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JONATHAN PEASE;6 mariner and fisherman; married Hannah -; died in 1785; she married, secondly, Tobias Smethurst Nov. 28, 1792, and was living in 1806; children: I. Jonathan," baptized Jan. 13, 1771; mariner ; mar- ried Mary Pickworth Sept. 3, 1798; 2. Samuel, baptized Feb. 28, 1773; 3. Richard;" mariner; married Polly Atkinson Sept. 21, 1800; 4. Rachel,7 baptized April 15, 1778; 5. Benjamin,7 baptized Dec. 17, 1780; died, a minor. BENJAMIN PEASE; married Mary Mackintire Nov. 26, 1772; child: I. Polly,7 baptized June 30, 1776.
SAMUEL PEASE;" mariner ; married Mary Lawrence April 12, 1795; died in the spring of 1805; she married, secondly, Phineas Wentworth Dec. 8, I805; children: I. Samuel,8 born about 1795; living in 1806; 2. Mary,8 born about 1800; living in 1806.
1Francis Perry married Jane -, who was his wife from 1639 to 1650 at least, and may have been a widow when he married her, as a daughter-in- law of Mr. Perry is mentioned in 1652. He and one of his sons worked at the iron works in Lynn in 1653, and the next year he removed thither. In 1655, he removed to the Island of Barbadoes. Children, baptized in Salem : I. Benjamin, baptized July 18, 1641; 2. Sarah, baptized July 18, 1641 ; 3. David, baptized Aug. 2, 1641; 4. Samuel, baptized April 10, 1642; 5. Elisha, baptized Aug. II, 1644.
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Jonathan Porter,1 a planter, lived in that part of Salem which is now Beverly. Widow Emma Mason2 lived here as early as 1636. Joshua Roots was a drummer, and became a drum major in 1666. Thomas Ringe removed to Exeter, where he died in 1667. Widow Smith lived here in 1636 and 1638. Edmund Marshall,3 a weaver, lived here until 1650, when he settled in Manchester. William Walcott4 and John Sanders® lived here in 1636. William Bound® was here in 1636 and probably removed to Marblehead about 1645. William Lingo William King7 was born about 1607; and Savage says that he came in the Abigail, from London, in 1635. He was in Salem as early as 1636; and settled on the shore of Bass River.
1Jonathan Porter married Eunice -, and removed to Huntington, L. I., in 1665; she was his wife in 1660, and married, secondly, Silas Smith of Fairfield; children: I. Mary, baptized Oct. 12, 1645; 2. Jonathan, baptized March 12, 1648.
2MRS. MASON1 apparently had a former husband named Roots; she died in 1646; children by Roots (Thomas Roots called her mother) : I. Thomas; 2. Richard;2 lived in Salem in 1681; 3. Josiah.2
THOMAS ROOTS;2 weaver; lived on Bass River Side, in Salem, in 1636; married Sarah -; died Nov. I683; child: I. Susanna,3 baptized in Beverly March 24, 1677-8; probably
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died in infancy. JOSIAH ROOTS ;2 planter; lived on Bass River Side, in Salem; married Susanna -; died June 3, 1683; she survived him; children : I. Josiah3 (probably) ; mariner; living in Salem in 1669; 2. Bethiah;8 mar- ried John Lovett; 3. John;3 living in 1683; 4. Thomas;3 living in 1683; 5. Jonathan,3 baptized Oct. 28, 1665; minor in 1683.
3Edmund Marshall married Millicent -; died in 1673; children : I. John; living in 1663; 2. Naomi, born Jan. 24, 1636; 3. Ann, born April 15, 1638; 4. Ruth, born May 3, 1640; 5. Sarah, born May 29, 1642; 6. Ed- mund, born June 16, 1644; living in 1673; 7. Benjamin, born April 18, 1646.
William Walcott lived here in 1652; married Alice Ingersol; and had two children. He was so idle the court took measures to preserve his estate. "JOHN SANDERS1 married a daughter of Joseph Grafton, according to Savage; child: I. John,2 baptized Nov. 1, 1640.
CAPT. JOHN SANDERS;2 mariner; married Hannah Pickman Nov. 5, 1661; died in the summer of 1694; she was his widow in 1705; children : I. Hannah,3 born March 15, 1662; died May 4, 1672; 2. John,3 born Oct. 22, 1665; 3. James,3 born Sept. 23, 1667; 4. Nathaniel,8 born July 2, 1670; 5. Benjamin,3 born in 167 -; mariner; died, unmarried, in the spring of 1698; 6. Joseph,3 born Aug.(21, 1673; died Aug. 7, 1674; 7. Hannah;3 married Flint in 1695; 8. Elizabeth,3 born Aug. 28, 1678; living in 1694; 9. William ;3 shopkeeper ; lived in Boston; married Bridget Ladd Sept. 7, 1708. 6William Bound married Ann -; children, baptized in Salem : I. James, baptized Aug. 25, 1636; 2. Andrew, baptized Aug. 12, 1638; 3. Philip, bap- tized Dec. 7, 1640.
"WILLIAM KING' married Dorothy -; died in 1650; she was his widow in 1653; children: I. Mary;2 eldest daughter; married John Scudder ; 2. Katherine;2 second daughter; married John Swazey; 3. Hannah;2 third daughter ; unmarried in 1651 ; 4. William ;2 eldest son in 1651 ; lived in Salem;
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Mrs. Keniston was received for an inhabitant of Salem Dec. 26, 1636, but was not given any land. She was, however, allowed to purchase land, and bought the house of Lieutenant Davenport.1
Benjamin Parmiter was received into the house of John Elford. He was twenty-seven years old, with a trade, and was granted 2 Bonimon 2 amvitor five acres of land in 1637. He also had a ten-acre lot, which he con- veyed to William Pester in 1638. July 25, 1639, he was granted an acre of land "vpon the north side of the neck next to Henry Bayly," and also ten acres at Jeffry's Creek.3
Salem became engaged in fishing at a very early date. Cod and mackerel were caught, the former being cured upon flakes. The original stage was located on the point running easterly into the harbor for a considerable distance, at low water probably two 1
cooper ; married Katherine Shafflin in or before 1665; died in the autumn of 1684; she died, his widow, in 1718; 5. Samuel,2 born about 1633; living in 1651; 6. Mehitable,2 baptized Dec. 25, 1636; 7. John,2 baptized Nov. 1, 1638; 8. Deliverance,2 baptized Oct. 31, 164I.
JOHN KING;" cooper; married Elizabeth Goldwaite Sept. - , 1660; she was his wife in 1687; he died in 1717; children : I. John,3 born Oct. - , 1661; 2. Samuel,3 born May -, 1664; 3. William,3 born June -, 1669; 4. Eliz- abeth,3 born Feb. - , 1671; married Nathaniel Waters; 5. Joseph,3 baptized July -, 1673; 6. Jonathan,3 born Feb. - , 1674; 7. Thomas,3 born Feb. - , 1677 ; died Oct. - , 1680; S. Hannah,3 born April 15, 1681 ; married Benjamin Marsh; 9. Mary,3 born March 28, 1687; spinster in 1728.
JOHN KING;3 husbandman and cooper; married Annie Hoar Sept. 10, 1688; died in 1718; she was his widow in 1731; children: I. Elizabeth ;4 mar- ried Benjamin Orne; 2. Samuel;4 captain; yeoman; married Abigail Buf- fington Aug. 13, 1714; she was his wife in 1734; he died about 1740; 3. Han- nah;+ married Joseph Verry; 4. Annis ;4 married Benjamin Parnal; 5. Jo- seph;4 cordwainer in 1728; 6. Mary;4 married John Pease. ENS. SAMUEL KING ;3 husbandman, of Salem, 1706, 1715-1719; cooper, of Southold, N. Y., 1709 and 1710; married Elizabeth Marsh Dec. 15, 1696; children: I. - 4 (son) ; 2. John;4 youngest son; of Southold, mariner, 1709 and 1710; 3. Elizabeth,4 born Dec. 8, 1698, in Salem. WILLIAM KING;3 yeoman; became one of the first settlers of Sutton about 1717; married, first, Hannah Cook June 4, 1695; she was his wife in 1713; married, second, Rebecca Wakefield Sept. 19, 1717; died Nov. - , 1748; children : I. Hannah,4 born Jan. 25, 1696-7; died young ; 2. William,4 born June 1, 1699; lived in Sutton ; died in early manhood; 3. Abigail,4 born Feb. II, 1700; 4. Lydia,4 born Dec. 16, 1702-3; 5. Mehitable,4 born Oct. 15, 1705; 6. Henry,4 born July 8, 1707; lived in Sutton; captain; representative; married Abigail Green; she died Nov. 16, 1759; he died Feb. 6, 1782; 7. Isaac,4 born June 22, 1709; died, un- married, in Sutton; 8. Hannah,4 born Feb. 19, 1712-3. JONATHAN KING;8 husbandman ; was deceased in 1719; children: I. Jonathan;4 lived in Sutton ; husbandman; married Alice Verry Feb. 2, 1726-7; they were living in Sutton in 1733; 2. Sarah,4 born in 170 -; living in 1719; 3. Abigail,4 born in 170 -; living in 1719; 4. John,4 born in 17 -; cordwainer in 1733: 5. Lydia ;4 spinster in 1738; 6. Ruth ;4 spinster in 1738; 7. William;4 cordwainer in 1739. 1Salem Town Records, volume I, page 29 (printed).
"Benjamin Parmiter apparently lived in Marblehead, where he died in 1689. He had wife Mary and a daughter Mary.
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hundred feet farther than at high tide, and now included in the area occupied by the plant of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Com- pany. This was called Stage Point as early as 1640.
Hugh Peter was much interested, publicly, in the development and enlargement of the fisheries in New England, and, Nov. 26, 1636, he incited the country to raise a stock for fishing, as the only probable means of saving the people in the colony from the op- pression of seamen and others who had control.1 He went from place to place, laboring publicly and privately to raise up men to a public spirit, and secured a goodly sum of money for the pur- pose. He also wrote to England to raise as much more there. The plan was to set up a magazine of provisions and other necessaries for fishing, that men might have things at hand, and for reasonable prices ; as the merchants and seamen took advantage to sell at most excessive rates, in many things two to one.2
Before 1636, the fishing business centered around Winter Harbor, which was between the outward part of the Neck and Winter Island. The name of Winter Harbor was probably given to this body of water, because the fishing vessels remained there during the winter months, when fishing was difficult; and Winter Island apparently received its name from Winter Harbor. The fishermen lived in houses there, had flakes for drying and curing fish and warehouses for its storage. The town records early give grants to the fishermen of half-acre lots on the shore of the Neck and on Winter Island, to hold for life or a term of years, and not inheritable. July 11, 1636, a fishing lot on the Neck, being Juniper Point, was granted to Thomas Moore. This was apparently the first of a number of fishing lots on the Neck. Jan. 16, 1636-7, the town granted to Mr. Jackson, Anthony Dike, Mr. Rayment, Pasco Foote, John Sibley, Robert Leech, George Williams and Hum- phrey Woodbury half an acre each at Winter Harbor to build upon and carry on the fishing trade.3 A week later, William Hackford was allowed a fishing lot ; and, Aug. 14, 1637, Sergeant Wolfe was allowed one at Winter Harbor. Dec. 25, 1637, the town granted to Richard Graves half an acre of land upon the Neck "for the setting of his house," as he promised to follow fishing. Jan. 21, 1638-9, John Browne was granted a half-acre for a fishing lot near Winter Harbor; two weeks later Joseph Younge,4 Christopher
1Winthrop's Journal, Boston, 1790, volume I, page 91.
2Winthrop's Journal, Boston, 1825, volume I, page 176.
3To this record is added, in shorthand, probably by Ralph Fogg, "John Sibley gives nothing to the requital, but gave unto me his allowance if he come not again."
"He owned two houses on the south side of Derby Street about midway between English and Webb streets, and sold them in 1649, when he apparent-
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Younge, Hugh Browne, Thomas Fryar and Daniel Jeggles were granted half an acre each at Winter Harbor for fishing; and a week later Henry Swan1 was granted a half-acre lot near Winter
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Harbor for fishing. May 15, 1639, Joseph Kitcherille was granted half an acre of land at Winter Harbor, if he employ it in fishing. Nov. 18, 1639, Edmond Tompson,3 Henry Hayward and Richard Moore4 were granted half an acre of land each at Winter Harbor
ly left the town. He was probably brother of Christopher Youngs, as the latter called Mrs. Joseph Younge "sister."
1Henry Swan had the following named children baptized in Salem: Thomas, Feb. 26, 1642-3; and Elizabeth, Feb. 8, 1645-6. He apparently removed to Boston where he had wife Joan and his daughter Sarah; died Dec. 23, 1651.
2He was of Charlestown in 1643.
3Edmund Thompson, a fisherman, lived near the meeting house, and is said to have been son of John Thompson of Holkham, Norfolkshire, Eng- land. He came to Salem from the neighborhood of Framlingham, Suffolk- shire, where he married Martha, daughter of John Fiske. Children, born in New England: Martha; Edmund; Thomas, baptized in Salem Feb. 12, 1642-3; Anna, baptized in Salem July 4, 1647. He returned to England, and had three more children, John, Esther and John, all of whom died in infancy. He was then a sea-captain, in the employ of the States of Holland.
4July 8, 1643, Richard More, as a fisherman, was granted by the town half an acre of land adjoining his house.
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for fishing lots ; and, on the same day, the town "pmitted that such as have fishing lotts about Winter Harbo" & the Iland shall have libertie to fence in their lotts to keepe of the swine & goates from their fish, soe that they leave it open after harvest is in." In January, 1639-40, the town ordered "That the Iland Caled Winter Iland may be fenced Inn for the saftie of the ffishing trade & so to Continue vntill the prim. of the third month Caled may vnless such as haue Goats doe fence in the flaks for the saftie of the ffish." June 13, 1644, the town ordered that "the doggs at winter neck shall be tyed vp in the day tyme, & if any doggs there spoile fish, That they also shall be sent away or killed."
March 9, 1668-9, the town "Ordered that in Anfwere to the pettion p"ferred by feurall shoremen that dry fish at winter Iland that they shall haue liberty to fence it about morde chais that fo it may be fecured from all Cattell (except sheep & wenlinge Calfes) who shall haue liberty to goe ther at any tyme and noe other, and foe long they fhall haue liberty to fence it as af orefaid, till the towne fee caufe to caufe them or some other to pull downe the fence, and to leaue it as before". At a meeting of the selectmen, Dec. 5, 1670, "The shoremen of this Towne that make or dry fish vpon o' fish Iland haue liberty to Cutt flake stuffe vpon or Comons puided they cutt noe oacke nor walnut tree, & only for that vie".
The houses which were built and occupied by these fishermen must have been meanly constructed, as they survived but a few years. John Hardy was granted a fishing lot by the town Feb. 7, 1636-7, and died possessed of half a fish house at Winter Island, which half was valued at three pounds, and also a fractional in- terest in three ketches,- Alligator, Gift and Return. In his will, he gave to his son Joseph "my part of the house beinge one half in which we lay fish beinge on winter Iland." Capt. Walter Price, at the time of his death, in 1674, owned a warehouse on Winter Island, which was still standing in 1699. Thomas Ives of Salem sold, in 1686, to Stephen Sewall of Salem and Nathaniel Dumer of Stoughton, England, his warehouse or fish house, with the leanto, on Winter Island.1 Thomas Gardner died possessed of a warehouse or fish house at Winter Island, in 1698; and Thomas Maule owned a warehouse or fish house there as late as 1699. Timothy Lindalle died possessed of "an old tattered house at Win- ter Island" in the latter year. The later houses were located on the Cat Cove side of the island where there were a number of wharves.
There were a number of lots of land granted around Cat Cove and Winter Harbor, which were occupied by the houses of fishermen, fish houses or flakes. June 20, 1637, Richard Johnson
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf III.
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was granted by the town half an acre of land for a house lot near "Richard Hollingworths works"; and August 7th next Bryan Grange, Thomas Chadwell, John Harbert and Roger - were granted half an acre of ground each at Butt Point near "where Hollinwood builds." Bryan Grange remained in Salem about a year. Feb. 24, 1637-8, Francis Dent was granted half an acre of land in Winter Harbor. He probably removed to Lynn, where he died the next winter. Nov. 26, 1638, Henry Harwood was granted a half-acre lot near Winter Island, and, the twenty-seventh of the next month, a half-acre lot upon or near Winter Harbor. July 25, 1639, the town granted to Thomas Pickton a house lot of half an acre upon the Neck near Cat Cove; to Samuel Edson half an acre of ground near Cat Cove; and to Henry Sillsby, Mr. Sharp's man, half an acre near Cat Cove for a house lot. Aug. 19, 1639, the town granted to Mathew Nixon a house lot at Cat Cove and a quarter of an acre for a garden plot.
John Holgrave was a fisherman and had a grant from the town, April 12, 1636, of three quarters of an acre of land on Win- ter Island for fish flakes and half an acre without the island for a house lot. The latter lot included the site of the Juniper house. He erected his fishing stage on the northeast corner of the island at the entrance to Winter Harbor. Jan. I, 1637-8, the town granted to Robert Gutch one-half acre of ground "lying by his father Holgrave near Winter Harbor."
"For further incuragement of men to set vpon fishinge," the general court ordered, May 22, 1639, "that such ships, & vessells, & other stock, as shalbee properly imployed & adventured in take- ing, makeing & transporting of fish, according to the course of fishing voyages, & the fish it selfe, shalbee exempt for 7 yeares from hencefourth from all countrey charges"; and all men were forbidden "to imploy any codd or basse fish for manuring of ground," except the heads and offal of such fish for corn. All fishermen, while they were abroad during fishing seasons, were exempted from training.
At first, Winter Island was approached by a ford : and the town, April 7, 1645, appointed Captain Trask, Peter Palfrey and Jeffry Massey "to sett out the way neere Mr Holgraues howse into winter Iland." A causeway was built, and later a bridge.
May 6, 1667, the town "voated that the paffage : or place that was cutt vppon the neck to goe over to Winter Iland is to be stopped, and a suffishent waye to be made over to the Iland : and Capt : Corwin Wa : Price : and m' Henry Barklemew : are Chofen and apoynted to determine the place: wheare it shall be stopped and the breadth of ye sd waye: and of such other conveniencis whearby a fuffishent waye to the Iland be ffinished".
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March 19, 1683-4, the selectmen granted liberty to build wharves at Winter Island to Bartholomew Gedney, Esq., S. Gard- ner, sr., Captain Price, Mr. John Hathorne, Captain Higginson, William Hirst, Thomas Gardner, Philip English, John Pilgrim and S. Gardner, jr.
The commoners voted, Nov. 22, 1714, "That Winter Isleand be wholly Reserued and Granted for the Vse of the Fishery and shuch Shoremen as Dry ffish there who Live in said Town shall pay five shillings p annum for a Room to dry ffish for a ffishing vefsell and such as liue in other Towns that come and dry ffish there shall pay Twenty Shillings p annum for a ffish Room for each vefsell." It was, also, then voted that the Neck be granted to the town, to be let to the inhabitants for a pasture for milk cows and riding horses.
"The general fear of want of foreign commodities, now our money was gone and that things were like to go well in England," wrote Governor Winthrop, "set us to work to provide shipping of our own, for which end Mr. Peter, being a man of a very public spirit and singular activity for all occasions, procured some to join for building a ship at Salem of 300 tons, and the inhabitants of Boston, stirred up by his example, set upon the building another at Boston of 150 tons. The work was hard to accomplish for want of money, &c. but our shipwrights were content to take such pay as the country could make."1
These vessels were built in 1641.
On the southeast side of the Neck at its narrowest part, ship building was carried on as early as June, 1637, and probably in the spring of 1636, by. Richard Hollingsworth.
Another shipbuilder located adjoining Hollingsworth's yard in August, 1637. This was William Stephens,2 who came to New England in or before 1632, and lived in Boston until 1636, when he removed to Salem and the next year had a grant of land for a shipyard at Cat Cove. He was famous in England for the honesty of his work and his integrity. The following letter contains so much about him that it is inserted in full :- -
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Being last night at the Exchandge, I enquired what ship carpen- ters Mr. Winthrop the Governor had with him in New England. When I was enformed by Mr. Aldersy, the lord keepers brother in law and Mr. Cradock, that the Governor hath with him one William
1Winthrop's Journal, volume II, page 24.
