Last Updated on May 29, 2011 by (II) James, son of Christopher Avery. the only child of whom there is any record in America, and the founder of the Averys of Groton, was born in England about 1620. He accompanied his father to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and lived with him for several years in […]
Last Updated on June 11, 2012 by Dennis My son Moses Hale, Jan. 15, 1717-8. Mary, dau. of Elias Whitten, Jan. 26 Jedidiah, son of Jedidiah Pearson, Jan. 26. Bethya, dau. of Dan’ll Tenney, jr., Mar. 30
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Last Updated on May 1, 2021 by George Oliver Locke, of Pembroke, an ex-member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, was born in South New Market, N.H., September 19, 1826, son of Simeon and Clarissa (Tash) Locke. His great-grand-father, David Locke, who was a native of Yorkshire, England, became an early settler in Rye,
Last Updated on June 11, 2012 by Dennis Mary, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, Jan. 4, 1735-6 Mercoy, dau. of Samll Lull, Jan. 4, 1735-6. Hepzibah, dau. of Samll Killburn, Jan. 11. Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Burpe, Feb. 15. Joseph, son of David Woodman, Feb. 29. Sarah, dau. of Edmund Cheney, Feb. 7 John, son of
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Last Updated on June 11, 2012 by Dennis A child of Samuell Stickney, June 5. Elizabeth, dau. of Moses Hale, jr., July 17 Sarah, dau. of John Stewart, July 17. Joseph, son of Samuell Poor, July 24 Samuell, son of Jonathan Thurlo, July 24. Samuell, son of David Woodman, Aug. 21, 1737. Pheebe, dau. of
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Last Updated on June 11, 2012 by Dennis Joseph Brown, adult person, Jan. 8, 1715-6. my daughter Martha Hale, Jan. 8, 1715-6. John, son of Richard Boynton, Jan. 8, 1715-6. Susanna, dau. of Samuell Ayers, Feb. 5,1715-6. Mehitabel, dau. of Joseph Brown, Feb. 5,1715-6. Joseph, son of Jonathn Mores, Feb. 5,1715-6. Joshua, son of James
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Last Updated on April 12, 2013 by Dennis G151 EDWARD BAKER: farmer; settled on the south side of “Baker’s Hill”, Saugus (then Lynn), Mass., 1630; undoubtedly came in the fleet under Gov. Winthrop; admitted a Freeman, 1638; m. Joan (d. 1693); d. 1687. Joseph: m. Ruth Holton, 1662; he and eldest son, Joseph, killed by
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Last Updated on April 3, 2013 by Rev. George1 Phillips, the first settled minister at Watertown, came to New England in ship Arbella, with his friends Gov. Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall. He was grad. of Gaius Coll., Cambridge, A.B. 1613, A.M. 1617; landed at Salem, Mass., June 12, 1630; wife Elizabeth [Sergent] Phillips d.
Last Updated on May 30, 2013 by Fred Moulton, a leading resident of Plainfield and the proprietor of a large grocery store at Lebanon, was born July 11, 1836, in Plainfield, son of Stephen R. and Sally (Noyes) Moulton. The Moultons have had representatives in Plainfield for four generations, men who have been prominent in
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Capt. Benjamin Brown, father of General John, and of Judge A. G. Brown, and one of the most prominent among the early settlers of Ames, was born October 17, 1745, at Leicester, Massachusetts. His grandfather, William Brown, came from England to America while a youth, was the
The Tappan family of Attleboro, while not an old one in this section of the State, has, nevertheless, been resident for half a century in Attleboro, where Ephraim H. Tappan makes his home, and where his sons, Charles H. and William C, the latter now deceased, have been identified with the manufacturing interests of that section, by their great energy, enterprise and progressive spirit making for themselves a name ranking them among the foremost jewelry manufacturers of the State. The Tappan family was planted in America by:
Abraham Toppan (or Tappan), son of William Topham, of Calbridge, in the parish of Coverham, and fourth in descent from Robert Topham, of Linton, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England; he was baptized April 10, 1606. He lived for some time in Yarmouth, County of Norfolk. His wife, whose maiden name was Taylor, was born in 1607, daughter of Elizabeth, who married (second) John Goodale, whom she outlived and from whom she inherited considerable property. Mr. Toppan with his wife, two children and maidservant, in 1637, took passage in the “Mary and Ann” to New England, and there came in the same vessel with them Mrs. Goodale, his mother-in-law. He settled in Newbury, being admitted Oct. 16, 1637, and at different times in the year following several lots were granted to him. He made a number of voyages to Barbadoes, one or more of which were profitable. He died Nov. 5, 1672, aged sixty-six, in the house on “Toppan’s Lane” which he had built about 1670 for his son Jacob. His widow died March 20, 1689, aged eighty-two years. The children of Abraham and Susanna (Taylor) Toppan were:
Last Updated on June 11, 2012 by Dennis Sarah and Mary Poor, young women, daughters of Joseph Poor, Apr. 23, 1710. Faith, dau. of Maximilian Jewett, Apr. 30. Jane, dau. of Benjamin Plummer, June 4. Mary, dau. of James Wheeler, Aug. 13. Margarett, dau. of Nathan Wheeler, Oct. 29, 1710. Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Nelson,
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Last Updated on March 10, 2012 by Richards, Franklin B.; iron merchant; born, North Andover, Mass., Nov. 12, 1862; son of Albert D. and Mary Preston Richards; educated, grammar and high school, Somerville, Mass.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass., 1884, degree S. B.; married, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 8, 1886, Caroline A. Dimick; two daughters,
Last Updated on August 15, 2013 by Dennis Jonathan Biles, born about 1646, lived in Beverly, being a house-carpenter by trade, but a yeoman as well. He was sworn a freeman 26: 9: 1678. He married, first, Elizabeth Patch Nov. 15, 1674, and she was his wife in 1696. He married, second, Margaret Cleaves May
Last Updated on June 11, 2012 by Dennis Judith, dau. of John Noyes, Apr. 12. Jonathan, son of Francis Nelson, Apr. 19, 1713. Sarah, dau. of Abraham Adams, Oct. 11, 1713. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Woodman, Oct. 11, 1713. Jedidiah, son of Judah Colman, Oct. 11, 1713. Sam’ll, son of Samuell Ayers, Nov. 29. My
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Last Updated on March 4, 2013 by Dennis 1. William1 Wilson, of Lynn, Mass., m. Priscilla Purchase and had four ch.: William, of Concord, Mass., was b. at Lynn, Aug. 28, 1664; d. Concord, Aug. 7, 1741. The age on his gravestone would show that he was the son of William1, and investigations show that
Last Updated on June 11, 2012 by Dennis Ann, dau. of Ebenezer Stewart, Apr. 6, 1712. Jane, dau. of Thomas Colman, Apr. 6, 1712. Margarett, dau. of Jonathan Boynton, Apr. 6, 1712. Stephen, son of Abraham Adams, Apr. 20, 1712. Mehitabel, dau. of Thomas Plumer, April 27. Lydia, dau. of Judah Colman, April 27. Jonathan,
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