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" As touching the remainder of- the Estate, I do authorize an impower my Wife to dispose thereof, at, or before, her death, to & among such of my natural Relations & Friends as shall then be living, in manner & forme as shall seem most meet, & to confirme the same to them, given by her, by Deed or other Instruments, in the Law, most requisite thereunto."
Colonel Shrimpton's widow, on the 31st of May, 1709, mar- ried Simeon Stoddard, the son of Anthony Stoddard, who
1 She never exercised the power herein given to dispose of the one thou- sand pounds.
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came to Boston in 1639, and died 16th March, 1686-7.1 She was his second wife, and died 13th April, 1713. The little that
1 Anthony Stoddard, the first of the name in this country, was the ancestor of one of the most worthy families in Massachusetts, different members of which have attained positions of eminence in both civil and ecclesiastical affairs. He was thrice married, and had children by each wife. Of one of his sons, Simeon, a brief sketch is given above in the text. Another son was Solomon, for a long course of years the learned and highly honored pastor of the church at North- ampton, Mass. He was the eldest son of Anthony (by his first wife, who was a sister of Sir George Downing), and was born in Boston, on the 4th.of Octo- ber, 1643. He graduated at Harvard University in 1662, and was afterward " one of the Fellows of that House." After a residence of two years at Bar- badoes as chaplain to Governor Serle, he was ordained (Sept. 11th, 1672) as successor to Mr. Eleazer Mather, at Northampton, and continued in that place until his death, - a period of fifty-six years. He was a learned man, well versed in religious controversies, and himself an acute disputant. Says the Boston Weekly News Letter (No. 112) in a notice of his death : " His natural powers were quick and strong, and by the blessing of God on his hard studies, he was furnished with that learning which is requisite to make a divine of the first rank. As a pastor, he was diligent, laborious, constant ; wise, faithful, compassionate. His sermons were plain and powerful, experimental and spir- itual, close and searching, yet rational and argumentative. He was a man zealous against sin, a hearty mourner for the iniquities of the times, an earnest pleader with God for the land, the nation, and his church in the world." His labors as a minister were blessed with great success, and in the sermons preached by the Rev. W. Williams on the day of his interment (Feb. 13, 1729), and by the Rev. Dr. Colman, in Boston, a few days later, are full and just trib- utes to his character and success as a man and as a minister. He was very industrious in his studies, and published numerous sermons, and left many which he had never preached. At one time he engaged in a controversy with Increase Mather respecting the Lord's supper.
Solomon Stoddard married (March 8th, 1670) Mrs. Esther Mather, widow of his predecessor in the pulpit at Northampton, and daughter of the Rev. John Warham of Windsor, Ct. (It will be recollected, see Chap. II., that this Rev. John Warham was the companion of the Rev. John Maverick, and with him was first settled at Dorchester, Mass.) By this marriage he had several chil- dren, one of whom, Esther, married the Rev. Timothy Edwards, father of Dr. Jonathan Edwards, the distinguished divine and metaphysician ; another was the Rev. Anthony Stoddard, pastor of the church at Woodbury, Ct., nearly sixty years; and another was the Hon. John Stoddard, a member of his majesty's council, for many years chief justice of the court of common pleas for the county of Hampshire, judge of probate, and colonel of a regiment. Colonel John was a graduate of Harvard University (1701), and was possessed of a vigorous mind and great executive ability. He had an accurate acquaint-
J.H Bufford's Lith.
SIMEON STODDARD.
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is known of Mr. Simeon Stoddard, a lithograph of whom, from an original portrait, is on the opposite page, can be stated in
ance with the concerns of the colonies and of the neighboring tribes of Indians, and was a particular friend of Governor Shirley, who relied upon him with great confidence in matters pertaining to the welfare of the colony. He died at Boston, 19th June, 1748, aged 67, and his funeral sermon was preached by Jonathan Edwards.
