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Dec. 20, 1636, the town granted to Mr. Hathorne "one howse lott of an acre on this side the Rocks towards the Mill being the sixt lott from the Marshalls howse."
1The Body of Liberties, first published in the Collections of the Massa- chusetts Historical Society, third series, volume VIII, page 216, section 91.
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FISHING AND SHIP BUILDING.
LARGE number of new settlers are mentioned in the records of Salem in 1636 for the first time. Among them was William Alford,1 who came, in 1634, from London. He was one of the Skinners' Company of the City of London, an association of furriers and skin dressers established under royal charter granted by Edward III about the middle of the fourteenth century. Mr. Alford was a merchant here. Another was Robert Allen,2 who lived in that part of Salem which became Manchester. John Barber® was a car- penter by trade. John Bush- nell* was a glazier, and came in John Barbor the Hopewell in 1635, at the age of twenty-one. Hugh Browne® was a fisherman. Thomas Chubb, a carpenter, was born in Crewkern, Somersetshire, England, about 1608; he was of Dor- chester, Mass., in 1631, and removed to Salem in 1636, living on
1William Alford married, first, Mary - before 1636; second, Ann -; died Jan. II, 1677; children : I. Nathaniel, baptized March 21, 1637; perhaps died before 1677; 2. Samuel, baptized Feb. 17, 1638-9; 3. Bethiah, baptized June 26, 1642; 4. Elisha ; died before 1677; left a widow; 5. Mary ; married, first, Peter Butler; second, Hezekiah Usher; third, Samuel Nowell; she survived them all, and died Aug. 14, 1693; 6. Elizabeth; 7. John, born Nov. 29, 1658; died when two months old.
2Robert Allen removed from Manchester to New London, Conn., in March, 1651, and from thence to Norwich before 1662. He returned to New London. His children were as follows: I. John, baptized May 22, 1642; married Elizabeth Gager Dec. 24, 1668; 2. Sarah, baptized May 22, 1642; married George Geer; 3. Mary, baptized Nov. 19, 1648; married Thomas Parke; 4. Hannah; married Thomas Rose; 5. Deborah; married John Gager. 3John Barber was "late of Salem" in 1653, when he sold land here.
$John Bushnell married Jane -, and removed to Boston before 1652. "Hugh Browne, with his wife, lived in Salem as late as 1641.
6The wife of Thomas Chubb was named Avis, 1649-1661; and he died Oct. 17, 1688. They had a daughter Deliverance and probably a son Thomas, who lived in Beverly.
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Cape Ann Side, which was incorporated as Beverly in 1668. William Comins was here a short time, and disappeared about 1642. Nicholas Draper lived here only a few years, living in that part of Salem which is now Beverly. Isaac Davis came here from England without his wife. June 6, 1637, the general court ordered that he be sent to her in England; and the town of Salem was ordered to have it done. Accordingly, Dec. 31, 1638, the town appointed Samuel Archer and William Allen to collect the claims due to Davis and sell the property which belonged to him, and with the money received thereby to pay the charge for his passage and his debts as far as it would go.
The most important settler this year was William Browne,1 son of Francis Browne of Brundish, Suffolk County, Eng- william Browns land. He was born in England
1HON. WILLIAM BROWNE1 lived in Salem; merchant; judge of the county court, representative, assistant and one of the council of Andros; married, first, Mary Young, who came to America with him; she died in 1638; married, second, Sarah Smith of Wenham; she died Feb. 10, 1668; he died Jan. 20, 1687-8; children: I. William,2 born April 14, 1639; 2. John,2 born Oct. - , 1641; died in 1669; 3. Joseph;2 H. C., 1666; married Hannah Brenton; she died Sept. 14, 1676; he died, while preaching in Charlestown, under a call, May 9, 1678; 4. Samuel,2 born July 31, 1644; died in 1055; 5. Hannah,2 baptized June 28, 1646; died before 1687-8, probably unmarried ; 6. Benjamin,2 born in 1648; 7. Sarah,2 born Dec. 23, 1649; married Thomas Dean of Boston in 1665; 8. Mary,2 baptized Jan. 4, 1651; died young ; 9. James,2 baptized July 3, 1653; died young; 10. Mary,2 baptized Jan. 28, 1656-7; married Wait Winthrop of Boston before 1687; died June 14, 1690; II. James,2 born Dec. 28, 1658; died Aug. - , 1659.
