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Children of Patience2 Brewster and Thomas PRENCE :
*1. Rebecca3 b. bef. 22 May 1627 ; d. bef. 18 July 1651 ; m. 22 Apr. 1646, at Plymouth, Edmund FREEMAN, b. -; d. bef. 5 Jan. 1703/4. He m. (2) 18 July 1651, at Sandwich, Margaret Perry, b. -; d. aft. 2 Mar. 1684/5.
*2. Thomas® b. bef. 22 May 1627; d. bef. 13 Mar. 1672, in England ; m. - , Susanna -, b. -; d. -.
*3. Mercy3 b. c. 1631, at Plymouth; d. 28 Sep. 1711, at Eastham ; m. 13 or 14 Feb. 1649, at Eastham, John FREEMAN, b. c. 1621 ; d. 28 Oct. 1719, at Eastham.
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*4. Hannahª b. bef. 1635; d. bef. 23 Nov. 1698; m. (1) 13 Feb. 1649, at Eastham, Nathaniel MAYO, b. -; d. aft. 19 Dec. 1661, and bef. 4 Mar. 1661/2; m. (2) bet. 5 June 1667, and 11 Sep. 1671, Jonathan SPARROW, b. c. 1634; d. 21 Mar. 1706/7, at East- ham. He m. (1) Rebecca Bangs; (2) Hannah (Prence) Mayo; (3) Sarah (Lewis) Cobb. (For children of these marriages, see "Mayflower De- scendant" 14 :193, et seq.)
Child of Fearª Brewster and Isaac1 ALLERTON :
*1. Isaacª b. 1630, at Plymouth; d. 1702, at Westmore- land Co., Va .; graduated Harvard 1650; accom- panied his father on his voyages between Plymouth, New Haven, New Amsterdam and Virginia ; m. (1) c. 1652, Elizabeth -, b. -; d. c. 1660; m. (2) c. 1663, in Virginia, Elizabeth (Willoughby) (Over- zee) Colclough, b. -; d. -.
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PETER BROWN Thirty-third Signer of the Mayflower Compact
BROWN FAMILY SURNAMES THREE GENERATIONS
BROWN RICKARD SNOW TINKHAM TOMSON
PETER BROWN
Savage writes (Vol. 1, p. 274) : "Peter Brown came in the Mayflower, 1620, m. 2 wives and had 2 children by each, says Gov. Bradford " Bradford, however, did not imply any bigamy, for he words the summary as follows : "Peter Browne maried twise. By his first wife, he had 2 children, who are living, and both of them maried, and one of them hath 2 children ; by his second wife he had 2 more. He died about 16 years since." (i. e. about 1634)
Very little is known of Peter Brown, either before or after he came to Plymouth. Bradford mentions him only once or twice, as a passenger on the Mayflower journey and as a recipient in the division of lands in 1627. Davis in Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth supposes the shoal in Plymouth Harbor known as Brown's Bank, to have been named for him.
He was the brother of John Brown, weaver, of Duxbury.
At one time it was thought he had a son Peter, but after an exhaustive examination of all available data, the Gen- eral Society of Mayflower Descendants ruled in 1947, that what little evidence exists shows that Peter Brown had no son who lived to maturity.
Peter1 Brown, b. -; d. aft. 7 Jan. 1632/3; m. (1) Martha ( ____ ) Ford; b. -; d. aft. 1 June 1627 ; m. (2) -; Mary -; b. -; d .-.
Children of Peter1 BROWN and Martha ( ____ ) Ford :
*1. Mary2 b. bef. 1 June 1627; d. aft. 17 Jan. 1683; m. - -, Ephraim TINKHAM, b. -; d. bef. 20 May 1685.
:2. Priscilla2 b. aft. 1 June 1627; d. -; m. 21 Mar. 1649, at Sandwich, William Allen, b. -; d. 1 Oct. 1705, at Sandwich. (No issue).
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Children of Peter BROWN and Mary -:
*3. Rebecca2 b. bet. 1627 and 1633; d. aft. 9 Mar. 1698/9; m. - , William SNOW, b. -; d. 31 Jan. 1708, at Bridgewater.
