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The new metropolis did not prosper. Hull left the parish in 1645. It soon lost many influential citizens, including Garde, Lynn, Puddington and Simpson, all of whom died within the first four years. Thomas Gorges had returned to England and Richard Ormsby removed to Boston. Such defections were chiefly responsible for the failure of Gorges to develop Gorgeana into the leading commercial and industrial center of the North.
In 1648, Nathaniel Norcross assumed the spiritual direction of the parish, but he did not remain long in the service, either because of general dissatisfaction with the prospect or on account of more alluring proposals from western towns.
In the meantime, Gorgeana had assumed the name of Bristol, from the simi- larity in its form of governmentto Argeramenticus Hills that of the Eng- lish municipality and because that English city was rke principal resi- dence of its pa- trons, but rising CapeNedeck 0 feelings of un- Bunn Iland rest soon paved the way for Massachusetts Arquementicus: 633 . A Rock intervention. November 22, YORK 1653 1652, its inhabi- tants, some will- ingly and some by coercion, signed the official act of submission to the Bay Colony.}
Possibly, at that juncture, a change of government may have been in the interest of all concerned.
¡ Winthrop, 2-100. # Mass. Col. Rec., 4-119.
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PIONEERS
ALCOCK, JOHN, lived in the house of George Burdett as his farm man- ager, 1640; removed to the east side of York River; died 1671-5; widow Elizabeth; children Elizabeth (Banks), Hannah (Snell), Job, born 1638, John, Joseph, born 1634, Lydia (Dummer), Mary (Twisden), born 1632, Samuel and Sarah (Giddings, Herrick).
BAKER, JOHN, planter at Boston, 1630; removed to Newbury and thence to York, 1639; Cape Porpoise, 1653; wife Rebecca; child Sarah (Nason), born 1640.
BANKS, RICHARD, planter from Scituate, 1640-1643; bought land from Thomas Gorges at York before 1643; died 1692; widow Elizabeth Al- cock; sons John and Joseph.
BARNARD, BARTHOLOMEW, carpenter at Old Mill Creek, 1636-1647; Boston, 1651; married Jane Loxton, a widow, 1664; died 1672; children, by former wife, Matthew and Richard.
BARRETT, JOHN, planter, 1642; living at Wells with wife Mary, daughter of Edmund Littlefield, 1647; bought his house of Edward Rishworth, who removed to York; died 1662; widow, aged 45, and son John sur- vived.
BARTON, EDWARD, planter at Salem, 1639; Marblehead, 1643; York, 1650; married Mary, daughter of Thomas Crockett; fisherman at Exe- ter, 1657; Cape Porpoise, where he died, 1671; children probably Ben- jamin and Edward, of Cape Newagen.
BLAISDELL, RALPH, tailor at York, 1637; removed to Salisbury, 1642; Lynn, 1649; died 1651; widow Elizabeth; children (the last two born in Salisbury) : Henry, born 1632, Sarah, Mary (Stowers, Sterling), born March 5, 1641-2, and Ralph.
BRADBURY, THOMAS, born at Wicken Bonant, England, 1611; steward for Gorges at York, 1634-6; married Mary Perkins, of Ipswich, and removed to Salisbury; associate Massachusetts justice; died March 16, 1694-5; widow Mary; children, born at Salisbury, Wymond, April 1, 1637, Judith (Moody), October 2, 1638, Thomas, January 28, 1640-1, Mary (Stanyan), March 17, 1642-3, Jane (True), May 11, 1645, Jacob, June 17, 1647, William, September 15, 1649, Elizabeth (Buss), Novem- ber 7, 1651, John, April 20, 1654, Ann, April 16, 1656, and Jabez, June 27, 1658.
BRAGDON, ARTHUR, born 1598; planter at York, 1636; died 1678; widow Mary; child Arthur.
