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1ROBERT FOLLETT lived here as late as 1703; married Persis Black Nov. 29, 1655; children: I. Mary,2 born March 16, 1656; married John Herbert; 2. Robert,2 born Sept. 20, 1659; 3. Susanna,2 born June I, 1662; married Joseph Sibley Feb. 4. 1683; 4. Hannah,2 born Dec. 23, 1664; mar- ried John Southwick; 5. Ruth,2 born Dec. 17, 1667; died May I, 1668; 6. John.2 born July 10, 1669; 7. Abraham,2 born Dec. 23, 1671; married Sarah Callum March 30, 1697; 8. Isaac2 (twin), born July 30, 1674; 9. Rebecca2 (twin), born July 30, 1674; IO. Benjamin,2 baptized Sept. IO, 1687 ; husbandman; married Patience Doutee March 13. 1706-7.
JOHN FOLLETT ;2 married Martha -; children: I. John,3 born July 29, 1695 ; 2. Ruth.3 born Dec. 9, 1696; 3. Joseph,3 baptized May 21, 1699. ISAAC FOLLETT ;2 husbandman; married Hannah Starr April 13, 1699; child : I. Isaac,3 baptized Oct. 17, 1703.
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Beadle family1 has never been numerous, prominent or wealthy
'SAMUEL. BEADLE1 married Susanna -, who died Feb. 13, 1661-2; he died March 10, 1663-4; children: I. Samuel,2 born about 1643; 2. Eliza- beth; 3. Thomas ;2 4. Nathaniel ;2 5. -; 2 drowned in a well Sept. 6, 1661 ; 6. Dorothy," born March 8, 1659, in Charlestown; married William Lord Aug. 10, 1693; 7. Abigail,2 born Sept. 24, 1661; died Oct. 14, 1661.
SAMUEL BEADLE;2 served in King Philip's War; turner ; being wound- ed in the war he was licensed to keep an inn; married Hannah Lemon June 10, 1668; died in 1706; she died in 1736; children : I. Nathaniel,3 born March 29, 1669; 2. Samuel,3 born Oct. II, 1671; 3. Thomas," born Nov. 28, 1673; died May 10, 1676; 4. Susannah,3 born April 20, 1676; mar- ried Henry Herrick July 23, 1694; 5. Mary,3 born May 21, 1678; married Samuel Phippen; 6. Lemon,3 born July 30, 1680; 7. Hannah,3 born Dec. 18, 1682; unmarried in 1729; 8. Robert,3 born Nov. 14, 1684; mariner; lived in London, England; died there, unmarried, in 1710; 9. Jonathan,3 born July 24, 1687; died May 16, 1688; 10. Caleb,3 born Feb. 24, 1688-9; II. Sarah,3 born Sept. 24, 1690; married Richard Elvins July 14, 1715; 12. Ruth,3 born April 17, 1693; died Oct. 5, 1696. CAPT. THOMAS BEADLE ;2 sea-captain, trading with Barbadoes; tavern keeper; married Elizabeth Drake Sept. 18, 1679; died at Gloucester May 23, 1700; she married, secondly, Capt. Thomas Dean Dec. 9, 1701; children : I. Elizabeth,3 born July 9, 1681; probably died before 1701; 2. Mary,3 born April 5, 1683; probably died before 1701; 3. Thomas,3 born March 16, 1685-6; died in 1686; 4. Benjamin,3 born Sept. 7, 1687; 5 .. Thomas,3 born Feb. 10, 1689-90; 6. John,3 born Feb. 14, 1691-2. NATHANIEL BEADLE;2 cordwinder ; married Mary Hicks April 20, 1671; died in 1704; children: I. Thomas,3 born Jan. 21, 1671-2; Mary,3 born Nov. 20, 1673; married Benjamin Gray ; 3. Nathaniel,3 born Dec. 17, 1675; 4. John,3 born April 29, 1678; died young ; 5. Elizabeth,3 born Oct. 25, 1679; married Peter Henderson Nov. 10, 1701 ; 6. John,6 born Aug. 12, 1683; 7. Abigail,3 born Oct. 2, 1685; married Ben- jamin Henderson July 22, 1706; 8. Joseph,3 born Dec. 14, 1687; 9. Jonathan.3 born Jan. 2, 1689-90; 10. David,3 born April 18, 1692.
