Brown Martin B.

Notes:

Robert E. Brown married Mary Loghry from Canisteo, Stueben County, NY., dau. of Joseph Leander and Mary Nancy ( Santee) Loghry on 14 Aug. 1831. They were married the same day in a double wedding with his sister, Juliette to Charles E.Loghry. Robert was known to his family as "Emm" as referred to in letters written in later years by his brother-in-law, Charles Loghry to Wm. Henry Harrison, (Henry) Loghry.

After "Emm" and Mary (Molly) were married, they lived for many years at Brown's Crossing where they conducted a tavern. This they sold in 1855 to Curtis Allen and removed to the Mitchell Ellison farm on North Hill, Cameron, where Emm died.

In a letter written by Charles Loghry to his son, Henry, from Cameron, March 15, 1880; "your unkel Emm is very poorley this winter he lais A bed the most of the time. He haint bin from home in nine years. He is nothing but skin and bones."

In the 1870 census for Cameron, Steuben county, NY, it mentioned one of the daughters, Anna, age 20, was idiotic.

The farm on North Hill is still in Loghry (Gerald and Sylvia Loghry) possession in 1998.

According to the History of Saratoga County, NY by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, 1878, Robert's father, Samuel R. Brown and family were in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, NY between the years 1809 and April of 1812 at which time he took his family to Albany, NY.

Robert married Loghry Mary on 14 Aug 1831 in Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY. Mary (daughter of Loghry Joseph Leander and Santee Mary) was born on 17 Oct 1815 in Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY; died on 29 Sep 1881 in Cameron, Steuben Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In a letter from the County Clerk's Office, Bath, NY; Virginia Dickey writes that Mary was born in 1807. After she married Robert E. Brown, they afterward resided in the vicinity of Brown's Crossing. Brown operated the sawmill, that of her father's at Brown's Crossing for many years and also resided up on the Robert Waters farm at the gulf. (This must be near the old school house up on Oregon Road.)

In a letter from the County Clerk's Office, Bath, NY; Virginia Dickey writes that Mary was born in 1807. After she married Robert E. Brown, they afterward resided in the vicinity of Brown's Crossing. Brown operated the sawmill, that of her father's at Brown's Crossing for many years and also resided up on the Robert Waters farm at the gulf. (This must be near the old school house up on Oregon Road.)

Notes:

SAMUEL RIGHT (WRIGHT) BROWN, 1775-1817


Samuel was a noted journalist, author and publisher in the upper New York area from 1807 to his death in 1817. His first newspaper, the New York Guardian in Albany, was published in Johnstown in 1807-1808. He was in Ballston Spa, 1809, Milton in 1810, in Saratoga Springs, 1812, in Albany, 1813 and 1814 started the Cayuga Patriot in Auburn, NY. He and his family lived in Auburn, Cayuga County, NY at the time of his death in 1817.

On Feb 5, 1814, he established the Geographical and Military Museum paper. It was a quarto size with eight pages to an issue. He listed twenty three distributors for the Museum, including publishers in New York City, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The paper gave detailed accounts of geographical areas, reported on the War of 1812 and other military events such as the war in France.

In 1804, David C. Miller began at Court-house Hill the publication of the Saratoga Advertiser, size of page, thirteen by eighteen, or one-fourth that of the present Ballston Journal; terms of subscription not stated; politics anti-Federal. In the issue of Sept. 23, 1806, appeared the following advertisement:

"FOR SALE. -A healthy middle-aged negro wench and child. For particulars, inquire of the printer."

In that year a man named Riggs was taken into partnership. He was bought out in 1807 by Samuel R. Brown, and the name was coolly changed to The Aurora Borealis and Saratoga Advertiser. In 1808, Mr. Brown retired from the establishment, and Mr. Miller restored the original name. It was discontinued in 1811, and the office merged into that of of The Independent American. Mr. Brown went to Saratoga Springs in 1809, and in that year began the publication of the Saratoga Patriot. He moved his establishment to Albany in April, 1812, and gave his paper the name of the Albany Republican. He sold out in the latter part of the year 1813, and went to Auburn, Cayuga Co., where in 1814 he started the Cayuga Patriot, which he conducted for several years until his death in 1817.

It is apparent from the books he authored, Samuel had a wandering spirit. He also had a curious mind and a wonderful sense of humor that becomes obvious when one reads his newspaper articles and his books.

In the autobiography of Thurlow Weed, who later became a famous politician and journalist, he writes that he came to work for Samuel in the fall of 1814 in the upstairs printing office on Lumber Lane, an old street following an Indian trail situated between what was later known as Mechanic Street and the creek, in the small village of Auburn.

"When I arrived at Utica, I learned that Samuel R. Brown, editor of a paper at Auburn was about to publish a "History of the War" and wanted a Journeyman. I lost no time in making my way to Auburn, and became immediately an inmate of Mr. Brown's printing office and dwelling.

Out of my seven weeks residence there, Mr. Dickens would have found characters and incidents for a novel as rich and as original as that of "David Copperfield" or "Nicholas Nickleby."

Mr. Brown, himself was an even-tempered, easy-going, good natured man, who took no thought of what he should eat or what he should drink or wherewithal he should be clothed. He wrote his editorials and his "History of the War" upon his knee, with two or three children about him, playing or crying as the humor took them. Mrs. Brown was placid, emotionless and slipshod. Both were inperturbable. Nothing disturbed either. There was no regular hour for breakfast or dinner, but meals were always under or over-done. In short, like a household described by an early English author, "everything upon the table was sour, except the vinegar." The printing sympathized with the housekeeping. We worked at intervals during the day; and while making a pretense of working in the evening, those hours were generally devoted to blindman's bluff with two or three neighboring girls, or to juvenile concerts by Richard Oliphant, an amateur vocalist and type-setter, to whom I became much attached."

Auburn, NY was then a small village without a sidewalk or a pavement, and, with the exception of Sacketts Harbor, the muddiest place I ever saw. It was muddy, rought-hewn, and straggling."
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In the book, "History of Auburn" pp. 117-119 reads of Hon. Thurlow Weed;
These are the circumstances in his own words: (Some what different than above.)

"Nor shall we ever forget the upper story of a wagon-maker's shop, where the "Cayuga Patriot" was first printed; for there we worked, and larghed, and played away most of the winter of 1814. Samuel R. Brown, who published the "Patriot", was an honest, amiable, easy, slip-shod sort of man, whose patient, good-natured wife was 'cut from the same piece.' Mr. Brown, the year before, had been established at Albany, with a paper called the "Republican, " under the auspices of Governor Tompkins, Chief-Justice Spencer, and other distinguished Republicans, with whom Mr.Southwick, of the "Register", and then State printer, had quarreled. The enterprise, like everything in our old friend Brown's hands, failed. and he next found himself at Auburn, then a small village, without a sidewalk or a pavement, and, save for Sackett's Harbor, the muddiest place we ever saw. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were originals. Neither of them, so far as we remember,ever lost their temper or ever fretted. The work in the office was always behind-hand, and the house always in confusion. The paper was never out in season, and neither breakfast nor dinner were ever ready. But it was all the same. Subscibers waited for the paper till it was printed, and we waited for our meals till they were cooked. The office was always full of loungers communicating or receiving news; and but for an amateur type-setter, Richard Oliphant, late editor of the "Oswego County Whig" and brother of the editor of the "Auburn Journal", to whom we became much attached, and who, though a mere boy, used to do a full share of the work, the business would have fallen still further behind-hand."

The same article appeared in "The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879" by Elliot Storke, p. 55 but added:

We will close the Chapter on the History of the Press, with brief, characteristic sketches of a few of the "men of the Press", who, by long and conspicuous connection with it, have won a place in its annals.

The "Cayuga Patriot" was the first paper published in the County that became thoroughly established and continued for a long series of years, under the management, for the most part, of the same persons. The first publisher of that paper, of whom recollections are preserved, was Samuel R. Brown, with whom in 1814, that veteran journalist, Thurlow Weed worked, and of whom he writes: (The same as above.)
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A letter from the American Antiquarian Society of Boston, MA gives the following information:

"We have several issues of the "Cayuga Patriot" printed by Samuel R. Brown at Auburn, NY running from 1814 to 1819. (Others published it because he died in 1817.) Occasional other issues are to be found in various libraries, chiefly in upper New York state. He also published the "Albany Republican", "The Rural Visitor" at Ballston Spa, NY in 1812. "The Saratoga Advertiser" at Ballston Spa, NY until 1813. "The Geographical and Military Museum" at Albany in 1814.
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History of Saratoga County, NY by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, 1878, Chapter XXII, History of the Press:

In that year a man named Riggs was taken into partnership. He was bought out in 1807 by Samuel R. Brown, and the name was coolly changed to The Aurora Borealis and Saratoga Advertiser. In 1808, Mr. Brown retired from the establishment, and Mr. Miller restored the original name. It was discontinued in 1811, and the office merged into that of The Independent American. Mr. Miller moved to Batavia, Genesee Co., and there, in connection with Benjamin Blodgett, started the Republican Advocate, which is still published. Mr. Miller continued to issue the Advocate until near the end of the year 1828. He printed the Morgan pamphlet, which professed to disclose the secrets of the first three degrees of Freemasonry; and a weekly paper, called The Morgan Investigator, was issued from his office in 1827, continuing about a year. At that day he was a conspicuous and famous man. Mr. Brown went to Saratoga Springs in 1809, and in that year began the publication of the Saratoga Patriot. He moved his establishment to Albany in April, 1812, and gave his paper the name of the Albany Republican. He sold out in the latter part of the year 1813, and went to Auburn, Cayuga Co., where in 1814 he started the Cayuga Patriot, which he conducted for several years.


"The Cayuga Patriot was established in Auburn in 1814. It was the first competitor of the "Western Federalist." Representing the views of the Democratic Party, which was fast rising into importance in the State, and contained in it's ranks some of the finest men of the country and district, it was well received and supported. It was a dusky-looking little quarto of eight pages and was printed in a shop on Lumber Lane- an old street following an Indian trail, situated between what is now Mechanic Street and the creek. In this office the Honorable Thurlow Weed set type for several months. (Thurlow Weed later became a journalist and famous politician.)

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OBITUARY FOR SAMUEL R. (WRIGHT) BROWN, given to Ruby Wilson Mortensen in 1940 by Maude Dodd, descendant of Samuel Right Brown, Jr. This was published in the Auburn, NY newspaper:

'Departed this life, on Monday evening past, in the 42nd year of his age.
After a short but very painful illness, Mr Samuel R. Brown. For sometime Mr. Brown had been a resident of this village. Business called him to New York for a few days, where he contracted a fever which terminated in his sudden death. He, however, had returned from the city, as far as Messrs. Gurdon and Mason Fitch, near the village of Cherry Valley, before relinquishing the hope of once more beholding his wife and little ones. Here his desease grew more alarming, his natural strength of body was subdued by suffering..his hopes of home vanished..every worldly prospect fled and he yielded up his spirit to his God, and left his body in the hands of strangers.

"the Clouds and Sunbeams o'er his eye, that once their shades and glory threw, Have left on yonder silent sky, no vestage where they flew."

Mr. Brown was an ardent and sincere friend; possessed of a noble and ingenious disposition, and endowed with a liberal and discriminating mind..and although he had not the advantage of an early classical education, he had, however, by dint of industry and application to the study of men and things, acquire a large fund of practical knowledge and useful information. He spent much time in traveling, particularly in exploring our Western Territories; and as the fruit of his statistical researches in that section of our Country, he wrote the "Western Gazetteer" or "Emigrants Directory" recently published by H. C. Southwick. He was also the author of the "Views of the Campaigns of the Northwestern Army'" and a "History of the Late War" in two volumes. His "Gazetteer" has undergone the criticisms of scientific men and travelers of eminince, and from them received the commendation of a valuable work, especially valuable to those emigrants desirous of settling in our Western Hemisphere.

Mr. Brown was a rational lover of our free, Republican Institutions; warmly attached to the best interests of his country, and ever vigilant and prompt to promote it's prosperity, and defend and enhance it's glory. On the tented field he was a patriotic soldier. In the heat of battle, he stood a hero, undismayed by the crash of arms, unappalled by the sight of blood, and, proud and fearless in the front of danger, he did breast himself against...

"....his country's foe" "......to roll.....onward"

In the late War,(1812) Mr. Brown evinced the spirit of a freeman, under the immediate command of Col. Johnson of Kentucky. Not until Proctor was vanquished and Tucumseh slain upon the battlefield did the unfortunate Brown quit the frontiers of his country and return to the bosom of his family, his kindred and his friends.

In the death of this man, society must deplore the loss of a valuable citizen, but none can so well appreciate his worth and so tenderly feel the bereavement, as his amiable wife and six fatherless and almost helpless children; for from the dutiful husband and affectionate father, they have inherited neither riches or renown, nothing but the remembrance of the paternal sympathies and honorable and patriotic virtues of their friend and sire.

"O Let his babes and wife be cherished and protected in the country which their father loved and defended. Let the hand of Christian charity be opened to succour the needy.....the soul of sympathy awake to welcome. "Weary pilgrims! Welcome here" "Welcome family of grief, welcome to my warmest cheer."

The family and friends of the deceased, return their warmest gratitude to the Messrs. Fitches, and to Doctors White, Little and Pringle, for their kind and diligent attention to Mr. Brown during his illness.'

Auburn Bank..Advocate of the people, by H. C. Southwick.


Samuel's death notice was published in many newspapers including The New York Evening Post
Monday, Sept. 29, 1817 issue:

Died: At Cherry Valley, on the 15th inst.in the 42d yeaar of his age, Mr. Samuel Barown. He was on his return from New-York to Auburn his place of residence. He was the author of the "Western Gazetteer or Emigrant's Directory"--"Views of the campaigns of the Northwestern Army," and a "History of the late war in 2 volumes.

His body is buried in Cherry Valley, Ostego County, NY, perhaps in an unmarked grave. Just outside of Cherry Valley, there is a family cemetery belonging to a Brown family where he may be buried with relatives who came to Cherry Valley area earlier.

In the 1880 Federal Census for St. Anne, Kankakee County, IL, his son, Erasmus Darwin Brown states both Samuel and Eunice were born in CT.

In the 1810 Census for Milton, Saratoga Co., NY, Samuel is listed as having 4 sons under the age of 10, and one son age 10 thru 15. Since none of his shown sons were old enough to be 10 and over in 1810, was he married previously to someone else and had a son by another woman? His first son by Eunice was born in 1804. They were married in 1803. It could possibly have been a younger half-brother staying with them as well.

Samuel married Annable Eunice Mary on 13 Feb 1803 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York. Eunice (daughter of Annable Isaac and Swain Eunice, daughter of Annable Isaac and Peckham Lydia) was born on 01 Apr 1780 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA; died on 24 Mar 1874 in Torrey, Yates Co., NY; was buried in City Hill Cemetery, Dresden, Yates County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It has been a family tradition that Eunice was born in New Bedford, but land records show the family was still in Dartmouth at the time of her birth. No birth records have not been found for the children of Lydia and Isaac Annable in Dartmouth. However, Lydia and Isaac were married and lived in Dartmouth until December of 1780 according to land records, when they moved to New Bedford, MA.

Census records show an Isaac Annable lived in Stillwater in 1800. This is probably Eunice's father.

She and Samuel Right Brown were married in Saratoga on 13 February, 1803. (This information was on a petition to the government to inquire of her eligibility for a land grant because Samuel had served as a volunteer and correspondant in the Volunteer Army in the War of 1812. She was denied the grant.) In this petition, it states that she never remarried but remained a widow of Samuel Right Brown for the rest of her life.

In the autobiography, "The Life of Thurlow Weed" , Weed who once worked for Samuel R. Brown in Auburn's Cuyuga Patriot printing office, wrote; 'Mrs. Brown was placid, emotionless and slipshod. Both were imperturbable. Nothing disturbed either. There was no regular hour for breakfast or dinner, but meals were always under or over done. In short, like a household described by an early English author,"everything upon the table was sour, except the vinegar." The printing sympathized with the housekeeping. This was certainly telling of her personality and character.

Weed also described the village of the Auburn, "as exceedingly muddy, rough-hewn and struggling."

Eunice was head of her household in the census of 1820 and 1825, listing six males and one female. She was not in any census in 1830. She could have moved to Cameron, Steuben County, NY and living with one of her children.

In the census for Torrey, Yates Co., in June 9, 1855, Eunice is listed in the household of her youngest son, Samuel Right Brown, Jr.

By June 19, 1860, she is listed in the household of her son, William Henry Harrison Brown and his wife, Elenor Jane. Samuel, Jr. and family had moved to Indiana and IL by this time.