BULL, DIXIE, merchant of London; merchant, trading eastward from Dor- chester, 1632; became a pirate, robbed Pemaquid and escaped to Eng- land late in the year by way of the French settlements at Port Latour. BURDETT, GEORGE, clergyman at Salem, 1634; Dover, 1638; York, 1639; returned to England from Pemaquid, 1641.
BURGESS, RICHARD, planter at York Harbor, 1640-3; Scituate, 1646; York, 1651; in the employment of John Davis, 1659; died after 1674, probably unmarried.
CHAMBERS, THOMAS, planter at Scituate, 1638; land at York, 1640.
CHAPMAN, FLORENCE, described as "late of Agamenticus" August 23, 1647.
COLLINS, ROBERT, laborer, York, 1647-1650; employe of John Alcock; Salem, 1651; Ipswich, 1660; Haverhill, 1679; died June 17, 1688; widow Hester (Fowler); children Philip, Hester, born April 18, 1658, Robert, born March 15, 1659-60, Nathaniel, born June 18, 1662, Elizabeth, born January 16, 1665.
CORNISH, RICHARD, laborer at Dorchester, 1640; servant of George Bur- dett at York that year; wife Catherine executed for his murder, at York, 1644.
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CURTIS, THOMAS, planter at Scituate, 1632; York, 1640-3; bought land of Thomas Gorges; died 1684-1704; children Abigail, Ann, Benjamin, Dodivah, Elizabeth, born 1639, Hannah (Jenkins), Job, Joseph, born 1653, Lydia, Samuel, born at Scituate, 1659, Sarah, Rebecca and Thomas.
DAVIS, JOHN, born 1605; blacksmith at York, 1642; Winter Harbor, 1654; wife Catherine; lived on Batson's Neck at Cape Porpoise at the time of First Indian War; described in deeds as "Doctor John"; sold land at York, 1699; died in Portsmouth; son John, born 1627.
DAVIS, JOHN, born 1619; planter at Ipswich, 1639-1651; married Mary Puddington at York, 1649; York, 1652; deputy governor of Maine, 1681; died 1691; widow Mary; children Mary (Weare) and Sarah (Penwell).
DAVIS, NICHOLAS, born 1595; came with wife Sarah from Stephney Parish, England, in the "Planter," March 22, 1634-5; Woburn, 1640; York, 1650; died 1667-1670, at York Harbor; first wife died, 1643; survived by widow Elizabeth; daughter Mary married George Dod, of Boston; no other issue.
DAVIS, WILLIAM, servant of Thomas Gorges, 1640-3; may have been related to John or George, of Sheepscot; trader at Nequasseag, 1654; died 1660; widow Margaret, married Richard Potts and sold the estate at Kennebec, 1661.
DIXON, WILLIAM, cooper and servant of John Winthrop, who paid his- passage; York, 1636; died 1666; widow Joan; children Anna (Brawn), James and Susanna (Frost).
DONNELL, HENRY, born 1602, fisherman; York, 1631; occupied Jewell's Island; died 1680; widow Frances, daughter of John Gouch, of York; children Henry, Joseph, Margaret, Samuel, born 1645, Sarah and Thomas.
DUTCH, OSMOND, mariner of Bridport, England; Dorchester, 1632; York, probably with Walter Norton, 1633; later, employed by William Hook, was found guilty of "undutifull departure from his service with a. boat"; fishing partner with Thomas Millard and Maurice Thompson at Cape Ann, 1639; wife Grace; died 1684, aged 100 years; children Rob- ert, born 1621, Esther, born 1639, John, born 1646, Hezekiah, born March 29, 1647, and Mary, born 1649.
EDGE, ROBERT, born 1610; planter, in the "Hopewell," 1635; York, 1650; wives Eleanor and Florence.
EMERSON, JOSEPH, clergyman; removed from Ipswich to York. 1648; Wells, 1653; married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Bunkley, Decem- ber 7, 1665, and removed to Mendon; died at Concord January 3, 1680; widow married John Brown, of Reading; children Edward, Joseph and Peter.
