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In the Roxbury Land Records, Sixth Report of the Boston Record Commissioners, Isaac Morrill's (1638) is the seventh property enumerated, consisting of " two houses, two forges, one barn with out housing and two orchards and a swamp," and ten lots of land, including " fox holes " and " smithfeild."
According to the Roxbury Church Records, " Isaac Morell [1638] an aged brother," died Dec. 21, 1661.
David Offley (1638), of Boston, is mentioned in the town records, June 1, 1638, when he was permitted to buy Samuel Wilbore's house and garden-plot; and again, Sept. 30, 1639, when Mr. David Offley (1638) was granted "a great Lott at Muddy River, for 15 heads," implying a very large family. The Boston Book of Possessions locates his homestead on the south side of Essex Street, the third lot east from Wash- ington, which extended south to the cove. In 1643, he removed to Plymouth.
Isaac Morrill (1638). AUTHORITIES : Savage's Gen. Dict .; Drake's Hist. of Roxbury; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1857.
David Offley (1638). AUTHORITIES : Savage's
Gen. Dict .; 4 Mass. Hist. Coll., Vol. II., p. 119; Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. II .; Report of Boston Rec. Com., 1634-1660.
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There is but one reference to Mr. Offley (1638) in the Plymouth Colony Records, viz. : "Whereas Mr. David Offley did by warrant sumon Thomas Payne, of Yarmouth, to appeare here to answere to a suite, and had neither entred action against him nor appoynted any to psecute for him, but onely to vex the said Payne, & put him to charges, the Court doth order and award the said David Offley to pay the said Thomas Payne xijs according to the rate of ij* p day for vj dayes."
Abraham Palmer (1638), of Charlestown, a merchant from London, who there joined the company of the patentees of Massachusetts in 1628, was the last signer of the instructions sent to Gov. Endicott on the 30th of April, 1629. He gave fifty pounds to advance the interests of the enterprise, and, in 1629, he himself embarked for America, probably with Higginson and the Spragues (1638), arriving at Salem in June, and early in the next July removed with about one hundred other persons, including Ralph and Richard Sprague (1638), from Salem to Charlestown.
He was one of the founders of the First Church in Charlestown, Aug. 27, 1630 (which became the First Church in Boston), and was admitted to be a freeman May 18, 1631. He was a member of the first assembly of representatives, in 1634, and also of the next four assemblies. In 1637, during the Pequot War, twelve Charlestown men, under Sergt. Abraham Palmer (1638), rendered efficient service in Capt. Mason's company, and, in 1638, he began the compilation of the Charlestown Book of Possessions, which was printed as the Third Report of the Boston Record Commissioners. His homestead consisted of "Three Acres of land by estimation, more or less, scituate and lying in the high feilde, butting to the north and east upon mistick river, . . . with A Dwelling house and other aptinances thereunto belonging." He also possessed thirteen other pieces of land. He was town clerk in 1638, and faithfully served his townsmen in civil and military positions.
Winthrop, under date of June 18, 1636, wrote : " We granted Mr. Palmer [1638], a demiculverin in exchange for a sacre, of Mr. Walton's, which was ready mounted at Castle Island, being, by the opinion of Mr. Pierce and some others, better for us than the demiculverin. We had 100 wt of shot, and some wires and sponges into the bargain."
In 1652, he sailed in the "Mayflower," of Boston, for Barbadoes, on a business venture, with Edward Burt. He died there in 1653, and Lieut. Thomas Lathrop (1645) was appointed administrator of Mr. Palmer's (1638) estate.
William Parke (1638), of Roxbury, eldest son of Robert Parke, of New London, Conn., in 1649, "whose barn was the first place of worship" in the latter town, came to America in the "Lion," arriving at Boston in February, 1630. He was one of the founders of the Roxbury church, in July, 1632, and for many years a deacon ; was repre- sentative in 1635, and for the thirty-two following years was frequently a selectman, and held other important trusts, both public and private. Edward Johnson (1637),
Abraham Palmer (1638). AUTHORITIES : New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1853; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Frothingham's Hist. of Charlestown.
