage)
2957. Winifred 1.
2960. Thomas JOY was born 1 about 1611 in England. He died 2 on 21 Oct 1678 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He married 3 Joan GALLOP in Mar 1637.
~"THOMAS, Boston, 1638. "House-carpenter." Came to Hing. ab. 1646 to erect or to enlarge a grist-mill at the town cove, and also to establish a saw-mill in the same locality, perhaps adjoining the former. (Lincoln's "History of Hingham," p. 53; and Suf. Deeds, vol. ii. p. 77.) According to Mr. Savage, Joy was arreseted early in the year 1646, and kept four or five days in irons as a too ardent lover of liberty; yet is called "a young fellow" by Gov. Winthrop. His w. was Joan, dau. of John Gallop. She d. in Hing. 20 March, 1690-91. He d. 1678. Freeman 1665, and a member of the Artillery Company the same yr. In his will, dated 8 July, 1677, proved 31 Oct. 1678, names sons Joseph and Ephraim, and dau's Sarah, Elizabeth, and Ruth. ~Ch., b. in Boston and Hing., were —
~ i. SAMUEL, Feb. 26, 1638-39.
~ ii. JOHN, Oct. 10, 1641, prob. d. young.
~ iii. THOMAS, March 2, 1642-43, d. in Hing. 2 Dec. 1648.
~ iv. JOSEPH, Apr. 1, 1645.
~ v. EPHRAIM, Feb. 7, 1646-47.
~ vi. SARAH, 1648. m. in Hing. Dec. 7, 1669, Hick Dunning.
~ vii. BENJAMIN, June 12, 1650, d. before his fa.
~ viii. ELIZABETH, Jan. 7, 1653-54. m. in Hing. March 15, 1676-77, Nathaniel Beal.
~ ix. RUTH, Feb. 28, 1658-59. m. in Hing. (1) Sept. 25, 1679, John Low, and (2) Oct. 21, 1719, John Curtis, ~widr of Scit.
Information about this ancestor can be found at the History of Hingham website." '... Constable, carpenter, builder & farmer." (As described in his son Joseph's will, cited in Joy Gen, p.50).
"The failure of Cornelia Catherine (Joy) Dyer's effort to trace the birth of Thomas in Eng[land] is due perhaps to the absence of local parish records before 1683. He was doubtless the 'Thomas Joy ae 54 in 1665' mentioned in the list of early settlers of Essex & Old Norfolk Co[untie]s Mass (NEGHR 1852 VI 345" as cited in Joy Gen, p.49)
A map enclosed in the Joy Genealogy "Plan of Part of Boston in 1647, according to the 'Book of Possessions,' showing two of Thomas Joy's lots." (no page number survived the photocopying process).
2961. Joan GALLOP was born 1 in Mostern, Dorset, England. She died 2 on 20 Mar 1691 in Hingham, Massachusetts. [Parents]
2962. John PRINCE died 1 on 7 Feb 1689/1690. He married Margarett.
"... of Hingham [Massachusetts], where John settled ab[out] 1646." (Joy Gen, p.50)
~"JOHN, of Hing., ... prob. settled here ab. 1646, or 1648. The chris. name of his w. was Margaret. She d. in Hing. 28 March, 1703. He d. 7 Feb. 1689-90. Constable 1674. Resided on Main, near Winter St. Ch., b. and bt. in Hing., were —
~ i. MARY, July 29, 1649. m. Aug. 29, 1667, Joseph Joy.
~ ii. SARAH, Feb. 22, 1652. m. Nov. 26, 1673, Thomas Sayer.
~ iii. DEBORAH, Aug. 23, 1657. m. July 11, 1678, William King.
~NOTE. — Sarah, d. 21 May, 1658."
Information about this ancestor is found on line at the History of Hingham website.
2963. Margarett died 1 on 28 Mar 1703 in Hingham, Massachusetts.
2964. John STODDER died 1 on 19 Dec 1661. He married Anna or Hannah.
~"JOHN, the planter, and ancestor of all the families who have borne this surname in Hing. and vic., had a grant of land here in 1638. But little is kn. of his personal history, except that he was made a freeman 18 May, 1642, when, according to Mr. Savage, he was called of Hull. The chris. name of his w., whom he prob. m. in Eng., was Anna, or Hannah. The date of her death is not given on Hing. rec's. John d. 19 Dec. 1661. In his will of 20 Nov. 1661, proved 31 Jan. foll., mentions three sons, one dau. and two gr. ch. The inv. of his est. taken by Daniel Cushing and John Thaxter, was appraised at £124 11s. 6d. It included "land at Weymouth River; in Hockley field next to Moses Colyers; in the Plaine Neck; on the Great Playne, at Conahasset, and in the Wayre Neck."
