Eleventh Generation

1048 Antonius Weber.36, No. 222,92, pg. 33 Born ca 1590 in Nieheim, Lippe, Germany.92, pg. 33 Was granted citizenship to Blomberg, Lippe, (Germany), in 1620.36, No. 222 “coniux et liberi”.

1620 Bürgerrecht; notation: “coniux et liberi” (with wife and children); “kauft 1620 Haus [No. 52, heute Neue Torstraße 18] im Winkelviertel für 200 Rtl.”
1612-1642 Secretarius; 1643-1645 Bürgermeister
1648 V(er)Z(eichnis): hat Frau & 2 Kinder im Haus 57 [heute Neue Torstraße 28]; wife died 6 May 1660 (no name given)92

He married Unk. Unknown.

They had the following children:
524 i. Johann (ca1620-1685)
ii. Unknown (-1682)


1049 Unk. Unknown. Unk. died on 6 May 1660 in Blomberg, Lippe, (Germany).95 no name given.

1050 Henrich Heringlake.92 Henrich died in Sep 1667 in Blomberg, Lippe, (Germany).92 Buried on 29 Sep 1667 in Blomberg, Lippe, (Germany).92, pg. 109, House 253,95 Occupation: Schuhmacher, Bürgermeister.92

He married Ilsabe Schröder92.

They had one child:
525 i. Anne (1624-1716)

1051 Ilsabe Schröder.92 Ilsabe died in Sep 1666 in Blomberg, Lippe, (Germany).92 Buried on 22 Sep 1666 in Blomberg, Lippe, (Germany).92, pg. 109, House 253,95

Burial: NB 2 pg 52

1280 Eustace Gates. Eustace died in 1626.131 Buried on 26 Apr 1626 in Coney Weston, Suffolk, England.131 Occupation: Laborer.

Buried at Coney Weston, Suffolk, on 26 April 1626 as Eustace Jayuettes131

“Eustace Jaques of Cony Weston ... laborer” made a will dated 15 March 1625/6, proved 5 June 1626, naming “Rose Jaques my wife ... Rose Jaques Ales Jaques Marie Jaques the elder and Marie Jaques the younger my fowre daughter ... William Jaques Thomas Jaques Stephen Jaques and Symond Jaues my fowre sonnes ...my brother in lawe William Wright of greate Ellingam in the countie of Norff yeoman.”131

Jaques and Jayuettes are variant spellings of Gates found in the original records.

He married Rose Wright on 4 Mar 1592 in Coney Weston, Suffolk, England.131

They had the following children:
i. Thomas (1593-1635)
ii. Rose (1594-)
iii. William (1596-)
640 iv. Stephen (1597-1662)
v. Alice (1599-)
vi. Mary (1) (1601-)
vii. Bridgett (1603-1616)
viii. Simon (1606-)
ix. Mary (2) (1609-)

1281 Rose Wright. Born in Feb 1566 in Coney Weston, Suffolk, England.131 At the age of <1, Rose was baptized in Coney Weston, Suffolk, England, on 25 Feb 1566.131 Rose died in Hingham, Norfolk, England, in Jul 1635; she was 69.131 Buried on 25 Jul 1635 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.131

1286 Thomas Marrett.139, p. 153 Born abt 1589 in England. Thomas died in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 30 Jun 1664; he was 75.275, p. 21,141, p. 651 Occupation: Cordwainer & Shoemaker.275, pg 18

Thomas Marrett, cordwainer (shoemaker), came to Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay about 1635 from Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England. He was admitted as a freeman 3 March 1635/6. The Cambridge church rolls of January 1658/9 list “Thomas marriot Deacon of the Church & his wife Susan both in full communion” and “[t]heir children John [and] Thomas, the elder of them being but about 5 years old when his father joined here; but both baptized in England” and “Hannah now lately admitted into full communion with us, viz: on December 15 [16]58.”275, p. 18 His daughters were Abigail, Susanna, and Hannah.