4. - 2 b. -; d. y.
Children of Mary? Brown and Ephraim TINKHAM:
*1. Ephraim3 b. Aug. 1649, at Plymouth ; d. 13 Oct. 1714, at Middleboro; m. aft 9 June 1676, Esther Wright3 (Hester2 Cooke, Francis1), b. 1649, at Plymouth ; d. 28 May 1717, at Middleboro.
*2. Ebenezer3 b. 30 Sep. 1651, at Plymouth; d. 8 Apr. 1718, at Middleboro; m. bef. 7 July 1676, Elizabeth Burroughs, b. 5 Mar. 1654, at Marshfield ; d. 8 Apr. 1718, at Middleboro.
*3. Peter3 b. 25 Dec. 1653, at Plymouth ; d. 30 Dec. 1709, at Middleboro ; m. - , Mercy Mendall, b. 3 Aug. 1666, at Marshfield ; d. aft. 10 May 1711.
*4. Helkiah3 b. 8 Feb. 1655, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 25 Sep. 1731; m. - , Ruth3 Cooke (Jacob2, Francis1), b. 17 Jan. 1665, at Plymouth ; d. -.
5. John3 b. 7 June 1658, at Plymouth ; d. y.
*6. Mary3 b. 5 Aug. 1661, at Plymouth ; d. in 1731, at Mid- dleboro; m. - , John TOMSON3 (Mary2 Cooke, Francis1), b. 24 Nov. 1649, at Plymouth ; d. 25 Nov. 1725, at Middleboro.
*7. John3 b. 15 Nov. 1663, at Plymouth; d. bef. 15 Jan. 1739 ; m. - , Sarah -, b. -; d. aft. 10 Apr. 1759.
*8. Isaac3 b. 11 Apr. 1666, at Plymouth; d. bef. 12 Apr. 1732; m. 17 Nov. 1692, at Plymouth, Sarah King, b. -; d. -.
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Children of Rebecca2 Brown and William SNOW :
*1. William3 b. bef. 1667 ; d. bef. 7 Nov. 1726 ; m. "last of" Nov. 1686, at Bridgewater, Naomi Whitman, b. -; d. -.
*2. Joseph® b. bef. 1670; d. 18 Dec. 1753, at Bridgewater ; m. c. 1689, Hopestill® Alden (Joseph®, John1), b. -; d. -.
*3. Benjamin3 b. -; d. 28 May 1743, at Bridgewater ; m. (1) 12 Dec. 1693, at Bridgewater, Elizabeth® Alden (Joseph2, John1), b. bef. 1678; d. 8 May 1705, at Bridgewater; m. (2) 1705, Sarah (Allen) Cary, widow of Jonathan Cary.
4. Mary8 b. -; d. -. (She probably m. John Rickardt, but conclusive proof has not been dis- covered ).
5. Lydia8 b. -; d. -.
6. Hannahª b. -; d. -; m. (1) 7 Nov. 1683, at Plymouth, Giles Rickardt; b. 1659; d. 29 Jan. 1709/10; m. (2) -, Joseph Howes. (No issue).
*7. Rebecca8 b. c. 1671; d. 4 Apr. 1740, at Plympton ; m. 31 Dec. 1689, at Plymouth, Samuel RICKARD;, b. 14 Jan. 1662; d. 7 Sep. 1727, at Plympton.
8. James® b. -; d. 1690; unm.
Giles Rickard, John Rickard and Samuel Rickard were broth- ers. They were sons of Giles Rickard of Plymouth.
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JAMES CHILTON
Twenty-fourth Signer of the Mayflower Compact
CHILTON FAMILY SURNAMES THREE GENERATIONS
CHANDLER
CHILTON GRAY LATHAM MIDDLECOTT PAYNE WINSLOW
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JAMES CHILTON
James Chilton died on board the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor, December 18, 1620. His wife died in the first sickness at Plymouth, in the spring of 1621.
