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I ffrancis Raynes being in my perfect health and memory do make this my last Will and Testament of the Estate I have in this life, and do give my Executors the full power of it, to perform what is aboue mentioned after my decease.
My own hand
ffrancis Raynes
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John Woodman
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Recorded October 15, 1706, (Probate Office 1, 125)
The family genealogy will appear in Volume III of this work.
WILLIAM HILTON
William Hilton This pioneer of York was one of the earliest settlers in New England as he came to Plymouth in 1621 on the Fortune from London, and his letter descriptive of the country, appearing in "New Eng- land Trials," 1622, is the first published letter written by a Plymouth Pilgrim describing this part of the country. One phrase in it is striking: "We are all free-holders, the rent day doth not trouble us." His wife and two children followed in the Anne and there he lived until some time in 1624 when the inevitable church "row" ensued. William Hilton, like many others at Plymouth, had no connection with the Leyden church organization and when Rev. John Lyford, sent over as minister by the Merchant Adven- turers of London, baptized one of Hilton's children, the Leyden faction started a quarrel with Lyford because William Hilton "was not joined to the church (as a mem- ber) at Plymouth" (Hubbard History of New England, ch. xvi). Lyford was banished in 1624 and doubtless Hilton left about the same time. He is next heard of in Dover with his brother Edward, a freeman of the Fishmongers Company of London, who probably emigrated on the advice of his elder brother.
The family from which they descended probably origi- nated in Lancashire, and about 1550 the representatives of this branch removed to Northwich, township of Witton, County Chester, and engaged in the manufacture of salt, for which industry that place was then noted. It is believed that this branch consisted of at least three
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brothers : Charles, who went to London and became a mem- ber of the Fishmongers' Company; Anthony, who also went to the same city; and William, who remained in Northwich. This William the first died in 1605 and from his will of that year, dated February 8, which was proved October 28 following, and from other sources, these chil- dren are believed to be his issue by wife Ellen who was buried March 27, 1606, as a widow:
i. Richard, b. (1571); m. Catherine Underwood December 2, 1594. They had a son Richard who came to Dover, N. H., about 1645 but returned to England and died there.
ii. Amy, b. (1573); m. John Dickson or Jackson.
iii. (daughter), b. (1575); m. William Robinson, co-executor of will.
iv. Arthur, b. (1578); m. Jane Royle; co-executor of father's will.
v. William, b. (1585); the emigrant to New England
vi. Edward, bapt. June 9, 1596; apprenticed in 1612 to the widow of his uncle Charles, the fishmonger. He was free of the Company in 1621 and emigrated to New England a few years later to join his brother William. Settled Dover, N. H.
CHURCH OF SS. HELEN AND LUKE, NORTHWICH, CHESHIRE Where children of William Hilton were baptized
These are all the children who can be definitely placed as the issue of William and Ellen, but doubtless there were others as his will only mentions "my children" without naming them. The maiden name of his wife is not known but it is believed to be Mainwaring, which was perpetuated in the family of William, Jr., for several generations. The names of Charles and his son Paul were also perpetuated in the descendants of William and Edward.
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Of the early life of William before he emigrated to New England but little is known. He was in London at the date of his father's will and may be identical with a Wil- liam Hilton, a vintner's assistant in Greenwich in 1613, in view of his engaging in the occupation of taverner in the latter years of his life in Maine and New Hampshire. About 1615 he had returned to Northwich, probably mar- ried there (wife's name unknown). Two children were baptized there, the last in 1619; and a further presumption is that he again went to London where in association with his brother Edward, living in the parish of St. Botolph's Billingsgate near London Bridge, he was undoubtedly cognizant of the sailing of the Mayflower and familiar with all the tales of adventure in the New World. He decided to cast his lot with the Pilgrims and when the Plymouth Adventurers made up a passenger list for sailing in the Fortune in the summer of 1621 he decided to go in that party. After arrival he wrote to an unnamed "loving cousin" in which he asked "your friendly care to send my wife and children to me." Following his removal from Plymouth to Dover, N. H. about 1624, he remained there for about twenty years, during which time he was Deputy to the General Court and a Commissioner. He removed later to Kittery, residing at the Great Cove on Piscataqua River. He was licensed on June 27, 1648, to keep an ordinary there and also to operate a ferry at that point. It is probable that he married a second wife, Frances (surname unknown), and continued to reside there for the next two years preceding his removal to this town in 1650. There is no record of his purchase of land here or a grant to him from the town, but his home was situated on the opposite shore from Stage Neck and in December 1652, he was appointed to keep the ferry at that place, as stated elsewhere. He was Selectman 1652, 1653, 1654 and Grand Juror 1654, and died the following year or the year after. He must have been a man of education and ability as he was a correspondent of Governor Winthrop and is gen- erally called "Mr." in the records. When a member of the General Court of Massachusetts in 1644, as representative from Dover, he was appointed one of a committee to examine the new law book prepared by Bellingham and advise on same before printing.