It has been said that she became almost blind by the time she died. She is buried near her son, William Henry Harrison (Henry) and his wife, Jane; her son, Charles Volney and grandchild, John in the Brown family plot in City Hill Cemetery in Torry, Yates County, NY. All of the graves are next to the Uriah Townsend family plot and are notibly marked by a large brown granite monument marked,"Brown". On the backside of the Brown monument, it mentions Samuel R. Brown as being buried in Cherry Valley, NY.

Notes:

Joseph Leander Loghry, generally called "Land Joe", was one of the first settlers of the Brown's Crossing area of the Canisteo Valley. Joseph Loughry, who very early ran a saw-mill on the Canisteo river.

He was a mill owner/operator on the Canisteo River at Brown's Crossing. The mill was below (south) and to the left of the area where the new steel bridge stands today.

He bought, probably of Elisha Brown, the original "proprietor" four hundred acres of land for six shillings per acre. This land lay upon both sides of the Canisteo River and later was included in the farms of George Dawson, Isaac Roosa, Jefferson Hadley and Ira Lane.

At this point he built and operated the saw mill which probably stood on the South bank of the river about 50 rods above the river bridge where there appears to be the outlines of a race.

History says in reference to this family, "Among the early settlers west of Cameron were Andrew and Joseph Loughry, who early ran a sawmill on the river".

Joseph, in his youth was an athlete holding records in his native village near Wilkesbarre, PA. He was born about 1777, and married in Pennsylvania, Mary Santee who was born about 1785, daughter of Valentine Santee of Huntington, Pa. (The above is history written by Stacy Jackson of Steuben County in 1923.)

Brown's Crossing Cemetery is just to the right (north) of the bridge and above the site of the old mill. It is the place where the Brown, Loghry, Santee and Moore families buried their dead. All were related to each other.
Joseph, who died at the age of 54 years, and his wife, Mary, who was 45 at the time of her death, are both buried at Brown's Crossing Cemetery. CANISTEO BROWN'S CROSSING CEMETERY - On County Route 119 Eastbound at Brown's Crossing near the Canisteo/Cameron Town line.


When seen in 1995, the cemetery only had one stone left after the river flooded and washed out gravestones and bodies from their resting places. This one gravestone is that of Isaac Santee.

At one time the river was much larger than today. It was used to transport the settlers coming up the river on flatbed boats and barges moving their cattle, household goods and families from Pennslyvania.

There also was a Michael Loghry, who was one of the five residents in Cameron township, west of Cameron Corners in 1824. It was supposed that he was the father of "Squire Joe" but it is possible that they were brothers.

Michael settled in Cameron at a somewhat later date than did Willaim or "Squire Joe" and that he was from Tyrone, Pa. He married but his wife is not known. He probably died sometime before 1835. Mrs. Loghry married a second time to Mr. VanAuker, generally known in later years as grandfather "Nauker".
Mrs. Hannah Jones of Cameron in 1923 said Mrs. Van Auker died at the home of her son, "Squire Joe Loghry" of Cameron.

It is believed that Michael's children were; "Squire Joe", Andrew, William Anson, and Nancy (Snediker).

There was also a James Loghry who resided in Cameron in 1823. There is no record of him other than he was Town Accountant that year.



WILL OF JOSEPH LEANDER LOGHRY
I, Joseph Loghry of the town of Canisteo in the County of Steuben and State of New York being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following:

To my daughter Nancy Santee, I bequeath the equal and undivided west half of lot No. 115 in the NE quarter of Township no. 4 in 5th Range said lot containing ninety six and one half acres; the east half of said lot No. 115.

I give and bequeath to the heirs of my son William Loghry, the said William to have the use and benefit of said property during his natural life.
To my son Isaac Loghry, I give an bequeath fifty acres of land in the northwest corner of lot No. 104 in Township No. 4 in fifth Range (lately owned?) by John Loghry containing about one hundred and eleven acres.
To my son George Loghry, I bequeath five dollars the residue of my real estate consisting of the homestead on which I now reside together with two-thirds of the saw-mill and all the personal property of whatever name or nature to remain for the support of myself and my aged father during our natural lives and at my death to become the property of my two little daughters Mary Loghry and Lettice Loghry containing about two hundred and eighty acres of land after paying all legal demands which may remain against me and I hereby revoke all other and former wills by me at any heretofore made.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty. (In the margin on the first page, it is written: To my son Charles, I give the ______ the residence of said lot No. 104.)Joseph Loghry
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There is also a Joseph Loghry buried at the Lower Swale Cemetery, also known as the Peter Drake Burying Ground in Cameron, Steuben County, NY.

Joseph married Santee Mary. Mary (daughter of Santee Valentine and Craig Mary) was born in 1785 in Cameron, Steuben Co., NY; died on 15 Mar 1830 in Cameron, Steuben Co., NY; was buried on 17 Mar 1830 in Brown's Crossing, Cameron, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Santee, known by Maby, was the dau. of Valentine Santee and his wife Mary Craig. She died at the age of 45 years. No records of her birth have been found.

There is a record of an Elijah Santee, whose birth records are found in the Dryland Church Records of Hecktown, PA. The church is located about 8 miles from Bethleham. (1898). These are also in the Pennsylvania State Archives. It is not known to me who this Elijah is, but certainly an ancestor or relative of Mary.

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1 Jul 1748 - 25 Apr 1837

Wright Samuel Brown.(Samuel Wright Brown?) was the first son of Deacon Timothy Brown and third wife, Hannah (Burke) Wright of Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH. Hannah was the daughter of Jonas Burke and his wife, Hannah Johnson of Stowe, Middlesex county, MA and widow of Cyprian Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, son of Capt. Samuel Wright and Mary Stevens. Wright S. Brown is a descendant of William and Susannah White and their son, Resolved, of the Mayflower and is written up in, "The Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 13, p. 72, William White."

Wright was born in Ware River Parish, Hampshire county, MA on 1 Jul 1748 when the family had to quickly leave Swanzey to return to his grandfather, Thomas Brown's family farm in MA to avoid the savagery of the French-Indian wars. Swanzey was burned to the ground in the spring of 1747. Timothy and Hannah did not return to Swanzey until sometime in early 1752 after the wars ceased to be a problem. Wright and his siblings,Thankful and Joel grew to adulthood in Swanzey.

Wright had 2 half-brothers; Ephraim, b. 1 Feb 1733/34; and Timothy, b. 16 Apr 1742 and 4 half-sisters; Anna T. b. 23 Apr 1730; Mable, b. 28 Jan 1732/33; Silence, b. 19 Oct 1737 and Ruth, b. 26 Dec 1742 by his father's first marriage to Thankful Olmstead, daughter of Jabez Olmstead and Thankful Barnes of Deerfield and Ware, MA. Wife, Thankful d. 6 Oct 1743.

Timothy, Wright's father, remarried on 8 Apr 1744 to Keziah Cooley Goss, widow of his second cousin, Capt. Philip Goss. She died within a year. He then remarried for a third and final time on 27 Feb 1745 to widow, Hannah Burke Wright. She brought three sons by Cyprian Wright into this marriage; William, Samuel and John. Samuel and John required guardians appointed them. William had to be the age of 14 or older. John died at the age of 10.

Timothy Brown and Hannah Burke Wright had three children of record; Thankful, b. 1746 in Swanzey, NH then called Lower Ashulot; Wright S. b. 1 Jul 1748 in Ware River Parish, and Joel, b. 1750, also born in Ware. (A Hannah was also born, mentioned in the History of Yates co., NY but no recored has been found.)

Wright and Hannah Newland married about 1770 but no record of their marriage has been found. It is not know if she was living in Swanzey before they were married. Also, no records of their children's births have been found either except Isaac, bapt. on 18 Jan 1784, by Rev. John Dempster in Stillwater. This is the first date found for their arrival in Stillwater, then Albany County, NY.

Wright and Hannah, probably the daughter of Joseph Newland and Abigail Babbitt of Norton, Bristol County, MA, left Swanzey, NH probably in the spring of 1783 and relocated to Stillwater after they sold their adjoining farm to Wright's half-brother, William Wright, the above son of Hannah and Cyprian Wright in June of 1783.

When Wright and Hannah sold their property in Swanzey, one of the witnesses to the contract was Rial (Arial) Newland of Stillwater. By 1789, when the farm was paid off, Hannah's name did not appear on the signing off of the property. It is presumed she died shortly after the birth of their son, Arial Newland Brown, born about 1788/89 in Stillwater. Wright remarried Bethiah (Bertha)Olney about 1790. They had at least four children together. Only two are known of this marriage; Wright S. Brown, Jr. b. 1 Jun 1796, in Stillwater who was the second child of the four born. He was born on the same battle field where his father fought earlier according to his obituary and Sarah Marie, b. abt 1799 probably also in Stillwater.

At age 28 years, Wright fought under the command of Col. Joseph Hammond of Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH; Col. Nahum Baldwin's regiment, and under the company of Captain John Houghton of Keene. Wright was "mustered in" on September 22, 1776 with his group in Keene, Cheshire County, NH. He served two and a half months at York and drawing a salary of nine pounds, eight shillings and four pellowing. He participated in the battles at White Plains and at Stillwater, Albany County, NY. He was discharged and left his company from Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH.

A Revolutionary War plaque was placed in City Hill Cemetery, Torrey, Yates County, NY by the D.A. R. commemorating Wright Brown's tour of duty in the war. The Revolutionary War grave marker was placed in the Wright Brown family plot after many inquiries into his war record. The D.A.R. marker mistakenly recorded Wright's birth date as 1747 instead of 1748 and also the commanding officer as corporal instead of Colonel in the Rev. War. (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 1,p. Serial: 12978; Vol 1.)

"Although he had served seven years, Wright sternly refused to accept a pension for his services, to the day of his death, from personal pride and early educational influences" according to his son, Wright, Jr's obituary. Without pension records the DAR had a difficult time tracing his record of service. I don't know where his son got the seven years of service unless his father participated in the French-Indian Wars as well along with his father, Deacon Timothy Brown.

Wright and Hannah Newland married about 1770 but no record of their marriage has been found. It is not known if she was living in Swanzey before they were married. Also no records of their children's births have been found either except Isaac, bapt. on 18 Jan 1784, by Rev. John Dempster in Stillwater. This is the first date found for their arrival in Stillwater.

Wright and wife, Hannah Newland, probably the daughter of Joseph Newland and Abigail Babbitt of Norton, Bristol County, MA, left Swanzey, NH probably in the spring of 1783 and relocated to Saratoga, then Albany County, NY after they sold their adjoining farm to Wright's half-brother, William Wright in June of 1783. William was one of three sons, of Hannah Burke Wright, widow of Cyprian Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co., MA. She after Cyprian's death became the third wife of Deacon Timothy Brown and had three children on record by him; Thankful, Wright and Joel. Other children have not been found but there probably were more.


The son's obituary goes on to say Wright, Sr. fought along side his father, Timothy in the French-Indian Wars but again that would not have been possible because the French-Indian wars were over in that part of the country in 1752, four years after Wright was born. Father, Timothy, died, 3 Jan. 1770 in Swanzey. No record of a will in Cheshire Co., has been found found to date.

Wright,Sr., his wife, Bertha and Wright Jr. and family are buried together in the Brown family plot in City Hill Cemetery in Torrey, Yates County, NY. Adjoining the plot is the grave of Dorcas Annable. She may have been a daughter of Wright's, married to an Annable. Wright was a witness to the will of Ephraim Annable of Providence, Saratoga co. NY. Perhaps Dorcas married a son of his.

Samuel Right Brown, traditional thought to be the son of Wright, Sr.,by his first marriage, married Eunice M. Annable, daughter of Isaac Annable (Annibal) and Lydia Peckham Delano. Isaac and Lydia also lived in Stillwater, having moved there sometime after 1790 but before 1800. Wright was a witness to the will of Ephraim Annable of Providence. This Ephraim, b. 1765 in NS, was the son of Isaac. Perhaps Dorcas married a son of his.

Wright and his 1st wife, Hannah Newland, probably the daughter of Joseph Newland and Abigail Babbitt of Norton, Bristol County, MA, left Swanzey, NH in the spring of 1783 and relocated to Stillwater, then Albany County, NY. They sold their adjoining farm to Wright's half-brother, William Wright. William was one of three sons, of Hannah Burke Wright, widow of Cyprian Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co., MA. She after Cyprian's death became the third wife of Deacon Timothy Brown and had three children on record by him; Thankful, Wright and Joel. Other children have not been found but there probably were more.

When Wright and Hannah sold their property in Swanzey, one of the witnesses to the contract was Rial (Arial) Newland of Stillwater. By 1789, when the farm was paid off, Hannah's name did not appear on the signing off of the property. It is presumed she died shortly after the birth of their son, Arial Newland Brown, born about 1788/89 in Stillwater. Wright remarried a woman by the name of Bethiah (Bertha) about 1790. They had at least four children together. Only two are know of this marriage; Wright S. Brown, Jr.
b. 1 Jun 1796, in Stillwater on the same battle field where his father fought earlier, and Sarah Marie, b. abt 1799 probably also in Stillwater.

No land records are recorded for Wright in Stillwater, only taxes paid on personal property. According to a researcher on the area, this does not mean he didn't own property there. 1790 census for Saratoga Wright is listed as Wright Bacon.

In the 1800 Census, Wright and family are shown living in Saratoga, Saratoga County. He may have moved to Stillwater sometime after 1800.

In 1808, Wright, Bertha and family moved to Benton, Ontario County, which later became Milo, Yates County, NY and living in "The Gore." He purchased 40 acres very close to Lake Keuka's shore. After a few years, he purchased more land and continued to live on the same farm until his death on 25 Apr. 1837. His wife proceeded him in death by 12 years. She died 5 Mar 1825.

The census for Yates County shows Wright living in Benton in 1810 and in Milo in the years of 1820, 25, and 1835. The place of residence was the same, just the name of the village was changed.

According to genealogical records in "The History of Swanzey, NH, 1734-1890, p. 301" by Hon. Benjamin Reade, Published by The Salem Press in Salem, MA, 1892, p. 301, Wright, son of Timothy, had a child who died on 4 March 1780 and a son, Joel, who died on 21 March 1780. This may have been due to smallpox. His mother, Hannah, succumb to smallpox about the same time.

Wright and wife, Hannah Newland probably left Swanzey in the Spring of 1783 when he sold his adjoining property to his half-brother, William Wright. Both Wright Brown and his wife, Hannah, signed the land sale. A Rial Newland of Stillwater, NY witnessed the sale of the property. The final land deal was completed in 1787, but signed only by Wright Brown in Stillwater, Albany Co. NY. This is a good indication that Hannah had died between 1784 and 1787, after the first agreement to sell the property in 1783.

A child, Isaac was baptized in Stillwater on January 18, 1784. This is the last known living record of Hannah to date. No death records or grave can be found in Stillwater.

In 1793, Wright was back in Swanzey, selling more of his land to a Benjamin Hewes. The document says he is of Swanzey. He perhaps moved back after the death of Hannah until 1800 when he is back to New York and was remarried to Bethiah Olney Brown, known as Bertha.

NY census records for 1800 show that Wright was living in Providence, had was one male under 10yr. (Wright S. Brown, Jr.), 1 male between the ages of 10-16, (Ariel N.), one male between the ages of 16-26 (Isaac), one male 45 yrs. and older,(Wright, Sr.), 2 females under 10 years of age,(Sarah Marie, 1 yr. and ?) 2 females from 10-16 yrs. of age,1 female from ages 16-26, and one female, 26-45 (Bertha/ Bethiah, his wife.)

In the "History of Yates County," Wright is mentioned as owning 40 acres in "the Gore", Milo, NY where he became a resident in 1808. According to land records, he bought the south half of lot number 17 in Benton, then in Ontario County, from Thomas and Mary Hathaway for the price of $140.00. The land purchased was witnessed by Lewis French and Arial N.(Newland) Brown.

The 1800 NY Federal Census show a Calvin and JamesBrown, both living in Stillwater, Albany County. Are these his children or brothers? A William Brown was also in Saratoga, Albany County, as was a Thomas. (A part of Albany county became Saratoga county in 1790.)


Wright Brown is listed in the tax list of 1787 in Saratoga district.

On June 5, 1803, Wright S. Brown witnessed the signing of the will of Russell Allington of Northcumberland, Saratoga County, NY along with Andrew Mc Carty and William Angle, Jr.

On April 3, 1805, Wright witnessed the signing of a will for Oliver Perkins. Ephraim Annable and H. Metcalfe were also witnesses. His connection to the above people is unknown. They could be relatives or just friends.


