Individual Notes

Note for: Hugh Parsons, 1613 - 1684 Index

Individual Note:
Concerning Hugh and Elizabeth Parsons, the parents of Grace, the following appears upon record: Hugh was born 1613 and died 1684. July 3, 1662, he and his wife Elizabeth sold eighteen acres to Wm. Wood. Hugh was made freeman in 1663, and Aug. 10, 1667, enlisted in a troop of horse.

The date of his marriage to Elizabeth, who was the widow of Wm. England, is not known, nor is her maiden name known.

The children of Hugh and Elizabeth Parsons were Grace above mentioned, who married Wm. Bailey, and Hannah, who married first Henry Matteson of East Greenwich, from whom descended the numerous family of Mattesons of East Greenwich and West Greenwich, and secondly Charles Hazelton.

July 20, 1670, Hugh Parsons declares, "that, having taken into my custody the estate of my grandchild, Hugh Bailey, left and given him by his deceased father, William Bailey, I covenant in the sum of ś100, that at my death and death of present wife, my aforesaid grandson shall be true and absolute owner of all my land I now possess, with buildings, etc." Also April 15, 1672, "If said Hugh die before decease of wife or self, then above mentioned land shall return to my daughter Hannah or her next heir, and to daughter Hannah, to bring up grandson, is given a cow." In the will of Hugh Parsons, which was dated January 11, 1684, and proved March 14, 1684, he gives to his grandson, Hugh Bailey, at decease of wife, his house and land, and a third of his stock of movables, but if Hugh Bailey die before he enjoy it, then to his heirs. Wife to bring up grandson, and he to be helpful to her. Hugh Parsons was deputy in 1678. He and his wife were both born about 1613. He died in 1684 as above indicated, his wife some time later.

Source: Bibliographic Information: Descendant. Records of the Bailey Family. Rhode Island: Standard Printing Company, 1895

Individual Notes

Note for: William Bailey, 1628 - BEF 20 JUL 1670 Index

Individual Note:
WILLIAM BAILEY, the ancestor of the branch of the Bailey family whose record appears in the following pages, probably became a resident of Newport, R. I., soon after the settlement of the town. The partial destruction of the town records during the war of the Revolution leaves but meager gleanings concerning the lives of the early settlers of Newport. It is a matter of record, however, that June 14, 1655, William Bailey of Newport, bought of Gabriel Hicks certain land bounded partly by the sea, etc. Also, March 5, 1656, "he, called William Bailey, Sr., with Gabriel Hicks, sold Joshua Coggeshall of Portsmouth, twenty-one acres in Newport."

The tradition among the older members of the family is that he was a resident of London, and that his occupation was that of a weaver of silk ribbon.

His parentage, the place of his nativity, date of birth and death are alike unknown. His death, however, is known to have occurred some time previous to July 20, 1670.

Source: Bibliographic Information: Descendant. Records of the Bailey Family. Rhode Island: Standard Printing Company, 1895

Individual Notes

Note for: Edward Bailey, ABT 1660 - 1712 Index

Individual Note:
EDWARD2 BAILEY, probably son of William,1 married Frances (???), and resided in Newport and Tiverton, R. I. He died 1712.

In his will, dated Aug. 18, 1711, he bequeathed to his son Edward and daughter Sarah Bailey, all his estate, real and personal, excepting his interest in Pocasset, which he gave his son John; Edward and Sarah, to allow their mother Frances a comfortable maintenance for life; his daughter Elizabeth, wife of George Manchester, had as her part a three-year-old heifer.

Source: Bibliographic Information: Descendant. Records of the Bailey Family. Rhode Island: Standard Printing Company, 1895

Individual Notes

Note for: Thomas Manchester, 1620 - 1691 Index

Individual Note:

Thomas Manchester was an early pioneer of Quinnipiac, called
New Haven after 1640, in the Plantation of Connecticut: since he is
found there in 1639, it would seem probable that he was of the company
of Yorkshire settlers who in 1638 came to America with Ezekiel Rogers,
the famous non-conformist minister, with the view of joining the
Quinnipiac Plantation, although many of them eventually settled
elsewhere. The New Haven colony differed very much from other colonies.
Many of the colonists put up large houses. As an explanation why this
style of building was so general, it may be said that the founders of
New Haven were mainly gentlemen and merchants, used to living in
superior houses in London and other parts of England. For a period,
Thomas continued at Quinnipiac, but removed to Portsmouth, R.I, before
1642. On February 25/1642 he was appointed to serve on the next jury.
From 1674 till his death, he was Town Sergeant. He became a
considerable landed proprietor. Prior to 1655 he acquired land on the
island of Aquidneck, and on January 25/1655, he made a deed of a tract
of 12 acres there to Thomas Wood. On December 10/1657, he shared in the
land division and received eight acres at Portsmouth. He also had share
in Dutch Island and Quononoquet Island, and conveyed his interest in
1/300th right therein to Richard Sisson on July 6/1658. His mansion and
homestead was built on his Portsmouth land. On July 9/1691, Thomas
deeded to his son John, his mansion house and all lands at Portsmouth,
except the piece at the lower end, which had been theretofore deeded to
his son Thomas. According to the deed, half was to be John's on his
brother Thomas' death, and the remaining half upon the death of his
Mother, conditioned always that pay to his brothers Thomas, William and
Stephen, 10 shillings each, to Job 20/-, and to his sisters Mary and
Elizabeth, ten shillings each. John also received from his father his
personal property, cattle, chattels, implements, bonds, sums of money,
and whatever belonged to him at the time of his death.
        Thomas Manchester married, prior to 1650, Margaret Wood, who
died about 1693, daughter of John Wood of Portsmouth, R.I., who
bequeathed to his daughter Margaret the sum of ś8.

Source:
    "The Manchester Family of Rhode Island",
by Alden and Rita C. Manchester, Takoma Park, Md., in the New England
Historic Genealogical Society of Boston Register, October 1947.

Individual Notes

Note for: Angell Husted, 1620 - 1706 Index

Individual Note:
     Angell Husted, above referred to, born in England, about 1620; settled in Greenwich, Conn.; d. there, in April, 1706; was a witness in July, 1640, to the Indian Deed of Greenwich, Old Town, to Robert Feaks and Daniel Patrick, and was one of the original patentees named in the patent granted to the Town of Greenwich, in May, 1665; married Rebecca (???), and had: REBECCA, first of four children, born about 1645; married Jonathan Reynolds.

       Reference: "Ye Historie of Greenwich," S. P. Mead--The Husted Family,
        pp. 576-77, compiled by Spencer P. Mead, L.LB., with
        the assistance of the Hon. James W. Husted, A.B., LL. B.,
        of the New York Bar, Peekskill, N. Y., N.S.D.A.C.,
        1921-24.

     Summary of Ancestry:
    1. ROBERT HUSTED, b. England, 1596, d. Stamford, Conn., 1652; m. England,
        Elizabeth Miller, b. England, d. Stamford, Conn., 1654.
    2. ANGELL HUSTED, b. England, abt. 1620, d. Greenwich, Conn., April, 1706;
        m. Rebecca Sherwood, b. abt. 1632, d. 1654.
    3. REBECCA HUSTED, b. abt. 1645, d. (???); m. 1658, Jonathan Reynolds, b.
        1636, d. 1673.
    4. SARAH REYNOLDS, b. 1665, d. (???); m. 1687, Joseph Mead, b. abt. 1657,
        d. 1714.
    5. JEREMIAH MEAD, b. Aug. 6, 1702, d. 1742; m. 1725, Hannah St. John, b.
        1703, d. June 30, 1746.
    6. STEPHEN MEAD, b. 1728, d. Oct. 18, 1806; m. Oct. 31, 1751, Rachel Sanford,
        b. Feb. 12, 1708, d. abt. 1800.
    7. ESTHER MEAD, b. Aug. 11, 1760, d. Dec. 22, 1836; m. abt. 1777, Isaiah
        Hungerford, b. Jan. 23, 1758, d. June 16, 1833.
    8. ELIZABETH HUNGERFORD, b. Feb. 7, 1798, d. Jan. 7, 1878; m. April 29, 1821,
        Nash David Phelps, b. Oct. 4, 1796, d. April 15, 1884.

Descendants of Joanna Arms of Yarmouth, 8th to 10th Generations; Daughters of the American Colonists, 1931, pp. 29-36, No. 2089; Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century, 1932, p. 147, No. 772; ancestry traced by the author of this book

Source: Bibliographic Information: Rixford, Elizabeth M. Leach. Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service. Tuttle Company. Vermont. 1934.