William Bradford wrote in 1650 : "James Chilton and his wife also dyed in the first infection. But their daughter Mary is still living and hath 9 children ; and one daughter is maried and hath a child ; so their increase is 10."
"The Mary Chilton story is usually stated with qualify- ing language, 'said to have been,' etc. Mitchell's History of Bridgewater gives it three times: 'Mary Chilton was said to have been the first lady who came on shore. . . . ' This was no time for ceremony, no two-by-two's ; somebody, the one tugging hardest at the leash, did get ashore first. It has never been said that this was anybody but Mary Chilton. The most alternative . . form is as follows : 'Mary Chilton was the first European female that landed one thing worthy of notice is that her curiosity of being first on the American Strand prompted her, like a young heroine, to leap out of the boat and wade ashore.' She was a twelve-year old at the time.
"Those words were written by a young man in 1769, by dictation of his aged grandmother, who was Mary Chilton's granddaughter. This paper is headed : 'Memorials of My Progenitor taken by Winslow Taylor, as related by my grandmother, Madam Ann Winslow, of Milton, Mass., September, 1769 in the ninety-second year of her age.' The original manuscript is lost; but a copy made in 1790 by Col. Nathaniel Gilman is still preserved (Ann Winslow) knew the Winslow genealogy for seven generations. So here we have the fullest opportunities for knowledge and the impartment of it. We have one old lady telling an interesting anecdote of her own girlhood to her grandchildren, and another old lady telling a story of her grandmother to her grandson
"If Mary Chilton was not the first ashore, what occasion ever was there for saying anything about it?" (Mary Chilton's Title to Celebrity, by Charles Thornton Libby.)
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From Mary (Chilton) Winslow's will : " . . . I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Middlecott my Best gowne and Pettecoat and my Silver beare bowle and to each of her children a Silver cup with an handle; . . . I give and bequeath unto my Grandchild Ann Gray that trunke of Linning that I have alreddy delivered to her I give unto my grandchild Susanna Latham my Petty Coate with the silke Lace . . " (See The Mayflower Descendant 1:65, et seq.)
"Mary (Chilton) Winslow's grave and that of her hus- band, John Winslow, are in King's Chapel Burying Ground (Tremont and School Streets) Boston. Her original will, signed July 31, 1676, is carefully preserved between thin sheets of transparent silk, at Suffolk County Registry of Probate, Boston.
"We are not heirs to the silver loving cups with handles, recorded in Mary Chilton Winslow's will, but if the facts related here bring us a greater heritage for love of country, of home, of ancestors, of each other, and bind us more closely together, the writer and publisher have fulfilled their mission." Chilton-Latham Genealogy of the Descend- ants of James Chilton, by Minnie Latham Parkhurst).
Children of James1 CHILTON and -:
*1. Isabella2 bapt. 15 Jan. 1586/7 at Canterbury, Eng .; d. -; m. 21 July 1615, at Leyden, Roger CHANDLER, b. -; d. --.
*2. Mary2 b. -; d. bet. 23 Oct. 1678, and May 1679, at Boston; m. 12 Oct. 1624, John WINSLOW, b. 16 Apr. 1597, at Droitwich, England; d. bef. 21 May 1674, at Boston. He came in the Fortune, in 1621.
Children of Isabella Chilton and Roger CHANDLER:
1. Samuel® b. - , at Leyden ; d. -.
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2. Sarah' b. - , at Leyden ; d.
(No conclusive evidence of what happened to Isabella and Roger Chandler's children ever having come to their atten- tion, the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants have not to date approved any claim of descent from James Chilton through his daughter Isabella.)
Children of Maryª Chilton and John WINSLOW :
*1. Susanna3 b. bef. 1634; d. aft. 31 July 1676, and bef. 3 Oct. 1683 ; m. c. 1649, Robert LATHAM, b. -; d. aft. 14 Nov. 1685, and bef. 28 Feb. 1688/9.
*2. Mary3 b. bef. 1635; d. aft. 28 Oct. 1663, and bef. Nov. 1665 ; m. 16 Jan. 1650, at Plymouth, Edward GRAY, b. c. 1629 ; d. "ye Last of June 1681" at Plymouth.