American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) BROWN, Wright Birth Date: 175? Birth Place: New Hampshire (Information incorrect. He was born in Ware Parish, Hampshire Co. MA in 1748)Volume: 20 Page Number: 370 Reference: Rolls of the soldiers in the Rev. War, 1775 to May, 1777; and diaries of Lt. Jona Burton, Ed. By Issac Weare Hammond, v. 1 of War Rolls, NH. 1885. (13,3,) 799p.) Rolls of the soldiers in the Rev. War May 1777 to 1780: with names of NH. Men in Ms. regiments. V.2 of War Rolls. Concord, NH. 1886. (14,2,847p.), Rolls and documents relating to soldiers in the Rev. War, including some Indian and French rolls. V.3 of War Rolls. Manchester, NH. 1887. (10,2, 1021p.), Rolls and documents relating to soldiers in the Rev. War. Pt.11. Misc. Provincial papers from 1629 to 1725. V. 4 of War Rolls. Machester, NH. 1889. (22,2,819p.):1:428 (His place of birth is incorrect as is the birthdate)


On the Wright Brown monument in the City Hill Cemetery there is another name which can not be deciphered, but is a daughter born ?/8/1820 and died Feb 24, 1884. Who is she?

1813: In Benton, Ontario County, Wright owned a house and 41 acres. It also mentions he was worth $300. and taxed $.21.

1816: In Benton, Ontario County, Wright still owned a house and 40 acres, valued at $400. and taxed $1.4p.

1818: Tax roll for Milo, then Ontario County, listed Wright Brown's total estate including personal property as having 342 acres and paying a tax of $1.02. Arial Newland (N.) Brown, is listed as owning 304 acres and owing $.90.

1818: Arial sold land to Wright and by 1819, Wright is shown as owning 548 acres. Arial no longer lived in Milo. He sold Wright 206 acres. What Arial did with the other 98 acres needs to be researched. Arial moved to Ontario, Chemung Co., also a short time in VT and then to Cato, Manitowoc Co., WI by the late 1850s where he died late in life.

1800 Census for Wright Brown in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY
Males: 1 under 10, 1 from 10-16, 1 from 16-12, and 1 over 45yrs.
Females: 2 under 10, 2 from 10-16, 1 from 16-26, and 1 from 26-45.


Abstract of Graves of Rev. War Veterans:

Wright Sr Brown Cemetery: City Hill Cem Location: Torrey, Yates CO NY 70 Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1, p. Serial: 12978; Volume: 1

In the book, "The History of Yates County, NY by Lewis Cass Aldrich, p. 437, Wright and his wife are mentioned as buried in City Hill Cemetery. This cemetery began as a cemetery for followers of Jemima Wilkenson, The Public Universal Friend. Wright and Bertha's daughter, Sarah married to Luther Sisson, was a prominent member of Jemima Wilkenson, Leader and founder of the "Friends" in Milo, Yates Co.

This information below is from the American Genealogical/Biographical Index. Date of birth and birth place are incorrect.

Name: Wright Brown Birth Date: 1750 Birthplace: New Hampshire
Volume: 20 Page Number: 370 Reference: Rolls of the soldiers in the Rev. War, 1775 to May, 1777; and diaries of Lt. Jona Burton, Ed. By Issac Weare Hammond, v. 1 of War Rolls, NH. 1885. (13,3,) 799p.) Rolls of the soldiers in the Rev. War May 1777 to 1780: with names of NH. Men in Ms. regiments. V.2 of War Rolls. Concord, NH. 1886. (14,2,847p.), Rolls and documents relating to soldiers in the Rev. War, including some Indian and French rolls. V.3 of War Rolls. Manchester, NH. 1887. (10,2, 1021p.), Rolls and documents relating to soldiers in the Rev. War. Pt.11. Misc. Provincial papers from 1629 to 1725. V. 4 of War Rolls. Manchester, NH. 1889. (22,2,819p.):1:428

Wright married NEWLAND Hannah about Jan 1770. Hannah (daughter of Newland Joseph and Babbitt Abigail) was born about 1747; died about 1789 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah's signature was on a land agreement to sell land she and Wright, Sr.owned in Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH to Wright's half brother, William Wright of Swanzey. It did not appear on the final deed when it was finalized in 1787.

In the book, "Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families" by Maryly B. Penrose, C.G., A.S.I, Vol. 1 p. 81, it mentions under Births/Baptisms the following:

Births/Baptisms: Brown, Wright and Hannah (Nollin), Stillwater, Isaac, bapt. 1/18/1784.(JDR:16). Her birth, marriage, parents and siblings have not been found as yet.

Hannah's last name is still to be documented. It could be Newland, Kneeland, Knowland, Knowlton or Nolton. In a land document signed in 1791 in Swanzey, Wright sold land to Joshua Prime and an Ariel Newland witnessed the sale. This probably was a relative, if not a brother.

The original Newlin immigrants came from Ulster in 1683 according to sources at LDS.

Died:
ABT 1788/1789
abt ABT 1788
their graves are found in City Hill Cemetery, Torry, Yates Co., NY. Hannah's death was probably in Saratoga, then Albany co., NY but no records or grave has yet been found.

Notes:

Isaac, a tailor, from Dartmouth, Bristol, County, MA was among the first to settle the town of Barrington, Nova Scotia about 1761. He was joined by Nathan Snow, a cousin. (VR/Barrington, NS) He had lot No. 49 in the town of Barrington, next to John Coffin who later became his father-in-law. This however, may have been his brother, Ephraim, who married Margaret Coffin.

Isaac was first married to Eunice Swain of Nantucket, Nantucket Co. MA. Their daughter Abigail, was born in Nantucket and a son, Ephraim, was been born in Barrington, Nova Scotia on 3 March 1765. After the death of Eunice, he married Margaret Coffin, daughter of John Coffin who was also originally from Nantucket. I am not convinced it wasn't Isaac's brother, Ephraim who married Margaret Coffin instead of Isaac.

Margaret died sometime before 1772. It is unknown if they had children together.

According to The History of Barrington Township, by Edwin Crowell, page 432/433, Isaac sold in 1785 to Richard Pinkham for 25 pounds his lot and dwelling house. His 2nd Division lot, No. 97 was laid out to him in 1784 but drawn by Richard Pinkham. As his name was not in the 1770 census, it is likely he had moved to Halifax by then. He is listed as having charged rum in Doane's Mog-book. His name also survives in Annable's Shoal, west of Blackberry Island.

Isaac is listed as living in Halifax when his marriage intention to widow, Lydia (Peckham) Delano was announced according to the vital records of Dartmouth, MA.(6 July 1772)

The below are records from Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. Vol. 1, p, 274:

Annabell, Isaac, Dartmouth, was a Sergeant , Capt. Luen Pope's Co., which marched April 21, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Roxbury; service; 5 days.

Annable, Isaac, Dartmouth, corporal, Capt. Daniel Egery's Co., Col. Timothy Danielson's reg't.; muster roll dated Aug. 1., 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, 3 mos., 4 days; also, company return dated Roxbury, Oct. 6, 1775;also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 6, 1775.

Vol. 1,p. 272
Annable, Isaac, Private, Capt. Henry Jenne's co., enlisted March 14, 1781, discharged March 18, 1781, service four days, on an alarm at Rhode Island.

Vol. 1, p. 274
Isaac Annibal was a Private in Capt. Benjamin Alton's Co. Col. John Rand's Regt.; enlisted July 9, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service , 3 mos. 11 days, at West Point; enlistmant, 3 months; also order for wages dated Oxford, April 2, 1782; money payable to Col. Jacob Davis.

Bristol County, MA land records (62-164) show that Isaac purchased land in Dartmouth 6 Jan 1781 and sold the same land 10 Apr 1793 and the transaction was recorded 12 Sept 1793 (72-171) when he moved to Saratoga, NY. Lydia signed the deed under Isaac's signature, which would indicate that she removed with him to New York. This land was in Dartmouth, which would later become part of New Bedford. Other property was sold in December of 1780. They were still there when the 1800 census was taken but by 1803, they were in Saratoga, NY. There is some confusion as to whether this is the correct Isaac, still living in New Bedford in 1800 as you will read below.

In the 1790 Federal Census for New Bedford, Bristol County, MA, it lists Isaac as head of the household with 2 males over 16, 2 males under 16 and 4 females. Probably Isaac,Sr. and Isaac, Jr. are over 16, John and Prince, under 16 and three daughters and his wife would be the females. Cornelius was probably born after the census was taken in 1790. Ephraim would have been gone from home at the age of 25 when the census was taken.

Isaac is listed in the Stillwater, Albany County, NY census for the year of 1799. He lived next door to Samuel Leggitt and Gabriel Leggett, then Ephraim Annable. Next door to Ephraim was Thomas Leggitt.

I saac had $26. in real extate and he was taxed $2.00. fro that year. Ephraim, perhaps his son, had $832. in real property and $135. in personal property. He was taxed $96. for the year.

Daughter, Eunice married Samuel Right Brown on February 13, 1803 in Saratoga.

A family history, "Home Folks Book of the Darius Myer's Family" by Violet M. Beck, 1968, a descendant of Prince Annable,states that Isaac, Sr. died at the age of 95 years.

In 1800, the New York census shows two Isaac Annables. One of them lived in Stillwater, Saratoga County, while the other lived in Cambridge, Washington County. The one in Saratoga could be this Isaac and his son in Washington County. Daughter, Eunice was married in Saratoga so this is more than likely correct.

Multiple births in this family first appear with the Snow/Smalley line of ancestors and have followed through for many generations.

Ephriam Annable, who lived in Saratoga, NY during the early 1800's and whose Rev. War records state that he was born in Nova Scotia in 1765 is probably the same as above. There are no vital records in Barrington, Nova Scotia for any Annables. According to the 1790 census in New Bedford, Massachusetts, no other previous children are listed that would fit the age group. Ephraim would have been seven years old at the time Isaac married Lydia. It is, however, according to family tradition, that an Ephraim was born to Isaac and was a half brother to Isaac's children by Lydia.

Audrey Annable Franklin says that Isaac died on 5 June, 1798 but location is unknown.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD

Annable, Isaac, Darmouth; Corporal, Captain Daniel Egery's Company, Col. Timothy Danielson's Regt. Muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, 3 months, 4 days; also Company return date Roxbury, Oct 6, 1775; also, order for bountycoat or it's equivelent in money, dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 6, 1775.

There was also another Isaac Annable, private, Capt. Henry Jenne's Co; enlisted Mar. 14, 1781; discharged Mar. 18, 1781, service, 4 days, on an alarm at Rhode Island. Could this be the same one?

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.
Vol. 1, p. 271:
Annabell, Isaac, Dartmouth, Sergeant, Capt Luen Pope's Co., which marched April 21, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Roxbury; service, 5 days.

Vol. 1,p. 272:
Annable, Isaac, Dartmouth, Corporal, Sapt. Daniel Egery's co., Col. Timothy Danielson's regt; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlised May 4, 1775; service, 3 months, 4 days; also, company return dated Roxbury, Oct 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 6, 1775.


Daughter, Eunice married Samuel Right Brown on February 13, 1803 in Saratoga.

1: Isaac Annable, born 1738 in Mass. went to Nova Scotia in about 1759-60 with his cousins: Capt. Jabez and Joshua Snow. They remained in Nova Scotia and Isaac returned to NY state sometime after 1765 when Ephraim was born in Nova Scotia to him and his wife, Eunice Swain. He is my GGGGgrandfather through another wife.
2. Information sent me from Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax through Queens Cty Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. ANNIBLE, CORNELIUS, Capt. Perkins, Jan 11, 1767; "I hear that the schr. Liverpool Packet goes to the West Indies, Cornelius Annible." Perkins, Aug. 15, 1767: At evening arrives the Schr. Success. Capt. Martin, from Turks Island, Cornelius Annable is his mae. They were at St. Croix. Perkins, Aug, 26, 1783: Capt. Annible sails for Connecticut. I write to Doc. Moseley & Capt. Perkins. Perkins, Aug, 27, 1783: Capt. Annible comes in again, Joshua Boomer is passenger with him & Thomas Burnsby. Perkins, Aug. 28, 1783: Capt. Annible sails again.
3: From same source as #2: ANNABLE, WILLIAM, francis Tupper says that Robert Plaiceway, Acue Trip, Wm. Annable, Jonathan Wood, Peleg Coffin and one Isaac Coffee, a negro, very early in settlement of Lpool established a fishery on
Coffin Island, with Peleg Coff as shoreman, and, apparently, the only one with house on Island. Long, Page 63: One of the deeds is from Robert Plaiceway, Acue Tripp, William ANnable, Isaac Cuffey (Coffee?), and Jonathan Wood, conveying to Daniel Torrey "a certain island at the entrance of the harbor know as Bear Island". This is now Coffin's Island.

Isaac married Peckham Lydia. Lydia (daughter of Peckham James and HAMMOND Deborah P.) was born in 1749 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA; died after 1803 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notice was from BCM...church of Dartmouth?
In the 1840 census for Nichols, Tioga County,NY a Lydia Annable is listed.

Will of Jonathon Delano, Jr. Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA

In the name of God, Amen.

I, Jonahton Delano, Junior of Dartmouth in the county of Bristol and province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Marriner, being weak in body but sound and disposing mind and in memory, thanks be to God. Therefore I do make and devise this my last will and testament in manner and form following vs first and principally, I commend my soul into the honor of God that gave it: and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried therein at the direction of my Executor. Herein after named and touching my temporal Estate wherewith God hath blessed , I give and dispose thereof as followeth. I will that all my last debts and funeral charges be paid out of my personal estate by my Executor.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, Lydia Delano, all my personal estate that I have after my just debts and funeral charges are paid to be her and hereafter heirs and assigns for ever. I also give her the profit and improvement on one half of my farm where on my Honoured father and mother now live during the time she remains my widow. All which give her in lue of the right of dowry and prower of thirds and to inable her to bring the chld if she have one born of her body in nine month after a date of these ---?

Item: I give unto my Honoured father and mother: Jonathon Delano and Abigail Delano a profit and improvement of the other half of my farm aforesaid during their natural lives and they allowing my brother, Amasa to live with them.

Item: I give unto my child if my wife hath one born of her body in the nine months after the date of those present all my real estate in the township of Dartmouth to be to said child and to said heirs and ofsprings of the child forever excepting to profit and improvements as above expressed.

Item: Further my will is that if the child before expressed should have no lawful heir before it arrive to the age of twenty one years, not live it self to the age of twenty one years therefor my two brothers Amasa Delano and Stephen Delano to have the aforesaid real estae as the child was to have if it had lived to go to them, their heirs and assigns forever.

Lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my Honoured father, Jonathon Delano of Dartmouth to be my Executor of this my last will and testament: Hereby revoking, disallowing and making void all former Will or Wills by me hereto fore made.

Ratifying and allowing this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in witness Whereof I have there unto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of July in the seventh year of His Majesties Reign, George, the third, King of Great Britten. 22nd of Domini 1767. Signed, Jonathon Delano, Jr.

Signed and Sealed, Published and Declared by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of

Signed:
James Smith
Job, Jab or Jabez Moffet ?
Abrham Shearman

At the bottom of the will is written " April 25th 1768 Proved"

Notes:

Little is know of William B. Loghry. It is tradition that he came from Ireland. He resided for sometime in eastern Pennsylvania probably in the Northumberland County and also in Luzerne County about ten miles from Wilkes-Barre. One of the same and undoubtedly the above, was a Pennsylvania soldier during the Revolutionary War.

The 1790 Census shows one William Lockry residing then in Luzerne County whose family consisted of one male child under 10 years of age and a wife and one daughter. This coincides with the tradition of the family as told by Mrs. Hannah Jones of Steuben County, NY. Mrs. Jones said that when William came to the area, he went back into the woods ten miles from any house and cleared a place and built a log house to which he took his family, which then consisted of a daughter and two sons, who were then two years of age. When absent from home shortly after they had settled there, one of the sons sickened and died. As the weather was warm, decomposition soon set in and as the father did not return and there was no help at hand, Mrs. Loghry alone dug the grave and buried her child. This had to be a heart-breaking job.

In the tax list of Tioga Point, now Athens,Pa, for the year 1796, there was a William Loughry assessed for $1034 and Michael Loughry for twelve dollars but both names are missing from the census roll of 1800 when it was possible they had both removed to Steuben County, New York.


It is unknown where he married his wife, Nancy Santee whose family also came from Pennsylvania.

Both he and his wife, Nancy are buried at Brown's Crossing, Cameron, Steuben County, NY.

William married Purdy Nancy before 1770. Nancy (daughter of Purdy) was born in 1748 in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland; died on 01 Sep 1828 in Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY; was buried on 03 Sep 1828 in Brown's Crossing, Steuben, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nancy, wife of William Loghry lived to be 80 years old. It is tradition that she was from Ireland, and possibly from Clones, County Monaghan. A descendant of the same Purdy family from Belfast got in touch with me via email and was interested in her descendants. She was a descendant from the same family as his mother's. This fellow said the Purdys originated about 800 years ago from Normandy. Many of them in Ireland came over from Yorkshire, England. There were many Purdys in clones in the 18th and 19th century. ( Information from John Caughey of Londonderry, Ireland whose mother was a Purdy and related to ours.)

