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| The Great Migration Begins Sketches PRESERVED PURITAN Ancestry Chain 1: Anthony COLBY Immigrant b.1605, Isaac COLBY b.1640, Dorothy COLBY b.1677, Martha HADLEY b.1704, Martha SARGENT b.1725, Moses QUIMBY Rev.WarVet.b.1755, Betsey QUIMBY b.1795, Almeda Sophia ROUNDY b.1829, Charles PARKER b.1853, Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889, Kirt DeMar WOOD b.1923, Lark, TR. Ancestry Chain 2: Anthony COLBY Immigrant b.1605, Mary COLBY b.1647, Phillip SARGENT Sr. b.1672, Philip SARGENT Jr. b.1703, Martha SARGENT b.1725, Moses QUIMBY Rev.WarVet.b.1755, Betsey QUIMBY b.1795, Almeda Sophia ROUNDY b.1829, Charles PARKER b.1853, Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889, Kirt DeMar WOOD b.1923,Lark, TR, |
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Anthony COLBY 10th & 10th Gr. Grandfather - The Great Mirgation Begins
William SARGENT 10th Gr. Grandfather - The Great Migration Begins
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| The Great Migration Begins Sketches PRESERVED PURITAN Ancestry Chain: William SARGENT Immigant b.1598, William SARGENT Rev. b.1645, Phillip SARGENT Sr. b.1672, Philip SARGENT Jr. b.1703, Martha SARGENT b.1725, Moses QUIMBY-4254 b.1755, Betsey QUIMBY b.1795, Almeda Sophia ROUNDY b.1829, Charles PARKER b.1853, Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889, Kirt DeMar WOOD M.E.-13 b.1923, Lark, TR. |
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Early America - Massachusetts Bay Colony - John GLOVER
ship similar to the John and Mary 1630
11th great grandfather John GLOVER, immigrated from England to the Plymouth Colony, 1630 sailed on the John and Mary with wife Ann and three children 1 year old John, 2 year old Habackuk, and 3 year old Thomas who later inherited the estate in Lancashire, England. Our 10th great grandfather Nathaniel Glover was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony the year of his parents arrival. The youngest child (Rev) Pelatiah GLOVER would be born 7 years later.
Ancestral chain: Hon. John GLOVER (1600-1652) and Ann; Nathaniel GLOVER(1630-1657) and Mary SMITH (1630-1703); Ann GLOVER (1656-1730) and William RAWSON (1651-1726); Nathaniel RAWSON, Hathaniel RAWSON, Abner RAWSON (Rev. War Vet.), Amariah RAWSON, Adaline RAWSON, Mary DUNN, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN, George Ensign SMITH, Camilla SMITH, Lark, JR.
I have been typing parts of our family history form the following book. Pardon the type "O." I will add a couple more posts from this book.
Glover Memorials and Genealogies
by Anna Glover
by Anna Glover
Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers. 1867.
PART 1.
PART 1.
Glovers of England, pg 1
First Generation in New England.
Mr. John Glover, of Rainhill Parish, Lancashire, England, and of Dorchester and Boston in New England, and his firve sons, pg. 39
Second Generation.
IV. Mr. Nathaniel Glover, of Dorchester, and his Descendants, pg. 162 (post to be added)________
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Descendants of the Fourth son, Mr. Nathaniel Glover.
Third Generation, pg. 176 (post to be added)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Pg 39 Glover Memorials and Genealogies by Anna Glover)
JOHN GLOVER, OF PRESCOT, ENGLAND,
AND OF DORCHESTER AND BOSTON IN NEW ENGLAND.
AND OF DORCHESTER AND BOSTON IN NEW ENGLAND.
(Pg 39 Glover Memorials and Genealogies by Anna Glover)
(4) John Glover, the eldest son of Thomas and Margery (Deane) Glover, was born at Rainhill parish, Prescot, Lancaster County, England, August 12, 1600, and died in Boston, in New England, “11, 12, 1653,” in his fifty-fourth year.
By his father’s will he came into possession of large estates in England, situated in Rainhill, Eccleston, Knowlesby, and other places. Being the eldest son he inherited a double portion by right of primogeniture, and was named as an executor, with his mother, to carry out the provisions of that will -- although at that time (1619) he was not of full age.
He appears to have attained the age of manhood at Rainhill, living on his estates there, and was married to Anna _______, about 1625. He had three children born and baptized in that Parish, the last in 1629. Previous to that, in 1628, his name appears on the Records of the “London Company, organized at London in 1628. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of London, established there at a very early date, and was a Captain of that company. He was also a member of a Lodge of Freemasons, and in fellowship with them before his emigration. He was sometimes called “the Worshipful Mr. Glover.”
So much has been said and written of the London company, formed in England in 1628, its origin, its objects, present and prospective--of the early planting of New England and the worthy gentlemen who joined themselves to that company; its whole history has been so many times brought before the historic reader in the various accounts of New England, that it may be deemed superfluous to attempt further notice of this matter, in these memorials. But as the
(Pg 40 Glover Memorials and Genealogies by Anna Glover)
following pages are designed to notice and give an account of one of the members of that Company who came to New England, and for the benefit of whose descendants this work has been chiefly prepared, it is hoped that a few dates and facts selected from some of the most faithful and reliable writers on that subject, and which will help to explain the condition, motives, and social position of their honored ancestor (Mr. John Glover), will be generously allowed by them.
