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29-56. JOSEPH5 BROCKLEBANK (Nathan 29-26; Joseph 29-12; Capt. Samuel 29-1; Widow Jane 29), baptized 21 Oct., 1759; married 30 Apr., 1784, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Ellsworth (64-11).
They moved to Bridgton, Me., about 1788, where the births of their five children are recorded, and where he died 25 Dec., 1837. Rev. soldier.
Child born in Rowley :
29-75. JOSEPH,6 b. 31 Aug., 1785.
29-57. JOHN6 BROCKLEBANK (John 29-31; John 29-18; Dea. Samuel 29-3; Capt. Samuel 29-1; Widow Jane 29), born 31 Dec., 1738; married in Ipswich, 25 Dec., 1764, Sarah Fowler of Ipswich. She died 2 June, 1823, aged 78 years. He died 21 Jan., 1819 (G. S. Georgetown). Rev. soldier.
Children born in Rowley :
29-76. BETTY,7 b. 27 Oct., 1765; m. 8 May, 1784, Samuel Norris of Amherst, N. H.
29-77. MERCY, b. 28 Aug., 1768 ; m. Job Brocklebank (29-71).
29-78. HANNAH, b. 18 Feb., 1772; m. (int. 4 Mar., 1795) Benjamin Hardy of Bradford; d. 8 May, 1866.
29-79. SALLY (Sarah), b. 4 Oct., 1774; m. Enoch Harriman (78-63) .
29-80. PHEBE, b. 6 July, 1777 ; m. Moses Nelson (130-141).
29-81. JOHN, b. 5 Sept., 1784; m. Nancy Poor Harriman.
29-82. SAMUEL, b. 19 Dec., 1788; m. Mehitable Emerson.
29-71. JOB6 BROCKLEBANK (David 29-34; John 29-18; Dea. Sam- uel 29-3; Capt. Samuel 29-1; Widow Jane 29), born 8 June, 1755; married (int. 18 Oct., 1788) Mercy, daughter of John Brocklebank (29-57). She died 29 June, 1821. He died 11 Sept., 1824. Rev. soldier, pensioner of U. S.
Children born in Rowley :
29-83. DAVID,7 b. 15 Aug., 1789 ; m. Sophia Andrews.
29-84. HANNAH, b. 28 Sept., 1791; d. 11 July, 1824; unm.
29-85. MOSES, b. 25 May, 1794 ; d. 11 Sept., 1798.
29-86. MOSES SPOFFORD, b. 26 Mar., 1808; m. Hannah C. Brown.
29-81. COL. JOHN7 BROCKLEBANK (John 29-57; John 29-31; John
- 29-18; Dea. Samuel 29-3; Capt. Samuel 29-1; Widow Jane 29), born 5 Sept., 1784; married in Boxford, 25 Oct., 1807, Nancy Poor Harri- man of Boxford. They moved to Ipswich, about 1830, where he was superintendent of the almshouse for many years. They returned to Georgetown, where he died 7 June, 1868. She died 1 Apr., 1872, aged 84 years (G. S. Georgetown).
Children born in Rowley :
29-87. CLARISSA,8 b. 30 Sept., 1808; d. 2 July, 1826; unm.
29-88. JOHN FOWLER, b. 11 Oct., 1810; m. 4 Apr., 1833, Hannah L. Kimball of Ipswich.
29-89. JEREMIAH, b. 10 Mar., 1813; d. 25 July, 1816.
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29-90. LUCY ANN, b. 16 June, 1815 (30 June dup.) ; m. 2 Dec., 1832, Charles Davis.
29-91. JEREMIAH, b. 9 June, 1818; d. in Ipswich, 1 Dec., 1906.
29-92. MARY JANE, b. 22 Jan., 1821.
29-93. PRESTON LINCOLN, b. 26 Apr., 1823.
29-94. CLARISSA MARIA, b. 22 July, 1825.
29-82. SAMUEL7 BROCKLEBANK (John 29-57; John 29-31; John 29-18; Dea. Samuel 29-3; Capt. Samuel 29-1; Widow Jane 29), born 19 Dec., 1788; married (int. 21 Aug., 1810) Mehitable Emerson. She died 14 Nov., 1863, aged 79 years, 10 months, 4 days (G. S. George- town). He died in Danbury, N. H., 1876 (Georgetown R.).
Children born in Rowley :
29 - 95. SAMUEL HUBBARD,8 b. 20 Aug., 1811; m. 15 Nov., 1831, Louisa C. Wil- marth; residence, Georgetown, where he d. 22 July, 1880, and she d. 17 Apr., 1883, aged 73 years, 9 mos.
29 - 96. SARAH GOULD, b. 23 Oct., 1813.
29 - 97. BETSEY EMERSON, b. 6 July, 1817.
29 - 9S. An infant, d. 28 Dec., 1820, aged three weeks.
29 - 99. An infant dau., d. 21 Mar., 1825, aged 1 year.
29-100. MARTHA MARIA, b. 14 Feb., 1828.
29-83. DAVID7 BROCKLEBANK (Job 29-71; David 29-34; John 29- 18; Dea. Samuel 29-3; Capt. Samuel 29-1; Widow Jane 29), born 15 Aug., 1789 ; married 5 Oct., 1819, Sophia Andrews. She died 3 Jan., 1824, aged 25 years. He married (2) 1 Nov., 1826, Clarissa, daugh- ter of Enoch Floyd of Newbury. He died in Georgetown, 30 July, 1859. She died 15 Jan., 1873.
Children born in Rowley :
29-101. An infant,8 twin, b. 30 May, 1827; d. soon.
29-102. An infant, twin, b. 30 May, 1827; d. soon.
29-103. HANNAH MATILDA, b. 9 Sept., 1828 ; m. John T. Hills of Georgetown.
29-104. DAVID, b. 19 May, 1836 ; m. 5 Aug., 1862, Martha Haseltine Chapman of Rowley.
29-86. MOSES SPOFFORD7 BROCKLEBANK (Job 29-71; David 29-34; John 29-18; Dea. Samuel 29-3; Capt. Samuel 29-1; Widow Jane 29), born 26 Mar., 1808; married 13 Sept., 1832, Hannah C. Brown; died in Georgetown, 7 Oct., 1865.
Child born in Rowley :
29-105. LAURI ANN,8 b. 30 May, 1836; m. Jophanus Adams of Georgetown.
BROWNE BROWN
30. CHARLES1 BROWNE married, 14: 8 mo. 1647, Mary, daughter of William Acy (2) (Essex Deeds, 5 Ips .: 302). She was buried 12 Dec., 1683. He was a member of Rowley Church, before 1665, and was buried 16 Dec., 1687 .* His will, dated 20 Dec., 1687,* proved 14 Sept., 1687,* mentions father Acy as then alive; brother John Acy; * These three dates appear of record as given above.
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eldest son, Beriah; granddaughter Sarah Brown, a minor who had a legacy left her by son Gershom Brown, deceased; sons William, John, Samuel, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, and Joseph who is under age. Sons John, Nathaniel and Ebenezer named executors (Essex Probate, 302 : 172). The inventory of his estate was taken 12 Mar., 1687-8 (Essex Probate, 302: 173). He may have married before 1647, and his first wife may have been daughter of Francis Lambert (112) and the mother of his children Gershom and Mary, who were probably born before he came to Rowley. See will of Gershom Lambert (112-5).
Children of record in Rowley :
30-1. GERSHOM,2 bur. 5 Dec., 1683. His will, dated 1 Dec., 1683, mentions brother Nathaniel to have half his farm, and his mother to have the other half; cousin Sarah to be brought up by testator's mother ; brothers John, Samuel, Ebenezer, William and Joseph; sister Mary Brown; uncle John Acy; father Brown and brother John to be executors (Essex Probate).
30-2. MARY, bur. 9 Dec., 1683. Called "cousin" in will of Gershom Lambert (112-5).
30-3. BERIAH, b. 8 : 5 mo., 1648; m. Sarah Harris (79-6).
30-4. WILLIAM, b. 11: 10 mo., 1651; "died in the Canada voyage," 1690. The inventory of his estate, taken 15 Apr., 1691, was presented to court, 22 Apr., 1691, by his brother, John Browne, admr. (Essex Probate).
30-5. JOHN, b. 5: 12 mo., 1653 ; m. Abigail Browne.
30-6. SAMUEL, b. 5: 12 mo., 1655; was in the Canada voyage, 1690. His brothers, John, Nathaniel and Ebenezer, petitioned to have John Staniford appointed admr., 11 Oct., 1693 (Essex Probate).
30-7. EBENEZER, b. 14 Sept., 1658; m. 29 July, 1698, Mary Jewett (102-4). He m. (2) (int. 7 Apr., 1722) Mehitable Hovey, a widow of Ipswich. His will, dated 30 Mar., proved 17 Apr., 1733, mentions himself as of Rowley. He gives his wife, Mehitable, half his real estate and all his personal property ; to his kinsman, Abraham Browne, son of his brother, John Browne, deceased, the remainder. He owned land in Rowley, Newbury, and Bradford (Essex Probate, 331 : 171). His widow, Mehitable, m. (3) (int. 23 June, 1733) Lieut. Jacob Perley of Boxford.
30-8. NATHANIEL, b. 20 May, 1660; m. Mary Wheeler.
30-9. JOSEPH, b. 29 June, 1668 ; prob. d. before 1690; unm.
30-3. BERIAH2 BROWNE (Charles 30), born 8: 5 mo. (July), 1648; married 6 Jan., 1673-4, Sarah, daughter of John Harris (79). In the will of his father, Charles Browne, 1687, he is mentioned in words following: "I give to my eldest son Briah Browne twenty-four pounds in some good pay." In the same will his brothers are given land. No after mention of him nor of his wife is found of record in Essex Co., save only in the will of his grandfather Acy as given below. He moved to Kingston, R. I., and there married (2) 1685, Abigail, daughter of Alexander and Abigail (Sewall) Phenix of Kingston. He married (3) Eleanor ,He died in Kingston and was buried 20 Feb., 1717, during a snow storm. Administration granted to his oldest son, Alexander Brown.
Child born in Rowley :
30-10. SARAH,3 bp. 4 Nov., 1677, the record is as follows: "1677 Br. Brown
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grandchild daugh. Sarah Novemb. 4." In the will of her uncle, Gershom Browne, 1683, she is mentioned as follows: "I doe give unto my Cousen Sarah ten pounds of that pay that is in Thomas Pallmers hand, and my will is that the saide ten pounds shall be in my mothers hand for the bringing of her up, and that at the age of twenty and one years or at the Day of her marriage which shall first happen the said ten pounds be payd her."
In a deed of her grandfather John Harris (79), to his son Timothy, dated 27 July, 1682, Timothy is required to pay or cause to be paid "Ten pounds in cattle unto my Grandchild Sarah Browne in Rowley, to be payd at the age of twenty years, she giving seasonable warning, Provided she be not married before, wch if she be shall be payd within one yeare after her marriage, if she demand it" (Essex Deeds, 4 Ips. : 459).
In the will of her grandfather Charles Browne (30), 1687, she is mentioned as follows: "I give to my granddaughter Sarah Browne a legacy given by my son Gershom to her & left in my hands my will is that my executors pay it to her in one half corne & the other half cattle when she comes to ye age of twenty- one years or do marry."
In the will of her great grandfather William Acy (2), 1689, she is mentioned as follows : "I give to my grandchild, Beriah Brown's daughter Sarah Brown fourty shillings in Money." No after mention of her is found of record in Rowley. It is probable she joined her father in Rhode Island.
Children born in North Kingston, R. I .:
30-11. ALEXANDER, eldest son; d. 1758; had seven children, among them Beriah and Ebenezer (Austin).
30-12. CHARLES, d. 1751; left three sons, Alexander, Charles and John (Austin).
30-13. MARY, m. in Rhode Island, 18 Mar., 1703, Joseph Carpenter (Austin).
30-5. JOHN2 BROWNE (Charles 30), born 5: 12 mo. 1653; married 31 Aug., 1685, Abigail Browne. He was executor of the will of his grandfather William Acy, 1690, and died before July, 1722.
