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" 15, " Joseph Lake & Tabitha Elliot.
Oct., Daniel Carr & Sarah Hoyt.
" 23, "
Joshua Chase & Molley Stocker.
[The following are from the Church Records.]
June 14, 1789 Ebenezer Huse & Lydia Davis.
Sept. 30, " Enoch Greenleaf & Dolly Ingersoll.
66 Jacob Sargent & Anna Stocker.
Nov. 19, Jonathan Moulton & Hannah Huse.
Jany 28, 1790 Bailey Chase & Hannah Folansbee.
Feb. 21, David Bagley & Dorothy Blasdell.
May 19,
Theophilus Hasket & Mehitable Worthen.
" 23,
John Pamnel & Nancy Webster.
June 10, “ 24,
Ichabod Barnard Sargent & Ruth Patten.
July 4, John Kendrick & Sarah Colby.
Abraham Sanborn & Mary Taylor.
Sept. 16,
Nov. 2, 6.
Wybert Sawyer & Hannah Kelly. John Sargent & Sally Worthen. Benj. Little & Rhoda Bartlett. Ephraim B. Gale & Molly Pain.
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25, 66
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Humphrey Hoyt & Susanna Bradley. Daniel Fowler & Anna Swett.
Jan. 27, 1791 Mar. 10, " " 13, " May 1, Sept. 19, " Jan. 7, 1792 " 24, " Thos. Goodwin & Nancy Goodwin.
Feb. 9, " Jonathan Sargent & Polly Hoyt.
Lewis Blasdel & Sally Flanders.
" 16, " Mar. 1, ' Currier True & Sarah Hosk.
Nathaniel Proctor & Hannah Williams.
Aug. 17, 19, Enoch Johnson & Nabby Colby. Ichabod Barnard & Sally Blasdel.
Jos. Welch & Martha Sargent. Jonathan Patten & Martha Sawyer. Jos. Currier & Ruth Colby. Wm. Walton & Susanna Maxueld.
Feb. 25, "
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Mar. 4, 1792 Jos. Barnard & Lois Titcomb.
" 11, " Wm. L. Abbot & Nabby Carr.
Aug. 26, " Jos. Currier & Betsey Kendrick.
Oct. 28, "
Moses Bailey & Cartaret Sawyer.
Nov. 14, " Aaron Wilcomb & Nabby Stocker.
Dec. 4, "
Jos. Hoyt & Hannah Rowell. Samuel Fowler & Nancy Osgood.
Jany 6, 1793 Feb. 20, " David Short & Miriam Sawyer.
# 26, " Ephraim Challis & Hannah Nichols.
Apr. 24,
Woodman Colby & Judith Rogers.
" 29, "
Jos. Rutherford & Ruth Chase.
June 30, "
John Huse & Mehitable Bagley. Ephraim Morrill & Polly Barnard.
Aug. 23, "
Timothy Osgood & Betsey Barnard.
" 24, "
Stephen Webster & Sally Bailey.
Nov. 13, " Mar. 19, 1795
Oct. 20, " Jacob Harvey & Rhoda Sargent. John Haniford & Polly Tukesbury. Joshua Whittier & Abigail Farrington.
June 2,
Christopher Sargent & Jenny Patten.
4 18,
Seth Kendrick & Anna Clement.
Nov. 19,
Theophilus Chase & Anna Farrington.
Dec. 20, 46 Henry Williams & Polly Currier.
Robert Marsh & Sally Currier.
" 24,
Thomas Edwards & Miriam Ramsdel. Edmond Grover & Dorcas Merrill.
" 29,
Moses Kimball & Hannah Bradley.
June 7, "
Sept. 22, “
Jan. 19, 1797
Joseph Bradley & Meriam Currier. John Coffin & Louise Sargent. Samuel Pilsbury & Elizabeth Chase.
July 20, “
Nathan Huse & Alice Sargent.
Sep. 26, "
Timothy Sargent & Elizabeth Davis.
Oct. 9,
Jos. Lambert & Eunice Hoyt.
Jan. 1, 1798 Feb. 4, " July 12, "
Moses Emerson 3d & Judith Kelly.
Nov. 14, "
Thos. Kingsbury & Betsey Stocker. John Little & Susanna Kendrick. Major Isaac Whittier & Molly. Colby.
Dec. 25, " Jan. 3, 1799 May 2, “ June 13, " July 4, " " 11, " Dr. Elias Weld & Abigail Abbot.