2William Stephens, with his wife Philippa, lived in Marblehead until 1642, when he removed to Gloucester, where he lived during the remainder of his life, being well-known for his mechanical skill, public services and inflexible honesty ; children : I. James; lived in Gloucester ; representative ; married Susanna Eveleth Dec. 31, 1656; died March 25, 1697; 2. Isaac, bap- tized in Salem Jan. - , 1639-40; living in 1681; 3. Mary, baptized in Salem
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Stephens a shipwright, soe able a man, as they beleive there is hardly such an other to be found in this kingdome, there be 2 or 3 others, but for want of theire names, I could not be satisfied of them. this Stephens hath built here manie ships of great burthen, he made the Royal Mer- chant, a ship of 600 tonns. this man as they informed me had more reguard to his substantiall performance, then the wages he was to receive, and soe grew to poverty, whereupon he was preparing to goe for Spayne, where he knew he should have wages answerable to his paynes, had not some friends perswaded him to N. England, where now he lives with great content ; had the State of Spayne obtayned him, he should have bin as a pretious Jewell to them ; I was further enformed that the plantation having warning this yeare, to accommodate them- selves accordinglie, will be able next yeare to build a shipp of any burthen; I have here inclosed sent yo'r hono'r the copie of the lords order, I pray God assist yo'r hono'r for the defence and mayntenance of this ho'ble work, and that those lewd and scandalous persons may receive their condigne punishm't, and the plantation proceed with. in- couradgemt. as yt doth observe, soe humbly craving pardon for this boldness, dayly praying for yo'r honors health and happines to Gods glorie and the good of his church I rest
yo'r honors humble servant
EM. DOWNINGE.
3º Ja. 1632 [Addressed :] To the right hono'ble Sr. John
Coke knt. principall Secretary
to his Ma'tie and one of his
highnes most hono'ble privie
councell. these dr.
at Court.1
Aug. 7, 1637, the town granted to Mr. Stephens ground by the water side, in the narrow of the Neck, eighteen rods long and twelve rods wide, for the building of ships, provided that he so uses it. He worked at building vessels there for about two years, and then conveyed it to Richard Hollingworth, who continued the business at the same place. Mr. Hollingworth died in the winter of 1653-4. At that time, he was actively engaged in the business, having upon the stocks a great ketch, a lesser ketch and a lighter, and a large amount of ship timber and lumber on hand.
The town voted, Oct. 11, 1640, that the shipbuilders have the right to take all timber trees within two miles of the town of Salem and one mile of Marblehead, that are fit for ship construc- tion. If the trees have been felled, the labor of felling or if sawn the labor of sawing must be paid for.
The ship of three hundred tons, the building of which was accomplished by the efforts of Mr. Peter, was constructed in the Jan. - , 1639-40; married John Coit; 4. Ruth, baptized in Salem March 7, 1641-2; married Stephen Glover.
1Massachusetts Historical Society's Collections, volume 28, page 324.
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yard of Mr. Hollingworth. Six or seven of the workmen were engaged in lifting a piece of timber when the rope broke and the timber fell upon them. One of the men was killed. This was Robert Baker, who, "going forth in the morning very well, after he had prayed, told his wife he should see her no more, though he could not foresee any danger towards him." The general court decided that Mr. Hollingworth was negligent by not taking proper care of his tackle, and fined him ten pounds to be paid to the wife and children of the deceased, March 2, 1640-1.1
At his house at Juniper, John Holgrave conducted the first public house in the town. The record of the meeting of the town held Aug. 14, 1637, states that Mr. Holgrave "at ye earnest re- quest of the towne hath undertaken to keepe an ordinary for the entertainment of strangers." At the town meeting, Dec. II, 1639, "he laid it down," and John Gedney was "called by the town to keep an inn." But the next month Mr. Holgrave was chosen again to keep an ordinary and continue the drawing of wine until the next meeting. The reason for this latter vote was probably the fact that Mr. Gedney opened his tavern in his house on Essex Street, near the center of the town, and a great demand for a public house existed at the center of the fishing activities on the Neck. Mr. Holgrave continued the business but a few months, however, at that time. In January, 1639-40, the town chose him again to keep the ordinary and the drawing of wine till Mr. Hol- grave and Mr. Gott had conferred about it. Deacon Gott had been selling wine and strong water under license from the general court. Gilbert Tapley, who was a fisherman, bought Mr. Hol- grave's house and land Oct. 15, 1677,2 and was licensed by the courtJuly 24, 1678, to sell one-penny beer. Nov. 25, 1679, Serg. John Clifford was licensed to keep a victualing house at Winter Island in the time of weighing fish. These facts indicate that the fishing business in that neighborhood was then flourishing. Mr. Tapley continued to be an innholder for many years.
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