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37-56. JEREMIAH, b. 3 July, 1737; m. Sarah Hazen (85-50).
37-57.
ASA, b. 8 Feb., 1739-40 ; m. Mary Bailey.
37-58. MARTHA, b. 27 June, 1742.
37-59. DANIEL, b. 17 Dec., 1744; Harvard Coll., 1772, and D. D. Harvard, 1817; Congregational Minister; d. 1831 (Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit, 2 : 148).
37-60. MARY, b. 31 Oct., 1748; d. 14 Oct., 1756.
37-25. DAVID4 CHAPLIN (Capt. Jeremiah 37-8; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), baptized 13 June, 1714; married 10 Jan., 1737-8, Mary, daugh- ter of Jonathan Bradstreet (25-19). They moved to Lunenburg in 1739.
Child born in Rowley :
37-61. LUCY,5 b. 2 Sept., 1738.
37-28. ENSIGN EBENEZER4 CHAPLIN (Capt. Jeremiah 37-8; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), baptized 3 July, 1720; married 5 Jan., 1744-5, Rebecca Poor of Newbury. She died 25 Dec., 1763, aged 42 years. He married (2) 14 Nov., 1764, Mary Hovey. They moved to Atkin- son, N. H., and soon after to Rindge, N. H., where he was in 1769.
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Children born in Rowley :
37-62. MICAH,5 b. 3 Oct., 1745.
37-63. ANN, b. 22 July, 1747; d. 1 Aug., 1749.
37-64. LUCY, b. 15 June, 1749.
37-65. EBENEZER, b. 4 Sept., 1751.
37-66. SARAH, b. 26 Dec., 1753.
37-67. HANNAH, b. 9 Apr., 1756; d. 5 Oct., 1764.
37-68. SAMUEL, b. 11 May, 1758.
37-69. MOSES, b. 22 June, 1760.
He may have had children born in Rindge.
37-37. DEA. JOSEPH5 CHAPLIN (Lieut. John 37-18; John 37-6; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 22 Feb., 1752; married 24 Sept., 1778, Ruth, daughter of Thomas Wood (220-53). He died 12 Dec., 1813 (G. S.). Rev. soldier. She died 28 Jan., 1843, aged 90 years and 6 days (G. S.).
Children born in Rowley :
37-70. JOSEPH,6 bp. 25 July, 1779 (Linebrook Ch. R.) ; m. Polly (Mary) Bishop.
37-71. HEPZIBAH, b. 27 Feb., 1781; m. 24 June, 1800, Benjamin Bishop, Jr .; d. 3 Sept., 1844 (G. S.). He d. 5 May, 1834, aged 53 years (G. S.)
37-50. MOSES5 CHAPLIN (Dea. Moses 37-19; John 37-6; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 4 Jan., 1755; married in Linebrook Parish, 12 Dec., 1776, Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Hopkinson (91-39) ; died 6 Nov., 1807. Rev. soldier. His widow, Elizabeth, married (2) John Bailey (10-77).
Children born in Rowley :
37-72. MOSES,6 b. 9 July, 1777; m. Mary Thompson of Newburyport, where she was b. 13 Apr., 1779. They moved to Ohio, where he d. 6 Nov., 1841, and she d. 21 June, 1846 (P. R.).
37-73. JEREMY, b. 2 May, 1780; m. Eunice Stickney.
37-74. CALEB, b. 30 Mar., 1783; m. Sally Davis.
37-75. DANIEL, b. 17 Sept., 1788 m. (int. 26 Mar., 1808) Martha Danforth ; d. in the west.
37-76. HANNAH, b. 1 Oct., 1791.
37-77. ELIZABETH, b. 5 Dec., 1794; m. Benjamin Dodge. They lived in Methuen.
37-78. CLARISSA, b. 30 May, 1804; m. 23 Sept., 1827, Charles Miller of Tops- field.
37-54. JONATHAN5 CHAPLIN (Jonathan 37-21; Capt. Jeremiah 37-8; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 11 Dec., 1733; "cooper"; married 30 Nov., 1756, Mehitable Hale of Bradford; died 13 Sept., 1800. His will, dated 22 Nov., 1797, mentions wife, Mehitable; sons David, Solo- mon who is executor, Eliphalet and Jonathan ; daughters Molly Spof- ford, Sarah Nelson, Mehitable Chaplin, and Betty Chaplin "of a slender constitution" (Essex Probate, 368: 24). His widow, Mehitable, died 3 Feb., 1823, aged 87 years.