*3. Edward3 b. c. 1634, at Plymouth (probably) ; d. 19 Nov. 1682, at Boston; m. (1) -, Sarah -; b. -; d. -; m. (2) 8 Feb. 1668, Elizabeth Hutchinson, b. 4 Nov. 1639 ; d. 16 Sep. 1728.
*4. Sarah3 b. c. 1638, at Plymouth ; d. 9 Apr. 1726 ; m. (1) 19 July 1660, at Boston, Myles2 Standish, b. -; d. 1660 or 1661, at sea ; m. (2) Nov. 1666 or 1667, Tobias PAYNE, b. -; d. 12 Sep. 1669, at Boston ; m. (3) 1672, Richard MIDDLECOTT, b. -; d. 13 June 1704. (No children by first marriage).
*5. Isaac3 b. bef. 1644 ; d. bef. 29 Aug. 1670, at Port Royal, Jamaica ; m. 14 Aug. 1666, Mary Nowell, b. 26 May 1643; d. bef. 23 Jan. 1729. She m. (2) 10 Sep. 1674, John Long.
*6. Johnª b. bef. 1644; d. in Oct. 1683, at Boston ; m. (1) -, Elizabeth -, b. -; d. -; m. (2) -, Judith -, b. -; d. aft. 21 Apr. 1690.
*7. Josephª b. -; d. bef. 3 Oct. 1679 ; m. c. 1673, Sarah Lawrence, b. -; d. -.
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*8. Samuelª b. -; d. 14 Oct. 1680, at Boston; m. bef. 22 June 1675, Hannah Briggs ; b. -; d. -. She m. (2) Thomas Jolls.
9. - 3 b. bef. 1651; d. bef. 12 Mar. 1673.
10. Benjamin3 b. 12 Aug. 1653; d. aft. 12 Mar. 1673 & bef. 31 July 1676 ; unm.
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FRANCIS COOKE
Seventeenth Signer of the Mayflower Compact
COOKE FAMILY SURNAMES THREE GENERATIONS
BARTLETT
SHAW
COOKE
SOULE
CUSHMAN
SWIFT
DOTY
TABER
HATHAWAY
TINKHAM
HAYWARD
TOMSON
MITCHELL
WASHBURN
PRICE
WEST
READ (REED)
WILCOX
RICKARD
WRIGHT
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FRANCIS COOKE
The following is quoted from The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. VIII, pages 48-49 :
"The marriage of Francis Cooke at Leyden, in 1603, is recorded in the 'Kerkelijke Houwelijke,' Liber E, Folio 69, verso . [but] the date is not given as a part of the marriage record; . . . It is probable . . . that the date of Francis Cooke's marriage was 30 June, 1603. " [The English Translation] :
"Francis Cooke, woolcomber, unmarried, from England, accompanied by Philip De Veau and Raphael Roelandt, his acquaintances,
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"Hester Mahieu, unmarried, from Canterbury in Eng- land, accompanied by Jennie Mahieu, her mother, and Jennie Mahieu, her sister.
"As the terms 'Jongman' and 'Jonge Dochter' were ap- plied only to those who had never before been married, it is clear that this was the first, and subsequent records show that it was the only marriage of either of the contracting parties. The fact that the bride, Hester Mahieu, was from Canterbury, England, while seemingly in conflict with Governor Edward Winslow's statement - 'also the wife of Francis Cooke being a Walloone, holds communion with the Church at Plymouth, as she came from the French,' really confirms it, as there was at the time of this marriage a large Walloon church at Canterbury, and the records of this church, as printed in the fifth volume of the Publica- tions of the Huguenot Society of London, show a large number of baptisms, marriages and deaths of persons by the name of Mahieu
"The credit for the discovery of the record of Francis Cooke's marriage belongs to Mr. George H. Smith, of New York City, according to a communication in the genealo- gical columns of the Boston Evening Transcript of 28 November, 1904. "
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George Ernest Bowman reported in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. III, pages 95-105, considerable data about Francis Cooke and his family ; the following is quoted from Mr. Bowman's article :
"The date of his [Francis'] birth is . . unknown, and the record of his death contains no mention of his age ; but in August, 1643, the Plymouth authorities made a list of all the men in the Colony, between the ages of sixteen and sixty, who were able to bear arms. The fact that Francis Cooke's name appears in this list is sufficient evi- dence that he was then under sixty years of age. He must therefore have been born after August, 1583. Against this official record, which is practically the statement of Francis Cooke himself and must be accepted accordingly, can be put nothing but the following entry in Bradford's list of the passengers : 'Francis Cooke is still living, a very old man, and hath seene his children's children have chil- dren :' and the marginal note in an unknown hand : 'dyed 7 of Aprill 1663 above 80.'