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He had the following children by first wife:
i. William, bapt. June 22, 1617 at Northwich; m. (1) Sarah Green- leaf about 1640; (2) Mehitable Nowell about 1661. Had issue ten children by both wives.
ii. Mary, bapt. May 11, 1619 at Northwich; m. James Wiggins.
iii. John, b. (1621); living in Dover 1648.
iv. Magdalen, b. (1624).
v. Mainwaring, b. (1627); mariner; m. Mary Moulton.
(probably by second wife)
vi. William, b. (1642); so named during the life of his elder brother William (Deeds iii, 125).
vii. Anne (Agnes), b. (1644); m. Arthur Beal.
His widow, Frances, married (2) Richard White of York (g. v.). The genealogy of this family will appear in Vol- ume III.
THOMAS CROCKETT
He is said to have arrived at Piscataqua about 1631 (B. of T. Mss. i, 7), but nothing further is known of him until 1641 when he received a grant of one hundred forty- seven acres at Spruce Creek, Kittery, where he lived in that town for the next ten years. He bought and sold several lots in Kittery, and was ferryman at Brave Boat Harbor. In 1652 he signed the Submission as resident of Gorgeana, and in 1653 was granted forty acres "next the sea-side" between the lands of Godfrey and Raynes (Deeds i, 36). He was town constable in 1657, but seems to have held no other office in the town. He deposed in 1654 aged forty-three years (Mass. Arch. xxxviii, 152), which places his birth about 1611; and this fact, without much doubt, identifies him as from Stoke Gabriel, County Devon, where Thomas Crockett and wife Anne had a son Thomas baptized January 13, 1610-II, the same year as the emigrant's birth. The name Crockett is very rare in Eng- land, which adds to this probability. He died about 1679 and his widow Anne administered the estate that year. Her maiden name is unknown, but it is not improbable that she was connected with the Gunnison or Lynn family of Kittery. She married (2) before 1683 Digory Jeffreys and survived as late as 1712, leaving the following issue by her first marriage:
i. Anne, b. (1642); m. William Roberts of Arundel.
ii. Ephraim, b. 1644; tailor; m. Anne --.
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iii. Sarah, b. (1646); m. John Parrott.
iv. Elihu, b. (1648); m. Mary Winnock.
v. Joshua, b. (1650); m. Sarah Trickey.
vi. Joseph, b. 1652; m. Hannah
vii. Hugh, b. (1654); m. Margaret -.
viii. Mary, b. (1656); m. - Barton or Barter.
JAMES WIGGINS
James Wiggins
This settler lived on the northwest side of God- frey's Pond, and is first mentioned in 1656; and
there is a record of a town grant of ten acres to him "upon the East side of the dwelling house of Mr. Edward God- frey," and in 1667 of ten additional acres adjoining it. His antecedents are not known, except that he was born about 1636 (Suff. Ct. Mss. 955), but as far as known he was not kinsman to any person here. He was Deputy Marshal of the Province in 1659 and Marshal in 1662; signed the petitions to the King in 1679, 1680 and 1683, (Folsom, 193); and was living in 1697 (Deeds vi, 169). He married Magdalen, daughter of William Hilton (or certainly of his second wife, Mrs. Frances Hilton). There are very few references to him in the records of town or Province, and it is not known that he had more than one child, viz .:
i. James, b. 1658; resided in Kittery where he had a land grant in 1678; removed to Blue Point, Scarboro in 1681; witness there in 1685 (Deeds v, 110); he married Sarah --- who after his death married James Davis, Jr., of Haverhill, August 16, 1693.