One of the descendants of this family (see pedigree) recently died, deeply lamented ; David T. Stoddard, missionary among the Nestorians. Born De- cember 2, 1818; graduated at Yale, 1838; tutor in Yale and Marshall col- leges ; of fine abilities, heightened by culture and adorned with scholarly accomplishments, he devoted himself to the missionary service. The visit of Dr. Perkins and Mar Yohannan to this country awakened in his mind a strong interest in the Nestorians, and he accompanied Dr. Perkins in his return to Oroomiah. His fine imagination, his facility in acquiring languages, his lovely spirit, his freshness, ardor, and enthusiasm, secured for him a wonderful suc- cess. " In college he was greatly enamored of the physical sciences, and having a genius for mechanics, he constructed with his own hands a large telescope, grinding and polishing the speculum and adjusting the tube with the skill of a practised workman. For weeks together he gave to this work all his spare time, and at length succeeded in producing a really good instrument. With much hesitation, he boxed this up and carried it with him to Oroomiah; and there in Persia, where astronomy had its birth, he confounded unbelievers by bringing to their view the glory of God in the heavens. A group of influential persons once assembled, at his invitation, to view the satellites of Jupiter, or the rings of Saturn, - we do not quite recall the incident as we heard it from his lips, -and at first refused even to look into the telescope, so confident were they that he was trying to deceive with ' lying wonders.' But no sooner did they look than they exclaimed, 'You know every thing ! we will believe all that you tell us.' That same metallic mirror, over which our brother toiled with an enthusiasm that sometimes provoked a smile, reflected to the successors of the Chaldeans the glory of the God of Abraham, and pointed them to the brightness of that glory in the seed of Abraham." His visit to this country six or seven years since is fresh in many memories. He returned to Oroomiah, and labored until his death, which took place January 20, 1857. A memoir, soon to be published, renders further details unnecessary.
Solomon and Simeon Stoddard (sons of Anthony the 1st), had a brother Anthony, whose granddaughter Martha married a Captain John Stevens; they had no children. Mrs. Stevens survived her husband, and was left in possession of a large real and personal estate. Her residence was in State street, the house occupying the site near the post-office door in the Merchants' Exchange, a spot memorable for its association with the Boston Massacre, 4th March, 1770, in which the youthful Maverick was killed, as is fully described in Chapter VII. On this street lived numerous members of the family connec-
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few words. He was born in 1650, and died on the 15th of October, 1730. His first wife died on the 13th of August,
tion, and almost opposite, on the spot now occupied by the Merchants' Bank building, at the corner of Exchange street, then called Shrimpton's lane, stood the city residence of Col. Shrimpton, whose intimate relations with Nod- dle's Island history and the affairs of the colony have been so minutely detailed. Mrs. Stevens, reposing peculiar confidence in her relative, the Hon. Increase Sumner, appointed him and Edward Payne, Esq., her cousin, her executors. She gave a considerable portion of her property, by will, to the children of Mrs. Mehetable Hyslop, a relative whom she had always regarded as a sister, and by whom, as well as by all the members of the family, she was held in high esteem, and appropriately remembered all her relatives and friends, particu- larly those with whom her intercourse had been most intimate and affectionate. She gave in legacies to her relatives, the greater part of whom formed the different branches of the Stoddard, Greenough, and Hyslop families, and of which mention is made in different parts of this volume, 870 acres of land in the town of Ashford, Conn .; namely, to her cousin John Stoddard, land in Ashford " that formerly belonged to my Bro. Anthony Stoddard," about nine- one acres ; to William Hyslop, Jr., fifty-seven acres; to William [H.] Sumner, son of Increase and Elizabeth, seventy-two acres; to David Hyslop, two hun- dred acres ; to David Greenough, 132 acres ; she also gave, in legacies, to the Rev. William Greenough, £750; to Increase Sumner, Esq., £300, doubling the bequest originally made to him of £150; and also remembered the other executor in the same liberal manner. Beside these, there were numerous other legacies to Mehetable Stoddard Sumner, to the sisters of Mr. Payne the executor, and to other relations and friends. There are two items in this will worthy of notice, as they give a beautiful insight to Mrs. Stevens's character, and speak volumes in her praise. They are these : "To the Deacons of the South Church whereof the Rev. Mr. Eccle is Minister, Thirty pounds, the In- terest of which to be annually given to the poor of said Church."-" To the Overseers of the Poor in Boston and their successors in said office, Three Hundred pounds, the Interest of which to be annually given to the descend- ants of such reputable families as may be so reduced by the Providence of God as to want some assistance to prevent their becoming a town charge." The benevolent consideration for the wants of those respectable families whose property had become reduced is a similar characteristic to that ascribed to her relative, Simeon Stoddard. Each of them, belonging to the same family con- nection, and living in the enjoyment of large property, was liberally mindful of the wants of the needy, and most discreet in the directions in which they desired their bounties to flow.