"This marginal note is by the same hand that added the notes concerning the deaths of Bradford and Standish, both of which are incorrect. [The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. I : pages 12, 13.]
"When Bradford wrote the words quoted, early in 1651, 'his own age was sixty-one, and he was but sixty-seven when he died, yet he considered himself 'aged'
"Francis Cooke was probably a husbandman after he came to Plymouth, as there is no evidence that he had a trade and both of his sons became farmers . [and] his frequent service on the grand inquest and trial juries and as a surveyor of highways makes it clear that he was a man of sound judgment and had the respect and con- fidence of the community.
"Francis Cooke and his son John embarked on the Speed- well at Delfs-haven in July, 1620, leaving behind Hester and the other children. At Southampton or Plymouth, England, they were transferred to the Mayflower and in
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her set sail from the latter place on Wednesday, 6/16 September, 1620.
. 28 Dec./7 Jan'y, 1620/1, the Pilgrims divided themselves into nineteen families in order to reduce the number of houses to be built, and cast lots for locations. Francis Cooke's plot was on the south side of the street, with Isaac Allerton and Edward Winslow on the east and west. (Mourt's Relation, pp. 23, 24, and The Mayflower Descendant, I:227)
"He was one of the 'Purchasers' who in 1627 bought all the rights of the 'Adventurers,' and in the division of cattle made Tuesday, 22 May/1 June, 1627, the first lot, the smallest of the four black heifers and two shee goats, fell to his company of thirteen, composed of himself, his wife Hester, his sons John and Jacob, and daughters Jane, Hester and Mary; also Moses Simonson, Philip Delano, Experience Mitchell, John Faunce, Joshua Pratt and Phineas Pratt. The record of this division contains the earliest mention yet found of the names of his wife and children. (The Mayflower Descendant, I:149)
Children of Francis1 COOKE and Hester Mahieu :
*1. John2 b. aft. 1603, bef. 1610, in Holland; d. 23 Nov. 1695, at Dartmouth ; m. 28 Mar. 1634, at Plymouth, Sarahª Warren (Richard1), b. -; d. aft. 15 July 1696.
*2. Jane2 b. bef. 1613, in Holland; m. aft. 22 May 1627, Experience MITCHELL, b. -; d. aft. 5 Dec. 1684, and bef. 14 May 1689.
*3. Jacobª b. c. 1618, in Holland; d. bet. 11 & 18 Dec. 1675, at Plymouth ; m. (1) 1647, Damaris2 Hopkins (Stephen1) b. -; d. bef. Nov. 1669; m. (2) 18 Nov. 1669, at Plymouth, Elizabeth (Lettice) Shurt- leff, dau. of Thomas, wid. of William, b. -; d. 31 Oct. 1693, at Swansea. She m. (3) 1689, Hugh Cole.
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*4. Hesterª b. bef. 22 May 1627; d. aft. 8 June 1666; m. 1644, at Plymouth, Richard WRIGHT, b. -; d. 9 June 1691, at Plymouth.
*5. Mary2 b. bet. Mar. 1624, and 22 May 1627, at Plymouth ; d. aft. 8 June 1666; m. 26 Dec. 1645, at Plymouth, John TOMSON, b. c. 1616 ; d. 16 June 1696, at Mid- dleboro.