MAJ. WILLIAM BROWNE;2 merchant; representative, member of gov- ernor's council, judge of court of general sessions and of the court of com- mon pleas ; married, first, Hannah Corwin Dec. 29, 1664; she died Nov. 21, 1692; married, second, widow Rebecca Bayley of Boston April 26, 1694; died Feb. 14, 1715-6, having made many public bequests in his will; his wife Rebecca survived him, and died June -- , 1736; children: I. William,3 born July 28, 1666; died Oct. 24, 1666; 2. Hannah,3 born March 16, 1667-8; died June 30, 1668; 3. Samuel,3 born Oct. 8, 1669; 4. William,3 born Sept. 5, 1671 ; died Sept. 18, 1671; 5. John,3 born Nov. 21, 1672; 6. Sarah,3 born Dec. 10, 1674; died before 1715; 7. Elizabeth,3 baptized March -, 1677; died young ; 8. Mary,3 baptized Aug. 27, 1679; married Benjamin Lynde; 9. William,8 baptized Oct. 9, 1681 ; died before 1715; 10. Hannah,3 baptized Oct. 9, 1681 ; died before 1715; II. Elizabeth,3 baptized May 6, 1683; died before 1715; 12. Mercy,3 baptized June 22, 1684; died before 1715. CAPT. BENJAMIN BROWNE;2 merchant and esquire; married Mary Hicks of Charlestown in I686; she came from England, and died before himself ; he died Dec. 7, 1708, leaving an estate of thirty thousand pounds; he made many public bequests in his will; children: I. Benjamin,3 born Jan. 10, 1698-9; died Aug. 6, 1700; 2. Mary,3 born Aug. --- , 1700; died young.
COL. SAMUEL BROWNE ;3 merchant and esquire; representative, member of the governor's council and judge of the court of general sessions and of the court of common pleas ; married, first, Eunice Turner March 19, 1695-6; she died before 1706; married, second, Abigail Keech of Boston Feb. 21,
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March 1, 1608. His wife Mary came with him. He was a mer- chant, became a judge and statesman and a man of wealth and influence. Probably he was the richest person in Salem in the early days. Harvard College received from him valuable financial assistance in its struggle to become an established institution ; and
1705-6; she died Feb. 8, 1725; he died in the spring of 1731; children : I. Mary,4 baptized Jan. 4, 1701-2; died young ; 2. Samuel,4 born April 7, 1708; 3. William,4 born May 7, 1709; 4. John,4 born Dec. 23, 1713; died young ; 5. Benjamin,4 baptized Feb. 19, 1715-6; died in 1737; 6. Jonn,* baptized Feb. 10, 1716-7; died young; 7. Abigail,4 baptized Aug. 30, 1719. CAPT. JOHN BROWNE; merchant and esquire; representative and judge of the court of general sessions; married, first, Sarah Burroughs of Boston April 21, 1698; she died Nov. 24, 1715; married, second, Mary, widow of Capt. Roger Plaisted of Berwick; died April 14, 1719; made public bequests in his will; his wife Mary survived him, and returned to Berwick; children : I. Elizabeth,4 baptized Feb. 12, 1698-9; died before 1719; 2. Sarah,4 born Oct. 27, 1701; married Col. Ichabod Plaisted; 3. Benjamin,4 born July 25, 1706; 4. John,4 baptized Aug. 30, 1709; died young; 5. William,4 baptized July 15, 17II; esquire; married Mary Frost Dec. 13, 1733; she was his wife in 1740; he died in the spring of 1755; had no children; 6. Joseph,4 baptized Feb. 28, 1713-4; probably died young; 7. John, baptized Dec. 4, 1715; probably died young.