According to Revolutionary War records from the state of Pennsylvania, there was a James Purdy, Lt. Col. in the Cumberland Militia who could be Nancy's father. Certificate 11, 221, was paid 49 lbs. Register, vol. B, p. 48 Issued 18 March, 1786. On 31 Mar, 1790, he was paid 40.5.9, Certificate 16680

There also is a James Purdy at Lancaster County, in the 6th Battn. 7th Company, Class 7th, who enrolled Oct. 20, 1781 under the command of Capt. John Patton, Militia. He was on tour of duty in Lancaster. Muster Roll, 1781. A (5), VII, 592-595 also A (5) VII 617-620.


It appears there was another James Purdy,(Purdie) Jr. who was in Cumberland, 7th Battn. 5th Class under the command of Captain McAlister.
He had an appeal to be excused until the next call because he and his brother were building a mill. It was granted.
The appeal return was on Aug. 26, 1780.

Pvt. Robert, who lived in Lancaster; Pvt. William served in the 2nd Battn. 1st Company, 3rd Class, Duty "M". Return of 3d class on 22 July, 1782. Robert Purdie was in Philadelphia City with the 1st Battn. 4th Company, 2nd Class, under the command of Capt. John Byrn.
He was called in July, 1777. Gen. Ret. Bk. No. 1, p. 8. P. A. (6) 1, p. 41.

William Purdy, Private, served at Cumberland in the 7th Battn., 4th Class under the command of Capt. William Blain. Remarks on his card were "Abt" Order of Council, July 14, 1778. Fine Book of John Carothers, Cnty, Lt., p. 355. 2nd Tour, 3rd and 4th Classes-300 man to Ye Standing Stone. He had a Muster Fine of 80Lbs. (60 paid)

Another William Purdy, Pvt. at Cumberland, possibly the same person as above, served in the 5th Battn. 4th Class, Company 8...Published A (5) Vol. 1, 365-366. These could all be brothers to Nancy except for James, sr.

Notes:

According to DAR 43331, Valentine may have died in Huntington twp., Luzerne County, PA.

Luzernne County Biographies:

Valentime was a son of John Santee, a Frenchman, and Catherine (Smith) Santee of Easton, PA. With five sons and three daughters. Valentine was among the pioneers of Salem Twp. Lazerne County and did much for the advancement of agriculture in those days. He was a good businessman and a sturdy pioneer.

Valentine married Craig Mary about 1801. Mary (daughter of Craig Isaac) was born about 1744 in Of, Northhampton County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Timothy married BURKE Hannah about 27 Feb 1744 in Lower Ashuelot, (Swanzey) Cheshire County, NH. Hannah (daughter of Burke Jonas and Johnson Hannah) was born about 1712; died on 18 Aug 1776 in Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is unknown where Timothy and Hannah were married , but probably in Rutland, Worcester County, MA where she lived with her late husband before he drowned. Timothy owned property in Ware, given him by his father, Thomas. Timothy knew the Wrights well and was well aquainted with Hannah and her first husband, Cyprian Wright, who died by drowning in Muscopog Pond in Rutland in 1738. Cyprian's name was on a land deed of Thomas Brown.

Hannah brought three children, of which two were minors, to this marriage; William, Samuel and John. John died by the age of 10 years.
Timothy had to put up a surety bond for these children so he sold some land in Rutland to have money in trust for their care.

Timothy died 3 Jan. 1770, preceding Hannah in death. She died of small pox in Swanzey, 1776.


Early Worcester County, MA Probate Records:
[ Case # 57,737]

Cyprian Wright died at Rutland, intestate, and on 11 July, 1739 an inventory of his property was taken by Joseph Stearns, John Hubbard, and Moses How. The estate came to £ 726 which included stock, five acres of Pine Plain and a right in undivided lands at Rutland, [2:409] on 24 July 1739, an administrators' bond was issued to Hannah Wright, widow, with Frank Fink, clerk, and William Wright, (brother) yeoman, as sureties, all of Rutland. Hannah signed in her own name. [179:341]

The administrators' account was dated 16 May 1745 and was submitted by Timothy Brown and Hannah Brown, formerly Hannah Wright.
It indicated that the widow has received her thirds and that the other two thirds had beeb divided among the children who were not named, that the eldest son receiving double share and the two other children receiving single shares. [5:352]

Notes:

Married:
27 FEB 1744/1745

Jonas died about 1730. His inventory is on file in Middlesex County, MA, Probate record #3583, May 10, 1730.

Administrators were Hannah Burke, widow, and Amos Brown, blacksmith, both of Stow and Charles Johnson of Sudbury, wheelwright. Will mentions children; Mary,widow Hannah (of Cyrprian) Wright, Joseph, Abigail, (given land next to Edward Fuller.) Elizabeth, Hepsibeth and Jonas.

Docket # 3584 Middlesex Co., MA, Probate, April 6, 1743.

Notes:

Is this the same Joseph Newland born 17 Aug. 1718 to Josiah and Joanna Harvey Newland? Or was he born in 1722? Joseph and his wife, Abigail Babbitt were married by Mr. Ebenezer White on April 9th, 1774 in Norton, Bristol County, MA according to the vital records for Norton.

In 1750, Abigail, David and Zephaniah transferred property at Easton, MA to Joseph Newland.

Marriage records shows Abiogail Bobbit to Joseph Nueland.

Joseph married Babbitt Abigail. Abigail (daughter of Babbitt Erasmas and Burt Abigail) was born on 25 Jan 1725 in Easton, Bristol County, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Acording to records in MA, it was David who married Abigail Boblit on the same date.

Died:
bet 1761-1800
bet 1761-1800

Notes:

John and Elizabeth lived in Truroe, Barnstable County following their marriage and having their first child, Ambrose there. They moved to Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA before their second child was born. About 1740, they left Barnstable to settle the new town of Rochester, Plymouth County. They were one of the first families of settlers in Rochester. From there they moved to Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA.

No probate records for John or Elizabeth Annable have been found in Plymouth County. John was mentioned in his father, John's will of Feb. 28, 1750.

John and Elizabeth were both baptized in the Rochester Church, bp. 18 July,1747.

John married Snow Elizabeth about 09 Feb 1726 in Truro, Barnstable County, Ma. Elizabeth (daughter of Snow John and Ridley Elizabeth) was born on 27 Mar 1705 in Eastham, Barnstable County, MA; was christened in Eastham, Barnstable County, MA; died in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her ancestry can be traced back to Stephen Hopkins who arrived in Plymouth Plantation in 1620 on the "Mayflower". This is the beginning of the Mayflower connection to the Annable line.

Elizabeth was baptized in the Rochester Church, bp. 18 July,1747

Notes:

Married:
9 Feb 1726/1727
John and Elizabeth Swan Annable were married by the Revernd Mr.John Avery, Pastor of ye church in Truro. Recorded Pr Thomas Paine: Town Clerk

Notes:

James Peckcom left a will, dated November 13th, 1779 leaving his wife, Deborah Hammond Peckcom and their chilren his estate. (Typed as written)

WILL OF JAMES PECKCOM
DARTMOUTH, BRISTOL COUNTY, MA


This thirteenth day of November, A.D. One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine I James Peckcom of Darmouth in the County of Bristol with in the State of Massachusetts Bay in New England, yeoman, being now in the sixty fourth year of my age by reason of infirmyty of body , I cannot expect to be continued long in this world.
Therefore it might be best to settle my estate (while God was pleased to continue my memory,reason and understanding with me) By making this my last Will and Testament: and as to my worldly estate which God has been pleased to bless me with in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form:

Imprimis My Will is that all my just debts, funeral charges and just expenses of all sort should be first paid by my Executor hereafter named, out of my Live Stock.

Then I give to Deborah my beloved wife the use and improvement of that part of my now dwelling howse that is called the citchen and clouset at one end of the same with the Stowe Room together with a privelage in the Chamber to set meal casks and to set casks to keep grain in and a privelage in the Sellor to put Sider apples and all other saus as she shall have need of and to the well to draw water and a privelage in my barn for her haye and good room for her cowe with the Liberty to pass and repass to and from all and every of said privelages and the use of my gardens for her to raise such there on as may best suit her and what summer and winter apples she shall have need of out of my orchard and all other fruit therein as she shall ever mind (?) for together with all my live stock after bills are paid and all my store of (?) that I shall (?) me at my demise and all other nesesarys for the comfort of this life.

I likewise give her my great old coat and the use and improvement of all my howsell stuff of all sorts so long as she remains my widow together with what I shall order to be done for her and performed to her by my two sons all which is in lew of her right of Laws.

Then I give and bequeath to my son, Isaiah Peckcom and to his heirs and assign forever the one half of my tender swamp in Dartmouth, it being the third part of a lot of tender swamp I bought of one of the heirs of (?) Seth Pope, late of (?) Dartmouth deceased.

He my said son to pay and perform as shall be hereafter expressed in this my will that-- is to pay to his mother my wife yearly and every year so long as she remains my widow Three bushels of good Indian corn and one bushel of Rye and five cord of Wood to the doore of my now Dwelling House for her use if by her call for.

Then I give and bequeath to my son Caleb Peckcom and to his heirs and assign forever my homested farm with the buildinds their on except the privelages aboved expressed to his mother together with the other half of the above said swamp and my gun; he my said son to pay and perform as shall be hereafter exprest in this my Will that is to say to his mother my Wife yearly and every year three bushels of good Indian corn and one bushel of Rye and to keep her a cow Summer and Winter with suitable keeping for the same and six cord of Wood to her Door if it be by her needed yearly and seasonably during the time she remains my widow.

Then I give to my above said two sons all my Wearing apparriel and all my farming Implyments or utincials. I likewise give to my said two sons all my tools common used about Handy Craft Work and my boat and furnature and all my fishing implyments for fishing of sorts to be Equally Divided between them.

Further more my Will is that my said son Caleb finds and provides one hundred and sixty pound of good beef and forty pound of well fed pork to yearly and every year during the time she reamins my widow. Further more my will is that in case she shall marry for her to have the use and the improvement of one feather bed and furniture and other necessarys for hous keeping during her natural life and to be returned so as to be divided to and amongst my daughters.

Further more my Will is that the housel goods which I gave my wife the use of shall be and go to and amongst my said five daughters so and in such amounts as to make them equil With What they have already had that is to say Susanna Taber, Lydia Annable, Deborah Myrick, Content Hathaway, Hannah East

Then I give to my Daughter Lydia Annable -six shillings
Then I give to my Daughter Deborah Myrick six shillings
Then I give to my Daughter Content Hathaway six shillings
Then I give to my Daughter Hannah East six shillings
To be paid by my Executor here after named within one year after my Decease my will is then what money I shall have by me at my Decease and what Debts are due to me are to goe to pay my debts with the live stock.

Then I constitute make and ordain my son Caleb Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby makeing all others Before this Voide In Witness
Where of I the said James Peckcom have here unto sett my Hand and Seal the
Day and Date aforesaid

Signed Sealed Published and Declaired by the said James Peckcom as his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us this Day and Year above written.

In the precence of

(Signed)
Caleb Hathaway James Peckcom

Richard Hathaway

Samuel West (?)

(Note at bottom of page: the money that I have by me and Debts Due to go to pay Debts With the live Stock interlined Before sined.)

James Peckcom left a will, dated November 13th, 1779 leaving his wife, Deborah Hammond Peckcom and their chilren his estate. (Typed as written)

WILL OF JAMES PECKCOM
DARTMOUTH, BRISTOL COUNTY, MA


This thirteenth day of November, A.D. One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine I James Peckcom of Darmouth in the County of Bristol with in the State of Massachusetts Bay in New England, yeoman, being now in the sixty fourth year of my age by reason of infirmyty of body , I cannot expect to be continued long in this world.
Therefore it might be best to settle my estate (while God was pleased to continue my memory,reason and understanding with me) By making this my last Will and Testament: and as to my worldly estate which God has been pleased to bless me with in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form:

Imprimis My Will is that all my just debts, funeral charges and just expenses of all sort should be first paid by my Executor hereafter named, out of my Live Stock.

Then I give to Deborah my beloved wife the use and improvement of that part of my now dwelling howse that is called the citchen and clouset at one end of the same with the Stowe Room together with a privelage in the Chamber to set meal casks and to set casks to keep grain in and a privelage in the Sellor to put Sider apples and all other saus as she shall have need of and to the well to draw water and a privelage in my barn for her haye and good room for her cowe with the Liberty to pass and repass to and from all and every of said privelages and the use of my gardens for her to raise such there on as may best suit her and what summer and winter apples she shall have need of out of my orchard and all other fruit therein as she shall ever mind (?) for together with all my live stock after bills are paid and all my store of (?) that I shall (?) me at my demise and all other nesesarys for the comfort of this life.

I likewise give her my great old coat and the use and improvement of all my howsell stuff of all sorts so long as she remains my widow together with what I shall order to be done for her and performed to her by my two sons all which is in lew of her right of Laws.

Then I give and bequeath to my son, Isaiah Peckcom and to his heirs and assign forever the one half of my tender swamp in Dartmouth, it being the third part of a lot of tender swamp I bought of one of the heirs of (?) Seth Pope, late of (?) Dartmouth deceased.

He my said son to pay and perform as shall be hereafter expressed in this my will that-- is to pay to his mother my wife yearly and every year so long as she remains my widow Three bushels of good Indian corn and one bushel of Rye and five cord of Wood to the doore of my now Dwelling House for her use if by her call for.

Then I give and bequeath to my son Caleb Peckcom and to his heirs and assign forever my homested farm with the buildinds their on except the privelages aboved expressed to his mother together with the other half of the above said swamp and my gun; he my said son to pay and perform as shall be hereafter exprest in this my Will that is to say to his mother my Wife yearly and every year three bushels of good Indian corn and one bushel of Rye and to keep her a cow Summer and Winter with suitable keeping for the same and six cord of Wood to her Door if it be by her needed yearly and seasonably during the time she remains my widow.

Then I give to my above said two sons all my Wearing apparriel and all my farming Implyments or utincials. I likewise give to my said two sons all my tools common used about Handy Craft Work and my boat and furnature and all my fishing implyments for fishing of sorts to be Equally Divided between them.

Further more my Will is that my said son Caleb finds and provides one hundred and sixty pound of good beef and forty pound of well fed pork to yearly and every year during the time she reamins my widow. Further more my will is that in case she shall marry for her to have the use and the improvement of one feather bed and furniture and other necessarys for hous keeping during her natural life and to be returned so as to be divided to and amongst my daughters.

Further more my Will is that the housel goods which I gave my wife the use of shall be and go to and amongst my said five daughters so and in such amounts as to make them equil With What they have already had that is to say Susanna Taber, Lydia Annable, Deborah Myrick, Content Hathaway, Hannah East

Then I give to my Daughter Lydia Annable -six shillings
Then I give to my Daughter Deborah Myrick six shillings
Then I give to my Daughter Content Hathaway six shillings
Then I give to my Daughter Hannah East six shillings
To be paid by my Executor here after named within one year after my Decease my will is then what money I shall have by me at my Decease and what Debts are due to me are to goe to pay my debts with the live stock.

Then I constitute make and ordain my son Caleb Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby makeing all others Before this Voide In Witness
Where of I the said James Peckcom have here unto sett my Hand and Seal the
Day and Date aforesaid

Signed Sealed Published and Declaired by the said James Peckcom as his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us this Day and Year above written.

In the precence of

(Signed)
Caleb Hathaway James Peckcom

Richard Hathaway

Samuel West (?)

(Note at bottom of page: the money that I have by me and Debts Due to go to pay Debts With the live Stock interlined Before sined.)

James married HAMMOND Deborah P. in 1736 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA. Deborah (daughter of HAMMOND Josiah and BARLOW Mary) was born in 1720 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deborah was probably a descendant of William Hammond of London, County of Kent, England and Elizabeth Penn. sister of Admiral Sir William Penn and aunt to William Penn, the Quaker.

William of London and Elizabeth had a son, Benjamin,b. 1621, d. 1703, and three daughters; Elizabeth, Martha and Rachel all born in England. After William died, she broght her family to Boston on Sept 18, 1634, having sailed on the Griffin, having with them the Rev. Lothrop, theri minister.

She lived in Boston and in Watertown, MA until the year 1638, when she joined Rev. Lothrop's church in Scituate, Aprl 16, 1638. being the 33rd member of his church. She probably returned to Boston near the close of the year 1639, as she died and was buried there in 1640.

Son, Benjamin married Mary Vincent and first settled in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA. Benjamin and his wife moved to Rochester in 1684.

