3658. Dr. Thomas LORD was born about 1585 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. He died 1678 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Thomas married Dorothy BIRD on 23 Feb 1610/1611 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. [Parents]

STANTON GENEALOGY, by William Stanton, page 12.
    Came to America April 29, 1635 in the "Elizabeth and Ann". Mrs. Lord died in 1676, aged 87 years. She sealed her will with the arms of the "Lord alis Laward" family.
    Thomas was granted the first medical license in the New England Colonies. Death: ca 1644
GENEALOGICAL NOTES ON FOUNDERS OF NEW ENGLAND by Flagg, pgs 273-4
      ca 1667
THE GENEALOGY OF JANE ELIZABETH WHEELER THOMAS by Bertha Jane Thomas
      Libby (1974)
      before 1648
ACKELEY-BOSWORTH GENEALOGY

ELDRED AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, Researched by: Catherine Matson & Clarice McNiven, Compiled by: Carol & Susan Matson, pp. 90, 91.
    Thomas was a man of means, position and influence and in 1632 he sent his eldest son Richard, then about 21 years of age to America. Richard settled in Newton MA which afterward became Cambridge. In 1633, Gov. Haynes and the Rev. Thomas Hooker, friends of Thomas sailed for America with about 200 passangers important to the Colony, and it is thought possible that Richard was sent in advance in order to select a place to settle. In 1636, with his entire family, Thomas joined the party of Rev. Hooker and Mr. Stone and 100 men, women and children, which took its departure from Newtown to form a new settlement on the Connecticut River. "They traveled for more than 100 miles, through a hideous and trackless wilderness to Hartford. They had no guide but their compass, and made their way over mountains, through swamps, thickets and rivers, which were passable with great difficulty. They had no cover but the heavens, and no lodgings but such as nature afforded. They drove with them 160 head of cattle and subsisted by the way on the milk of their cows. Mrs. Hooker was borne through the wilderness on a litter. The people generally carried their packs, arms and some utensils. They were nearly a fortnight on their journey. This adventure was more remarkable as many of the company were persons of figure, who in EN had lived in honor, affluence and delicacy and were strangers to fatigue and danger. It was early in June when they reached their journey's end. Their frist labor was to prepare their dugouts in the hillside and provide shelter for their cattle. They had for some time been close friends and neighbors in Newtown, and were already organized as a church, had been members of townships and were familiar, therefore, with action as a body. They agreed to purchase a territory jointly and afterwards parcel it out and so purchased a large area. Thomas Lord became an original proprietor and one of the first settlers of Hartford. The Hartford settlers were largely people of some culture cast into raw conditions, and there was a mingling of high breeding and rough life". There is a monument erected in Hartford with the names of the first members of the first church. Thomas Lord is named on it.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York, MCMXXIII, page 148.
    Thomas Lord sailed for New England in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann" from London, in 1635, aged 50 years, bringing with him wife Dorothy, aged 46 years, and among other children their daughter Anne, aged 14 years. He became one of the original proprietors of Hartford, CT, and his homestead in 1639 was on what is now Wells Street, on the bank of the Little River. The date of his death is not known, but she died Aug. 2, 1676, and as she does not mention her husband in her will, he probably predeceased her.

MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY, CONN. Vol. 1, page 248.
SAVAGE
HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN. by Wheeler.

3659. Dorothy BIRD was born 25 May 1588 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. She died 2 Aug 1676 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

"THE GENEALOGY OF JANE ELIZABETH WHEELER THOMAS" by Bertha Jane Thomas
    Libby (1974)

STANTON GENEALOGY, by William Stanton, page 12.
    Came to America April 29, 1635 in the "Elizabeth and Ann". Mrs. Lord died in 1676, aged 87 years. She sealed her will with the arms of the "Lord alis Laward" family.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York, MCMXXIII, page 148.

3660. Thomas GARDINER was born in England. He died Nov 1638 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Thomas married Miss in , , EN.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 104.

3661. Miss was born in England. She died 7 Oct 1658 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 104.

3662. Francis SMITH was born in England. He died about 1643 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

3664. Christopher AVERY was born about 1590 in England. He died 12 Mar 1678/1679 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. Christopher was married 10 Nov 1643.