EVERETT, ANDREW, planter, 1646; died 1662; widow Barbara; son Job. FOOTMAN, THOMAS, planter at York, 1640-8; Durham, 1648; died 1667; widow Catherine married William Durgin; children John and Thomas. GARDE, ROGER, planter at York, 1637; died 1645, while first magistrate and registrar for York County; brother John of Boston; wife in Eng- land.
GORGES, THOMAS, cousin of Sir Ferdinando, at York, 1640-3; died at Heavitree, England, October 17, 1660; child Thomas.
GORGES, WILLIAM, nephew of Sir Ferdinando, at York, 1636-8; steward for young Ferdinando, then but four years old.
GOUCH, JOHN, planter, 1640; Cape Neddock, 1644; Wells, 1653; died 1667; widow Ruth; children Elizabeth (Austin), Frances (Donnell), James, John and Mary (Weare).
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HARKER, JOHN, at Plymouth, 1637-1640; married Dorothy, widow of Robert Mills; bought house of Allen Yeo on Stage Island in York River, 1647; house claimed by Godfrey, 1648; living at York, 1674; child John.
HOOK, WILLIAM, son of Humphrey, mayor of Bristol, England, came to York by way of Port Latour in May, 1633; removed to Salisbury June 1, 1640; died 1653; widow Eleanor, previously widow of Walter Norton, proprietor of York; children William, Humphrey and Jacob, born Sep- tember 15, 1640.
HOWELL, RICE, land owner at Gorgeana; sold lot on the south side of Agamenticus River to Abraham Preble February 17, 1651-2; Dover, 1653-7.
HULL, JOSEPH, born 1595; clergyman, came with his wife Agnes from Weymouth, England, March 20, 1634-5; Yarmouth, 1641; York, 1643; died November 19, 1665; children Benjamin, Dorothy, Elizabeth (Hurd), Grissel, Joanna (Bursley), Joseph, Naomi, born 1640, Reuben, Ruth, Temperance and Tristram.
HUNTER, LEONARD, land owner at York, 1641.
INGLEBY, JOHN, sawyer sent to York by Gorges, 1634; granted "Point Ingleby" and marsh on the south side of York River; admitted to the church at Boston, unmarried, November 6, 1641; wife Ruth; the eldest of three sons christened John was born in Boston April 30, 1649; others born there were William, October 7, 1655, Ebenezer, December 13, 1656, and Peter, March 8, 1658-9.
JENKS, JOSEPH, planter at Gloucester, land owner at York, 1642; may have married Hannah, daughter of Thomas Curtis.
JOHNSON, EDWARD, born 1593; planter and magistrate with Weston's Colony at Wessaguscus, 1622; Pascataqua, 1623; York, 1636; died, 1683; widow Priscilla, born 1617; children Benjamin, Deborah and Harmon. JONES, THOMAS, tailor taxed for York meeting-house, 1636; killed in Boston Harbor July 27, 1640, by the explosion of the "Mary Rose"; probably Thomas of York, 1647-1651, was a son.
JONES, WILLIAM, tailor, from Canterbury, England; Bloody Point, 1640; Dover, 1642; York, 1644; ordered to return to his wife in England.
KNIGHT, ROBERT, born 1596; came to York by way of Pemaquid, 1633; planter at Mill Creek on the west side, but later lived on the east side of York River; died in Boston, 1676; children Daniel and Margaret (Redman), servants of Thomas Gorges, 1640-3, Joanna (Young) and Richard, of Boston.
MAVERICK, SAMUEL, merchant of Charlestown and Noddle's Island; bought the house of George Newman at York, 1634; wife Amias Cole (Thompson); sold the house at York to William Dixon.
NEWMAN, GEORGE, came to York with William Hook, 1633, by way of Pemaquid; resident of Pemaquid, 1640; died 1651.
