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JOHN BROWNE;4 lived in Salem as late as 1747, and at Castle William, in Boston, in 1753; merchant; married Lydia Gerrish Dec. 8, 1725; child : I. John,5 baptized June II, 1727. JOHN BROWNE;4 lived in Salem, in that part of the town which is now Danvers; husbandman; married Susanna Masury April 2, 1728; died, suddenly, Dec. - , 1771; she survived him; children : I. John, born about 1730; lived in Danvers; cordwainer and yeo- man; married, first, Dorcas Walden Oct. 9, 1755; second, Mary Nurse of Lynnfield Oct. 15, 1767; died in Danvers June 19, 1800; she died, his widow, in 1839; had children: 2. Isabella ;5 married John Silver; 3. James,5 born Dec. 25, 1736; lived in Danvers; yeoman; married Ruth Buxton of Danvers May 23, 1759; died in Danvers Aug. 14, 1793; she died there, his widow, May 3, 1812; had children; 4. Samuel, born in 1738; lived in Marblehead ;
yeoman; married Mary Gatchell Nov. 26, 1767; she died in Marblehead Nov. II, 1816; he died at the Farms, in Marblehead, Dec. - , 1819; had children ; 5. William ;5 settled in Antrim, N. H., before 1773; 6. Margaret ;5 married Isaac Very; 7. Judith; married Cornelius Thompson of Mount Desert, Me. (published July 4, 1778) ; she was his wife in 1785; 8. Susanna ;" married Andrew Newhall before 1773; 9. Hannah;" married Potter ;
and was his widow, of Lynn, in 1773; 10. Sarah;" married Chantrel Collins ; II. Joseph;" died young; 12. Elizabeth;5 married Edmund Rhoads of Dan- vers Dec. 14, 1769 ; they were living in Danvers in 1785; 13. Mary ;5 married, first, Eleazer Austin; second, Juduthan Upton. SAMUEL BROWNE;4 lived in that part of Salem which was set off to Beverly in 1753; husbandman,
mariner and fisherman; married Mary Porter Jan. 7, 1728-9; died in 1764;
she died in Beverly, his widow, in 1768; children, baptized in the North parish of Beverly; I. Edith," baptized May 2, 1730; married William Batchelder ; 2. Mary, baptized Nov. 15, 1730; married Benjamin Baker of Haverhill Aug. 28, 1748 (9?) ; 3. John," baptized Feb. 25, 1732-3; lived in Beverly; cordwainer; married Anna --; they lived in Beverly in 1780; had children; 4. Anna," baptized Feb. 2, 1734-5; married John Herrick of
Wenham Dec. 30, 1755; 5. Huldah," baptized June 25, 1738; married Joshua
Herrick Aug. 24, 1758; 6. Apphia," baptized May 18, 1740; married Amos Hilton Nov. 6, 1762; 7. Samuel," baptized Dec. 26, 1742; 8. William,5 bap- tized Dec. 16, 1744; 9. Asa," baptized Jan. 18, 1746-7; lived in Beverly; yeoman; married, first, Salome Smith March 26, 1776; second, Mrs. Sarah
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still larger number were tillers of the soil. It includes a con-
Trask July 26, 1796; died in Beverly Nov. 8, 1812; she died, his widow, in Beverly, April 16, 1841; had children; 10. Amos, baptized May 14, 1749; lived in Beverly; yeoman; probably died, unmarried, in 1773; II. Hannah,“ baptized Dec. 15, 1751; living in 1769; 12. Ezra, baptized Dec. 8, 1754; probably died young; 13. Nathan," baptized Aug. 28, 1757; living in 1769. WILLIAM BROWNE;+ cordwainer and mariner ; married Mary Frost of Salem (published Nov. 9, 1733) ; was killed by a shark in attempting to escape, by swimming, from a vessel in which he was held against his will in the old French war; she survived her husband and all her children but William, at whose house she died April II, 1794; children: 1. William," born Oct. 27, 1734; 2. Benjamin;" 3. James ; probably died young; 4. Joseph." CAPT. WILLIAM BROWNE;+ mariner; married, first, Lydia Hart Dec. 5, 1727; second, Abigail (Archer), widow of John Elkins Jan. 25, 1743-4; died in 1752; she died, his widow, in 1781; children: 1. Joseph; mariner ; married Sarah Cox June 5, 1753; died in 1763 ; she was his widow in 1767; 2. Lydia ;" unmarried in 1762; 3. Mary ; unmarried in 1762; 4. William;5 lived in Danvers; yeoman; married Lydia Mackintire of Lynnfield Aug. 25, 1793; died in Danvers Oct. 12, 1815; had children; 5. Abigail;" married Capt. William Williams; 6. Philip;5 living in 1774; 7. Sarah; married John Becket.
