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WARRINER, WARRENER,
Thomas, sued in Dover court in 1651 ; did not appear.
WARWICK, WARWICKE, WADWICKE, WADDOCK,
Henry, Saco, taxed in 1636; grand jury man in 1640. Sold wheat to John Winter in 1643. Had lawsuit in Maine court June 5, 1637.
See Cammock.
WASHINGTON,
Margaret, Portsmouth, had land assigned 22 March, 1660-I.
WATTS,
Mr. Henry, fishmonger, Black Point, [L.] His name appears in a London Tax Roll of 1641 among fishmongers. See Hilton. Newe England identifies him.
One of those who witnessed the giving possession of land in Maine to Lewis and Bonython June 28, 1631. Petitioned the court at Saco 25 March, 1636; taxed there 7 (7) 1636. Bargained with Thomas Wallis of Plymouth, N. E. about fish, in March, 1640-I. [L.] He testified 8 Sept. 1640, that Casco river had borne that name for nine years or thereabout. Was deputy to the Lygonia Assembly in 1648. Took oath of al- legiance to Mass. govt. 13 July, 1658. Deposed 29 June, 1675, ae. about 71 years, as to John Mills mowing a certain piece of marsh. [York De. IV.]
See Downing.
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WAY, WAYE,
Thomas, fisherman, York, had a grant of land at Cape Neddicke 3 July, 1649, in partnership with John Ball and others.
WEARE, WIER, WYER, WYRE, WARE,
Nathaniel, [son of Nathaniel, of Haverhill in 1645?] born about 1631, married 3 Dec. 1656, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Swain, of Hampton. Children, b. at Newbury, Elizabeth b. 5 Jan. 1657, Peter b. at Hampton 15 Nov. 1660.
He died 13 May, 1718, ae. nearly 87. [Coffin]
Peter, York, had lawsuit in Piscataqua court in 1640. Proprietor; witness to an Indian deed to Humphrey Chad- bourne in 1643; bought land at Cape Nuddocke beach 18 Oct. 1644. Had land grant from the town in 1646. [York De. I.] Took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652. He deposed 7 Dec. 1658, ae. about 40 years, relative to land grants made 14 or 15 years before. Was a faithful friend of the Mass. govt. and was imprisoned in 1668 by the royalist authorities for that cause; petitions describe his sufferings; had been lame many years. [Bax. MSS.]
He died before April 18, 1692, when the inventory of his estate was taken; the widow Mary presented it in court Nov. I, following. [York De. V.] She made her will 21 Jan. prob. 7 April 1719; beq. to children Hopewell and Daniel Wear, Mary Roberts and Sarah Nowell, and to son in law Nowell.
See Brooks, Davis, Gooch, Swain.
WEBB, WEBBE,
George, Dover, signed the combination in 1640; pro- prietor in 1642 and 1648.
He died before 8 (2) 1651, the date of granting admin. on his estate to George Smith.
WEBSTER,
John, Senior, brewer, Strawberry Bank, had liberty from Norf. court 24 (2) 1649 to sell wine. Brought suit concern- ing house and land 3 (8) 1648. Made deed of gift 20 Jan.
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1650, to son John, conveying all his estate, house, brew house, furnace, vessels, furniture, etc. [Piscataqua court rec.] Juror in 1650.
Signed a petition of inhabitants to Gen. Court 20 Oct. 1651. [Mass. Arch. 112, 38.] Exchanged land with John Jones 24 May, 1656; acknowledged 15 July, 1659. With wife Rachel sold land on Great Island 28 Jan. 1660. Licensed to keep house of entertainment renewed in 1660 and 1661.
He died before June 24, 1662, when the widow Rachel de- clined to admin. on estate; June 30, 1663, Richard Waldren was appointed. The son John brought suit against Richard Cutts concerning the estate 27 June, 1665.
Thomas, planter, Hampton, bought land of Wm. Cole, adjoining land of Philemon Dalton and Robert Drake 17 Oct. 1656. Sold a tract 4 April, 1660. Dea. William Godfrey made a bequest to "son in law Webster" in his will in 1667. Upon this genealogists have built the theory that he was a son of Margaret, second wife of Dea. Godfrey, and have found records in England relating to the case.
He married 2 (9) 1657, "Sarah Bruer"; children Mary b. 19 (10) 1658, Sarah b. 22 (11) 1660, Hannah b. and d. 1663, Thomas b. 20 (II) 1664, Ebenezer b. Aug. 1, 1667, Isaac b. April 12, 1670, John b. Feb. 16, 1673-4, Joshua b. Nov. 8, 1676, Abigail b. Jan. 1, 1678-9.