Individual Notes

Note for: Thomas Sherwood, 24 DEC 1590 - 21 JUL 1655 Index

Individual Note:
     30 April 1634. Passengers of the Francis of Ipswich, Mr. John Cutting, captain, bound for New England (landed at Plymouth or Boston, MA): from the Pubic Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, England)

Thomas Sherwood 48 and Alice his wife 47, Anna Sherwood 14, Rose Sherwood 11, Thomas Sherwood 10, Rebecca Sherwood 9

THOMAS SHERWOOD, born about 1586; married (first) Alice and (second) Mary. In April, 1634, Thomas Sherwood, aged 48, with his wife, Alice, aged 47, and children, Anna (14), Rose (11), Thomas (10), and Rebecca (9), sailed from Ipswich, County Suffolk, England, on the ship "Frances." He was in Wethersfield and Stamford for a time and as early as 1648 settled in Fairfield, Connecticut.

His will, dated July 21, 1655, proved October 25, 1655, differentiates between the children by his first wife, and those by the second wife, Mary. Possibly the eldest four children named in his will did not come to this country, as they did not accompany their parents on the "Frances." His widow, Mary, married John Banks, who was prominent in Fairfield and Rye, and survived him until 1694. (Statements to the effect that Mary was a Fitch are doubted.)

Source: Bibliographic Information: Bullard, Edgar J. Bennett and Allied Families. Detroit, Michigan. 1931.

In spite of the use of the name "Sherwood" in England for the purpose of identifying places such as the Sherwood Forest, information regarding the early roots of the Sherwood family is very meager.

Thomas Sherwood is listed among the passengers of the ship, Francis. Thomas Sherwood was born in England about 1586. His wife's name was Alice and she was born about 1587. They lived several years in Massachusetts and then moved to Fairfield, Connecticut where he had land before 1650. In his will dated July 21, 1655 he mentions all of his children and his wife, Mary, showing that he had a second wife.

Probably the first four children belonged to Alice and the rest to Mary. The children were:

     1. Ann, b. 1620 in England.
     2. Rose, b. 1623 in England.
     3. Thomas, b. 1624 in England.
     4. Rebecca, b. 1625 in England.
     5. Stephen, probably born in America.
     6. Matthew, became a captain, m. Sarah Turney.
     7. Isaac.
     8. Tamsen.
     9. Margery.
     10. Ruth.
     11.Abigail.
     12.Mary.

Source: Bibliographic Information: Leonard, Lewis Keeler. Seven Hundred Ancestors. Privately Published. 1975.

    They landed on Cape Cod and after several years in Massachusetts, came to Weathersfield, Conn., finally 1648, settled in Fairfield, where Thomas Sherwood bought land, 1650. In 1654, he was Deputy to the General Court. A bill of sale of land to John Hawley by Sherwood, appears on Stamford, Conn. Land Records. In 1650, he bought land at Barlow's Plain, Fairfield, Conn. He was a pioneer of Rippowams, later called Stamford. In 1654, to 1663, Thomas Sherwood is spoken of as Ancient Town Clerk of Stratford. Thomas Sherwood and Thomas Fairchild, Sr., were appointed by the General Court to draft men in 1654, for the proclaimed Narragansett War. He was a Representative from Sgratford in 1645. He served as a Deputy with Roger Ludlow, in the General Court, 1650. His wife Alice Seabrook was born 1583, and is said to have married (second) Lieut. John Banks. She was the daughter of Robert Seabrook, who came to America with the Sherwoods, settled at Stratford, and died about 1650, aged 85. Thomas Sherwood brought with him to Fairfield his 2nd. wife, Mary (???), by whom he had six more children. His will is dated July 21, 1655, and proved Oct. 26, 1655.

Individual Notes

Note for: Robert Seabrook, 25 SEP 1563 - ABT 1650 Index

Individual Note:
Robert Seabrook came to America with the Sherwoods on board the "Francis" in 1634, settled at Stratford, and died about 1650, aged 85.