DEA. WILLIAM BROWNE;5 deacon of the East church; tailor and tanner ; married, first, Mercy White March 16, 1755; she died July II, 1785; married, second, widow Phebe (Ganson) Carlton of Andover June 13, 1786; she died April 14, 1805; married, third, widow Mary (Collins) Orne; died Sept. 3, 1812; she died, his widow, Feb. 13, 1818; children : I. James,6 born May 12, 1759; deacon of the East church and treasurer of the society; ship- chandler, and subsequently weigher and gauger in the revenue service; mar- ried, first, Sarah Masury Dec. 5. 1784; she died Aug. 28, 1797; married, second, Lydia Vincent; died May 12, 1827 ; his wife Lydia survived him and died June 27, 1853; 2. Mary,6 born Feb. 6, 1761; married William Ropes ; 3. Benjamin,“ born Feb. 10, 1763; 4. Mercy, born Feb. 28, 1765; married Capt. Francis Roach; died May 21, 1830; 5. Elizabeth,6 born Nov. 2, 1767 ; married John Hill; 6. Anna (Nancy),6 born June 22, 1770; married Samuel Masury ; 7. Hannah,6 born Feb. 26, 1772; married Joseph Vincent ; 8. Sarah,“ born Jan. 15, 1774; married Capt. Timothy Wellman; 9. Eunice," born Oct. 6, 1778; married John Kehew, shipmaster; died Feb. 8, 1824. BENJAMIN BROWNE; married Margaret Osborne (published Jan. 3, 1761); died in 176 -; she married, secondly, Lemuel Holt; child: 1. Mary;6 married, first, Bowder; second, Peter Crosby. CAPT. JOSEPH BROWNE;" fisherman ; married Mary Bullock May 4, 1763; died May -, 1790; she survived him; children : I. Joseph, born about 1763; mariner; married Sarah Nick of Marblehead Oct. 17, 1790; died Dec. - , 1822; 2. William;" died in his youth.
BENJAMIN BROWNE;6 in early life was a mariner, and confined in Mill prison, Plymouth, England, in the Revolution; later was a partner with his father in the tanning business; married Elizabeth Andrew Oct. 23, 1787; died Feb. 16, 1838; she died Jan. 21, 1843; children: I. Elizabeth,“ baptized June 22, 1788; died young; 2. Benjamin F.7, baptized March 14, 1790; died young ; 3. Hannah Gardner," baptized June 12, 1791; married Benjamin Horton Oct. 21, 1810; 4. Benjamin," baptized July 14. 1793: died on board brig Henry bound to New Orleans in 1824, aged thirty-two; 5. Elizabeth,7 baptized July 12, 1795; 6. Mary." baptized Aug. 13, 1797; 7. Mercy," bap- tized Aug. 4. 1799; 8. Timothy Welman," baptized March 28, 1802; 9. Sara," baptized Feb. 19, 1804; 10. Anna,7 baptized Nov. 1I, 1805.
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siderable number of interesting and adventurous persons and a large number of seamen, several of whom became master- mariners. Others were James Hynds,1 Thomas Spooner,2 John Tompkins, Henry Sherry Thomas Edwards,3 Henry Skerry,4 and
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Robert Codnam. All of them desired to have land granted to them; and John Tomp-
JAMES HAINES1 (Hynds) ; lived in Salem; cooper ; Mrs. Anne Scarlet called him "brother" in 1639; his wife was probably daughter of Mrs. Anne Knight, wife of John Knight of Newbury, as Mr. Hynds' son is called a grandson of Mrs. Knight; children: I. John,2 baptized Aug. 28, 1639; 2. James,2 baptized Aug. 2, 1641; died young; 3. Benjamin,2 baptized Aug. 27, 1643; 4. Mary,2 baptized April 19, 1646; 5. James,2 baptized Feb. 27, 1647-8; 6. Jonathan,2 baptized June II, 1648; 7. Sarah,2 baptized June II, 1648; married Moses Ebborne; 8. Thomas,2 baptized May 4, 1651.
THOMAS HAINES ;2 lived in Salem Village in 1697; maltster; married Sarah Ray Dec. 15, 1676; children : I. John,3 born April 14, 1678; 2. Wil- liam,3 born Oct. 25, 1680; 3. Sarah,3 born Oct. 31, 1681; 4. Joseph,8 born Oct. 16, 1683; 5. Benjamin,3 born Sept. 21, 1685; 6. Daniel,3 born Aug. 25, I687; died June 28, 1689; 7. Hannah,3 born Sept. 25, 1689; 8. Thomas,3 born Oct. 17, 1690.
2Thomas Spooner; lived in Salem; linen weaver; married Elizabeth (she called Margaret Ruck of Boston and Thomas Cleark of Cam- bridge "cousins") ; died in 1664; she died, his widow, Dec. 31, 1676; children : I. (daughter) ; married -- Osborne; 2. Hannah; married John Ruck. 3Thomas Edwards, shoemaker, lived in that part of Salem which became Marblehead; there were six in his family about 1637; had brother Nathaniel Edwards in 1651; married Elizabeth - -; children : I. John, baptized June 6, 1639; 2. Joseph, baptized May 22, 1642; 3. Joshua, baptized June 18, 1643.
4HENRY SKERRY1 (brother of Francis Skerry), born about 1613; cord- wainer; marshall, 1666-1675; came from Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, in April, 1637 (Savage) ; wife Elizabeth and probably three children came with him; died Dec. 30, 1691 ; she died, his widow, March 6, 1692-3 ; children : I. Henry;2 2. Elizabeth,2 baptized in Salem March 4, 1638; married Benjamin Fitch of Reading or John Williams; 3. Mary,2 baptized in Salem Sept. 8, 1640; married -- Nelson; 4. Ephraim,2 baptized in Salem March 26, 1643; 5. John,2 baptized in Salem June 3, 1649.
HENRY SKERRY ;2 yeoman; married Priscilla Lunt Nov. 9, 1665; died April 12, 1697; she was his widow in 1736; children: I. Francis,3 born Nov. 25, 1666; husbandman; probably married Mary Hodges; died in 1736; 2. Ann,3 born June 14, 1669; married John Smith; 3. Priscilla,3 born July 13, 1671; died, unmarried, in the spring of 1753; 4. Mary;3 of Salem, spinster, in 1756; 5. Samuel,3 baptized March 12, 1675-6; 6. Elizabeth,8 bap- tized May 19, 1678; died, unmarried, July -, 1695; 7. Henry,3 8. Sarah;" married Philemon Sanders of Marblehead; 9. John;3 shipwright; lived in Chatham, Kent, England, in 1718; was dead, leaving children, in 1745; IO. Ephraim,3 baptized April -, 1685-6. EPHRAIM SKERRY ;2 cordwinder ; married Martha Mellard Sept. - , 1671; died Oct. II, 1676; she married, secondly, Richard Wells Jan. 1, 1678; lived in Boston ; children : I. Hannah,8 born July II, 1672; of Boston, singlewoman, in 1694; 2. Martha,3 born July 13, 1674; married John Neale; 3. Elizabeth,3 born "March -, 1677" (baptized "March 19, 1675-6") ; of Boston, singlewoman, in 1694.
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kins had five acres of land granted to him; Thomas Edwards and Henry Skerry had ten acres of planting ground granted to each of them ; and Robert Codnam1 was granted five acres for himself and five acres for his mother, provided she be received for an inhabitant. At the same William Quiron meeting Mr. Philip Verine re- quested hay grounds to his farm : William Vinson2 requested
HENRY SKERRY ;3 was dead in 1745; child: Henry.4 EPHRAIM SKERRY;3 yeoman, mariner and fisherman; married Margaret Silsby March 29, 17II ; died in the spring of 1741; she was his widow in 1765; children: I. Henry,4 baptized Aug. 17, 1712; cordwainer in 1765; 2. Hannah,4 baptized March 28, 1714; married Thomas Symonds; 3. Ephraim,4 baptized April 1, 1716; died in the winter of 1746-7; 4. Margaret,4 baptized June 30, 1717; married Benjamin Symonds; 5. Francis,4 baptized March 15, 1719; 6. Deborah ;4 married John Felt; 7. John;4 died, unmarried, in 1765.