~"Ch., —
~ i. JOHN, b. in Eng.
~ ii. HANNAH, b. in Eng. m. Gershom Wheelock of Medfield.
~ iii. ELIZABETH, b. in Eng. m. Feb. 28, 1648-49, John Low. She d. 14 Sept. 1658.
~ iv. DANIEL, b. in Eng. 1633.
~ v. SAMUEL, bt. in Hing. June 14, 1640."
Information on this ancestor can be found at the History of Hingham website.
2965. Anna or Hannah 1.
2966. Thomas GILL 1.Thomas married Hannah OTIS.
2967. Hannah OTIS 1.
2968. Thomas LINCOLNE 1 was born on 22 Dec 1622 in , Wymondham, Norfork, England. He was christened on 6 May 1638 in , Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He died on 16 Aug 1692 in , Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He married Margaret LANGER in 1642 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Parents]
~'Thomas "husbandman" Lincoln. Born on 22 Dec 1622 in Wymondham, Norfolk, Eng. Thomas "husbandman" died in Hingham, MA on 16 Aug 1692; he was 69. Occupation: husbandman. ' "Thomas, styled 'the husbandman,' and bro. of Stephen Lincoln, came from Wymondham in the Cou nty of Norfolk, Eng., and settled in our Hing. in the autumn of 1638. His name frequently occurs upon the early rec's of the town, and in every instance he is distinguished from the other Thomases by his occupation. His conveyances and titles to property acquired either by grant or purchase, also afford evidence of his vocation in life. None of his descendants bearing the surname in the male line reside in Hing. at the present [1923] time. They are, however, quite numerous throughout New Englane, and not difficult to connect with those who removed into Worcester County, and to the State of Maine."
~Thomas "resided on Fort Hill St., "on the upland by the highway side going to Weymouth mill."Thomas "husbandman" married Margaret Langer, daughter of Richard Langer (ca 1594-25 Jan 1661 ) & Margaret [Langer]. Born ca 1620. Margaret died in Hingham, MA on 5 Mar 1693/4; she was 74. [Source: Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Town of Hingham, 1893 as cited in: Gencircles]).
~"Came from Wymondham, Norfolk, England and settled in Hingham, Mass in the Fall of 1638. His name occurs frequently in the early records of Hingham, and each time he is distinguished brom the other Thomases by his occupation.
~Selectman, 1662, 1669, and 1672. Resided on Fort Hill St. "on the upland by the highway side going to Weymouth mill." " (From: Gencircles).This individual was found on another Gencircles site
Information is also found at the History of Hingham website.~"Massachusetts PioneersLINCOLN, etc., cont.Thomas, husbandman, bro. of Stephen, came from Windham, Eng. in 1638 and settled at Hingham. Frm. May 18, 1642; propr., town officer. Wife Margaret, dau. of Richard Langer; ch. Caleb b. Oct. 8, 1643, d. before 1659, Joshua b. May 3, 1645, Susanna b. Aug. 16, 1646, (m. Joseph Barstow,) Mary b. Feb. 10, 1648, (m. Thomas Marsh,) Thomas b. Sept. 29, 1650, Daniel b. May 14, 1654, d. 14 Feb. 1669-70, Elizabeth b. Dec. 2, 1656, (m. Daniel Lincoln,) He d. 16 Aug. 1692. Will dated 24 May, 1681, prob. 3 Nov. 1692, beq. to wife Margaret, daus. Susanna Barstow; Mary, wife of Francis Barber; Sarah, wife of Thomas Mash; Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Lincoln, and Ruth L.; sons Joshua, Caleb and Thomas. The widow d. 5 March, 1693-4. (From: Gencircles).
2969. Margaret LANGER 1 was born on 2 Dec 1628 in England. She died on 5 Mar 1693 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Parents]
This individual was found at Gandalf Gencircles.
2972. John LEAVITT [image] 1 was born about 1608 in , Of Norfolk, England. He died 2 on 20 Nov 1691. He married Sarah GILMAN on 16 Dec 1646 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Parents]
~"John Leavitt of Hingham, Massachusetts was certainly the first by this name to settle in America and to bequeath American soil to his progeny. Authors disagree as to the year of his arrival and the name of the ship he sailed on. Names of four different ships are given by as many authors.