He died Jan. 5, 1715, ae. 83. [Dow.]
Note. Thomas Webster, born in Boston, Jan. 11, 1661, was son of James Webster, brewer, "Scotchman," of Bo. and "Mary Hay, an Irish maid," who were married 14 Feb. 1658. Thomas, innholder, of Exeter, N. H. sold his interest in the estate of said James to a brother William W. shopkeeper, of Bo. Dec. 15, 1715. [Suff. De.] See Cole, Taylor.
WEDGE,
Thomas, Strawberry Bank, in court at suit of Henry Sherburne 8 (8) 1650. Ordered to go to his wife.
See Hinkson, Monke.
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WEDGEWOOD,
John, planter, husbandman, Ipswich, proprietor, 1637. Before Gen. Court 3 (7) 1639. Rem. to Hampton. Pro- prietor June, 1640. Sold land 29 Jan. 1648-9.
Wife Mary; children, John, Jonathan, Mary Abigail b. 12 (7) 1650, d. 19 (5) 1669, David b. 12 (10) 1652.
He died 9 (10) 1654. Will dated 24 Nov. 1654, prob. 10 (2) 1655, beq. to eldest son John house and land at Exeter, part of which adjoined that of Edward Hilton; this John is to have at the death of his grandmother: to wife Mary; to sons Jonathan and David and daughters Mary and Abigail. Wife Executrix. Wm. Fifield and Henry Moulton overseers. The widow died Aug. 24, 1670.
See Haborne.
WEEKS,
Oliver, sailor, was in the service of Winter at Rich- mond Island in 1633; deposed 20 Nov. 1640. Worked for Winter 1642-3.
WELBY,
Thomas, Dover, signed petition to Mass. govt. in 1654.
See George, from Northamptonshire, Eng. settler at Lynn, Mass. and Southampton, L. I. [P. of M.]
WENBOURNE, WINBOURNE, WEN, WIMBOURNE, WENBORNE,
William, husbandman, Boston, 1635-8. Rem. to Exeter ; signed the combination 5 (4) 1639, and the petition of 1647; frm. May, 1645. Clerk of the writs and commissioner, Re- turned to Boston; bought house and lot 14 (12) 1644; sold Aug. 11, 1662.
Wife Elizabeth ; children, John b. 22 (9) 1635, John b. 21 (7) 1638.
WENTWORTH,
William, Exeter, signed the Combination 5 (4) 1639. Proprietor. Lawsuit about a house in 1649. Selectman of
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Wells; juror, 1647-9. Constable, 1648. Removed to Dover ; proprietor in 1650; juryman, 1650. Lands in what has since been known as Rollinsford. Selectman; commissioner to try "small causes." Signed petition to Mass. Bay govt. in 1654 and Oct. 10, 1665. [Mass. Arch. 3, 447, and 106, 16o.] Took oath of allegiance to Mass. Bay govt. 22 Nov. 1652. He was the "ruling elder" of the church; preached sometimes, par- ticularly at Exeter during the period 1683 to 1693. Resisted an Indian attack at Dover in 1689 with remarkable vigor. His wife Elizabeth signed a deed with him in 1666; she sur- vived him. For discussion of his ancestry and family see Genealogy. He d. March 15, 1696-7, "ae. 81."
WEST,
John, husbandman, West Saco, i. e. Biddeford, leased mansion and land lately occupied by Thomas Cole or John Andrews 20 Nov. 1638. His corn referred to in records of Maine court April 4, 1637. Lawsuit in Piscataqua court June 21, 1641. Took oath of allegiance 5 July, 1653 .. One of the town commissioners. [Bax. MSS.] Selectman. Had share of marsh in 1653.
Will dated 29 Sept. 1663, prob. 5 Oct. 1663; beq. to Ann, Lydia, Samuel and Thomas Haly, in care of William Coole, to whom he gives "all the iron Towles" etc .; to Thomas and Francis Littlefield and their mother; to Frances Woolfe and Mary Reade.
WESTELL, WARSELL,
John, Dover, signed the combination in 1640; proprietor in 1642.
WEYMOUTH, WAYMOUTH, WAIMOTH,
James, Isles of Shoals, in court in 1656.