Individual Notes

Note for: Robert Husted, 1596 - 8 JUL 1652 Index

Individual Note:
     In 1628, Robert's possible home could have been in the towns or area around Pilsdon or Stratton in Dorset. Tax records of 1628 may list Robert in Pilsdon. Husted researchers say that Robert Husted's possible first wife was Anne Moon, and children born to them in Bridgeport, Dorset, England were Morgan, Anne, and Deanes. A woman, possibly later to be Robert's second wife, Elizabeth Miller, was Christened in Stratton, Dorset, and their children who were probably born in Dorset, England were Angell, Ann, and Robert jr.

In 1635, Robert was a member of the Weymouth Parish, and left England with the Crewkerne Parish Leader Joseph Hull, sailing from the Port of Weymouth, England.

In the Mount Wooluston area of Boston, Massachusetts, Robert was granted eight acres for his family.
As of October,1642, in a town meeting in Stamford, Connecticut Robert Husted was given "these lots as other men", (seven acres of "marsh and woodlandland").

__________________________________________________________________________ __________

HUSTED ANCESTRY
ROBERT HUSTED, born probably in County Somerset, England, in 1596, sailed for Massachusetts, in 1635, where he remained for a few years, and then removed to Stamford, Conn. "Robert and Angell Husted both came from County Dorset. Robert married Elizabeth Miller." He was witness in July, 1640, to the Indian deed of Greenwich, Old Town, to Robert Feaks, and Daniel Patrick, and was granted a parcel of land at Stamford, in October, 1642, and died there in 1652, owning land in both Stamford and Greenwich. His widow, Elizabeth, survived him and died at Stamford, in 1654.

     Their children were:

    1. ANGELL, b. in England abt. 1620, settled in Greenwich, Conn., where he d.
        in April, 1706.
    2. ANN, b. in England abt. 1623, d. Dec. 13, 1707; m. at Stamford, Conn. in
        1650, Richard Hardy, and had: Sarah, Samuel, Hannah, Susannah,
        Ruth, Mary, and Abigail.
    3. ROBERT, b. in England abt. 1626; m. at Stamford, Conn., Jan. 9, 1655,
        Elizabeth Buxton, removed to Westchester County, N. Y., where he
        d. Nov. 23, 1704, and had: Robert, Samuel, John, Jonathan, David,
        Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary.

Source: Bibliographic Information: Rixford, Elizabeth M. Leach. Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service. Tuttle Company. Vermont. 1934.

Individual Notes

Note for: Anna Manchester, ABT 1705 - 1793 Index

Individual Note:
She may have been Ann Williston, widow of Edward Manchester. See note by Robert E. Wallace in 1947 in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-1994. This hypothesis was disputed by a later writer, who remarked that Anna Manchester's parentage was unknown.

Individual Notes

Note for: Sarah Stockbridge, BEF 15 MAR 1645/46 - Index

Individual Note:
She was baptized 15 Mar 1645 in Scituate by Guilulmo Wetherell, pastor of the Second Church of Scituate, now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell, Mass.

Individual Notes

Note for: John Stockbridge, ABT 1607 - 1658 Index

Individual Note:
On 17 June 1635, John, aged twenty-seven, Ann (his first wife), twenty-one, and their son Charles, one, left the Port of London on the "Blessing," John Lecester, master, and arrived in New England, probably at Boston, in July of that year. The Stockbridges soon settled at Scituate in the Colony of New Plymouth, where John carried on his trade. He was a wheelright.

John Stockbridge spent many of his early years at Scituate letting be known his dissatisfaction with the system of goverment which had been adopted. On 5 June 1638 he was first presented and fined in the Plymouth Colony Court "for disgraceful speeches, tending to the contempt of the government, and for jeering speeches to them that did reprove him for it." The following 4 September he was fined ten shillings "for contemptuous words against the government."

The New England Genealogical Register, Vol. 133 (1979), The Descendants of John Stockbridge, by Roger D. Joslyn, pp. 94-101.

Individual Notes

Note for: Walter Woodworth, ABT 1612 - BET 26 NOV 1685 AND 25 FEB 1685/86 Index

Individual Note:
     WALTER WOODWORTH was born in England in about 1612, and died in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, early in 1686; parentage unknown. He is the primary ancestor of most of the Woodworths in America, although it is rumored that a brother also immigrated.

He married about 1639/40. No record has been found of his wife's name. She was living in March 1676, but had died by 26 November 1685, when Walter made his Will, naming ten children.