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Children of record in Rowley :
37-79. ELIPHALET,6 b. 5 Sept., 1757; d. - Oct., 1764, "killd by falling from a horse."
37-80.
SOLOMON, bp. 15 July, 1759; d. 3 Dec., 1762.
37-81. DAVID, b. 5 Dec., 1761; d. 16 July, 1802.
37-82. SOLOMON, b. 26 June, 1764; m. 20 Nov., 1794, Polly Young.
37-83.
MOLLY (Mary), bp. 24 Jan., 1776; m. Joseph Spofford (184-110).
37-84. SARAH, bp. 24 Jan., 1776; m. Nathaniel Nelson (130-150).
37-85. MEHITABLE, bp. 24 Jan., 1776.
37-86.
BETTY, bp. 24 Jan., 1776.
37-87. ELIPHALET, b. 16 Mar., 1777; m. Martha (Patty) Spofford (184-145).
37-88. JONATHAN, b. 30 July, 1780; m. Mary Hall.
37-56. JEREMIAH5 CHAPLIN (Jonathan 37-21; Capt. Jeremiah 37-8; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 3 July, 1737; married 28 Nov., 1760, Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Hazen (85-31).
Children of record in Rowley :
37-89. ASA,6 bp. 4 July, 1762; b. in Marblehead (Rowley Sec. Ch. R.) ; d. 21 Aug., 1778 (Linebrook Ch. R.).
37-90. MARY, bp. 4 Mar., 1764; d. 8 Mar., 1764.
37-91. JEREMIAH, b. 16 May, 1765.
37-92. MARY, b. 22 Sept., 1767.
It is probable that the following, whose names are on the Linebrook Ch. R., were children of Jeremiah Chaplin (37-56) :
MOSES, bp. 22 July, 1770.
LoIs, bp. 27 Sept., 1772. DANIEL. bp. 29 Jan., 1775.
JESSE, bp. 13 July, 1777.
37-57. ASA5 CHAPLIN (Jonathan 37-21; Capt. Jeremiah 37-8; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 8 Feb., 1739-40; married (int. 2 Aug., 1771) Mary Bailey of Haverhill; died 11 Apr., 1807. His will, dated 17 Mar., 1807, mentions wife, Mary; son Jeremiah, "who has already received the greater part of his portion"; son Benjamin to have one half lands and buildings and be executor; son Richard Bailey Chaplin, now a minor; daughter, Martha Stickney (Essex Probate, 375 : 155). Rev. soldier.
Children :
37 - 93. An infant,6 d. 9 Oct., 1773.
37 - 94. A daughter, d. 28 Sept., 1775, aged 2 years.
37 - 95. JEREMIAH, b. 2 Jan., 1776; Brown Univ., 1799; m. in Newbury, 16 Apr., 1806, Marcia, daughter of John and Hannah (Toppan) O'Brien of Newburyport, where she was b. 6 Mar., 1784. He was a Baptist Minister; first Pres. of Waterville College, now Colby Univ., Me .; d. at Hamilton, N. Y., 7 May, 1841 (Hist. Cat. Brown Univ., 1905).
37- 96. A son, d. 26 Aug., 1781, in his 4th year.
37 - 97. BENJAMIN, b. 24 Sept., 1780; m. (int. 29 Oct., 1805) Susannah Brown.
Their son, Julius Bailey, was b. 6 Sept., 1806; other children are recorded in Danvers.
37 - 98. A son, d. 29 Aug., 1783, aged 9 mos.
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37 - 99. MARTHA, b. 4 Sept., 1784; m. John Stickney (189-85).
37-100. RICHARD BAILEY, m. in Boxford, 1 Dec., 1809, Sophia Brown of Boxford. He was then of Salem.
37-70. CAPT. JOSEPH6 CHAPLIN (Dea. Joseph 37-37; Lieut. John 37-18; John 37-6; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), baptized 25 July, 1779 (Linebrook Ch. R.) ; married 11 Oct., 1803, Polly (Mary), daughter of Edward and Anne (Simonds) Bishop. He died 2 Jan., 1829, aged 49 years. She was born 19 Jan., 1784, and died in Ipswich, 21 Dec., 1861; buried in Rowley.
