Gale S Burwell submitter
!Wm G Cooper ltr from Loretta TenterisBIRTH-PARENTS: PAF GEDCOM; 1996; Benjamin F Rollins, Jr, email:
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Gale S Burwell
!Widow MorebreadBIRTH-PARENTS: PAF GEDCOM; 1996; Benjamin F Rollins, Jr, email:
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Also shows born Baleholt, Lnacaster
See Research Book #3, p.15
He came on Abigail in 1635 with wife Elizabeth. She d 14 Feb 1676
Stratton, Plymouth Colony Its History & People, p. 293-4, baptism, marriage, death from Dawes-Gates(p 349-64)
He sailed for New England with four surviving children and some other people with his surname on the Abigail in July 1635, and he settled first at Saugus (Lynn) in the Bay Colony. He was evidently the leader of the Saugus men who moved in 1637 to Sandwich, and it was to him that a deed was grantged as agent for the others. He became an Assistant in Plymouth Colony, but was not reelected in 1646, and Edward Winslow wrote to Gov. John Winthrop in Boston that "I suppose the country left [Freeman] out in regard of his professed Anabaptistry & Separacon from the Churches" (MHS Collections, 4th Series, 6:178). The Dawes-Gates account shows also that he was of an unothodox nature for his time and place, and was later sympathetic to the Quakers.
His will dated 21 June 1682, proved 2 November 1682, named his three "sons," Edmond Freeman, John Freeman and Edward Perry....also named were his daughter Elizabeth Ellis, and his grandsons Matthias Freeman and Thomas Paddy.
Stratton, Plymouth Colony Its History & People, p. 293-4, marriage, death from Dawes-Gates(p 349-64)
DRS His father was a carriage-maker. Gov Prence emigrated in company with
Jonathan Brewster on the "Fortune" which sailed from London Jul 1621. Of the
eight Plymouth "undertakers," he was the only one who did not sail on the
"Mayflower." Thomas was an unusual man,a man of great usefullness and ability,
fearless in making stern decisions, yet prone to show mercy. While residing in
Duxbury, in 1634 he was selected governor for one year. He was elected again
in 1638 after he had moved and helped found the town of Eastham, but a law had
been passed requiring the governor to live in Plymouth, so he declined. He was
granted permisson to live elsewhere! When Governor Bradford died, Prence was
unanimously chosen to succeed him, held the office for sixteen years until he
died. His home which overlooked the sea, was called "Plain Dealing," now known
as Seaside. His handling in 1661 of the first witchcraft excitement in
Plymouth was sane and peremptory and discouraged recurrence. His humane
attitude towards Indians prevented Indian troubles in Plymouth. For almost
twenty years, with a handful of others, he carried an almost unbelievable
burden of personal financial responsibility for the Colony. His administration
is noted for his support of free education. He served in forming the
confederation of the united colonies. One unhappy trait must be admitted, his
intolerance of Quakers.
The Mayflower Planters, p.80 shows him from All Saints, Barking, London
!PSC shows d. place Eastham, MA
Mayflower passenger with her parents
JN Churchyard - Richard Sparrow with Pandora, came from England (supposed from
the county of Kent) in the ship "Ann", and landed at Plymouth, from whence he
went to Middleborough, where he resided until about 1650, when he came to
Eastham, now Orleans, bringing with him his son Jonathan, an only child. In
1658 he was chosen to represent the town, as a delegate to Plymouth, to consult
about military affairs of the Colony. He served seven terms as surveyor of
highwyas. He was many times a juror, and was a constable in 1640 and 41.
He died at Eastham in Jan 1660 and was buried, together with his wife and son
Jonathan, in the oldest burying place, at what is now S Eastham, where is seen
a stone bearing the name and age of his son. Beside the latter there are two
graves supposed to be those of the two wives of Capt JOnathan. He was born
about 1580. His will is dated 19 Nov 1660.
His first residence was near the cemetery where he lies. In 1665 his widow
sold the place and came to live with her son at E Orleans (then Eastham).
Richard Sparrow bequeathed at his death all his lands and goods in
Middleborough and Eastham to his son Jonathan and his eldest grandson John.
WGC He was the first shipwright to come to Plymouth. He met his future 2nd
wife, Lydia Hicks, and her mother on the ship "Anne", which arrived at
Plymouth 10 Jul 1623. He also became a merchant. After moving to Eastham, MA
in Apr 1644 he became town treasurer, 1646-1665.