Some have speculated that Walter married Elizabeth Rogers, the daughter of Thomas Rogers of the "Mayflower." Elizabeth Daniel, authoress of Thomas Rogers, Pilgrim and Some of His Descendants, 1980, states, "Whether Thomas Rogers really had a daughter Elizabeth at all is a matter of theory. There are records in Leyden, Holland, that suggest that two daughters lived there with their mother, but there is no absolute proof. Whether one or both of these possible daughters ever came to America, we don't know....”

Walter may have indentured himself for a time in order to pay his passage expenses, as the records do mention Walter as having "come as a servant" to Plymouth Colony. Plymouth Court Records of 2 Jan. 1633/4 order "that whereas by indenture many are bound to give their servants land at the expiration of their terms, it is ordered that they have it at Scituate or some other convenient place, where it may be useful."

There is no record of his presence on any of the many ships which sailed from England to the Colonies in the 17th century. Many early Scituate settlers were from County Kent in England, and it has been thought that Walter may have come from there as well, perhaps as one of Rev. John Lothrop's followers from Edgerton in Kent. Rev. Lothrop, first pastor of the church in Scituate, arrived in Boston, Sept. 1634 on the "Griffin," with some 30 members of his congregation, both from London and Kent. This was six months after Walter is first recorded in Plymouth Colony.

The Will of Walter Woodworth

Walter's will, found in Plymouth, MA, in the late 1800s, provides much information. A map is available showing seven properties that he owned in Seconet mentioned in the will. Seconet is south of Scituate, MA. I

In the name of God, Amen. I, Walter Woodward, of Scituate, in the jurisdiction of New Plymouth in New England, in America, being weak in body, but of sound mind and perfect memory, praise to Almighty God for the same, do make this my last will and Testament in manner as followeth:

First, and most principally, I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my creator, in and through Jesus Christ, my only Saviour and Redeemer, and my body unto decent and ... burial at the discretion of my executors with the advice of the rest of my sons hereafter named.

And my temporal estate I dispose of as hereafter followeth:

Imprimis. I give and bequeath unto Thomas Woodward, my eldest son, a parcel of upland containing five acres, lying in Scituate aforesaid, bounded by the lands of Henry Ewell on the south and the Common on the north, to be enjoyned to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give unto my two sons, Thomas and Joseph, ten acres of Marsh land, to be equally divided between them, which lyeth by Suzons - bounded by the Marsh of Anthony Collimer on the east, by the Marsh of Thomas Clap, deceased, on the north, in Scituate aforesaid to be enjoyned to them and their heirs forever.

Item: I give to Thomas Woodward, my son, one-third part of all my land at Seconet which I purchased. The other two-thirds I give unto my two sons, Benjamin and Isaac Woodward, to be equally divided between them, to be enjoyned to them and their heirs forever, excepting twenty-five acres, of which I do give unto my son Joseph, to be enjoyned to him and his heirs forever. Ten acres of which I do give unto my daughter, Martha, to her, her heirs forever, of which two quantities of land is to be deducted out of the two-thirds of my land lying at Seconet given to my two sons, Benjamin and Isaac aforesaid. All the rest of my land at Seconet, which is yet to be purchased, I give unto my two sons, Thomas and Joseph Woodward, to be divided equally between them, to be enjoyned to them and their heirs forever.

Item: I give to Benjamin, my son aforesaid, my dwelling-house with my barns and other outhousing, with all my land, both upland and marshland thereunto belonging, that is to say, twenty acres of upland, be it more or less bounded by land of John Turner to the west and by land of Joseph Otis to the east and six acres of marshland more or less bounded by the land of Joseph Otis to the north east, and by the first herring brook towards the south -- all of which said housings and land with all the appurtenances thereof, the commons and privileges thereunto belonging I give to the said Benjamin, my son, his heirs forever, always provided upon condition that my son, Benjamin, aforesaid, do pay and allow the sum of seventy pounds unto my son, Joseph, and my six daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehitabel and Abigail, ten pounds apiece, to be paid to them at three payments, viz, one-third part of the said seventy pounds to be paid to my said children within three years after my decease and the other two-thirds to be paid in the two following years, that is to say -- in each year a third of the said sum of seventy pounds, and each payment to be paid, the one-half in silver and the other half to be paid in corn and cattell. Further, my will is that my son Benjamin, aforesaid, do allow my two daughters, Mehitabel and Abigail, the lower room or parlor at the northeasterly end of my dwelling house aforesaid, for their use during the time they do live unmarried.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my said two daughters, Mehitabel and Abigail, my feather bed with the furniture thereunto belonging and all the rest of my houshold goods I give unto my six daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehitabel and Abigail, to be divided equally among them. The rest of my estate undisposed of by this my last will and testament, I give and bequeath to all my children, all my debts, funeral expenses being first paid, to be equally divided amongst them ,

Item: I do constitute and appoint my son, Benjamin, aforesaid, the sole executor of this my last will and testament, whom I do appoint my to sons, Thomas and Joseph Woodard, overseers of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty six day of November, 1685.