Benjamin and his wife, Mary had six children: Samuel, John, Nathan, Benjamin, Jr., Rose and Mary.

Deborah, b. 1720 in Rochester, was probably the daughter of one of Benjamin's sons and was a resident of Rochester, Plymouth County, MA at the time of her marriage to James Peckham.

Notes:

Married:
Int. 10 Nov 1739
In the Vital Records of Rochester, MA it is listed as; PECHAM, James of Dartmouth and Deborah Hammond, int. Nov. 10, 1739.

In the Vital Records of Rochester, MA it is listed as; PECHAM, James of Dartmouth and Deborah Hammond, int. Nov. 10, 1739.

Notes:

First generation: Jeremiah LOCKERY, the father of the family in America, was born in Ireland and came to America in 1740. Tradition says he came to America with five sons; no mention is made of his wife or daughters, his wife's name is thought to be Mary.

Information on Jeremiah Lockery can be obtained from the following:

Jeremiah Lockery-America-1740
Source Code 9255.7

Ulster Genealogical and Historic Guild- "Interest List"
In Ulster Gen. and Hist. Guild # 9 (1986) pp. 1-42.

Request from:

The Secretary, Ulster Genealogical and Historic Guild
68 Balmoral Avenue
Belfast, BT. 9-6NY
North Ireland

Attn: Source Page # 20

Another source:LOUGHERY, LOUGHRY, LOUGHREY. From Inchicronin Parish, (Crusheen and Ballinruan), Co. Clare.

Notes:

John Santee (sometimes spelled Santer) was commissioned Captain, Northampton Company, Pennslyvania Militia on Sept. 5, 1776. His war records can be found in the PA Archives, Sec. Series, p. 199, vol. 13. He died near Easton while on furlough and was buried at Hecktown, Pennslyvania. He was married to Catherine Requa Smith and was a farmer when not in the military.

John married Smith Catherine Regina in 1747 in Northampton County, PA. Catherine was born in 1721; died in 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Proclamation
Schedule of the Names and Rank of Most of the Officers of the War of Independence
Pennsylvania
page 629
Craig, Isaac, Major, 4th Artillery.


Field Officers of Regiments of the Continental Line
Artillery
Fourth Artillery
page 15
Major Isaac Craig, 7th October, 1781, to 17th June, 1783.



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Surname Given Name Middle Initial Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes ROLL-BOX ROLL-EXCT
CRAIG ISAAC CAPT 120
CRAIG ISAAC CAPTAIN 84
CRAIG ISAAC MAJOR 120

Thomas married HAYWARD Mercy on 03 Apr 1706 in Stow, Middlesex Co., MA. Mercy (daughter of HAYWARD John and WHITE Anna) was born on 13 May 1677 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 26 Apr 1762 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
In Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 13, p. 24, it gives the marriage date as
April 3 or 6, 1706.

Notes:

From "The Burke and Alvord Memorial" Boutelle 1864, p. 18

"Jonas Burke, born Sudbury, Mass, Jan 4., 1683-4; d. Stow Mass. Son of Richard and Mary (Parmenter) Burke. He received to following division of land in his father's estate; land 'butting on ye east with the land of his brother
John burk on ye south with ye lands of Mr Abraham Holman, westerly with the lands of Stow, northerly with ye lands of Lieut. Ruddock.' 'Of ye movable estate,' 'by one cow, 2:10:00.' He resided in Sudbury and in Stow. As early as the year 1722, he sold land in Sudbury to his brother, John Burk. His inventory is on file, dated March 3, 1729-30. A letter, which is on file, dated Nov. 15, 1739, says, that the oldest son had sold his interest, and is beyond the sea.

A division and settlement of the estate was made April 10, 1741. Amos Brown, who purchased the estate of Jonas Burke, gave security for that which belonged to Mary, the eldest daughter. Mr. Burke was married at Sudbury, Dec. 23, 1709 to Hannah Johnson. She outlived her husband and administered on the estate."

Jonas died about 1730. His inventory is on file in Middlesex County, MA, Probate record #3583, May 10, 1730.

Administrators were Hannah Burke, widow, and Amos Brown, blacksmith, both of Stow and Charles Johnson of Sudbury, wheelwright. Will mentions children; Mary,widow Hannah (of Cyrprian) Wright, Joseph, Abigail, (given land next to Edward Fuller.) Elizabeth, Hepsibeth and Jonas.

Docket # 3584 Middlesex Co., MA, Probate, April 6, 1743.

Daniel goodenow chosen guardian for Hepsibeth Burke and Elizabeth Burke.

Docket # 3585 Middlesex County, MA, Probate Feb. 18, 1733/34
Joseph Burke of Stow, now living in Rutland, Worcester County, MA, a minor though of age to choose his guardian, chooses Cyprian Wright of Rutland, his brother-in-law.

Birth:
4 Jan 1683/1684

Jonas married Johnson Hannah. Hannah (daughter of Johnson Caleb and Bent Agnes) was born on 05 May 1685 in Stow, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jonah of Taunton, was a settler in Easton in 1717. He was a relative of the Newlands in Norton and lived not far from them. His house was in the extreme southwest part of what is now called Easton, southeast of the Babbitts., on what became the Norton Road. There were at least three houses on the Norton Road between Asa Newcombs and the Norton line. He probably lived in the second or third one.

He married first Joanna Harvey, daughter of Thomas Harvey of Taunton and for a second wife, Abigail Babbit.
In 1757, Josiah (Jonah) was on the Alarm List in Norton, Bristol County, MA, rank of Ensign, in April...under the command of Capt. Simeon Wetherell

Jonah married Harvey Hannah about 1717. Hannah (daughter of Harvey Thomas and Sarah) was born about 1699 in Amesbury, Essex County, MA; died about 05 Feb 1728 in Easton, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Is this Joanna/Hannah Woodbury who married a Harvey? Did she die 7 July 1729 in Easton, Bristol County, MA?

Died:
5 Feb 1728/1729

Notes:

He could also have been born in Taunton, Plymouth County, MA. In 1717 he was living in Dighton. By 1719 he was in Easton. He owned land north and west of his brother, Seth. By 1721 he was in Norton, Bristol County,MA. He worked as a joiner. It is thought he had a wife previous to his marriage to Elizabeth Vinton. He died at the age of 65 years.

In the years 1701/02, he was named in a lawsuit along with another merchant, George Hollard brought by merchant, East Apthorp, also of Boston, Suffolk County common pleas.

Died:
11 or 12 Aug 1730

Erasmas married Burt Abigail on 25 Apr 1717 in Freetown, Bristol County, MA. Abigail (daughter of Burt Thomas and Phillips Jermima) was born in 1695 in Tauton, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abigail is also listed with parents, James Burt and Mary Thayer. Need checking.

Notes:

Married:
Town records of Freetown, Bristol county, MA.

John married Taylor Experience on 16 Jun 1692 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA. Experience was born in Jun 1672. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John was 60 years old when he died at Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware. He settled at Truro on property given to his father by grandfather Nicholas Snow. John bought land at Lebanon, CT in 1710-11 and was founder of the Truro Church (Truro, Barnstable County, MA) 1 November 1711. Elizabeth Snow, wife of John, was admitted to the church 30 August 1713. He served as deacon from 1717/18 to 1726/27 and as Truro's town clerk. On 20, November 1721, Deacon John Snow, wife, Elizabeth and son, Joshua witnessed the will of Joseph Young of Truro; she swore as to attestation on 30 January 1722/23 and Deacon John swore 4 July 1723. On 11 January 1726/7 he was chosen ruling elder of the Truro Church. On 31 March 1728, he was "discarded for suspected adultery and other misdemeanors." Probably as result of his troubles, he moved ca 1728 to Duck Creek (now Smyrna), Kent Co. DE where his brothers, Elisha and Isaac had settled in 1711. John was there by 7 May 1729 when brother Isaac sold him 246 acres on the north side of the southwest branch of Duck Creek. John conveyed this tract to brother Elisha 11 Nov. 1734, with brother Isaac serving as witness and no spouse participating.

The will of John Snow of Kent Co. Delaware, dated 9 oct 1738 and proved 14 Oct. 1738, mentioned wife, Hannah and son David; brother, Isaac was named executor, and witnesses were Elisha Snow, Abraham Cockrill and Thomas Harrod.

The first wife, Elizabeth apparently remained on Cape Cod. She may be the Elizabeth Snow whose cattle mark was recorded at Truro 29 April 1736. No record of divorce or probate has been found for her. John's children by his first wife appear to have remained on Cape cod and were not mentioned in his Delaware will. They are identified in a family record prepared by his grandson, Dr. Samuel Nye (1749-1834) as follows:

"Children of my maternal grandfather; Joshua Snow, Isaac, Anthony, Amasa, Ambrose, John, Elizha, Mrs. Annable (Elizabeth Snow), Mrs. Young and Mary Nye."

Died:
Bet 9 and 14th Oct 1738

John married Ridley Elizabeth about 25 Feb 1700 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Ma. Elizabeth (daughter of Ridley Mark) was born on 13 May 1678 in Truro, Barnstable County, MA; died on 29 Apr 1736 in Cape Cod, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She lived to be 57 years old.

Notes:

Married:
25 Feb 1700/1701

Notes:

Stephen lived in Dartmouth (now New Bedford), MA and was a farmer. He was a Friend (Quaker), and his second marriage was in Friend's Meeting Records. Of his children, Elizabeth, Eunice and Richard are mentioned as minors in their father's will, dated March 19, 1757. The estate was divided between James, Stephen and Richard. He died in June, 1764.

There are two different dates for his birth; Oct. 23, 1683 and Feb. 23, 1683. The dates for his death also vary; June 1764 and July 3, 1764.

Stephen married Sisson Content about 1715. Content (daughter of Sisson James and Hathaway Lydia) was born about 1694; died before 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Josiah Hammond lived first on the southeast part of his father's farm, the house standing quite near the waters of Buzzard's Bay. He afterwards sold this farm near the salt water, to his son Josiah, and received land to the north of his father's place, where he built a second house. Although the house has disappeared, the place is still pointed out as the "Siah" place.

Josiah married BARLOW Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There was an Isaac Santee living in Bucks county, PA in the 1700.

Isaac married Hahn about 1718 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, Usa. Hahn was born in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was a handmaiden to the Queen of France.

Notes:

Jabez, according to his father, Thomas Browne's will, he was the eldest son. He was born in Concord in 1644 and died at Stow 17 July, 1692.

He married first Hannah Blandford, in Sudbury 23 Dec. 1667. After her death, he remarried to Deborah Haines/Haynes, daughter of Sergeant Josiah Haines/Haynes and Elizabeth Noyes. Her sister, Abigail married Hopestill Browne, Esq., son of Deacon William Browne of Sudbury, and a first cousin of Jabez's.

Jabez settled in Sudbury in 1667 where he sustained losses by fire set by the Indians during their assaults on Sudbury in 1676, King Philip's War. On January 20, 1776, to fight in the Revolutioanary War, the county of Middlesex was ordered to raise a regiment of 571 men. Concord furnished 36. John Robinson was Colonel; John Buttrick, Lieutenant-Colonel; and Jabez Brown was appointed Adjutant. He was admitted a freeman there in 1680.

In 1681, 12 lots were listed as having been taken up in 1678 or 1679 in Stow. One lot went to Boaz Browne, his brother. Jabez Browne was granted a lot there in 1683 where he moved at that time. He was chosen Representative to the General Court in 1692 under the new charter.

He was the second highest taxed in Stow, owing to the large amount of property he owned.

Administration of the estate of Jabez Brown is found in the records of the Middlesex County Probate Court, Vol. 8, pp. 419-421 during the years 1692-1694. The widow, Deborah received one third of the estate. Thomas Browne, the eldest son received lands in Sudbury, Lancaster and Stow to the value of thirty pounds. Jabez, Jr. received land and houses to the value of twenty pounds. The eldest daughter, Mary received property to the value of twenty pounds as did the youngest daughter, Sarah and youngest son, Josiah.

After his Jabez's death, his widow, Deborah and son, Thomas received a letter from Jabez' son-in-law, Mary's second husband, John Gove of Cambridge, who called her, "my sister Brown" and offered to sign their administration bond on Sept. 29, 1692.

Thomas and Bridget, his parents, removed to Concord from Sudbury by 1640. Their children where born in Concord but after Bridget died on Jan. 5, 1681, Thomas then removed to Cambridge where he died on Nov. 3, 1688.

The "Mayflower DescendantsThrough Five Generations" William White/Vol. 13, published by the Mayflower Society, claims that Deborah Haynes was the mother of Thomas. In the family history researched by Dorothy H. Kelso of Duxbury, MA in her book, "Hard Hands and Brawny Conciences" she claims that Thomas was the son by Jabez's first wife, Hannah Blandford. No birth records for Thomas have been found.

Notes:

John Hayward's last name is spelled Heaward in the county vital records of
Concord.


John Hayward is spelled Heaward on his marriage license in county records of
Concord, Ma. John died at the age of 78 yrs.

There are no probate records for John or Anna but on 1 March 1702/3, John Hayward gave to "eldest son, George Haywood of Concord...the west end of my dwelling house.." and on 12 Feb. 1711/12 to John Hayward, Jr. of concord the rest of the dwelling house, barn and land in Concord :said John to provide for me and my wife, Anna... and to pay my daughter, Judith Goss...my daughter, Mercy Browne...my daughter, Anna Allen...and my daugther, Sarah Allen.." Every Middlesex County deed involving John and Anna has been searched but no provision has been found for daughter Mary.

John married WHITE Anna on 02 Jun 1671 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. Anna (daughter of WHITE Resolved and VASSALL Judith) was born on 04 Jun 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 25 May 1714 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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From "The Burke and Alvord Memorial" Boutelle 1864:

"Richard Burke of Sudbury, MA
Born, supposed about the year 1640; died at Sudbury, MA 1693-4. He was probably of Anglo-Norman origin.
He owned land in Sudbury, MA, and also in Stow, MA. 'An indenture made between Henry Loker of Sudbury, Glover, and Hannah his wife, and Richard Burke of Sudbury, Oct. 24, 1670, witnesses that for a valuable sum or consideration Henry Loker and Hannah his wife have sold' &c., 'unto Ri Burke one hundred and thirty acres of land in Pompassitticut, and in the two miles last granted to the town of Sudbury.' [Reg Mid. Co., V7 p.243] ...

He was married at Sudbury, MA June 24, 1670, to Mary Parmenter, born Sudbury, MA (June 10, 1644?) (She was the daughter of John and Amy Parmenter, and grandaughter of Dea. John Parmenter, b. 1588 who was one of the first settlers of Sudbury in 1639?) She administered on her husband's estate, and afterwards married a Mr. Allen."

Died:
1693/1694

Richard married Parmenter Mary on 24 Jun 1670 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Mary (daughter of Parmenter John and Ames Amy) was born on 10 Apr 1644 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; was christened on 10 Jun 1644 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died in 1727 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From NEHGR V66 p233 "The Solomon Johnson Family" Kimball 1912:

"Caleb Johnson (Solomon2, Solomon1), b. at Sudbury 31 Oct. 1658, d. there 1 Dec. 1715. He married 9 July 1684, Agnes Bent, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth of Sudbury and Marlborough, who d. 4 June 1729. He with wife
Agnes and sister Patience Bent conveyed in 1697 to Peter Bent their brother 'any and all estate' of their late father Peter Bent of Marlborough (Middlesex Co. Deeds, vol. 13, p. 578). Caleb Johnson with Thomas Brown and Thomas Drury brought the 'Glover Farm' 17 June 1697.

Caleb's estate was administered by the widow Agnes and sons Caleb and Land which belonged to the widow Agnes, on 6 Apr 1730/1 was conveyed by Caleb Johnson of Framingham, Solomon Johnson of Sudbury, widow Hannah Burk of Stow, Daniel How of Framingham, and Eleanor Gleason of
Framingham, all in the county of Middlesex, to their brother Charles Johnson, wheelwright of Sudbury, in consideration of 300 pounds. Caleb and Solomon Johnson's acknowledgement is dated Feb. 1756, in Worcester
Co., MA (Middlesex Co. Deeds V65, p 64.)"

Caleb married Bent Agnes on 09 Jul 1684. Agnes (daughter of Bent Peter and Elizabeth) was born on 19 Aug 1661 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, MA; died on 04 Jun 1727 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bristol County, MA Probate records from 1699-1710, Vol. 2

Anthony was the administrator of his parent's, Jeremiah and Katherine Newland, will dated 10 Jan 1700/1701 in Bristol county, MA { 2:67/68.}
Legacies to sons; Jeramy, John and Benjamin Newland, William Wetherly, John Wetherly, William Cobb, Nicholas Smith and Anthony Newland. On receipt of their inheritances, Wetherly signed his name Wetherel..