In 1628, three years after his marriage, the name of John Glover spears on the records of the London company, which was being organized at London for the purpose of emigration to New England.
“May, 1628, London, England.
“Allotments of land to the adventurers for New England who intend to become planters there. The following is a list of the names of the Joint-stock company, and their subscription to that stock.”
Sir Richard Saltonstall, Knight, 100 [pounds]
Isaac Johnson, Esq., 100
Mr. Samuel Aldersey, 50
John Venn, 50
Hugh Peters, 50
John Humfrey, 50
Thomas Stevens, 50
George Harwood, 50
John Glover, 50
Matthew Craddock, 50
Simon Whetcomb, 50
Francis Webb, 50...
(Pg 42 Glover Memorials and Genealogies by Anna Glover)
…The Gentlemen who composed this company, which had been formed in London, and who afterwards emigrated to New England and became the first planters of the Colony there, it is recorded were strictly and devotedly religious Non-conformists. They were styled Puritans, from their strict adherence to the doctrines of religion, and from their having set themselves apart to promote a holy work -- that of planting a colony for religious growth and freedom. They were all members of some church in England previous to their embarkation, and those of their company who came out under Gov. Winthrop, net together at Plymouth, a seaport town in England, and formed themselves into a church body gathered from other churches. They elected their ministers, and assembled themselves together at the new Hospital in Plymouth, the Sabbath previous to their departure fro New England, and bound themselves together in Christian unity and love. A sermon was preached to them by the Rev. John White, and instructions given in relation to the future course to be pursued. The ship which was to take them to New England was at this time waiting in the downs, to receive them and bear them to their destination.
It is recorded that the Dorchester Company came in the Mary and John, which set sail from England the 20th of March, 1629-30, commanded by Capt. Squeb, and who is said to have arrived on the coast on North America the 31st day of May, 1630. The manner in which he treated his passengers, and deceived them by putting them on shore at Nantucket, where he had promised to land them at Charlestown, is too well known to require any detail here. Some of them took boats and found their way to Charlestown; and others,
(Pg 43Glover Memorials and Genealogies by Anna Glover)
Who remained at Nantasket, found out a way to Dorchester Neck, adjoining a place called by the Indians Mattapan, to which they gave the name of New Dorchester, and commenced a settlement about the first of June. The place was afterwards called Dorchester Plantation. The same writer says our people were settled here a month before Gov. Winthrop, and the ships that came with him, arrived.
Mr. Glover came to New England in the Mary and John. It has been questioned by some as to the ship in which he came over, probably on account of a note of Mr. Frothingham, in his History of Charlestown, by which it might appear that he arrived earlier. Frothingham, in a list of those who stayed and became inhabitants of Charlestown in the year 1629, gives the names of Increase Nowell, Esq., Mr. William Aspinwall, Mr. Richard Palsgrave, Edward converse, William Penn, William Hudson, William Blackenbury, and Mr. John Glover. Her also says that Mr. Glover removed to Dorchester, where he became a prominent man, being a Selectman and a Representative from 1637 to 1652. He also writes that Mr. Glover died in 1654, which does not agree with Dorchester Town Records. The above from Frothingham has led many to doubt of his coming over in the Mary and John with the Dorchester Company; but he was always associated with them, his interests were identified with theirs, and he served them in a public capacity until his death, although he had removed to Boston. His name stands among a list of inhabitants at the incorporation of the town of Dorchester in 1631, according to Blake’s Annals. When the Church was re-organized there (in 1636, Richard Mather, Pastor), he and his wife Anna were among the first signers to the covenant. He may have remained in Charlestown until that time, but there is no evidence of it.
He brought over with him a great number of Cattle, and all the provisions and implements, with men servants, to set up and carry on the tanning trade, according to the laws and regulations of the London Company requiring each member to establish some trade on his estate. He selected the business of tanning, and was the first one of the Company who carried on that trade in the Colony. He established it first at Dorchester, very probably as early as the incorporation of the town. The pits still remain to be seen on the land of one of his descendants. He afterwards established the business in Boston, and left it in his will to his second son. A very reliable writer
(Pg 44 Glover Memorials and Genealogies by Anna Glover)
on the early history of New England asserts the following in relatin to Dorchester: “The first inhabitants of Dorchester were a godly and religious people, and many of them persons of note and figure, being distinguished by the title of Master or Mr., which but few in those days were. Their ministers were the Rev. John Maverick and the Rev. John Warham. Others of note, who came passengers in the Mary and John, were as follows: --Mr. Newbury, Mr. Rossiter, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Glover, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Terry, Mr. Smith, Mr. Gallop, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hull, Mr. Stoughton, Mr. Cogan, Mr. Hill, Mr. Penney, Mr. Richards, Mr. Way, Mr. Williams, Mr. Tilley and others; Capt. Southcote, Capt. Lovell, and among them came Capt. Roger Clap,” whom he describes as being a very worthy and religious gentleman.
This account may seem to conflict with Mr. Frothingham’s, but the conclusion is that the above is the correct one, as all circumstances confirm it, and it is probable that Mr. Glover was one of those who took boats and went to Charlestown settlements, where were a few English families, and possibly he remained there a short time. It could have been but a short time, as he never removed his family there, or his servants or cattle, nor the goods which he brought over to establish his trade.