Children of John2 COOKE and Sarah2 Warren :
*1. Sarah8 b. bef. 1637; d. aft. 26 Feb. 1712/3 ; m. 20 Nov. 1652, at Plymouth, Arthur HATHAWAY, b. -; d. 11 Dec. 1711.
*2. Elizabeth8 b. bef. 1646; d. 6 Dec. 1715, at Tiverton, R. I .; m. 28 Nov. 1661, at Plymouth, Daniel WIL- COX, b. -; d. 2 July 1702, at Tiverton, R. I.
*3. Mary8 b. -; d. aft. 26 Apr. 1708 & bef. 25 Jan. 1714/5; m. (1) -, Philip TABER, b. -; d. bef. 27 Feb. 1692/3; m. (2) bef. 31 Aug. 1693, - Davis. (No children by second marriage.)
*4. Esther3 b. 16 Aug. 1650, at Plymouth ; d. aft. 16 Apr. 1671; m. - , Thomas TABER, b. -; d. bef. 20 Mar. 1732/3. He m. (2) Mary Tomson® (Mary2 Cooke, Francis1).
*5. Mercy8 b. c. 1656; d. 22 Nov. 1733, at Dartmouth ; m. - , Stephen WEST, b. c. 1654 ; d. 12 Aug. 1748, at Dartmouth.
Children of Janeª Cooke and Experience MITCHELL :
*1. Sarah3 b. c. 1641; d. aft. 1731; m. c. 1662, John HAY- WARD, b. -; d. c. 1710.
*2. Edward8 b. bef. 1650; d. 15 Mar. 1716/17; m. (1), Mary Hayward, b. -; d. -; m. (2) 26 Aug. 1708, at Plymouth, Alice‘ Bradford (Johnª, Wil-
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liam3-1) b. 28 Jan. 1677, at Plymouth; d. 14 July 1746, at Hingham. She m. (2) Joshua Hersey.
*3. Jacob8 b. bef. 1650 ; d. 1675, at Dartmouth ; m. 7 Nov. 1666, at Plymouth, Susanna Pope ; b. -; d. 1675. *4. Elizabeth3 b. -; d. aft. 1 Nov. 1681; m. 6 Dec. 1645, at Plymouth, John WASHBURN, b. -; d. 12 Nov. 1686, at Bridgewater. He m. (2) Elizabeth (-) Packard, widow of Samuel, b. -; d. 7 Nov. 1684.
*5. Hannah3 b. aft. 1656; d. -; m. c. 1682, Joseph HAYWARD, b. bef. 1656; d. 20 June 1718, at Bridgewater. (He had m. (1) bef. 1673, Alice Brett; m. (2) -; and m. (3) Hannah Mitchell3).
*6. John3 b. -; d. aft. 1701; m. (1) 14 Dec. 1675, at Duxbury, Mary Bonney, b. -; d .-; m. (2)14 Jan. 1679, at Duxbury, Mary Lathrup; m. (3) 24 May 1682, at Duxbury, Mary Prior.
*7. Mary8 b. -; d. -; m. 24 Dec. 1652, at Plymouth, James SHAW, b. -; d. 1679.
8. Thomas8 b. bef. 1651; d. aft. Aug. 1672, & bef. Dec. 1688.
Children of Jacoba COOKE and Damarisª Hopkins :
*1. Elizabeth3 b. 18 Jan. 1648, at Plymouth; d. 21 Nov. 1692, at Plymouth ; m. c. 1667, John2 DOTY (Edward1) b. c. 1640; d. 8 May 1701, at Plymouth. He m. (2) 22 Nov. 1694, Sarah Jones (Patience Littleª, Anna? Warren, Richard1) b. 12 Sep. 1671, at Hingham ; d. -.
*2. Caleb8 b. 29 Mar. 1651, at Plymouth; d. 13 Feb. 1721/2, at Plymouth ; m. c. 1682, Jane -, b. -; d. in Apr. 1736, at Kingston.