. Moses Thompson & Dolly Colby. Hezekiah Pressy & Hannah Colby. Capt. Barzilla Lombard & Susanna Osgood. Clement Greely & Hannah Moody. Isaac Whittier Jr. & Hannah Chase.
Aug. 11, " Elisha S. Tucker & Mehitable Davis.
" 19, " Chas. Ramsey & Anna Pressey.
Oct. 27, " Daniel Curtis & Ruth Morrill.
Nov. 28, " Thos. Hoyt Jr. & Nabby Currier.
Jan. 31, 1796
Richard Kelly & Eunice Sargent.
Apr. 13, "
Sep. 20, "
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Deaths. [From the Church Records.]
June 7, 1789
the wife of Ephraim Davis, member church.
Aug. 25, 44
Jane Whittle, aged 67, m. c.
Unice dau. of Stephen Clement, aged 3} mos.
Sept. 20, “ Oct. 11, " Enoch Hoyt, aged 62 years. Nov. 9, “ Feb. 20, 1790 " 23, 66 Lydia Ordway, aged about 60 y., m. c.
John Muggoredge, non compos, aged about 20 y. Widow Nichols, aged about 70 y., m. c.
Mar. 11,
Matthias Merrill, 40 y.
June 10,
Widow Judith Sargent, about 73, m. c.
Aug. 18, “
Edmund Sargent, aged 22.
26, Francis Rogers, twin son of Capt. Rogers, 3 mos.
Sept. 21,
Deacon Rowell, 87, m. c.
Oct. 2,
Unice dau. of Stephen Clement, 1 mo.
" 7, " July 22, 1791 " 28, "
a son of Seth Currier, 3 weeks.
Sept. 7, 66
" 12,
Seth Kendricks wife
Nov. 4, 66
an infant child of Moses Moulton.
Dec. 15, "
Sargent Harvey, aged 41 y.
Ephraim David, aged 77.
Jan. 2, 1792 April 9, “ Sept. 7, " 12, "
Dr. Huse's wife.
Sarah Harvey wife of Jacob, 28.
Oct. 26, "
wife of Ephraim Challis.
4 27, 4 widow Lydia Moody.
Dec. 12, "
wife of Benjamin Sargent.
child of Humphrey Hoyt.
4 28, “ 4 17, 44 widow Currier.
May 7, 1793 Aaron Wilcombs infant. " 9, " Gideon Colbys wife - fever. July 22, " wife of Ebenezer Hoyt- consumption.
Infant of Ebenezer Farrington.
Sept. 29, " 30, "
wife of John Patten - fever.
Oct. 26, “
Infant of Hezekiah Sargent.
Molly dau. of Moses Sargent, 15 y.
Stephen Clement- of the Small Pox.
Rev. Francis Welch, Pastor of this church, 28 y. Judith dau. of William Williams. Jonathan Clements, 68 y.
Thomas Sargent, 57.
wife of Capt. John Sawyer, m. c.
wife of Capt. Isaac Whittier, 39 y.
Nchiles [Achilles ?] Wilcomb.
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Mar. 16, " May 12, “ 4 15. " June, 10
Ephraim Currier - in a fit.
" 29, 44 Dec. 8, “ " 15, " Jan. 3, 1794 Feb. 16, "
John Wells, pauper, about 78.
Widow Clement, 92 y.
a son of Moses Plummer, 8 y.
a son of Moses Sargent, 22 mos.
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July, 1794 wife of Lieut. Nehemiah Sargent.
" 15, " child of Joshua Colby.
Aug. 27, " child of Ephraim Challis.
Sept., child of John Moses.
Jany 1, 1795 child of Mr. Blasdel, aged 5 weeks.
Feb. 12, Joseph Wilcomb, 80 y.
Mar. 24, wife of Ebenezer Farrington, 84 y.
May 30, 66 Isaac Rogers, 76 y.
July 3, 66 a twin infant of Joseph Hoyt Jr.
.. . 6 66 Isaac Davis.
Oct., Infant of Orlando Sargent Jr.
Nov. 29,"
Widow Mehitable Merrill, 78 y.
Dec. 9, "
Miss Abigail Nichols, 40 y., Member Bap. Ch. Haverhi !!
Feb. 26, 1796 The other twin infant of Joseph Hoyt Jr., 8 mos.
Mar. 3, 66 a child of Anthony Kelly, 5 mos.
66 Miss Polly Bradley.
June 6, 66 66 Son of Nathan Currier.
The Widow Bootman, 75 y.
Aug. 23, " Sally dau. of Christopher Sargent Esq., 20 y.
Nov. 24, "
Miss Lydia Moody, 55 y.
Dec. 10, "
Jacob Clement.
Jan. 17, 1797 An infant of Joseph Hoyt Jr.
Mar. 20,
Widow Mary Chaise, 80 y.
June 25, "
John Sargent, 37 y.
Oct. 5, 66 Ruth dau. of Wybert Sawyer, 4 y.
Nov. 30, " An infant son of Samuel Barker.
Feb. 20, 1798
Anna wife of Capt. Robert Sargent, 75 y., m. c. Mr. Cuttin Sargent, 74 y.
May 31,
Samuel Short.
June 17,
a child of Joseph Hoyt, 2 y. John Harvey, 42 y.
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Aug. 4,
John Patten Jr., 30 y.
Oct. 5, Widow Rachel Plummer, 84 y., m. c.
" 29, 66 Sarah wife of Challis Pressey, 36 y.
66 an infant of Samuel Pillsbury.
Dec. 22,
Ezra Blasdel, 85 y., m. c.
Mar. 10, 1799 Moses Currier.
Apr. 5, Benjamin son of Daniel Savory, 19 y.
6, Robert son of Daniel Savory, 7 y.
" 7, William son of Daniel Savory, 15 y.
" 8,
Hannah Worth grand child of John Kelly, 9 y.
`May 2, " 23, 66 an infant of Wm. Sawyer, 2 weeks.
June 29, Miss Hannah Sawyer, 37 y.
Aug. 21,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ramsey, 5S y.
Sep. 16, a dau. of Samuel Farrington.
Nov. 18, " Anna dau. of Robert Hoyt, 15 mos.
Judith dau. of Hezekiah Sargent.
May 4, 1800 Sept. 1, “ Moses Sargent, 50 y.
Mar. 10, "
July 16,
66 Mary dau. of Humphrey Hoyt, 3 y.
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AMESBURY EPISCOPAL CHURCH RECORDS.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH .*
It is said that the first Episcopal place of worship in Amesbury was in the meeting house of the First Amesbury Church, in the north-east corner of the cemetery at Bartlett's Corner. That church left it in 1716 to occupy the new meeting house about one mile further west, and nearer the center of the town. Perhaps a new house was erected on the same lot in the cemetery, or on some other lot near by, either at that time or at some later date. This was afterwards moved away and made into a dwelling house. Rev. Matthias Plant, of Newbury, wrote in 1722 that he had " a pretty church at Amesbury " and had "preached there for many years." Rev. Edward Bass, missionary, of Newbury, sometimes preached in Amesbury, 1760-'68 -- in a private house about 1760. In 1762 it was reported that a church had been built. Perhaps this was the one erected about this time at Pond Hills, called " King George III Chapel," where Rev. Moses Badger, of Haver- hill, officiated till ordered off by the government in 1778. No ordained clergyman of this denomination seems to have been set- tled in either Amesbury or Salisbury, and there was no fully or- ganized church, till well into the 19th century.
In 1747, Rev. Matthias Plant, of Newbury, received £15 11s. 2d. from the Amesbury parish rate, on account of the churchmen, of whom the following is a list :
John Bartlett John Hooke Gideon Lowell
Ehud Bartlett
John Huntington
Samuel Lowell
Francis Bartlett
Samuel Huntington
Batt Moulton
William Currier Jonathan Huntington
Amesbury Baptisms.
Aug. 17, 1735 Samuel, son of Ambrose Coleby.
July 24, 1737 Abigail, dau. of Ambrose Coleby.
Oct. 23, 1737 Elizabeth, dau. of Ehud & Elizabeth Bartlett.
Dec. 28, 1737 Jonathan, son of Jonathan & Hannah Lowell.
Ang. 6, 1738
Hannah, dau. of Thomas & Hannah Cottle.
Aug. 20, 1738 Hannah, dau. of Capt. Saml. & - Lowell.
Nov. 4, 1739 Ezra, son of Thomas & Hannah Cottle.
* These memoranda concerning the Episcopal church were furnished by Mr. John French Johnson, of Amesbury.
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Feb. 24, 1740 Hannah, dau. of Jonathan & Hannah Lowell.
June 1, 1740 Elizabeth, dau. of Ehud & Elizabeth Bartlett.
