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"SAMUEL CUTLER1; planter; married, first, Elizabeth ; second, Sarah Church July 7, 1698; he was living in 1706; children: I. Hannah2, born Dec. - , 1655; married John Putnam; 2. Abigail2, born Jan. - , 1656-7; 3. Sarah2, born Dec. 23, 1658; 4. Samuel, born in 1661; 5. Ebeneser", born in 1664.
SAMUEL CUTLER2; housewright and husbandman; married Sarah Satle Jan. 20, 1691; she was his wife in 1731; died in the spring of 1733; children : 1. Sarah3, born Jan. 2, 1692-3; married Nathaniel Flint Feb. 17, 1714-5; 2. Samuel3, born June 12, 1694; cooper; living in Salem in 1733; 3. Jonathan3, born Oct. 12, 1696; probably died before 1730; 4. Abigail3, born April 21, 1699; married John Walden July 18, 1717; 5. Hannah3, born Feb. 6, 1701; 6. Cornelius3, born Sept. 5, 1703; 7. Eunice3, born Nov. 30, 1705; married Ezekiel Goldthwaite; 8. Susannah3, baptized Aug. 15, 1714; 9. Daniel3, born about 1715; living in 1733. EBENEZER CUTLER"; husbandman; married Mary Marsh March II, 1688-9; living in 1727; she
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Feb. 20, 1653-4, the selectmen granted to John Putnam, jr., twenty or thirty acres of land, if it be adjoining to Captain Hathorne's farm, in consideration of twelve shillings due for bridge work and he had none formerly granted; to Humfrey Woodberie a parcel of swamp lying between his land on both sides, not more than ten acres, and the wood was reserved to the inhabitants to fell as they pleased at all seasons, the land on one side being Guido Bayley's ; and to Henry Skerie a little hill encompassed by his own marsh near Mr. Friend's mill, if it had not been already granted. This little hill is that lying near Bass River, between Elliott Street and the ancient site of Draper's point ferry landing. March 6th following, the town granted to John Browne all the meadow and the upland enclosed which was lately in the possession of Mr. Garford; to George Emerie the herbage of that parcel of land which was John Woodberie's in the old planters marsh; and to John Kitchen so much land as will necessarily make a cellar near Goodman Trusler's fence, over against the house of said Kitchen. April 27, 1654, the se- - lectmen granted Mr. Gardner's request for himself and those that now do or hereafter should live at those ten-acre lots' ends or side that they have the common land that lies at the foot of Mr. Read's hill to lie as common for their joint use. There was also granted the request of Serg. George Gardner for a small plain of up- land, containing about six acres, lying near Robert Moulton, jr.'s, meadow, and to the round hill near Mr. Humfre's farm and so to that land that was granted to Francis Perry. There was also granted to John Symons liberty to fence his ground which was formerly William Comins', in the town of Salem, "round home to the bank," provided that he made two sufficient stiles for a foot way through the lot. There was also granted to Richard Bishop four acres, Henry Skerie two acres and Richard Bracken- berie three acres of meadow, lying "at the further end of Salem bounds" next to Mr. Richard Saltingstall's farm, provided the meadow was within the bounds of Salem. There was granted
was his widow in 1734; children: I. Mary3, born March 19, 1691; married Sibly before 1734; 2. Elizabeth3, born June 26, 1693; lived in Salem, unmarried, in 1734; 3. Ebenezer3, born Oct. I, 1695; of Sutton, hus- bandman, in 1734; 4. Zachariah3, born Feb. 5, 1698-9; fisherman, of Salem, in 1734; 5. Ezekiel3, born Nov. 4, 1700; when of Killingly, Conn., he married Katherin Marsh April 13, 1736; 6. Amos3, born Oct. 4, 1703; of Salem, husbandman, in 1734.
DEA. CORNELIUS CUTLER3; tailor and husbandman; lived in Danvers part of Salem; married Abigail King Oct. 12, 1725; died in the winter of 1766-7; she survived him; children: I. Elizabeth4, baptized Sept. 13, 1730; married Ebenezer Jacobs; 2. Jonathan4, baptized July 16, 1732; physician ; lived in Danvers; married Martha Trask of Beverly Dec. II, 1760; had children.
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to Henry Skerie all that upland which lies within the fence of John Batchellor that fences in his salt marsh on Ryall's Side, provided that it remain in common when the crop was taken off.