The Mark of WALTER WOODWARD X

Signed, sealed and acknowledged in presence of:

THEO. KING, Senior,

THOMAS PALMER,

CHARLES STOCKBRIDGE

The following comes from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson:

WOODWORTH, WALTER [1633, Plymouth]
WALTER WOODWORTH

ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
REMOVES: Scituate

FREEMAN: Propounded as a freeman on 1 December 1640 and admitted 2 March 1640/1 [PCR 2:3, 8]. "Walter Woodward" in Scituate section of 1639 (added after his admission on 2 March 1640/1), 1658, 29 May 1670 and early 1683 lists of Plymouth Colony freemen [PCR 5:275, 8:175, 198, 204].
EDUCATION: Signed his will by mark. His inventory included his "purse & apparel & books" valued at ś5 10s.
OFFICES: Scituate surveyor of highways, 4 June 1645, 2 June 1646, 3 June 1656 [PCR 2:84, 102, 3:100]. Arbiter, 4 June 1645, 3 June 1662/3, 9 June 1665 [PCR 2:85, 4:31, 100]. Coroner's jury, 1 July 1680 [PCR 6:45].
        Walter Woodworth was in the Scituate section of 1643 Plymouth list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:191].
ESTATE: "Walter Woodart" assessed 9s. in Plymouth tax list of 27 March 1634 [PCR 1:29].
        He is on the 3 June 1662 list of servants and ancient freemen granted land [PCR 4:18] and as a consequence on 4 October 1664 was granted sixty acres [PCR 4:75].
        In his will, dated 26 November 1685 and proved 2 March 1685/6, "Walter Woodward of Sittuate" bequeathed to "Thomas Woodward my eldest son a parcel of upland containing five acres" in Scituate; to "my two sons Thomas & Joseph Woodward ten acres of marshland" in Scituate to be equally divided; to "the said Thomas my son one-third part of all my lands at Seconet which is purchased, & the other two-thirds I give unto my son two sons Beniamin & Isaak Woodward" to be equally divided, "excepting twenty & five acres which I do give unto my son Joseph ... & ten acres the which I do give unto my daughter Martha"; "all the rest of my land at Seconett which is yet to be purchased I give unto my two sons Thomas & Joseph Woodward" to be equally divided; to "Beniamin my son aforesaid my dwelling house with my barn & other outhousing with all my land both upland and marshland thereunto belonging, that is to say twenty acres of upland ... & six acres of marsh~land ... upon condition that my son Beniamin aforesaid do pay & allow the sum of seventy pounds unto my son Joseph & my six daughters Sarah, Elyzabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehetabel & Abigaile," ś10 apiece, and permit "my two daughters Mehetable & Abigaile" to live in the house as long as they are unmarried; to "my said two daughters Mehetable & Abigaile my feather bed with the furniture thereunto belonging & all the rest of my household goods I give unto my six daughters Sarah, Elyzabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehetabel & Abigaile" to be divided equally; residue of estate to "all my children"; "my son Beniamin" to be sole executor and "my two sons Thomas & Joseph" to be overseers [PCLR 5:382-83].
        The inventory of the estate of Walter Woodworth was taken 25 February 1685/6 and totalled ś355 10s., of which ś310 was real estate: "one dwelling house & barn & upland & meadow land adjoining thereto with common privileges," ś140; "ten acres of salt meadow land," ś50; "five acres of upland," ś20; and "one whole share of land at Saconet," ś100 [PCLR 5:383-84].