NATHANIEL BEADLE;3 cordwainer; married Elizabeth Sharp; . died about 1713; she married, second, Samuel Cooke of Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 26, 1715-6; children : 1. Susannah,4 born Nov. 13, 1695; probably died young ; 2. John;4 3. Eunice;4 under age in 1718; 4. Lois;4 under age in 1718; 5. Nathaniel,4 born Dec. 15, 1703; married Elizabeth Hitchcock Nov. 10, 1726; died Feb. 10, 1762; had children; 6. Mary,4 born Sept. 18, 1708; living in 1718; 7. Josiah,4 born Aug. 3, 17II; living in 1718. JOSEPH BEADLE;3 cordwainer ; married Elizabeth Evans June 9, 1708; died in 1715; she was his widow in 1722; children (baptized Oct. 9, 1715) ; I. Jona- than ;* master mariner; died Dec. 16, 1750; Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Beadle, baptized in St. Peter's Church Oct. 9. 1757; 2. Joseph;4 3. Thomas ;4 cordwainer ; lived in Smithfield, R. I., in 1740; 4. Sarah ;4 5. David.4 DAVID BEADLE;3 cordwainer and mariner; married Rebecca Gillingham Dec. 6, 1716; died in 1723; she married, secondly, John Stearns Oct. 27, 1726; 4 (posthu- children : I. Rebecca,4 born Sept. 27, 1717; 2. 4
3. mous). NATHANIEL BEADLE;3 mariner ; married Mary - ; died in 1702; she survived him; child: I. Hannah,4 born July 5, 1702; unmarried in 1729. LEMON BEADLE;3 carver; married Rebecca Atwater Jan. 4, 1709-10; died Nov. 17, 1717; she married, secondly, Samuel Phippen March 20, 1718; children : I. Samuel,4 born Sept. 18, 1711; cooper ; married Katherine Blaney Oct. 27. 1733; died in 1739; she married, secondly, Jonathan Tuex- bury Dec. 14, 1740; 2. Rebecca,4 born Jan. 31, 1713-4; married John Becket. BENJAMIN BEADLE ;3 cordwainer ; married Abigail Hammond April 9, 1713; she was living in 1729, and he in 1752; children: I. Benjamin,4 born Nov. II.
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locally. They have been connected with commerce as shipbuild- ers and mariners, a number of them having been master mariners.
1713; died young; 2. Abigail,4 born Jan. 8, 1714-5; died Feb. 19, 1714-5; 3. Abigail,4 born Jan. 28, 1715-6; married David Beadle; 4. Elizabeth,4 born March 12, 1718; married Stephen Daniel March 18, 1739-40; 5. Ruth,4 born March 4, 1720; living in 1727; 6. Benjamin, born Aug. I, 1722; living in 1727. THOMAS BEADLE;3 mariner; married Margaret Ingersoll June 19, I712; died in 1734; children: I. Margaret,4 born Jan. 22, 1712-3; mar- ried, first, Benjamin Swinerton; second, William Owen of Marblehead Dec. 9, 1755; third, Benjamin Nurse; 2. Thomas,4 baptized March 2, 1717-8; mariner; died in 1745; 3. Sarah;4 married, first, Stephen Welcome Nov. 25, 1739; second, James Coady.
JOHN BEADLE;4 mariner; married Mercy English Oct. II, 1722; died before 1764; she died in 1777; children: I. Mary;5 married William Symonds ; 2. Susanna, born Aug. 7, 1729; died, unmarried, Jan. 20, 1810, suddenly ; 3. Sarah; married Richard Masury Nov. 29, 1754; 4. Mercy;5 married John Dove Dec. 8, 1768; 5. Josiah;5 6. David ;5 7. John.5 JOSEPH BEADLE;4 mariner; married Lydia Bates Aug. 17, 1738; died before 1750; she was his widow in 1760; children: I. Sarah, baptized Oct. 21, 1739; married William Carrill June 5, 1761 ; 2. Joseph, baptized June 20, 1742; died Oct. 3, 1818. DAVID BEADLE;4 mariner ; married Abigail Beadle Oct. 22, 1736; children : I. Abigail," born Dec. 29, 1737; 2. Elizabeth,5 born Jan. 30, I739.