He was made Freeman in England before his emigration, and took the oath of allegiance, which exempted him from that ceremony after his arrival here.
The prefix of Mr. He brought with him, and he has been more generally designated by that than any other title. Is was then one of honor and dignity, but has depreciated in its original significance, from its general usage. His armorial bearings were those granted to Thomas Glover, Esq., of the Body of King James I., who was son of Thomas Glover of Coventry in Warwickshire, Knighted 17th of August 1606. “This Coat, with a star for a difference, was confirmed by William Camden, April 3d, 1604, and is a fac-simile of the arms granted to the Somerset Herald, Robert Glover, after being enlarged and improved by Edmondson, with the exception of the star.”
Mr. Glover was called a goodly and upright man. His religion was that of a strict Non-conformist, or Puritan, which appears to have been the ruling motive of his life, and led him to leave his English home and forego all the comforts and conveniences of an English life, to settle on the cold, uncomfortable, cheerless shore of New England.
(Pg 45 Glover Memorials and Genealogies by Anna Glover)
Johnson in his History writes thus of him; -- “Mr. Glover was a man strong for the truth, a plain, sincere and godly man, and of good abilities.” The following lines appear in his work entitled The wonder-working Providence, in which he notices Mr. Glover, with some other of that company who were his associates: --
“And Godly Glover his rich gifts thou gavest,
Thus thou by means thy flock from spoiling savest.”
Thus thou by means thy flock from spoiling savest.”
His age thirty years, well settled in life with a wife and three children (the youngest but a year old), inheriting large landed estates from his father, and living in the enjoyment of a competent estate at the time this enterprise was undertaken, the inquiry naturally arises, what motive could have induced him to choose such a life of hardship and endurance?
His life, after his arrival and settlement at Dorchester, was evidently one of unceasing action and service to the colony. During a period of nearly eighteen years his name appears not only as a public officer in Dorchester, but in other towns, among those who sat in judgment. In Salem, Charlestown, Cambridge, and at Barnstable and other places in the Plymouth Colony, he was frequently called in council in cases which required judicial decisions.
The following references to Mr. Glover are from various documents.
1631. “A shallop of Mr. Glover’s was cast away on the rocks about Nahant. Crew all saved.”
1636. Mr. Glover was chosen one of the Selectmen for the town of Dorchester, and continued to fill that office until his removal to Boston about 1650. He was Representative to the General Court at boston from 1636 to 1652, when he was chosen an Assistant.
1649. John Glover’s house is said to have been situated at the head of the dock in Boston, but his name appears to continue on the Town records of Dorchester until after that time.
[These records continue from page 45 to page 50.]
[John GLOVER conveyed to his eldest son, Thomas Glover, the title and possession of all his estates in Lancashire, England, by deed in 1652. See page 50-53.]
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Ancestry Chain: Hon. John GLOVER Immigrant, Nathaniel GLOVER-4275 b.1630, Ann GLOVER-4266 b.1656, Nathaniel RAWSON-4261 b.1689, Nathaniel RAWSON-4258 b.1716, Abner RAWSON Rev.WarVet.-3685 b.1764, Amariah RAWSON-3683 b.1787, Adaline RAWSON-3132 b.1811, Mary DUNN-145 b.1833, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN-31 b.1859, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark, JR.Thursday, February 19, 2009
Early America - Nathaniel FOOTE & Elizabeth DEMING; John DEMING & Honor TREAT
11th - 11th - 11th great Grandparents
Nathaniel FOOTE "the Settler" and Elizabeth DEMING
IV. Nathaniel FOOTE I - b abt 1593 Colchester, Essex, Eng; d 20 Dec 1644 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; m abt 1615 at Shalford, Eng to Elizabeth DEMING b Oct 1595 Shalford, Essex Eng / Pitminster, Colchester, England; d 28 Jul 1683 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; she was dau of Johnthan and Elizabeth (GILBERT?) DEMING and the sister of John DEMING who is also our 10th great Grandfaother; Other spouse Elizabeth Deming married second to Governor Thomas Welles. Thomas Welles was born 1590 at Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England and died 14 January 1659/60 at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. He had first married Alice Tomes c5 July 1615 in England they had eight children; Ch of Elizabeth DEMING FOOTE and Gov. Thomas WELLS were: none.
1. Elizabeth FOOTE - b 14 Jan 1617/18 Shalford, Eng; d 8 Sep 1700; m abt 1638 Wethersfield, CT to Josiah CHURCHILL died Jan 1686/87 Wethersfield, CT; Children: Mary married Samuel CHURCH; Elizabeth married Henry BUCK; Hannah married Samuel ROYCE; Ann married Mr. RICE; Joseph married Mary; Benjamin married Mary; and Sarah married Thomas WICKAM.
2. Nathaniel FOOTE II - b 5 Mar 1619/20; Married 1646, Elizabeth SMITH (bap. Jan. 28, 1626/7, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England), daughter of Lt. Samuel and Elizabeth SMITH.