Children born in Rowley :
37-101. DANIEL,7 b. 9 Aug., 1804; d. 6 Mar., 1846; unm.
37-102. ELIJAH PARISH, b. 10 Sept., 1807; was living 29 Dec., 1828 (Essex Deeds, 252 : 38).
37-103. EUNICE, b. 18 Oct., 1809; m. in Ipswich, 28 Oct., 1829, Nathaniel Kneeland; d. 22 Mar., 1899.
37-104. DOLLY CLARK, b. 27 Apr., 1812; m. 17 Feb., 1833, George K. Prescott.
37-105. MARY ANN SMITH, b. 25 Dec., 1814; m. in Ipswich, 30 Mar., 1841, Joseph Foster of Ipswich; m. (2) Josiah W. Bean of Rowley.
37-106. ELIZABETH CLARK, b. 14 Dec., 1820; m. William G. Johnson (105-83).
37-73. JEREMY6 CHAPLIN (Moses 37-50; Dea. Moses 37-19; John 37-6; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 2 May, 1780; married 6 Oct., 1801, Eunice, daughter of Benjamin Stickney; died 17 May, 1841. She died 4 June, 1861, aged 86 years.
Children born in Rowley :
37-107. SUSAN,7 b. 16 May, 1802; m. (int. 10 Mar., 1831) Ignatius Sargent of Gloucester; d. in Rowley, 20 Jan., 1870.
37-108. LUTHER, b. 31 Jan., 1804; m. in Ipswich, 28 Sept., 1831, Elizabeth Conant.
37-109. CYNTHIA, b. 2 Feb., 1806; m. 11 Sept., 1827, Gilman Smith; resi- dence Methuen.
37-110. SOPHIA, b. 28 Feb., 1809; m. 22 Dec., 1829, Phineas Dodge, Jr .; residence, Rowley. She d. 26 Dec., 1888. He was b. 26 Feb., 1807 ; d. 4 Dec., 1904.
37-111. MARY ANN, b. 17 June, 1813 ; d. young.
37-112. ALFRED, b. 29 May, 1817; m. 23 Mar., 1843, Elizabeth Todd (203- 185). She d. 6 Mar., 1862. He m. (2) in Newburyport, 15 Oct., 1863, Phebe R. Saunders. She d. 1 Dec., 1898. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and d. 26 Jan., 1892. Descendant in male line now (1932) living in Rowley.
37-74. CALEBG CHAPLIN (Moses 37-50; Dea. Moses 37-19; John 37-6; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 30 Mar., 1783; married 24 July, 1802, Sarah (Sally), daughter of Charles Davis. He was drowned in Parker River, near the Caldwell farm in Newbury, 8 Apr., 1856 (G. S. Byfield). She died in Georgetown, 24 May, 1857, aged 74 years (G. S. Byfield).
Children born in Rowley :
37-113. SALLY7 (SARAH), b. 7 Apr., 1803; d. young.
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37-114. CALVIN, b. 30 Jan., 1805; m. Hannah Snell.
37-115. CALEB, b. 7 Dec., 1806; d. 18 Feb., 1822.
37-116. CHARLES, b. 27 Jan., 1809; m. 10 Apr., 1832, Mercy, dau. of Samuel Fiske of Newbury. She was b. in Newbury, 29 Dec., 1795; d. 29 July, 1884. He d. 18 Sept., 1890; residence, Rowley. No issue surviving.
37-117. BETSY, b. 30 Nov., 1810; d. 17 Jan., 1811.
37-118. MOSES, b. 16 Nov., 1811; d. young.
37-119. BETSY, b. 3 Nov., 1813; d. young.
37-120, HIRAM, b. 1 Nov., 1815; settled in Maine.
37-121. MOSES, b. 11 Feb., 1818; d. 3 Mar., 1822.
37-122. JOHN, b. 8 Oct., 1819; d. 1 Nov., 1819.
37-123. ERI, b. 12 Sept., 1821; d. 28 Feb., 1822.
37-124. CALEB, b. 15 Sept., 1822; d. 8 Dec., 1823.
37-125. SALLY (SARAH), b. 22 July, 1824; m. Luther H. Jackson ; d. 25 Mar., 1853 (G. S. Georgetown).