!WGC - ltr 7 Dec 93
!JN Churchyard- His father was John Bangs of Panfield and grandfather was
Richard Bangs, Sheriff of Norwich, in 1577, first known of this line.
In 1623 Edward and Lydia migrated to the Plymouth Colony in the "Anne." Lydia
had at least two children.
Edward drew four shares in the 1627 division for himself, his wife, and his
two sons Jonathan and John. He was made a freeman in 1633 and removed to
Eastham in 1644 with the founders of that town, where he served as
grand-juryman, and overseer of the board. He was deputy to the colony court
for four or five years. The first vessel built in Plymouth was a barque of 40
or 50 tons, and Edward Bangs had charge of construction, as he had been a
shipwright by occupation in England. His will is
dated 19 Oct 1677 and was proved at Plymouth on 5 Mar 1677/8.DRS- In 1657 he was licensed to sell wine and strong waters at Eastham
"provided it bee for the refreshment of the English and not bee sold to the
Indians." He m. aft 1627, Lydia Hicks and (2d or 3d) Rebecca Hobart.
!Wm G Cooper - He was Officer of the Guard against the Indians.BIRTH: CONFLICT b abt 1592 Chichester, Sussex, England
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BAPM DATE OCT 28 1591
BAPM PLAC Panfield, Essex, EnglandArrived in Plymouth, Ma. in July 1623 on the third of the original three
Pilgram ships the "Anne".MARR DATE CIR. 1627
Hobart is often found as Hubbard
!WGC - ltr 7 Dec 93
!Wm G Cooper - new b. date 29 Dec 1611. Rebecca joined Edward in a deed dated
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1635 was in Charlestown [88]
also show b. 1610 Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, EnglandWGC- Came to America 1635- his brother Yelverton Crowe came in 1638.
Took oath of allegiance to Plymouth Colony 18 Dec 1638. Removed 1638 to the
new plantation in Yarmouth. Freeman 2 Jun 1640. There sold a farm to Thomas
Makepeace before 1641. Was a town representative 1640.
WGC- Came to Charlestown, MA in 1634. Upon her arrival, she bought the house
of William Jennings, and was admitted to the church 1634/5.
Wm G Cooper - Was an elder of Eliot's Church, Roxbury. Studied at Gonville &
Caius College, Cambridge, where he took his AB in 1627. Freeman 22 May 1639.
Went to Rowleyin 1639-41, to be minister & town clerk. After 2-3 years was
invited to go on a mission to VA, but decline and accepted the call call to
Yarmouth. Still later was the Pastor at Groton, where he died.
Wm G Cooper show d. date 7 Aug 1647, Boston. Was a member with John of the
church in Roxbury. She died at the house of Thomas Bumstead of Boston.
RAH Thomas with his pregnant wife Mary, sons Joseph and Thomas appear to ahve
emigrated from Engalnd about 1637 and settled in Lynn, Essex co, MA. he is
mentioned in the coyurt records of Essex co in Sep 1638. Moved to Yarmuth in
March 1639.
Thomas is first mentioned in the Plymouth Colony records on 18 Dec 1638 when,
he, Anthony Thacher and John Crowe took an oath of allegiance to the King.
These three men were the committee appointed to divide the planting lands at
the first division. Thomas was appointed constable in 1644 and to the council
of war in 1658. He was frequently one of the deputies to the Colony Court.Submitter: Walt Newcomb
Submitter: 1625 Berkshire Lane
Submitter: Harrisburg PA 17111-6889
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to Massachusetts ABT 1637Submitter: James Nohl Churchyard
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RAH M. Gov Thomas Prence as his 4th wife
Submitter: Walt Newcomb
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BIRT DATE CIR. 1600
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had estate in Brinspittal near Dorchester, Dorestshire, England [133]
Mayflower passenger [133]
Mayflower passenger [133]
1637 came from Norwich on "John and Dorothy"
1641 removed to Yarmouth [101]
weaver from Norwich, England [96]?? Line 221: (New PAF RIN=1993)
1 DEAT
2 DATE BTWN 30 AUG 1689-8 SEP 1690?? Line 222: (New PAF RIN=1993)
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Chatham (Monomoit), Mass.LJB Weaver of Norwich, England. came to America 1637, founder of Chatham, MA
1664
!MSM William Nickerson was the founder of the village of Monomoit. He was born
in 1603 or 1604. His father's name was probably Robert. He learned the trade
of a weaver and settled in Norwich, Norfolk County, Eng. He married Ann,
daughter of Nicholas Busby, about 1630 and four children were born to them
before 1637, the date of his emigration to New England. "The examination of
William Nickerson of Norwich in Norfolk, weaver, age 33 and Anne, his wife,
aged 28, with four children, Nicholas, Robert, Elizabeth, Anne are desirous
to go to Boston in New England, there to inhabit, 8 Apr 1637." Five other
children were born to them in New England, john, Sarah, William (bapt.