Researching this line is David Hoffman at [email protected]
Researching this line is Joleene Duff at [email protected]

3668. William CHESEBROUGH was born 1594 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. He died 9 Jun 1667 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. William married Anna STEVENSEN on 15 Dec 1620 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. [Parents]

A BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH, by Amos S. Chesebrough, page 1-
    He emigrated to America in 1630 in the MA Bay Colony. His mother is supposed to have been Sarah, whose name stands #78 on the roll of the members of the First Church of Boston, MA. There is no reason to doubt that she came to America with William in Gov. John Winthrop's company, which sailed from Cowes, March 29, 1630, and made its settlement in Boston, MA.
    In the old parish register of St. Botolph's Church the following records are found to list the birth and deaths of his first eight children. It appears from these records, that when the family embarked for America in March, 1630, there were only three of the eight children which had been born to William still surviving, Samuel, Jonathan and Nathaniel. The latter an infant of only two months. It is supposed that Jonathan died either upon the ocean passage, or soon after the landing in America.

SWAMP YANKEE, by James Allyn, page 30 & 31.
    In 1620 he married Anna Stephens in Boston, Lincolnshire where they both were living, and when their son Samuel was born in 1627. William was a gunsmith and a blacksmith, trades he carried on in the New World. In 1639 they moved out to Braintree where he was elected a Deputy.
    William decided not to settle in New London, and started back along the shore, which Roger Williams had suggested, to look at a place called Wequetequock on a salt creek navigable for a small boat, and surrounded by salt marshes and open fields. It was an ideal spot for stock raising, so he decided to settle there. In 1649 he moved down with his wife and four sons, becoming the first settler in Stonington CT.
    In 1651, William persuaded his friend Walter Palmer in Rehoboth to join him, along with Thomas Minor in New London, and Thomas Stanton, a friend of Winthrop's in Hartford. Stanton's grant for a trading post was on the west bank of the Pawcatuck River, Williams grant was a large one, about 2,000 acres. It included Stonington Point, then called Long Point, and was bounded on the west by Stony Brook, north by the Pequot Trail, and east by Anguilla (Eel) Brook which ran down to Little Narragansett Bay. He was appointed Magistrate out of New London, Deputy, and Selectman, a position he held until his death in 1667.

3669. Anna STEVENSEN was born 1598. She died 29 Aug 1673 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

3670. Richard INGRAHAM married Elizabeth WINGALL.

3671. Elizabeth WINGALL. [Parents]

3680. Stephen WILLIAMS was born about 1583 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England and was christened 11 Dec 1608 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He died 1625 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Stephen married Margaret COOKE on 22 Sep 1605 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. [Parents]

3681. Margaret COOKE was born about 1585/1586 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. She died 1625 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. [Parents]

Died in the plaque.

3682. John STALHAM married Alice GIBSON.

3683. Alice GIBSON.

3684. Sir Robert PARKE [scrapbook] was christened 3 Jun 1580 in Postingford, Suffolk, England. He died 4 Feb 1664/1665 in Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Old Whitehall Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Robert married Martha CHAPLIN on 9 Feb 1601/1602 in Semer, Suffolk, England.

Robert was christened 3 Jun 1580 in St. Mary's, Postingford, Suffolk, England. [Parents]

PARKE FAMILY GENEALOGY, by FS Parks, page 25.
    born in Preston EN in 1580. He was a personal friend of John Winthrop. He was a man of means. He did not come to the new world through dire necessity or to better his condition, but rather through a desire to have more religious liberty.
    He and his family sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, for America, on board the "Arabella", with seventy-six passengers, March 29, 1630, and landed in Boston MA, June 17, 1630, making the voyage in seventy-eight days. He lived for a time at Roxbury MA.
    In 1639 he, with his son Thomas, went through the wilderness to Wethersfield CT, with the first settlers there. He resided at Wethersfield CT with the first settlers there.
    He was a resident of the town plot of New London for about six years, and then moved to lands which he owned on the Mystic River.
    He died in Mystic aged 84 years. His grave is in the White Hall graveyard, at White Hall, Mystic CT. His house was east of the present road and southeast of the burial ground, and stood just south of a small knoll, somewhat rocky.