He made will 10 April, 1678, prob. 25 June foliowing; beq. to sons William, George and James, and daughter Elizabeth; rest to wife Mary. Desired to be buried on Star Island. Elizabeth m. Richard Currier. The widow m. Thomas Dia- mond.
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Robert, Kittery, took oath of allegiance 16 Nov. 1652. Admin. on estate of his brother William Weymouth 27 June, 1654.
William, known only by this settlement of his estate, See Fabes.
WHARTON, WHORTON,
Edward or Edmond, sued in Piscataqua court in 1642 and 1644. Came to court 30 June, 1663, "to bear witness to the truth," as he said; was placed in the stocks and told by the judges that they looked upon him as "a Vagabond Quaker"; they sentenced him to be passed from constable to constable to Salem, the place of his habitation, etc. [See P. of M.]
WHEELER,
Roger, perhaps son of John, of Newbury, had lawsuit in Piscataqua court in 1657. John beq. in 1668 to Mary and Joseph, children of his son Roger.
WHEELWRIGHT,
Rev. John, graduated at Cambridge university, England, in 1614; vicar of Bilsby, Lincolnshire, 1623-1631; came to Boston, Mass. with wife and family in 1636. Was received to church 12 (4) 1636. Preached at Braintree, and some- times at Boston. Because of his sympathy with his famous sister in law, Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, which greatly scandal- ized the ministers and magistrates of Mass. he was com- pelled to leave the colony. Removed to Exeter, N. H. where he with Samuel Hutchinson and Augustine Stor, of Boston, Edward Colcord and Darby Field of Piscataqua, John Comp- ton of Roxbury, and Nicholas Needome, of Mount Wollaston purchased the rights of the Indian sagamore Wehanownowit and his son to the territory of Exeter April 3, 1638. Was the leader in the foundation of that town where he filled the office of pastor of the church and an active citizen.
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Bought land near Ogunquett river in Wells, Me. 17 .April, 1643, and removed thither, becoming minister to the people of that new community. He petitioned the Gen. Court of Maine 15 Oct. 1650, for leave to erect a sawmill at the falls of the Ogunquat; granted. From 1647 till 1658 he was pas- tor at Hampton; he served the church of Salisbury, Mass. from Dec. 9, 1662, till his death. In the interval between the Hampton and Salisbury pastorates he visited England. He decded, 22 Oct. 1677, to his daughter Sarah Crispe of Boston, Mass. land and tenement at Mawthorp in the parish of Willoughby, co. Lincoln, Eng. referring to Belleaw, same co. as his former residence.
He obtained for a house-maid one Elizabeth Evans of Bridgend, co. Glamorgan, Wales; an abstract of the "coven- ant" for 3 years' service from June 25, 1639, wages 3 li. per an. and passage paid for by J. W. is given in Lechford.
He married I, [Nov. 8, 1621,] Marie, [daughter of Rev. Thomas Storre, vicar of Bilsby;] she died in Eng .; he m. 2, Mary, dau. of Edward Hutchinson, mercer, of Alford, Eng. and his wife Susanna; children, [John], Samuel, Susanna, (m. Edward Rishworth, Jr.) Katharine, (m. I, Robert Nan- ney, 2, Edward Naylor,) Mary bapt. 25 (4) 1637, (m. I, Edward Lloyd or Lyde, 2, Theodore Atkinson, ) Elizabeth, (m. George Person,) Rebecca, (m. 1, Samuel Maverick. Jr. 2, Win. Bradbury,) Hannah, (m. - Checkley,) Sarah, (m. Richard Crispe,) Thomas. The son Thomas and six daugh- ters are mentioned in the will of their uncle Samuel Hutchin- son of Boston in 1667.
He died 15 Nov. 1679; made will 25 May, 1675, "aged"; it was proved 26 Nov. 1679. Beq. to gr. son Edward Lyde estate in Mumby. Langham and Minge, co. Linc. to be de- livered to his mother, Mary Atkinson ; to gr. dau. Mary Mav- cricke other lands in Eng .; to son in law Edward Rishworth and his dau. Mary White; to gr. ch. Thomas and Jacob Brad- bury; to son Samuel lands at Craft near Waneflitt, Eng. and at Wells, N. E .; to his latter wife's children all his plate.
See also Haborne, Wiggin.
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WHITE, WHYTE, WHITTE, WHIT,
John, yeoman, with James Phipps, (father of Gov. Wil- liam Phipps,) bought of Edward Bateman of Kennebec "a certain large tract of land near the river of Kennebec at a place called Negwusset, lying between that and the river called Munsweague which was the easterly bound; there they lived many years, built houses and otherwise improved it, and died seized of the whole except a certain neck of land called Jeremiah Squam's Neck which they sold in 1679 to Sr. Wm. Phipps."