SAMUEL BROWNE;4 H. C., 1727; merchant and esquire; married Katha- rine Winthrop of Boston; died Nov. 26, 1743; his estate was valued at up- wards of twenty-one thousand pounds; his wife survived him and married, secondly, Col. Epes Sargent of Gloucester Aug. 10, 1744; Colonel Sargent removed to Salem; children: I. William,5 baptized Feb. 27, 1736-7; esquire ; representative, judge of the superior court and one of the mandamus council ; colonel in the militia; resided in England during the Revolution; governor of Bermuda; loyalist, his estate in Salem being confiscated by the colonial government; 2. Anne,6 baptized Sept. 17, 1738; died young; 3. Abigail;5 married Joseph Blaney. HON. WILLIAM BROWNE;4 H. C., 1729; built the famous mansion on Folly Hill; judge of the court of general sessions, repre- sentative and member of the governor's council; married, first, Mary, daughter of Gov. William Burnet of Boston Nov. 14, 1737, in New York (see The Essex Antiquarian, volume XIII, page 160B), when she was four- teen; she died Aug. 1, 1745; married, second, Mary French of New Bruns- wick, N. J., before 1749; she died in Beverly in 1761 ; he died April 27, 1763; children : I. William Burnet,5 born Oct. 7, 1738; esquire; lived in King William County, Va .; married Judith Walker Carter of Virginia in 1764; she was his wife in 1773; 2. Samuel," born Nov. 5, 1739; died before 1763; 3. Benjamin," born Dec. 7, 1740; died in 1762; 4. Thomas, baptized Nov. 7, 1742 ; died about 1760; 5. Mary,“ born Feb. - , 1743-4; died in Virginia, un- married, in 1770; 6. Sarah, born July -, 1745; died in 1756; 7. Philip,5 baptized June 29, 1750; 8. Francis, baptized Aug. 30, 1752; died in 1756; 9. Ann ;5 lived in New York City. COL. BENJAMIN BROWNE ;* H. C., 1725; esquire; representative; married Eunice Turner June 19, 1729; died Feb. 3, 1749-50; she married, secondly, Nathaniel Balston, Esq., of Boston Sept. 5, 1751; children : I. Hannah, born July 12, 1730; died about 1750; 2. Eunice,5 born Sept. 13, 1731; married, first, Capt. Ichabod Plaisted; he died Dec. - , 1755; married, second, Timothy Fitch of Boston about 1770; she lived in Medford, his widow, in 1792, and died about July, 1799; 3. Benjamin, born Aug. 4, 1733; probably died young ; 4. John, born July 10, 1735; merchant and esquire; lived in Boston; married Martha - before 1780; they were living in Boston in 1785.
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his family for four generations continued to thus bestow its philan- throphies. Another settler was John Alderman,1 who Jo bu alderman came from Dorchester to Salem with his wife Jane, apparently somewhat earlier. Jeffry Estie,2 probably born in the parish of Freston, Suffolk County, England, in 1587, was the eldest son of Christopher and Ann ( Arnold) Easty, and came to Salem with his wife Margaret and children, Mary, aged eleven, and Isaac, aged nine. Pasco Foote,3 a fisherman, came in 1636 from Bedford- shire. England. Edmund Grover was born about 1600,
1John Alderman died Aug. - , 1657. Apparently alone in the world, and having acquired a considerable estate, especially in live stock, he dis- played in his will a real philanthropy for that time in giving his best cow to Rev. Mr. Norris of Salem, and a cow each to Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians, at Natick, the Indians he preached to, Mr. Thacher of Marble- head, Rev. Mr. Whiting of Lynn, Rev. Mr. Walton of Marblehead, and Rev. Mr. Cobbet of Ipswich. One of his heifers he gave to Dea. John Horne of the Salem church.
"Jeffry Estie removed to Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, in 1651; married Margaret Pote (Pett) in Freston May 29, 1609; died, Jan. 4, 1657; children: 1. Mary, baptized at Freston Feb. 17, 1625; 2. Isaac, bap- tized Nov. 17, 1627; cooper; lived in Salem until after 1653, when he re- moved to Topsfield; married Mary Towne, who became a victim of the witchcraft delusion, being executed Sept. 22, 1692; died in Topsfield in 1712; 3. Catherine; married Henry Scudder of Huntington.
3PASCO FOOTE1 lived here, except from 1649 to 1652; died Nov. 28, 1670; children, baptized in Salem Feb. 6, 1652-3: 1. John;" probably died young ; 2. Malachi;" probably died young; 3. Samuel;2 lived in Salem in 1698; 4. Elizabeth ;2 married George Birch; 5. Mary ;2 unmarried in 1670; 6. Isaac ; 7. Pasco;2 8. Abigail;2 married George Early.