William Parke (1638). AUTHORITIES : Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Sixth Report of Boston Rec. Com .; Drake's Hist. of Roxbury.
" William Parke, he came to N. E. in the 12th month, 1630, a single man, & was one of the first in the church at Rocksborough; he afterwards married Martha Holgrave, the daughter of - Holgrave of Sale [Salem?]." - Rev. John Eliot's Record of Church Members.
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in his Wonder-Working Providence, calls him "a man of pregnant understanding very useful in his place, and one of the first in the church of Roxbury."
He died May 11, 1685, aged seventy-eight years, being, as expressed in his will, "old and weake of body but of perfect understanding, according to the measure received." He had no sons, but two daughters, into whose hands, and those of his grandchildren, his large property passed after his decease. The Weld estate was originally the property of Deacon William Parke (1638). His property is narrated in Roxbury Land Records, the sixth volume of the Report of the Boston Record Commissioners.
Richard Parker (1638), of Boston, a merchant, was in Boston in August, 1638, but the date of his arrival is not known. He was admitted to be a freeman June 2, 1641 ; was allowed to be an inhabitant of Boston Sept. 30, 1639 ; had a grant of " four hundred acres at the Mount, besides the hundred acres given to the Wharf, Feb. 24, 1639," which was afterwards, June 29, 1640, cancelled, and five hundred acres were granted him "upon Monotacott River, next to Benjamin Keayne's farm." He held several minor town offices prior to 1651, when he was elected selectman, at the close of which term of service his name disappears from the records. The Book of Possessions locates the lot of Richard Parker (1638) as on the water-line west of Sudbury Street.
William Perkins (1638), of Roxbury, son of William and Catherine Perkins, of London, England, was born Aug. 25, 1607, and came to America in the "William and Francis," leaving London March 9, 1632. In March, 1633, with the illustrious John Winthrop, Jr., and eleven others, he began the settlement of Ipswich. He was admitted a freeman Sept 3, 1634, and in the list of estates of inhabitants in Roxbury, made out between 1636 and 1640, he is recorded as possessing twenty-five and a half acres of land. The Perkins farm passed, about 1712, into the possession of Samuel Curtis. The street north of Jamaica Pond, leading to Brookline, called in early times Connecticut Lane, was named Perkins Street in honor of William Perkins (1638). He married, in Roxbury, Aug. 30, 1636, Elizabeth Wooten. In 1643, he removed to Weymouth, and was repre- sentative for that town in 1644. He was early identified with the militia, and became captain in 1645, about which time he removed probably to Gloucester, as his daughter, Mary, was born there, May 17, 1652. In naming "the residents, or proprietors of the soil," in Gloucester, between 1633 and 1650, Richard Eddy, D. D, records a "Capt. Perkins." He also says, in his sketch of Gloucester, in the History of Essex County, P. 1305, "A year later [1650], William Perkins removed from Weymouth to Gloucester, and became the 'teaching elder.' He remained five years, when he removed to Tops- field." Savage says, " Mr. Perkins preached from 1651 to 1655, and became the second minister of Topsfield."
Sidney Perley, in the History of Essex County, says, " In 1640, he [Mr. William Perkins ] visited his native country, but soon returned, and preached to a small band of worshippers living in Weymouth. He removed to Gloucester in 1646, and preached there from 1650 to 1655, when he came to Topsfield. Here, after preaching till 1663,
Richard Parker (1638). AUTHORITIES : Drake's Hist. of Boston; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Boston Records.
William Perkins (1638). AUTHORITIES : Hist. of Essex Co., by Hamilton Hurd, Vol. I., p.
566, Art., Ipswich; same, Vol. II., Art., Topsfield; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Drake's IIist. of Roxbury, P. 403: New Eng. Ilist. and Gen. Reg., Vol. X., pp. 211, 212.
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he spent the remainder of his life in the calm pursuits of husbandry. Among the early settlers of the town, he was probably the most accomplished person. He was a scholar [but where he was educated does not appear], and a man of business, - a farmer, a clergyman, a soldier, and a legislator." In 1661 and 1664, when lands "on the south side of the river," in Topsfield were divided, "m" perkins " or " m" william perkeings " is recorded as receiving a share. He died in Topsfield, May 21, 1682, aged seventy- four years.
Arthur Perry (1638), of Boston in 1638, a tailor, came to America in 1635 or 1636, and was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640. By wife, Elizabeth, he had six children, all born in Boston, among whom was Seth, born March 7, 1639, who joined the Artillery Company in 1662. Arthur Perry (1638) died Oct. 9, 1652.
Arthur Perry (1638), long known as the town drummer, was an important personage in the embryo city, as in the absence of church bells he called the people to their meeting-houses for worship on Sundays, and for the lectures on Thursdays. Also, he proclaimed the laws, gave notice of town meetings, auction sales, the departure of vessels, and advertised rooms for rent, children lost and found, and new importations of dry and other goods.
It is in connection with this public duty that he is mentioned several times in the Records of the Town of Boston, 1634-60. His name is first mentioned in those records Dec. 10, 1638, when the selectmen, of whom Capt. Robert Keayne (1637) was one, agreed with Arthur Perry (1638) that he should be allowed, yearly, for his drumming to the Company upon all occasions, the sum of £5,1 to be paid by the town. Feb. 28, 1641, he was paid £4 10s. "for his service in drumming the last yeare," and Sept. 25, 1643, he was paid £9 for drumming " this last yeare and halfe." He was remunerated . by the town for his continued services July 29, 1644, Dec. 2, 1644, and is mentioned the last time Sept. 29, 1645, when he was paid £5 " for last yeares service in drumming, ending on the last of sixt month last past, and thirty shillings for drumheads." To guard against the liability of being without a "drummer," " It is agreed betweene the select men on the Townes behalfe, and Hugh Williams [1644] and George Clifford : " at a general town meeting, Nov. 27, 1643, "That Nathaniel Newgate [1646], Apprentize to the said Hugh Williams [1644] and George Clifford [1644] aforesaid, shall doe all Comon service in druming for the Towne on trayning dayes and watches, The sayd George for these three yeares next ensueing, and the said Nathaniel for these foure yeares next ensueing, in Consideration whereof the Towne will be at the charges of their learning skill in druming.
" It's further agreed with Arthur Perry [1638] that he shall give his Best diligence in Teaching the sayd George Clifford [1644] and Nathaniel Newgate [1646] in all the skill and use of the drum needfull to all common service in military Affayres, in consid- eration whereof he shall have foure pounds payd to him within six mo : next ensuing."
On the 29th of July, 1644, " The Constables of this Towne are appointed to pay foure pounds ten shillings unto Arthur Perry [1638], part of seaven pounds due to him for his service in Druming until the first day of the first month last past, and for teaching the use of the drumme according to agreement made with him on 27 of 9, 1643."
Arthur Perry (1638). AUTHORITIES : Savage's Gen. Dict .; Report of Boston Records, 1634-1660.
1 Mem. Ilist. of Boston, Vol. I., p. 510 (note), says his pay was to be {2 per year.
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According to the Records of the Town of Boston, on the 25th of November, 1639, the town voted : "Our brother Arthure Pury [1638] hath leave to sell his house and garding to Silvester Saunders "; and Dec. 30, 1639, he was granted a great lot for seven heads at the Mount ; also, Feb. 24, 1639-40, the selectmen granted him a " housplott" in Boston.
His residence was on School Street, nearly opposite the present City Hall, and he owned other property in the town. He was drummer for the Artillery Company from 1638 to 1651.
Robert Saltonstall (1638), brother of Richard, and second son of Sir Richard, was born about 1614, and came to America in 1630, with Gov. Winthrop. He was the superintendent of his father's interests in this country, and owned large estates in Connecticut, as well as in Massachusetts. Robert (1638) was at Windsor, Conn., in 1640-2. He pursued the profession of the law, as his name is found as an advocate in the courts of justice, and at a session of the General Court, " I mo. 1647-48," " Mr. Robt Saltonstall is fined five pound & is debarred from pleading in other mens causes in any Corte of justice, except himself have real interest therein." Savage says, "He allowed Francis Stiles to lead him into great useless expense from which both suffered inconvenience to their dying day." Robert Saltonstall (1638) was never admitted a freeman, probably because he was not disposed to conform to the rigid discipline of the Puritan church. He was energetic and enterprising, active in public matters, as well as attending to the large interests of his father. He was also a petitioner, in 1641, for Dover to come under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. He died unmarried, in July, 1650, and his will, of June 13, was proved Aug. 15 of that year.
Robert Saunders (1638), of Cambridge from 1636 to 1652, removed to Boston, and then to Dorchester, where he died. Letters of administration on his estate were granted March 13, 1682-3.
He was admitted to be a freeman May 23, 1639, and lived in Cambridge, on the southeast corner of Mount Auburn and Dunster streets. He was admitted to be an inhabitant of Boston May 30, 1653.
In 1661, his name is given in the tax-list of Dorchester, and in 1670-1, March 13, Robert Saunders (1638) was appointed "to keepe the key of the pound till the Select men take furder order." In 1677, the selectmen granted him "fower load " of wood, and his needs in his advanced age were further supplied by the town of Dorchester.
Robert Scott (1638), of Boston, became a member of the First Church Dec. 15, 1633, then a "servant to our bro. John Sandford." He probably, therefore, came over with Winthrop, and was admitted a freeman Dec. 6, 1636. He died in February, 1654. He had a " great lot for twelve heads " granted him at the Mount, Feb. 19, 1637-8, and,
Robert Saltonstall (1638). AUTHORITIES: New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1853 (will), 1879; Bond's Watertown; Suffolk Deeds, Liber I .; Rec- ords of Mass. Bay, Vol. II., p. 133; Savage's Gen. Dict.
"Mr Robt Saltonstall is fined 5 shs for present- ing his petition [to the General Court] in so small and bad a peece of paper." - Records of Mass. Bay, Vol. II., p. 76.
Robert Saunders (1638). AUTHORITIES : Paige's Ilist. of Cambridge; Hist. of Dorchester, by Antiq. and Hist. Soc .; Bond's Watertown; Sav- age's Gen. Dict.
Robert Scott (1638). AUTHORITIES: New Eng. Ilist. and Gen. Reg., 1854, for inventory of his estate; Savage's Edition of Winthrop's Ilist .; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Report of Boston Rec. Com., 1634-1660.
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in 1640, two hundred acres additional, without allowance for "rockienes or swampe." In 1649-50, he is called in the Town Records, "Sergaint," and in 1652-3, "Ensign." His house was near State Street, between Congress and Devonshire, and fronted on the court, east of the original first meeting-house, on which Isaac Addington (1652), the colonial secretary, lived at a later time. His garden extended south on Pudding Lane, now Devonshire Street. He was clerk of the Artillery Company in 1645.
Ralph Sprague (1638), son of Edward Sprague, a fuller of Upway, County Dorset, England, is said by Felt, in his Annals of Salem, to have come to America in the ship "Abigail," with Mr. Endicott, leaving Weymouth June 20, and arriving at Salem Sept. 6, 1628. "After Mr. Endicott arrived at Naumkeag [Salem], he commissioned Messrs. Ralph, Richard and William Sprague and others to explore the country about Mishawum, now Charlestown. Here they met with a tribe of Indians, called Aberginians. By the consent of these, they commenced a plantation." He and his wife Joan were members of the First Church, Boston, but, with thirty-one others, were dismissed Oct. 14, 1632, "to enter into a new church body at Charlestown." He was a brother of Richard Sprague (1638), and father of Richard (1681). He became a freeman Oct. 19, 1630, and was the first person chosen to the office of constable at Charlestown, in 1630. He was active in military matters, and successively became sergeant in 1634, ensign in 1646, lieutenant in 1647, and captain. He represented Charlestown in the General Court in May, 1635, and afterwards, - in all for nine years, - being a deputy when the charter of the Artillery Company was granted.
He was one of the first selectmen of Charlestown, chosen Feb. 10, 1634. His homestead, consisting of one acre of "earable land, ... with a Dwelling house upon it and other aptinances," was situated " at the east end of the comon, butting south and west upon the highway," having Mystic River on the northeast. The Charlestown Land Records, p. 53, describe twelve (1638) different pieces of real estate as the possession of Ralph Sprague.
He died in November, 1650.
Richard Sprague (1638), of Charlestown, third son of Edward, of Upway, England, came over with his brother Ralph (1638), and with him moved from Salem to Charles- town. He is in the list of the members of the First Church, and was admitted a free- man May 18, 1631. With his wife, he was dismissed therefrom in October, 1632, to form a new church at Charlestown.
In 1637, he was an adherent of Mr. Wheelwright, and signed the remonstrance against the proceeding of the court; but, on expressing his regret, his signature was erased. He was active in military matters, and one of the leading citizens of the new town. Mr. Everett, in his address commemorative of the bicentennial of the arrival of Winthrop at Charlestown, in speaking of the three brothers, Ralph (1638), Richard (1638), and William Sprague, says they were "the founders of the settlement in this
Ralph Sprague (1638). AUTHORITIES : Felt's Annals of Salem; Frothingham's Hist. of Charles- town; Wyman's Genealogies and Estates of Charles- town; Winthrop's llist. of New Eng., Savage's Edition; Hurd's Hist. of Middlesex Co .; Mem. Hist. of Boston; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Third Report, Boston Rec. Com .; Genealogy of Sprague Family.
Richard Sprague (1638). AUTHORITIES: Frothingham's Hist. of Charlestown; Wyman's Geneal gies and Estates, Charlestown; Felt's An- nals of Salem; Hurd's Hist. of Middlesex Co .; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Third Report, Boston Rec. Com ; Mem. Hist. of Boston; Genealogy of Sprague Family.
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place," and "were persons of character, substance and enterprise : excellent citizens ; generous public benefactors ; and the heads of a very large and respectable family of descendants." Richard Sprague (1638) was a captain of the Charlestown train-band, and represented that town in the General Court in 1644, and from 1659 to 1666. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1652, ensign in 1659, and lieutenant in 1665. He died, Nov. 25, 1668. His will of Sept. 15 preceding, names his wife, Mary, but no children of his own. The sons of his brother Ralph are mentioned in it. He gave to Harvard College thirty ewes, with their lambs. This was among the earliest donations to that college. His homestead in Charlestown consisted of " three acres of earable land, . . . with a dwelling house and other aptinances," situated " in the east feilde, butting southwest and west upon the streete way, bounded on the southeast by gravell lane." The Charlestown Land Records, p. 41, describe thirteen different pieces of real estate in Charlestown as the possession of Richard Sprague (1638). He bequeathed his sword to his brother William, of Hingham, which, in 1828, was in the possession of his descendants.
John Stowe (1638), of Roxbury. The Roxbury Church Records, written by Rev. John Eliot, say, "John Stow, he arrived at N. E the 17th of the 3d month [May] ano 1634. he brought his wife & 6 children." The records mention his wife, "Elizabeth Stow, the wife of John Stow [1638], she was a very godly matron, a blessing not only to her family but to all the church & when she had lead a christian conversation a few years among us, She dyed & left a good savor behind her." He was admitted a freeman Sept. 3, 1634, and his wife died, or was buried, Aug. 21, 1638. He represented Roxbury at both sessions of the General Court held in 1639, and he died Oct. 26, 1643. He was granted one hundred acres of land in 1642, for writing [transcribing] the laws of the colony.
The church records doubtless refer to Mr. Stowe (1638) in the following, quoted from the Boston Record Commissioners' Report, Vol. VI., p. 171 : " Month 8 day 26 [1643], Goodman Stone [Stowe], an old Kentish man dyed, he was not of the Church, yet on his sick bed some had some hopes of him."
John Pierpont married Thankful, daughter of John Stowe (1638), and bought, probably of the heirs, the Stowe homestead on Meeting-House Hill, as recorded in Roxbury Land Records, p. 99. From this family sprung the Connecticut Pierponts : John Pierpont, poet and clergyman, and Edwards Pierpont, formerly minister to England. Sarah Pierpont, granddaughter of John and Thankful (Stowe) Pierpont, became the wife of the eminent Jonathan Edwards. Thomas Stowe, son of John Stowe (1638), joined the Artillery Company in 1638.
Thomas Stowe (1638), of Braintree, was the eldest son of John Stowe (1638), of Roxbury. He was born in England, and came to America with his parents in 1634. He married, Dec. 4, 1639, at Roxbury, Mary Griggs, and soon after removed to Concord, where he was admitted a freeman in 1653. He removed thence to Middleton about 1654. He died, probably, early in 1684, as the inventory of his estate was returned to the Probate Court, Feb. 23 of that year.
John Stowe (1638). AUTHORITIES: Drake's Hist. of Roxbury; Savage's Gen. Dict .; Sixth Re- port, Boston Rec Com.
" John Stowe, for selling shot to an Indian, not
knowing the law, is respited " by the court. - Rec- ords of Mass. Bay, Vol. I., p. 312.
Thomas Stowe (1638). AUTHORITIES: Sav- age's Gen. Dict .; Hist. of Braintree.
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Thomas Strawbridge (1638).
William Tyng (1638), of Boston, merchant, elder brother of Edward Tyng ( 1642), came to New England, probably in the ship " Nicholas," of three hundred tons, chartered by himself at London, arriving at Boston July 3, 1638. He became a member of the First Church March 3, 1639, and was admitted to be a freeman ten days later. He was a selectman of Boston from 1639 to 1644 inclusive, treasurer of the colony from May 13, 1640, to Nov. 13, 1644, and representative for Boston during 1639, 1640 to 1643, and 1647, - in all, six years. He lived afterward in Braintree, was captain of a military company there, and represented that town in the General Court in 1649, 1650, and 1651. He died Jan. 18, 1652-3. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Capt. Thomas Brattle (1675), and her sister, Ann, married Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Charlestown, who preached the Artillery election sermon in 1663. Elizabeth (Tyng) Brattle died, as we are told by Judge Sewall, in a sudden and surprising way. Judge Sewall was present at her house at a great wedding of his cousin, Daniel Quincy, with Ann Shepard, her niece, when Mrs. Brattle suddenly expired.
Capt. William Tyng (1638) lived on Washington Street, where, a few years ago, it turned into Dock Square, covering the foot of Brattle Street, now Adams Square. Here he had what is described as " house, garden, close, great yard, and little yard before the hall window." A part of this lot fell to his daughter, Elizabeth Brattle, wife of Thomas (1675). Subsequently it passed through the possession of Mr. Mumford to the Quakers, for the site of a meeting-house. The inventory of Capt. Tyng (1638) is given in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1876. He was ensign of the Artillery Company in 1640. He was one of the commissioners from Massachusetts Colony who established the confederation of the New England Colonies in 1643. Savage says, " The titles of several of his books show an estimable curiosity in the possessor." Johnson speaks of him as "being endued by the Lord with a good understanding - sometime Treasurer of the country."
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