NORCROSS, NATHANIEL, son of Jeremiah, born in London; degree at Cambridge, 1636; clergyman at Salem, 1639; Watertown, 1643; Exeter, 1646; York, 1648; returned to England, 1650; died at St. Dunstan's August 10, 1662; widow Mary.
NORTON, HENRY, planter at Boston, 1635; York, 1642-1652; died 1657-9; widow Margaret; children Elizabeth (Stover) and George.
NORTON, WALTER, planter at Charlestown, 1630-1; patentee of York, 1631; living at York, 1633; killed by Indians that year in Connecticut River; widow Eleanor married William Hook; only daughter Jane mar- ried Henry Simpson and Nicholas Bond, of York.
ORMSBY, RICHARD, born 1607; planter at York June 28, 1641; wife Sarah; Salisbury, 1645; died at Rehoboth June 30, 1664; children (the last two born in Salisbury) John, Thomas, born November 11, 1645, Jacob, born March 6, 1647-8.
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PARKER, GEORGE, came from Marblehead to York, 1648; died 1663; widow Hannah; children John, born 1645, and a daughter who married Peter Bass.
PIERCE, JOHN, mariner of London and Wapping, who removed from Noddle's to Champernoone's Island, 1648; fisherman who bought Bar- nard's land at Mill Creek from Rishworth, 1656; wife Eleanor; estate administered, 1697; children Jane (Bracey), Joseph, Mary (McIntire) and Sarah (Jones, Mattoon).
POWELL, MICHAEL, fisherman at Hingham, 1641; Salisbury, 1647; York, 1649; had had early business relations with Humphrey Hook, of Bristol; wife Abigail; children, born in Hingham, Elizabeth, June 10, 1641, Dorothy, July 2, 1643, Michael, October 12, 1645, and Elizabeth and Margaret, January 14, 1648-9.
PREBLE, ABRAHAM, planter at Scituate, 1639; married there Judith Tilden; York, 1642; deceased 1663; children Abraham, born at Scituate, 1642; Rachel, born 1643, Joseph, Stephen, Nathaniel, born 1648, John, Benjamin, Sarah and Mary.
PUDDINGTON, GEORGE, son of Robert and Ann, of Tiverton, England, and brother of Robert, of Pascataqua; Tiverton, 1631; planter at York, 1640; died 1647; widow Mary married John Davis, of York, 1649; chil- dren Elias, Frances, John, born 1636, Mary and Rebecca.
RAYNES (Rane), FRANCIS, agent for Thomas Gorges at York, 1643; merchant at Kittery, 1645; Dover, 1649; York, 1652; died 1693-1706; widow Eleanor; children Francis, John, Nathan, Nathaniel and four daughters, who married Diamond, Mathews, Mendum and Woodman. ROGERS, CHRISTOPHER, servant of Sir Ferdinando Gorges; given land at York by Thomas Gorges, 1640-3; living there 1645.
ROGERS, JOHN, born 1613; planter at York, 1640; named as alderman in York town charter, 1641.
SAYWARD, HENRY, came from England, 1637; mill-contractor at Hamp- ton, 1642; Portsmouth, 1650; York, 1658; died 1679; mills at York, Cape Porpoise and Yarmouth; widow Mary; children Hannah (Preble), James, born 1667, John, Jonathan, Mary (Young, Bray) and Sarah.
SIMPSON, HENRY, planter, 1638; married Jane, only daughter of Walter Norton; died 1647; widow married Nicholas Bond; only child Henry, born 1644.
SMITH, JOHN, born 1612; miller, who arrived at Boston with the colonists of the Plough Company, May 26, 1632; apprenticed to John Wilson for five years; servant of John Alcock at York, 1640; married Joanna Wan- nerton and removed to Casco Mill, 1646; Cape Neddock, 1652-1685; children John and a daughter who married John Jackson.
SQUIRE, JOHN, planter at York, 1640-2; either he or Nicholas appears to have married a daughter of Benjamin Barnard and left a son Barnard Squire, born 1631 and resident later at Berwick, where he had land granted in 1652.
SQUIRE, NICHOLAS, planter at York, 1640-2.
STOVER, SYLVESTER, fisherman at Cape Neddock, 1649; died 1687-1690; widow Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Norton; children Dependence, Eliz- abeth (Hunnewell), George, John, born 1653, and Josiah.
TWISDEN, JOHN, born 1610; planter at Scituate, 1638-1640; York, 1640-8; died 1680; widow Susanna; children John, born 1634, and Samuel.
WARD, JOHN, son of Nathaniel, born in Haverhill, England, November 5, 1606; clergyman, receiving degrees at Cambridge, 1626, 1630; Ipswich, 1639; York, 1641; Haverhill, 1641; wife Alice Edmunds; died December 27, 1693; children Elizabeth, born April 1, 1647, Mary, born June 24, 1649.
YOUNG, ROWLAND, planter at York, 1637; married Joanna, daughter of Robert Knight; died 1685; children Mary (Moulton), Robert, Rowland, born 1648, and Samuel.
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CAPE NEDDOCK RIVER
This river is situated about two miles east of York River. The meaning of its Indian name is lost.
May 4, 1637-8, Edward Godfrey with Gyles Elbridge and Humphrey, Thomas and William Hook, all of Bristol, England, procured from the Council of Plymouth a grant of 1500 acres on both sides of the stream. This concession was obtained by God- frey during the winter following his citation by George Cleave before the Court of Star Chamber in London. In 1641, this tract was bounded easterly by another of 5000 acres which had been conferred upon Thomas Gorges .*
The western bank offered a sheltered haven for fishing boats both within the river and at Short Sands. William Ham and John Lander were the first fishermen to utilize the latter loca- tion. After the removal of these men to Pascataqua the place was appropriated by John Ball, Michael Powell, Sylvester Stover and Thomas Way, who formed a partnership for fishing and se- cured title from the proprietors July 3, 1649.
Weare Point, on the eastern shore, was purchased from Wil- liam Hook October 18, 1644, by John Gouch and his brother-in- law Peter Weare, both of "Gorgeana," who subsequently made the premises their homestead.
Fishermen who live at Cape Neddock village and "porgy trawlers" from Gloucester and the westward still continue to seine for herring and ground fish near the mouth of this river. The locality is noted as a favorite summer resort.
* York Deeds, 8-120, 122.
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OGUNQUIT RIVER
OGUNQUIT RIVER
This river, sometimes called Negunquit and situated about four miles east of Cape Neddock River, formed the original boundary between Agamenticus and Wells.
In 1637, adherents of Ann Hutchinson were disarmed by the Massachusetts authorities on account of their Antinomian ten- dencies and withdrew to Exeter, where they began a distinct settlement under direction of John Wheelwright. The common- wealth, however, was not satisfied with this arrangement, in spite of the fact that it had established its own bound house at Hampton the year before the religious controversy had arisen; under pretext of patent right, it absorbed New Hampshire June 2, 1641, and less than four months later constrained the harassed colonists at Exeter to seek a new asylum beyond the Pascataqua, where sentiment was favorable to the Church of England and the Gorges administration was less obtrusive.
Between Cape Neddock and Cape Porpoise was a large, un- settled district, which offered good advantages for agriculture and fishing, and there the Wheelwright converts concluded to found their parish. With this object in view, the first requisition for Maine lands was directed to Thomas Gorges, then deputy governor of the province, September 27, 1641, by Edward Hutch- inson, Nicholas Needham and Wheelwright, all of Exeter.
While it was generally supposed that John Stratton, the early patentee of Cape Porpoise, might claim some interest in the terri- tory under consideration, the deputy governor was receptive. March 4, 1641-2, he secured from Sir Ferdinando Gorges a per- sonal concession of 5000 acres situated on the western bank of Ogunquit River ; this grant may be regarded as an emolument of office, and the only recorded conveyance of any part of it was that of 200 acres to Edmund Littlefield and John Wadley on the west side of "Obumkegg" River November 20, 1645 .*
From the unappropriated land on the eastern bank of Ogun- quit River he assigned to the petitioners an extensive tract April 17, 1643. Three months later the deputy governor delegated to
* York Deeds, 1-2, 13.
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Henry Boade, Edward Rishworth and Wheelwright full author- ity to allot homesteads at Wells, where settlement had already begun on the eastern side of Ogunquit River .¡
Wheelwright selected his farm on Ogunquit Neck, and many years later the widow of John Barrett, who was a daughter of Edmund Littlefield, testified to the location of ancient fences which her husband had constructed about the Wheelwright home- stead as early as 1647.
That year Wheelwright, a clergyman of more than ordinary ability and rectitude, removed to Hampton, where he had been offered a pastorate. Later, he returned to England and his Maine plantation drifted under the expanding influence, of the Massa- chusetts Government. The act of submission was executed by residents of Wells July 4, 1653.§
Thomas Gorges died in England in 1660. By the terms of his will the remnant of his land at Ogunquit descended to his son Thomas, who made his residence in Wells and, in subsequent at- tempts to regain possession of his patrimony, became involved in much unsatisfactory and expensive litigation.
៛ York Deeds, 1-28 ; 1-2, 5, 9 : Bell's Wheelwright. 45.
# York Deeds, 2-102.
§ Mass. Col. Rec., 3-409.
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WELLS RIVER
WELLS RIVER
This estuary which ebbs and flows for a long distance in an easterly direction behind Wells Beach and enters the sea about five miles from the mouth of the Ogunquit, is supplied with fresh water by a large inland brook. While the locality was attractive, early settlement was deferred because the avenue of approach from the sea to the mainland was not convenient.
At the first fall above the point where the river enters the salt marshes Edmund Littlefield and his elder son Francis, who were commorant in Exeter in 1639, built a sawmill and acquired title to the premises situated on both sides of the stream from Sir Ferdinando, through his agent Thomas Gorges July 14, 1643, on the eve of the latter's departure for England. The Indian name for that part of the river was Webhannet .*
The first planters in Wells, also known as Preston, lived upon the line of the present state highway in the following order from west to east: Edmund and Francis Littlefield, Ezekiel Knight, George Haborne, Edward Rishworth, William Wentworth, Wil- liam Wardell, John Wadley and John Gouch. Between Wardell's lot and that of Wadley was a tract of land reserved by the town for municipal purposes.
There were also a few settlers about Drake's Island, which was named after Thomas Drake. October 21, 1645, Yorkshire Court granted Stephen Batson ten acres of marsh on the western end, bounded by the sea and Wells River. John Cross lived on the island .;
Other pioneers who did not retain their real estate in Wells were William Cole, Godfrey Dearborn and Philemon Pormort. The last person was an educated Englishman, whose passage was paid by the town in consideration of his services as a teacher.
Parts of the district are still occupied by lineal descendants bearing the same names as their pioneer ancestors, but none of the posterity of Dearborn, Haborne, Rishworth or Wardell is now represented in that vicinity.
* York Deeds, 1-2, 10, 11.
¡ York Deeds, 1-2, 13.
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On account of its beaches, sand dunes, winding river and open marshes, Wells is destined to become a leading Maine sum- mer resort.
PIONEERS
AUSTIN, SAMUEL, innkeeper at Dover, 1649; sold estate and removed to Wells, 1650, when he married Elizabeth, daughter of John Gouch; after the death of his first wife he married Sarah, daughter of Edward Star- buck and widow of William Storer, of Dover; her children acquired the Storer garrison at Wells; the pioneer married again Sarah Bosworth, of Hull; Charlestown, 1678-1700; no known issue.