JOSIAH BEADLE;5 mariner ; married Susanna Batten Jan. 26, 1762; died in 1775; she married, secondly, Henry Seward April 27, 1780; she died Jan. 8, 1817; children: I. Mercy; married Thaddeus Gwinn; 2. Susan- nah;6 married John Elliott Dale Sept. 21, 1787. DAVID BEADLE; mariner ; married Lydia Wiley Dec. 17, 1769; died in 1783; she died Oct. 15, 1792; children : I. Lydia; married Joshua Webb; 2. Joseph," born in 1776: merchant; master mariner; married Tabitha Hitchings Jan. 19, 1804; she died Sept. 5, 1845; he died Oct. 2, 1848; 3. David; 4. Josiah,“ born Mav 2, 1780; shoemaker and mariner; died, unmarried, May 9, 1869; 5. John, born Jan. 20, 1782. JOHN BEADLE;5 married Mary West Aug. 9, 1745; she married, secondly, Thomas Eden July II, 1751; child: I. Mary;6 probably married Edmund Henfield April 25, 1772.
DAVID BEADLE;" mariner; married Martha Silsbee Jan. 5, 1806; died at West Indies July -, 1811; children : I. David,7 baptized Feb. 1, 1807; mariner, on ship Two Brothers, lost overboard Dec. 27, 1828; 2. Josiah," baptized May 21, 1809; died Feb. 16, 1842. JOHN BEADLE;6 shipwright; a builder of privateers; married Lucy Robbins of Ipswich April 30, 1805; she died Jan. 15, 1859; he died Oct. 14, 1863; children : I. Lucy;" married Ephraim Felt; 2. Lydia;7. married Jonathan Osborn of Danvers June 26, 1832; 3. John,7 born Oct. 14, 1813; 4. Joseph;7 5. Josiah,7 born in 1819; died Nov. - , 1821; 6. Josiah;7 shipwright and caulker; married Mary Gregory; lived in Boston; died about 1908.
JOHN BEADLE;7 shipwright; married Mary Masury Brown March 27, 1838; lived in South Danvers; died Aug. 31, 1889; children: I. John,8 born Jan. 26, 1839; shipwright; lived in Galena and Chicago, Il1 .; married Emma Anna Partridge of Galena June 28, 1871; died in Chicago about 1923; she survived him; had a daughter; 2. Charles,8 born Dec. 31, 1839; master mariner; married Mary J. Page; died Jan. II, 1910; no children ; , 3. William,8 born June 20, 1841; master mariner; married; died in Dux- bury Sept. 12, 1912; no children; 4. Francis,8 born Aug. 7, 1846; master mariner ; lived in Boston, 1873-1924; since then in Salem; married Caroline E. Elwell of Boston June 4, 1876; no children. JOSEPH BEADLE;7 ship- wright and caulker; married Lucy Ann Ottignon April 2, 1842; died about I875; child: I. Lucy Annah,8 born in 1844; died Feb. II, 1847.
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Richard Croade1 of Boston, merchant, purchased a house and lot of land in Salem, on the northerly side of Essex Street, mid- way between Beckford and Monroe streets. July Richard Croade 9. 1664 :2 and removed to Salem. He lived in this house until his death, in 1689.
The town voted, June 18, 1666, that the work to be done at the fort should be carried on by a day's work of each man in the town above sixteen years of age, "and so round the town from one day to another until the whole work be done and finished." Captain Corwin gave notice when each man should work, with the assistance and advice of the selectmen.
May 19, 1669, the general court "as there hath been a con- siderable sum laid out upon fortification at Salem, which may prove of good use, yet, for want of some little further work, it is rendered for the present unserviceable, this Court doth therefore order, that Capt. George Corwin take care that the said fortifica- tion be forthwith completed, and he is hereby impowered to grant warrants to the constables to impress workmen, if need be, for the finishing of the said fortification, the charge whereof to be de- frayed by the selectmen, who are hereby impowered to rate the inhabitants for that end and purpose."
Nicholas Manning.3 a gunsmith and anchor-smith, came from England to Salem in 1663, at the age of nineteen. Nicholas Manning He became a sea-captain and in a vessel, which he
1Richard Croade, born about 1628, was son of Richard and Anstice Croade of Frampton, Dorsetshire, England; married Frances - -, who survived him; children: I. Sarah, born Feb. 3, 1665-6; baptized in Hing- ham the eighteenth; married Philip Hill Dec. 23, 1689; 2. William, born Feb. 9, 1667-8; living in 1686; 3. Hannah, born Nov. 14, 1671; married Joseph Crow March 19, 1716-7; 4. John, born Feb. 25. 1672-3; mariner ; married Mary - -; died in 1719; lived in the Parish of Stepney, Middle- sexshire, England, in 1717; in 1722, his widow lived in Bartlett's buildings. in the Parish of St. Andrews, Holborn, in the city of London; two years later. she was late of the Parish of Stepney alias Stebenheath, Middlesex- shire; and later of Salem; their son, John Croade, born in 1717. lived with his mother at St. Andrews in 1722; 5. Richard; living in 1686; 6. Elizabeth ; married, first, Edmund Bridges; second, Daniel Lambert; third, Moses Gilman of Exeter, N. H .; 7. Judith ; married Joseph Neale.
"Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6. leaf 7.
3RICHARD MANNING1 was baptized in St. Patrick's (Petrox) Parish. Dartmouth, Devonshire, England, in 1622; married Anstice Calley; he never came to America; she came to Salem in 1679, with five of their children, in the Hannah and Elizabeth, their son Nicholas having lived in Salem seventeen years; children: T. Nicholas2 born June 23. 1644; 2.
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hired, among other immigrants he brought to Salem his widowed mother and his brothers and sisters.
Richard,2 born June 22, 1646; probably remained in England; 3. Anstice,3 born Jan. 8, 1650-1; married James Powling; 4. Margaret,2 born Oct. 9, 1657; married Walter Palfrey; 5. Jacob2 (twin), born Dec. 25, 1660; 6. Thomas2 (twin), born Dec. 25, 1660; 7. Sarah,2 born Aug. 28, 1667; mar- ried John Williamson Dec. 8, 1686.
CAPT. NICHOLAS MANNING;2 gunsmith and anchor-maker; captain, 1677-1681; served in King Philip's War; lived in Salem, New York, and Sheepscott, Me .; was of Stratton Island, N. Y., gunsmith, in 1709; mar- ried Elizabeth, widow of Robert Gray June 23, 166 -; his wife was Mary in 1709; children: I. Thomas,3 born May 2, 1664; died in six months ; 2. Nicholas,3 born Sept. 15, 1665; died June 16, 1667; 3. Margaret,3 born Feb. 25, 1666-7; died in a few days; 4. John,3 born May 28, 1668; gunsmith and blacksmith; lived in Boston; married Joanna Lash May 9, 1695, in Boston; she died; he died in 1727. LT. JACOB MANNING ;2 gunsmith; mar- ried Sarah Stone May 4, 1683; died May 24, 1756; she died June 24, 1756; children : I. Robert,3 born Feb. 10, 1683-4; died, unmarried, about 1715; 2. Jacob,3 born Feb. 7, 1685-6; died, unmarried, in 1714; 3. Elizabeth,3 born Aug. 15, 1689; died, unmarried, about 1720; 4. Sarah,3 born Dec. 15, 1691; died, unmarried, Jan. 15, 1780; 5. Richard,3 born March 1, 1694; mariner ; died, unmarried, in 1725; 6. Benjamin,3 born May 12, 1696;
7. Samuel,3 born June 19, 1698; 8. Katherine,3 born April 22, 1701; mar- ried John Berry Oct. 26, 1722; 9. Mary,3 born July 6, 1706; married Benjamin Silsby. THOMAS MANNING;2 gunsmith; lived in Ipswich; mar- ried Mary Giddings June 19, 1681; died May 14, 1737; she died Feb. 24, 1738-9; children : Anstice,3 born Oct. . 1695; 2. Thomas;3 died young ; 3. Richard.3 born about 1700; 4. Mary,3 born about 1702; 5. Johnª (twin), born March 16, 1703; 6. Joseph3 (twin), born March 16, 1703; H. C .. 1725; physician; lived in Ipswich; Dr. John Manning of Ipswich was his son.