3. Mary FOOTE - b abt 1623 Shalford; d. Jul. 31, 1721, Norwich, CT. Married first 1642 John STODDARD; second Apr. 4, 1674, Wethersfield, CT, John GOODRICH (b. 1623; d. Apr. 1680), son of John GOODRICH and Margery HOW; and third about 1681 Thomas TRACY (b. 1623; d. Nov. 7, 1685). Children of Mary and John STODDARD: Mary married Joseph WRIGHT; John married Elizabeth CURTIS; Caleb died young; Joshua married Berthia SMITH; Mercy married Joseph WRIGHT; Elizabeth married Mr. WRIGHT; and Nathaniel married first Mary, and second Eunice STANDISH.
4. Lt. Robert FOOTE - b 5 Mar 1626/27 Shalford; d abt 1681 New Haven, CT; m abt 1659 at New Haven to Sarah POTTER, daughter of William and Frances of New Haven, CT.; died May 1730 Guilford, CT; Ch were: (a) Nathaniel FOOTE b 13 Apr 1660 New Haven, CT; d bef 1715; m Tabitha BISHOP; (b) Sarah FOOTE b 12 Feb 1661/62 New Haven, CT, Sarah married first Isaac CURTIS, and second Nathaniel HOW; (c) Elizabeth FOOTE b 8 Mar 1663/64 New Haven, CT, Elizabeth married John GRAVES; (d) Joseph FOOTE b 6 Mar 1665/66 New Haven; d 6 Mar 1750/51; Joseph married first Abigail JOHNSON, second Sarah ROSE, and third Susannah (?) FRISBIE widow of John FRISBIE; (e) Samuel FOOTE b 14 May 1668 New Haven; d 1696; m Abigail BARKER; (f) John FOOTE b 24 Jul 1670; m 1696 to Mary (???); (g) Stephen FOOTE b 14 Dec 1672; d 23 Oct 1762; spouses were Elizabeth NASH, Hannah (?) HOWD widow of Lt. John Howd; (h) Dr. Isaac FOOTE b 14 Dec 1672; d 11 Feb 1758; m 1709 to Rebecca DICKERMAN
6. Sarah FOOTE - b abt 1632; d 1673; m 1652 at Stratford, Fairfield Co, CT to Jeremiah JUDSON of Stratford; d 15 May 1701; Children: Isaac; Mary; Elizabeth; Sarah; Mercy; and Jeremiah.
7. Rebecca FOOTE - b 3 Sep 1634 Watertown, MA; d 6 Apr 1701 Hadley, Hampshire Co, MA; m Mar 1658/59 at Hadley to Lt. Philip SMITH b 30 Apr 1633 Eng; d 10 Jan 1684/85 Hadley, MA - he was son of Samuel and Elizabeth (CHILEAB) SMITH; Other spouse was Maj. Aaron COOKE; Ch were: (a) Samuel SMITH b Jan 1658; d 1707; (b) Baby SMITH b 1661; d 22 Jan 1660/61; (c) Deacon John SMITH I b 18 Dec 1661 Hadley, MA; d 27 Apr 1727; m 29 Nov 1683 to Joanna KELLOGG; (d) Jonathan SMITH b 1663; d 1725; (e) Philip SMITH II b 1665; d 1725; (f) Rebecca SMITH b 1668; d 7 Oct 1730; m 1686 George STILLMAN; (g) Nathaniel SMITH b 1671 Hadley, MA; d 1740; m 6 Feb 1695/96 to Mary DICKINSON; (h) Joseph SMITH b 1674; d 1736; (i) Ichabod SMITH b 11 Apr 1675; d 1746
NOTES: Nathaniel Foote "The Settler" - came to New England with his wife Elizabeth. He was one of the first ten settlers (known as "adventurers) in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Elizabeth was the sister of Mr. John Deming, also one of Wethersfield's first settlers.
In the original layout of the town, 1640, Nathaniel received a home-lot of ten acres, and gradually over the years he became owner of over 400 acres. He represented the town in the General Court - this is evidence that he was held in respect and confidence by his fellow townsmen.
In May 1637, when the little army under Capt. John Mason was being provisioned for the memorable Pequot campaign, it was "ordered y that there shalbe 1 hogg p'vided att Wythersfeild for the design in hand, wch is conceived to be Nathaniell Footes"----a compliment, certainly from the Col. authorities, to Mr. Foote's ability in raising good pork!
From an abstract of the record of the apprenticeship agreement of our Nathaniel Foote from the Court Rolls of the Borough of Colchester is as follows: "Nathaniel Foote aged 16 years, son of Robert Foot of Shalford in Com. Essex yeoman doth put himself apprentice to Samuel Croylye of Colchester, aforesaid grocer and Free Burgess from the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past for the term of eight years. Dated 21 Sept. V James I (1608). Sealed and delivered in the presence of me Robert Foot and of me George Lumpkin."
This family, as a whole, had a large share in the tragedies of that early day for Philip Smith, husband of Rebecca Foote, was announced to have been "murdered with an hideous witchcraft";
Trouble with Indians: among the members of the early generations, Nathaniel Foote had, (a), a daughter-in law and two of her children taken captive by the Indians and another child killed; (b), a daughter and three of her children killed, while (c), her husband and two other children were made captives; and (d), two more of her children wounded; and Frances Foote lost two husbands by the Indians as well as one son-in-law killed and another, with four of his children, taken into captivity.