Among the family relics in the writer's possession is a pair of old-fashioned high-heeled shoes of rich material, which belonged to Mrs. Stevens. In the inside of one of them is the following label : " Made by WinthP. Gray near the cornfield, Boston." (The " corn-field " was a tavern ; says Drake, (Hist. Boston,
STODDARD PEDIGREE.
ANTHONY STODDARD=1st, MARY DOWNING.
He emigrated from the west of England to Boston, about 1630; was admitted freeman in 1640; member of the Artillery Company; rop- resentativo twenty-threo years. He was three times married.
Sho was a daughter of Emanuel Downing ef Salem. = 2d, BARBARA, widow of Capt. Joseph Weld; sho died 15 April, 1855. 8d, CHRISTIANA.
Solomon = Esther (Warham,) wid-
Simcon =1.
Stephen and others.
h. 4 Oct. 1643, H. C. 1662, ordained at Northampton, 11 Sept. 1672, d. 11 Feh. 1729.
ow of Rev. Eleazer Math- er; m. 8 March, 1670; d. 10 Feh. 1736, æ. 92.
Samson =. born 3 Dec. 1645; had son Samson.
born 1650; d. 15 Oet. 1730.
2. Elizabeth, widow of Col. Sam. Shrimpton.
Anthony =. b. 6 June, 1656; bad el. Anthony.
Jesoph, b. 1 Dcc. 1663; and otbers.
Mary,
John, = Prudenco
Israel,
Hannah,
h. 9 Jan. 1671; m. 2
Esther, b. 2 June, 1672; m.
Oet. 1695, Rev. Ste- phen Mix, minister at Wethorsfield, Ct. Ch. Mary, m. Thomas Belden; Sarah, mar. Goodridgo; Rebecca, m. James Mitchell; Christian, died unm. ; Esther, mar. Bowen; Elisha, horn 19 Oct. 1705, Yale, 1724, d. unm. 7 June, 1780.
Samuel, h. 5 Feh. 1674; 6 Nov. 1694, Rev. d. 22 Mar. 1674. Timothy Edwards, Anthony, h. 14 May, 1669; H. C. 1694; she d. h. 6 Junc, 1675; 19 Jan. 1779; he d. 7 June, 1675. d. 27 Jan. 1758. Ch. ten daugliters, Aarou, b. 23 Aug. 1676; d. samo day. and JONATHAN ED- WARDS, b. 3 Oct. 1793, minister at
Northampton, Pres. Princeton Coll., and the distinguished divine.
1788; Elizabeth, m. Samuel Barn- in Hartford, 4 Mar. ard, of Salem; Dorothy, m. Rev. 1777; Solomou; Samuol. Jonathan Ashley, of Deerfield.
1748.
Mary,
Martha = Solomon, = Eunice
h. 27 Nov. 1732;
Prudence, horn 28 May, 1734; m. 6 Partridge, d. 20 h. 29 May, Nov. 1780, Ezckich Wil- Oct. 1772.
Parsons, d. 22 Jan. 1797.
I Esther, horn 23 May, 1738; d. nn- mar. 27 May, 1816.
- William.
David, = Elizabeth = Sam. Shrimpton, Jr.
-Mary, h. 16 May, 1676.
( Richardson}, m. 28 Dec. 1713; d. 25 June, 1757. d. 26 blay, 1703. h. 5 Feb. 1686; | 1st husband;
Worthington, of liams, of Wethorsfield,
-Anthony, b. Scpt. 1678. -Elizabeth, b. 16 Feb. 1680.
d. 8 Mar. 1723.
-Simeon, b. 20 Aug. 1681.
Elizabeth = John Ycamans. Shute S. = Matilda Gunthorp.
-Mary, b. 19 Sept. 1882.
-Jenatban, b. 5 Oct. 1687. -Martha, b. 14 Dec. 1689. -Jonathan, b. 24 May, 1895. -John, b. June, 1697.
1 Two danghters
John d. infant.
Shute
d. infants.
d. unm. under ago.
-
Mohetahle = William Hyslop,
Mary, born 11 Nov. 1715; mar. Rev. Charles Chauncy, D. D .; d. without issuc.
Sarah, h. 10 Aug. 1718; m. Dea. Thos. Greenough; and died March, 1778. Ch. David S., and William.
b. 5 June, 1719; m. 25 Oct. 1750; d. 19 Nov. 1792.
baptized 26 Sept. 1714; d. 11 Aug. 1706.
Hauuab, b. 13 Oet. 1742; d. 1 Oct. 1743.