CAPT. BENJAMIN MANNING ;3 cordwainer, shopkeeper and master-mar- iner ; married Hannah Lambert Dec. 25, 1718; died Jan. 8. 1768; she died Sept. 27. 1771; children : I. -,4 born June 21, 1720; died in infancy ; 2. Elizabeth,4 born July 18, 1721; died July 20, 1726; 3. Hannah,4 born Sept. 7, 1723; died June 28, 1738; 4. Mary,4 born July 14, 1725; married John Hodges; 5. Benjamin,4 born June 12, 1727 ; died Jan. 7, 1740; 6. Eliza- beth,4 born July 12, 1729; died, unmarried, Feb. 27, 1801 ; 7. Richard,4 born Aug. 2, 1731; master-mariner ; member of Provincial Congress; died, un- married, Jan. 8, 1811; 8. Margaret,4 born July 22, .1733; died Feb. IO, 1734-5; 9. Margaret,4 born Jan. 31, 1734-5; died, unmarried, Aug. 26, 1813; IO Jacob,4 born Feb. 4. 1736-7; cordwainer; died, unmarried, Feb. 28, 1815; II. Hannah,4 born June 18, 1739; died, unmarried, April 23, 1817. SAMUEL MANNING:3 gunsmith and farmer; removed to Oxford, Mass., in 1748; married Margaret -; she was living in 1750; he died Sept. 19, 1774; children : I. Robert;4 2. Jacob.4 JOHN MANNING;3 yeoman; lived in Ipswich ; married, first, Jane Bradstreet July 2, 1728; he died July 13, 1732; married, second, Elizabeth Wallis Feb. 20, 1733-4; she died Dec. 21, 1738; married. third, Ruth Potter June 14, 1739; died in 1775; she died July 13, I791; children: I. John,4 born June 19, 1732; 2. Elizabeth,4 baptized Oct. 20, 1734; 3. Mary,4 baptized Oct. 19, 1735; 4. Rebecca.4 baptized Nov. 20. 1737; 5. Anna,4 baptized Dec. 17, 1738; 6. Ruth,4 baptized April 13, 1740; 7. John,4 baptized June 14, 1741; 8. Anstice,4 baptized Dec. 19, 1742: 9. Jane,4 baptized Dec. 15, 1745; 10. Sarah,4 baptized Jan. 10, 1747; II. Thomas, born Jan. 23, 1750; 12. Richard,4 born May 29, 1755.
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The Salem court, June 26, 1666, licensed Eleazer Hathorne to retail strong water for a year.
The general court appointed November 8th, of this year, as a day of thanksgiving for "God's continuance of our civil and spiritual liberties, in preserving us from invasion of the common enemies of our nation, in sparing such a portion of the fruits of the earth as may be for necessary sustenance, notwithstanding the threats of his displeasure against us the summer past, in the drought, blastings, and mildews." The court also appointed November 22d as a fast, on account "of the growth of sin and prophaneness, as pride, oppression, sensuality, carnal security,
SERG. JOHN MANNING;4 farmer; lived in Ipswich; married Mary Proctor Feb. 16, 1764; died Feb. 5, 1814; she died May 28, 1827; children : I. John,' born Feb. 15, 1765; 2. Joseph, baptized May 31, 1767; 3. Mary," baptized Sept. 17, 1769; 4. Thomas, baptized May 7, 1775; 5. Richard," baptized May 4. 1777; 6. Sarah,5 baptized July 15, 1787; 7. William," baptized May 20, 1793. RICHARD MANNING ;* blacksmith; lived in Salem; established the Salem and Boston Stage Company; married Miriam Lord in 1776; died April 19, 1813, when on a journey to Maine; she died Oct. - , 1831; children: I. Mary, born June 1, 1777; died, unmarried, Oct. 25, 1841 ; 2. William, born Nov. 27, 1778; merchant; died, unmarried, Sept. 5, 1864; 3. Elizabeth Clarke,5 born Sept. 6, 1780; married Capt. Nathaniel Hathorne; 4. Richard," born July 31, 1782; lived in Raymond, Me .; mar- ried Susan Dingley of Raymond in 1816; died in 1830; she married, secondly, Francis Radoux; had no issue; 5. Robert, born July 18, 1784; 6. Maria Miriam, born June 18, 1786; died, unmarried, May 20, 1814; 7. John,5 born Feb. 10, 1788; 8. Priscilla Miriam," born Jan. 10, 1790; mar- ried John Dike Oct. 17, 1817; 9. Samuel, born Dec. 17. 1791; died, un- married, Nov. 17, 1833.