ISAAC FOOTE ;2 fisherman ; married Abigail Jeggles Dec. 2, 1668; died in 1741 ; she survived him; children : 1. Isaac,3 born April 4, 1670; died last of June, 1670; 2. Abigail,3 born Nov. 21, 1671 ; unmarried in 1734; 3. Samuel," born April 29, 1673; 4. Elizabeth,3 baptized April -, 1675; married Nathaniel Felton ; 5. Malachi3 baptized April 11, 1680; 6. Mary,3 baptized May 7, 1682; died young; 7. Pasco,3 baptized March 2, 1684; 8. Thomas,3 baptized Jan. - , 1685-6; 9. Mary,3 baptized Jan. - , 1691-2; lived in Manchester, un- married, in 1734. PASCO FOOTE;2 mariner ; lived in Salem until about 1676, when he went to Newfoundland, and afterward to New London, Conn .; married, first, Martha Ward Dec. 2, 1668; second, Margaret Stallion Nov. 30, 1678, at Killingworth; died about 1685; she married, secondly, James Haynes in 1688; children: 1. Malachi,3 born Sept. 18, 1669; 2. Martha,3 born Feb. 14. 1671-2: 3. Pasco, born Sept. 1. 1674.
SAMUEL FOOTE;3 shoreman ; married Mary Palmer Nov. 12, 1696; died in 1741 (?) ; she was his widow in 1749; children: Isaac4 born Aug. 18, 1697: 2. Samuel,4 born May 13, 1700; 3. Mary,4 born March 15, 1703;
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and lived in that part of Salem which was incorporated as Beverly.1 His house was on the road leading to Draper's point, now Beck- ford Street.
4. Abigail,4 born March 15, 1703; married Timothy Mansfield; 5. Elizabeth,4 baptized April 13, 1707; married John Short; 6. Malachi,4 baptized Sept. 4, 1709; 7. Hannah,4 baptized July 16, 1710; married Joseph Mansfield ; 8. Pasco,4 baptized June 13, 1714; mariner ; living in 1751. MALACHI FOOTE; shoreman, and later gunner in Boston; removed to Boston about 1736; mar- ried Elizabeth Marsters Dec. 13 (17?), 1710; children: I. Malachi,4 born Sept. 18, 17II; married Ruth Jones Sept. 6, 1733; 2. John,4 born Aug. 13, 1715; 3. Jonathan,4 baptized June 2, 1717; shipwright; lived in Boston in 1777 ; married Elizabeth Peirce March 3, 1739. THOMAS FOOTE;3 fisherman; married Sarah Ellis Dec. 2, 1708; died in 1714; she survived him; child : I. Sarah,4 baptized May 14, 1710; married Samuel Dodd of Marblehead Sept. 27, 1726.
ISAAC FOOTE;4 mariner ; living in 1749; married Mary Fowles Oct. 17, 1722; children: I. Enoch; 2. Abigail," baptized July 2, 1727. SAMUEL FOOTE;4 mariner; married, first, Elizabeth Britton Aug. I, 1723; second, Elizabeth Messervy Oct. 6, 1745; he died in 1759; she was his widow in 1779; children : I. Elizabeth," baptized March 17, 1727-8; probably died young ; 2. Samuel,5 baptized March 17, 1727-8; probably died young; 3. Mary, baptized Aug. 24, 1729; probably died young; 4. John,“ baptized Dec. 27, 1730; probably died young; 5. Hannah, baptized Dec. 3, 1732; probably died young; 6. Pasco, baptized Feb. 2, 1734-5; 7. Samuel,5 baptized Nov. 29, 1747; living in 1759; 8. Elizabeth,“ baptized Jan. 20, 1750-I; probably died young.
ENOCH FOOTE;" lived in Andover; married Ruth Ingalls of Andover March 8, 1747-8; died in 1764; she survived him; children, born in Andover : I. Enoch, born June II, 1748; 2. Caleb,6 born July -, 1750. PASCO FOOTE;5 married, first, Mary Tapley May 9, 1753; second, Mary Mascoll; died before 1805; she died, his widow, March 23, 1809; children : I. 6 (son) ; mar- iner ; 2. Abigail;6 married George Southward; 3. Mary;6 married James Clearage.