Aug. 15, 1742
Tom, son of Thos. & Hannah Cottle.
May 19, 1743
Mary Weed, aged 57.
Aug. 21, 1743
May 3, 1744
Lydia, dau. of Ehud & Elizabeth Bartlett. Ane, dau. of Capt. Sam. Lowell.
June 15, 1746
John, son of Ehud & Elizabeth Bartlett.
June 12, 1748 Hannah, dau. of Ehud & Elizabeth Bartlett. May 23, [1768 ?] Dorothy, dau. of Francis & Mary Bartlett.
June 2, 1745 Levi, son of Thomas & Hannah Cottle, of Hv.
April 1, 1750 Abigail, dau. of Ehud & Elizabeth Bartlett.
July 8, 1750 Abigail, dau. of Josua & Priscilla Bartlett.
Amesbury Marriages.
Nov. 23, 1716
Ebenr Abbot & Elizabeth Tucker, both of A. Micah Hoyt & Susannah Coleby, both of A.
Feb. 4, 1725/6
Oct. 6, 1726 Jonathan Barnard & Tabitha Coleby, both of A. Jacob Blasdell & Jemima Hooke, both of A.
Oct. 19, 1727
Nov. 13, 1727
Samuel Watts of Hv., & Dorothy Coleby of A.
May 29, 1730
Batt Moulton & Jemima George, both of A.
Oct. 24, 1732 George Worthen, widower, & Dorothy Blasdel, widos. both of A.
Aug. 16, 1733
Pressall [?] & Annis Weed, both of A.
Nov. 14, 1734
Ehud Bartlett of A. & Elizabeth Lunt of Nb.
Nov. 14, 1734 Jonathan Lowell of A. & Hannah Ayer of Nb.
June 6, 1738 Mark Batchour of Wenham & Dorcas Bartlett of A.
Dec. 7, 1738
Joseph Rogers of A. & Abigail Bartlett of Nb.
Sep. 9, 1741 Francis Bartlett & Mary Eliot, both of A.
June 29, 1744 Stephen Rogers of Nb. & Mary Nichols of A.
Amesbury Deaths.
April 1, 1745 George Worthen of A., buried.
Oct. 8, 1745 John Bartlett, son of John & Frances Bartlett, drowned Oct. 8, buried Oct. 9.
Sep. 3, 1752 John Bartlett of A., buried.
June 3, 1788 Hannah Lowell, widow of Capt. Samuel, aged 83.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
To the names of pastors of the 18th century given on pages 377. 427, 507, may be added that of Rev. Benjamin Bell, ordained and settled over the First Amesbury Church, Oct. 13, 1784. Rev. Thomas Hibbert had been dismissed, but his followers had organ- ized a new Presbyterian Church* and a "Free Society," with Mr.
* Persons dismissed from this church were received by the Second Ames- bury Church in 1792. [P. 547.]
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Hibbert as pastor, without a salary. A new meeting house was built at Bartlett's Corner, quite near the house of the First Church. The undertaking met with bitter opposition, however, and soon after 1804 the large meeting house was converted into Capt. Valentine Bagley's barn, close by the "Captain's Well " of Whittier's poem. Merrill's History gives, as the principal sup- porters of Mr. Hibbert, under the name of Presbyterians :
Joseph Adams*
Eliphalet Lowell
Oliver Titcomb
Thomas Boardman*
Benjamin Lurvey
Ebenezer True
Timothy Challis
William Lurvey Daniel Tuxbury
Marchant Cleaves
Benjamin Merrill David Tuxbury*
Barnard Currier[?]
Thomas Moody
Isaac Tuxbury
Enoch Currier
Richard Morrill
Moses Tuxbury
Timothy Currier
Daniel Quinby Daniel Wait
Joseph Hoyt
BAPTIST CHURCH .¡
This church, comprising members from Salisbury, Amesbury, and South Hampton, was organized Sept. 27, 1780, as a branch of the Brentwood Baptist Church. Dr. Samuel Shepherd, who was born in Salisbury, East Parish, in 1739, and educated as a phy- sician, was pastor of the parent church. The following is a list of the constituent members :
William Bagley John Morse
Mary Flanders
Ephraim Carter
Mary Brown
Mehitable Flanders
Moses Chase
Abigail Carter. Hannah Goodwin
Barnard Currier
Mary Chase Eunice Gove
David Currier
Anna Clough
Abigail Morse
Jeremiah Flanders Olive Clough
Rhoda Ring
Thomas Flanders Abigail Currier
Sarah Ring
Isaac Morrill
Susanna Fitts
Hannah Woodman
At the time of organization, in 1780, Moses Chase was licensed to preach, Barnard Currier was elected deacon, and David Currier, clerk. "Elder Moses Chase " was born in 1736, ordained in 1789,
. These three are given as from Salisbury, and perhaps others may have resided in that town. David Tuxbury seems to have been a leading spirit during the whole of the society's existence.