37-126. CALEB STRONG, b. 3 Dec., 1825; residence, Georgetown.
37-87. CAPT. ELIPHALET6 CHAPLIN (Jonathan 37-54; Jonathan 37-21; Capt. Jeremiah 37-8; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 16 Mar., 1777; married 4 Dec., 1802, Martha, daughter of William Spofford (184-78) ; died 20 Nov., 1825. She died in Georgetown, 1 June, 1857. Children born in Rowley :
37-127. LUCY,7 b. 26 May, 1803; m. John Davis of Bedford.
37-128. WILLIAM SPOFFORD, b. 27 Nov., 1804 (24 Nov., P. R.) ; d. in George- town, 5 May, 1883; unm.
37-129. MARTHA, b. 31 Aug., 1806 ; m. 13 May, 1832, William Shute of Boston.
37-130. MARY, b. 29 May, 1808; m. 17 Sept., 1833, John Low of Methuen.
37-131. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 2 Nov., 1809; d. in Georgetown, 7 Mar., 1897.
37-132. SARAH SPOFFORD, b. 12 June, 1811 ; m. 28 Apr., 1831, John L. Parker of Bradford.
37-133. ROOXBE LINCOLN, b. 26 July, 1813; m. 2 Oct., 1833, Caleb G. Tyler of Montgomery, Ala. Both bur. in Georgetown.
37-134. CHARLES ELIPHALET, b. 31 Mar., 1815; d. in Georgetown, 28 Aug., 1910.
37-135. HENRY PRESCOTT, b. 22 Aug., 1816; d. in Georgetown, 3 Feb., 1895.
37-136. CAROLINE MATILDA, d. 2 May, 1819 ; m. in Georgetown, 5 Nov., 1840, Hiram N. Noyes of Georgetown, where she d. 21 June, 1896.
37-88. JONATHAN6 CHAPLIN (Jonathan 37-54; Jonathan 37-21; Capt. Jeremiah 37-8; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 30 July, 1780; married 26 June, 1804, Mary Hall; died in Georgetown, 15 Nov., 1854. Children born in Rowley :
37-137. AMOS,7 b. 4 May, 1805; d. in Georgetown, 21 Dec., 1843.
37-138. DANIEL, b. 6 Sept., 1807. He may have changed his name to West : "Daniel Chaplin of Rowley may take the name of West" (Act approved 9 Mar., 1831).
37-139. NAOMI, b. 6 Feb. 1810; m. 10 May, 1829, Noah Kneeland of Tops- field.
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37-140. PAUL, b. 5 July, 1814; m. (int. 30 June, 1837) Cynthia Ann Hobbs; d. in Georgetown, 2 Aug., 1849. Their daughter, Martha L., was b. in Ipswich, 16 Dec., 1838. His widow m. John Hull of George- town.
37-141. MARY, b. 5 July, 1816.
37-114. CALVIN7 CHAPLIN (Caleb 37-74; Moses 37-50; Dea. Moses 37-19; John 37-6; Joseph 37-2; Hugh 37), born 30 Jan., 1805; mar- ried in Dover, N. H., 16 Apr., 1829, Hannah, daughter of Seth Snell of Madison, N. H. (P. R.). She died 3 Sept., 1877, aged 69 years (G. S. Byfield). He died 4 June, 1879 (G. S. Byfield).
Children of record in Rowley :
37-142. MARY ELIZABETH,8 b. 30 Mar., 1830; m. in Georgetown, 29 June, 1850, Calvin Hubbard. She d. 15 Feb., 1913.
37-143. SARAH ABIGAIL, b. 30 Jan., 1832; d. 18 Dec., 1855; unm. (G. S. Byfield).
37-144. HANNAH JANE, b. 3 Jan., 1834; d. 17 Mar., 1857; unm. (G. S. Byfield) .
CHAPMAN
38. SYMON2 CHAPMAN was a son of Edward1 and Mary (Sy- monds) Chapman of Ipswich, where he was born about 1643-4. He moved to Rowley and married 21 Mar., 1666, Mary, daughter of John and Mary Brewer of Ipswich. She died in Ipswich, 23 Feb., 1724. He removed to Ipswich about 1679, and died there 25 Aug., 1735.