Barnstable, 1 Jun 1646) and Joseph (born at Yarmouth Dec 1647).
!He was led to abandon England buy the persicutions of Matthew Wren, then
Bishop of Norfolk, whose zealous efforts against non-conformists within his
jurisdiction made their lives miserable. History informs us that one of the
charges brought against Bishop Wren by a committee of Parliament was that,
during the term of two years and four months, while he held the See of Norwich,
3000 of his Majesty's subjects, many of whom used trades, spinning, weaving,
knitting, making cloth, stockings, and other manufactures of wool, some of them
setting a hundred poor people at work," transported themselves into Holland,"
and "others to parts beyond the seas" in consequence of his superstition and
tyranny." It was to avoid these persecutions that, on 15Apr 1637, a company
from Norwich and vicinity(including William Nickerson) took ship at Yarmouth
(presumably Grt Yarmouth at the mouth of the Yar river) and sought the
protection of the New World. They arrived safely at Salem on 20 Jun the
following, and the greater part of them dispersed to various parts of the
colony. Unfortunately the movements of William Nickerson and his family for
the next few yers are largely a matter of conjecture. He took the oath of a
freeman in Boston on 2 May 1638 but it is not likely that he was resident
there. Mr Savage, the learned antiquary, conjectured that he went to
Watertown, where his father-in-law and family, passengers on the same ship with
him, finally settled after a short stay at Newbury.
He was in Yarmouth as early as 1640, the year after its settlement, and in
Jun 1641 representated that town on the "Grand Enquest" or grand jury of the
colony. His house and farm were near Little Bass Pond, now called Follands
pond, where James Maker and James Matthews, and several other early settlers of
the twon settled, perhaps on account of the advantage which the situation
afforded for taking fish. He sold his house and land after his removal to
Chatham (Monomoit) to James Matthews.
The matter of allotment of lands at Yarmouth was the cause of serious trouble
in the early history of the town. The original grant from the Plymouth court
was made to four persons, three of whom Mr Anthony Thacher, Mr Thomas Howes and
Mr John Crow, were among the first settlers. These three held the lands in
trust to apportion them among such persons as should be admitted to settle in
the town. They were known as the "committees of the plantation." Against
their action in parcelling out the land, complaints were repeatedly made by some
of the inhabitants and finally, in Mar 1648, the court deputed Capt Miles
Standish to visit the town and compose the differences which had arisen. In
May following, after hearing the parties, Capt Standish made grants of land to
various persons (among them a grant of ten acres of upland and eight acres of
meadow toward the South sea to William Nickerson), and it was then and there
agreed between the "committees of the plantation" and representatives of the
town, that there should be added to the "committees" three other persons
representating the town and that no disposition of lands should thereafter bemade without the consent of these three or two of them. Mr Starr, William
Nickerson and Robert Dennis were selected to represent the town for that year,
and their successors were to be chosen each year at the annual town meeting.
The differences concerning these lands continued for a long time to agitate the
people of Yarmouth, and out of them probably grew a number of suits for slander
and defamation by and against William Nickerson and others, which occupied the
Court's attention in October 1650. The result of the proceedings was that all
parties were ordered to pocket their injuries and discontinue their suits,
though the Court desired Mr Nickerson to see the evil of his offensive speeches
against sundry of the town.
In Jun 1651 we find him serving as a juror at Plymouth in the trial of civil
cases, and in 1655 he was honored by his townsmen by an election as a deputy
from Yarmouth to the Colony Court, his associate being Mr Edmund Hawes. This
election shows that his standing in the community had not been affected by the
differences with the leaders of the town.