CALEB FOOTE;6 served in the army of the Revolution and as privateers- man, being a prize-master; prisoner in Forten prison, England, 1778-1780 (see Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 26, page 90) ; married Mary Deadman Feb. 13, 1775; died in 1788; she died, his widow, Nov. 2, 1834; children : I. Mary," born Sept. 19, 1776; 2. Caleb," born July -- , 1778; 3. John,7 born Oct. 2, 1788.
CALEB FOOTE;" mariner ; married Martha West Jan. 3, 1802; died at sea in 1812; child : I. Caleb,8 born Feb. 28, 1803.
CALEB FOOTE;8 editor and a proprietor of the Salem Gazette; repre- sentative and postmaster; married Mary Wilder White Oct. 21, 1835; died June 17, 1894, aged ninety-one; children : I. Eliza Dwight,9 born July 10, 1836; 2. Henry Wilder, born June 2, 1838; rector of King's Chapel, in Boston ; died in 1889; 3. William O. White, born March 31, 1841; 4. Martha West,9 born March 20, 1842; 5. Mary Wilder, born Aug. 20, 1843; married John B. Tileston of Milton; 6. Arthur,9 born March 5, 1853; musician; lives in Brookline; married Kate G. Knowlton July 7, 1880.
1EDMUND GROVER1 had a wife in 1649; and died June II, 1682. Children : I. John,2 born about 1628; 2. Nehemiah,2 born about 1640; lived in Beverly; married Ruth Haskell of Gloucester Dec. 2, 1674; died Feb. 12, 1693-4; she died, his widow, Nov. 26, 1714; had children; 3. Naomi,2 baptized May 17, 1646; 4. Mary,2 baptized May 17, 1646; living in 1660; 5. Lydia,2 baptized May 17, 1646; living in 1660; 6. Deborah,2 baptized March 26, 1648; married John Bennett in 1671.
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He gave the homestead to his son Nehemiah Grover in 1677. Roger Haskell,1 born about 1613, Edmund grower was a farmer on Bass River Side (now Beverly). Robert Isbell was a carpenter, and with his wife Ann lived in that part of Salem which became Manchester in Rolf Loach 1645. Robert Leech2 lived in the Man- chester part of Salem. William Marston lived here only a short time, and removed to Hampton in 1637. Thomas Marston was about eighteen years of age in 1636; he removed to Hampton in or soon after 1637, being probably unmarried. Robert Morgan® lived on Cape Ann Side (Beverly). Mrs. Margaret Pease* was probably Hole morgan widow of Robert Pease, and is said to have come from Great Baddow, Essex County, England.4 With her son Robert, she sailed in the Francis
JOHN GROVER;2 lived in the Beverly part of Salem; married Sarah Barney May 13, 1656; died Aug. 2, 1716; children: I. Abigail;3 lived in Beverly; 2. Sarah,3 born Dec. 28, 1659; died Nov. 26, 1662; 3. Hannah,3 born Nov. 9, 1662; married Azadiah Smith May 27, 1662.
1Roger Haskell had brothers William and Mark and sister Joanne, and called John Stone "father in law"; married Elizabeth Hardy; he died June -, 1667; children: I. Elizabeth; married William Dodge; 2. Roger; lived in Beverly; married Hannah Woodbury Dec. 21, 1680; 3. Josiah, born about 1659; married Sarah Griggs of Gloucester Nov. 22, 1682; died May 9, 1684; 4. Samuel; living in 1667; 5. Hannah; living in 1667; 6. Sarah; living in 1667; 7. Mark; living in 1667; 8. John; husbandman; lived in Salem in I668; 9. William; husbandman; living in 1668.
2Robert Leech died in the summer of 1674; wife Alice survived him, and married, secondly, - Elwell before 1691. His sons Robert and Samuel were living in 1691.
3ROBERT MORGAN1 married Margaret Norman; died in the spring of 1673; she survived him, and died before 1694; children: I. Samuel,2 bap- tized June 23, 1650; 2. Luke,2 baptized June 23, 1650; died before 1673; 3. Joseph,2 baptized June 23, 1650; died before 1694, without issue; 4. Benja- min,2 baptized June 23, 1650; died before 1694, without issue; 5. Robert,2 baptized Dec. 15, 1650; died before 1694, without issue; 6. Bethiah,2 bap- tized May 29, 1653; married Samuel Weed.