In a deposition, Simon Chapman of Ipswich, aged 90 years, says that about 1679 he left Rowley, where he had for 10 years before lived in possession of the estate, formerly of Thomas Abbott, senior, home- stead of 2 acres, bounded easterly by highway, southerly by Henry Ryley, westerly on a brook, northerly by Rich. Longhorne. "I im- proved for the term of Ten years as above said under my mother-in- law who was formerly the wife of Thomas Abbott sen". of Rowley." Sworn to at Ipswich, 1 Apr., 1734 (Essex Deeds, 66: 281).
See Thomas Abbott (1-1).
Children of record in Rowley :
38-1. SYMON,3 b. 22 Feb., 1667; d. soon.
38-2. EDWARD, b. 12 May, 1669.
38-3. JOHN, b. 3 May, 1671.
38-4. SIMON, b. 25 Feb., 1672; bur. 2 July, 1674.
38-5. DOROTHY, bp. 10 Oct., 1675.
38-6. MARY, b. 12 Mar., 1677.
He had children born in Ipswich.
CHUTE CHEWTE
39. JAMES3 CHUTE was the only son of James2 of Ipswich, who was son of Lionel1 Chute who died in Ipswich, 1645, leaving a will, dated 4: 7 mo. 1644, proved 7 : 9 mo. 1645, wherein is mentioned wife, Rose, and son, James (Essex Deeds, 1 Ips. : 15).
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He was born in Ipswich, about 1648; married in Ipswich, 10 Nov., 1673 (Ct. R.), Mary, oldest child of Thomas Wood (220) of Rowley. She, as "Mr. Jewts (Chute's) wife" (unnamed) was admitted to Row- ley Church, - Apr., 1695 (Ch. R.). Mary Chute was dismissed, 13 Oct., 1706, from Rowley Church to the church in Byfield Parish (Ch. R.).
He was administrator of his father's estate, 3: 9 mo. 1691 (Essex Probate, 304: 397). In a deed to John Wainwright, dated 20 Dec., 1692, he mentions his "late Father James Chute deceased, yt he is the only son, heir & administrator unto" and conveys his homestead in Ipswich to Wainwright (Essex Deeds, 5 Ips .: 551).
By deed, dated 18 Jan., 1692-3, his brother, Joseph Jewett of Row- ley, conveys to James Chewte of Ipswich, husbandman, 128 acres in Rowley, bounded on one side by the Newbury line, on the other side "by ye plane called Ry plane" (Essex Deeds, 30 : 176). He soon moved to Rowley making this land his homestead. By deed, dated 17 Jan., 1708-9, James Chute of Rowley conveys to son Lionel Chute, as his share or "portion of my estate or my fathers by any entail or aliena- tion whatsoever," about 30 acres of the farm "I bought of Capt. Joseph Jewett" (Essex Deeds, 28: 34).
By deed, dated 14 Feb., 1715-16, he conveys his homestead of 90 acres, bought of Joseph Jewett as above, to his son, James Chute, to enjoy one-half at once and the other half not "untill my death and the death of his mother" (Essex Deeds, 30: 168). In this deed he mentions "land which I sold to my son Andrew Stickney and . . . land I gave my son Lionell Chewte."
By deed, dated 12 June, 1729, James Chute, Sr., of Rowley, con- veys to his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Lunt, land in Rowley to hold for her life, then to her children which she had by "her late husband Andrew Stickne late of Rowley, deceased." Also mentions "my grandson Amos Stickney" (Essex Deeds, 43: 125).
No record of the death of James Chute nor of the death of his wife, Mary, is found.
Children born in Ipswich (Ct. R.) :
39-1. MARY,4 b. 16 Sept., 1674; m. in Newbury, 7 Mar., 1693-4, John Cheney of Newbury. He d. 2 Sept., 1750; aged 841/4 years (Rowley Sec. Ch. R.). She d. 10 Sept., 1750 (Rowley Sec. Ch. R.).
39-2. ELIZABETH, b. 22 June, 1676; m. Andrew Stickney (189-20).
39-3. ANN, b. 9 Oct., 1679; m. in Newbury, 5 Jan., 1708-9, Ichabod Cheney of Newbury.
39-4. LIONEL, b. 15 Apr., 1681; m. Hannah Cheney.
39-5. JAMES, b. 14 June, 1686 ; m. Mary Thurston.
