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THOMAS S. POPE;6 laborer; married Rebecca H. Spencer of Beverly March 13, 1825; died Nov. 29, 1844; she became a nurse, and died Nov. 23, 1884; children: I. Rebecca L."; married Henry W. Morgan: 2. John T.7, born in 1833; died May 31, 1862; 3. Thomas S.", born about 1839; 4. Benja- min C.7, born June 30, 1842; teamster ; married Martha Jane Nute Nov. 30, 1870; died Feb. 8, 1877; she died March 6, 1889. SAMUEL CARROLL POPE;6 baker; married Frances Dinsmore of Londonderry, N. H., Dec. 23, 1806; died Jan. 5, 1821; she died in South Danvers March 25, 1858; children : I. Ann Hall," born Nov. 13, 1807; died, unmarried, Nov. 3, 1831; 2. Samuel Lysander,“ born Jan. 20, 1809; died at sea, off the coast of Timor, in the ship Zephyr July 29, 1829; 3. Orlando Ebenezer,7 born March 17, 1810; lived in Danvers ; married Rebecca S. Fairfield June -, 1832; 4. Frances Dinsmore.7 born Dec. 25, 1811; married Stephen Palmer of Lynn Aug. 22, 1833; re- turned to Salem; 5. Mehitable Carroll," born Dec. 2, 1815. SAMUEL A. POPE;6 married Betsey Newhall Nov. 2, 1823; child: 1. Horace," born in 1825; died Sept. 20, 1826. ELEAZER POPE;6 tanner; married, first, Mary Nimblet May 24, 1818; she died May 14, 1822; married, second, Esther Keith April 27, 1823; he died Dec. 16, 1874; she died, his widow, Sept. 20, 1893, aged ninety-four ; children : I. Henry E.7, born Feb. 16, 1819; 2. Wil- liam A., born April 18, 1820; 3. Mary," born April -, 1822; married Lorenzo D. Warner of Danvers Sept. - , 1848; 4. John R.7, born Sept. 4, 1824; 5. Esther R.7, born Nov. 28, 1826; married Andrew Mace of Lynn Jan. 2, 1854; 6. Stephen," born Nov. 28, 1828; teamster; living in 1851; 7. James," born in 1830; died in 1831; 8. James, born March 29, 1839; 9. Frank,7 born Jan. 18, 1841 ; captain in Civil war ; gas-fitter ; married Sarah A. Morrison of South Danvers Nov. 30, 1865; died Dec. 28, 1866. STEPHEN POPE;6 married Abigail W. Shehane March 13. 1821 ; died in Liverpool, England, Jan. 25, 1837; she died Aug. 6, 1844; child: 1. Stephen,“ born in 1825; died Sept. 24, 1826. STEPHEN POPE;6 married Sally -; children : T. Daniel," born Nov. 4. 1808; 2. Sarah,7 born March II, 1811 ; 3. Mary," born July 21, 1813: 4. Seba,7 born March 9, 1816; 5. Abel H.7, born April
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allowance was paid in corn and other commodities. His son John
13, 1825; 6. George F.", born March 23, 1827; died Feb. 8, 1828. LOT POPE;6 tanner; married Maria Mansfield; she died June 9, 1842; he died April 8, 1859; children : I. Caroline E.", born Nov. 7, 1830, in Utica, N. Y .; married William W. Goldthwait; 2. Laura C.7; married David Odell June 13, 1850; 3. George W.7, born in 1837; died, accidentally, Jan. 27, 1855; 4. Maria M.1; unmarried in 1859; 5. Lucy A.", born about 1841; died, un- married, June 12, 1873.