May 8, 1654, the selectmen granted to Thomas Picden three acres, John Batcheller two acres, John Pickett two acres and Charles Gott three acres of meadow, lying at the farther end of Salem bounds next to Mr. Richard Saltinstall's farm, provided the meadow was within the bounds of Salem. There was also con- firmed to Ralph Tomkins a grant made to him in 1648, a spot of meadow, lying near Mr. Downing's farm on the northwest and on the west to a farm that was granted to Philip Verin at the head of Cow House River, provided it is not within any other person's bounds.
The general court, May 14, 1654, ordered that "the foureth day next come sevennight shall be set apart and kept as a public day of humilliation throughout our jurisdiction."
At a meeting of the selectmen, May 15, 1654, there was confirmed to Thomas Watson three acres of meadow and to Lieutenant Lathrop his former grant of eight acres, two more being now added, at the farther end of Salem's bounds next to Mr. Richard Saltinstall's farm, provided that the meadow was within Salem bounds. There was also granted to Francis Skerie a small spot of upland lying near his ten-acre lot in the North Neck by the water side "which is free from George Williams his salt marsh."
At a town meeting, May 27, 1654, a former grant of one hundred acres of upland to Thomas Ruck, sr., was confirmed. There was also granted to Mr. Ruck five acres of meadow at the farther end of the bounds of Salem, provided it is within the bounds of Salem.
William Marston1 removed from Salem to Hampton in 1637, and returned to Salem about 1654. He removed to Newbury about 1669, and from thence to Hampton about 1670. George Salmon2 came to Salem in 1654.
It seems odd, in these days, that at any time attendance upon town meeting was compulsory. Before the time of which this is written, freemen were sometimes fined not only for not attending
1William Marston married Sarah ; died in Hampton June 30, 1672; children: I. Hannah, born Sept. 1, 1655; 2. Sarah, born Feb. 12, 1658-9; 3. Elizabeth, baptized April 10, 1659; 4. Mary, born April 2, 1661; 5. Deliverance, born July 15, 1663; married Thomas Cooper Dec. 27. 1680; 6. William, born Sept. 19, 1665; 7. William, baptized Sept. 20, 1668.
"George Salmon (Samon) married Remember Felton Oct. - , 1654; died about Feb. 12, 1672-3; she was his widow in 1678; children : I.
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such meetings, but because they did not speak on the question before the meeting. At the meeting held as above it was "ordered that all those persons that shall not seasonably attend town meet- ings, either by their persons or proxies for every such offence or delinquency, after due warning according to order, shall pay eighteen pence."
Oct. 2, 1654, the selectmen granted to Jonathan Porter ten acres of upland on Cape Ann Side in consideration of a high- way.
Thomas Rix sold his shop and house near the meeting house, for eleven pounds, in 1654.1
Feb. 26, 1654-5, the selectmen grant- ed to John Putnam, jr., thirty acres of upland near the farms of Captain Hathorne, John Rucke and William Nichols, it being in exchange of thirty acres he should have had at the end of Captain Hathorne's farm, and the surplus of the land contained within those bounds was granted to Richard Graves in con- sideration of forty acres formerly grant- ed to him.
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At the same time, the selectmen, upon the request of John Putnam, sr., Richard Huchisson, Daniel Ray and John Hathorne, granted to them a small rocky piece of land adjoining the farm lately PUTNAM GRANT in the possession of Captain Hathorne, but then possessed by these grantees ; and forty acres of upland were granted to Jefferie Massey for transcribing that portion of the town book which Mr. Downing left unfinished.
Jan. 4, 1654-5, the town confirmed to Richard Huchenson a grant a parcel of upland, not exceeding twenty acres of up- land, situated between the farms of Mr. John Thorndike and Mr. Elias Stileman.
May 17, 1655, the town "Ordered that there shall be a burial place on the hill above Francis Lawes' house." This is the old Broad Street burying ground, which is still in use.
What is now the extension of Summer Street up the hill by the northeasterly end of the burialplace was, in the early days,
Elizabeth, born in 1665; died young; 2. Elizabeth, born Feb. 10, 1666-7; 3. Mary, born March 16, 1668-9; was brought up by Robert Fuller ; married Joseph Doliver of Marblehead; 4. Susanna, born March 30, 1670; 5. George, born March 1, 1672; 6. John, baptized March 30, 1673.