39-6. THOMAS, b. 30 Jan., 1690; m. in Boston, 11 Dec., 1712, Mary Curtis ; lived in Marblehead and was a tailor. He moved with his family, in 1737, to Maine, and died in Windham, Me., 1771 (Chute Gen.).
Children born in Rowley :
39-7. MARTHA, b. 15 Feb., 1693 ; m. 15 Apr., 1712, Josiah Smith of Newbury. 39-8. RUTH, b. 2 Nov., 1695; m. (int. in Rowley, 15 Nov., 1718) William Hines of Marblehead. "Widow Ruth Hinds died Apr. 30, 1776, (she mov'd in fm M head) Aged 80 years" (Byfield Ch. R.).
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39-9. HANNAH, b. 8 July, 1700; m. 9 Apr., 1723, Timothy Jackman of Newbury.
39-4. LIONEL+ CHUTE (James 39; James of Ipswich; Lionel of Ipswich), born in Ipswich, 15 Apr., 1681 (Ct. Rec.) ; married in Row- ley, 10 Dec., 1702, Anna (Hannah), daughter of Peter Cheney of New- bury, where she was born 12 Sept., 1683. Her sister, Lydia, married Jeremiah Poore (152-3).
The last record of Lionel or his wife, Anna (Hannah), is his deed to Maximilian and Seth Jewett, whereby he conveyed all his land in Rowley, dated 26 Mar., 1729-30.
Children :
39-10. JEMIMA,5 bp. 19 Dec., 1703; m. Samuel Jewett (103-21).
39-11. MARY, m. (int. 24 Sept., 1726) Jonathan Core of Weston.
From Byfield Church Record :
39-12. LYDIA, bp. 29 Jan., 1709-10.
39-13. SARAH, bp. 27 June, 1714; m. in Haverhill, 15 Oct., 1730, Benjamin Philbrick of "Hamstead," N. H.
39-14. SAMUEL, bp. 25 May, 1718 ; d. soon.
39-15. JOHN, bp. 19 June, 1720. Perhaps the John Chute* whose son
Samuel was bp. in Haverhill, 7 Aug. 1748 (Haverhill Sec. Ch. R.). SAMUEL, bp. 5 Aug., 1722.
39-16.
39-17. HANNAH, bp., 12 July, 1724; m. 7 July, 1743, Jonathan Coburn of Haverhill (Cheney Gen.).
39-18. ELIZABETH, bp. 10 Apr., 1726; m. in Newbury, 24 Feb., 1746-7, Enoch Noyes of Newbury.
39-5. DEA. JAMES4 CHUTE (James 39; James of Ipswich; Lionel of Ipswich), born in Ipswich, 13 June, 1686; married in Rowley, 26 Jan., 1715-6, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Dresser 58-7) Thurston (199) of Newbury. She died 12 Aug., 1760, aged 67 years. "She was a very useful woman as a midwife, & as she lived desired, so died much lamented" (Byfield Ch. R.). He married (2) 30 Mar., 1761, Sarah (Hale), widow of Joseph Pearson (140-16). She died 9 May, 1762, aged 69 years.
Her will, dated 4 May, 1762, mentions husband; son-in-law Daniel Chute (Chewte) and daughter-in-law Ruth Searle; son-in-law Capt. John Pearson; niece Hannah Little; cousins John Frazer and Jesse Frazer, sons of John Frazer; granddaughter-in-law Judith Chute; son- in-law Capt. John Pearson, residuary legatee and executor (Essex Pro- bate, 339: 9).
He married (3) (int. 30 Oct., 1762) Hannah Chase of Newbury. He was chosen deacon of the Byfield Church, 20 June, 1744, and died 31 Jan., 1769 (G. S. Byfield). His widow, Hannah, died 6 Dec., 1776, "nearly" 82 years (G. S. Byfield).
* John Chuet m. 26 Nov., 1745, Judith Foster. They had children: Samuel, b. 16: 1 mo. 1746; John, b. 7: 4 mo. 1748; Anna, b. 16: 9 mo. 1749; John, b. 9: 4 mo. 1752; Benjamin, b. 27: 7 mo. 1754; Thomas, b. 13: 3 mo. 1757; Sarah, b. 3: 11 mo. 1758 (Hist. of Hampstead, N. H.). Descendants claim this to be John Chute (39-15).