! " Historical Discourses," by Rev. B. P. Byram, printed at Salisbury in 1960, 120 pp., furnishes the information here given.
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and died at Amesbury Ferry in 1797, aged 59 .* He is regard ... as the first pastor of the branch church. Dea. Barnard Currieti was licensed to preach in 1783. Thomas Flanders and Jalx: True were elected deacons in 1794. Dea. True, who was born :: Salisbury, East Parish, in 1764, was licensed to preach about ti. beginning of the 19th century, and ordained in 1812, as pastor ..: the church. An independent society was organized in 1812; bu the church was not fully separated from the Brentwood church, till 1.821.
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FRIENDS MEETING.
The records of the Amesbury Meeting begin in 1702, ami extend down to the present time. The meeting was first .: Hampton, then of Seabrook, and afterwards of Amesbury. Th. records for Amesbury and Salisbury are not distinct from the others, for the members lived in Amesbury, Newbury, Salisbury. Seabrook, Hampton, etc. Incomplete records of births, marriage. and deaths of families appear, but residences are not given ; and we are told that there are no lists of members for definite period -. Some portions of these records may appear in later parts of the- volume.
Merrill gives the following list of Quakers who were taxed in Amesbury in 1760 :
David Challis John Huntington
Joseph Pressy
Peleg Challis John Huntington Jr.
Jonathan Reed
Thomas Challis
Abner Jores Aaron Rowell
Ebenezer Currier
Ezekiel Jones
Jacob Weed
Daniel Hoage
* There must be an error here, either in age or dates.
t This Barnard Currier could not have been a Presbyterian supporter of Mr. Hibbert [p. 561]. Either there were two persons of the same name, or Merrill placed Barnard Currier among the supporters of Mr. Hibbert because Currier's name appeared as a prominent opponent of the "standing order."
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EXPLANATIONS.
EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
The letters in brackets after dates indicate the records from which the dates are taken.
The first date given for a will is the date of the will itself, the second is the date of proof.
Under each surname, each individual is designated by a certain number. When the history of that person is resumed, the same number is repeated, in bold face figures ; and when the same per- son is elsewhere referred to, the number is sometimes prefixed in parentheses, to identify the individual. The sign + indicates that the family record is continued, either in this or in the first volume.
Small figures after a Christian name designate the generation. Names placed in parentheses after a person's surname indicate the father and other ancestors of that person. The use of SMALL CAPITALS in printing a name shows that a further account of that person will be found in these volumes under that surname.
The double date is given for the year, between January 1 and March 25, before 1752, wherever it can be determined with any degree of certainty.
Inscriptions on Amesbury tombstones were printed in Essex Co. Hist. and Gen. Register, Ipswich, 1894.
The following abbreviations are used :
A., or Ames., Amesbury.
ab., about.
acct., account.
adm., administration, administrator, or admitted.
al., allegiance. And., Andover.
A Nk S., Amesbury records, Old Nor- folk County, at Salisbury. [See p. 28.] ap., appointed.
A Sm., Amesbury records at Salem,
b., born. Bd., Bradford. bef., before. Bk., Brookfield. bp., baptized.
bro., brother. bur., buried.
Capt., Captain. chil., children. chh., church.
C Nb., Coffin's History of Newbury. Co., County. Coll., Collections.
C. P., Cape Porpoise, Me.
d., died, or days. dau., daughter.
Dea., Deacon. deed., deceased. D Hm., Dow's History of Hampton. dism., dismissed.
div., division, or divided. Dr .. Dracut.
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E. Kg., East Kingston, N. H. Eng., England. Ens., Ensign. Es., Essex. Es. Ant., Essex Antiquarian est., estate. exc., executor.
fam., family. free., freedom, or freemen. fid., fidelity.
Gen., Genealogical, or Genealogy. GI., Gloucester. G. R., New England Historical and Genealogical Register. gr., granted. grad., graduated. guard., guardian.