CROSS, JOHN, born 1584; original settler at Hampton October 14, 1638; Exeter, 1639; Dover, 1640; Preston, 1643; killed by Indians at Wells, 1675; widow Frances; children John, Joseph and Rebecca (Backus).
DRAKE, THOMAS, born 1629; Wells, 1652; Westcustego, 1664; no family record; deceased in 1678.
HABORNE, GEORGE, born 1592, glover; emigrated from Stephney and sailed from London in the "Abigail," 1635; Exeter, 1639; Wells, 1643- 1650; removed to Hampton and died, 1654; widow Susanna, born 1589, married Thomas Leader, of Boston; children Rebecca, born 1625, and Anne, born 1631.
KNIGHT, EZEKIEL, planter at Ogunquit with wife Ann, 1643; sold house there, 1645; married Mary, widow of Valentine Hill, after 1662; died 1687; children Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Wentworth).
LITTLEFIELD, EDMUND, arrived with his family in the "Bevis," 1638; planter at Exeter, 1639; Webhannet, 1643; died December 11, 1661; widow Annis; children Anthony, Elizabeth (Wakefield), Francis, born 1619, Francis, the younger, Hannah (Cloyce), John, Mary (Barrett, Page, Ladbrook), born 1617, and Thomas.
PORMORT, PHILEMON, married at Alford, England, October 11, 1627, Susanna, daughter of William Bellingham; teacher at Boston, 1634; wife died December 29, 1642; he removed to Preston, 1649; wife Eliza- beth, 1656; Boston, 1679; children, born in various places, Elias, Eliza- beth (Norden), Lazarus, February 28, 1635-6, Anna, April 5, 1638, Pedajah, June 3, 1640, Bathsheba, 1647, and Martha, June 16, 1653.
RISHWORTH, EDWARD, of Lincoln, England, born 1617; attorney at Exeter, 1639; married Susanna, daughter of John Wheelwright; Pres- ton, 1643; York. 1646; died 1690; children Edward and Mary (Say- ward, Plaisted), born at York, January 8, 1660.
SANDERS, JOHN, planter at Ipswich, 1635; Hampton, 1639; Wells, 1643-5; Cape Porpoise, 1653; died 1670; widow Ann; children Elizabeth, Good- win, John, Sarah (Bush) and Thomas.
SPENCER, JOHN, son of Thomas and Penelope (Jernegan), of Kingston- on-Thames; legatee of his uncle John Spencer, of Newbury, 1637; juror at Wells, 1646; sister married John Treworthy; died in Jamaica, 1652-6; estate administered by uncle, Daniel Pierce.
THING, JONATHAN, born 1621; carpenter at Ipswich, 1645; Preston, 1647; Hampton, 1650; died 1674; widow Joanna; children Elizabeth, Jonathan, Mary and Samuel.
WAKEFIELD, JOHN, planter at Salem, 1637; New Plymouth, 1640; Pres- ton, 1648; Drake's Island. 1652; removed to Scarborough; died Febru- ary 15, 1674-5; widow Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Littlefield; chil- dren Henry, James, John, Catherine (Nanney), Mary (Frost) and William.
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WARDELL, WILLIAM, planter at Boston, 1634; disarmed, 1637; Exeter, 1639; Preston, 1649-1656; wives Alice, Leah and Elizabeth Jellet, to whom he was married December 5, 1656; children, born in Boston, Meribah, May 14, 1637, Usal, April 7, 1639, Elihu, November, 1642, Mary, April 5, 1644, Leah, December 7, 1646, and Abigail, April 24, 1660.
WENTWORTH, WILLIAM, born 1616; planter at Exeter, 1639; Preston, 1645; Dover, 1650; married Elizabeth Canney; died March 15, 1696-7; widow Elizabeth Knight; children Benjamin, Elizabeth (Sharp, Tozer), born 1653, Ephraim, Ezekiel, Gershom, John, Paul, Samuel, born 1641, Sarah (Barnard), Sylvanus and Timothy.
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