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Children born in Rowley :
39-19. MARY,5 b. 8 Nov., 1716; m. Mark Jewett (100-68).
39-20. RUTH, b. 27 Aug., 1720; m. Joseph Searle (170-10).
39-21. DANIEL, b. 6 May, 1722; m. Hannah Adams.
39-22. JAMES, b. 12 May, 1725.
39-23. DAVID, bp. 1 Jan., 1726-7 (Byfield Ch. R.).
39-21. CAPT. DANIEL5 CHUTE (Dea. James 39-5; James 39; James of Ipswich; Lionel of Ipswich), born 6 May, 1722; married in New- bury, 20 Apr., 1743, Hannah, daughter of Richard and Susanna Adams; died in Rowley, 6 Jan., 1805 (G. S. Byfield).
His will, dated 3 Sept., 1793, mentions wife, Hannah; son James to have the farm in Rowley near Byfield meeting-house, "that was given by my Hond Father, deceased"; son David; son Daniel; daugh- ters Mary Colman and Hannah Parish; granddaughters Susanna Col- man and Judith Thurston; sons James and David, executors (Essex Probate, 372 : 365). His widow, Hannah, died 28 Apr., 1812, in the 90th year of her age (G. S. Byfield).
Children born in Rowley :
39-24. JUDITH,6 b. 20 Jan., 1743-4; m. in Newbury, 4 Feb., 1768, Daniel Thurston.
39-25. JAMES, b. 6 Jan., 1745-6; d. 25 Jan., 1749-50.
39-26. DAVID, b. 28 Dec., 1747; d. 25 Jan., 1749-50.
39-27. SUSANNA, d. 20 Jan., 1749, an infant.
39-28. JAMES, b. 16 Feb. 1751-2 ; m. Mehitable Thurston.
39-29. DAVID, d. 20 May, 1753, aged 4 months.
39-30. DANIEL, b. 25 July, 1754; d. 12 Aug., 1760.
39-31. DAVID, b. 19 Aug., 1756; m. Ruth Searle (170-65).
39-32. RICHARD, b. 4 Aug., 1758; d. 3 Aug., 1760.
39-33. DANIEL, b. 28 Sept., 1760 ; m. in Newbury, 11 Dec., 1781, Mary Stimp- son of Newbury; residence (1800) in Reading, where he died 22 Mar., 1843 (G. S. Reading).
39-34. MARY, b. 8 Dec., 1762; m. in Newbury, 29 June, 1780, Benjamin Colman, Jr., of Newbury.
39-35. HANNAH, bp. 28 Apr., 1765; m. 17 July, 1792, Rev. Ariel Parish of Manchester.
39-28. DEA. JAMES6 CHUTE (Capt. Daniel 39-21; Dea. James 39- 5; James 39; James of Ipswich; Lionel of Ipswich), born 16 Feb., 1751-2; married 13 June, 1775, Mehitable, daughter of Richard and Mehitable (Jewett 100-67) Thurston. She was born in Rowley, 25 Sept., 1753, and died 18 Oct., 1819.
He resided in Boxford from 1781 until about 1791, then removed to Rowley where he was chosen deacon of the Byfield Church, 7 Mar., 1795. He died 28 Apr., 1825, in Madison, Indiana (Chute Gen.).
Children born in Rowley (Boxford Record) :
39-36. BETTY,7 b. 28 Dec., 1776; m. 8 Dec., 1796, Daniel Hale, Jr., of New- bury.
39-37. RICHARD, b. 3 Sept., 1778; m. Dorothy Pearson (140-201).
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39-38. HANNAH, b. 21 Aug., 1780; m. (int. 20 Oct., 1797) John Poor. They settled in Jefferson Co., Ohio (Poore Gen.).
Born in Boxford :
39-39. MEHITABLE, b. 23 June, 1782; m. 2 Oct., 1800, Jonathan Elliot of Newbury.
39-40. EUNICE, b. 6 Dec., 1783 ; m. 18 Sept., 1806, Joseph Hale, Jr., of Salem ; d. 20 June, 1868 (G. S. Byfield).
39-41. MARY, b. 5 Jan., 1786; m. 8 June, 1808, Jeremiah Colman of New- buryport.