H. C., Harvard College.
Hist., History, or Historical. Hm., Hampton, N. H.
Hm. F., Hampton Falls, N. H. Hv., Haverhill.
Inst., Institute. inv., inventory. Ip., Ipswich.
Kg., Kingston, N. H. Kt., Kittery, Me.
Lieut., Lieutenant. liv., living.
m., or mar., married, or marriage. M. Ames., Merrill's History of Ames- bury. Maj., Major. Mb., Marblehead. ment., mentioned. m., or mo., month. mos., months. Mth., Methuen.
Nb., Newbury. Nbt., Newburyport. N. E., New England. Nk., Old Norfolk County. Nt., Newton, N. H. ord., ordained. P., Parish. p., or pp., page, or pages. per., perhaps.
pr., proved. prob., probably, or probate.
pub., published, entered intention . : marriage.
rec., record, or recorded.
recd., received.
Reg., Register.
rem., removed.
rep., representative in General Court.
res., residence.
Rev., Reverend, Revolution, or Revo- lutionary.
Rw., Rowley.
S., or Salis., Salisbury. Serg., Sergeant.
set., settlement, or settled.
Sm., Salem.
S Sm., Salisbury records at Salem.
Sv., Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England.
unm., unmarried.
W Ch., Wyman's Genealogies and Es- tates of Charlestown.
wid., widow.
W1., Wells, Me.
W Nb., West Newbury.
Wr., Warner, N. H.
y., or yr., year. Yk., York, Me. Ym., Yarmouth.
Other abbreviations for proper names can easily be recognized by the context.
NOTE. Cape Porpoise was named Arundel in 1719, and is now Kennebunk Port. Saco was at first Winter Harbor. Kittery was Piscataway Settlements. York was first Agamenticus and later Gorgeana.
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GENEALOGIES.
EARLIER GENERATIONS OF RELATED FAMILIES.
1 JOHN! BARRETT, Sen., Ens., of Wells, * Me. ; m. MARY2 LITTLEFIELD+ (Edmund1) ; oath al. at W1., July, 1653 ; constable 1657[Sv]. John Barrett Sen. signed petition to Oliver Crom- well, in 1656. Will April 17, 1662; July 4, 1664; ment. wife Mary and son John. Wid. Mary deed to son John Barrett, both of W1., 1670. Child :
2 I JOHN,2 b. bef. 1636; m. Elizabeth - bef. 1669. +
2 JOHN2 BARRETT, Jr. till 1664, Ens., (John1) of Wells; and Cape Porpoise, b. bef. 1636; m. bef. 1669 [prob. bef. 1660] Eliza- beth - -; oath al. at WI., July, 1653; rep. 1681[Sv]. He was " late of Wells but now in Cape Porpoise," "planter," June, 1666, and John Sen. was chosen on grand jury for C. P., Feb., 1678-9 ;
* Sv. states that he was of Malden [per. bro. of James] in 1653, where he had a son Benjamin, b. Dec. 18, 1653. This hardly seems probable, as both John1 Sen. and John2 Jr. were apparently in Wells in July, 1653, and neither appears to have had a son Benj. who lived to maturity. One authority states that John Barrett had land on the Agamenticus River as early as 1641. It has also been surmised that John of Wells was son of Robert. engaged in the Maine fisheries which had led to settlements on the coast near Winter Harbor and Cape Porpoise " many years before 1639," under the auspices of Walter Barrett and other merchants of Bristol [G. R. 1854, p. 140; 1888, p. 257]. " Robert Barret the Frenchman " was fined for being drunk in 1647, York Co. A Robert d. in Charlestown, Mass., in 1675[Sv]. Humphrey Barrat of York Co. oath al. 1658.
Sv. gives several other early John Barretis, of Charlestown, Chelmsford, Taunton, &c .; also other Barretts of Hartford, Newport, Concord, Cambridge, Malden, &c.
t If she was the mother of John,2 she must have been born as early as 1618. May she have been a second wife ? Her mother was apparently b. ab. 1600; but we should infer that Mary was " a child."' in 1638, on the " Bevis," unless there were other chil. who d. young. Both father and mother mention ber in their wills, 1661 and 1677.