THOMAS S. POPE;" mariner and teamster; married, first, Christiana R. Arrington April 25, 1852; she died Jan. 16, 1873; married, second, Amanda -; he died June 12, 1879; children : I. Catharine R.8; married John T. Miller ; 2. - _8 (son), born Dec. 20, 1855; died Dec. 22, 1855; 3. Thomas S.8, born March 24, 1857; 4. Mary Ann,8 born Oct. 14, 1859; died Sept. 13, 1860; 5. Mary L.8, born Sept. 29, 1860; 6. Christiana R.8, born April 19, I863; married Frederick J. Dennett; 7. Harriet A.8, born June 19, 1864; married George F. Pousland; 8. George W.8, born Feb. 12, 1866; died Sept.
17, 1866; 9. (daughter), born June 19, 1867; (son), born
Jan. 6, 1869; II. Georgia,8 born June 25, 1870; died June 26, 1870. DR. HENRY E. POPE;" physician; assistant-surgeon in the Sixth Indiana regiment in the Civil War; married, first, Catherine M. Lee of Madison, Ind., May 18, 1856; she died April 24, 1866; married, second, Harriet N. Gardner Jan. I, 1874; died March 7, 1890; children: I. William H.8, born Feb. 22, 1857; 2. Charles S.8, born Sept. 1, 1858, in Madison; 3. Mary Ida,8 born Sept. 25, 1874. WILLIAM A. POPE;7 tanner and currier; married, first, Elizabeth McCloy Oct. 31, 1844; she died June 6, 1847; married, second, Mary D. Symonds Sept. 25, 1852; she died June 28, 1869; married, third, Abby Haskell Sanderson June 4, 1872; he died Feb. 20, 1902; she died June 8, 1902; children : I. William H.8, born May 26, 1845; died Aug. 8, 1845; 2. William H.8, born April 14, 1847; 3. Mary Elizabeth,8 born March 7, 1853; married James William Symonds; 4. George,8 born Jan. 7, 1855; tanner ; married Lizzie Hinckley Aug. 12, 1879; died March 25, 1900; she married, secondly, Charles J. Buckley of Worcester April 2, 1903; 5. Frank A.S, born March 27, 1859; died Jan. 2, 1861 ; 6. Carrie,8 born Aug. 28, 1866; married Harry W. Smith of Waltham March 30, 1892. JOHN R. POPE;" tanner and currier ; lived at first in Danvers, and about 1853 removed to Salem; married Mary Jane Brown (published March II, 1849) ; died Nov. 22, 1861; children : I. Esther,8 born Sept. II, 1849; married John A. Foster; 2. John H.8, born Jan. 30, 1852; 3. Mary Jane,8 born July 22, 1854; married James W. Lar- rabee; 4. Stephen F.8, born Feb. 14, 1859; currier ; married Emma Ward of St. John, N. B., July 19, 1880. CAPT. JAMES POPE;" captain in the Civil war ; clerk in Boston; married Elizabeth T. Symonds June 24, 1869; child : I. James Franklin,8 born July 3, 1871.
THOMAS S. POPE;8 currier, box-maker, sawyer and fireman; married, first, Carrie G. Bartlett Feb. II, 1878; she died Nov. 30, 1886; married, second, Maria A. Tidey Feb. 17, 1887; he died at Newbury, N. H., Oct. 16, 1921 ; children: I. George Swaine,9 born Jan. 15, 1879; died March 7, 1879; 2. Mabel Rose,9 born Aug. 12, 1882; married Walter E. Moulton of New- buryport June 24, 1905 ; 3. Thomas Swain,9 born Sept. 29, 1887; 4. George Henry,9 born July 6, 1889, in Danvers; died Oct. 15, 1889; 5. Elizabeth,9 born June 27, 1890; died Aug. 22, 1890; 6. 9 (son-twin), stillborn July 28, 1891; 7. Harrison9 (twin), born July 28, 1891 ; 8. Joseph Wilton,9 born Nov. 2, 1891; child : I. Henry W.9, born Dec. 17, 1899. JOHN H. POPE;8 soap maker and morocco dresser ; married Mary T. Toomey June 27, 1889: died May 15, 1905; children : I. John L.9, born April 24, 1890; morocco dresser ; married Annie V. Gannon of Beverly June 10, 1914; 2. Ellen Rebecca,9 born Nov. 20, I891.