By deed, dated 6 July, 1722, Samuel Browne of Rowley bought all the right his sister, Hannah Browne of Rowley, had in the real estate of their father, John Browne, late of Rowley, deceased ( Essex Deeds, 41: 63). Samuel also bought the right of his brother, Joseph Brown of Boston, "joiner," in the real estate of their father, John Browne, deceased, 15 Sept., 1722. Johanna, wife of Joseph, signs the deed (Essex Deeds, 41: 64).
Children of record in Rowley :
30-14. SAMUEL,3 b. 20 July, 1686; d. 21 Sept., 1692.
30-15. ABIGAIL, b. 5 June, 1688.
30-16. MARY, bp. 13 July, 1690.
30-17.
MARTHA, b. 29 July, 1692; d. 27 Sept., 1692.
30-18. SAMUEL, b. 11 Feb., 1693-4; m. Elizabeth Wheeler.
30-19. JOHN, b. 9 Mar., 1695-6.
30-20. JOSEPH, b. 5 May, 1698 ; m. in Boston, 22 Sept., 1719, Johanna Willis ; d. in Boston, 2 Mar., 1723.
30-21. HANNAH, b. 22 Aug., 1700; living, 1722.
30-22. JAMES, b. 10 Mar., 1702-3; d. 12 Mar., 1723; unm.
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30-23. ABRAHAM, b. 27 June, 1705; m. Mary Searle (170-8).
30-24. BENJAMIN, b. 24 Sept., 1708.
30-8. NATHANIEL2 BROWNE (Charles 30), born 20 May, 1660; married 4 June, 1685, Mary Wheeler. He sold his homestead in Row- ley to Jonathan Wheeler of Newbury, 29 June, 1707 (Essex Deeds, 31: 225). He was of Groton, Conn., and "late of Rowley," 8 Jan., 1707-8 (Essex Deeds, 25: 85). They were dismissed, 29 June, 1707, from Rowley Church to Groton (Ch. R.).
Children of record in Rowley :
30-25. GERSHOM,3 b. 20 Mar., 1685-6.
30-26. NATHANIEL, b. 15 May, 1688; d. 1689.
30-27. NATHANIEL, bp. Sept., 1690.
30-28. MARY, bp. 30 Oct., 1692; d. soon.
30-29. MARY, b. 19 Jan., 1693-4.
30-30. MARTHA, b. 12 Oct., 1695.
30-31. SARAH, bp. 6 June, 1697; d. 7 Apr., 1699.
30-32. BENJAMIN, b. 13 Nov., 1698.
30-33. SARAH, bp. 8 Sept., 1700.
30-34. MEHITABLE, b. 26 Apr., 1702.
30-35. RUTH, bp. 12 Sept., 1703.
30-36. WILLIAM, bp. 14 Oct., 1705.
30-18. SAMUEL3 BROWNE (John 30-5; Charles 30), born 11 Feb., 1693-4; married in Salisbury, 17 May, 1716, Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah Wheeler of Salisbury, where she was born 12 July, 1695. He moved, 1729, to Littleton, where he had children born (Hist. of Hollis, N. H.).
Children of record in Rowley :
30-37. JOHN,4 b. 5 Apr., 1717; d. soon.
30-38. MARY, b. 15 May, 1718.
30-39. JOSIAH, b. 3 May, 1720.
30-40. JOHN, bp. 29 Mar., 1724 (Byfield Ch. R.) ; m. in Rowley, 9 Apr., 1761, Martha Jewett (100-112). He was then of Monson.
30-41. HANNAH, bp. 26 Nov., 1727 (Byfield Ch. R.).
30-23. ABRAHAM3 BROWNE (John 30-5; Charles 30), born 27 June, 1705; married Mary, daughter of John Searle (170-3) ; died 27 Apr., 1776 (Byfield Ch. R.). His will, dated 15 Nov., 1769, mentions wife, Mary; daughter Mary Pettingill; daughter Hannah Browne as "weak of body"; daughter Elizabeth, a minor; children of daughter Abigail Pearson, deceased; sons Benjamin Browne and Joseph Browne to be executors (Essex Probate, 352 : 17). His widow, Mary, died - Mar., 1798, aged 84 years (Byfield Ch. R.). His home in Rowley was in Byfield Parish.