Thomas was born about 1589 (”being in the seventy and five years of my age” according to his will of 15 October 1663. He married Susan Wolfenden, daughter of James Wolfenden 30 April 1622 in Little Whelnetham, Suffolk. After marriage, they moved to Ipswich, Suffolk, a port town, where their next door neighbor in the parish of St. Stephen was one Thomas Marret, Sr. Thomas Sr. had a daughter named Mary who was baptized 12 June 1632, and he was buried 4 September 1640. No connection has been shown between the Thomases for lack of probate records.384, pp. 99-100 Thomas died 30 June 1664 in Cambridge. All his children were born in England except Hannah, who may have been born on the voyage from England (based on the absence of her birth record from the Cambridge vital records). Hannah died unmarried 9 December 1668 in Cambridge. A son, James, died in England before emigration.185, p. 350,275, pp. 21-22

He was an educated man, owning a Bible and several other books. In Cambridge he held postions as surveyor, Selectman, Fenceviewer, representative to Massachusetts Bay, and deacon in the church. He owned, bought, and sold numerous plots of land over the years. He also owned two muskets and rests as well as two swords and a belt, total value £1 5s. 6d.275, pp. 18-19

In his will (15 October 1663) he says “I Thomas Marit of Cambridge in the Count of Midlesex in New England, Shoomaker, being in the Seaventy and five=yeares of my age, and through the Lord’s mercy of Sound Judgement and memory, Doo publish my last will and Testamt in mannr & form following, viz. my Imortall Soul I desire Humbly and beleiveingly to leave, & to will it into the everlasting Armes & mercies of God the father, Sonne, and Holy Spiritt, my body interred at the Discretion of my Executores & loveing freinds. And for my outward estate wherewith God hath Blessed mee - I do dispose of the same in mannr following. viz. To my loveing and aged wife Susanna I do give & bequeath my whole estate whereof I shall die seized (excepting only the particulars hereafter mentioned to be otherwise disposed of.] for her use , comfort, & suport During her widowhood; And in case of Her mariage, my will is that the one moity or halfe part of all my estate, my Housing & Lands only excepted shall on Her mariage be divided amongst my children in mannr following, viz. To my four children John, Thomas, Abigail, & Hannah in equall shares.”

He continues with specific bequests to daughter Hannah and sons John and Thomas, as well as his grandchildren by his late daughter Susanna, wife of George Barstow (who he calls “Baisto”).

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The inventory of his estate was taken 12 July 1664 and showed a total value of £276 5s. 6d, of which £184 was real estate.383,275, p. 20

He married Susan Wolfenden275, pg 21 on 30 Apr 1622 in Little Whelnetham, Suffolk, England.275, pg 21

They had the following children:
i. Abigail139, p. 153 (1623-)
643 ii. Susanna (1626-1654)
iii. John (1628->1695)
iv. James (Died as Child) (1629-1635)
v. Thomas139, p. 153 (1633->1663)
vi. Hannah139, p. 153 (ca1635-1668)

1287 Susan Wolfenden.275, pg 21 Born in 1594. At the age of <1, Susan was baptized in Little Whelnetham, Suffolk, England, on 11 Aug 1594.275, pg 21 source cites The American Genealogist, V 89, 99-104. Susan died in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 23 Feb 1664; she was 70.275, p. 21,141, p. 651 year given as 1664[/5?].

According to “The Winthrop Fleet of 1630” by Charles E. Banks (Appendix A, pg 67), Thomas was a brother-in-law of John Cranwell of Boston, who came from Woodbridge, Suffolk. Perhaps that means Thomas’ wife’s last name was Cranwell.184 However, more recent information shows that her family name was indeed Wolfenden.384


It’s unclear from the Cambridge VR whether Susanna’s death was 1664 or 1665 by the “new” calendar date. Her husband’s will makes it appear that she survived him, which would mean 1665.

1290 Deacon John Parmenter.4, Ancestral File number: G4CC-W2 Born ca 1588 in Little Yeldham, Essex, England.183, year only,215, p. 271-2 At the age of <1, John was baptized ca 1588.215, p. 271 John died in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, on 1 May 1671; he was 83.139, p. 360,215, p. 272 Occupation: Tailor.214, p. 381

His birth year is estimated from the fact that his brother Robert was baptized in 1586, and by 1613 John was old enough to be married and have two children, John and Mary, mentioned in their grandfather’s will.

Settled Watertown, 1638, Sudbury, 1639 (freeman May 13, 1640)139, p. 360

Said to be of French Huguenot descent.183, pg 181 However, there were Parmenters in England before the Reformation, so this seems rather unlikely. If “Parmenter” is of French derivation, perhaps they came in with William the Conqueror [speculation]. He might have been born at Sible Hedingham, co. Essex, but the registers there before 1680 are missing. When he inherited no land from is father, he moved to Bures St. Mary, where his sister Sarah married John Cressall 4 October 1616. In 1639 he and his family, along with the widow [his wife’s sister] and children of one Henrie Loker emigrated to New England, settling in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He married his first wife Bridget [last name uncertain - see her note] in England. After she died in 1660 he move from Sudbury to Roxbury in 1660, where he married secondly Mrs. Annis Bayford Chandler Dane, widow of William Chandler and John Dane. John Parmenter died eleven years later, reportedly aged 83.