Jolin,
Solomon, = Saralı,
David,
James,
William,
David,
b. 4 June, 1767;
h. 18 Feb. 1771; 1769; mar. 28 Yale, 1790; m. 28
Yale, 1787; m.
Fch. 1798, Mary W. Billings, and had six ehil- dren.
April, 1789, John Williams, of Conway; two children.
Nov. 1799. Town Clerk, Register of Decds, Repr've., Clerk of Courts.
1793, who d. 6 June, 1808; 2d, Jano Wood ward, 10 Oet. 1809, who d. 13 Oct. 1848, having m. again; he d. 16 Aug. 1812. Ch. David, and others.
Solomon,
h. 29 Nov. 1800; Yale, 1820. Prof. at Middlebury.
Charles, h. 27 June, 1802; a merchant in Boston.
Wm. Henry, b. 5 Mar. 1804.
Lewis T. h. 8 Feb. 1807.
John, h. 11 Mar. 1809.
Arthur F. h. 89 Nov. 1810.
Sarah T. horn 23 Mar. 1814; m. Rev. A. Smith.
David T. h. 2 Doc. 1818. See Note on p. 225.
Wm. Hyslop, Adj't-General. &c. See Sumner pedi- gree, opp. p. 291.
Mehetahle Stoddard, m.
Eliza,
m. James W. Gerard.
Benjamin Welles.
1763; d. same day.
m. Betsey Wil- liams, 11 June, 1787; d. withont ch. 9 July, 1792.
m. 1 Jan. 1820, Charlotte Stone; was Surgeon in tho Army; d. 9 Nov. 1821.
h. 12 Sept. 1751; b. 6 Nov. 1758; d. 9 May, 1752.
b. 28 Dee. 1755; b. 5 Aug. 1757; mar. 1st, Eliza m. 30 Sept. 1779; Stone, Sept. d. 28 Dec. 1810.
Elizabeth = INCREASE SUMNER, Mehotable, Governor of Mas- h. 13 Sept. snehusctts.
dau. of Benja- min Tappan.
Israol, h. 4 Jan. 1778; b. 3 Oct. 1784; d. Apr. 1778. David, (2d,) h. 5 Sept. 1780; set'd in Boston.
Sarah, h. 1 April, 1680; m. b. 17 Fcb. { 19 Mar. 1797, Rev. 1682; II. C. Samuel Whitman, 1701; m.13 of Farmington, Ct. Dec. 1731. Lived iu Northamp- ton; Rep., Ch. Sarah, m. Rev. J. Trumbull; Eliza- beth, m. Rev. Thos. Strong, of New Marl- boro; Elnathan, Yale, 1726, d. umm.
Chester, h. 4 h. 10 Apr. 1684; March, 1699; died a prisonor died 11 Sept. in Franco. 1780.
Rebecca, h. 1680; m. 16 Nev. 1722, Joseph Hawley; d. Jan. 1768. Ch. Joseph, b. 8 Oct. 1723, Yale, 1742, m. Mercy Lymau, d. childless, 10 Mar. 1788; Elisha, h. 18 July, 1726, Capt. in the Army, m. Elizabeth Peme- rey, and was killed at the battle of Lake Georgo, 4 September, 1755, childless. 1
b. 21 April, 1688; m. Rev. Wm. Williams, of Weston; d. 29 Dce. 1775. Ch. William, H. C. 1729; Elizabeth, m. Rev. Josoplı Crocker, of 1ps- wich; Anna, m. Oliver Part- ridgo, of Hatfield; Nathan- iel; Luoy, m. Rev. Joseph Buckminster, of Rutland; Mary; Esther, mar. Rev. Themas Williams, of Decr- field; Solomon, H. C. 1747 ; Hannah, mar. Rev. J. Sec- comb, of Harvard.
Springfield, (sec- ond wife.) Ch. Jolin, d. in infan- cy; she died 12 July, 1812.
Ct., High Shoriff. Ch. Emily, b. 29 Mar. 1761, m. Samuel W. Williams : John, b. 11 Sept. 1762, Yale, 1781, m. 1st, Sopbia Worthington, 2d, Mrs. Silliman; Harriet, b. 26 June, 1764, m. Rev. Dr. Parsons, of Amherst; Ezekiel, b. 29 Dec. 1765, Yale, 1785, m. Abigail Ellsworth; Prudence, h. 2 Oet. 1767, mn. Rev. Mr. Howard, of Springfield; Mary, b. 14 Aug. 1769, m. John Salter; Esther, b. 14 Aug. 1771, d. unm. 24 June, 1820; Solomon S., b. 13 Oct. 1773, d. unm. Feb. 1849; Christian, h. 22 Sept. 1775; d. uum. 39 Jan. 1803; Thos. S., h. 26 June, 1777, Yalo, 1794, m. 1st, Delia Ellsworth, 2d, Martha M. Coit; Samuol P., b. 22 Fcb. 1779, Yalo, 1796, m. 1st, Mary H. Webb, 2d, Sarah Tyler, and d. 23 Dec. 1826.