SWAMP YANKEE, by James Allyn, page 10.
    Came from Little Preston in Northamptonshire. His wife was Martha Chapen (Chapin), daughter of Capt. Robert Chapen of Edmundsbury. With their son Thomas Parke they sailed from Cowes in 1630 aboard the Arbella to Salem with John Winthrop. Soon after they moved to Roxbury to join the friends from home. In 1640 the Parke family moved to Wethersfield, and in 1649 to New London to rejoin the Denisons at the new settlement. Robert Park was one of the first to settle the Groton side of Mystic in 1654, and later the town of Preston east of Norwich.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C.
Frost, The Hills Press, New York, MCMXXIII, page 157.
    Robert Park, the first of the name who appeared in this country, came from Preston, Lancashire, England. He sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wright, in the ship "Arabella", March 29, 1630, anad landed at Salem, Mass., June 12, and at Boston, June 17.
    He with his son Thomas settled in Wethersfield, CT, in 1640, and he was made Deputy to the General Court from that place in 1641 and 1642. In 1649 he removed to New London, where he resided for six years, and his new barn, which stood on what is now the corner of Hempstead and Granite Streets, was used as the first house of worship in the new town and the call to service was by the beat of drum. He finally settled at Mystic in Stonington and was one of the men appointed by the General Court of MA to an official position, in the organization of the town of Southertown (Stonington) in 1658.
    His will was probated in March, 1665. He married Martha, daughter of Capt.
Robert Chaplin, in Edmundsbury, England and she died before 1660, and he married second, Mrs Alice Thompson, the mother of the wife of his son Thomas.

  Sources: Park Society; History of the Town of Stonington by Wheeler; The New England Ancestry of HRH the Princess of Wales" by Gary Boyd Roberts and William A. Reitwiesner; NEHGR, April 1972; The Ancestors and Descendants of Horace Thaddeus Perkins 1812-1951 on Film 1,036,644; A. Roots 29A; Boston Evening Transcript; History of New London, Conn., by Frances Manwaring Caulkins; The First Church of Christ in New London, 974.65/N2, K2l; American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales (Diana) by Gary Boyd Roberts and William Addams Reitwiesner; The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 by Charles Edward Banks; Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England; TAG 16/16; Saturday's Children--A History of the Babcock Family in America by C. Merton Babcock; Potter-Richardson Memorial; Saturday's Children, A History of the Babcock Family in America; Founders of Early American Families; The Great Migration Begins,  v3, pages 1389 and 1390; Magna Charta Sureties 163-10.

  Dictionary: Robert Parke of Preston Parish, Lancashire, England; went to
Wethersfield, Conn.

  Migrations: William Parke, son of Robert and Martha Chaplin Parke, was
baptized in Semer, Suffolk, 21 April 1607, so the Parkes apparently resided
there at that time. Page 1390 says only that Robert followed William to
New England, arriving by 1639. Evidence that Robert Parke was in New England as early as 1630 seems quite slight. [Founders of Early American Families says he came to New England in 1630 and returned to England.]