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settled in Gloucester ; and "Widow Jackson" was living in 1664. Richard Walker' was here in 1636, and Francis Skerry," about twenty-eight years of age, came here in the same year, probably from Yarmouth, Norfolk Coun- ty, England. Michael Shafflin3 and Thomas Antrum4 came from New Sarum (Salisbury), Wilt- shire, England. Mr. Shafflin was a tailor and Mr. Antrum a weaver. The latter's servant,
francis Strany & Thomas Browne, came with them. They sailed from South- ampton in the James, in April, 1635, arrived at Boston June 3, 1635, and settled in Salem
immediately. George Emery,5 a chirurgeon, was in Salem as early as 1636. William Goose,“ William Jeggles,7 Robert
1Richard Walker lived in Salem only six or seven years. He married Percis -; children : Abraham and Sarah baptized in Salem Dec. 6, 1639.
2Francis Skerry was born about 1608; husbandman and maltster; mar- ried Bridget -- -; died in the summer of 1684; she died, his widow, Aug. 10, 1692; no children.
3 Michael Shafflin was a tailor; married, first, Elizabeth second, Alice (Temple?), widow of George Booth; died Dec. 12, 1686; she died in 1714; children: I. Katherine; married William King; 2. Sarah; married Robert Stone.
4Thomas Antrum was a weaver; wife Jane was probably a sister of Edmond Batter; died in the spring of 1663; children: I. Hannah; married Isaac Burnap Nov. 8, 1658; 2. Obadiah, baptized June 7, 1640; mariner ; married Martha Baker of Ipswich; was lost at sea on a voyage to Nevis or some other West India island in 1664; his widow married, secondly, Thomas Andrews of Rowley Village (incorporated as Boxford in 1685) June 22, 1670; 3. Mary, baptized July 16, 1643; probably died before 1663; 4. John, baptized March 29, 1646; probably died before 1663.
George Emery was born in 1609; lived on the corner of Washington and Norman streets; wife Mary died in 1673 ; probably had no children. Five years later, he conveyed his property, for his life support, to his niece Eliz- abeth, wife of John Tawley, who lived in his house.
"William Goose lived on the westerly side of what is now English Street and just south of what is now Derby Street; died about 1656; his widow became distracted and was taken care of by the town from 1656 to 1663; children: I. Mary; married Thomas Woodward March 7, 1660; 2. John, baptized April 14, 1644; married Mary Robinson June 18, 1665; she died Nov. 9, 1665.
"WILLIAM JEGGLES1 was a shipwright; married Elizabeth -; died May -, 1659; she survived him, and died in the summer of 1667; children : I. William ;2 "William Jeggles, who came from Virginia," died May 12, 1674; 2. Thomas;2 3. Elizabeth ;2 married - Greene of Malden before 1675, when she was his widow; 4. - , 5. 2
CAPT. THOMAS JEGGLES ;2 master-mariner; married Abigail Sharp in 1647; both living in 1686; children: I. Abigail,3 born July 21, 1648; mar-
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Lemon,1 Thomas Watson, John Luff2 and Edward Gaskella were living in Salem in 1636. The memory of Mr. Lemon is perpetuated by the name wy Gofer . of Lemon Street. Mr. Watson was a tailor; his wife was probably named
ried Isaac Foot; 2. Thomas,3 born Nov. 14, 1650; 3. William,3 born March I, 1652; died March 17, 1652; 4. Samuel,3 born Feb. 4, 1653-4; 5. Elizabeth,3 born Oct. 15, 1656; 6. William,3 born May 30, 1659; mariner and shoreman; died in the spring of 1728; 7. Daniel,3 born Dec. 9, 1661; 8. Mary,3 born March 9, 1664; 9. Nathaniel,3 born Sept. 14, 1666; 10. John,3 born March 25, 1669; II. Ebenezer,3 born March 9, 1671; spinster in 1704; 12. Benjamin,3 born May 25, 1674.
THOMAS JEGGLES ;3 married Mary Weston March -, 1683; died Aug. 19, 1687; she was his widow in 1699; children: I. Sarah,4 born Jan. 5, 1684; 2. William,4 baptized June 25, 1699; lived in Boston, leather-dresser, in 1708; 3. Thomas, baptized June 25, 1699; lived in Boston, leather-dresser, in I708.
1Robert Lemon married Mary - ; died in the spring of 1667; she married, secondly, Philip Cromwell Nov. 19, 1674; children: I. Grace, bap- tized April -, 1639; married Robert Sollas; 2. Mary, baptized April -, 1639; married Alexander Seers; 3. Martha, baptized March 22, 1640-I; married Bartholomew Gale; 4. John, baptized March 27, 1643; died young ; 5. Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 17, 1643; died Dec. 14, 1662; 6. John, baptized Oct. 12, 1645; 7. Sarah; married Charles Knight; 8. Hannah, baptized July 7, 1650; married Samuel Beadle.
"John Luff was a weaver and lived in Salem as late as 1667. He had a wife in 1648-9, when they lived apart; he also had a wife in 1663; and he was helped by the town in 1666. Robert Hibburd was called his son in 1667. In 1650, Mr. Luff was freed from training on account of his age and disability.
3EDWARD GASKELL1 (also Gascoyne and Gaskin), born about 1603; was a ship carpenter ; married Sarah -; probably died in the summer of 1690, when he was very sick and weak; she was then living ; children : I. Samuel,2 baptized Aug. 7, 1639; 2. Preserved,2 baptized Aug. 7, 1639; married John Lambert; 3. Daniel,2 baptized Oct. 10, 1640; 4. Sarah,2 baptized May 14, 1643'; married Peter Joy; 5. Hannah,2 baptized March 1, 1646; 6. Edward,2 baptized April 30, 1648.
SAMUEL GASKELL;2 yeoman ; married Provided Southwick Dec. 30, 1662; died about 1723; she was his widow in 1725; children: I. Samuel,3 born Jan. 23, 1663-4; 2. Edward,3 born Oct. 23, 1667; married Hannah Endecott April 10, 1693; 3. Hannah,3 born Jan. 2, 1669-70; 4. Provided,3 born April 22, 1672; 5. Sarah,3 born Nov. 6, 1674; died Aug. 3, 1689; 6. Mary,3 born Oct. I, 1676; married Caleb Buffum; 7. Josiah,3 born Sept. II, 1678.
SAMUEL GASKELL;3 yeoman; married Bethiah - ; died in the autumn of 1725; she survived him; children: I. Bethiah,4 born May 8, 1686; died young ; 2. Samuel,4 born Sept. 28, 1687; ship carpenter and husbandman ; married Sarah -; they were living in 1725; 3. Patience,4 born Sept. 9, 1689 ; married Jonathan Boyce ; 4. Ebenezer,4 born Aug. 23, 1691 ; 5. Bethiah,4 born June 20, 1694; married Caleb Callam April 26, 1716; 6. Nathan,4 born Jan. 26, 1696-7; husbandman; removed to Mendon in 1723; married Mary Boyce March 26, 1719; 7. Jonathan,4 born Jan. 26, 1698-9; died Nov. 21, 1703; 8. Provided,4 born Jan. 26, 1700-1; 9. Mary,4 born April 26, 1703; IO. Content ;4 married Nathaniel Varney of Dover, N. H., Aug. 21, 1727; II. Jonathan;4 yeoman and fisherman; married Alice Pickering Sept. 29, 1726; they were living in 1733; 12. Sarah;4 unmarried in 1725.