Sir Thomas Foote, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1649, was a first cousin of Nathaniel Foote, the settler. Sir Thomas Foote was buried in the parish church of All Saints of West Ham, now a part of the City of London. He lived to the great age of ninety-six years. There is a very pretentious monument to his memory erected in the church.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
9th Great Grand Uncle Sir William Phips
9th Great-Grand UncleSir William Phips (1651-1695)
Royal Governor of Massachusetts
1692-1694
born: 2 Feb 1651 Woolwich, Maine1692-1694
died: 18 Feb 1695 (age 44) London, England
Father: James Phips co-owned and operated a trading post plantation involved in the trade of fur and weapons between local Wabanaki Indians and English settlers. (10th Great- Grandfather.)
Mother: Mary
sister: Margaret was grandmother of Isabella ARMSTRONG NEEDHAM. Isabella is the great-grandmother of Shadrach ROUNDY.
William Phips was an unusual choice to be the first Royal Governor of Massachusetts. Rather than being of royal blood, he was born near Kennebec, Maine, the youngest of twenty-six children. He was never formally educated; instead, he learned the ship-carpentry trade from his father.
So, how does such a man earn a knighthood and the first commission as Royal Governor of Massachusetts? Phips came to Boston where he would eventually captain a supply ship and make a fortune leading an expedition to recover treasure from sixteen ships lost near Haiti. As captain he kept sixteen percent of the take, the English Crown received ten percent. Phips was knighted and appointed the first Governor of the Province of Massachusetts.
Phips faced the difficult task of convincing colonists that this new royal governorship would protect the rights they had enjoyed as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He faced a great deal of mistrust, as well as having to contend with the Salem Witch trials. Phips convened the Supreme Judicial Court to adjudicate the remaining witch trial charges. Chief Justice William Stoughton had theological training but no legal background. The trials, which he administered, accepted spiritual evidence, denied counsel to defendants, and placed judges as the prosecution. Charges of witchcraft even spiraled to Phip's own wife. Phips eventually denied enforcement of Chief Justice Stoughton's orders to execute women convicted as witches who had previously been spared due to pregnancy.
Unfortunately, Phips had little political experience. He soon found his administration facing charges of corruption, and he was recalled to London where he died the next year. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice William Stoughton.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The Covenant of Dedham, MA 1636
A covenant has a biblical meaning it is different than a contract. This Covenant was first signed 15 Aug 1636. 125 men signed over a period of years. I have found 4 signers who were our direct grandfathers.
T H E C O V E N A N T
Dedham, Massachusetts (Settled 1635; incorporated 1636)
- We whose names are hereunto subscribed, doe, in the feare and reverence of out Almightie God, mutually; and severally pmise amongst ourselves and each other to pffesse and practice one trueth according to that most pfect rule, the foundation whereof is everlasting Love;
- That we shall by all meanes Laboure to keepe of from us all such as ar contrayre minded and receave onely such unto us as be such as may be pbably of one harte with us that we either knowe or may well and truly be informed to walke in a peaceable conversation with all meekeness of spirit for the edification of each other in the knowledge and faith of the Lord Jesus; and the mutual encouragement unto all Temporall comforts in all things; seeking the good of each other out of all which may be derived true Peace.
- That if at any time difference shall arise betwene pties of out said Towne; that then such ptie and pties shall prsently Referre all such difference unto someone 2 or 3 others of our said societie, to be accorded and determined without any further delaye if it possibly may bee;
- That every man may now, or at any time heereafter shall have Lotts in our said Towne shall pay his share in all such Rates of money and charges as shall be imposed upon him Rateably in pportion with other men. As allso become freely subject unto all such orders and constitutions as shall be necessarily had or made now or at any time hereafter from this day forwarde as well for Loveing and comfortable societie in our said Towne as allso for the psperous and thriveing Condicion of our said Fellowshipe, especially respecting the feare of God in which we desire to begine, and continue whatsoever we shall by his Loveing favoure take in hand.
- And for the better manefestation of our true Resolution heere in every man so receaved; to subscribe heere unto his name, there by obligeing both himself and his successors after him forever as we have done.
[There follows 125 signatures of those subscribing to the Covenant, evidently over a period of some years. While all the Morse Signers and Jonathan Fairbanks, Sr. appear to have been among the original signers, the sons of the latter were ages 18, 16 and about 7 years in 1636. The names of the Fairbanks sons appear at intervals from oldest to youngest among the last signers of The Covenant. The signers related to us, in numerical sequence shown, included:
Of interest to my Dalton cousins are two possible relatives they include: (4) Philemon Dalton (13) Timothie Dalton
Friday, April 18, 2008
Edward Rawson - First Secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
10th great-grandfather Edward Rawson
Served as the first Secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
http://home.att.net/~history240/history7anejh99article.html
...Edward Rawson, was born at Gillingham, Dorsetshire, England, in 1615. His grandfather was a silk and woolen merchant who held “considerable property.”(11) Edward’s father, David Rawson, followed his dad’s footsteps to become a merchant-tailor in London. Edward Rawson’s mother, Margaret Wilson, on the other hand, came from a prominent family of religious reformers and Protestant clerics. She was the daughter of the “Rev. William Wilson, D.D., of Merton College, Oxford, [who also] was prebendary(12) of St. Paul’s and Rochester Cathedrals, was rector of Cliffe, County of Kent, and in 1584 became Canon of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.”(13) Furthermore, Margaret’s great-uncle was “Edmond Grindall, D.D., the Archbishop of Canterbury, [who was] a vigorous and noted opponent of the Roman [Catholic] Church.”(14) Named after this same uncle, Margaret’s brother Edmond became a physician in London. Dedicated to the goals of the emigrants to New England, he donated the sizeable sum of £1,000 to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1633.(15) Another one of Margaret’s brothers, the Rev. John Wilson, went to the American colony to become a minister of the First Church in Boston.(16) Thus Edward Rawson’s lineage combined the Protestant religion with commerce, both attributes which, if retained (and indeed they were in the person of young Edward), made for a very successful man in the Bay Colony.