  C.M. Babcock: Robert Parke was a personal friend of Gov. John Winthrop.
He located in Wethersfield, CT, and, after 1647, at New London, where his barn served as the first meetinghouse.
  Wheeler: "Robert Park(e), the first of the name who appeared in this
country, came from Preston, Lancashire, England; sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, in the ship Arbella, March 29, 1630, and landed in Salem, Mass., June 12, and at Boston June 17, 1630, with 76 passengers all told. He settled with his son, Thomas, in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1640, and was Deputy to the General Court in 1641-42. He removed to Pequot, now New London, in 1649, where he resided six years, and his new barn, which stood on the corner of Hempstead and Granite streets, was used as the first house of worship in the new town, and the call to service was by the beat of a drum. He finally settled at Mystic in Stonington, as he was one of the men appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts to an official position, in the organization of the town of Southertown in 1658." He also served in the Colonial wars. His will was probated in March 1665.
  Founders: Robert Parke. Came on the "Arbella" 1630. Salem, MA. Returned
to England. Wethersfield 1639. New London 1649. Mystic 1658. Died there
4 Feb. 1664/5. Deputy. Gentleman.
  Roberts/Reitwiesner: Among Robert Parke's descendants are Bess Wallace, wife of Harry S Truman, presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey, jurist John Marshall Harlan II.
  BET: Sir Robert Parke, born 1580, died 11 Feb. 1644. Married 9 Feb. 1601.
  Roberts/Reitwiesner: Immigrant in the Winthrop Fleet, soon thereafter in
Roxbury, MA; in Wethersfield, Conn., 1639; in New London 1649; in
Stonington 1658. Baptized 3 June 1580 Postingford,  Suffolk, (with St. Marys
[Parish?] added info from Prodigy researcher). Died Mystic (Stonington),
Conn., 14 March 1664/1665 (actually the day his will was proved. See above and below). Married Martha Chaplin, 9 Feb. 1601/2, Semer, Suffolk, England.
  Record of General Court of MA, dated 30 May 1644, says, "That he may proceed in marriage with Alice Thompson without further delay." He was almost 64 at the time.
  Winthrop: Probably from Bures, co. Suffolk, or vicinity. Born about 1585.
Came on Arbella. May have been related to Edward Parke, who called Winthrop
"cousin." Married (1) Martha Chaplin. She and son Thomas Parke accompanied him.
  Caulkins: His will is on the town book, dated 14 May 1660. Proved in March
1664/5. It names William, Samuel and Thomas. He was in Wethersfield in 1640 and made a freeman of CT Colony in April 1640 and deputy to the General Court in September 1641 and September 1642. Moved to Pequot in 1649; resided in the town plot about six years and then "established himself on the banks of the Mystic."
  First Church: Worship in Rev. Richard Blinman's First Church of Christ in New London was first held in Robert Parke's barn 1651-1655. The barn was located on the southwest corner of Hempstead and Granite streets.
  TAG: Will of Robert Park of Mistick (sic) "neere New London." Dated 14 May
1660, proved 14 March 1664/5. Names William, eldest son, executor, "all houses and lands at Mistick on boath Sides of the Riuer (170 acres);" Son Samuel, 50 pounds "in case he shall first Come and Demand the Same in Roxburyh, Mass., within 7 years next;" "Thomas Parke or any of his children at choice of my Executor, one-third of my estate in lands or good pay."
  Memorial: Robert Parke, born about 1580 in Bures, Suffolk, England, married (1) at Semer, Suffolk, 9 Feb. 1601/02 Martha Chapin, (2) 30 May 1644 at Roxbury, MA, Alice (Freeman) Thompson, widow of John Thompson of Preston,
Northamptonshire. In 1649 They were living in New London and removed to
Stonington, CT, where Robert bought 2,000 acres from Winthrop and was the 13th signer of the Covenant. He died 4 Feb. 1664/5 in Stonington and is said to be buried in Whitehall Cemetery, Mystic.
  Saturday's Children: Robert Parke sailed on the Arbella in 1630 for New
England. His destination was Wethersfield, Conn. His point of origin was
Lincolnshire. [This corrupted from Lancashire along the way?]
  Ship Passengers, National and New England (973, W3s): Robert Parke,
secretary to Gov. Winthrop, sailed 1630 on the Arbella, with wife Martha and
three children. Page 139.
  Sureties: Robert Parke, married Alice Freeman before 30 May 1644 at Roxbury, Mass.

3685. Martha CHAPLIN was christened 4 Feb 1583/1584 in Semer, Suffolk, England. She died 1643 in Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Old Whitehall Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Martha was christened 4 Feb 1583/1584 in Semer, Suffolk, England. [Parents]

Parke Family Genealogy, by SF Parks, page 27.
    It is probable that she died in EN before the family came to this country, as no mention has been found of her here.

Note: Martha Chaplin was her husband's first cousin, daughter of William Chaplin of Semer, co Suffolk.
William Chaplin whose daughter married Robert Parke of Gestingthorpe was of Tarnes Farm, Long Melford, and not the same person. (NEHG "Register" v 136.)

 Sources: Parke Assn. Newsletter, Vol XV, #3, p. 35 (Fall 1978); History of
the Town of Stonington by Wheeler; Horace Perkins book; F.S. Parks book;
Boston Evening Transcript; Roberts/Reitwiesner; The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 by
Charles Edward Banks; Topographical Dictionary; Potter-Richardson Memorial; American Ancestors and Counsins of the Princess of Wales by Gary Boyd Roberts and William Addams Reitwiesner.
 Winthrop: Martha Chaplin Parke, wife of Robert. Came with Winthrop fleet on
the Arbella with husband and son Thomas.
 Dictionary: A Clement Chaplin of Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, settled in
Cambridge, Mass. (NEHGR 38/343). Relative?
 Wheeler, Memorial and BT erroneously have her the daughter of Robert
Chapin/Chapen, not the great-granddaughter of Robert Chaplin.
 AF records list her surname as Chapen and Chaplin. The
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography says various spellings in England and
America are: Chapen, Chapan, Capinne, Calpin and Chapin. This book goes with
Chapin, which comes from 10th century France.
 A Samuel Chapin admitted freeman in Massachusetts 2 June 1641. He among
founders of Springfield, MA. Relative? Martha had a son named Samuel Parke.
 She was married in Edmundsbury (sic), according to an AF record, but was
christened in Edmundsberg (sic), the same record says. *P* record says
christened 1584, Long Melford, Suffolk, and died before 1630, Hitcham, Suffolk.
 Perkins book says died before 1630, Hitcham, Bildeston, England.
 Parke Society official says 1643 death date is "per Jacobus, Grankeary
Family, 1643." Was this date assumed because he married Alice Freeman Thompson
in 1644????
  Memorial: Martha Chapin (sic), married Robert Parke in 1601. With her
husband and children she sailed from Cowes for New England 29 March 1630 on the Arbella. The couple was living in Wethersfield, CT, by 1640. She died there in 1643.
 Roberts/Reitwiesner: Martha Chaplin, baptized Semer, Suffolk, England, 4 Feb. 1583/4. Died probably by 1643 (whether she came to New England is unknown). She and Robert Parke were first cousins. More details, page 31.