1736; Yale, 1756; mar. 1st, M. P., 21 Nov. 1765; mar. 2d, E. P. Was High Sheriff; d. 19 Dee. 1827.
Israel, b. 28 April, 1741, Yale, 1758; mar. Eunice Wil- liams; was High Sheriff of Berkshiro; d. 27 Juno, 1782. Ch. Jobn, d. unm. ; Wm. Frederick, d. unm. ; Mary; m. Aslıbel Strong, and d. ehildless, 1817.
Christian, H. C. 1697; Anthony, minister at Woodbury, Ct. 60 years; d. 6 Sept. 1760. h. 23 Aug. 1676; b. 9 Ang.1678; m. Rev. William Williams, who was 56 years min- ister at Hatficla; she d. 23 April, 1764; he died 1 Sept. 1741, æ. 78. Ch. Solomon, D. D., H. C. 1719, of Lebanon, Ct .; Israel, H. C. 1727, died 10 Jan.
Col., Judge of Probate, C. J. C. C. P .; dicd 19 June,
mar. Col. John
Anın, bern 24 May,
1
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1708. Mrs. Shrimpton was his second wife, and after her death he married Mehetable Sargent, relict of the Hon. Peter Sargent, and niece of Governor Stoughton. She survived him. The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman preached a sermon on the Sabbath following the funeral of Mr. Stoddard, and a printed copy is among the author's family papers. In the dedication of this sermon to Anthony and William Stoddard, sons of Simeon, the Rev. Dr. says: -
" Boston, Nov. 14th, 1730.
" GENTLEMEN, - After two funeral sermons that went to the press at the desire of your honorable Father: the one preached upon the death of his brother, your venerable uncle of North- ampton ; the other upon the death of his son, your exemplary brother ; I will not refuse you the copy you ask of a plain dis- course I made upon his own decease.
" You owe more than this expression of filial respect and honor to his memory, whom God made a very good Father to you; and you were secret witnesses of his goodness to others, and of his good conversation in Christ.
" There was one thing singular in the life of your father, and very surprising to the town at the time of it: when he broke off his worldly business in the most prosperous run of it, in the midst of life, declaring that he had enough; having attained that estate, by the blessing of God, which he thought ought to satisfy him.
" About that time being chosen by the town to serve the poor, he did it for some years with a great deal of labor and pleasure, as I well remember.
" Since that, and I suppose before, his charities to the poor, and donations for pious uses, have been liberal and many ; wherein I have been assured by his honored relict that he studied secrecy.
" His annual bounties to the poor, the widows, and the father-
p. 807), "' The sign of the Cornfield,' near the Mill bridge, 1733. In Union street, 1763.") The memory of Mrs. Stevens is gratefully cherished by all who knew her, and this brief notice will give pleasure to those now living who hold her in remembrance.
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less, at our yearly Thanksgiving, were more open and known ; and very great: nor was the Levite then forgotten by him.
" Indeed, he was a lover of good men, and of God's house and worshippers ; but more especially friendly and respectful to the ministers of Christ, and never thought them enough honored and supported in their work.
" These things being known to be true, and easy to be proved by many living witnesses, I judge they ought to be said, and I dare not send the following sermon to the press without insert- ing them.
" Gentlemen, - that you may both live long, if God please, and do much more good in your generation, than those that are gone before you ; and that your children, and all the posterity of the deceased, may be the seed whom the Lord will bless, is the sincere desire and prayer of
" Your affectionate friend and humble servant, " BENJAMIN COLMAN."
In the sermon which bears the title of " A Peaceful Death in a good Old Age," Mr. Stoddard is spoken of as attaining "a great age, which God made healthful and easy, attended with plentiful circumstances, his reason and understanding continu- ing, his sight only decayed, his mind serene and placid, and his children about him, and he honored and happy in them. But the crown of all was a pious and useful old age, with a settled peace and good hope (through grace) of a better life; which continued with him through the shadow of death, which God made easy to him, both as to mind and body." These extracts show the character of the man better than a more extended notice.