# The Barretts owned land adjoining that of (2) THOMAS1 WELLS in Wells, in 1657; and Rev. (7) THOMAS2 WELLS left money in the hands of John- Bar- rett to pay for land bought in 1669. We had supposed that Rev. Thomas? Wells' dau .- in-law Rebecca mar. into this family [p. 351]; but this branch of the Barrett name may have become extinct in the third generation. A John Barrett, aged 16, came in the "Ann and Elizabeth," 1635; but prob. neither (1) John1 nor (2) John.2
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but a John was of Wells at various times 1667-'82, and prob. in '84. A John was of C. P. in 1670 and also '80-1,* grand jury. Wife Eliz. ment. as late as 1682, in deeds. Children :
3 I JOHN,& b. bef. 1660 [and prob. bef. 1657]; liv. 1678-9; per. left no chil .* 4 II MARY,3 b. -; m. ab. 1673-'80, William Thomas, prob. of C. P. He recd. grant of land there in 1681. Both were dead in 1720. Chil. : Hun- nah, m. Joseph Field, " fisherman"; Mary, m. Peter Grant, " fish- erman"; all four were of New Castle, N. H., in 1721.i
5 JOHN BARRET of Marblehead, m. Ann Est. dis- tributed Jan. 7, 1594-5, when wid. Ann was wife of Pentecost Blackington, of Attleboro. Children:
6 I. RICHARD, b. -; "eldest son "; res. Marblehead; " only bro." John: Barret ap. adm. est. Sept. 11, 1703.
7 II JOHN, b. -; res. Mb .; father-in-law Blackington ap. adm. est., in right of his children, half blood to the decd., Jan. 3, 1709. It would appear that this branch of the Barret name thus became extinct.#
* Mary Barrett of C. P. ap. adm. est. of her husband, John Barrett, March, 1689-90. This may have been a wid. of John,3 or possibly of John2 [a 2d wife]. It is hardly prob. that it refers to John,1 who left a will, and had been dead 25 yrs. John2 and John3 may be confounded in some respects, but the above seems the most probable arrangement.
t They asked, in March, 1720-1, that Thomas Perkins, of Cape Porpois" [Arundel], be ap. adm. est. of their grandfather John Barrett, of C. P. Perkins was ap. April 4, 1721; and the four above named sold him their rights in the est., May, 1721. Their mother, Mary3 (Barrett) Thomas, was called " the sur- viving child of our grandfather."
ELIAB3 LITTLEFIELD (John,2 Edmund1), of Manchester, Mass., sold land at Cape Porpoise, formerly John " Barrot's," Dec., 1715, to Thomas Perkins Jr. of Topsfield; "Barrots' falls," where Barrot's mill formerly stood, ment. Joseph Leach, of Manchester, and wife Patience, also sold to Thomas Per- kins, of C. P., in 1718, land formerly John Barrett's, where Barrett's mill for- merly stood, in C. P. It is possible that Eliab Littlefield's wife Rachel may have been granddau. of (2) John2 Barrett, and dau. of Mary,3 but no relation- ship is given. Eliab Littlefield and his wife were both dead in 1718, and Joseph Leach was their son-in-law and adm.
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# In 1759, wid. Abigail Andrews of Marblehead sold house and lot of her father, John Barrett of Mb. decd. This must be another John.
Samuel Barrat of Boston, 1729, mortgage from Sam. Stacey of Marblehead. Robert Barrett of Nb., "ship carpenter," bought land in Nb. 1731.
Samuel Barrit and wife Lydia of Rowley and several others, children vi Jacob Hardy of Bd., 1737[Sm deed]
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CILLEY FAMILY.
1 JOHN SEELEY, or CILLEY, of Isles of Shoals 1647, per. afterwards of Nb.[Sv]. He was witness [at Kittery ?] in 1647; d. bef. 1672. Also a Capt. John Sealy [Dover ?], shipmaster, 1660.
2 WILLIAM SEELEY, per. bro. of John[Sv], " mariner," of Isles of Shoals, Smuttynose, 1653-'66 and '69; grand jury, 1656; of Kittery in 1667, when the town granted him land. He m. Elizabeth Gunisson (Hugh) ;* d. ab. 1672. Wid. Eliz. m. ab. 1674-5, Thomas Cowell, of Kittery. Children :
3 I'EMMA, b. -; m. John Ruel[Sv].
4 II DORCAS, b. -; m. in 1668[Sv], John Gibbon Jr.
5 RICHARD SEALY, magistrate of Isles of Shoals in 1653, who rem. to Hampton Falls .; A Richard Selly was of Saco in 1670. It is thought that John, Wm., and Richard were bros.
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