*3. Jacobª b. 26 Mar. 1653, at Plymouth ; d. 24 Apr. 1747, at Kingston; m. 29 Dec. 1681, at Plymouth, Lydia
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Miller, b. 18 May 1661, at Yarmouth; d. 1 Mar. 1727/8, at Kingston.
*4. Mary8 b. 12 Jan. 1657, at Plymouth ; d. 25 Aug. 1712, at Plymouth ; m. - , John RICKARD, b. 24 Nov. 1657, at Plymouth ; d. 25 Apr. 1712, at Plymouth.
*5. Martha8 b. 16 Mar. 1659, at Plymouth ; d. 17 Sep. 1722, at Plympton ; m. 2 Mar. 1683, at Plymouth, Elkanah CUSHMAN® (Mary2 Allerton, Isaac1), b. 1 June 1651, at Plymouth ; d. 4 Sep. 1727, at Plympton. He had m. (1) 10 Feb. 1677, at Plymouth, Elizabeth Cole, b. -; d. 4 Jan. 1681, at Plymouth.
*6. Francis3 b. 5 Jan. 1662, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 18 Sep. 1746; m. 2 Aug. 1687, at Plymouth, Elizabeth Latham4 (Susanna Winslow3, Mary2 Chilton, James1), b. c. 1664 ; d. 16 Nov. 1730, at Kingston.
*7. Ruth3 b. 17 Jan. 1665, at Plymouth ; d. -; m. - , Helkiah TINKHAM3 (Mary2 Brown, Peter1), b. 8 Feb. 1655, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 25 Sep. 1731.
Children of Jacob2 COOKE and Elizabeth (Lettice) Shurtleff :
*8. Sarahª b. c. 1671 ; d. 8 Feb. 1744/5; m. 1 Apr. 1691, at Plymouth, Robert BARTLETT4 (Joseph3, Maryª Warren, Richard1), b. c. 1663, at Plymouth ; d. 3. Jan. 1718.
9. Rebecca3 b. -; d. aft. 1675.
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Children of Hester2 Cooke and Richard WRIGHT:
*1. Adam3 b. c. 1645; d. 20 Sep. 1724, at Plympton ; m. (1). -, Sarah® Soule (John2, George1), b. -; d. aft. 16 Mar. 1690/1, & bef. 1699; m. (2) c. 1699, Mehit- able Barrow, b. -; d. -. She m. (2) 1744, Dea. John Washburn of Kingston.
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2. Johnª b. bef. 1656; d. c. 1676; unm.
*3. Esther8 b. 1649, at Plymouth; d. 28 May 1717, at Middleboro ; m. aft. 9 June 1676, Ephraim TINK- HAM3 (Mary? Brown, Peter1), b. 5 Aug. 1649, at Plymouth ; d. 13 Oct. 1714, at Middleboro.
4. Isaac® b. 26 Aug. 1652; d. c. 1676 ; unm.
5. Samuel3 b. -; d. aft. 7 Dec. 1675.
*6. Mary3 b. -; d. -; m. - , - PRICE, b. -; d. -.
Children of Mary' Cooke and John TOMSON :
1. Adama b. bef. 26 Sep. 1646; d. c. 1648.
2. Johnª b. 1648; d. 11 Feb. 1648.
*3. John b. 24 Nov. 1649, at Plymouth ; d. 25 Nov. 1725, at Middleboro; m. c. 1680, Mary Tinkham3 (Mary2 Brown, Peter1), b. 5 Aug. 1661, at Plymouth; d. in 1731, at Middleboro.
*4. Mary8 b. -; d. 3 May 1734; m. c. 1672, Thomas TABER, b. -; d. bef. 20 Mar. 1732/3. He m. (1) Esther® Cooke (John2, Francis1), b. 16 Aug. 1650, at Plymouth ; d. aft. 16 Apr. 1671.
*5. Esther8 b. 28 July 1652, at Barnstable; d. bet. 26 Oct. 1705, & 12 Sep. 1706; m. c. 1675, William READ, b. 15 Dec. 1639, at Weymouth ; d. bef. 12 Sep. 1706.