In the following year, 1656, we find the beginning of his troubles over the
land at Monomoit. It is recorded that, at the June session of the Court at
Plymouth, William Nickerson appeared, "being summoned to answer for his buying
of land of the Indians contrary to order" or statute. He had, also, violated
the injunctions of a warrant directed to Yarmouth forbidding sales to Indians,
having left a boat "to bee the Indians." The court declared, "concerning his
breech of order in buying of the land, hee lyeth under fine and penalty
expressed in the order fot the breech thereof, (i.e. five pounds per acre) and
for his contempt of the warrant hee is disenfranchised his freedome."
The fee so imposed, the Court appears to have been in no haste to collect.
Mr Nickerson had, however, found that he could not make the purchase without
consent of the Court and his next move was taken with the intention of
complying with the law, as the Court had interpreted it. We, therefore, find
him petitioning the Court in June 1657, in the regular way, for "libertie to
injoy the land he purchased att Mannamoiett," whereupon it was ordered that the
land there be viewed by a committee appointed by the Court and that upon their
report he should have a "competency or proportion out of it allowed unto him
and then to resigne up the reaminder unto the Court." This result was not
satisfactory to the petitioner but he took no further action at that time.
Several months previous, in march 1657, he had removed with his family to
Boston, in order that his wife might be able to care for her parents in their
old age. They had resided there but a few months when the father, Nicholas
Busby, died, the exact date of his death being 28 Aug 1657. Mr Busby lefta
considerable property, out of which he bequeathed his daughter, Anne Nickerson,
the sum of 50 pounds and his "thick bble." He appointed his three "sonnes that
are here in New England," Abraham Busby, William Nickerson and John Grout, to
gather up all his dents which were in his "debt bookes" and to pay over the
proceeds to his widow, whom he appointed executrix of his will. About a month
after Mr Busby's decease Mr Nickerson purchased of Dr Snelling an estate on the
east side of the road leading to Roxbury, consisting of a dwelling house, yard,
garden and orchard. On this lot he appears to have erected a shop. In
September 1659 he acted as an appraiser of the estate of Philip Long of Boston.
The widow Busby survived her husband nearly three years, her death occurring
in July 1660. After settlement of her estate he sold his house, in November
1661, and returned to Yarmouth about Jan 1662. We find him mentioned in the
following August as bringing a barrel of liquor into that town, an act of no
discredit in those days when every family had its supply of liquor. In March
1663 we find him attempting to recover a share of the whales taken along the
shore of the town during his absence.
During his absence in Boston he had applied to the Plymouth Court requesting
the whole tract of land purchased by him of the Indians att Mannomoyett or
thereabouts, hee expressing himself otherwise not willing to accept of a former
grant of the Court which was to have a competency thereof, whereupon the Court,
in June 1659, had ordered that he might have the whole tract, provided he would
pay the fine of five pounds per acre for every acre purchased, as the statute
required. On his return to Yarmouth he took up his plans with regard to the
Monomoit lands with renewed zeal. On this most persuasive petition the Court
failed to take any action, but Mr Nickerson felt reasonably sure of receiving a
part, at least, of his purchase, if he chose to accept it, and therefore,
determined to take actual possession of the tract. His action moved the Court
to more vigorous measures. It had passed an order in June, 1663 that "in due
and convenient time William Nickerson be required to make satisfaction for his
breach of the law," and in the following December, having summoned him to
Plymouth, had required him to answer for his purchase of the land, when he
pleaded that he "acted through ignorance, etc." It now took measures to
collect from him a part of the fine he had incurred. It gave orders to the
chief marshall to levy on March 1663/4 the sum of two hundred pounds of the
goods or chattles of the said William Nickerson's or soe much thereof as shal
bee found within this government as parte of the penaltie due on account of
his illegal action. The chief marshal attended to his duties but reported that
he could not find any property on which to levy.
The Court thereupon in Jun 1664 passed an order declaring that said land
should be put up to sale and improved to the use of the colony, only that the
said Nickerson should have a portion allowed unto him, according to the Court
or the persons deputed in the behalf of the country to make sale think meet.
Said persons were Mr hinckley, Mr Bacon, Lieut Freeman and William Bassett.