Children born in Rowley :
30-42. ABIGAIL,4 bp. 17 Dec., 1732 (Byfield Ch. R.) ; m. Paul Pearson (140-94). 30-43. MARY, bp. 16 Feb., 1734-5 (Byfield Ch. R.) ; d. soon.
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30-44. JOHN, d. 1 Oct., 1753 (Byfield Ch. R.).
30-45. MARY, b. 26 Apr., 1741; m. (int. 22 Aug., 1765) Joseph Pettingill of Newbury.
30-46.
HANNAH, b. 10 Nov., 1743; d. 19 Sept., 1802; unm.
30-47. BENJAMIN, b. 28 Feb., 1745-6; m. Sarah Pillsbury.
30-48. JOSEPH, b. 25 May, 1750; m. Lydia Poor.
30-49. ELIZABETH, b. 30 May, 1755; m. in Newbury, 22 Feb., 1781, James Barker of Bradford.
30-47. BENJAMIN4 BROWNE (Abraham 30-23; John 30-5; Charles 30), born 28 Feb., 1745-6; married in Newbury, 13 Nov., 1768, Sarah Pillsbury of Newbury. He sold his homestead, in Rowley, to his son Abraham, in 1798, and moved to Warren, N. H., where he died 1828.
Children (family tradition) :
30-50. SARAH (Sally),5 m. in Newbury, 1 Jan., 1793, Asa Low of Newbury.
30-51. ABRAHAM, m. Hannah Pillsbury.
30-52. MARY (Polly), m. (int. 8 Aug., 1792) Ephraim Noyes of Newbury.
30-53. OBADIAH.
30-54. TRISTRAM, m. 28 Oct., 1799, Hannah Currier. He, of Warren, N. H., d. in Georgetown, 3 Oct., 1840, aged 63 years (Georgetown R.).
30-55. FREDERICK.
30-56. BENJAMIN.
30-57. MARTHA (Patty).
30-58. SOPHIA.
30-59. HANNAH.
30-48. JOSEPH4 BROWNE (Abraham 30-23; John 30-5; Charles 30), born 25 May, 1750; married 19 Apr., 1770, Lydia, daughter of Amos Poor of Newbury, where she was born, 22 Dec., 1749. He married (2) 30 June, 1814, Widow Emme Cary, or Carey, and died 4 June, 1836; Rev. soldier, pensioner U. S. She died 7 Sept., 1841, aged 77 years (Newburyport R.).
Child born in Newbury :
30-60. JOHN,5 b. 1 Sept., 1770; settled in Chester, N. H. ( ?).
Children born in Rowley (Byfield Ch. R.) :
30-61. CALEB, b. 12 Apr., 1772; m. Sarah Webster.
30-62. THOMAS, bp. 16 July, 1775; settled in Townsend, Vt.
30-63. LYDIA, bp. 27 Apr., 1777; m. 4 Sept., 1803, John Longfellow.
30-64. ELIPHALET, b. 18 Jan., 1780; settled in Boston.
30-65. A son, d. 7 Mar., 1783.
30-66. SALLY, bp. 30 May, 1786; m. 2 June, 1803, Ezekiel Whicher.
30-67. POLLY, bp. 11 Jan., 1789; m. Thomas Noyes of Newbury.
30-68. ELIZABETH, bp. 1 May, 1791; m. 12 Jan., 1814, Person Kenney.
30-69. ACHSAH, bp. May, 1793; m. 28 Mar., 1811, Dudley Heath of New- bury.
30-51. ABRAHAM5 BROWNE (Benjamin 30-47; Abraham 30-23; John 30-5; Charles 30), married in Newbury, 18 June, 1793, Hannah, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Hale) Pillsbury of Newbury. She was
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born in Newbury, 6 June, 1772. They moved to Newburyport in 1800 and he died there 3 July, 1800. His widow, Hannah, married (2) in Newbury, 12 June, 1816, Capt. William Colman of Boscawen, N. H., as his third wife, and died in West Newbury, 5 Aug., 1843.
Children of record in Rowley :
30-70. MOSES,6 b. in Newbury, 2 June, 1794; m. 7 Sept., 1815, Sarah Chase of Newbury; d. in West Newbury, 5 Aug., 1877.
30-71. ADDISON, b. 24 Oct., 1796; m. in West Newbury, 14 Dec., 1827, Cath- erine Babson Griffin of Gloucester; d. in Haverhill, 6 July, 1883.