RICHARD MANNING;" lived in Ipswich; married, first, Abigail Lane ; second, Judith Brown Jan. 10, 1821 ; died May 22, 1821 ; she died June 22, 1856; children : 1. Daniel Cogswell. born Dec. 27, 1805; 2. George,6 born about 1807; 3. Richard, born in 1809; lived in Salem; lost overboard at sea in Zanzibar Dec. 30, 1830; unmarried; 4. Francis Brown,6 born about 1820. ROBERT MANNING;5 broker and pomologist; married Rebecca Dodge Burnham Dec. 20. 1824: died Oct. 10, 1842; she died Dec. 24. 1869; chil- dren : I. Maria, born Feb. 7. 1826; died, unmarried, Dec. 24. 1917, aged ninety-one; 2. Robert," born July 6, 1827; pomologist; secretary of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society; died, unmarried, Feb. 17, 1902; 3. Richard Clarke, born Jan. 8, 1830; 4. Rebecca, born Sept. 4, 1834; unmar- ried at the age of ninety-one.
DANIEL COGSWELL MANNING;6 lived in Salem; married Louisa Massey June 12, 1827; died April 30, 1882, at Winchendon; she was living in 1896; children : I. Anna Louisa," born June 12, 1828; married James Augustus Farless ; 2. Mary Elizabeth," born July 9, 1836; married Benjamin Webb Russell. GEORGE MANNING:" lived in Salem, Mass., Washington, D. C., and Brooklyn, N. Y .; married Frances Wilkins Ropes Dec. - , 1833: died in Brooklyn March 12, 1861: she died June II, 1866; children, born in Salem: I. George Francis," born about 1835: drowned at Salem June 26, 1811: 2. Marcellina R.," born about 1836; died, unmarried, at Yonkers, N. Y., March 30, 1867; 3. (son) ; died in infancy. RICHARD CLARKE MANNING;6 coal dealer ; married Sarah Elizabeth (Yeaton), widow of Oliver H. Gould Oct. II. 1865: died May 2, 1004; she went to San Diego.
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formality and heresy ; the small pox, mildews, drought, caterpillars, grasshoppers, with the effects thereof, whereby many of our outward comforts have been shortened, . the low estate of the true professors of Christian religion in all parts ; and, in particular, that the Lord will please to preserve the fleet of ships lately gone from hence, and give them a safe arrival at their desired ports."
Henry Colburn1 was a mariner, and lived in Salem from 1665 until his death in 1676, apparently while on a voyage to Vir- ginia. Jeremiah Meachum2 was a husbandman and HPenvy Sollwen weaver, and lived here as early as 1650. William Powell, a seaman, was of Salem in 1666. He made his will March 18, 1666-7, when he was bound for Virginia, and, as he says, the "times being troublesome and dangerous." He was cast away in 1669. Thomas Searle,1 aged about twenty-eight, fisherman, was Cal .; child: I. Richard Clarke," born Aug. 7, 1867; H. C., 1888; professor in Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y .; now of Gambier, O.
1Henry Colburn married Sarah Golt Dec. - , 1665; died in the spring of 1676; children: I. Christian, born Dec. 25, 1666; died Aug. 1, 1667; 2. Henry, born Jan. 26, 1668; died June 17, 1669; 3. Sara, born April 2, 1671; 4. Johanah, born Sept. 20, 1673; died Sept. 24, 1673; 5. Mary, born Dec. 17, 1674.
"JEREMIAH MEACHUM1 married, first, Margaret ; she died before 1694; married, second, Alice in or before 1694; he died in the autumn of 1695; she survived him; children: I. Jeremiah;2 eldest son; 2. Isaac ;2 3. Rebecca ;2 married John Macarter; 4. Bethia ;2 married George Hacker ; 5. Rhoda ;2 married West before 1694; 6. Sarah;2 married Joseph Boyce; 7. Hannah;2 married, first, William Gill; second, John Priest.
JEREMIAH MEACHUM ;2 had a fulling mill in Salem; fuller in 1680; of Enfield, in 1696; married Mary Trask Jan. 3, 1672-3 (wife Deborah in 1708) ; child, born in Salem: I. Jeremiah,3 born Dec. 21, 1673. CAPT. ISAAC MEACHUM ;2 husbandman, weaver and fuller; moved to Enfield before or in 1693; married Deborah (Browning), widow of John Perkins of Tops- field. Dec. 28, 1669; they were living in Enfield in 1698; children: I. Deb- orah,3 born Dec. 15, 1670; died in 1671; 2. Isaac,2 born Nov. 13, 1672; 3. Jeremiah,3 born Nov. 13, 1674; 4. Israel,3 born Sept. 18, 1676; 5. Eben- ezer,8 born Feb. 21, 1677; 6. Ichabod," born Aug. II, 1679; 7. Deborah,8 born April 8, 1681 ; married Daniel Marckham; 8. John,3 born June II, 1682; (9. Jonathan; of Salem; died in the autumn of 1728?).