With such a background, it is fitting that Edward Rawson’s wife should also come from similar social origins. He married Rachel Perne, the niece of the Puritan clergyman, Thomas Hooker. Rev. Hooker “has been called The Light of the Western Churches,”(17) and a “pioneer [American] democrat.”(18) He was originally tried in England for his “nonconformist preaching,” whereby he fled to Holland in 1630, finally ending up in “Newtown (now Cambridge)” Massachusetts in 1633. There, he again did not comply with the dominant way of things, and came into conflict with John Cotton over issues of ideology and ministerial practice. Evidently, the strong-willed Thomas Hooker “was discontented with the strict theological rule” in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, which rejected his sense of independence.(19) Thus, he moved on again, this time to found Hartford, Connecticut in 1636. In an effort to secure the new settlement’s dominance over the region, Hooker “exhorted” a small army of settlers into battle against the Pequot Indians later in the year. The Pequots were virtually exterminated in that war.(20) With antecedents such as those outlined above, it should be of no surprise that Edward Rawson rose quickly into positions of authority, attaining considerable property in New England. Arriving at Massachusetts in 1632, at the age of seventeen, he was appointed to positions of leadership in the town of Newbury within six years. Maintaining and amplifying such status within his community for another twelve years, he was elected secretary of the entire colony in 1650, successively being re-elected for thirty-six years. This role finally ended when the Massachusetts Bay Colony Charter was revoked by Sir Edmund Andros in 1686.(21) During that stretch of time, however, as reward for his public service, Secretary Rawson was granted hundreds of acres of land in New Hampshire and south of the Merrimack River in Massachusetts. With these properties, he was able to trade for and purchase others elsewhere in Massachusetts and Connecticut;(22) “the large tracts of land granted to him indicate that he was a man of considerable wealth and contributed to the financial support of the new settlement.”(23) Like most other men of stature in colonial Massachusetts society, Edward Rawson moved with his family to Boston, where he owned acreage bordering the Common, and elsewhere within the city. Reflecting his affluence and property, Rawson’s Lane (now Bromfield Street) in Boston was named after him.(24)...
Notes: References can be found at http://home.att.net/~history240/history7anejh99article.html
Edward Rawson (politician)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Rawson (April 16, 1615 - August 27, 1693) served as the first Secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Edward Rawson was born in Dorset, England in 1615. Around 1636 he married his young wife, Rachel Perne, and soon left England for the Americas. He settled in Newbury in 1637. On April 19, 1638, at the age of 23, he was chosen to be Public Notary and Register for that town, and was annually reelected until 1647. Many other public trusts and responsible duties were laid upon him by the people of Newbury. As early as the year 1638, he was one of the deputies to represent the town at the General Court, and was reelected for nearly all the successive years to May 22, 1650, at which time he was chosen Secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which office he continued to hold for thirty-six years, until 1686.
By the time of her death in the year 1677, Rachel Perne had borne twelve children to Edward Rawson. Of the twelve, at least nine have been known to survive until adulthood. Rachel Perne's family was related to the Hooker and Hawley families of New England.
Edward Rawson died in 1693 at the age of 78.
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13. Edward RAWSON Immigrant-b.1615
12. William RAWSON-b.1651
William, third son of Edward and, Rachel (Perne) Rawson, was born May 21, 1651, died September 20, 1726. He was a prominent merchant and importer of Boston. He kept a dry goods store in Rawson's Lane, now Bromfield street. In 1689 he sold his estate in Boston and removed to Dorchester, and later purchased a tract of land in Braintree near Neponset Village. Here he lived for forty years. He married, 1673, Anne, only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. She died about 1730, aged seventy-four years. They were the parents of twenty children during a period of twenty-five years. Only five of the sons lived to maturity and to have families of their own.
11. Nathaniel RAWSON-b.1689
10. Nathaniel RAWSON- b.1716
9. Abner RAWSON- b.1764
8. Amariah RAWSON- b.1787
7. Adaline RAWSON- b.1811
6. Mary DUNN- b.1833
5. Harriett Camilla ENSIGN- b.1859
4. George Ensign SMITH- b.1898
3. Camilla SMITH- b.1926
2. Lark- b.1949
1. J R-1 b.1981
William, third son of Edward and, Rachel (Perne) Rawson, was born May 21, 1651, died September 20, 1726. He was a prominent merchant and importer of Boston. He kept a dry goods store in Rawson's Lane, now Bromfield street. In 1689 he sold his estate in Boston and removed to Dorchester, and later purchased a tract of land in Braintree near Neponset Village. Here he lived for forty years. He married, 1673, Anne, only daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Glover, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. She died about 1730, aged seventy-four years. They were the parents of twenty children during a period of twenty-five years. Only five of the sons lived to maturity and to have families of their own.