1Salem Town Records, volume I, page 181 (printed).
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the narrow way to the northerly corner of Governor Endecott's broad field. At the top of the hill, at the easterly corner of the burying ground was a red gate.
This broad field of Governor Endecott contained forty acres, . and extended along the original highway from the red gate, southwesterly, to the present location of Hawthorne Street, and from the street southeasterly to the South River. The house of Francis Lawes, from whom this hill derived its name, stood on the northwesterly side of the street.
Apparently, the burialplace remained unfenced until 1732.
The northeasterly end of this peculiar highway was origin- ally about four hundred and fifty feet wide. The cemetery took up more than one-half of its breadth, and went southwesterly as far as it does now,-that is, to Winthrop Street.
Governor Endecott's Broad Field.
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Burial Place.
WAY TO BROAD FIELD.
Present line of Highway.
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PLAN OF LAWES HILL BURYING GROUND
The dotted line indicates the location of the street as its southeasterly boundary at the present time being about one hundred feet wide. At about the close of the War of the Revo- lution, that part between the burialplace and the dottted line was used for the site of the almshouse, a factory for the manu- facture of duck cloth for sails of the vessels of Salem, and later, for the building in which was the registry of deeds. Still later, it was the site of the Salem State Normal School, the Salem high and other schools. In 1808, the portion of the original way between the broad field and the dotted line, at the southwesterly end of the burying ground, was taken out of the street location. and subsequently conveyed by the town to the respective adjoining owners. This triangle came to a point at the western corner of Broad and Hawthorne streets.
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May 17, 1655, the town appointed Mr. Corwine and Mr. Gedney to secure materials and workmen to repair the town house for the school and watch.
At this time, the town had a horse, cow and some sheep which they probably received for taxes.
The bridge on Lowell Street, in Peabody, over the brook which runs around the South Church meeting house, was built by John Southwick in 1655, and, in 1662, he made extensive re- pairs upon it. July 21, 1669, the selectmen appointed John Pick- ering, Josiah Southwick and William Trask "to make a foot bridge at the brook near to Thomas Goldthwait"; and, Oct. 28, 1680, the selectmen ordered that there should be a horse bridge made there, and John King was chosen overseer of the work. The bridge over the brook at Central Street is about as old.
Mordechai Craford1, a mariner, came to Salem in 1656, and built a house at Juniper, which was burned in the night of Sept. 10, 1666. Capt. Thomas Savage, who had a mortgage upon the premises, foreclosed it, and Captain Craford's wife was accused of setting the house on fire, as she had threatened to do so ; but, upon trial, she was found by the jury not guilty.
Dec. 24, 1655, the selectmen granted to Gregory Gibbs half an acre of land to enclose near Clay brook, to make bricks, so long as he should continue to make them.
John Talbey, Dec. 24, 1655, was to be put out as a servant to Robert Morgan or some other man for one year, at the expense of the town. Jan. 29, 1655-6, Henry Cooke agreed to so take him for a year, the town to supply him shirts, cloth to make a coat, covering for a bed and some things to make a bed, Cooke to have eight bushels of Indian corn. Aug. 4, 1656, the selectmen "Ordered that John Talbey being commonly noted for a person spending his time idly and unprofitably : we think it meet that he should be sent to the next magistrate to be employed accordingly (provided for such persons)." Aug. 22, 1657, the town voted that George Corwin and Jacob Barney appear at the Ipswich court to inform it of John Talbe, and advise about putting him in the house of correction at Ipswich. Lawrence Southwick was paid twenty shillings for keeping Talbey and seventeen shill- ings for things laid out for him.
Edward Wharton was granted liberty by the town, Dec. 24, 1655, to build a porch before his door upon the land of the town, Mr. Corwine and Edmond Batter to determine "how far out it might come."
1Mordechai Craford (Cravat) was born about 1621; married Edith (Judith) -; living in 1671; children : I. Hester; married John
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John Endecott sat in the Salem court as a magistrate for the last time Nov. 28, 1654. He removed to Boston soon after, upon the request of the general court, "if his own necessary occa- sions would permit." He lived in Boston in what is now Pem- berton Square. He was then sixty-eight years old and in poor health, as he wrote June 29, 1657, to John Leverett, who was then the colonial agent in England : "in the extremity of heat and after a long sickness, I am very faint; not fit to do any thing."