30-72. OLIVER, b. 17 Apr., 1798 ; m. in Newbury, 24 May, 1819, Mary Chase of Newbury ; d. in Haverhill, 2 Jan., 1861.
30-73. JOSEPH, twin, b. 11 Oct., 1799; d. in Newbury, 1810.
30-74. BENJAMIN, twin, b. 11 Oct., 1799; m. in West Newbury, 29 Oct., 1827, Mary Ordway Carr of West Newbury ; d. in Haverhill, 12 Oct., 1877.
30-61. CALEB5 BROWN (Joseph 30-48; Abraham 30-23; John 30-5; Charles 30), born 12 Apr., 1772; married in Chester, N. H., 7 June, 1792, Sarah, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Clifford) Webster of Chester, where she was born 8 Aug., 1773. They moved to Newbury- port about 1795, and he died there 8 Dec., 1831. She died 12 Feb., 1851.
Children of record in Rowley :
30-75. HANNAH,6 b. 28 Aug., 1792.
30-76. JOHN, b. 28 Feb., 1794; m. in Newburyport, 16 Nov., 1815, Mary, dau. of Eben. Sumner of Newburyport.
BURBANK
31. JOHN1 BURBANK, freeman 13 May, 1640, had an acre and half house lot on Bradford Street, 1643. By the record of births he had a first wife, Ann, and second wife, Jemima; we find no record of first or second marriage nor death of wife Ann.
He made his will 5 Apr., 1681, "being aged & decreped"; it was proved 10 Apr., 1683; mention is made of wife, Jemima; son Caleb; son John; and John's son Timothy, "my grandchild who liveth with Capt. Saltinstale"; daughter Lydia and her husband unnamed (Essex Probate, on file, and Essex Deeds, 4 Ips. : 514). Widow Jemima died 24 Mar., 1692-3.
Children of Ann:
31-1. JOHN,2 m. Susannah Merrill.
31-2. TIMOTHY, b. in Rowley 18: 3 mo. 1641; bur. 14 July, 1660.
Children of Jemima, born in Rowley :
31-3. LYDIA, b. 7: 2 mo. 1644 ; m. -- Foster of Ipswich.
31-4. CALEB, b. 19: 3 mo. 1646 ; m. Martha Smith (181-5).
31-5. MARY, b. 16: 3 mo. 1655; bur. 12 July, 1660.
31-1. JOHN2 BURBANK (John 31), married in Newbury, 15 Oct., 1663, Susannah Merrill of Newbury; was soon of Haverhill and later
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of Suffield, Conn., about 1680 (Savage), where his wife died, 1690, and he died, 1709.
Children :
31-6. MARY,3 bp. in Rowley, 24 June, 1666.
31-7. TIMOTHY, b. in Haverhill, 30 May, 1668; m. in Rowley, 3 July, 1695, Rebecca Darling (Ct. R.).
31-8. JOHN, b. in Haverhill, Aug., 1670; m. in Suffield, 21 Dec., 1699, Mary Granger.
31-9. EBENEZER, b. in Haverhill, 4 Mar., 1673-4; m. in Suffield, Rebecca Pritchard.
31-4. CALEB2 BURBANK (John 31), born 19: 3 mo. 1646; married 6 May, 1669, Martha, daughter of Hugh Smith (181). They joined Rowley Church, 21 Feb., 1685. The Rev. Samuel Phillips entered in the Rowley Church Record, 10 Nov., 1689, that he had long considered Caleb Burbank "crazed in his understanding wch I am ye more con- firmed in by what his mother lately related to me."
His will, dated 15 Feb., 1688-9, proved 25 Mar., 1690, mentions "honored & Aged Mother"; wife (unnamed), who is executrix; oldest son, and other children, all unnamed (Essex Probate, 304: 255).
His widow, Martha, married (2) John Hardy (76-3). "Or sister, ye Widow Burbank, now wife to John Hardy, dismissed to ye church at Bradford June 13, 1698" (Ch. R.).