11. Nathaniel RAWSON-b.1689
10. Nathaniel RAWSON- b.1716
9. Abner RAWSON- b.1764
8. Amariah RAWSON- b.1787
7. Adaline RAWSON- b.1811
6. Mary DUNN- b.1833
5. Harriett Camilla ENSIGN- b.1859
4. George Ensign SMITH- b.1898
3. Camilla SMITH- b.1926
2. Lark- b.1949
1. J R-1 b.1981
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Joseph DANIELS and Mary FAIRBANKS - Early America
Many thanks to David B. Daniels research, writing and web site "Daniels of Massachusetts Bay Colony."
Home of Joseph and Mary Fairbanks Daniell (Daniels) 167680 Island Ave., Millis, MA
Joseph Daniell Barn 1660 
See David B Daniels work at:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~danielsofmassachusettsbaycolony/
Joseph Daniell
b.1638 (est.), Watertown, Massachusetts, d. June 23, 1715 Medway, MassachusettsChooses Guardian
April 7, 1657, Cambridge County Court records show Joseph Daniell, then 19, chose Robert Parker of Cambridge as his guardian.Buys First Home - Cambridge
1660, Joseph Daniell purchased the home of David Fiske*. The home was located in Cambridge on the north side of Linnean Street, the south west corner of Botanic Garden.*David, then a surveyor, age 36, decided to move his family to Cambridge Farms with a group of families known as the "Farmers". Cambridge Farms became incorporated as Lexington, Massachusetts in 1713.
Move to Medfield
Joseph Daniell moved to Medfield, Massachusetts and was accepted as a townsman on February 3, 1662 and in the following October drew lands indicating he was already the owner of a farm. This section of Medfield, in an area west of the Charles River known as the Boggastowe, was a frontier settlement at the time of Joseph's arrival. Located on Island Road, (modern day Millis) his new homestead is 25 miles southwest from the home he left in Cambridge. Like his father before him, Joseph was not concerned about leaving a familiar environment for the uncertainty of a frontier settlement. Joseph Daniell was the second colonist to settle in the area.
Note: The area where the Joseph Daniell's homestead is located was originally called Medfield, which then became Medway (1713) and then became Millis (1885). I have modified this section to reflect the appropriate town name at the time of the event. This often confuses researchers since one normally would assume a new town name means a new geographic location, which in this case is not true.
Daniell - Fairbanks Marriage
November 16, 1665, Joseph married Mary Fairbanks, daughter of Sergeant George Fairbanks and Mary Adams Fairbanks at Boggastowe Farms. The name Boggastowe was a name used by the Indians to describe the area west of the Charles river. George Fairbanks was the first settler in the area having arrived in 1658. Joseph and Mary were the first to be married at Boggastowe Farms.The Fairbanks House - Dedham
Forming a Family
September 23, 1666, Mary then 18 gave birth to her first son, Josheph Daniell, Jr.May 4,1669, A first daughter was born which was named after her mother, Mary
October 20, 1671, A second son, Samuel was born
July 10, 1674, A second daughter, Mehitable was born.
King Philips War
June 1675, King Philip's War begins with fighting between colonists and Indians, which quickly spreads across eastern Massachusetts.July 14,1675, Mendon, Massachusetts was attacked claiming several lives. The town’s buildings were burned to the ground and the town was subsequently abandoned.
King Philips War - The Attack at Medway
February 1676, The citizens of Medfield had been bracing for an attack of King Philips warriors for several days. As a precaution many families in the area including the Daniell's sought out the safety of the large stone house [George Faribanks Stone Fort photo below] located on the north shore of South End Pond. The house was a garrison-type fortress built by Mary's father, Sergeant George Fairbanks and the residents of Boggastowe farms. It was recorded that the home was two stories high, sixty-five to seventy feet long. It was constructed using flat stones laid in clay mortar, with a double row of portholes on all sides, and was lined with heavy oak plank.Note: Some of the stones were still visible in 1836, but the last of them had been hauled off by 1886, and for a century no one has known exactly where Fairbanks' house stood.
It was George's responsibility as a Sergeant in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, an elite organization outside jurisdiction of the local militia, to provide a safe place in the event of hostility in the frontier.
During daylight hours the men would venture out to tend to livestock and other tasks returning each night to the safety of the house. The attack at Medfield came on February 21, 1676. It has been recorded that 9 families, more than 60 people were protected by the stone house and survived; however, others in outlying areas lost their lives and many homes were destroyed by fire. Jonathan Wood was attacked at Death's Bridge and died. Jonathan's pregnant wife went into labor upon hearing the news of his death and died hours later. A baby girl named Silence was born the day her parents died.
Fairbank's garrison was attacked again on May 6, 1676. The Indians attempted to ignite the house by rolling a cart loaded with burning flax down the hill, but the cart lodged on a boulder, and when a warrior attempted to free the cart, he was killed by a shot from the house. Again the attack was resisted successfully. Friendly Indians from Natick were on hand to assist with the defense. Joseph, Mary and their 4 children, Joseph, 10, Mary, 7, Samuel, 6, and Mehitable aged 2 were among those to lose their home.