39-42. DANIEL, b. 4 June, 1787; Dartmouth Coll., 1810; settled in Madison, Indiana (Chute Gen.).
39-43. JAMES, b. 15 Nov., 1788; Dartmouth Coll., 1813; minister at Fort Wayne, Indiana (Gage).
39-31. DAVID6 CHUTE (Capt. Daniel 39-21; Dea. James 39-5; James 39; James of Ipswich; Lionel of Ipswich), born 19 Aug., 1756; married 28 Apr., 1785, Ruth, daughter of John Searle (170-22). His home was in Byfield Parish, in that part of Rowley set off and incor- porated as Georgetown, 1838, where he died - Sept., 1843. His will, dated 29 Aug., 1836, mentions himself as of Rowley; wife, Ruth : daughter Sophia Chute to have property in trust to support son Daniel Chute; daughter Sally Poor to have her portion free from control of her husband; daughters Judith Clark and Hannah Peabody; son-in- law James Peabody, executor (Essex Probate, 412: 353). His widow, Ruth, died in Georgetown, 15 Feb., 1847.
Children born in Rowley :
39-44. SALLY,7 b. 23 June, 1794; m. 2 Jan., 1833, Enoch Poor; d. in George- town.
39-45. SOPHIA, b. 23 Nov., 1797; d. in Georgetown; unm.
39-46. JUDITH, b. 25 May, 1800; m. 27 Feb., 1834, Jeremiah Clark.
39-47. HANNAH, b. 5 Nov., 1801; m. 10 Apr., 1827, James Peabody ; d. 1889 (G. S. Byfield).
39-48. MARY, twin, b. 27 Apr., 1809; d. young.
39-49. DAVID, twin, b. 27 Apr., 1809; d. 26 Jan., 1833 (G. S. Byfield).
39-50. DANIEL, b. 16 Oct., 1812. See will above.
39-37. RICHARD7 CHUTE (Dea. James 39-28; Capt. Daniel 39-21; Dea. James 39-5; James 39; James of Ipswich; Lionel of Ipswich), born 3 Sept., 1778; married in Newbury, 17 Oct., 1805, Dorothy, daughter of Benjamin Pearson (140-130) of Newbury. He died in St. Louis, Mo., 24 Oct., 1820 (Rowley R.). Administration granted 6 Mar., 1821, to his widow, Dorothy (Essex Probate, 19: 155). She died in Sharon, Mass., 8 May, 1870, buried in Newburyport.
Children born in Rowley :
39-51. ALEXANDER,8 b. 27 Sept., 1806 ; m. Martha Gould; d. in Newburyport, 12 Oct., 1841.
39-52. ARIEL PARISH, b. 16 May, 1809: Bowdoin Coll., 1832. Minister at Pownal, Me. (Gage) ; m. Sarah Chandler of Boston; d. in Sharon, Dec., 1887.
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39-53. BETSEY, b. 7 July, 1810; d. in Newburyport, 27 Oct., 1856; unm. Her will, dated 2 Feb., 1854, mentions mother, Dorothy Chute, to have all the estate; brother Benjamin P. Chute, of Newburyport, merchant, to be executor (Essex Probate, 418 : 615).
39-54. ANDREW, b. 11 Apr., 1814; m. in Bangor, Me., 30 Sept., 1836, Anne Maria Perry of Orland, Me .; d. in Newburyport, 9 July, 1890.
39-55. BENJAMIN PEARSON, b. 13 May, 1816; Bowdoin Coll., 1840; d. in Newburyport, 25 Jan., 1895; unm.
CLARKE CLARK
41. RICHARD CLARKE married - 6 mo. 1643, Alice -; the second couple married in Rowley. We find no record of their deaths. He bought the house lot of Thomas Elithorp (63), on Bradford Street. His will, dated 7 Feb., 1673-4, proved 31 Mar., 1674, mentions only son, John, and daughter Esther Hopkinson, and that he has but small estate (Essex Probate).
Children born in Rowley :
41-1. JUDAH,2 b. 5: 4 mo. 1644; bur, 28 July, 1660.
41-2. HESTER, b. 10: 8 mo. 1645; m. Jonathan Hopkinson (91-2).
41-3. MARY, b. 22: 10 mo. 1648; bur. 14 June, 1660.
41-4. JOHN, b. 26: 1 mo. 1650; m. Mary Poore.
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