By deed, dated 23 Nov., 1701, Caleb Burbank's widow, Martha, then Hardy, sold to her son, Caleb Burbank, all the homestead of her late husband, Caleb Burbank, in Rowley, bounded "by ye Town Street ye Westerly end ye other end by Dickinsons land ye South side by Samuel Cooper's land, ye north side by Samuel Palmer . . . Also all her Right Interest & claim in ye household stuff Bedding & Utensells yt ye said Caleb's Mother Burbank Carried away unto her son & daughter Fos- ters when she went to live with them" (Essex Deeds, 14: 161).
Children born in Rowley :
31-10. CALEB,3 b. 1 May, 1671; m. Lydia Garfield.
31-11. JOHN, b. 20 Mar., 1672; d. before 1703.
31-12. MARY, b. 26 Nov., 1675 ; m. in Bradford, 6 Apr., 1698, Joseph Hardy, Jr., of Bradford.
31-13. TIMOTHY, b. 24 Jan., 1677-8; carpenter. Brother Caleb appointed admr. of his estate, 15 Nov., 1703 (Essex Probate, 308 : 121).
31-14. MARTHA, b. 22 Feb., 1679-80; m. in Bradford, 9 Mar., 1697-8, Daniel Gage of Bradford.
31-15. ELEAZER, b. 14 Mar., 1681-2; settled in Bradford; d. 14 Feb., 1759 (G. S. Groveland). His will, dated 20 Mar., 1758, mentions seven sons and two daughters as then living (Essex Probate).
31-16. SAMUEL, b. 15 July, 1684; settled in Haverhill.
31-17. EBENEZER, b. 28 June, 1687; m. in Bradford, 19 Apr., 1711, Sarah Hardy (76-19). He was "of Boxford," 1715-17, then moved to Bradford.
31-10. CALEB3 BURBANK (Caleb 31-4; John 31), born 1 May, 1671; married 2 Jan., 1693-4, Lydia Garfield of Watertown. She died 3 Mar., 1697-8. He married (2) 31 Aug., 1698, Hannah, daughter of
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John Acy (2-4). In 1703 he was of Bradford, he was soon after of Boxford, where he died 1 Feb., 1749-50.
His will, dated 14 Dec., 1744, mentions wife, Hannah; sons John, Timothy, Asa, David; daughters Hannah Hardy, Lydia Foster, Mary Wallingford, Ruth Hardy, Elizabeth Bailey, Margaret Hopkinson, and Martha Burbank who "is not capable of taking care of herself"; sons- in-law William Hardy, Jr., and Edward Hardy (Essex Probate, 320: 287).
His widow, Hannah, died 8 Jan., 1762. By deed, dated 6 Mar., 1733-4, Eleazer Burbank and Daniel Gage, both of Bradford, Joseph Hardy and Mary, his wife, Samuel Burbank and Ebenezer Burbank convey to their brother, Caleb Burbank of Boxford, all their rights in the estate of "our Hond. father Caleb Burbank late of Rowley dec'd," in the town of Rowley or elsewhere (Essex Deeds, 66: 220).
Children :
31-18. HANNAH,4 m. in Bradford, 8 Mar., 1716, William Hardy, Jr., of Bradford.
31-19. An infant, d. 25 Mar., 1697 (Ch. R.). The town record has this as the infant of Caleb Boynton, but it is an error.
31-20. JOHN, b. 27 Sept., 1699.
31-21. LYDIA, b. 2 Oct., 1701; m. in Boxford, 2 Oct., 1730, Benjamin Foster of Boxford.
31-22. MARTHA, b. 16 Feb., 1703-4; d. in Boxford, 18 June, 1756; unm.
31-23. TIMOTHY, b. in Boxford, 27 Nov., 1705-8 ?; m. in Bradford, 14 Nov., 1729, Susannah Hardy of Bradford.
31-24. MARY, m. in Bradford, 14 Feb., 1731-2, Benjamin Wallingford of Bradford.
31-25. RUTH, m. in Bradford, 12 Apr., 1737, Edward (or Edmund) Hardy of Bradford.
31-26. ELIZABETH, m. in Bradford, 12 Oct., 1732, Edward Bailey of Brad- ford.
31-27. MARGARET, b. in Boxford, 17 Mar., 1717; m. Jonathan Hopkinson (91-35).