SAMUEL MORGAN ;2 lived on Cape Ann Side (Beverly) ; married Eliz- abeth Dixy Dec. 15, 1658; living in 1694; children : I. Aaron,3 baptized May 24, 1663; 2. Joseph,3 baptized Sept. 26, 1666; 3. Samuel,3 baptized Sept. 26, 1666; 4. Robert,3 baptized May 8, 1670; married Ann Ober July 4, 1692; died July 16, 1762, aged ninety-three; 5. John,3 baptized July -, 1673.
MRS. MARGARET PEASE1 died in the winter of 1644-5; child: I. Robert,2 born about 1607.
ROBERT PEASE2 married Marie - -; died in the winter of 1644-5; she survived him; children: I. Robert,3 born about 1628; 2. John,3 born about 1630; 3. Abraham;3 living in 1645; 4. Nathaniel,8 baptized Oct. 15, 1643; married Mary Hobbs March 15, 1667; living in 1673; 5. Sarah,8 baptized Oct. 15, 1643; 6. Mary,3 baptized Oct. 15, 1643.
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for America from the port of Ipswich in April, 1634, and landed
ROBERT PEASE;3 weaver ; married Sarah - before 1660; she was his wife in 1705; he was living in 1713, having been cowherd, etc., from 1644 to 1704, at least ; children : I. Bethiah,4 born June II, 1660; died first week in November, 1667; 2. Elizabeth,4 born Aug. 20, 1662; 3. Deliverance,4 born Dec. 6, 1664; 4. Mary,4 born Feb. 15, 1666-7; 5. Robert,4 born March 25, 1669; 6. Isaac,4 born Nov. 30, 1671; 7. Bethiah,4 born Jan. 18, 1673; 8. Na- thaniel,4 born Feb. 28, 1677-8. CAPT. JOHN PEASE;3 his grandmother, in her will, gave him to Thomas Watson as his own child; removed to Enfield, Conn., in 1682; married, first, Mary Goodale; she died Jan. 5, 1668-9; mar- ried, second, Ann Cummings of Topsfield Dec. 8, 1669; she died in Enfield June 29, 1689; he died there July 8, 1689; children: I. John,4 born May 20, 1654; 2. Robert,4 born May 14, 1656; 3. Margaret,4 born Oct. 8, 1658; 4. Abraham,4 born June 5, 1662; lived in Enfield; married Jane Mentor ; died in 1735, without issue; 5. Mary,4 baptized May 5, 1667; probably mar- ried Alexander Renalds July 16, 1686; 6. Jonathan,4 born Jan. 2, 1668-9; lived in Enfield; married Elizabeth Booth Oct. II, 1692; died in 1721; had children ; 7. James,4 born Dec. 23, 1670; lived in Enfield; married Hannah Harmon Oct. 18, 1695; died at Enfield in 1748; had children; 8. Isaac,4 born July 15, 1672; lived in Enfield; deacon; married Mindwell Osborn in 1691; died July 9, 1731; 9. Abigail,4 born Dec. 15, 1675; died in Enfield July 9, I689.
ISAAC PEASE;4 yeoman ; lived in that part of Salem which became Dan- vers in 1752; married Elizabeth Thomas April 20, 1697; died in the spring of 1745; she survived him; children: I. Elizabeth," born Feb. II, 1697-8; married Nathaniel Whittemore; 2. Isaac, born July I, 1698-9; husbandman ; living in 1747; 3. Mary, born after 1699; married Samuel Frail; 4. John;5 yeoman ; lived in Danvers; probably married Mary King (published April 5, 1729) ; living in Danvers in 1777; 5. Hannah; married John Harwood; re- moved to Sutton; 6. Ruth;5 married Joseph Harwood; lived in Sutton; 7. Joseph;5 died, probably unmarried, before 1777. NATHANIEL PEASE; husbandman; married Elizabeth Ashby Oct. 20, 1701; died in the spring of 1737 ; she was his widow in 1748; children : I. Benjamin,5 born May 10, 1702; laborer ; living in 1773; 2. John, born Feb. 4, 1703-4; 3. Elizabeth, born May 15, 1706; married William French July 3, 1732; 4. Jonathan; 5. Na- thaniel,5 6. Lydia;4 married Joseph Brown May 13, 1740. CAPT. JOHN PEASE;4 joiner; removed to Enfield in 1682; married Margaret Adams of Ipswich Jan. 30, 1676-7; died in Enfield