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Joan ; and he died March I, 1672-3. Mr. Gaskell was then about thirty-three years old. Henry €Euma 6 Bartholomew,1 aged about twenty- nine, arrived in New England Nov. 7, 1635 ; and settled in Salem. John Pease,2 aged twenty-seven, sailed from Ipswich, England, for America, in April, 1634, in Hemy Bartholomew the Francis, and landed at Boston. He lived in Salem as early as 1636. John
Bourne3 was also here in 1636.
John Symonds,4 the ancestor of most of the inhabitants of North Salem years ago, came to Salem in 1636. He was a joiner, and lived at first on the western
Mogn Bourne
1Henry Bartholomew was brother of William Bartholomew of Ipswich, and was born about 1607; merchant; lived in Salem, except from 1679 to 1681, when he dwelt in Boston; representative for nineteen years; married Elizabeth Scudder; she died Sept. 1, 1682; he died Nov. 22, 1692; children : I. Elizabeth, baptized May 8, 1641; probably died young; 2. Hannah, bap- tized Feb. 12, 1642-3; married, first, James Browne; second, Dr. John Swinerton; 3. John, baptized Nov. 10, 1644; 4. Abraham, baptized Nov. 22, 1646; living in 1664; 5. Eleazer, baptized July 29, 1649; 6. Abigail, bap- tized Oct. 6, 1650; married Nehemiah Willoughby; 7. William, baptized Oct. 2, 1652; 8. Elizabeth, baptized July 2, 1654; married John Pilgrim; 9. Henry, baptized May 10, 1657; merchant; member of the First Church in Boston; married Katherine -; died in 1698; probably had no children, but adopted a daughter Katherine, who married Walker before 1694; in his will he mentions "brother Col. Elisha Hutchinson" and "sister [Abigail] Dudson alias Lawthrop"; his widow Katherine married, secondly, - Chamberlain, and was the latter's widow, of Salem, in 1717; 10. Sarah, born Jan. 29, 1658-9; married Ebenezer Gardner.
2Savage says that John Pease was a brother of Robert Pease. Francis Weston's wife is called John Pease's sister. John Pease left Salem about 1645.
3John Bourne removed to Gloucester in 1649; married Mary
JOHN SYMONDS married Elizabeth -; died in the summer of 1671; children : I. James,2 born in 1633; 2. Catherine;2 married Jacob Towne; 3. Ruth;2 married Job Swinerton; 4. Samuel,2 born Jan. - , 1638; settled in Rowley Village (Boxford) in 1663; married Elizabeth Andrews of Row- ley Village April 14, 1662; died Aug. 14, 1722; she died, his widow, March 17, 1725; had children.
JAMES SYMONDS;2 joiner; married Elizabeth Browning Nov. 20, 1661; died in the spring of 1714; she died about the same time ; children : I. Mary,3 born Nov. 1, 1662; married, first, Edward Norris Dec. 3, 1685; second, Starr; 2. Ruth, born Feb. 19, 1663-4; married Josiah Southwick; 3. John,3 born July 8, 1666; 4. Elizabeth,8 born Oct. - , 1668; died Dec. - , 1668; 5. James,8 born Feb. 14, 1670; died about June, 1673; 6. Elizabeth,8 born March 6, 1672-3; died young ; 7. James,3 born April 15, 1674; 8. Benjamin,8 born Jan. 7, 1674; died, probably unmarried, in the summer of 1722; 9. Thomas,3 born April 1, 1677; 10. Elizabeth,3 born Sept. 29, 1679; died,
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corner of St. Peter and Bridge streets; and before 1652, settled where the Upham schoolhouse
stands on North Street. Sy- monds was one of the large
New England families which
Jagn Symonds
has remained almost wholly within a limited section. It has
unmarried, March 23, 1757; II. Joseph,3 born March 20, 1681-2; yeoman; died about 1756; 12. Sarah," born Feb. 21, 1687-8; married Samuel Stone.
JOHN SYMONDS;3 husbandman and joiner; married, first, Sarah Waters March 3, 1689-90; second, Sarah Foster March 15, 1710-I; died in the winter of 1728-9; she died before 1743; children: I. John, born May 22, 1692; 2. Samuel,4 born June 3, 1699; 3. Jonathan,4 born Dec. 6, 17II; 4. Benjamin,4 born Nov. 12, 1713; 5. Sarah, born March -, 1714-5; married Joseph Pickering; 6. James,4 born April 2, 1717; 7. Joseph,4 born Sept. 28, 1718; 8. Anna,4 baptized Sept. 18, 1720; married Francis Skerry. JAMES SYMONDS ;3 married Mary Robinson March 25, 1697; children: I. Mary ;* married Jonathan Very; 2. Ruth;4 living, unmarried, in 1724. THOMAS SYMONDS ;3 husbandman and joiner; married Elizabeth Stone; died about May I, 1758; she was his widow in 1766; children: I. James,4 born Oct. 17, I710; died before 1752; 2. Samuel,4 born Dec. 9, 1712; 3. Thomas, born Sept. 25, 1714; blacksmith; lived in Reading; married, first, Hannah Skerry Oct. 15, 1735; second, Hannah Parker of Reading Nov. 29, 1739; living in Reading in 1760; 4. Elizabeth,4 born Dec. 20, 1716; married - Trask before 1752; 5. Benjamin,4 born May 14, 1719; 6. Joseph,4 born Aug. 12, 1721; 7. Nathaniel,4 born Sept. 1, 1723; 8. Mary,4 born Nov. 19, 1725; mar- ried Benjamin Osgood; 9. Ruth,4 born June 17, 1728; married William Osgood.
JOHN SYMONDS ;4 husbandman and fisherman; married Priscilla Smith Nov. 22, 1722; she was his wife in 1761; he died in the winter of 1791-2; children : 1. John, baptized Dec. 31, 1727; 2. Sarah, baptized Dec. 31, 1727; died, probably unmarried, before 1800; 3. Priscilla, baptized July 21, 1728; married Capt. James Barr; 4. Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 26, 1731; spinster ; died, unmarried, Oct. -- , 1814. SAMUEL SYMONDS;ª cordwainer ; married, first, Mary Roach Nov. 16, 1722; second, Susannah Herbert Dec. 31, 1724; died in the winter of 1776-7; she survived him and died before 1792; children : I. Samuel," baptized June 23, 1723; died young; 2. John, baptized Oct. 10, 1725; mariner; married Sarah -; living in 1784; 3. Samuel,5 baptized June 25, 1727; 4. William, baptized March 30, 1729; 5. Joseph5, baptized June 6, 1731; 6. Jonathan," baptized Sept. 2, 1733; 7. Benjamin, baptized Sept. 7, 1735; 8. James, baptized Jan. I, 1737-8; 8. Ebenezer,5 baptized April 19, 174I.
BENJAMIN SYMONDS ;4 husbandman and chair-maker; mar- ried Hannah Battin Dec. 14, 1738; they were living in 1783; children : I. Benjamin, baptized Jan. 3, 1741-2; yeoman ; married Abigail Trask Nov. 25, 1769; died before Feb. 1, 1779, leaving children; she was his widow in 1781; 2. Jonathan, baptized Sept. 19, 1742; 3. Hannah,5 baptized March 26, 1749; married Daniel Bancroft of Reading Aug. 14, 1770; 4. Sarah," bap- tized Dec. 10, 1750; 5. Mary," baptized Sept. 14, 1755; married William Dowst; 6. Rachel," baptized Sept. 18, 1757; married Brackley Rose. JAMES SYMONDS ;4 cooper ; married Mary Cloutman Nov. 24, 1741; both were living in 1767; he was deceased in 1813; children : I. John, baptized May 10, 1747; 2. Sarah, baptized Dec. 23, 1753; married Joseph Swan Nov. 19, 1772; 3. Mary, baptized March 16, 1755; 4. Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 3, 1756; 5. Hannah, baptized Jan. 1, 1758; 6. Joseph, baptized May 13, 1759. SAMUEL SYMONDS ;4 shoreman ; married Mary Hooper July 27, 1733; she died July 7, 1789; he died in the summer of 1799; children: I. Elizabeth,5 baptized
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assisted in a great degress in the life and development of the
Nov. 15, 1741; married Samuel Cook Dec. 8, 1754; 2. Sarah,5 baptized Nov. 15, 1741; died young; 3. Samuel,5 baptized Jan. 31, 1741-2; fisherman; mar- ried Elizabeth Cook Aug. 22, 1789; died before 1797; she survived him, and died Feb. 9, 1809; 4. Thomas;5 5. James;5 6. Sarah," baptized June 23, 1751 ; 7. Benjamin, baptized. July 14, 1754. BENJAMIN SYMONDS ;+ husbandman, chair-maker and turner; married Margaret Skerry Feb. 6, 1744-5; died be- tween 1764 and 1780; children: I. Benjamin, baptized Jan. 25, 1740-7; 2. James, baptized April 23, 1749; 3. Margaret, baptized March 17, 1750-I; married Benjamin Ropes; 4. Thomas," baptized April 22, 1753; 5. Elizabeth," baptized Jan. 19, 1755; married John Woodbury; 6. Ephraim ;5 7. John," baptized March 25, 1759. JOSEPH SYMONDS;4 joiner and cabinet-maker ; married Mary Very Nov. 15, 1743; died in the summer of 1769; children : I. Joseph ; housewright; married, first, Sarah Gardner Feb. 6, 1766; second, Abigail (Chapman), widow of Abel Gardner Nov. 30, 1781; third, widow Hannah Phelps Oct. 13, 1793; she was his wife in 1803; he died in the summer of 1809; 2. Jonathan;5 3. James;5 4. Nathaniel," born about 1753; living in 1770; 5. Mary, born about 1755; living in 1771; 6. Thomas,5 born about 1758; living in 1770; 7. Margaret, born about 1762; unmarried in 1830. NATHANIEL SYMONDS;4 potter ; married, first, Jane Phipps; she died Nov. 30, 1760; married, second, widow Elizabeth Downing Aug. 20, 1761 ; he died in the winter of 1792-3; she survived him; children : I. William, baptized Jan. 14, 1749-50; 2. Jane,5 baptized June 10, 1753; married Francis Skerry; 3. Nathaniel, baptized Aug. 18, 1754; 4. Mary," baptized Feb. 13, 1763; married Angier MacIntyre; 5. Thomas," baptized Nov. II, 1764; 6. Samuel, baptized July 20, 1766; 7. Ruth," baptized Oct. 30, 1768; married John Bushby of Danvers April 30, 1794.