His will was dated 25 March 1671 and proved 25 July 1671. It named his wife, Annis, daughter Woods and son-in-law John Woods, grandson John Parmenter, and others.215, p. 271-72

He married Bridget Perry-Simpson4, Ancestral File number: 92Q4-B0 ca 1609 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England.214, p. 381

They had the following children:
645 i. Mary (ca1610-1690)
ii. John4 (ca1612-1666)

1291 Bridget Perry-Simpson.4, Ancestral File number: 92Q4-B0 Born in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England. Bridget died on 6 Apr 1660 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.214, p. 381

“Bridget was probably the sister of Elizabeth, wife of Henry Loker (Douglas Richardson, ‘The Riddlesworth alias Loker Family,’ NEHGR, 143 [1989]:325-331, at 329). The registers of Bures St. Mary show two pairs of sisters named Bridget and Elizabeth baptized within an appropriate time period: William Perry had daughters Elizabeth and Bridget baptized in 1586/7 and 1593 respectively, and John Simpson had Bridget baptized in 1585/6 and Elizabeth in 1588 (ibid.).”214, p. 381

1292 Edmund Rice.4, Ancestral File number: 55JM-70 Born ca 1594. perhaps Sudbury, England. Edmund died in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 3 May 1663; he was 69.9, pg 431 Buried in May 1663 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.9

Edmund Rice appears to have died intestate, as his probate file (NEHGS) contains no will, only inventories and a proposed settlement of his estate.376


From the website of the Edmund Rice Association (http://www.edmund-rice.org/)

    Edmund Rice arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1638. Our first record of his presence is in Township Book of the Town of Sudbury in the year 1639.  Regrettably, no ship's passenger list has survived and we have no record of Edmund Rice and his family before 1639 so we can not be certain when or where he and his family arrived in the New World.
    Knowing the names of Edmund Rice's children at Sudbury, family historians have traced his family back to England using church baptismal records for his children and, eventually, to his marriage to Thomasine Frost on 15 October 1618 at Bury St. Edmunds. However, we have found no record of his baptism or any other record that names his parents. Read more about the search for Edmund Rice's ancestry on another of these pages.
    As yeomen farmers Edmund Rice and the other early settlers at Sudbury were well prepared for the tasks of forming and governing a new community. As yeomen they had assumed with both personal and community responsibilities back in England. As Protestant churchmen they had been encouraged to read and write so that they could study and understand their Bible. Although not of the noble class, they had shared many community and church responsibilities in their former communities in England.
    Edmund Rice was one of the prominent leaders of his community at both Sudbury and Marlborough. In his Pulitzer Prize winning book, Puritan Village, The formation of a New England Town, Sumner Chilton Powell sums up the high regard that his fellow citizens had for Edmund: "Not only did Rice become the largest individual landholder in Sudbury, but he represented his new town in the Massachusetts legislature for five years and devoted at least eleven of his last fifteen years to serving as selectman and judge of small causes." and "Two generations of Sudbury men selected Edmund Rice repeatedly as one of their leaders, with the full realization that they were ignoring men of far more English government experience who had come with him." If your ancestry goes back to Sudbury, be sure to read Powell's superb account of the development of this New England town in the mid 17th century.
    Although much respected by his fellow townsmen, Edmund seems to have had an independent side to his nature. In 1656 Edmund Rice and others petitioned the Massachusetts General Court for a new town which  became the City of Marlborough. Edmund moved his immediate family and was elected a Selectman at Marlborough in 1657. Later generations of Rices were founding members of many new communities, first in New England and Nova Scotia, and later across the United States and Canada.
    Like many early New England families, Edmund Rice's family was a very large one. Of his twelve children, ten survived to have children of their own. Edmund Rice's descendants through his great great grandchildren number nearly 1,450. This pattern of large families seems to have continued well into the 19th century. The result is that many living people can trace their ancestry to Edmund Rice.