Previously to Mrs. Shrimpton's marriage to Mr. Stoddard, namely, on the 18th of April, 1700, she leased her dwelling- houses, three water mills, negroes, etc., at Noddle's Island, to Nicholas Roberts, her brother, and Benjamin Jackson, of Boston, merchants, for seven years, at £200 per annum.1 By her will, dated 11 April, 1713, as " late widow and Executrix of the Will of Col. Samuel Shrimpton," she devised "all that Farm
1 State Archives, Book 40, p. 786.
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lying at Rumney Marsh, &c., and Noddles Island (of which we have seen she held one half by the deed to trustees from her husband, and the right to dispose of the other half to any of his relations by his will), with the Mills, &c., to her granddaugh- ter Elizabeth Shrimpton during her natural life, and after her decease "to the heirs of her body to be lawfully begotten," and for want of such issue, "to the right heirs of my said late hus- band, the said Samuel Shrimpton, forever." She died two days after the date of this will.
The inventory of the estate of Madam Elizabeth Stoddard, which she held under her husband's will, was taken July 15, 1713, by J. Marion and S. Turrell. It is specified as the estate which did belong to her former husband, Col. Samuel Shrimp- ton, namely : " The Brick Dwelling House in King Street, £2000,- Lead Cistern in the yard £20, - Brick House and Land in Shrimpton's Lane £250, - Land at South End of Boston,1 bought of Wm Gree, £90, - Land bought of William Wright, £60,- The Pastures Joyning Beacon Hill (in the rear of the State House, and upon which is built the Reservoir, a magnificent granite structure, of massive grandeur, and an enduring praise to the city), £150, - House and Land at North End of Boston, £120, - Warehouse on Major Hayward's Wharf, £70, - A Coach House with the Land £300, - A Coach, Calash, and Chair, £50, -2016 oz Plate at 8s. £806 6s. - 24 oz Gold at £6, £144, - A Load Stone and Eagle Stone, &c. &c., - Noddle's Island and Stock, to wit: - House in the tenure of Christopher Caprill, £20, - Stock, £239, 6s. - 14 Negroes, old and young, £350, - The Land, Housing, &c.
1 This strip of land is described in the inventory as situated at the corner of Frog lane (now Boylston street) and Common (now Tremont) street, and is sup- posed to be a part of the land on which the Winthrop House now stands. Mr. Shrimpton bought it of William Wright, of Boston, as appears from the Suffolk Deeds, Book 26, p. 149. " William Wright Junr. of Boston, Mariner & Abi- gail his wife. - Consideration £38 paid by Samuel Shrimpton of Boston sell sd Shrimpton Land lying at the Southerly End of Boston - bounded N. W. upon the Lane leading to the Training Field, 80 foot 8 inches, S. E. upon Land of Saml Snow or his Assignees, N. E. upon Land of Saml Fisher, S. by the street (Plott recorded lib. 11, p. 82 in Division of Estate of Thos Snow, whose dau. said Abigail was). 13 June 1683. Acknowledged 9th April 1712."
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£12000,- A Farm at Rumney Marsh (Chelsea) £1000,-&c., &c. Total Amount, £18044, 11s. 9d."
It is presumed that Madam Shrimpton continued to reside upon Noddle's Island for some time after the death of her hus- band. To corroborate this, is quoted the following from Sewall's Diary : " 1705, Augt 8, I & Mr. Em. (Eliakim) Hutchinson go to Noddle's Island ; Visit Madam Shrimpton. Ride in ye Ca- lash to Mr. Goodwin's; return to Madam Shrimpton's; Sup ; Come home."
Col. Samuel Shrimpton and Elizabeth (Breeden) Shrimpton had a son and only child, Samuel, born in Boston 20th of April, 1673, who married Elizabeth Richardson, as before mentioned. She was a niece of Col. Samuel Shrimpton's wife, being the daughter of her sister, Sarah (Roberts) Richardson.
Samuel Shrimpton, Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth (Richardson) Shrimpton, had only one child, Elizabeth, who was born in Bos- ton, August 26, 1702, and was married in Boston, by the Rev. Dr. Colman, to John Yeamans, 6th of May, 1720, and died on the 4th December, 1721. John Yeamans was of St. James's parish, Westminster, England.
The following is an abstract of the marriage contract between John Yeamans and his wife, Elizabeth Shrimpton made on the day of their marriage : -
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