HENRY SKERRY;4 yeoman; married Hannah Sollas of Beverly Feb. 5, 1744; died in 1781 ; children: I. Margaret," born Nov. 29, 1745; died Nov. 24, 1749; 2. Samuel, born Dec. 7, 1747; 3. Margaret,5 born March 22; 1749; married Thomas Brown; 4. Elizabeth," born Jan. 20, 1753; died Jan. 27. 1755; 5. Elizabeth, born March 17, 1755; married John Peters; 6. Henry,6 born in 1761; probably published to Elizabeth Lander April 13, 1781. FRANCIS SKERRY;4 cordwainer and husbandman; married Anna Symonds Nov. II, 1741; died in 1792; she survived him; children: I. Ephraim, bap- tized Sept. 5, 1742; mariner; married Mary Cook of Danvers Dec. 14, 1769; 2. Sarah; married Benjamin Bullock; 3. Anna;5 spinster, in 1795; 4. --; " died Nov. 14, 1760; 5. Nathaniel ;5 laborer in 1795; married Hannah Ramsdel of Lynn Dec. 24, 1778; 6. Henry;5 chairmaker in 1795; 7. John;5 yeoman; married Abigail Walace (published March 1, 1783) ; they were living in 1795; 8. Francis," baptized July 3, 1763; 9. Margaret;5 married James Gardner.
SAMUEL SKERRY;5 yeoman; married, first, Lydia Cheever Jan. II, 1770; she died Feb. 28, 1809; married, second, Bethiah Archer Sept. 3, 1809; died Nov. 21, 1829; she died, his widow, March 31, 1842; child: I. - -; 6 living in 1830. FRANCIS SKERRY;5 housewright; married Jane Symonds July 4. 1778; died Jan. 18, 1805; she died, his widow, Oct. 31, 1828; children : I. - (daughter) ; buried Dec. 31, 1806; 2. Francis,6 born in 17 -; minor, aged upward of fourteen years April 21, 1807.
1Robert Codnam had four in his family in 1637; coaster ; lived in Salem until 1641, when he removed to Salisbury, to Hartford in 1650, to Saybrook in 1654, and to Edgartown, where he died in 1678; John Stephens called him "brother" in 1646; children: I. Benjamin, baptized in Salem Nov. 14, 1641; 2. James, born in Salisbury April 15, 1644; 3. Joseph; died in 1678; 4. Stephen.
2William Vincent, a potter, was born about 1610, came to Salem about 1636, and removed to Gloucester in 1643; had a wife, mother and cousin Anthony Buxton in 1636; married, first, Sarah ; she died Feb. 4, 1660; married, second, widow Rachel Cooke June 10, 1661 ; he died Oct. 17, 1690; his wife Rachel died, his widow, Feb. 15, 1707; children: I. Sarah; married Jeffrey Parsons Nov. II, 1657; 2. Hannah; married William Ellery Oct. 8, 1664; 3. Elizabeth, born May 16, 1644; married James Gardner June 16, 1661; 4. John, born May 15, 1648; was probably dead in 1682, not having been heard from; 5. William, born in 1651; died Dec. 9, 1675; 6. Jacob,
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accommodation ; Mr. Edmund Batter requested a farm with twenty acres of meadow
next to Mr. Sharp; and Joseph Grafton1 was prom- ised planting ground. The family of Grafton was
baptized April II, 1658; 7. Richard, born March -. , 1660 (?) ; died April -- , 1670(?) ; 8. Thomas, born April I, 1661 ; died Dec. 31, 1675; 9. Abigail, born in 1668; died Sept. 17, 1690.
1JOSEPH GRAFTON1 was a mariner; had a "mother-in-law" here in 1638; Anne Scarlet called him "brother" in her will in 1639 and John San- ders called him "father" in his will in 1643; married, first, Mary --; she died Nov. - , 1674; married, second, Bethiah (Rea), widow of Capt. Thomas Lathrop; died in 1681; his widow Bethiah married, third, - Goodhugh in I681; children: I. Priscilla;2 married John Gardner; 2. Joseph,2 baptized Jan. 24, 1636-7; 3. John,2 baptized April 28, 1639; 4. Nathaniel,2 baptized April 24, 1642.
JOSEPH GRAFTON ;2 mariner ; married, first, Hasina Hubbard Oct. 29, 1657, at Hingham; second, Elizabeth Browne June 30, 1664; died at Bar- badoes Feb. - , 1670; his widow Elizabeth married, secondly, Capt. Samuel Gardner; children: I. Joseph,3 born Aug. 17, 1658 (?); 2. Martha,3 born Aug. 7, 1658 (?) ; 3. Joshua,3 born April 9, 1660; 4. Priscilla,3 born Nov. 29, 1668; 5. William,3 born March 3, 1670. JOHN GRAFTON ;2 mariner ; married, first, Seeth (Gardner), widow of Joshua Conant Dec. I, 1659; she died April 17, 1707; married, second, Judith Clark Aug. 9, 1708, in Boston ; she was his wife in I7II; he died Nov. 24, 1716; children: I. Mary,3 born Sept. 7, 1660; married Joseph Hardy; 2. Seeth,3 born April 28, 1665; 3. Abigail,3 born Aug. 12, 1667; 4. Jehoaden,3 born Oct. I, 1669; 5. Mar- garet,3 born Jan. 24, 1671; married John Swinerton; 6. Nathaniel,3 born July 14, 1674. NATHANIEL GRAFTON ;2 mariner ; married Elizabeth Maverick April 6, 1665; died at Barbadoes Feb. II, 1670-I; she married, secondly, Skinner; children: I. Elizabeth,3 born Dec. 18, 1667; married Dr. William Hewes of Boston; 2. Remember,3 born Sept. 29, 1669; living in I681; 3. Priscilla,3 born March 12, 1670-1; married Thomas Jackson of Boston before 1695.
JOSEPH GRAFTON ;3 mariner ; married Mary - --; she was his wife in 1694; he died July II, 1709; children : I. Joseph,4 baptized Sept. - , 1682; 2. Nathaniel ;4 died on board Her Majesty's ship Jersey at Island of Antigua in 1707; 3. Joshua,4 baptized Sept. - , 1694. JOSHUA GRAFTON ;3 mariner ; married Hannah Gedney Aug. 2, 1686; died in 1699; she was his widow in 1700; children : I. Hannah,4 born May 27, 1691; married Nathaniel Emmes of Boston Sept. 15, 1714; 2. Joshua4 (twin), born Jan. 16, 1693; 3. Samuel4 (twin), born Jan. 16, 1693; lived in Boston; married Ann Briggs Nov. 5, 1724; 4. Sarah,4 born April 13, 1697; 5. Priscilla,4 born Feb. 8, 1698; mar- ried Joseph Robie of Boston April 14, 1719. WILLIAM GRAFTON ;3 sailmaker ; removed to Newport, R. I., in 1740; married Jane Britton Oct. 12, 1721; they were living in 1749; children: I. Nathaniel,4 born July 21, 1723; lived in Newport in 1791; married Elizabeth -; 2. William,4 born Nov. 2, 1725; sailmaker; lived in Providence, R. I., 1747-1791; married Sarah -, who was his wife in 1791; 3. Elizabeth,4 born Nov. I, 1727; 4. Joseph,4 born April 10, 1730; captain ; mariner; living in 1749; 5. Sarah,4 born Oct. 20, 1733.
CAPT. JOSEPH GRAFTON ;4 mariner ; married, first, Elizabeth Palfrey June 15, 1715; she died Oct. 28, 1717; married, second, Mary Orne Feb. 13, 1718-9; died in 1766; his wife Mary survived him, and died before 1784;
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prominent as being connected with commerce upon the water, many of its men being seamen, several of whom became master- mariners.
children : I. Elizabeth,5 born Aug. 8, 1717; died Feb. - , 1718-9; 2. Joseph,5 born Aug. 14, 1721; died Oct. 4, 1721; 3. Susannah," born July 29,' 1722; unmarried in 1767; probably died, unmarried, in 1795; 4. Mary," born Jan. 15, 1724-5; unmarried in 1795; 5. Joseph, born Aug. 26, 1726; 6. Anne,5 born Dec. 24, 1727; died, unmarried, in the spring of 1803; 7. Esther,“ born June 6, 1729; 8. Joshua, baptized Aug. 5, 1733.
JOSEPH GRAFTON ;5 living in 1766; married Elizabeth Woodbridge Dec. 20, 1752; children: I. Joseph,6 baptized Aug. 3, 1754; 2. Elizabeth,6 bap- tized Aug. 20, 1758; 3. Woodbridge,6 baptized April 17, 1763; 4. Gilman,6 baptized Aug. 16, 1767. JOSHUA GRAFTON ; living in 1759; married Mary ; died before 1786; she survived him, and married, secondly, Chapman before I786; children : I. Joshua,6 baptized Aug. 7, 1757; 2. Esther,6 baptized Feb. II, 1759; living in 1766.
JOSEPH GRAFTON ;6 merchant; married Martha Pynchon March 22, 1788; died in 1793; she lived in Wenham, his widow, in 1804; child: I. Joseph,' born in 1789; living in 1803. CAPT. WOODBRIDGE GRAFTON ;6 mariner and merchant; married Patience Woodbridge Dec. 17, 1789; they were living in I803; children: I. George;7 living in 1803; 2. Anne;" living in 1803; 3. Eliza ;7 living in 1803. JOSHUA GRAFTON ;6 married Lydia Masury April 18, 1777; she was his wife in 1786; he died in 1787; children : I. Joseph;" living in 1803; 2. Joshua;" living in 1803; 3. Susanna;" living in 1803; 4. Mary;7 married George Washington Prescott of Portsmouth, N. H., before 1807; 5. Anna;7 died, unmarried, in 1803.
CHAPTER XXIV. HERESY
ULY 18, 1637, the town received Robert Baker and William Williams for inhabitants, and granted to the former five acres of planting ground and to the latter one acre of ground for a house lot "by our Brother Barney" and ten acres for a great lot. Mr. Veren requested the alteration of his farm.
Mr. Williams came from Great Yarmouth, England, to Salem in 1637, aged forty, with his wife Alice, aged thirty-eight, and two children. Mr. Williams lived where the "Witch house" stands, on the corner of Essex and North streets, and removed, probably to Watertown, in 164I.
John Stratton appeared at this meeting, and requested a farm "beyond Ipswich pond." He was son of John Stratton of Shotley, Suffolkshire, and of Ardleigh, in Essex, England, and was a minor in 1621. His mother Anne was daughter of Mrs. Mary Dearbaugh of Barrington, Suffolk, and was born about 1590. His father died at Ardleigh. May 2, 1627, having devised to John the manor of Thurculton. His widow and John came to America about 1632, and John was at Scarborough in 1633. They were in Salem in 1637. Her daughter Dorothy, who was under eighteen in 1627, was of Salem, unmarried, in 1641; and daughter Eliz- abeth, born about 1616, emigrated to America, on the Increase, April 15, 1635, and married John Thorndike of Salem. The son John Stratton had a daughter Ann, who married William Lake of Salem. Mr. Stratton removed to Easthampton, L. I., in 1643.
At the same town meeting (July 18, 1637), William Wake1 was granted five acres of planting ground, and Richard Lambert
1William Wake came to this country without his family and he was repeatedly ordered to bring his wife here or to go to her, who was living in England. He stated that they were married without the consent of her friends, who successfully urged her not to go to him. Death, however, ended
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had granted to him five acres of land "for a great lot on Derbys fort side. It was also ordered that William Lord shall have 70 acres of ground lying by Mr. Garfords," and butting on Richard Waterman's and Daniel Ray's lands, and seven acres of meadow ; and that Thomas Gardner, jr., shall have five acres of land for a great lot.
July 30, 1637, Mr. Batter was granted a farm "next to o" brother Ray Northward & it is to runn vp to the great meadow Job Somerton Westwards and not more than twenty acres of meadow." Job Swinnerton1 was admitted for an inhabitant that day and was granted half an acre of land "neere o' brother Marshall" for a house lot.
At the same time, Mr. Stephen Winthrop requested the grant of a farm ; and January 15th following two hundred acres of land towards Ipswich was granted to him. He was son of Governor « Winthrop and was born at Groton, Suffolkshire, England, March 24, 1618. He came to Salem on the Arbella, with his father, in 1630, when twelve years old. He was in Connecticut, with his brother John in 1636, and in Salem in 1637 and 1638. He went to England in February, 1638; and soon returned. He was ap- pointed recorder in Boston Sept. 9, 1639. In 1645, he went to England and entered the army as captain of a troop of horse, was promoted to major and subsequently to colonel under General Monk, in Cromwell's army. He served in Scotland and Wales.
Roger Williams wrote that Colonel Winthrop was "a great man for soule libertie." He married, in Boston, about 1643,
his troubles in court, in the spring of 1654. He left a daughter in England, named Katherine Wake, and a brother John Wake. He may have made salt here as he died possessed of six bushels of it. He probably lived alone in a small house which he owned and which with his orchard and land was valued at only ten pounds. He had a bedstead and its furnishings, four chairs, a gun, sword and belt, a lamp, three candlesticks, two dozen buttons, some books, a Bible, three pewter dishes, two pairs of blankets, a green rug, three shirts, inkhorn, towels, napkins, etc. Apparently, he was an intellectual man and a man of character and undisclosed history.
1JOB SWINNERTON,1 born about 1601; probably married Elizabeth perhaps in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, and lived in Salem Village. A private record in the possession of the family states that when he and his wife were aged and infirm their house "took fire on the roof, in the absence of their family, and before they discovered it, all retreat from the door was cut off. Mr. Swinnerton escaped from the window, holding his wife's hand, but did not succeed in rescuing her from the flames. When the son re- turned he found his father sitting on a rock, viewing the smoking coals, and on inquiring. for his mother, his father replied, she has gone to heaven in a chariot of fire." Mr. Swinnerton died April 11, 1689. Children : I. Job,2 born about 1630; 2. John,2 born about 1633.
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Judith, sister of Col. William Rainborow of the Parliamentary army ; and had several children. She joined him in England in the winter of 1647. In 1652, he had purchased a house and part of Maribone park, and lived there. Because of exposure in the service, his health was poor in 1653; and in 1656 he represented Banff and Aberdeen in parliament, and lived in James Street, Westminster. In 1657, he was very sick, and he died at London in the summer of the next year. His wife survived him.
At a town meeting, July 30, 1637, Mr. Endecott was granted twenty acres of meadow "in yt great meadow northward of m"
JOB SWINNERTON ;2 yeoman ; lived in Salem Village; married, first, Ruth Symonds July 19, 1658; she died May 22, 1670; married, second, Hester Baker Sept. 2, 1673; died April 7, 1700; his widow Hester (Esther) died in the winter of 1719-20; children : I. Jasper,3 born June 4, 1659; 2. Joseph," born Feb. 3, 1660; 3. Elizabeth,3 born Feb. 26, 1662-3; married Joseph Hutchinson ; 4. Ruth,3 born March 22, 1664; died, unmarried, Oct. 27, 1694; 5. Mary,3 born May 17, 1670; married Anthony Needham; 6. Joshua ;3 under age in 1700; died, probably unmarried, in or before 1713; 7. Ben- jamin,3 baptized Oct. 8, 1682; 8. Esther,3 baptized Oct. 8, 1682; married John Giles; 9. James," baptized Nov. 6, 1687; 10. Abigail,3 baptized Sept. 7, 1690; married Elias Trask; II. Hannah,3 baptized Oct. - , 1692; married Jonathan Flint. DR. JOHN SWINERTON;2 physician; married Hannah (Bartholomew), widow of Elder John Browne March 8, 1679-80; died Jan. 6, 1690-I; she died, his widow, Dec. 23, 1713; children: I. Mercy,3 born Dec. 24, 1681; died, unmarried, Nov. 3, 1727; 2. John,3 baptized June 17, I683; 3. Antipas,3 born Dec. - , 1685.
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