     Twice in the 20th century nationally recognized research genealogists have attempted to determine the parents and ancestors of Edmund Rice. Mary Lovering Holman described the negative result of her search for records in the parishes near Stanstead and Sudbury, Suffolk County, England in "English Notes on Edmund Rice ? ", The American Genealogist, Volume 10 (1933/34), pp. 133 - 137. Mrs. Holman is considered by many to be one of the best research genealogists in the 20th century. In 1997 the Edmund Rice (1638) Association commissioned Dr. Joanna Martin, a nationally recognized research genealogist who lives in England only a few miles from Stanstead and Sudbury to search again for records of Edmund Rice's parents. Dr. Martin reported in 1999 that she found no record that identified Edmund's parents or ancestral line.
     Several authors of published works and computer data sets have claimed names for Edmund Rice's parents. Regrettably they have not given sources that would assist in definitive genealogical research. For example, the Ancestral File and International Genealogical Index, two popular computer data sets widely distributed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, offer parent candidates that include: Henry Rice and Margaret Baker, Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost, Thomas Rice and Catherine Howard, and Thomas Rice and Elizabeth Frost.
     From Mrs. Holman's paper we have an excellent record of one Henry Rice's marriage to Elizabeth Frost in November 1605 at Stanstead. Mrs. Holman also documents the baptism of Edmund's first child on 23 August 1619 at Stanstead. If this is the Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost to which the LDS records refer, the LDS records must be erroneous. Our researchers have not been able to find records that support any Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost, Henry Rice and Margaret Baker, Thomas Rice and Catherine Howard, or Thomas Rice and Elizabeth Frost as parents of Edmund Rice.
     A scholarly investigation by Donald Lines Jacobus, considered by many as the dean of modern American genealogy, appeared in The American Genealogist, Volume 11, (1936), pp. 14-21.  Jacobus traced many of the false accounts to the book by Dr. Charles Elmer Rice entitled "By the Name of Rice ? ", privately published by Dr. Rice at Alliance, Ohio in 1911.
     Edmund Rice deposed in a court document on 3 April 1656 that he was about 62 years old. Sudbury, England includes three parishes, two of which do not have complete records for the years near 1594, which is Edmund's most likely birth year. Thus, if he were born in Sudbury, England his records have been lost and we may never know his origin.
     In his address to the 1999 annual meeting of the Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Gary Boyd Roberts, Senior Researcher, New England Historic Genealogy Society, reviewed all of the genealogical sleuthing on Edmund's parentage. Mr. Roberts is well known for his research on royal lineage. He concluded that there was no evidence whatsoever that supports the published accounts of Edmund Rice's parents and no evidence that Edmund Rice was from a royal lineage.
     The Edmund Rice (1638) Association is very interested in proving the ancestry of Edmund Rice. The association encourages anyone who can identify a primary source that names Edmund and his parents to identify that source. Records of a baptism, estate probate, or land transaction naming Edmund and his parents are the most likely records to contain that proof. Until someone can cite such a record, the association must state emphatically that Edmund Rice's parents and ancestry are not known and that Edmund Rice's descendants can not claim royal ancestry. 21

He married Thomasine Frost4, Ancestral File number: 84SN-4G,21 on 15 Oct 1618 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.382 St. Mary’s church.

They had the following children:
i. Mary (1619-<1638)
ii. Henry (ca1621-1711)
646 iii. Deacon Edward (1622-1712)
iv. Thomas (1626-1681)
v. Lydia (3)4 (1628-1675)
vi. Matthew4 (1629-1717)
vii. Daniel (2)4 (1632-1632)
viii. Samuel4 (1634-1685)
ix. Joseph4 (1638-1711)
x. Benjamin (2)4 (1640-1713)


1293 Thomasine Frost.4, Ancestral File number: 84SN-4G,21 Born on 10 Aug 1600 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England. At the age of <1, Thomasine was baptized in Stanstead, Suffolk, England, on 11 Aug 1600.21,381, p. 134,379, p. 166 St. James Church. Thomasine died in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 13 Jun 1654; she was 53.21,379, p. 166

Name also spelled Tamazine9

1294 John Bent.4, Ancestral File number: 2ND2-GC Born on 25 Nov 1596 in Wayhill, Southhamps, England. At the age of <1, John was baptized in Penton Grafton, Weyhill, Hampshire, England, on 20 Nov 1596. John died in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 27 Sep 1672; he was 75.137, p. 169,189, p. 296 Buried in Sep 1672 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

came in the Confidence, 1638, (200 tons, John Gibson, Master, sailed the last of April) aged 35, from Southampton, a husbandman of Penton182, pg 195,137