Under this order no action appears to have been taken as in the following
February, Mr Nickerson laid the whole case before the Commissioners of the
King. These commissoners had been sent out from England with a part of the
English fleet with authority to reduce the Dutch at Manhattan to submission and
to visit the several colonies of New England to hear and determine complaints
and appeals in matters civil, military and criminal and to provide for the
peace and securty of the country. They first obtained the surrender of
Manhattan and then proceeded to visit the several colonies. They heard Mr
Nickerson's appeal, which was the only one submitted to them at Plymouth, and
appear to have thought that his claim to a "farm of 4 miles square," as they
call it to be unreasonable. Not deeming wholly at fault, however, they
consented to move the Colony Court in his behalf, if he would abide by its
action, as a result of which his fine was remitted, and this order was passed:
The Court sees good to allow him, the said William Nickerson, one hundred
acres of land att or neare his house, to bee layed out according to the best
discretion of Bernard Lumbert, Marshall Nash and Joseph Howes. The rest of
said land at Mannamoiett this Court grants unto Mr Thomas Hinckley, Mr John
Freeman, Mr William Sargeant, Mr Anthony Thatcher, Nathaniel Bacon, Edmund
Hawes, Thomas Howes, Senior, Thomas Falland, Sen., Liut. Joseph Rogers, to them
and their heirs forever by equal proportions to be alloted to them, provided
the said William Nickerson's portion have an equal proportion of the meddow
lands there with them before the first day of December next, and the Court
orders that the nine persons mentioned above alow in marchantble countrey pay
theire equall proportions unto him, the said William Nickerson, of that pay as
hee shall make apeer upon just account that he payed for the purchase of said
lands and this Court orders and impowers the said Bernard Lumbert, Marshall
Nash and Joseph Howes, in the name of the Court to put these nine men above
mentioned into full possession of the said lands at Mannamoiett, and the Court
doth grant libertie to them to purchase the tract of lands at Mannamoiett
adjacent as are not purchased, and to equally proportion them amongst
themselves, soe that it shall not exceed one hundred acres apiece. And the
Court orders that none of them shall sell his part to any other person or
persons whatsoever without the consent of his associates or of the Court.
The final action of the Court was a bitter disappointment to Mr Nickerson.
Throughout this controversy he must have stoutly claimed that, having made this
bargain in good faith in ignorance of the law, he should in justice have the
full benefit of it. The Colonial authorities on the other hand felt that the
majesty of the law should be vindicated. For this some of them had personal,
as well as public reasons. Not appreciating the attitude of the Colony, Mr
Nickerson looked upon the proceeding as an injustice, as it certainly was
from his standpoint. The trouble rankled in his breast and he conceived that
Mr Thomas Hinckley of Barnstable, later Governor and one of the most
influential citizens of the Cape had willfully used his influence as Assistant
against him. So consequently he wrote letters to this effect to Barnstable,
Plymouth Court and the Royal Commissioner. The Court, however, thought it
necessary to impose a fine upon him. Finally, however, the Royal Commissioner
interfered in Mr Nickerson's behalf, and the Court, not caring to offend this
representative of the Crown, contented itself upon imposing a moderate fine.
Meanwhile the order granting Mr Hinckley and the others all except 100 acres
of the Nickerson purchase was in full force, and it was found that Mr Nickerson
had no title whatever except to the 100 acres assigned to him, in fact he had
not secured the Indian title. For seven years (1665-72) Mr Nickerson continued
his efforts to secure a title from the Indians, but without success, no deed
was forthcoming. Finally, in March 1672, he sued the sachem Mattaquason to
recover damages for withholding the deed and was again unsuccessful. However,
within a few months he succeeded with both attempts, and made terms with Mr
Winslow and his associates, whereby by paying ninety pounds in New England pay,
he secured not only a deed from them but also his long coveted deed from the
Indians. The latter deed is dated 19 Jun 1672 and is signed by Mattaquason and
John Quason, his son, the sachems of Monomoit.1637 came from Norwich on "John and Dorothy"
1641 removed to Yarmouth [101]
weaver from Norwich, England [96]?? Line 221: (New PAF RIN=1993)
1 DEAT
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1 DEAT
2 PLAC Chatham (Monomoit), Mass.BIRTH-PARENTS: PAF GEDCOM; 1996; Benjamin F Rollins, Jr, email:
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OCCU tailorBURI DATE BURIAL HILL
MARR DATE CIR. 1627
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Chatham (Monomoit), Mass.
1 CHR
2 PLAC Of St. Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, Engl
BIRT DATE CIR. 1607
BAPM DATE FEB 02 1607
BAPM PLAC Norwich, England
BURI DATE BURIAL HILLCONFLICT: DEATH: 1687?