*6. Elizabethª b. 28 Jan. 1654, at Barnstable; d. aft. 12 May 1701, & bef. 1756; m. - , William SWIFT, b. 28 Aug. 1654, at Sandwich ; d. 1700 or 1701.
7. Sarahª b. 4 Apr. 1657, at Barnstable; d. 2 Dec. 1730; unm.
*8. Lydia3 b. 5 Oct. 1659, at Barnstable ; d. 14 Mar. 1741, at Middleboro; m. c. 1694, James® SOULE (John2, George1), b. c. 1659 ; d. 27 Apr. 1744, at Middleboro.
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*9. Jacob3 b. 24 Apr. 1662, at Barnstable; d. 1 Sep. 1726, at Middleboro; m. 28 Dec. 1693, at Middleboro, Abigail Wadsworth, b. 25 Oct. 1670, at Duxbury ; d. 15 Jan. 1744, at Middleboro.
*10. Thomas® b. 19 Oct. 1664, at Barnstable; d. 26 Oct. 1742, at Halifax; m. 13 Dec. 1715, at Middleboro, Mary Morton4 (Mary Ringª, Deborah? Hopkins, Stephen1) b. 15 Dec. 1689, at Plymouth ; d. 20 Mar. 1781, at Halifax.
*11. Peter3 b. bef. 1679; d. bef. 29 Apr. 1731; m. c. 1699, Sarah -, b. 1669 ; d. 24 Oct. 1742, at Halifax.
12. Mercy3 b. c. 1671 ; d. 19 Apr. 1756, at Halifax ; unm.
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EDWARD DOTY Fortieth Signer of the Mayflower Compact
DOTY FAMILY SURNAMES THREE GENERATIONS
ALLEN (ALLYN)
OAKMAN
BAKER
PRATT
BARROWS
RING
BONNEY
ROUSE
CURTIS
SHAW
DELANO
SHERMAN
DOTY (DOTEN)
STANDISH
HATCH
TURNER
HOLMES
WARREN
LANDERS
WATERMAN
LEWIS
WESTON
LOVELL
WHITE
MORS (MORSE)
WORMALL
MORTON
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EDWARD DOTY
"Edward Doty and Edward Litster, the servants of Mr. Hopkins. Litster, after he was at liberty, went to Virginia, and ther dyed. But Edward Doty by a second wife hath 7 children, and both he and they are living." (Bradford, History of Plymouth Plantation, 1912 ed. 2:411)
Edward Doty married 6 Jan. 1634, at Plymouth, for his second wife, as is supposed, Faith, daughter of Tristram Clark. He died 23 August, 1655, at Plymouth. She m. (2) 14 Mar. 1666, John Phillips, and was buried 21 Dec. 1675, at Marshfield. Tristram Clark came to Plymouth from Ipswich, England, in the Francis, in 1634, at the age of forty-four, with perhaps a wife, Faith, and certainly a daughter, Faith, who m. Edward Doty.
The name "Doty" was not a common one in Edward Doty's day, yet it was spelled many ways. The earliest and most frequently used spelling is "Doty" and it has been noted that branches of the family who left Plymouth for points inland retained that spelling, while some of those remaining in the Plymouth area used "Doten." Other variations which appear on early records include "Dotte," "Dotin," "Doton," "Dotten," "Dowty," "Dowtie" and "Dotey." However, later generations have used the two spellings "Doty" and "Doten," with "Doty" in the majority.
Edward Doty has been described as a London youth but nothing is known of his origin or of his early history. His name appears often in the early records of the Colony where he is referred to as "yeoman," "planter," and "free- man." Numerous references in these early records show he was a large purchaser of lands at Yarmouth, Cohasset and Dartmouth, although there is nothing to indicate he ever established a residence at any of these places. In his will he mentioned "my purchase lands lying att Coaksett" and "my share of land att Punckquetest, if it come to any- thing, " The inventory of his estate (The May- flower Descendant, 3:87, et seq.) indicates that Edward Doty possessed a comfortable homestead, well furnished for the needs of his family.
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