BIRTH: By about 1612 based on taxation in 1633.
DEATH: Scituate between 26 November 1685 (date of will) and 25 February 1685/6 (date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: By about 1641 _____ _____; she died after about 1664.
CHILDREN:
        i THOMAS, b. say 1641; m. Scituate 8 February 1666[/7] Deborah Daman, daughter of John Daman.
        ii SARAH, b. say 1643; apparently married by 26 November 1685 (father's will).
        iii JOSEPH, b. say 1645; m. Scituate 6 January 1669[/70] Sarah Stockbridge [NEHGR 133:100-01].
        iv ELIZABETH, b. say 1648; in court 27 October 1675, 7 March 1675/6 and 22 July 1676 [PCR 5:181-82, 188, 208] about a child with Robert Stedson (Joseph Woodman calls her sister [PCR 5:208]); apparently married by 26 November 1685 (father's will).
        v MARY, b. Scituate 10 March 1650/1; m. Scituate 24 December 1677 Aaron Simmons (or Simonson), son of MOSES SIMONSON.
        vi BENJAMIN, b. say 1656; m. (1) by about 1680 Deborah _____ ("Deborah the wife [and] Elizabeth [and] Deborah the children of Beniamin Woddward" were bp. at Scituate on 16 July 1682 [NEHGR 57:319]); m. (2) by 1691 Hannah _____ (on 24 June 1691 "Benjamin Woodworth and Hannah Woodworth his wife" acknowledged a deed in which Benjamin sold the land he had inherited from his father [PLR 3:11]).
        vii ISAAC, b. say 1658; m. by an unknown date Lydia Standlake, daughter of Richard Standlake [PLR 8:172-74, 207-08; NEHGR 87:84].
        viii MARTHA, b. say 1660; m. Scituate June 1679 Zachary Daman, son of John Daman.
        ix MEHETABEL, b. Scituate 15 August 1662; "Mehittable Woodworth," daughter of "Walter Woodworth" of Scituate, was a victim of witchcraft, "almost bereaved of her senses," 6 March 1676/7 [PCR 5:223]; unmarried on 26 November 1685 (father's will).
        x ABIGAIL, b. say 1664; unmarried on 26 November 1685 (father's will).

COMMENTS: Savage, following Deane, says that the immigrant had a son Walter Woodworth who had children "Mary, b. 1658; Mehitable, 1662; and Ebenezer, 1664" [Savage 4:648]. There is only evidence of one Walter Woodworth in early New England, as no record refers to Walter Sr. or Jr. The immigrant had daughters named Mary and Mehitable; no record for an Ebenezer is seen.
        Paul W. Prindle and Robert S. Wakefield have commented briefly on some errors in secondary sources regarding marriages in this family [TAG 32:203, 61:140].
        In arranging the children of Walter Woodworth, the assumption has been made that in his will he named his sons in birth order and his daughters in birth order. This permits a birth sequence for the children which is consistent with other known dates.
        On 7 July 1681 "Walter Woodworth of Scittuate" sued Japhett Turner for tearing down some of his fencing, and was awarded "five shillings damage and the cost of the suit"; the "Bill of Cost," apparently prepared by Woodworth himself, totalled ś3 16s. [PCR 7:238-39].

Individual Notes

Note for: Henry Dyer, ABT 1676 - 1742 Index

Individual Note:

Dyer, Henry, Keeper of the Alms House [issue Aug.31,1742, Boston Gazette]

CHRISTENING: Old North church, Boston

Prob born Boston. He kept the Alms House at Boston from 1732 to 1740. His wife Hannah did so after his death.

Lived in Kingstown, Newport, RI, Lebanon CT, Boston, Mass. After 1st wife died (1723-1726) he removed from Connecticut to Boston.

According to NEHGR Vol 145, p263: "By 22 Aug 1697 Henry and his first wife
Mary were of Newport, and they were at Hebron, Conn. by July 1715 and Lebanon., by June 28 1718. On 18 Dec 1726 Henry was dismissed from the Columbia Church in Lebanon to the New South church in Boston, and on 24 April 1732 he sold all of his land in Lebanon to his brother Barrett Dyre of Boston. From 1732-1740 he kept the almshouse at Boston, and his wife did so after his death."

Occupation: cordwainer
Source: Sam Behling

Individual Notes

Note for: Mary Royce, BET 1673 AND 1675 - Index

Individual Note:
Most published gedcoms report that Mary died in 1675, either the year of her birth or two years later. Several contradict this and have her married to either Henry Dyer or Samuel Lewis. Sources are skimpy or absent.