JOHN LAVERS
This settler is found at Dover in 1650 (N. H. Deeds i, 50, 83), and probably removed to this town the next year as he was listed as a resident of the west side by the Massa- chusetts agents when preparing for their Usurpation. He was called in 1652 "Ould Goodman Lavers," and in 1653 was presented for "living from his wife." It is a frequent West Country name and doubtless he came from that part of England. Beyond this there is nothing much to say about him except that he had grants of upland and marsh in 1653 which after his death, with a house thereon, were awarded to John Stover, Sr. He died about January 1677-8, and John Twisden, as Clerk of the Writs, admin- istered on his estate in behalf of the town of York.
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JOHN STOVER
John stower
A person of this name lived on the south side of whom there is a doubt as to his origin. In 1655 Sylvester Stover and his wife were before the court "for complaining of one another on the Lords Day in the morning, he for saying that his wife did abuse him and bid him go to Thomas Crocketts and carry some bread and cheese to his bastard." (Court Records ii.) Evidently this John Stover in his youth lived with Thomas Crockett and when he grew up he came to be known as John Stover "Senior," as John (son of Sylvester) of Cape Neddick was born about 1653 several years later than this John. Whatever the truth of the matter may be, it is of record by a deposition of George Stover of Cape Neddick in 1748 that John of the south side called his father Syl- vester his "uncle" (Deeds xxvi, 295). Rachel Carlisle and Hannah Preble gave similar testimony in separate deposi- tions. Both John "Senior" and John, Junior, had land grants the same day in 1680, and the year previous John "Senior" had bought twelve acres on Elijah's Neck as "assignee of John Lavers" (Ibid. iii, 51). In 1684 he had removed to Saco and as resident there sold this to Thomas Wise (Ibid. viii, 201). Later he removed to Boston where he is recorded as a "butcher." He died there about 1697 leaving by several marriages three daughters, Grace Gibson, Dorothy Wharton and another who married a Lash, who sold his property interests in York.
THOMAS TRAFTON
Thomas Trafton This name appears in the town in 1665 and is written Traughton, Draughton, Troughton and in its final form as above. These variations are found in English records. There is a tradition that this family was of Scotch origin but there is nothing to support it, although it may have originated in Scotland a number of generations previously. It seems fairly certain that the emigrant was from Cornwall, as a Trafton family lived in the parish of St. Newlyn during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and in the same parish is found a Charles Martin, the name of an emigrant to York
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arriving the same time as Thomas Trafton. This Charles Martin was connected with the Trafton family in St. Newlyn by marriage and it probably accounts for the name of Charles, one of the sons of Thomas Trafton. If it be a coincidence it is rather an extraordinary one.
At a date unknown, prior to 1671, he had acquired ten acres at Rogers Cove opposite Bragdon's Island, and the town on August 16, 1671 granted ten acres adjoining to, his home lot in the same locality. Prior to 1678 he had bought of Micum MacIntyre forty acres of the original Bartholo- mew Barnard lot up the river adjoining Old Mill Creek, and on August 28, 1678, the town confirmed this land to him where he made his subsequent residence. This was at Rice's Bridge and there he conducted a ferry as related in another chapter.
He was Selectman 1673, 1678, 1679, 1683, 1695 and 1696; signed petitions to the King 1679 and 1680; and died before March 1705-6 (Town Records i, 210). Of his age nothing is of record but he may be identical with the Thomas, son of Thomas Traughton, baptized June 20, 1624, and it is to be noted that he had a brother Charles of the St. Newlyn family. He married Elizabeth Moore (?) and had the following issue:
i. Elizabeth, b. (1668); m. (1) John Rackliff; (2) Samuel Johnson.
ii. Jane, b. 1670; m. William Beal.
iii. Hezekiah, b. (1672).
iv. Joseph, b. (1674).
v. Benjamin, b. (1676); prob. d.s.p. 1713; will names only sisters.
vi. Dorothy, b. (1678); m. Josiah Main.
vii. Charles, b. March 1681; m. Mrs. Sarah (Hutchins) Dill, widow of John.
viii. Penelope, b. (1684); m. (1) Anthony Day; (2) William Bracey. ix. Zaccheus, b. (1687); m. Dorothy Allen.
x. Thomas, b. (1690); living 1706.
A genealogy of this family will appear in Volume III of this history.
TIMOTHY YEALS
This settler was originally of Weymouth, Mass., where he lived 1673-80 and came to York shortly after, purchas- ing of William Hilton May 18, 1682, the northeasterly half of the Ingleby lot between Holt's and Whitney's Coves (Deeds iv, 43; xii, 258). He built a house thereon "fenced
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it in and planted same till the breaking out of the (Second) Indian War." He was presented for not attending church in 1689 (Ibid. Pt. II, v, 3), and had returned to Weymouth the same year. It is not believed that he came back to York as his property was sold to Joseph Holt and Samuel Sewall in 1712 by his sons Nehemiah and Timothy (Ibid. vii, 246-7). As none of his family remained in town further details are unnecessary. His house, now occupied by Miss Elizabeth B. Perkins, is one of the oldest buildings in town, and in excellent preservation. It has an under- ground passage opening on the river bank, said to have been constructed for smuggling purposes.
TIMOTHY HODSDON
He was son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Hodsdon of Kittery and first appears in York in 1685, when he was granted thirty acres on the northwest side of the Sayward timber grant "provided he do Settle & Live In the Town." This he did. He died before 1713 and the property descended to his heirs.
He married Hannah -, and after his death she married Joseph Smith of this town. They had the follow- ing issue:
i. William, m. Mary Eames and removed to Barnstable, Mass.
ii. Sarah, m. Samuel Cox of Boston.
RICHARD WHITE
He first appeared in York about Rur: white 1655 and is called a fisherman. He was born about 1625 or 1626 (N.H. Deeds iii, 153a; S. J. C. Mss. 955), and lived on the neck of land near Rogers' Cove (T. R. i, 28). After the death of Mr. William Hilton in 1655, he married the widow Frances and on June 30, 1656, took out administration on the estate of his predecessor. It is perhaps significant that when, as the wife of Hilton she was called "Mistress" and after her marriage to White she became "Goody" in the rec- ords. The career of White offers no important facts for relation. In 1665 he was fined for calling his wife "a Whoore," but upon her request and his promise of better behavior the fine was remitted. One Sampson White of Kittery, aged twenty-three in 1679, was a witness to a mortgage given by Richard White, but while no relation-
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ship is known, yet his age suggests that he may have been a son, and the mother neé Sampson. Richard White petitioned against the sale of Maine in 1679 and to the King in 1680 and 1683 against Massachusetts. White later removed to Kittery thence to Boston where he was taxed in 1687 and living there in 1692 (Deeds v, 78). In a letter from John Weedon to John Butler, dated York, January 1680-I he wrote: "As for old White I can get nothing from him, the Court being so far of I let him alone a little longer" (S. J. C. 2057). What became of him or his wife is unknown.
WALTER BURKE
This person first appears in the records of the General Court of Massachusetts as plaintiff in a case against Michael White, the nature of which is unknown (Mass. Col. Rec. v, 341). In 1685 he had a grant of "an Acre or two" but it was not laid out till 1698 at Long Cove (T. R. i, 108). In 1700 he bought some marsh land, and in 1705 he sold it. He was chosen pound-keeper in 1703. On April 16, 1706, "being confined by sickness," he conveyed his entire estate, "excepting what is in m' Moodys hands," to Sergt., later Deacon, Arthur Bragdon, who was to act as a trustee for the benefit of Burke (Deeds x, 72). Burke probably died soon afterward. He appears to have been a tanner.