in 1734; children: 1. John,5 born April 22, 1678; lived in Enfield; married Elizabeth Spencer of Hartford, Conn .; died at Enfield in 1761; 2. James,5 born in 1679; lived in Somers; married Mary Abbe in 1710; 3. Margaret, born Jan. 24, 1683, in Enfield ; 4. Ann," born Oct. 29, 1685, in Enfield; 5. Jonathan, born Jan. 29, 1687; 6. Mary,5 born May 24, 1688, in Enfield; 7. Sarah," born Sept. 27, 1689, in Enfield; 8. Joseph,5 born March 10, 1692, at Enfield. ROBERT PEASE;ª lived in Enfield; married Abigail Randall Dec. 16, 1678; died in Enfield in 1744; children : I. William, born Sept. 26, 1679, in Salem; died at Enfield in 1688; 2. Mary,5 born March II, 1680-1; married Israel Phelps in 1703; 3. Abigail,5 born in 1682, in Enfield; 4. Robert, born Feb. 2, 1684, in Enfield; 5. Samuel,5 born Dec. 30, 1686; 6. Ephraim,5 born April 9, 1689; 7. Daniel,5 born May 23, 1692, in Enfield; 8. Hannah,5 born June -, 1694, in Enfield; 9. Margaret,5 born Dec. - , 1695, at Enfield; 10. Ebenezer, born in 1699, in Enfield.
JOHN PEASE;" husbandman and cordwainer; married Elizabeth Gooden of Newbury July 27, 1725; died in the autumn of 1761 ; she died, his widow, in the winter of 1801-2; children: 1. John;6 living in 1761; 2. James ;6 living in 1761; 3. Martha;6 married - Hambleton before 1761; 4. Susanna ;6
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at Boston. They settled in Salem. Francis Perry,1 born about francis 70 0mg 1608, a carpenter and wheel- wright, lived in Salem ap- parently before 1636. Wil- liam Pester was a mercer, had wife Dorothy and left the country in 1643. In 1652, not hav- ing been heard from, his wife was given liberty to marry again.
Mr. Pester was granted by the town July 16, 1638, one hun- dred and fifty acres of land for a farm on "condition that w "in a twelue moneth or thereabouts hee returne psonally & give satisfac- tion to the towne for the improving of it." This land belonged to Capt. William Trask in 1655 when he sold it to Robert Prince, and it became the great Prince farm in Danvers. Spring Street now runs over its southern end.
living in 1788; 5. Sarah;6 living in 1788. JONATHAN PEASE;" carter ; mar- ried Sarah Blake Dec. II, 1739; died May -, 1770; she survived him; chil- dren : I. Samuel,6 baptized Nov. 16, 1740; probably died young; 2. Mary,“ baptized Sept. 26, 1742; married William Munday; 3. Elizabeth,6 baptized May 25, 1746; married Peter Warner May 22, 1768; 4. Jonathan, baptized Feb. 28, 1747; 5. Benjamin,6 baptized Jan. 28, 1749; 6. Robert,6 baptized Dec. 28, 1751 ; probably married Hannah Woodman April 12, 1778; 7. Daniel,6 baptized Jan. 6, 1754; mariner; married Sarah Gray Aug. 22, 1773; died in the winter of 1774-5; she married, secondly, Peter Clough Jan. 23, 1777; 8. Sarah," baptized Dec. 21, 1755; probably married Jonathan Woodman July 2, 1777; 9. Hannah,6 baptized March 5, 1758; probably published to Joseph Lawrence Oct. 2, 1779 (probably married Samuel Willard Sept. 16, 1785) ; Io. Eunice,6 baptized June 10, 1764; died young; II. Eunice,6 baptized April 19, 1767; married Joseph Wilson July II, 1790. NATHANIEL PEASE; hus- bandman; married Jemima Munnion Feb. 19, 1750; died in the spring of 1774; she died Nov. 19, 1805; children: I. Mercy;6 married Gideon Hen- field; 2. Amos;6 youngest son, minor, in. 1773; 3. Nathaniel;6 carter ; prob- ably published to Sarah Bird Dec. 9, 1775; 4. Edmond;6 living in 1773; 5. Jemima ;6 married Joseph Bridget June 15, 1797.
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