He was chosen president of the Colonial Commissioners the next year (1658).
Mr. and Mrs. Endecott did not, however, sever their con- nection with the Salem church until November, 1664.
He died March 15, 1664-5, aged seventy-seven, in Boston, where he was buried "with great honor and solemnity," eight days later, but his grave is unknown. May 25th following, the general court voted to pay for the expense of the "wine, cakes, toombe and powder" on the occasion of his funeral, sixty pounds towards mourning clothes for his widow, "children and family," and twenty pounds for five years to his widow. In his Wonder- Working Providence, Edward Johnson wrote of him as follows :--
John Endicat twice Governour of the Englifh, inhabiting the Mattachufets Bay in N. England.
Strong valiant John wilt thou march on, and take up ftation firft, Chrift cal'd hath thee. his Souldier be, and faile not of thy truft; Wilderness wants Chrifts grace fupplants, the plant his Churches pure, With Tongues gifted, and graces led, help thou to his procure; Undaunted thou wilt not allow, Malignant men to waft:
Chrifts Vineyard heere, whofe grace fhould cheer, his well- beloved's taft.
Then honoured be, thy Chrift hath thee their Generall promoted : To fhew their love, in place above, his people have thee voted. Yet muft thou fall, to grave with all the Nobles of the Earth,
Thou rotting worme, to duft muft turn, and worfe but for new birth.
Apparently, the draining of Beaver Pond was intended, as the selectmen, March 13, 1655-6, granted to John Thorndike, Joshua Roots and the rest of the proprietors that had meadow near the pond, at Richard Dodge's farm, should have the land that would be gained by the draining, according as it should bound upon each of their proprieties, provided they are at equal charge in the work, otherwise they that bear the charge should have the benefit.
Hosman Dec. 23, 1669; 2. Susanna; had an illegitimate child, by Stephen Haskett, which she murdered in 1668.
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HOUSE OF JOHN BECKETT
March 13, 1655-6, the selectmen appointed Serg. John Porter, Mr. Gardner, Jacob Barney and Thomas Putnam to "lay out highways through John Endecott's farm and others' farms there about as may be most convenient for the town and the inhabitants thereabouts : extending to the great river."
John Beckett1 appeared in Salem in 1656. He lived in the John Bankett ancient Becket house on Becket Court. This was originally the home of John Jackson, who died
1JOHN BECKETT1 was born about 1626; shipbuilder; married Margaret ; died Nov. 26, 1683; she married, secondly, Philip Cromwell before I687; children: I. Mary2; married Daniel Webb; 2. Sarah2; married Robert Bartoll of Marblehead March 16, 1681; 3. Hannah2; youngest daughter ; married Isaac Sternes; 4. William2, born about 1669; 5. John2; married Elizabeth Locker; shipwright; living in I7II.
WILLIAM BECKET2; shipwright; married Hannah Sibley May 18, 1683; died Nov. 10, 1723; she was his widow in 1734; children: I. John3, born Aug. 10, 1684; 2. Hannah3, born July 17, 1686; married, first, Jospeh Manning of Nantucket July -, 1707; second, Richard Bethel June -, 17II; 3. Margaret3, born May 14, 1688; married, first, John Swinnock Nov. 13, 1712; second, Philip Cowen May 16, 1723; 4. William3, baptized March --- , 1695-6; 5. Mary3, baptized March -, 1695-6; died before 1731, probably young ; 6. Benjamin3, baptized March 14, 1697-8; died young; 7. Elizabeth3, baptized June 2, 1700; married William Slade Feb. 28, 1724-5; 8. Retire3, baptized April 23, 1704.