The most likely account is provided by "The History of Ancient Woodbury, Conn." which states: "John Leavitt came to New England and settled in Dorchester in 1628." This information was very likely given to the author by immediate descendants of John who were early settlers in this part of the State.
The Dudley genealogy states: "John ran away from an apprenticeship at the age of 19." All early authors and family tradition agree on this fact. If still an apprentice he would have to be under the age of 21 as apprentices were freed of their commitment at age 21. So being born in 1608, he would have reached the age of 19 in 1629. This makes it very likely 1628 was the year he arrived in America.
~"As an apprentice John learned the trade of tailoring and went into business in Dorchester. After he became possessed of some property in Dorchester his Master learned of his whereabouts, came overseas and took from him his possessions, as by law he was entitled to do. "History of Rockingham County, N.H." states: "His master came from England and took away his little property in Dorchester so Deacon John went to Hampton and Exeter N.H. for a time".This statement has possibilities. It may be the reason of five of his sons settling in and near Exeter.
It may be where he found his first wife, supposed to be a Mary "Lovet", whom he married in 1637. Perhaps Mary was not a Lovet until after her marriage to John and an error was simply repeated time after time. It is also possible she was the sister of Thomas who lived in Exeter before moving to Hampton. The Thomas branch early on spelled their last name in various ways, mostly Lovet, but also Lovatt, Levett and Leuit. In early days the letters "o" and "e" were similar and often confused.
~"Mary died in July 1646 and John married second, Sarah Gilman, daughter of Edward and Mary Gilman, in December 1646. She was born in Caston, England in 1622 and lived with her parents in Hingham. In 1636 and 1637 and again in 1647, 1648 and 1665 a number of lots were granted to John Leavitt at Hingham, Mass.~"John was declared a freeman on Dec. 15, 1636, meaning a church member. Only freemen could hold office or vote for rulers. He was a representative to the General Court in 1656 and again in 1664, He was a Selectman for several years and frequently engaged in town business. He was a Magistrate, which meant a member of the Governor’s Council.
~"John had 13 children; three sons and two daughters with Mary and four sons and four daughters with Sarah. Five of his seven sons married and had children. These were Israel and Josiah, who remained in Hingham and brought up their families there, and Samuel, Moses and Nehemiah, who all moved to and settled in the Exeter, New Hampshire area. The six girls all married, four of them twice. Only one had no offspring. The other five all had children and the Leavitt bloodline quickly passed into other families. (National Society of Leavitt Families website).
He is also described briefly in a very readable link at the Western Association of Leavitt Families website.
Here is a picture of the Old Ship Meetinghouse, where he sat in pew 19.
"JOHN, Dorchester 1634, rem. to Hingham, freem. 3 Mar. 1636, was rep. 1656, 64, a deac. d. 20 Nov. 1691, aged 83. By w. Sarah, wh. d. 26 May 1700, he prob. had John; Hannah, bapt. 7 Apr. 1639; Samuel, Apr. 1641; Eliz. 28 Apr. 1644; Jeremiah, 1 Mar. 1646; Israel, 23 Apr. 1648; Moses, b. 12 Aug. 1650; Josiah, 4, bapt. 8 May 1653; Nehemiah, 21 Jan. bapt. 24 Feb. 1656; Sarah, b. 22 Feb. 1659; Mary 12 June 1661; Hannah, the sec. 20 Mar. 1664; and Abigail, 9, bapt. 15 Dec. 1667. His will, of 30 Nov. 1689, ment. these exc. John (and of him names the w. wh. was m. to Joseph Turner) and Jeremiah, of the s. and first Hannah, and Eliz. of the ds. wh. were d. (and of Eliz. names the s.). Sarah m. 17 Apr. 1678, Nehemiah Clap of Dorchester; and aft. him Samuel Howe; Hannah 2d m. 25 Oct. 1683, Joseph Loring; and Abigail m. 20 Jan. 1686, Isaac Lazell. But the two elder ds. wh. were d. had m. viz.: Hannah, 29 July 1659, to John Lobdell, and d. 23 Apr. 1662; and Eliz. m. 25 Mar. 1667, Samuel Judkins. Moses went to Exeter bef. 1683." (Savages)
2973. Sarah GILMAN [image] 1 was born on 19 Jan 1622 in Norfolk County, England. She was christened on 19 Jan 1622 in Norfolk County, England. She died on 26 May 1700 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts.