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Francis Neale of Salem made will I Aug. 1695; beq. to son Samuel N. granddaughter Sarah N., wife's sisters Mrs. John Blanoe and Phillippe Felt, Thomas Elkins, a former servant, John Blanoe, Sen. and Thomas Cloutman; the rest to Bar- tholomew Gedney "who hath been as a father to me in a strange place when I was driven out by the enemy." The will was not probated but the son Samuel was appointed administrator. Sara, widow of Francis N. Jr. and "Mother Collins" are mentioned in his accounts.
Walter, Dover, juryman 28 (4) 1659.
Wife Mary; children, Samuel b. 14 June, 1661, Mary b. 31 March, 1668; "she herself died first Friday in April fol- lowing, 1668." [Dov. Hist. Coll.]
See also Bailey, Hilton, Knil, Mackworth, Purchase, Wil- liams.
NEEDHAM,
Nicholas, Braintree, proprietor, 1636. Rem. to Exeter;
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signed the combination 5 (4) 1639. Was chosen to the unique office of "ruler of the town"; resigned the place Oct. 20, 1642. Presided over meetings of the inhabitants, signed grants of land, etc. in that capacity. Made a parcel of "boults" in Piscataqua Great Bay for Henry Roby; testimony of John Legat in Salem, recorded in Norf. court rec. 4 (8) 1653. See Wheelwright.
NEWELL,
Walter, Kittery, signed the petition to Cromwell in 1657.
NEWET, NUTE,
James, Dover, signed the combination in 1640; had law- suit in 1642; was taxed Oct. 19, 1648. With wife Sarah deeded lands to sons James and Abraham in 1671.
NEWGROVE, NEWGROWE, see Yougrofe.
NEWMAN,
George, had lawsuit in Maine court July 3, 1637.
Matthew, witnessed John Brown's deed at Pemaquid 15 July, 1625.
NICHOLS, NICHOLDS,
James, Piscataqua, administration of his estate was granted 1 (8) 1651 to Walter Knight. See Felch.
NILES, NYLE,
Richard, Richmond Island, one of the fishermen, 1638- 1642.
NOCK,
Thomas, Dover, bought land of William Furber 2 July, 1657. Constable, 1661. Signed petition to the General Court 10 Oct. 1665. [Mass. Arch. 106, 160.]
Wife Rebecca; ch. Thomas, Silvanus, Rebecca, Elizabeth b. 21 Nov. 1663, d. 12 May, 1669; Henry, b. 8 Feb. 1666.
He d. 29 Oct. 1666; admin. granted to the widow and others June 25, 1667. The widow m. Philip Binmore, and
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gave bonds 20 Feb. 1676-7, for the guardianship of her son Henry Nock. The son Thomas d. in 1677; in his will dated 15 Feb. 1676, prob. 31 Oct. 1677, he beq. to mother Rebecca, sister Rebecca, brothers Silvanus and Henrie and uncle Jeremy Tibbetts. Rebecca (Nock) Binmore d. before April 2, 16So, when her estate was settled.
NORMAN,
Matthew, planter, of Pemaquid, als. Aldworth towne in N. E. gave bond in March, 1640-1, with Robert Shute of Winnegansett to Matthew Merchant, late of Bristol, haber- dasher, for payment of a debt for commodities bought of Merchant in Bristol. [L.]
William, Strawberry Bank, m. Margerie Randall and was before the Court for it in 1650, charged with having a wife in England; he admitted it, but seems to have con- tinued the American connection though not a good husband. See Court Records.
NORTON,
Francis, Charlestown, was agent of Mrs. Ann Mason, in care of her estate at Piscataqua in 1638. Remained but a short time. See P. of M.
Mr. Henry, York, gave bonds in Gen. Court at Boston 4 March, 1634-5. Provost marshall in 1645. Received land of Wm. Hooke July 20, 1650. Took oath of allegiance to Mass. .
govt. 22 Nov. 1652, and was again appointed marshall.
He d. at a time not on record. Inventory filed April 3, 1679, "some time after his decease." [York De. V.]
See Gatchell, Godfrey, Sanders, Simpson.
NUDD,
Thomas, son of - Nudd and Jane his widow who in. as her second husband Henry Dow. Thomas came to this coun- try with Mr. Dow, having passed examination as passenger in England 11 April. 1637. He lived first at Watertown, but rem. to Hampton about 1648, where his father in law gave him a tract of land in 1649.
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أب سليمان
Wife Sarah --; children, John b. and d. 1661, Sarah b. 23 (12) 1662, d. 4 Oct. 1664, James b. 24 (9) 1665, d. 20 (8) 1668, Thomas b. and d. 1668-9, Samuel b. Sept. 13, 1670, Mary b. April 1, 1673, d. Nov. 8, 1683, Hannah b. 23 Oct. 1678.
NUTTACHE,
Capt. York, took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652.
NUTTER,
Hatevil, Hate Evil, planter, Dover, a resident in 1635. [Mass. Arch. 112, 46.] Had lawsuit in 1640. Proprietor in 1642. He and his company made an agreement with the selectmen of the town in 1647, to set up a sawmill. Ruling elder of the church. Signed petition to Gen. Court 10 Oct. 1665.
He made a deed of gift to his sons Anthony and John 10 April, 1669, of land granted to him by the town in 1643, etc. and one to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband, Thomas Layton, Jr. 13 Feb. 1670.
He made will 28 Dec. 1674, aged about 71 years; beq. to present wife Anne; son Anthony, daughters Mary Winget (Wingate) and Abigail Roberts. Proved 30 June, 1675.
See Philips, White.
OAKMAN,
Samuel, Spurwink, took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 13 July, 1658.
Administration on his estate was granted June 30, 1680, to his widow Mary. [York De. V.]
OCCORMACKE, see McCormick.
ODIORNE,
John, of Boston, removed to Portsmouth; lawsuit at York, 1656; had land assigned him in 1660; sold a cable, a
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main sail for a shallop and a stage he had built at Smutti- nose Island 29 June, 1660.
See Langdon.
OLIVER,
Benedick, Isles of Shoals, deposed 18 June, 1660, ae. 31 years. [P. Files.]
OKERS,
Rowland, Richmond Island, one of the fishermen in 1634. [Trel.]
ONION, ONYON, INIOUN,
Thomas, yeoman, Portsmouth, purchased Robert Davis' lot at Sagamore Creek before Jan. 4, 1657-8. With Robert Purinton sold land I Aug. 1672. Wife Margaret.
OTIS, OATES,
Richard, blacksmith, Dover, lawsuit, 1652; juror, 1659. He contracted 16 Oct. 1679, to deliver pipe staves to Wm. Vaughan of Portsmouth in payment for 2 chaldrons of sea coal. Contracted with George Broughton of Berwick to de- liver boards to James Chadbourne I Sept. 1685.
Wife Rose; children, Richard, Stephen, Nicholas, Rebecca, Rose, Solomon b. and d. 1663, Experience b. 7 Nov. 1666. He m. second Susanna or Shuah, widow of James Heard.
He was killed by the Indians in 1689. Many legends about the family. [See Reg. V, 177, etc.]
PAGE,
Robert, husbandman, ae. 33, with wife Lucy, ae. 30, and children Francis, Margaret and Susanna, and servants Wil- liam Moulton, ac. 20, and Anne Wad, ae. 15, of Ormsby, Eng. passed exam. April 11, 1637, to go to N. E. Settled at Salem. Wife Lucy adm. chh. 1639. He was adm. frm. May 18, 1642. Rem. to Hampton; proprietor June, 1640; selectman, deputy,
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deacon, yeoman. His wife Luce d. 12 (9) 1665. He secured the claims of his brother Edward Colcord and his wife Ann to certain lands in 1654 and 1679. Ch. Rebecca and Samuel bapt. at Sal. I (7) 1639.
He d. Sept. 22, 1679. Will dated 9 Sept. prob. 29 Nov. 1679, beq. to sons Francis and Thomas; daus. Mary Fogg, Margaret Sanborne, Rebecca Marston, and Hannah, wife of Henry Dow; gr. ch. Seth, James, and Hannah Fogg; Joseph, Benjamin, Robert, Hannah, Sarah, William, and Ruth Moul- ton; Jonathan Samborne; Rebecca, Hannah, Samuel, Lucie and Meriah Marston; Joseph, Samuel, Symon and Jabez Dow; Robert, Samuel, John, Mary and Lucie Page; "to grandson Robert Page that chest that I brought outt of old England"; (some of these gr. ch. called by their marriage names in the will.)
Thomas, tailor, ae. 29, with wife Elizabeth, ae. 28, and children Thomas, ae. 2, and Katharine, ae. I, and servants Edward Spurks, ae. 22, and Kat: Taylor, ae. 24, cert. from All Saints, Stayning, (London,) came in the Increase in April, 1635.
Thomas, gent. Saco, (Maine,) had suit in Maine court May 2, 1637; gave bond for payment of money 22 (1) 1640-1. [L.] Grand juryman in 1640. Gave bond for John Winter in 1641.
See Green, Hussey, Shrewsbury.
PALMER,
William, yeoman, Newbury, proprietor; was one of the first persons licensed by the Gen. Court of Mass. to begin a plantation at Hampton, 6 (7) 1638. Frm. March 13, 1638-9. Comissioner for minor trials; lot layer. Contracted with the town in 1640 that his son Stephen should take care of the herd of calves. Son Edward had land grant in 1641. He conveyed all his property in Hampton and Newbury, March 10, 1645, to John Sherman of Watertown and Martha, his daughter, Sherman's wife, in lieu of an inheritance in Great Ormesby, Eng. which belonged to her.
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He m. Grace, widow successively of John Sherman and Thomas Rogers; she survived him and m. [fourth] Roger Porter of Watertown; she died June 3, 1662, ac. about 70 years; beq. to her daughters Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Smith, and Martha, wife of John Sherman, and their children, and to her brother, John Coolidge. John and Martha Sherman sold their share in his estate in 1661 to his youngest son Joseph Palmer.
[See Reg. LI, 309, etc.]
William, planter, Kittery, resident about 1642 [deposi- tion, York De. II]; suit in court at Strawberry Bank, 10 (9) 1642. Bought house at Str. Ba. and sold it 4 Sept. 1651 to Thaddeus Riddan. Took oath of allegiance at K. 16 Nov. 1652. Deeded land 24 Aug. 1669 to his daughter Sarah and her husband William and their children. George Palmer, ae. about 43 years, deposed 28 Aug. 1663 about an execution levied "by Wiliam Palmer, constable of Kittery."
William, mariner, Great Island, died intestate; admin. of his estate was given 6 Aug. 1685, to his widow Abishag. Query, is this the above?
See Bachiler, Hilton, Riddan.
PARKER,
George, carpenter, ae. 23, came in the Susan and Ellen to Boston in April, 1635. Seems to be the "carpenter," of York, who sold land 23 Nov. 1648. Took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652. Proprietor. He and his wife Hannah made deed of gift to son in law Peter Bass 10 April, 1683.
James, one of the witnesses to possession of Lewis and Bonython's land in Maine June 28, 1631.
Rev. James, Weymouth, a godly man and a scholar, many years a deputy of the Court, was called to Pascataqua to be their minister in 1642. Had good success. [W.] Re- siding at Strawberry Bank, he sold houses and lands at Wey- mouth 26 (9) 1644. Frm. May 29, 1644. He removed to
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Barbadoes where he and his family were reported in 1647 by Mr. Vines.
Basil, see Thomas Brooks.
John, York, his land referred to in the bounds of an ad -. joining tract in 1651. Took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652.
John, fisherman, Damerills Cove, testified in 1645 to the loss of time to his fishing company which arose from the performances of Nash and others at Stratton's island. [Bax. MSS.]
Jolin, "of Kennebecke, aged about fivety yeares," testified to the signing of an Indian deed of lands which he had oc- cupied "upwards of 26 yeares," and received confirmatory deed 21 July, 1684. [York De. IV.] Sold land to Capt. Sylvanus Davis I June, 1661, his wife Margery joining; con- firmed the deed 13 Nov. 1684. Sold an adjoining tract "in Kennebecke river" 3 June, 1661, to his sister Mary Webber. With wife Margery gave land in Kennebeck to Wiliam Baker, house carpenter, and his wife Sarah, their daughter. John Parker, Jr. bought land of the Indians in 1650, what is now Phippsburg, Me. [Varney's Gazetteer of Maine.]
Samuel, admin. on his estate granted to Em. Hilliard June 25, 1656.
Widow Judith, Hampton, proprietor, 1640. Removed to Charlestown; sold a house and land at Hamp. 23 (3) 1645 to John Marian, payment to be made at either of her dwel- lings in any of the towns in the bay, namely Charlestown, Watertown, Roxbury or Dorchester.
See Dixon, Shrewsbury.
PARTRIDGE,
John, Portsmouth, propr. 1660; juror, 1667; leather- sealer, 1668. Wife Mary. Will, Aug. 28, prob. Sept. 5, 1722; "very aged"; daus. Hannah Almery, Mary Elliot, Sarah Hunking. Joanna Roberts, and Ruth Tarrett; gr. son, Jon- athan Partridge.
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PAUL, PAULL,
Daniel, shipwright, mariner, from Ipswich, co. Suffolk, Eng. and of Boston, N. E. Aug. 26, 1640, gave letter of at- torney for the sale of lands in Ipswich and delivery of money to wife Elizabeth. [L.] of Kittery, bought land 21 March, 1648. Took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 16 Nov. 1652. Gave land to his son Stephen 18 July, 19 Charles II, on oc- casion of his marriage to Katherine, daughter of Antipas Mavericke. With wife Elizabeth sold, Oct. 15, 1659, to Richard Cutt, his dwelling house in Kittery with lands, cat- tle, etc.
See Maverick, Tibbets.
PEABODY, PEABODIE, PAYBODY, PEBODIE,
Francis, husbandman, ae. 21 years, certified from the parish of St. Albons, co. Hertford, England, came in the Planter April 2, 1635. Settled at Ipswich; proprietor, 1636. Removed to Hampton, proprietor, June, 1640 freeman 18 May, 1642; one of the commissioners to try cases of limited amount in 1649. Sold house and land in March, 1649-50. Rem. to Topsfield, Mass. Lieutenant. He deposed 24 (4) 1662, ae. about 50 years. He m. Mary, daughter of Reginald Foster; she d. April 9, 1705.
Children, John, Joseph, William, Isaac, Sarah, Hephsibah, Lydia, Mary, Ruth b. 22 May, 1658, Damaris b. and d. 1660, Samuel b. 4 June, 1662, d. 13 Sept. 1667, Jacob b. 28 July, 1664, Hannah b. 8 May, 1668, Nathaniel b. 29 July, 1669.
He died Feb. 19, 1697-8. Will dated 20 Jan. 1695-6, prob. Aug. 7, 1698, bequeathed to wife Mary; sons John, Joseph, William, Isaac and Nathaniel; to Jacob, Kezia and Mercy, children of deceased son Jacob; son in law Daniel Wood; .. grand son Samson How; daughters Lydia Perley, Mary Death, Sarah How and Hephsibah Ray.
See also Drake.
PEARCE, PIERCE, PEIRCE,
Richard, carpenter, Muscongus, bought of "Capt. John Summerset" [Samoset], Indian sagamore, a tract of land at
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Round Pond and Pemaquid river, 9 Jan. 1641. He is called "brother in law" by John Brown, Jr. of Pemaquid and Framingham.
His children, Richard, born about 1647, John, born about 1652, George, born about 1662, and Elizabeth, (married Richard Fullford,) removed to Salem, Mass. The sons tes- tified to the above Nov. 29, 1717, and made an agreement together with their deceased sister Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Martin.
[Ess. De. 37, 257, and Gen. Adv. I, 95.]
See also Bachiler, Pierce.
PENEWELL, PENWILL, PENNYWELL, PENNELL, sec Hatch,
Walter, Senior, Saco, inhabitant, 1647; land in Bidde- ford, 1653; bought land Sept. 29, 1659.
M. Mary, dau. of Robert Booth. Ch .: Walter, John, Mary, Deborah, Sarah and Susanna. [Hist. K. Port.]
An inventory of his estate was presented in court 21 May, 1683, by his widow Mary. His son Walter P., weaver, sold some of the land 13 July, 1687. Joseph P., mariner, of York, sold one sixteenth part of the ship True Dealing, of York, of 55 tons burden, to Abraham Brown of Boston, I Jan. 1670; the inventory of his estate was presented March 6, 1682, by Walter P .; this may be evidence that Joseph was also a son of Walter, Senior.
See also Booth, Hatch, Marsill, Purrington.
PENDLETON, PENDILTON,
Capt. Brian or Bryan, Watertown, frm. Sept. 3, 1634. Town officer, deputy, member artillery company. Rem. to Sudbury, being one of those to whom the court gave the right to begin the plantation 6 Sept. 1638; proprietor and selectman, 1639. Appointed by the Court to train the com- pany 13 May, 1640.
Rem. to Portsmouth; had lots assigned in 1652; deputy, May 13, 1658; major, councillor. Rem. to Saco and Cape
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Porpoise, Me .; returned to Portsmouth. Signed petition of Isles of Shoals people for better defences, etc. 18 (3) 1653. Associate judge of county court in 1664. He deposed 2 (5) 1669, ae. about 70 years. [Norf. De. II.] A letter of his from Winter Harbor, dated 13 Aug. 1676, describes Indian troubles ; [Reg. I, 53.] "A man of great estate, & very pre- cise independent," so he was described in a paper written about 1668 from a royalist point of view. [Bax. MSS.]
Wife Eleanor joined him in a deed of Watertown land March 20, 1648.
He made will Aug. 9, 1677, schedule proved April 5, 1681 ; beq. to wife Eleanor, son James and his children, and to grandson Pendleton Fletcher. [Me. Wills, 59, and York De. V .; Reg. III, 122.]
Joseph, Portsmouth, had land grant in 1652.
See also Cadogan, Hutchinson, Spencer.
PEPERELL,
William, of [Iplappen] in Devonshire, asigned to John Sparks of Dartmouth, 7 (9) 1648, all his wages due from Wm. [Stimson], Mr. of the Eagle of Colchester, viz. 36 s. a month for 8 mos. from 20 Feb. to 14 Oct. last past. [A.] This suggests a famous man who came later to N. H. See Bray.
· PERCYVAL,
Richard, one of the Shrewsbury (Eng.) men who re- ceived a patent from the crown for lands at Dover and vi- cinity. He sold his share May 4, 1640, to Obediah Bruen.
PERKINS,
Abraham, son of John, the eldest son of John, Senior, of Ipswich, Mass. received a bequest from his grandfather in 1654. He was a proprietor at Hampton and freeman May 13, 1640. Kept an ordinary in 1651. [Norf. rec.]
Wife Mary; children, Mary bapt. Dec. 15, 1639, Abraham b. Sept. 2. 1639, (slain by the Indians 13 June, 1677; estate admin. 9 Oct. 1677); Luke b. 1641, Humphrey b. Jan. 23,
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1642, James b. April II, 1644, Timothy b. July, 1646, James b. Oct. 5, 1647. Jonathan b. 30 (3) 1650, David b. 28 (12) 1653, Abigail b. 12 (2) 1655, Timothy b. 29 (4) 1657, Sarah b. 26 (5) 1659, Humphrey b. 17 (3) 1661.
He died Aug. 31, 1683; will dated Aug. 22, proved Sept. 18, 1683: wife, sons Jonathan, Humphrey, James, David and Luke, dau. Sarah; gr. ch. John Perkins and Mary Fifield. The widow Mary died May 29, 1706.
Isaac, son of Isaac of Ipswich, Hampton, proprietor 23 (12) 1645. Bought farm of Rev. Timothy Dalton in 1652. Gave land as a marriage portion to his son Jacob on his marriage with Mary, daughter of Thomas Philbrick, 19 March, 1668-9. Conveyed his estate to son Ebenezer 6 Jan. 1680, in consideration of his caring for himself and his wife Susanna the rest of their lives.
Children, Lydia, Isaac, (drowned 10 (7) 1661), Jacob bapt. May 24, 1640, Rebecca, Caleb, Benjamin b. 12 (12) 1649, d. 23 (9) 1670, Susanna b. 21 (6) 1652, Hannah b. 24 (2) 1656, Mary b. 23 (5) 1658, Ebenezer b. 9 Dec. 1659, Joseph b. 9 (2) 1661, (drowned 10 (7) 1661,) Daniel d. I (6) 1662.
He died in Nov. 1685.
See Bradbury, Cocks. .
PETTIE, PETTIT,
Thomas, Boston, having served Oliver Mellowes three and a half years, received a grant of a house plot from the town 8 (II) 1637. He removed to Exeter; signed the com- bination 5 (4) 1639. Signed petitions to Gen. Court of Mass. in 1645 and 1647. Allowance was made to him in 1650 for attending Hampton court as constable.
Wife Christian ; children, Hannah b. at the "beginning of February," 1647; Thomas, Jr. had a grant of land in 1649.
PEVERLY, see Feverill,
Thomas, Portsmouth, land owner in 1652; juror at Dover court; took oath of fidelity July 2, 1657.
Will dated 19 April, proved June 30, 1670, bequeathed to
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wife Jane and children John, Thomas, Lazarus, Samuel, Jere- miah, Sarah Peverly, dau. Holmes and Martha Noble.
PHILBRICK, FILBRICK,
Thomas, Watertown, Mass. proprietor, 1636. He sold house and land Jan. 23, 1645, and removed to Hampton where his son John had been a proprietor since 1640. Covenanted to furnish the town with powder, bullets and match; lawsuit about the matter in 1650.
Wife Elizabeth d. 19 (12) 1663. Children, James, John, Thomas, (deposed II (2) 1667, ae. about 42 years,) Eliza- beth, (m. Thomas Chase,) Mary, (m. Edward Tuck,) Martha, (m. John Cass).
Will dated March 12, 1663-4, "very aged"; prob. 8 (8) 1667; mentions children James, Thomas, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, Martha; grandchildren John and Hannah Philbrick, James Chase, (son of daughter Elizabeth Garland), and Martha Cass, daughter of daughter Martha. [See Reg. VII, 358, and XXXVIII, 279.]
PHILLIPS, PHILIPS,
John, Dover, proprietor, signed the Piscataqua combina- tion in 1640.
He was drowned. Inventory taken March 20, 1641-2 by George Smith and John Dam. Hatevil Nutter and Edward Starbuck were appointed 28 (5) 1642 by Dover court to sell the goods, pay debts, and return the overplus, if any. In- ventory and list of debts filed 18 July, 1643.
John, millwright, bought land at Casco bay and the river of Presumpsca of Cleve I Aug. 1650. Took oath of al- legiance at Spurwink 13 July, 1658. Estate settled 9 March, 1679.80. [York De. V.]
William, vintner, inn-holder, lieutenant, major, Charles- town, admitted to the church with wife Mary 23 (7) 1639. Frm. May 13, 1640. Removed to Boston. He made William Phillips, of Bedlam, shoemaker, his attorney for collection of accounts in England, 10 (12) 1648. [A.] Daniel Field
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· of Tring, Eng. in a letter to Seth Sweetser, May 10, 1642, sent love to Wm. Phillips and his wife. The latter died I (3) 1646. He m. 2, Susannah, widow of Christopher Stanley; she d. 16 (4) 1655. leaving a will dated 10 (7) 1650, prob. Aug. 2, 1655. Beq. to dau. in law Mary Feild, daus. Martha Thurs- ton and Rebecca Lord, Elizabeth and Phebe Phillips and Sarah; sons William and Nathaniel P .; Elizabeth and William Aspinwall; any of her brothers' or sisters' children that may come over; Richard and George Bennitt, who were her serv- ants; rest to her husband. [Reg. V, 447.] He m. 3, Bridget, widow of John Sanford. He mortgaged his house in Boston, called the Ship Tavern, for the payment of certain sums to her children March 10, 1657. He was one of the commis- sioners of the Mass. Bay Colony for Maine in 1653.
He bought of Beex & Co. of London, II March, 1658-9, the patent of land on the southwest of Saco river, formerly granted to Vines. Removed to Saco. Carried on a large amount of business in land, mills, mines, &c. Wife Bridget joined him in deed of a tract 10 Nov. 1662. They also deeded to his son Nathaniel 22 June, 1664, "in lieu of a legacy left to Nathaniel by my last deseased wife Susanna, one sixteenth of a silver mine about 40 miles above Saco Falls, which I bought of an Indian known by the name of Captain Sunday, in partnership with my sun Alden." Two sixteenths of this he deeded 30 March, 1663, to his "sons Zachary Gillim and Ephraim Turner of Boston." Deeded one fourth part of a sawmill, etc. at Saco Falls, to son in law John Alden of Bos- ton, mariner, with Elizabeth, his wife, Nov. 28, 1662.
Having returned to Boston, he sold the tract between Ken- nebunke and Batson's rivers to Edward Spragg in Bishops- gate in London, packer, Robert Lord of London, mariner, Jolin Alden, and Samuel and Nathaniel Phillips, his sons, 12 June, 1676. He further deeded a tract 8 miles square, on the West side of Kennebunke river & 8 miles from the sea, etc. to his children and those of his "now wife," namely : Samuel (eldest son), William, (youngest son) ; Mary Feild (eldest daughter), Martha Thirston (second daughter), Re-
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becca Lord (third daughter), Elizabeth Alden (fourth daughter), Zacchary Gillum (son in law), Sarah Turner (youngest daughter), Elephell Stratton (daughter of my wife Bridget), Peleg, John and Elisha Stantford (her sons), and Robert Lord of London, mariner (his son in law). Other persons included in the purchase were John Wood- mansey of Boston, merchant, Theodore Atkinson, felt-maker, John Santford, writing schoolmaster, and William Hudson, vintner; dated June 15, 1676.
Children recorded in Boston: Elizabeth, (m. 6 (5) 1655, Abiel Everill, m. 2, April 1, 1660, John Alden), Phebe bapt. 16 (2) 1640, (m. July 26, 1659, Zechariah Gillam), Nathaniel bapt. 19 (2) 1641, Mary b. 17 (12) 1643, John d. Aug. 1657.
Will dated in Feb. 1682-3, proved 29 Sept. 1683, beq. to wife Bridget; sons Samuel and William; the latter having been 4 years in captivity among the Spaniards, his portion might be used for his redemption; to daughters Mary Feild and Elizabeth Alden.
See also Clayes, Munjoy.
PICKARD,
Edmund, mariner, Smuttinose Island, had lawsuit for possession of stage-room in 1660.
He returned to England, and from "Northam neare Bid- diford in the county of Devon," sold vessels, flakes, stage- room, etc. at said island, 13 July, 1661.
PIERCE, PEIRCE, PERSE, see also Pearce,
John, fisherman, York, probably the "John Peirce of Noddles Island, planter," to whom Capt. Champernowne sold 100 acres on his island at Kittery, which he reserved from the sale to White 14 Dec. 1648. [York De. I.] Signed petition of inhabitants in 1653. [Bax. MSS.] Bought house and field of Edward Rishworth 9 Dec. 1653, "which was formerly ould Robert Knight's." Sold the same 26 Dec. 1660. With wife Phebe sold land 19 June, 1670, to Makem Maken- tyre, (who refers to him as "father Pearce" in his will in 1/12.)
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He m. a second wife Ellner ; she died in 1675. Her will, dated 27 Aug. prob. 24 Jan. 1675, beq. to son Joseph and daughters Sarah and Mary; the inventory refers to her de- ceased husband John. [York De. V.]
PICKERING, PICKRIN,
John, Piscataqua, gave bonds in 1635 for Nicholas Frost's appearance at Boston court; discharged 5 April, 1636. Was ordered by Pisc. court in 1642 to "deliver the Old Com- binatio at Strawberry Bank" to the next court. July 5, 1654, he bought the remaining 5 years service of "an Irish servante man" who had been brought over " as a captive" by Mr. George Dill. See Meckermecke. He took oath of fidelity II July, 1659. He deposed 27 June, 1660, ae. about 60 years. [P. Files.] He conveyed to his son John for 15 pounds a year during his life, and other considerations, his water grist mill and other buildings and lands 7 Nov. 1665.
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