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in the winter of 1655-6. It then bacame the estate of Jonathan Porter, who conveyed it with one and three-fourths acres of land
JOHN BECKET3; shipwright; married Susanna Mason Sept. 20, 17II; died in 1763; she was his widow in 1769; children: I. Mary4, born July 25, 1712; married James Collins ; 2. Susanna4, born April 15, 1714; married John Babbidge; 3. John4, born Feb. 25, 1714-5; 4. Margaret*, born about 1718; married Joseph Searls Nov. 20, 1781; 5. William. WILLIAM BECKET3; married Mary Mascoll Sept. 10, 1713; died in 1716; she married, secondly, Daniel Webb July 27, 1727; children: I. Hannah4, born in 17I -; probably married Benjamin Phippen July 5, 1739; 2. Mary4, baptized Aug. 26, 1716; living in 1732. RETIRE BECKET3; shipwright; married Han- nah Graves of Beverly March II, 1725; died June 17, 1734; children : I. Hannah4; married, first, Joseph Hathorne Feb. 20, 1742-3; second, Abraham Parker of Bradford Feb. 17, 1745-6; 2. William4; 3. Abigail4; living in 1735; 4. Sarah4; married Thomas Murry March 25, 1750.
JOHN BECKET4; shipwright; married, first, Rebecca Beadle of Boston May 3, 1738; she died Jan. 13, 1758; married, second, Sara Rue Nov. 25, 1762; he died Aug. 29, 1781; children : I. Elizabeth5, born Jan. 5, 1738-9; married William Peele Jan. 26, 1762; 2. Susanna5, born Dec. II, 1740; mar- ried David Felt; 3. Rebecca5, born Aug. 8, 1742; died March 23, 1743; 4. Mary5, born April 4, 1744; died April 13, 1744; 5. Rebecca', born Feb. 25, 1744-5; died June 15, 1753; 6. John", born Nov. 17, 1746; 7. Benjamin5, born July 16, 1748; probably married Hannah Ulmer April 16, 1767; living in 1794; 8. Sarah, born Feb. 15, 1749-50; married Nathaniel Silsbee; 9. Hannah5, born Nov. 17, 1751; married Joseph Cloutman June 20, 1770; 10. Rebecca5, born Sept. 14, 1753; married William Fairfield; II. Eunice5, born Jan. 15, 1756; married, first, John Bray; second, Thorndike Daland; 12. David Beadles, born Dec. 18, 1757; died Jan. 23, 1759; 13. Martha®, born Dec. 19, 1757; died Jan. 6, 1758. WILLIAM BECKETT; shipwright; married Susanna Fowler of Newmarket, N. H. (published April 6, 1745) ; died about 1760; she died, his widow, April 21, 1817, aged ninety-four ; child : I. Susannah®, born about 1747; married Thomas Ruc. WILLIAM BECKETT4; shipwright; married Mary Murray Aug. 9, 1752; died in or before 1794; she died, his widow, Feb. 3, 1826, aged ninety-seven; children : I. Retire®, born about 1754; 2. Hannah5; married Thomas Rowell; 3. James"; 4. Mary5; married Joseph Brown; 5. Abigail5; married Benjamin Hawkes Aug. 14, 1791; 6. Sarah5; married Ebenezer Slocum Sept. II, 1791; 7. Lydia5; married Samuel Leach; 8. Jonathan', born May 25, 1773.
CAPT. JOHN BECKET5; caulker, boat-builder and shipwright; married, first, Sarah Browne March 16, 1769; she was drowned June 17, 1773; married, second, Elizabeth Ingersoll March 9, 1775; she died Jan. 23, 1790; married, third, Sarah Dean Jan. 24, 1791; he died Aug. 19, 1804; she died, his widow, Nov. 5, 1834; children: I. Sarah6, born about 1774; married John Babbidge; 2. John6; 3. Elizabeth6, born about 1782; married Benjamin Waters Sept. 13, 1805; 4. Rebecca6, baptized March 27, 1785; married Samuel Cook of Boston Nov. 21, 1821; 5. David6, baptized Nov. 12, 1786; 6. Mary6, baptized Jan. 10, 1790; died, unmarried, March 8, 1817. RETIRE BECKETT5; shipwright; married Rebecca Swasey June 4, 1794; died May 29, 1831; she died, his widow, March 25, 1842; children: I. William®; died at sea, unmarried, in 1814; 2. - 6 (daughter), born in 1796; died
July 6, 1796; 3. 6 (daughter), born in 1798; died July 16, 1800; 4. Mary®, born about 1800; died July 24, 1806; 5. Rebecca®, born about 1803; died at Roxbury, unmarried, June 22, 1859. JAMES BECKETT®; spar- maker; married, first, Deborah Peabody of Haverhill Dec. II, 1783; she died Jan. 4, 1802; married, second, Susanna Porter of Beverly Feb. 5,
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to John Becket May 26, 1656.1 Mr. Becket was a shipwright, and the head of the long line of famous shipbuilders on his prem- ises there. The homestead remained in the family for some two hundred years, descending from John Becket through his son William, then Retire, John, John, John, and John. The latter John Becket died in 1816, and his heirs conveyed the house and land around it to Stephen Gauss in 1853 and 1854. The house faces due south. It is well preserved and will weather many winters more.