31-28. ASA, b. in Boxford, 5 Oct., 1720 ; m. in Bradford, 6 Aug., 1754, Widow Sarah Burbank of Bradford.
31-29. DAVID, b. in Boxford, 25 Nov., 1724.
BURPEE BURKBY BIRTBY
32. THOMAS1 BURKBY (Burpee) was keeper before the Court in Boston, 1635 (Mass. Col. R.). He was of Boston, 3 Sept., 1639 (Pope) ; was in Rowley about 1651. See John Hill (88).
He brought with him his wife, Martha. She was the daughter of John Cheney of Newbury, and widow of Anthony Sadler of Salisbury, who was drowned 23: 2 mo. 1650 (Salisbury R.). She married Burpee between 12: 2 mo. 1651 and 14: 4 mo. 1653 (Norfolk Deeds, Salem, 1: 65). She was buried 24 June, 1658. He married (2) 15 Apr., 1659, Sarah, daughter of John Kelley of Newbury, where she was born 12 Feb., 1641. He died 1 June, 1701. His widow, Sarah, died 25 Dec., 1713.
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EARLY SETTLERS OF ROWLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
Children of record in Rowley :
32-1. HANNAH,2 b. - 1 mo. 1655 ; m. 19 Oct., 1681, John Huggins of Hamp- ton, N. H .; d. in Suffield, Conn., 3 May, 1683 (Hist. of Suffield).
32-2. JOHN, b. 16: 9 mo. 1656; bur. 15: 5 mo. 1657.
32-3.
SARAH, b. 21: 3 mo. 1658; bur. 2 Feb., 1660.
32-4. SARAH, b. 15: 12 mo. 1660; m. Samuel Spofford (184-4).
32-5. THOMAS, b. 25: 10 mo. 1663; m. Hester Hopkinson (91-6).
32-6. MARY, bp. 24 Oct., 1675; m. Samuel Dresser (58-18).
32-5. THOMAS2 BURPEE (Thomas 32), born 25: 10 mo. 1663 ; mar- ried 3 Dec., 1690, Hester, daughter of Jonathan Hopkinson (91-2). He died 24 June, 1709. Administration granted, 7 Nov., 1715, to his widow, Ester, and son, Jeremiah (Essex Probate, 311: 321). His widow, Hester, died 30 Oct., 1722 (G. S.).
Children born in Rowley :
32 - 7. JEREMIAH,3 b. 27 Oct., 1691; m. Rebecca Jewett (100-23).
32 - 8. SARAH, b. 15 Dec., 1692; d. 13 Dec., 1702.
32 - 9. ESTHER, b. 13 Mar., 1693-4; m. 24 Jan., 1716-7, John Dole.
32-10. THOMAS, b. 31 Oct., 1695; m. Mary Harris (79-33).
32-11. EBENEZER, b. 8 Jan., 1697-8 ; m. Miriam Pearson (140-36).
32-12. JONATHAN, b. 7 Dec., 1699 ; m. Hannah Platts (147-14).
32-13. DAVID, b. 27 Nov. (bp. Jonathan, 30 Nov.), 1701 (see Dickinson, 54-19) ; d. 13 Dec. (G. S.) (26 Dec., Ch. R.), 1728.
32-14. HANNAH, b. 15 Dec., 1703; m. in Newbury, 25 Dec., 1728, John Plummer of Newbury.
32-15. NATHAN, b. 8 Jan., 1704-5; d. 22 Jan., 1729 (G. S.).
32-16. SARAH, b. 20 May, 1707; m. in Newbury, 24 Nov., 1731, Benjamin Thurston of Newbury.
32-17. SAMUEL, b. 17 Mar., 1708-9 ; m. Elizabeth Harris of Ipswich.
, 32-7. JEREMIAH3 BURPEE (Thomas 32-5; Thomas 32), born 27 Oct., 1691; married 19 May, 1714, Rebecca, daughter of Ensign Joseph Jewett (100-6). He died 4 Feb. (G. S.), (5 Feb. Ch. R.), 1723. Ad- ministration granted 24 July, 1723 (Essex Probate, 313: 670). His widow, Rebecca,* married (2) 21 Oct., 1729, John Pemberton of Brad- ford.
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