Bristol County, MA Probate Records from 1710-1717, Part I, Vol. III

Will of Anthony Newland of Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, "being very sick", dated 12 May 1712, probated 7 July 1712, Wife, Hester. Mentions "Children, yet of minority," but does not name them, Witns: John Austin, Joseph Grey and Simeon Wetherell. [3:131]


Inventory of Estate of Anthony Newland of Taunton, dated 19 June, 1712 Presented by his widow and Executrix, Hester Newland. Apprs: Benjamin Leonard, Benjamin Leanard, jr. and John Austin. [3:130]

Died:
Bet 12 May, 1712 and 19 Jun 1712

Anthony married Austin Hesther on 16 Dec 1682 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA. Hesther was born about 08 Jan 1661; died before 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will of Anthony Newland of Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, "being very sick", dated 12 May 1712, probated 7 July 1712, Wife, Hester. Mentions "Children, yet of minority," but does not name them, Witns: John Austin, Joseph Grey and Simeon Wetherell. [3:131]


Inventory of Estate of Anthony Newland of Taunton, dated 19 June, 1712 Presented by his widow and Executrix, Hester Newland. Apprs: Benjamin Leonard, Benjamin Leanard, jr. and John Austin. [3:130]

Birth:
8 Jan 1661/1662

Thomas married Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Tisdale Abigail on 01 Feb 1683 in Tauton, Bristol County, MA. Abigail (daughter of Tisdale Jr. John and Rogers Hannah) was born on 15 Jul 1667 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA; died in 1697 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abigail was a minor at the time of her mother's death. On June 4, 1677, James Browne of Swansey was appointed her guardian. James was her cousin, the son of John Browne, her mother's uncle.

Thomas married Phillips Jermima in 1694 in Tauton, Bristol County, MA. Jermima (daughter of Phillips Willliam) was born in 1663; died on 28 Mar 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the "Anable Family Record" it is said he was in the first graduating class of Harvard.

Samuel married Allen Mehitable on 01 Jun 1667 in West Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Mehitable (daughter of Allyn Thomas and Crawford Winnefred) was born on 20 Aug 1648 in West Barnstable, Barstable County, MA; was christened on 26 Nov 1648 in West Barnstable, Barstable County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mehitable was nineteen years of age when she married Samuel Annable.

Notes:

John took the freeman's oath at Eastham 5 June 1684 and resided there most of his life except for a short period at Piscataway, NJ where his wife's parents also moved. He was 54 years old when he died in Eastham, MA.

An inventory of the estate of John Snow of Eastham, deceased was taken 4 April 1692 and sworn to by Mary Snow. "Relict of sd deceased," 20 April 1692. Settlement proceedings the day before included the usual widow's thirds for Mary "and ye Rest of said personal estate for bringing up ye children of Sd deceased Saving her paying to each of the Daughters four pounds apeece as they com to be of age or married: and the Sons of sd deceased to have the Lands and Housing...."

John married Smalley Mary on 19 Sep 1667 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Ma. Mary (daughter of Smalley John and Walden Ann) was born on 11 Dec 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA; was christened on 27 Feb 1648 in Eastham, Plymouth County, MA; died in 1703 in Eastham, Plymouth County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary was 55 years old when she died.

Notes:

Mark Ridley was one of the first settlers of Barnstable, Barnstable county, MA. (Inhabitants admitted to Barnstable after 1660 and before 1700, NEHGR 1847-1994, published 1848, Vol. 2, p.315.)

Notes:

Stephen lived in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA and was one of the original proprietors of East Greenwich in 1677. Jan., 1679, he had a grant of land in the Narragansett, but probably never went there. December 9, 1679, he bought of Captain Seth Pope a one-quarter share right in Dartmouth, MA. The original proprietors of this territory lived in Plymouth. It comprised New Bedford, Fairhaven, Westport and the present town of Darmout. Previous to the Revolution, the district on the west side of the Accushnet River, between Clarke's Point and the "Head of the River," was occupied by a few substantial farmers, in the following order, from the point north: Benjamin Allen, Joseph Russell, Jr. and Sr., Manesseh Kempton, Samuel Willis and Stephen Peckham. The latter's farm extended from what is now Linden St., northward within the limits of New Bedford. Stephen Peckham's name is amoung the list of proprietors to whom a confirmatory deed was given by Governor William Bradford, November 12, 1694. He married, probably before leaving, Newport, Rhode Island, Mary______. He died on 23 April, 1724. (This was a written by Stephen Farnum Peckham, A. M., from New York City and was printed in the New Enlgand Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 57, 1903)

ABSTRACT OF WILL OF STEPHEN PECKHEM
Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records

Will of Stephen Peckhem of Dart.,Yeoman, dtd. 1 Dec. 1722, prb. 19 May 1724. Wife mentioned but not named. Sons: Stephen, Willaim, John, Joseph and Josiah. 5 daus: Aloner, Mary, Hannah Deborah and Jean. Wtns: Samuel Willis, Phillip Cannon & Increase Allen, Jr. [4:318/19/20].

Order for inv. to Mrs. Mary Peckhem, Exec. of Est. of her husb. STEPHEN PECKHEM of Dart., dtd. 21 Joly 1724 [4:317/8].

Inv. of Est. of STEPHEN PECKHEM, of Dart., who died 23 Apr. 1724, pres. by Mary Peckhem, his widow & Exec. Apprs: Joseph Russsel,Jr., Benjamin Allen & Samuel Willis. [4:320/1/2/3/4].

Acct. of Mary Peckham, Exec. of Est. of her husb. STEPHEN PECKHEM of Dart., dtd. 18 Mar 1728/9 [6:221]

Stephen lived in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA and was one of the original proprietors of East Greenwich in 1677. Jan., 1679, he had a grant of land in the Narragansett, but probably never went there. December 9, 1679, he bought of Captain Seth Pope a one-quarter share right in Dartmouth, MA. The original proprietors of this territory lived in Plymouth. It comprised New Bedford, Fairhaven, Westport and the present town of Darmout. Previous to the Revolution, the district on the west side of the Accushnet River, between Clarke's Point and the "Head of the River," was occupied by a few substantial farmers, in the following order, from the point north: Benjamin Allen, Joseph Russell, Jr. and Sr., Manesseh Kempton, Samuel Willis and Stephen Peckham. The latter's farm extended from what is now Linden St., northward within the limits of New Bedford. Stephen Peckham's name is amoung the list of proprietors to whom a confirmatory deed was given by Governor William Bradford, November 12, 1694. He married, probably before leaving, Newport, Rhode Island, Mary______. He died on 23 April, 1724. (This was a written by Stephen Farnum Peckham, A. M., from New York City and was printed in the New Enlgand Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 57, 1903)

ABSTRACT OF WILL OF STEPHEN PECKHEM
Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records

Will of Stephen Peckhem of Dart.,Yeoman, dtd. 1 Dec. 1722, prb. 19 May 1724. Wife mentioned but not named. Sons: Stephen, Willaim, John, Joseph and Josiah. 5 daus: Aloner, Mary, Hannah Deborah and Jean. Wtns: Samuel Willis, Phillip Cannon & Increase Allen, Jr. [4:318/19/20].

Order for inv. to Mrs. Mary Peckhem, Exec. of Est. of her husb. STEPHEN PECKHEM of Dart., dtd. 21 Joly 1724 [4:317/8].

Inv. of Est. of STEPHEN PECKHEM, of Dart., who died 23 Apr. 1724, pres. by Mary Peckhem, his widow & Exec. Apprs: Joseph Russsel,Jr., Benjamin Allen & Samuel Willis. [4:320/1/2/3/4].

Acct. of Mary Peckham, Exec. of Est. of her husb. STEPHEN PECKHEM of Dart., dtd. 18 Mar 1728/9 [6:221]

Stephen married Pope Mary about 1680. Mary was born about 1650 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Hathaway Lydia in 1680 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI. Lydia (daughter of Hathaway Arthur and Cooke Sarah) was born in 1662 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA; died on 23 Jun 1714 in Newport, Newport County, RI; was buried in Common Burial Ground, Newport, Newport County, RI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married HATHAWAY Mary. Mary died in 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THE FIRST SANTEES IN AMERICA

The story of the Santees who established the family in this country will probably never be accurately told.

There is a popular tradition that Elias Santee or Sandy/Sendi was of French Huguenot origin; that
Elias came to America from Holland in 1690, whither he fled from France, in 1685, at the time of the Revocation of the Decree of Nantes, and settled on a farm nine miles from Easton, PA. and that he was the son of Robert Sandy who fled England to Barbados and later came to America.

THE FIRST SANTEES IN AMERICA
The story of the Santees who established the family in this country will probably never be accurately told. There is a popular tradition that they were of French Huguenot orgin; that Elias came to America from Holland in 1690, whither he had fled from France, in 1685, at the time of the Revocation of the Decree of Nantes, and settled on a farm nine miles from Easton, Pa. The latter part of the tradition must be certainly erroneous, for the first white settler anywhere in that section of the country came there not earlier than 1725. No account of the Huguenot emigration contains the name or anything that resembles it in the slightest degree. Neither does the name appear in either Rupp's 30,000 Emigrants or Hutton's Emigrants. Rupp gives the name of Gabriel Santer as having come from England and settled in Germantown in 1683, and Hutton gives the name of Robert Sandy as having been banished from England to the Island of Barbadoes in 1685 for complicity in Monmouth's Rebellion, and says that large numbers of these banished Englishmen later came to America.

In the old records the name is spelled (when known to refer to members of the family) Sandy, Sandi, Sandie, Sandee, Sendy, Sendee, Sendie, Sendi,Sentie; This variation is probably due to changes in church clerks and possibly to the German blood in the veins of the descendents of John, son of Abraham and grandson of Elias. The first authentic record now obtainable that is known to refer to any member of the family, gives the name Sandy. Possibly the banished Robert was the father of the whole family. The record referred to above is in the church record of the Drylands Church at Hecktown, Pennslyvania, and gives the date of birth of Christopher,son of Christopher Sandy, as May 4, 1765, and that of his christening as Dec. 22,1765. In the same record under date of Sept. 21, 1790, is recorded the date of the birth of John, son of John and Mary Magdalene Sendy. In 1795 John and Ragina, his wife, were sponsors, and in the record it is spelled Santee, which is the first time it appears that way. In 1797 the record of Mary is spelled Sendi; in 1798 it is spelled Sendee; in 1802, Sandy, which is the spelling followed until 1825, when it is again Sendee; again in 1839 it is Sendie. In another church record in 1809 it is Sandi, and the same until 1830, after which it is spelled Sanatee. In the Hecktown cemetery, on the monument of John (551 in the history of the Santee family), it is spelled Sentie. He died in 1840. A careful study of all these records, the county histories of Pennslyvania, reports from correspondents and talks with very old people in various places, leads to the conclusion that the first American Santee located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, early in the eighteenth century; that his name was Elias and that possibly he was the son of Robert Sandy from Barbadoes.

From Pennslyvania, Isaac, son of Valentine and brother of Mary Nancy Santee Loghry went to New York state, settling in Cameron, Steuben County. He may have followed the Loghry boys out since they too were from the Wilkes-Barre, PA area. Valentine, the father of Isaac and Mary Santee Loghry went to Luzerne County, Pennslyvania. The first settlement of Easton, called by the Indians "Forks of the Delaware," was in 1739. Northampton County set off from Bucks County in 1752, and Luzerne County established Sept. 26, 1786. In a list of first settlers of Easton who organized a military company under Jacob Arndt, Oct. 13, 1763, are the names of Valentin Sandy and John Painter, 35 men in all. In court records of Luzerne County, Northampton County Clerk's office, May 7, 1807, Abram Landes and wife conveyed to Val. Santee, of Nazareth Twp.,15 acres 94 perches for 89 pounds, 12 schillings, 6 pence. 1 NOTE Military Records, fifth series,in the Pennslyvania Archives, Vol. VIII # 562 gives name of Lieut. Jona King of Santee's Co. Probably Capt. John Santee. # 297 Capt. John Santee. A list of his, the 6th Co. Northampton Co. Militia. # 540 Capt. John Santee. A list of his, the 8th Co. Northampton Co. Militia. 1 FAMS @F46@



Huguenot Settlers in North America and Europe
{(1)} Vide Davis' Hist. of Bucks County.

{(2)} See Davis' Hist. of Bucks County.

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Santee--The history of the Santee family is somewhat romantic, as following brief sketch, furniched by Dr. Ellis M. Saneee, of Cortland, NY, shows: The story of our ancestor as handed down to me by my grandfather, is as follows: "In 1685,about the time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Elias Santee lived in the Province of Bergundy. He was a French nobleman and a favorite of the King. He had a son named Isaac who was enamored of a German lady named Hahn, who was one of the Queen's maids. Elias was a Huguenot and the King begged him to renounce his religion and conform to the decree. This he refused to do and was impriscned. The Queen informed her maid of what was coming to the family and she and Isaac were quietly married and secretly left the country for Holland, there to await the release of Elias. In 1690 Elias died in prison and Isaac and his young wife came to this country, landing at Philadelphia. Soon afterward he went up the Delaware and settled near where Easton now stands."

John Santee, a descendant, was a distinguished officer of the Revolution War.

Elias married Santee Wife of Elias about 1686 in Northampton Cnty, Pennsylvania, Usa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Browne was born to Sarah Browne, who died in childbirth, and probably Thomas Browne. He was raised as a "son" by uncle, Edmund and Ann Woder Browne; came over on the "Confidence" in 1637 with his "brothers", Rev. Edmund and William, arriving in Ludlow, MA. They were preceded by two uncles, Richard and Abraham, who came over with the Winthrop fleet in 1630 and settled in Watertown. They were all from Lavenham, Suffolk county, England.

It was probably by the efforts of Abraham and Richard that persuaded Thomas, Edmund and William to join them for Richard in 1634 had been granted 600 acres of land in Watertown. Their cousin, John also came earlier, having first landed in Boston from London on 16 Sept. 1632 on the "Lion". He too, came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Puritans to join Reverand Winthrop and his followers, settling in Watertown.

Thomas and his brothers, Edmund and William arrived in Ludlow,MA in 1637. They probably went to Watertown for a brief period. By 1638 Thomas and his brothers petitioned the General Court for permission to settle a new town, which they named Sudbury. The General Court gave the authority to begin the plantation on 6 September 1638.

Rev. Edmund, a graduate of Cambridge University, became the first minister of Sudbury. He stayed on in Sudbury, marrying but died childless in 1677. He was highly regarded in the town as a religious leader even though some of the leaders in the town did not always agree with his views.

Thomas was a husbandman and a planter. He was admitted a freeman of the Bay Colony on March 14, 1638, and was a proprietor in Sudbury in 1640. His 34-1/2 acres of land were on Bridal Point Highway and later received another 29 acres. At the same time, his brother, William had received 8 acres.

The General Court on October 7, 1640, granted Thomas 200 acres of land in Sudbury in payment for the 25 pounds which was put into a joint stock by his aunt, Mrs. Harvey who authorized his application. His brother, Captain William Browne made a similar application and was granted 200 acres laid out for him in Sudbury.

Thomas married Bridget, perhaps Bateman, around 1639/40 and started their family in Sudbury.

Thomas soon grew tired of the religious arguments the town was embroiled in and departed for Concord in 1640. In Concord, he became a large landowner after he purchased land on 20 May, 1655, 9 January 1661 and 3 April 1671. All the Brownes were farmers and large landowners. Some of the lands belonging to Thomas were still in the family as late as 1896.

After his wife, Bridget died in 1681, he moved to Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA. He died there in 1688 and is buried in The First Parish Cemetery.

In the history of New England, Thomas was always known as Thomas Browne of Concord. He was a trooper of a Middlesex Company in the King Philip's War. (Colonial Wars Lineage Book, p. 71) He also was a town officer, probably of Concord in 1660, 1663 and 1668. On May 18, 1666, he was admitted to the church and was named a member of a committee to divide certain Concord properties on March 26, 1675. On November 20, 1680, "Late of Concord, now of Cambridge", he deeded his Concord lands to his son, Thomas Browne, Jr. and acknowledged the deed before Randolph, Dec.6, 1687. He filed on March 11, 1681/82, a list of properties which he had given to his son, Boaz Browne before the latter's marriage. John Gove, his daughter, Mary's second husband, was one of the witnesses. Son, Jabez Browne remained in Sudbury until the founding of Stow at which time he joined with his brother,Boaz and others.

Thomas's daughter, Mary did not conduct herself properly causing Thomas to write two letters to the Governor in December, 1670. He himself at one time was fined with others on February 9, 1658 for a nominal offense.

The Browne brothers were from a wealthy family of Brownes going back to John Browne of Stamford, County of Lincolnshire, England in the 1330's. One of John's descendents, Christopher was of Swan Hall of Hawkedon, County of Suffolk.