JOHN MEACHUM ;3 weaver; in Enfield in IZII; in Salem, 1712-1719; of Enfield 1724-1733; of Salem, 1733-1739; of New Salem in 1742; married Priscilla (Chatwell). widow of Nathaniel Pope May 25, 17II; she was his wife in 1724: children: I. Isaac;4 blacksmith; married Lydia Layton of Oyster River, N. H., Feb. 17, 1724; died in 1738; she was his wife in I734; 2. Joseph,4 born - 8, 1712; (of Coventry, Conn., clerk, in 1740?) ; 3. Israel.4 born July 18, 1715; (4. Mary;4 married Thomas Jones of En- field in 1740).
1Thomas Searle married Damaris -; died between 1682 and I686; she married, secondly, Joseph Phippen April 14, 1686; children: I. John, born Oct. 30, 1666; 2. Mary, born May 6, 1668; married William Smith
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in Salem in 1666. Abraham Toppan,1 born in 1608, tailor, came from Newbury, remained here during the year 1666, and returned to Newbury.
Nov. 27, 1666, the Salem court ordered that the goods or "rack" lately secured by Maj. William Hathorne and left by him in the possession of John Devorix should be remanded and made use of for the erecting of a cage in Salem, and to be accountable for the remainder of it and "what is done herein" to the court. This prison was made and set on the westerly side of the meeting house in what is now the street.
A new prison was built on the same site in 1669, at an ex- pense of thirty-seven pounds. Samuel Archer was the carpenter and did the felling, sawing, framing and finishing for sixteen pounds. Mr. Batter was paid seven pounds for boards ; John Devorex, for seventeen trees and drawing them to the water side, received four pounds ; Bartholmew Gidney was paid a pound for the timber by water ; William Flint, for carting timber, stones and gravel, was paid two pounds ; Eleazer Hathorne furnished nails, one hundred and fifty feet of boards and iron work and was paid three pounds ; John Baker was paid seven shillings for ground- silling the building, three shillings for a day's work in leveling the floor and five shillings for a lock ; and Marshall Skerry furnished twelve hundred shingles and laid them, at an expense of one pound and five shillings. Major Hathorne superintended the con- struction of the building, and toward the payment of the bills re- ceived from John Deverex eighteen pounds, Mr. Parlett five pounds, county treasurer ten pounds, and the marshall of the county one pound ; leaving about two pounds due.2 Benjamin Felton, who lived on the southwest corner of Essex and Washing- ton streets, was the keeper of the prison ; and he permitted prison- ers to leave the prison to work for him on his own account, and some ran away.
And, although the prison was new and presumably up-to-date in its security, June 28, 1670, the Salem court sentenced John Baker to be whipped ten stripes for twitching the prison lock of Salem at noonday.
July 31, 1722; 3. Joseph; slaughterer ; married Sarah Knights July 15, 1701; 4. Thomas, born Aug. 5, 1674: married Elizabeth Bush April 14, 1697; 5. Elizabeth; married William Frost April 5, 1706.
1Abraham Toppan married Susan - March 20, 1689; children : I. Elizabeth; married Samuel Mighill of
, died Nov. 5, 1672; she died Rowley Nov. 21. 1657; 2. Abraham; living in 1670; 3. Peter, born in 1644; 4. Jacob, born in 1645; 5. Isaac; living in 1670; 6. Susanna, born June 13, 1649; 7. John, born April 23, 1651; living in 1670.
"Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, volume IV, page 213.
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THE PRISON
Nov. 10, 1674, the selectmen "Agreed that the town house shall be set up by the prison," and the next April voted to remove the latter and the settling of it in another place was left to the selectmen. June 8, 1676, the selectmen agreed with Benjamin Fel- ton to set the prison in his garden, which is now included in Washington Street, between the Price block and the tunnel, to stand there as long as the town should see meet, or as long as the prison shall last. For the use of the land the town agreed to pay him forty shillings. When it was moved a new floor was laid in it; and Jan. 2, 1676-7, the selectmen paid William Dounton one pound and seven shillings for plank and work upon the prison.
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