3686. John HOLGRAVE was born 1614 in England. He died 1708 in Kennebec, Maine. John married Lydia.

ELDRED AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, Researched by: Catherine Matson & Clarice McNiven, Compiled by: Carol & Susan Matson, pp. 78, 79.
    John Holgrave is reported to have come to New England on the "Lion" in 1630. He settled first in Salem, MA and was made a Freeman in Salem Nov. 5, 1635. He represented Salem as Deputy to the General Court in May 1634 and in March and May 1635. He was appointed overseer of the ammunition for Salem Sept. 3, 1634. He was one of 9 commissioners appointed 3-4-1634/5 to board friendly ships and buy commodities and sell them at 5% profit. He was empowered 6-3-1635 to impress men to help unload the salt at Marblehead. He was to "Set out the bounds of Boston and Saugus aboute Rumney marshe" 7-8-1635 and serve on the Grand Jury 9-19-1637. Salem records under date of 4-18-1635 state: "Granted unto Mr. John holdgrave fisherman 3 quarters of an acre of land upon Winter Island, 1/2 an acre without Winter Island for his howse lott." He was one of the Townsmen chosen in 1637, and part of the Salem records of the year are written in his handwriting. For several years he was chosen to keep the ordinary in Salem. His social position and the holding of public positions entitled him to prefix of "Mr.", which was often applied to him in the records. He probably removed to Kennebec, Maine with his son-in-law, Robert Gutch, who was a preacher to the Kennebec fishermen and established his home on a large tract of land on Kennebec River.
    Children probably all born in Salem MA.

3687. Lydia.

3696. Thomas ELDRED was born about 1595 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. He married Anna WATSON. [Parents]

3697. Anna WATSON.

3698. Daniel MILLER.

3706. Hugh WELLS.

3744. Humphrey GRIFFIN was born about 1603 in England. He died 16 Sep 1622 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Humphrey married Joan about 1637 in England.

Info from Robert D. Griffin, 182 Herrick Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666
Researching this line is Nancyann Norman at [email protected]

3745. Joan died 17 Jul 1657.

3746. Theophilus SHATSWELL was born 1617. He died 1663. Theophilus married Susanna BOSWORTH.

3747. Susanna BOSWORTH was born in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

3748. Walter HARRIS was born in England. He died 6 Nov 1654 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. Walter married Mary FRYE. [Parents]

Walter Harris father of Gabriel Harris deceased the 6th of November 1654.

3749. Mary FRYE died 24 Jan 1655 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut.

3756. Nicholas SHAPLEIGH was born in Kingsweare, Devon, England. He died 1661/1662 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. Nicholas married Anne. [Parents]

Pioneers of MA, by Charles Herny Pope, page 408.
    Nicholas, of Kingsweare, Devon, merchant, bought of James Treworgy now resident in New England, for 1500 Li., all his lands, houses, fish, fishing coast, etc, in N.E> April 2, 1641. (York Deeds.)
    He res. some time at Strawbery Bank and elsewhere in Piscataqua region, where his father, Mr. Alexander Shapleigh, was early an agent of Gorges. He sold S.B. property and bought house and land in Boston 22 (3) 1645. Rem to Charlestown and bought lands there 8 (8) 1648.
    Call Captain in depos. 24 (9) 1651. Wife Anne; ch. Joseph; Benjamin b. in Boston (7) 1645.
    He d. in 1661-2, Will dated 21 (11) 1661-2, beq. to "Nicholas"; to sons Joseph and Benjamin. The widow Anne and son Joseph execs. (Mix. Files, 1666.)

3757. Anne.