Thomas's Uncle Abraham was the son of Richard Browne of Swan Hall, Hawkedon,Suffolk County, England. He migrated to America in 1630 with his wife, Lydia and several children.

Thomas's adopted father, Edmund was born in Summerton, County of Suffolk, England in 1576.

The final "e" in Browne was dropped two generations after Thomas, beginning with Thomas, son of Jabez.


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From "The Wives of Boaz Brown" NEHGR V140 Brown:

"Thomas Browne, husbandman and planter, was one of the founders of Sudbury, MA in 1638. He removed to Concord in 1640 and resided there until his wife Bridget died in 1680, at which time he removed to Cambridge, MA where he d. in 1688."

From "From Concord, MA to the Wilderness: The Brown Family Letters,
1792-1852" Brown-Groover, NEHGR V131 1977:

"The founding father of this family was Thomas Browne (1601-1688), a native of Lavenham, Suffolk Co., England, who had settled, with his wife Bridget, in Concord by the year 1640. Thomas was not the first of his family to emigrate to America, having been preceeded by two uncles, Abraham and Richard Browne, who crossed with the Winthrop fleet in 1630, and by a cousin, John Browne, who came c. 1632 on the Lion. They were all from Lavenham, and all settled in Watertown. The exact circumstances of Thomas's emigration are not known, but it is probably that he, accompanied by the Reverend Edmund Browne, 5 years his junior, arrived in 1637, joining their relatives in Watertown. In 1638, the settled in the newly established town of Sudbury, where Edmund, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, became the first pastor and both were assigned land. Although generally reguarded as brothers, they were more likely cousins. It is known that they had different fathers, each bearing the same name as his father. Since Thomas's mother Sara died in childbirth, it is not unreasonable to assume that he and his cousin Edmund, grew up as "brothers." In 1640 Thomas decided to make his permanent home in the nearby town of Concord."


THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, Ancestry Charles Henry PopeThomas, husbandman, planter, Sudbury, one of the petitioners to whom the Gen. Court gave authority to begin that plantation 6 Sept. 1638. Rem. to Concord; bought land 20 (3) 1655, 9 June, 1661, 3 (2) 1671,--" of Concord." Dau. Mary m. first William Woodhead, of Chelmsford, whose conduct made it necessary for Mr. Browne to write two letters to the governor in Dec. 1670; he deposed at that time, aged about 61 years; his son Thomas, Jr, deposed at the same time, aged about 19 years. [Mdx. files.] Mary m. second, John Gove of Cambridge. Thomas B., Sen. was a member of a committee to divide certain Concord property 26 March, 1675; [Mdx. Deeds]; but 20 Nov. 1680,--" late of Concord, now of Cambridge," --he deeded his Concord lands to his son Thomas, Jr., and acknowledged the deed before Randolph Dec. 6, 1687. He filed on March 11, 1681-2, a list of lands which he had given to his son Boaz before the latter's marriage; John Gore was one of thewitnesses.

The son Jabez, who remained in Sudbury until the founding of Stow, in which he joined with Boaz and others, deposed 6 (2)1669, aged about 25 years; he died in 1692; his widow and son Thomas had a letter from Gove, who called her "my sister Brown," and offered to sign their administration bond, Sept. 29, 1692.
GenMassachusetts-L ArchivesFrom: Subject: BROWN, Thomas Sr. b. 1605 ENG d. 1688 Cambridge,Middlesex, MADate: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 16:22:50 EDTSurname: BROWN, Thomas son of Edward Brown & Anne Woder.b. 1605 > Cambridge,(Mrs.) Bridget BROWN was born about 1609 in of, Suffolk,England. was buried 5 Jan 1681 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.Amer. Comp. 7:836; Savage 1:265; Early MA Marr.; ConcordV.S. p.1; B.T.1934; MA V.S. ChelmsfordMARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A.Torrey) p.109Bridget married (1) Thomas BROWN [Sr.], son of EdwardBROWN andAnne WODER about 1640 in Concord, Middlesex, MA. Thomaswas born10 Jan 1605 in of Lavenham, Suffolk, England. He died 3Nov 1688in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.Amer. Comp. 7:836; Savage 1:265; Early MA Marr.; Concord V.S.p.1; B.T. 1934; MA Vit. St. Chelmsford.; Lavenham Par. Reg.(Suffolk , England)MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A.Torrey) p.109IMMIGRATION: 3 June 1635 "JAMES" of London. William Cooper,Master, three hundred tons. She sailed from SouthamptonApril 5and arrived June 3 with passengers and cattle. Winthrop callsher master 'Mr. Graves' and says that he 'had come everyyear forthese seven years.' [Winthrop: Journal 1:152] [Charles EdwardBanks, "THE PLANTERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH: 1620-1640 Passengersand Ships", Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., Batlimore (1972)974.w2p, pg.137] Servant to Thomas ANTRUMOCCUPATION: Weavers's assistant

Thomas married Bateman? Bridget about 1640 in England or MA. Bridget was born about 1609 in Hawkedon, Suffolk County, England; died on 05 Mar 1681 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Could William Bateman who was admitted a freeman 18 May, 1642 be her father? He had son, William, of Concord, Freeman 1641 and removed to Chelmsford; Thomas, Concord, admitted freeman in 1642, died. 6 Feb. 1699 at age 55 yrs.

Thomas Bateman had sons, John, Thomas, Ebenezer and Peter who died in Woburn, 1676.

Notes:

Of the HAYWARD FAMILY, George Hayward,the progenitor of this family, came from England with his wife and settled at Concord, MA in 1635. He was made a freeman in March 1639. The surname of his wife, Mary, is unknown.

George married (Hayward) Mary in 1638 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. Mary was born on 01 Jan 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 12 May 1693 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Resolved was a small child of about five years old when he arrived in Plymouth in 1620 on the Mayflower with his parents. His brother, Peregrine, was the first white child to be born in New England.

Bradford's 1651 account says "Resolved hath five children."

On 3 Aug. 1640, Resolved White was granted 100 acres in Scituate next to Mr. William Vassall's land. On 7 March, 1642/43 he was granted more land in Scituate.

On 17 March 1656/57, Resolved White of Scituate in New Plymouth in New England, gentleman, and his wife, Judith, dau. of William Vassall of this Island,(Barbados) Esq. sold to Nicholas Ware of St. Michael's , merchant all his one fifth of two thirds of William Vassall's plantation in Saint Michaels. (These deeds show that he was in Barbados at this time.)

On 1 June 1658, Resolved White was made a Freeman of Plymouth Colony.

On 17 March 1662, Resolved White of Scituate, planter, sold land in Scituate to Wiliam Wills. On 25 Sept 1663, Judith, the wife of Resolved White, acknowledged the sale.

On 3 June, 1668, Resolved White was elected surveyor of highways for Marshfield. On 29 May, 1670, he was on the list of Freemen of Marshfield.

On 4 July, 1675 Resolved deposed he was aged about 59 years.
The 2nd of July, 1675, will of Gov. Josiah Winslow names brother, Resolved White.

On 5 Sept. 1678 Resolved White aged about 63 years deposed. In June, 1679 he again deposed he was aged about 63 years. On 2 Jan. 1679/80, Abigail White aged about 74 years deposed. (All in Essex County)

The will of Abigail White, the second wife of Mr. Resolved White of Salem, Essex Co. MA, probated 26 April 1682, proved June 1682, mentions her former husband, William Lord; his kinsman, William Lord and the latter's children; and Resolved White, her now husband.

No Plymouth County probate records for Resolved White.

Resolved married VASSALL Judith on 05 Nov 1640 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA. Judith (daughter of Vassall William and King Anna) was born in 1619 in Stepney, Middlesex, England; died in Apr 1670 in Marshfield, Essex County Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Judith, born about 1619, joined the church at Scituate, May 14, 1637. She came over on the "Blessing" with her parents and siblings, leaving London 17 June 1635. At the age of 21, she married Resolved White, son of William and Susanna Fuller White in Scituate, Plymouth County, MA.

Her family in later years remained Loyalists to the English government during the Rev. War as did the Winslows who were related through Resolved's mother, Susannah who remarried Winslow after the death of her husband, William White.

Notes:

Married:
There is also a record of Marriage dated 5 Nov. 1640 in Scituate (PRC8:19)

John married Ames Amy in 1639 in England. Amy was born on 03 May 1614 in Of Essex, England; died on 21 Nov 1681 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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From NEHGR V66 p233 "The Solomon Johnson Family" Kimball 1912:
"Solomon Johnson (Solomon1), b. about 1627, d. at Sudbury 26 Aug 1690. He was an early proprietor ofLancaster, Ma., for in 1652 he deeded his forty acres in "Nashaway Plantation" (Middlesex Co. deeds v1 p41) to Stephed Day for the three hundred acres (Middlesex Co. deeds v1 p42) excahnged in 1658 (Middlesex Co. deeds v13 p590) for his father's New Sudbury grant of one hundred forty acres, upon which last he probably lived. In 1664 he alienated a moiety of this one hundred forty acres (Middlesex Co. deeds v3 p325), but in 1685 possesed the seventy acres remaining, as a deed from Benjamin Crowe of Stow to Joseph Rice of Marlborough recites that the land sold (originally that of John Wood, Sr. and John Rutter, Sr.) is bounded southward with land of Solomon Johnson, Jr. He married twice: first Hannah ___, who d. 4 June 1685; and secondly, 1 Feb 1686-7, "Hannah Crefts of Natomy" (Watertown records, p. 96), perhaps the Hannah Johnson who married Thomas Frost 9 July 1691. He
died intestate and his widow Hannah and son Caleb administered his estate. (Middlesex Co. Probate, no. 12671)."

Solomon married Craft HannahSudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. Hannah was born in 1627 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 04 Jun 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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From NEHGR V66 p233 "The Solomon Johnson Family" Kimball 1912:
"Solomon Johnson (Solomon1), b. about 1627, d. at Sudbury 26 Aug 1690. He was an early proprietor of Lancaster, Ma., for in 1652 he deeded his forty acres in "Nashaway Plantation" (Middlesex Co. deeds v1 p41) to
Stephed Day for the three hundred acres (Middlesex Co. deeds v1 p42) excahnged in 1658 (Middlesex Co. deeds v13 p590) for his father's New Sudbury grant of one hundred forty acres, upon which last he probably lived. In 1664 he alienated a moiety of this one hundred forty acres (Middlesex Co. deeds v3 p325), but in 1685 possesed the seventy acres remaining, as a deed from Benjamin Crowe of Stow to Joseph Rice of Marlborough recites that the land sold (originally that of John Wood, Sr. and John Rutter, Sr.) is bounded southward with land of Solomon Johnson, Jr. He married twice: first Hannah ___, who d. 4 June 1685; and secondly, 1 Feb 1686-7, "Hannah Crefts of Natomy" (Watertown records, p. 96), perhaps the Hannah Johnson who married Thomas Frost 9 July 1691. He
died intestate and his widow Hannah and son Caleb administered his estate. (Middlesex Co. Probate, no. 12671)."

Notes:

From "The Bent Family in America" Allen Bent 1900:

"Peter Bent (John1) was b. in Penton-Gragton, Eng., in April, 1629, and d. in England, whither he seems to have gone on business, in May, 1678 aged 49. He was but nine years old when he accompanied his father to America. At or before the incorporation in 1660 of Marlboro', which was carved out of the wilderness to the west of Sudbury, he had moved thither. He and his father were among the thirteen who petitioned the Colony in 1656 for the laying out of the town. He built a grist mill on Stony Brook, in what is now the town of Southboro', and became a busy
man. In 1661 he contracted to build a bridge across the Sudbury rived 'for horse and man and laden cart to pass over.' More than once he went to England, no small undertaking in those days. He had build his house
just south of Williams Pond, a mile of more from the present center of Marlboro'. We commend his good judgement on the selection of a site. Here his little family was growing up when suddenly the Indians, stirred up by the animosities of the Narragansett chief, King Phillip, swopped down upon the growing town, one Sunday morning (March 26, 1676), while the good people were at church, applied the fire-brand, and Marlboro' was no more. The November before, a small band of Indians crept up to Bent's mill and scalped his son (probably Zacheus, a lad of nine years) left him for dead -- he afterwards recovered -- and carried off one of his apprentices, Christopher Muchin. ... Two years after Marlboro' was burned by the Indians, Peter died. ... Peter left a widow Elizabeth (maiden name not ascertained), who was living in Sudbury in 1704, when she deeded to her elder son her widow's third of the Marlboro' property. A year after her husband's death she petitioned the Governor and Council for
aid."

Peter married Elizabeth. Elizabeth died after 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bristol County, MA Probate records from 1699-1710, Vol. 2

Anthony was the administrator of his parent's, Jeremiah and Katherine Newland, will dated 10 Jan 1700/1701 in Bristol county, MA { 2:67/68.}
Legacies to sons; Jeramy, John and Benjamin Newland, William Wetherly, John Wetherly, William Cobb, Nicholas Smith and Anthony Newland. On receipt of their inheritances, Wetherly signed his name Wetherel..

Jeremiah married Katherine about 1653. Katherine died before 1696 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bristol County, MA Probate records from 1699-1710, Vol. 2

Anthony was the administrator of his parent's, Jeremiah and Katherine Newland, will dated 10 Jan 1700/1701 in Bristol county, MA { 2:67/68.}
Legacies to sons; Jeramy, John and Benjamin Newland, William Wetherly, John Wetherly, William Cobb, Nicholas Smith and Anthony Newland. On receipt of their inheritances, Wetherly signed his name Wetherel..

Notes:

Edward Babbitt/Bobbit came to America in 1638. He was a member of the "Grand Enquest" of Plymouth county, MA. He was baptised near Berkley Bridge. In 1643 he was listed on a census type of document as being between sixteen and fifity-four years of age. On Nov 19, 1652 he bought land from Jonas Austin in Taunton in Taunton where he built a house before he married Sarah Tarne, daughter of Myles Tarne of Boston in 1654.

During a battle of King Phillip's War, he took refuge in the garrison of Tauton but was killed by Indians the day before John Tisdale was killed. Documents pertaining to Edward where signed as Bobbitt.


Dan Bobbitt , b. abt 1578, Witnesham, Suffolk, EnglandJohn Bobbitt b. abt 1605, Witnesham, Suffolk, EnglandWilliam Bobbitt, Sr. b. abt 1645-49, Glamorgan, WalesUPDATED 06/06/2001iWebTech: CHIRD.COM Copyright © 1997-2xxx All Rights ReservedWhat's in a name? The Babbitt Name
The history of this ancient Suffolk family traces its ancestry as a family of origin before the year 1100 and appears first in the ancient records in SuffolkAllen Wade Mount, Sr. a Bobbitt descendent from North Carolina,and a scholar of our family history, who is at this time still working on the family history writes the following which is of interest to all Southern Bobbbits. The Bobbitt name is of Dutch Origin. The name Bobbert was brought into England by the Dutch during those very early years of movment from the continent. Over the years in England the name became Bobbit or Bobbitt as we know it today

The first "BOBBITT" to arrive from Glamorganshire, Wales in America was Edward Bobet in 1638. In 1643 he was listed as between the age of sixteen and fifty-four and lived at Plymouth. On Nov 19, 1652 he bought land from Jonas Austin in Taunton, Massachusetts. He then built a house before getting married in 1654 to Sarah Tarne, daughter of Myles Tarne of Boston.On documents in 1660 and 1668 his name was spelled "BOBBITT"

The English Sumame Bobbett means "Bob," son of Robert, the syllable "ett" being a diminutive. Similarly "Babbidge" is supposed to derive from "son of Barbara". "Bobbett" was a common family name in Suffolk and Devonshire in the middle ages. from The Babbitt Name

It's got it's roots in Wales, if you descend from William (1649). However, there are records of Bobbitt's (Bobbet) from 1250. There is even speculation (I'm missing one integral link) that will connect the said William to a previous generation that will take the line back to 1300's, however, I'm still working on it, and no solid proof, so I don't like to get people's hopes up. The story, as I know it, is William and his brother John (also known as Roger) were accused of Horse theiving in Wales and chased to England. They cleared thier names, and ended up sailing to America out of a Port near Glamorganshire, Wales, possibly even Liverpool. William sailed with his wife, Joanna Sturdivant, and his Brother as well, though his brother drops off the face of the earth as far as I can see, after they reach America. I hope this helps you. E-mail me if you'd like more info. Thanks! Josh Bobbittkewltoy@earthlink.net
by Mary Richardson mrichson@ix.netcom.com
According to page 1, The Bobbitt Family in America (by John W. Bobbitt, 1985):"'Certain family traditions say the Bobbet name is of French origin, but there is no doubt that it is the old English name of Bobbet, this being the form used by the first Edward Bobbet who came to Massachusetts. It is a comon name of the present time and later immigrants to this country who settled in Virginia and North Carolina have kept the name in its original form and it is not an uncommon name throughout the south. The same person will frequently use several varieties of spelling the name in the same document. In New England the fifth generation almost all used the form of "Babbitt" which is still used in the New England states today. 'The English surname Bobett mean "Bob" son of Robert,the syllable "ett" being a diminu- tive. Bobbett was a common family name in Suffolk and Devonshire in the middle ages in England.'" In 1981, I found the following Know YOUR Name article in the Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch: "BOBBET, BOBBITT-This is an English pet name for the name Robert, which is from the Old German rodbert, meaning "fame-bright." Though many of the Old German names that couple an animal with a human characteristic do not appear to make sense at the present time, we must not forget that they made good sense to the Germans. Our Puritan names Faith, Hope, Charity, Temperance and the like would not make sense to the Germans.Robert was introduced into England by the Normans and was later shortened to Bob, Rob, Hobb, Nobb and so on. The addition of the French diminutive ending -et and an additional b to Bob give the meaning 'little Bob' or 'son of Bob.'Robert Robet or Bobet was living in Somersetshire around 1330. Thomas Evines (Evans) and Elizabeth Bobitt were married at St. James's Chruch, London in 1668. Samuel Shelton and Martha Bobbett were married in St. George's Chapel, London, in 1742, and Henry Webb and Elizabeth Bobbet were married in the same chruch in 1753.In Virginia William Bobbett was granted 96 acres in Charles City County in 1673 and William Bobbitt was granted 254 acres in Prince George County in 1725 on payment of 25 shillings. Lewis bobbit held land in Brunswick County prior to 1728."