The reliability of the birth/baptism dates is unknown; Savage and Banks list him as being 35 when he arrived in 1638.137,182

His will, written 14 September 1672 contains the names of three of his sons and his two daughters: Peter, John, Joseph, Agnes, and Martha. Presumably William, along with Robert, had pre-deceased him. The inventory gives his death date as 27 September 1672.386 (See images)

It starts:

“The fourtenth of September in the yeare of the lord god one thousand six hundred seventy two I John Bent Senior of Sudbury in the County of Midlsex in new England, being weake in body, yet in pfect memory blessed be the lord for it. - - Revoaking all other wills doe make this my last will and testament, And doe dispose of my worldly estate as followeth, Imprimis I doe make Martha my beloved wife, and my oldest sonne Peter Bent my lawful executors to this my will ...”

Numerous bequests.

“Also my will is that Henery Rice and John Stone shall overseers to this my will [be] In witness wherof I have heerunto put my hand and seale.

Witness hereunto
John Stone Sworne in Courte 8 . 2 . 1672. John Bent (signature)”
John Rice



“An Inventory of the estate of John Bent Sene. of Sudbury in the County of Midlsex. in the Matathusets Colomy in new England deseased this life the twenty seventh of September one thousand six hundred seventy twoo, taken by us whose names are underwritten ...

list of items follows

Henery Rice
John Stone”

He married Martha Blanchard4, Ancestral File number: 2ND2-HJ in Penton Grafton, Weyhill, Hampshire, England.

They had the following children:
i. Robert4, Ancestral File number: 2ND3-5X (1624-1648)
ii. William4, Ancestral File number: 2ND3-64 (1626-?)
iii. Peter4, Ancestral File number: 2ND3-79 (1629-1678)
647 iv. Agnes (1631-1713)
v. John (2)4, Ancestral File number: 9K8J-KF (1635-1715)
vi. Martha4, Ancestral File number: 2ND2-CT (ca1640-1680)
vii. Joseph4, Ancestral File number: 2ND3-BS (1641-1675)

Ancestry File gives Oct. 3, 1644 as marriage date; probably wrong, all children born from 1624-1641

1295 Martha Blanchard.4, Ancestral File number: 2ND2-HJ Born ca 1599 in Penton Grafton, Weyhill, Hampshire, England. At the age of <1, Martha was baptized in Wayhill, Penton Grafton, Southampshire, England, on 24 Sep 1598. Martha died in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 15 May 1679; she was 80.189, p. 296 Buried in May 1679 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

1296 John How. Born in Warwickshire, England.138, pg. 475

Child:
648 i. John (-1680)

1302 Edward (3) Gilman.138, pg 257,270,4 Born abt 1587 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.273, p. 37 Edward (3) died in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, in 1654; he was 67.273, pg. 37

Said to have died shortly after his son, Edward, was lost at sea ca. 1653-55273, pg. 37

Arrived in 1638 on the Diligent138, p. 257,182

Numerous references on the Early New England Settlers CD (#504)

“GILLMAN, GILMAN, GYLLMAN

Edward, yeoman, with his wife, 3 sons, 2 daughters and 3 servants, came to Hingham, Mass. in 1638. Proprietor; frm. March 13, 1638-9. He sold his estate in Hingham Oct. 1 1652, having removed to Ipswich, where he was a selectman in 1649. Settled later at Exeter, where his son Edward had led the way and other had followed; both signed a petition of inhabitants 24 (3) 1652; bought one half his son Edward’s house and adjacent land in Nov. 1653. Deeded certain property to wife Mary and sons John and Moses 14 (11) 1654.
Wife Mary; ch.: Mary, (m. John Fulsham,) Edward, Moses, Lydia, (m. Jan. 19, 1644-5, Daniel Cushing,) Sarah, (m. John Leavitt,) John.
He died before 10 (2) 1655, when admin. of his estate was granted to his widow, Mary, the sons and sons in law consenting. [Norf. rec. I, 45.] Genealogy claims that this family descends from the Gilman family of Caston, Eng.”187, p. 79

He married Mary (1) Clark138, pg 257,4 on 3 Jun 1614 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.138, pg. 257,272