ANDREW GROVER
This family originated in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, the emigrant ancestor being Thomas, son of Lazarus and Godsgrace (King) Grover, baptized November 25, 1615, in that parish. He came to Charlestown about 1640, settling on the Malden side (Wyman i, 448). Andrew, the first of the name to reside here, was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Chadwick) Grover of Malden, born in October 1673, and he received a grant of twenty acres in 1699, "wherever he can find it." It was located above Brixham, near the Huckleberry Plain. About 1712 he had acquired land on the southwest side near the Old Mill Creek, which became the family home ever after (Deeds ix, 25). He was Surveyor of Highways 1718, Constable 1726 and tithing man in 1737.
He married Mary, daughter of James and Mary (Mil- berry) Freethy, in 1697. A genealogy of this family will appear in Volume III of this history.
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MATTHEW GROVER
He was brother of Andrew, born January 16, 1675, and is first of record here in 1715 as a Grand Juror and tithing man in 1735. Further records of this family will appear in the next volume.
ARTHUR BEALE
Arthur Beille This surname is writ- ten Bale, Beal, Beill and Beille in the early records. In the parish of Plympton St. Maurice, near Plymouth, Devon, an Arthur Beale resided with his family, the eldest son Arthur being baptized there October 5, 1638, which corresponds in time, as this parish does in locality, with the probable origin of the Arthur Beale who appeared in York in 1663 as a witness in an assault case. He had a younger brother Nicholas, baptized in 1645, and as a Nicholas Beal had a land grant here in 1697 the possibility of identification is thus increased.1 Arthur Beale was granted ten acres of land in 1667 which was laid out on the southwest side in 1679, adjoining his "former lot" (T. R. i, 32, 62). In 1674 he gave bond as "Senior" but if he had a son of his own name he did not survive (Deeds ii, 163). He signed petitions against the sale of Maine 1668 and to the King 1679 and 1680 relative to the political contro- versies with Massachusetts. Altogether there are more than fifty references in various records to his activities in the town up to 1700, most of which relate to troubles with his neighbors. In 1698 he was licensed to keep the ferry in succession to Thomas More and operated it until his death (see Chapter XV). He made his will December 1, 1699, "being in health" but he was living April 11, 17II (Deeds vii, 195). His will was probated October 2, 1711, and inventory of estate returned at £128-18-00 September 2, same year, by Lewis Bane and Abraham Preble, Jr. (M. W. 155). He left his entire estate, except twelve acres which he bequeathed to his son Edward, to his wife Anne for life and she was made executrix.
His wife was Anne or Annis (Agnes) Hilton, daughter of William Hilton of York. She was living in October 171I when she gave her interest in her husband's estate to her
1 Nicholas was living in 1732 as a mariner but died that year.
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son Edward in consideration of support during her life. They had the following children:
i. Edward.
ii. Mary, m. William Pearce.
iii. Elizabeth, m. Elisha Allen.
iv. Nicholas, d. unmarried.
v. Sarah, m. (1) Joshua Knapp; (2) John Busher.
vi. Anne, m. - Hornsby.
vii. Arthur (?), probably died young.
The genealogy of this family will appear in Volume III.
WILLIAM BEAL
This person, not known to be any connection with the earlier settlers of the name, came here from the West Indies, about 1695, after a short residence in Kittery. He was born in 1664 and was living in 1760 aged 96 years. In 1708 he was a ferryman at the Trafton ferry. A genealogy of this family will appear in Volume III of this history.
SOUTH SIDE SCHOOLS
Schools across the river are first mentioned in 1724 when the moving school arrangement gave the people there three months of the teacher's time for each year. There also the taxpayers demanded their share for a separate school and in 1737 the town
Voted that the Select Men Pay out of this Towns Rate to the Inhabi- tants that Live on the South West Side of York River Twenty Pounds when they have agreed upon a place to Set a School House and Set a Fraim on a Spot they Agree uppon.
In 1746 the scholars were given four months schooling out of the year.
At a town meeting held in March 1797 Col. Josiah Chase, Major Abel Moulton and Major John Nowell were chosen a committee "to enquire into the Expediency of dividing the School in the South side District." Their report expressed the following opinion regarding a division :
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