It seems I am a descendant of William Bobbitt, Sr. from Wales, England, who took a land grant in Virginia Colony. However, the information I received in the past and the lists I find here confuse me. My information states there were three brothers who came from Wales and took on the following names: Edward Bobbett, Robert Babbitt, and William Bobbitt.Edward Bobbett & Robert Babbitt stayed in the north.William Bobbitt went south to Virginia.William Bobbitt had one son named Thomas Bobbitt, will was probated and recorded in Sussex County, Virginia in Record Book "A", page 116, on January 19, 1959 and he was married to Mary Hill. Thomas had three sons: John, Randolph, and William; he may have had other children as well. These three sons served with distinction in the Revolutionary War. John and Randolph were to have moved to Pittsylvania County, and William moved to the western part of Virginia or what was known as the Valley of Virginia that included Rockbridge County and related areas. The only other names I have been given dated from 1875-1959 which doesn't seem to be included in your genealogy -- at least when I've read of it so far. I will have to see if the individual I received this from has found out anything more, but till then I thought I'd ask if any of the following names are familiar to you. William Terry Bobbitt 1875-1953 Nannie Catherine Towler 1875-1951 Children: Lula Blanche Bobbitt Ola Lee Bobbitt Grady Haden Bobbitt Willie Albert Bobbitt Hullett Lloyd Bobbitt Henry Allen Bobbitt Jesse David Bobbitt Vernie Odell Bobbitt Melvin Arnold Bobbitt My grandfather's name was David Albert Bobbitt and my father's name was Obed Bobbitt (born in Lynchburg, VA, I believe) Thanks. Virginia (Bobbitt) Jeffery
Ken Slade kls1613@flash.net
Ismel Bobbitt, born in Scotland, had a daughter named Frances Bobbitt. Frances married Lewis Westmoreland Jones in Rowan Co. NC. They had a son name Henry Coxton Jones, born 8 Dec 1814 in KY. ZHenry married Elizabeth Ann Simpson in Christian Co. KY

According to references in; Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames by C.W. Bardsley, and Welsh Surnames by T.J. Morgan and Prys Morgan. The name BOBBITT is a variant of the Welsh name BOBYDD, which in turn is derived from theWelsh name POBYDD, with the first recorded instance being in 1406.

Being Welsh from both sides of the family, it seems Bobbitt is a variation on Roberts. The Welsh form of the Scots 'Mac' or the the Irish 'O' is ap. Hence Powell, which was ap Hywll (with many variations) or Bobbitt, which was ap Robert (or possibly Rhodri). Some Welsh names end with 's' (Jones, Hopkins) which means basically the same thing--Bob Jones would be translated as 'Bob, son of John. John Roberts would be 'John, son of Robert.' The 'p' in 'ap' would sometimes be changed to a 'b' over the centuries. by Cheryl Powell powellc@iit.edu

Allen Wade Mount, in his book "Our Bobbitt Family" wrote, "The Bobbitt surname is of Dutch Origin. Among the Dutch who came to England during the early days of immigration from the continent were those who used the name " Bobert".p., The Bobbit Family in America Book



Edward Bobbett is among those who toke the Oath of Fidelitie in the year 1657 in Taunton. Among those listed were Jonas Burt and Thomas Casswell. In 1643 in Taunton, he is listed as one of those who could bear arms.

Birth:
1626/1627

Edward married Tarne Sarah on 07 Sep 1654 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. Sarah (daughter of Tarne Myles and B. Sarah) was born about 19 Jan 1633 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire County, England; died in Tauton, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
19 Jan 1633/1634

John married Rogers Hannah on 23 Nov 1664 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA. Hannah was born in 1640; died on 08 Jun 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Anna. Anna was born in 1630; died on 17 Aug 1665 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ship and Passenger Information:
The Ann(e) and the Little James arrived together in July (10), 1623 - "The Planters".
"The vessels parted company at sea; the Ann arrived the latter part of June,
and the Little James some week or ten days later; part of the number were
the wives and children of persons already in the Colony." - "Hotten's Lists"

*A tradition passed down to a branch of the Joseph Anable (1773-1831) family was that Anthony first came over on the "Fortune" perhaps as a crew member as his name is not mentioned as a passenger. He then returned to England in 1621 on the "Fortune" to get his family. This was checked but could not be authenticated by checking the records of Plymouth Plantation or the passenger and crew lists of the ship. It is possible that, if Anthony Annable did truly make a trip to Plymouth in the "Fortune", prior to his fully documented trip in the "Anne" in 1623, he could have made the earlier voyage in the capacity of a supervisor or clerical representative of the ship's owner, in which case his name would not have appeared on either of the lists consulted. ("Anable Family Record", a privately kept record by a branch of the Joseph Anable (1773-1831).*

Anthony came over on the "Anne" as a "Stranger", leaving from the port of Cambridge, Cambridgehire County,England. He was not part of the religious group that came over earlier on the Mayflower. He is thought to be one of the sons of John Annable of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk County, England.

William Annable of Dunstable was the first to use the Annable arms for a seal of a deed dated 1396.

Anthony married Jane Momford on April 26, 1619 in All Saint's Church, Cambridgeshire Parish, England. This record can be found in Cambridgeshire Parish Registers, Marriages at All Saints Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire County, England 1539-1837, Vol. 4. p. 9

The Will of Anthony Annable


"Anthony and Jane (Momford) Annable arrived in Plymouth in 1623 with their two daughters, Hannah and Sarah. The couple may have become Separatists while in the colony; they were among the first members of the Scituate church under the Reverend John Lothrop. They were married in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on April 26, 1619. They had three more daughters. They moved to Scituate in 1633 and Barnstable in 1639. Jane died in Barnstable in 1643. After his wife’s death, Anthony remarried to Ann Elcock or Clark in March of the next year. They had three children and he died in 1674."source: The Annable House http://www.plimoth.org/Museum/Pilgrim_Village/annable.htm

Anthony married Clark Anne about 03 Mar 1644 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA. Anne was born in 1608 in England; died about 14 Mar 1651 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, MA; was buried on 16 Mar 1651. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is unclear if her last name is Clarke or Alcock according to Genealogical Register IX, p. 315.

Notes:

Married:
3 Mar 1644/1645

Notes:

Mr. Thomas Allyn was one of the first settlers in Barnstable. We do not know the date of his coming to New England, but he speaks, in Mar. 1654, of a visit that he made to England in 1649 on business of his own and as the agent of 'divers friends' as 'at my last being in Ould England.'

His name was proposed as a freeman of Plymouth Colony,1 Mar.1641/42, but he was not admitted as such until 1652. In 1644, 1651 and 1658, he was Surveyor of Highways; in 1648, 1658 and 1670 Constable; in 1653 Juryman.

"Mr. Allyn was one of the wealthiest of the early settlers of Barnstable. His house lots were in the central part of the village as it was first laid out. The records of the laying out of land in Barnstable are all lost, and the records of Mr. Allyn furnish the best information that we have. In 1654 Mr. Allyn owned six of the original house lots, containing from six to twelve acres each, laid out on the north side of the highway, west of Rendez-vous Lane, and the part of this land was still, in 1936, owned by his descendants.
He also owned meadowland at Sandy Neck and in 1647, he owned the land on the north of the Hallett Farm, adjoining the bounds of Yarmouth. Besides these he had rights in the common land and other large tracts"

Thomas married Crawford Winnefred. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Winifred's maiden name is unknown. She was first married to an unknown, Mr. Crawford and by inference of the Probate records ,(MBCR1:132) they lived in Watertown. He was drowned in the Charles River, along with his brother and a servant. A small boat, they overloaded with goods and hogshead, upset and dumped all into the river. This was recorded by Rev. Winthrop to have occurred on 12 Aug. 1634. ( WJ 1:165) The widow Crawford married twice more after this incident; John Woolcott and Thomas Allyn of Barnstable.

Notes:

Nicholas, born in England, lived to be 77 years old. He came to New England on the "Anne" in 1623 leaving from Southampton. He settled in Plymouth and became a freeman in 1633. He worked during his life as a carpenter.
His wife, Constance Hopkins Snow came over on the "Mayflower" with her father, step-mother and other siblings.

Crossing the Atlantic in the same boat was Anthony Annable, his wife, Jane Momford and small daughter, Sarah. Descendants of these two families would
join together three generations later.

One source says he was born in Shoreditch, London, Enlgand (Laurie McDaniel Howland/http://www.ilos.net/~lhowland/html-ne/dat280.htm)

Nicholas was made a freeman at Plymouth in 1633, ten years after his arrival in New England. He was named in 1634 to lay out highways at Plymouth, and he served there as arbitrator, surveyor of highways and on juries. By 165 he had settled at Eastham where he served as clerk, selectman, deputy, constable, highway surveyor, excise collector and on court committees.

The will of Nicholas Snow of Eastham, dated 14 November, 1676 and proved 5 March 1676/77, left livestock and household goods to wife Constant for life use and then to son, Jabez, and devised various parcels of land to sons, Mark, Joseph, Steven, John and Jabez. The description of land near the testator's house mentioned "son Thomas Paine" (actually son-in-law) as an abutting owner. Nicholas also gave, after the death of his wife, the sum of ten shillings "to the Church of Eastham for the furniture of the Table of the Lord, with pewter or other necessaries." He named Deacon Samuel Freeman and John Mayo as executors. Letters of administration were granted to Constan, Mark and John Snow on 6 March 1676/77. A lengthy inventory, including many cooper's and carpenter's tools, was sworn to by widow Constant on 22 March 1676/77.

Governor Bradford wrote between 6 March and 3 April 1651 that "Constanta is also maried, and hath 12 children all of them living, and one of them married.

Note:The last three children, alive in 1651 as per Governor Bradford's account, may be sons who predeceased their father,Nicholas Snow without issue, thus not mentioned in his will; or may be daughters. Note that Nicholas did not specifcally name his daughters in his will. Josiah Paine, town clerk and historian of Harwich, wrote that Nicholas and Constance had a daughter named for her mother who was the first wife of Daniel Doane of Eashtam. Daniel was born probably in Plymouth, ca 1636; d. Eastham 29 Dec. 1712 in the 76th year of his life.

Nicholas married Hopkins Constance before 22 May 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA. Constance (daughter of Hopkins Stephen and Machell Mary, perhaps) was christened on 11 May 1606 in Parish of Hursley, All Saints Church, Hampshire County, England; died on 25 Oct 1677 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Ma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She lived to be 70 years old. All of her children survived to adulthood.

In the Mayflower Passenger List by William Bradford, he called her "Constanta". He said she and her husband lived twenty years in Plymouth Plantation. William Bradford wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation" between the years of 1630-1654.

Constance came on the Mayflower with her family. Nicholas Snow came on the Anne in 1623 and was made a freeman at Plymouth in 1633.
In the will of Nicholas, a lengthy inventory, including many cooper's and carpenter's tools, was sworn to by widow Constant on 22 March,1676/77.

Govenor Bradford wrote between 6 March and 3 April 1651 that "Constanta is also maried, and hath 12 children all of them living, and one of them married.

Notes:

Married:
They were married sometime before the May 22, 1627 Division of cattle.

Notes:

John came to New England on the "Francis and James" (or was it the William and Francis?) with Winslow in 1632, arriving in Boston on June 5th. He resided in Plymouth and became a freeman on March 1, 1642. He removed to Eastham, Barnstable County in 1645 and Piscataway by 1670 with the first settlers.

During the time he lived in Eastham, he was the Constable in 1646, Surveyor in 1649 and was part of the Grand Inquest of 1654, 1660 and 1665. Land was granted to him in 1658 between Bridgewater and Weymouth and in 1662 near Taunton.

Birth:
1613/1624

John married Walden Ann on 29 Nov 1638 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Ma. Ann was born in England; died on 29 Jan 1694 in Piscataway, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Peckham probably immgrated between 1634-1638 and appears in Newport, R. I. in 1638. He was associated with the Clarkes and others, who were among the active supporters of Anne Hutchinson. His name is not found in any passenger list, nor in the Boston records. It is probable that he came with the Hutchinson party on the "Griffin" He was a zealous Baptist, but his name does not appear in the list of those disarmed in Boston, nor among the followers of Wheelwright,nor was he one of the signers of the Portsmouth covenant. He was a brother-in-law of John Clarke, and his lands were allotted along with those of William Freeborn, John Coggeshall and others who were the first settlers of the Island of Aquidneck in 1638, where, on May 20th his name is in a list of those who were admitted inhabitants of Newport. In 1640, the bounds of his lands were established. March 16, 1641 he was admitted a freeman. In 1648, he was one of the ten male members of the first Baptist Church of Newport,in full communion. This same year, Eleanor Peckham, his second wife, was baptized. His residence was in that part of Newport that afterwards became Middletown, and a stone marked I. P. is supposed to mark his grave. A reference to his will is found in a list of seventeen wills (between 1676 and 1695) that were presented to the court in 1700, by parties interested, the law requiring three witnesses and these wills having but two.

John Peckham and his sons became, prior to 1700, very extensive landholders. They were first, amoung the proprietors of the Petaquamscot purchase in 1660; second, in the Westerly purchase in 1661; third, in the East Greenwich purchase in 1677. These tracts reached across southern Rhode Island from Westerly to Narragansett Bay. Their purchases also included Connannicut Island and Dutch Island, in the Bay, besides large tracts on the island of Rhode Island, where the original settlement was made. Soon after the first settlement of Rhode Island, the Peckhams bought a tract of land one mile square in Little Compton, on which they buit a house in 1640,which stood two hundred years and in which six generations of Peckhams were born. Their purchases also extended into Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Acushnet River, where a part of the city of New Bedford now stands. The great-grandchildren of John Peckham were among the settlers of Stonington and other towns of eastern Connecticutt; Westerly, Charlestown, Hopkinton, North and South Kingstown, East Greenwich, Scituate, Gloucester, Providence, Jamestown, Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton and Little Compton, R. I.; and Darmouth, Westport, New Bedford, Rehoboth and Petersham, Massachusetts. The succeeding generation migrated to Dutchess County and central New York.

In a deed dated May 30, 1651, from Joshua Coggeshall and his mother, Mary Coggeshall, to Walter Connigrave, the land is described as bounded "on land granted to Mary Clarke, now deceased, sometime the wife of John Peckham."
The grant referred to was made previous to 1644. Mary Clarke was the sister of the five brothers, Carew, Thomas, Jeremiah, John and Joseph, and was born in 1607. It is not known where or when she was married, or when she died. The date of John Peckham's second marriage, the surname of his second wife, and the date of his death, are also unknown. There are reasons for believing that Mary Clarke was the mother of his sons John,Thomas and William. (The above was written by Stephen Farnum Peckham, A. M., of New York City, NY in 1903.)

John married Crafts Eleanor. Eleanor was born about 1605. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families" Eleanor was the second wife of John Peckam.

Notes:

Married:
ABT 1647/1648
abt ABT 1647

Arthur married Cooke Sarah on 20 Nov 1652 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA. Sarah (daughter of COOKE John and WARREN Sarah) was born in 1635 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]