JOHN SYMONDS ; yeoman; married Elizabeth Cavis of Ipswich Nov. 22, I750; died between 1794 and 1800; children: I. Elizabeth,6 baptized Oct. 15, 1758; married Robert Swan of Marblehead June 21, 1770; 2. Samuel,6 bap- tized Oct. 15, 1758; 3. Susannah,6 baptized Oct. 15, 1758; married Samuel Daland April 24, 1779; 4. Priscilla,6 baptized June 3, 1759; married Na- thaniel Lang ; 5. John, baptized Sept. 6, 1761. WILLIAM SYMONDS; fisher- man and mariner; married Mary Beadle Dec. 19, 1754; died between 1777 and 1792; she was his widow in 1798; children: I. Mary,6 baptized Oct. 3, 1756; married Francis Benson of Beverly Aug. 3, 1777; 2. William,6 bap- tized Dec. 3, 1758; mariner; married Elizabeth Raddan Oct. 9, 1792; died in the winter of 1801-2; she died, his widow, June 19, 1844; 3. Lois,6 bap- tized Aug. 24, 1760; married Thomas Barrett April 7, 1785; 4. Ebeneser;" 5. Herbert,6 baptized Dec. 25, 1763; 6. Jonathan,6 baptized March 24, 1771 ; mariner; living in 1792; married Hannah Symonds Dec. 4, 1800; she died, his wife, Jan. 20, 1846. BENJAMIN SYMONDS;" cordwainer and fisherman ; married Lydia Procter April 21, 1763; died before 1793; she died March 18, ISI0; children : I. Thorndike;" 2. Charles Worthen, born March 21, 1775; 3. Lydia,6 born Sept. 2, 1777; married Joseph Richards. JAMES SYMONDS ; cooper ; married Mehitable Putnam of Danvers Dec. 22, 1763; died in the winter of 1797-8; she was his widow in 1798, and dead in 1826; children: I. Jacob;6 2. James.6 JONATHAN SYMONDS ;5 married Mary Ramsdell Jan. 8, 1767; died before 1807; she was his widow in 1807; children: I. Mary,6 baptized Dec. 2, 1770; died, unmarried, July 23, 1817; 2. Jonathan,6 baptized Oct. 18, 1772; of Lynn, cordwainer, in 1807; 3. Hannah, baptized Feb. 19, 1775; married Jonathan Symonds. THOMAS SYMONDS; mariner and yco- man; married Mary Chapman April 10, 1769; died June II, 1808; she was his widow in 1809; children: I. Mary,6 born about 1769; died, unmarried, March 30, 1842; 2. Elizabeth,6 baptized May I, 1773; married Amos Lamson ; 3. Sarah," baptized May 1, 1773; died, unmarried, April 2, 1862; . 4. Samuel,“
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town and city. Men with professions have been rare among
baptized Sept. 4, 1774; 5. Hannah;6 unmarried in 1809; 6. Lydia,6 baptized Nov. 15, 1778; married Frederick Coombs; 7. Susanna,6 baptized Jan. - , 1781; 8. Thomas, baptized Feb. - , 1783; 9. Nancy;6 married Holten J. Breed. JAMES SYMONDS ; mariner, shipwright and caulker ; married Hannah Chapman Dec. 5, 1765; died in 1801; she died, his widow, Aug. 23, 1808; children : I. Benjamin,6 baptized Sept. 4, 1768; mariner; living in 1816; 2. Hannah,6 baptized Aug. 4, 1771; married Asa Reeves Aug. 21, 1796; 3. James,6 baptized Feb. 27, 1774; 4. Samuel,6 baptized Dec. 29, 1776; 5. Mary,6 baptized Jan. 30, 1780; married Thomas Butman; 6. Abigail,6 born about 1783; married Asa Reeves March 29, 1812; 7. George,6 born about 1786; baptized Feb. - , 1787. BENJAMIN SYMONDS; mariner and yeoman ; married Elizabeth Masury April 7, 1773; died in 1779; she died, his widow, in 1804; children: I. Benjamin,“ born in 1775; cordwainer ; married Sarah Hunt July 28, 1805; died April 25, 1809; she was his widow in 1831; 2. Elizabeth,6 baptized June I, 1777. EPHRAIM SYMONDS; mariner ; married Elizabeth Downing March 20, 1770; died in the winter of 1777-8; she mar- ried, secondly, Samuel Fuller Dec. 19, 1778; child: I. Ephraim,6 baptized July 20, 1777. JOHN SYMONDS; mariner, fisherman and yeoman; married Susanna Webb July 22, 1786; died in 1811; she died, his widow, Sept. 28, 1844; children : I. John,6 baptized May -, 1794; 2. Susanna,6 baptized Oct. 2, 1794; 3. Margaret,6 baptized Oct. 2, 1794; 4. Maria,6 baptized Oct. 2, 1794. JONATHAN SYMONDS;" housewright; married Ursula Knapp May I, 1771; died in the summer of 1779; she married, secondly, Joshua Phippen ;
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