George F. Daniels 1887 Account
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"21, Feb. 1676 – the burning of Medfield and incident of Philips War. At this time six families, in the present Millis, and six others not far distant in the present Sherborn, had settled on the “west side,” and for their safety a stone garrison-house situated near Boggastow pond, an expansion of the brook, a half mile or more northeasterly from Joseph’s (Daniell) residence had been erected. This house says the history, was at one time occupied as a dwelling by Mr. Fairbanks. Tradition says at the time of the raid upon the west side (which was on the morning following the burning of the town) Joseph was at home alone attending to his cattle, his wife and children (eldest being 10 years of age) having been previously sent to the stronghold, and knowing his peril was on the watch and seeing at a distance the enemy approaching fled to the blockhouse. The Indians came up, burned his buildings and followed on to the rendezvous in which most of the residents of the vicinity had gathered, besieging it persistently for days, but failed in all their attempts, and finally withdrew. Two months later there was another alarm and a second unsuccessful attack on the garrison here assembled. It is related that on one of these occasions a farm cart was loaded with hay, flax and other combustibles, set on fire and started on its errand of destruction down the slope on which the house was situated, but turning aside it rested against a rock and the garrison was unharmed. A shot from the house is said to have dispatched one of the venturesome assailants who attempted to start it again on its course." Source: Notes on a Franklin Branch of the Daniell, or Daniels Family by George F. Daniels.
Published in Oxford, Massachusetts, 1897
George FAIRBANKS old stone fort
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Life Returns to Normal
Joseph and Mary rebuilt their home and continued to develop their land and grow their family.April 24, 1677, Joseph and Mary's third son, Ebenezer was born.
March 09, 1678/79, Elizabeth, daughter number three is born.
March 17, 1679/80, Jeremiah, son number four is born
June 16, 1680, 3-month-old Jeremiah dies
Birth of Eleazer
March 09, 1680/81, Eleazer, the last child of Joseph and Mary Daniell, was born. He was named after Mary's uncle, Eleazer Fairbanks...Mary Daniell's Father Dies
January 10, 1682, George Fairbanks Sr. falls through the ice while crossing the Charles River and drowns.Death of Wife - Mary Fairbanks Daniell
June 9, 1682, Mary dies at the age of 32 leaving 8 children behind between the ages of 1 and 15 years.Joseph Daniell Marries 2nd Wife
1683, Joseph and Rachel Sheffield married sometime in 1683. She is the 23 year old daughter of William and Mary Sheffield of Sherborn.Family Additions
Together Joseph and Rachel would have 3 additional children.November 3, 1684, Jeremiah was born.
Note: It was a common practice to name a child after a deceased sibling
October 16, 1686, Rachel was born
April 9, 1687, Zechariah was born
Death of Wife, Rachel
May 3, 1687, tragedy strikes again when Rachel dies less than a month after the birth of Zechariah. While we have no way of knowing why Rachel died it's clear that life during the 1600's was filled with the harsh reality that complications from childbirth could often lead to an early death.Building a Mill
1686, Medway agreed to give Joseph Daniell rights to dam the Boggastowe Brook as long as he agreed to maintain a mill. This was the first mill that Joseph and his descendents were to maintain on the Boggastowe over the next 138 years.Joseph and Mary's home and barn are still standing, having been rebuilt after being burned by attacking Indians during King Philips War.
Joseph Daniell Marries 3rd Wife
1697, Joseph Daniel and Lydia Adams Allen married sometime in 1697. Lydia was the widow of James Allen.Eleazer Moves to Mendon
May 5, 1705 Eleazer, now 24 years old bought 20 acres of land in Mendon, Massachusetts 15 miles southwest of his home on Island Road in Medfield.Joseph Daniell Dies
resting place of George FAIRBANKS, Joseph DANIELL and Mary FAIRBANKS DANIELL (DANIELS)
Medway Massachusetts in 1713
Below is the first map of Medway, Massachusetts. Among many other things the map shows the location of Joseph Daniell Sr., his first son, Joseph Daniell Jr. and 3rd son Ebenezer's homes. In addition, the stone house that provided a safe haven from the attacking Indians is identified in the upper right hand corner as George Fairbanks "stone house".===========================================
Ninth Great Grandparents
9-Abner RAWSON b.1764
8-Amariah RAWSON b.1787
7-Adaline RAWSON b.1811
6-Mary DUNN b.1833
5-Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
4-George Ensign SMITH b.1898
3-Camilla SMITH b.1926
2-Lark
1-JR
Ninth Great Grandparents
12- Deacon Joseph DANIELS b. Abt 1640 of Medfield, Norfolk, MA, d. 23 Jun 1715 and his wife 12-Mary FAIRBANKS b.10 Sep 1647 Dedham, Norfolk, MA, d. 9 Jun 1682 Mary was the daughter of Capt. George FAIRBANKS and Mary ADAMS and grand daughter of Jonathan FAIRBANKS.
11-Captain Eleazer DANIELS b.1681
10-Rachel DANIELS b.1720 11-Captain Eleazer DANIELS b.1681
9-Abner RAWSON b.1764
8-Amariah RAWSON b.1787
7-Adaline RAWSON b.1811
6-Mary DUNN b.1833
5-Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859
4-George Ensign SMITH b.1898
3-Camilla SMITH b.1926
2-Lark
1-JR
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