They had the following children:
i. Mary4 (1615-1681)
ii. Edward (4)273, p. 138,4 (ca1617-1653)
iii. Sarah (2)4 (Died as Child) (1617-<1622)
iv. Lydia Clark138, p. 257,4 (~1619-1689)
v. Joshua4 (Died as Infant) (1619-1619)
651 vi. Sarah (1622-1700)
vii. John4 (1624-1708)
viii. Lawrence4 (1626-?)
ix. Jeremy4 (Died as Child) (1628-1635)
x. Moses4 (ca1630-?)
xi. Daniel4 (Died as Child) (1633-1634)
xii. Elizabeth4 (Died as Child) (1634-1635)

1303 Mary (1) Clark.138, pg 257,4 Born abt 1594 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Mary (1) died in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, on 22 Jun 1681; she was 87.141, Hingham V1, p. 19/23

Children not in Savage’s list:

Sarah, 1617-bef 1622
Joshua, 15 Sep 1619 - 19 Sep 1619
Lawrence, 1626 - ?
Jeremy, 11 Mar 1628 - 19 Aug 1635
Daniel, 24 Aug 1633 - 21 April 1634
Elizabeth, 28 Sep 1634 - 19 Feb 1635

Since they were all born in England, one would not expect any records of them in New England if they died in England.

1304 John Rogers Sr.139, p. 561 Born ca 1615 in England. Estimated. John died in Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 25 Jan 1687; he was 72.141, Billerica, p. 388 1686/7.

Freeman status 13 March 1639 in Watertown.139, p. 561

FamilySearch.org lists the births of three individuals named John Rogers in Chelmsford (mentioned in the Shed genealogy) 476, p. 46in the proper time period:

John, son of Thomas, bp. 17 October 1612
John, son of Nathaniel, bp. 5 January 1611 [1611/12 ?]
John, son of Richard, bp. 27 January 1618 [1618/19 ?]

There are also several John Rogers born in the 1500s, as well as several Thomas Rogers. There are more of both born in places other than Chelmsford in both the 1500s and 1600s.

He married Priscilla Dawes in 1640 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.139, p. 561

They had the following children:
652 i. John Jr. (1641-1695)
ii. Mary (1643-)
iii. Abigail139, p. 561
iv. Bethiah (-1672)
v. Daniel139, p. 561 (-1728)
vi. Nathaniel139, p. 561
vii. Priscilla139, p. 561
viii. Sarah (-1677)
ix. Thomas139, p. 561 (ca1650-1695)

1305 Priscilla Dawes. Priscilla died on 21 Apr 1663 in Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.141, Billerica, p. 389

1306 Daniel Shed.140, p. 67 Born ca Jun 1620 in Finchingfield, Co. Essex, England. At the age of <1, Daniel was baptized in Finchingfield, Co. Essex, England, on 25 Jun 1620.476, p. 22 Daniel died in Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, on 27 Jul 1708; he was 88.141, Billerica, p. 392

His baptism entry reads: “1620. Baptizinges. June 25. Daniel Shead sonne of Daniel Shead & Sarah.”

In Braintree, 1646, moved to Billerica in 1660.

He married Mary Gurney140, p. 67,413, online p. 29417 ca 1647.413, online p. 29417,476, p. 45

They had the following children:
653 i. Mary (1647-1688)
ii. Daniel (1649-1690)
iii. Hannah141, Billerica, p. 308 (1651-1672)
710 iv. Ens. John (1654-1737)
v. Elizabeth (Twin) (1656-)
vi. Zechariah (Twin) (1656-ca1735)
vii. Sarah (1658-1721)

Daniel & 1/wf Mary [GURNEY?], ?dau John; by 1647(8?); Braintree 413

1307 Mary Gurney.140, p. 67,413, online p. 29417 Mary died ca 1659 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.476, p. 45

Torrey notes last name is uncertain.413

“According to Hazen's History of Billerica Daniel P Shed terms John Gurney ‘father.’ John Gurney was born in England about 1603, as he deposed in 1653, giving his age as about fifty years. He was in Braintree, Mass., before 1645, and died there about 1663; his wife died there 20 Sept. 1661. His history is very obscure, and the list of his children is uncertain, but he probably had four sons; 1. Richard, b. about 1630, 2. John, b. about 1633, 3. Peter, b. about 1636, and 4. Isaac, b about 1640. He very likely also had daughters, and may have had a daughter Mary, b. about 1628, who became the wife of Daniel Shed. This seems the most probable explanation for Daniel Shed terming John Gurney ‘father,’ although it is barely possible that the latter was his step-father.”476, p. 45


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