March 13, 1655-6, the selectmen granted to Nicholas Wood- bury four acres of meadow at the west end adjoining to the pond near Mr. Blackleach's farm.
1804; died March 4, 1827; she died, his widow, Sept. 26, 1857, aged ninety- two; children: I. Sarah6; married Robert Richardson June 2, 1811; 2. Mary6; married William Kelly Oct. 16, 1808; 3. Elizabeth6; married Francis Goss; 4. Caroline6; married, first, Otis Allen; second, Jacob Tarr; 5. William6; died, unmarried; 6. James6, born about 1795; died, unmarried, May 18, 1819. JONATHAN BECKET5; shipwright; married Jane Hyland Campbell of Amherst, N. H., Nov. 29, 1807; died Jan. 28, 1839; she died, his widow. Nov. 22, 1873, aged ninety-two; children : I. Alfred H.6; living in 1839; mariner; 2. Daniel C.6; 3. Emeline C.6; married John Bar- low Aug. 8, 1884; 4. Mary Jane6; died, unmarried, April 20, 1898.
CAPT. JOHN BECKETG; master mariner ; married Sarah Brown Aug. 2, 1807; died at sea on his passage to Cork, Ireland, Oct. 24, 1816; children : I. John7, born about 1812; died July 24, 1818; 2. John“, born about 1808; died Feb. 14, 1810; 3. John W.7, baptized March 16, 1817; 4. Elizabeth", baptized May 11, 1812; 5. David, born in 1815; died Oct. 8, 1817. DAVID BECKET®; spar-maker and wood wharfinger; married Elizabeth Townsend May I, 1817; died June 20, 1836; she died, his widow, March 18, 1872; children : 1. John Ingersoll™, baptized Aug. 29, 1819; carpenter; married Rebecca K. Andrews Nov. 14, 1839; 2. Mary Elizabeth7, baptized Aug. 29, 1819; married Joseph Browne July 22, 1838; 3. David Augustus™, born April 30, 1824; 4. William M. J.7, born about 1827; mariner; married
Elizabeth ; lived in New York City in 1854; 5. Rebecca C.", born about 1829; lived in Boston, unmarried in 1853; 6. Priscilla I.", born about 1829; lived in Boston, unmarried, in 1853; 7. Joseph L.", born about 1836; living in 1844. DANIEL C. BECKETT6; shipwright; married Sarah Picket; she died June 8, 1858; died Aug. 20, 1887; children : 1. Charles Henry", born about 1834; died Dec. - , 1838; 2. Daniel C.7; 3. Edward C.", born about 1839; currier ; married Tamson S. Poor of South Danvers Sept. 29, 1864; was in Chelsea Soldiers Home in 1901; 4. Lucia C."; married Charles F. Burchstead Oct. 5, 1862; 5. Alfred H.", born in 1846; boatbuilder ; died, unmarried, Jan. 23, 1868.1
DAVID AUGUSTUS BECKETT; mariner ; married Ellen M. Brown Aug. 30, 1846; lost overboard from the brig Cherokee, on a voyage from Aden to Muscat, Sept. 25, 1847; she married, secondly, Edward Lampson Aug. II, 1851; child: I. Ellen Augustas, born in 1847; died Dec. 24, 1847. DANIEL C. BECKET; gas fitter ; married Imogene Greenman; (she married, secondly. Roderick N. Knapp July II, 1870?) ; she died, wife of Daniel C. Becket, March 8, 1913; he survived her; children: I. Sarah A.8, unmarried in 1915; 2. Imogenes, born April 10, 1865; 3. Fannie E.8; married Crockett of Revere.
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book I, leaf 37.
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Nov. 5, 1656, was appointed by the general court as a day of thanksgiving for plenty and abundance of the blessings of the earth, supply of the churches with officers beyond expectation, etc. The frequency of fasts and thanksgivings indicate a nearness to and consciousness of the dependency of the early settlers upon God and of his interest in their welfare.
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