His wife died and he m. before Oct. 4, 1679, Mary, widow of his partner James Phipps.
Sir Wm. Phipps' legatee Mary claimed the tract -"Chery- sequamy neck" - "as by deed from John White and Mary his wife formerly the wife of James Phipps of Kennebeck deceased; dated Oct. 4, 1679." [Me. H. and G. Reg. VIII, 202.]
He died before 1722, when his son Peter, then of Milton, Mass. sold one half of his portion, which was two fifths of the moiety or half of the tract, to Paul Dudley. He testi- fied to the foregoing facts and that his father had eight chil- dren of whom four had died without issue. His portion was that of the eldest son. [York Deeds XI, 15.] Perhaps Paul White, taxed at Milton, Mass. 1681-3, was another of those children. Peter gave his age as 67 in 1727, which places his birth about 1660; as William Phipps is known to have been born in 1650 we may locate the partners on the tract before that date.
John, Kittery, about 1638; servant of Alexander Shap- leigh; knew of the setting of bounds between Shapleigh and Nicholas Frost at Sturgeon Creek meadow. So he deposed 19 Dec. 1662, being then about 58 years old. Deposed also in 1679. [York De. I and V.]
John, Strawberry Bank, 1643, died before 26 (6) 1646, when inventory of his estate was presented and administra- tion granted to John Reynolds and Robert Mussell. He had been in partnership with Robert Mussell.
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Nicholas, Richmond Island, one of Winter's fishermen 1638-1640. Money paid [in England] to his sister and to his master, John Sparke.
Nicholas, Spurwink, took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 13 July, 1658. Sold his right in House Island 23 Oct. 1661.
Paul, Pemaquid, captain, merchant, bought in Dec. 1648, of Capt. Francis Champernowne, one half of the land in Maine which had been granted to Capt. C.'s father. [Suff. De.] Rem. to Newbury, Mass. Mrs. Bridget White, sup- posed to have been his wife, d. Dec. 1664. He m. March 14, 1665, Mrs. Ann Jones, widow, to whom he bequeathed, in will dated 14 Aug. 1674, his estate for herself and children, specifying Mary, wife of Thomas Woodbridge. He d. 20 July 1679, ae. 89. [Coffin.]
Philip, "mariner, of Pascattaquay," was made the at- torney of William Grey for the collection of money from Jeremiah Willis 26 (9) 1639.
William, was brought from Derbyshire by Dr. Child be- fore 1648 to work mines; reported that "the spirit of solidity and fusion was not in them." Complained that his family was not cared for according to contract. [Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. IV, 198.]
See Conley, Frost, Jose, Pierce, Reading.
WICKS, WEEKS,
Leonard, Portsmouth, land assigned him Jan. 29, 1656.
WIETH, WYETH,
Benjamin, Hampton, proprietor, 1644. See Greenfield.
WIGGIN, WIGAN, WIGGINS, WIGON,
Captain, Thomas, gent. [L.] whose birth-place has eluded search, may be the person of whom Sir John Drake wrote from Barnstaple, England, Jan. 6, 1627; "Captain Thomas Wigan desires a letter of marque against the French"; this was addressed to the secretary of state, and is noted in In-
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dex to Parl. Docs. Dom. ser. Charles I, vol. XLVII, 7. But the Piscataqua man stands clearly before us as one of the witnesses to the possession of land under patent to Old- ham and Vines, in Maine, 25 June, 1630. Another proof of his presence here at that time comes in the letter of John Humphrey, Esquire, one of the Massachusetts Bay company, to his brother in law, Isaac Johnson, Esquire, from London, Dec. 9, 1630: "For Mr. Wiggin & your thoughts concerning him & those who set him on worke, I think you will hear little more. Yet your letter shall be delivered, .. . I purpose this morning to goe to Mr. Downing to advise about it." [Winthrop Letters, Mass. Hist. Coll. XXXVI, 3.] The his- torian Hubbard says that "Bristol and Shrewsbury men" planted a colony on the upper part of the Piscataqua in 1631, "under Captain Wiggans." The Captain again witnessed the giving of possession of a patent, this time to Lewis and Bony- thon, in Maine, Jan. 28, 1631-2. "Captain Wiggans went back for England the next year," Hubbard continues, "and soon after returned with more ample power and means to promote what was in hand. The Bristol men had in the mean time sold their interest (which was two thirds) in the said plantation to the Lord Say and the Lord Brook, one to Mr. Willis, and Mr. Whiting, who likewise employed Cap- tain Wiggans to act in their behalf for the space of seven years next following; the Shrewsbury men still retaining their own share. After the time was expired, the advance not being much, the whole was prised but at 600 li. and sold to Captain Wiggans ; which he paid at a very easy rate, as some of his neighbors have used to say."
Captain Wiggin remained in charge of the "Dover and Squamscot" patent, including Dover, Exeter and outlying lands, till about 1639, when Rev. George Burdett, (successor of Rev. William Leverich, the first minister of the colony) worked himself into the favor of the people, and assumed control, though with no legal authority. The coming of Rev. John Wheelwright and his associates to settle Exeter, to- gether with the agitation by Mass. Bay people of the question
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whether that town was not within their jurisdiction, all operated to incline the Captain toward acknowledgement of their claims; and he became the most important factor in the extension of the Mass. government over both New Hamp- shire. and Maine. But this was no sudden freak. As far back as the year 1632 when in England on business connected with his own colony, Captain Wiggin had written two mem- orable letters, one to Mr. Downing, touching Sir Christopher Gardiner's fiasco and another matter of some importance to New England; the other to Sir John Cooke, principal secre- tary, testifying to the great value of New England as a profit- able place for plantations, and especially showing the high character of Gov. John Winthrop and the people of "the Mattachusetts." [ Mass. Hist. Coll. 3d. S., VIII.]
This testimony was given at a critical moment in the af- fairs of the Bay colony. Gov. Winthrop, in his History, thus. describes it: "Feb. 22, 1632-3, .. We had intelligence from our friends in England that Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Cap- tain Mason (upon the instigation of Sir Christopher Gar- diner, Morton and Ratcliffe,) had preferred a petition to the lords of the privy council against us, charging us with many false accusations; but through the Lord's good providence and the care of our friends in England, (especially Mr. Emanuel Downing who had married the governor's sister,) and the good testimony given on our behalf by one. Capt. Wiggin, who dwelt at Pascataquack and had been divers times among us, their malicious practice took not effect."
The friendly service thus voluntarily rendered by Capt. Wiggin was never forgotten. And when Massachusetts needed a man to superintend the pacification of the colonists about the Piscataqua and along the coast of Maine, they naturally turned to him. He was commissioned first as an Assistant, then as a presiding judge, then as commissioner for adjustment of all manner of problems arising in the as- sumption of authority in new plantations. It is fair to say that he was the most important man in the whole business. of uniting the colonies of upper New England.
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He was also a deputy to the Gen. Court at Boston, and in his magisterial capacity performed the marriage ceremony, attested documents, etc. in Massachusetts as well as in New. Hampshire and Maine. He had grants of land from the Gen. Court in addition to what he had recd. from the Paten- tees and had purchased. He carried on milling and farming operations. 23 May, 1656, "Captain Wiggan, having been imployed by the Gen" Court with other gent., to bring in the easterne plantations, as a gratuitie in respect of his service, hath the grant of two hundred acors of land uppon the river that leads up to Cochechawicke," etc. The committee ap- pointed to lay out his tract reported April 28, 1659, that they had laid it out "near the head of the littell river caled the back river."
He and his son Thomas sold land April 25, 1662; he made a power of attorney to Thomas March 21, 1662-3. With wife Katharine he gave a marriage portion to son Andrew 4 June, 1663. The 30th of that month he attended court for the last time; a year later he was unable even to reach the "ordinary" without help, as a neighbor testified who had failed to reach his place in the grand jury that day by reason of assisting "his worp." i. e. "his worship," the title of the magistrate.
He kept his lands apart from any town association many years, holding aloof from participation in town meetings or in the support of the ministry or other public affairs; proba- bly deeming his state duties and charges heavy enough, and owning a tract large enough to constitute a "plantation" of itself. But at length public opinion prevailed against him, and he became a tax-payer in Exeter.
He married Katharine -, who may have been a sister of Mr. William Whiting of Hartford, one of the proprietors of the Squamscot patent. At all events, Mr. Whiting made a bequest "to my sister Wiggen 5 li. and unto her children 3 li. apiece," in his will dated March 20, 1643. Children, Thomas, Andrew, Mary, all bapt. at Hampton Sept. 20, 1641. The latter married George Vesey.
He made will 16 June, 1664, which was probated in Hamp-
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ton court in "1666." He bequeathed to his wife Katherine certain articles and whatever debts were due him and all goods not heretofore or herein given; certain bequests to sons Andrew and Thomas who have already had their por- tions, and to daugher Mary, for whom 150 pounds had been previously set apart in the deed to Andrew.
See Ault, Burdett, Chesley, Colcord, Commins, Duncan, Emery, Leverich, Lewis, Purchase, Shrewsbury, Tibbett, Vesey.
WIGHT, WEIGHT, (WRIGHT?)
Thomas, Exeter, proprietor, signed the combination 5 (4) 1639; Censured and fined by town for "contemptuous car- riage and speeches against the court and magistrates" in 1642. Signed a petition of inhabitants Sept. 7, 1643. [Mass. Arch. 112, 8, 9.] Admin. on his estate granted April 11, 1665, to Israel Wight.
WILKINSON.
John, had lawsuit in Maine court June 5, 1637. He de- posed in 1641 that he was a servant to John Winter at Spur- wink in 1633. Residence not stated.
WILLEY, WILLY,
Thomas, Dover, proprietor, taxed in 1648; resigned rights in "Champering island" to Richard Kinge 13 Aug. 1649. [Portsmouth records.]
He married Margaret, widow of Stephen Crawforde; they brought suit in 1649 against William Seavie to recover 50 li. which was the money of Susan, one of Crawford's daugh- ters; Sarah, another daughter, was a party to the suit. His son Samuel d. in 1679; admin. granted to the father June 24, 1679.
He died before Sept. 7, 1681, when admin. on his estate was granted to the widow Margaret and son John.
See also King.
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WILLIAMS,
Francis, gent. "a prudent man, of better quality than the rest, was chosen governor of the lower Piscataqua in 1633 after Captain Neal went away." [Hub.] Brought over his wife and nine other members of his family about 1636. Recd. grant of 900 acres of land from Gorges, recorded 13 Aug. 1644. He signed a grant of glebe lands with Ambrose Gibbons, Assistant, May 25, 1640. [See the book, "Capt. John Mason."]
The Gen. Court of Mass. appointed him one of the asso- ciate justices for Piscataqua 7 Oct. 1641.
He sold, 6 (10) 1645, his plantation near Salt River, be- ing a point of land railed in by William Berriffes, etc. [Suff. De.]
Matthew, before Piscataqua court in 1646; his estate was administered upon June 25, 1667, by John Bickford and v others.
Thomas, in court at Portsmouth in case of Judith Ellyns 3 (S) 1648. He m. Ann, widow of Thomas Wanerton; they brought suit for possession of land 27 June, 1671.
Thomas, Saco, in court 28 March, 1636; juryman in 1640. Took oath of allegiance 5 July, 1653. Commissioner of the town, selectman. Resided at West Saco i. e. Bidde- ford; selectman, 1653. In consideration of a promise of life maintenance, he deeded land 17 Dec. 1681, to his "grandson in law," Phineas Hull and his now wife Jerusha.
William, planter, Dover, constable in 1657. Bought land of John Goddard in 1659.
Wife Margaret; chikdiren, William b. 22 Dec. [1662], John b. 30 March, 1664, Elizabeth b. 25 Oct. 1665. [Dov. Hist. Coll.]
See also Bonython, Clifton, Coham, Drake, Ellen, Goddard, Wanerton, Woodward.
WILLINE,
Roger, Cape Porpoise, his land adjacent to that of Mor- gan Howell in 1648.
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WILLS,
Bennett, of Plymouth, Eng. boatswain, was one of Win- ter's fishermen about 1630 at Richmond Island. Sold goods. to W. in 1643.
See Abbot, Chadbourne.
WILLIX,
Balthasar or Belshazer, Exeter, proprietor in 1640; signed petitions in 1643 and 1647. His wife was robbed and mur- dered between Dover and Exeter in 1648. He married sec- ond, Mary, widow of Thomas Hawksworth. Rem. to Salisbury.
He died March 23, 1650-1. Admin. of his estate was granted 8 (2) 1651, to his widow Mary, who was also made admin. of the estate of her former husband, who had died in Salisbury in 1642.
She rem. to Hartford, Conn. [A.]
See Dalton.
WILSON,
Gowen, Exeter, bought land of Thomas Jones; failing to obtain possession, he brought suit in court 7 (8) 1651. [Norf. Court rec.]
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