Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Maj. Nicholas SHAPLEIGH | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Major Nicholas, b. 1610, in England; d. 29th Apr. 1682, at Kittery. Was Treasurer of the Province of Maine, 1649; Captain, 1653; Major, 1656. Was superseded by William Phillips, on the usurpation by Massachusetts, being in 1662, Magistrate next to the Rt. Worshipful Henry Josselyn. Commissioner for Sir Ferdinando Gorges. Commissioner to sign treaty with the Indians at the close of King Philip's War, 12th Apr. 1678. m. Alice (surname unknown). [ref 18:3-490] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Major Nicholas, Kittery, bp. at K. 1 Jan. 1617-8, merchant, a worthy representative of his family and noted for his ability in public life, his dislike of Massachusetts' government and his hospitable nature and tolerance for those not always in favor with others. Called merchant of Kingsweare in his br.-in-law's deed of 2 Apr. 1641 (Mr. Godfrey took poss. for him), he was here and a member of the court in Aug. 1644 but bound to England three months later when he gave his p/a to John Treworgye. By 1648 he had returned and was serving as selectman, an office he filled many years, until disallowed, with others in 1669 because of Quaker sympathies. Kittery's commisioner, County Treasurer, Magistrate, Assemblyman, Capt., Major and member of various civil and military commissions, also his ddealings with Mass., including a stay in their prison in 1674, being released on his sis. Katherine's plea and his payment of �200. How his w. Alice, married by 1651, was related to Mrs. Ann Messant, and why young John Cutts called him 'uncle' are questions that arouse curiosity but are unanswered. He d. s.p. 29 Apr. 1682, being killed by a falling mast at a launching at John Diamond's, and leaving as heirs his wid. Alice and neph. John whom he brot over from England as a small boy. The wid. was liv. 20 Dec. 1685. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [error] NICHOLAS, Kittery, s. of Alexander, b. in England. a man of emin. was first of Portsmouth, sold his est. there in Dec. 1644, chos. Traesr. of the Province of Maine 1649, capt. in 1653, major in 1656, supersed. in 1663 by William Phillips, being in 1662 a magistr. next to the right worshipf. Henry Josselyn. He had w. Alice, no. ch. went home prob. seven yrs. later, and liv. long, yet came not again to our side of the ocean, I presume, but d. in England. 1681 or 2. His name is not includ. with. those the royal commisnrs. honor. in giv. office, wh. might seem to prove his abs. tho. special reason may be, his tenderness for Quakers. [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MAJOR NICHOLAS b. about 1610; m. Alice, dau. of widow Ann Mesant; d. s. p. 29 April 1682. Some have confused him with another Nicholas Shapleigh of Boston. [ref 33:716] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nicholas, also a merchant at Kingsweare, Devon, who came over here as early as 1641, when he bought lands, houses, fishing coast, etc. of his brother in law Treworgy. He lived at Boston and Charlestown from about 1645 till about 1648, when he was a citizen and a town officer of Kittery. He was "instrumental by an order to some of Road Iland to make seizure of certain persons" about 1674, in consequence of which he was arrested and imprisoned at Boston in 1674; and at that time his sister sent down a petition. He was soon released. [ref 44:185] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 May, 1682. Jury report "that Maj. Nicholas Shapleigh was accidently killed by a blow from a small Mast or Coolprize which gave way wn the vessell (then launched) started which woulded his head & was the cause of his death 29 April, 1682 at the house of John Dyamont at Kittery. Elyas Battene was likewys slayne at ye same time by ye same instrument." (Court Records) Savage erroneously states that Shapleigh died in England. [ref 43:3-131] 1662 Major* Nicholas Shapleigh & Mrs. Alyse Shapleigh presented for not frequenting the place of public worship. 6 July 1669 York Court: "...the Town of Kittery had acted contrary to law in choosing Mr. Nickollus Shapligh James Heard & Richard Naly townsmen. They being Quakers are dismissed from that trust and the Town is ordered to make another choice. [ref 43:2-132] *can he be both a major and a Quaker? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nicholas born 1617 [ref 58:243] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To all People to whome these presents shall come Greeting &c. Know yee that I Edward Bushell Mercht. now resident in Boston in New England for good causes and Considerations mee thereunto moveing Have bargained & Sould unto Major Nicholas Shapleigh of Kittery in sd. New England a Certaine Negro man Called Coffe now in the Custody of John Holder Sr. Liveing in Scotland on the Island of Barbados To Have and and to hold the sd. Negro called Coffe to the use benifitt & behoofe of him the sd. Shapleigh his heires & assignes during the terme of the nat�ural I life of him the sd. Coffe And I the sd. Bushell hereby prom�ise to warrant & defend the Sale abovesd. against any pson or psons claimeing Lawfully any right title or Intrest to the abovesd. Negro In Witness whereof I have heereunto Set my hand & Scale in Boston abovesd. the fourth day of May 1676. Edward Bushel & a seale Signed Sealed & Delivd. In presence of Robert Oxe Alwin Childe This Instrumt. of Sale was acknowledged by Edward Bushell as his act &. deed this 26th : may 1 676 before mee Joseph Dudley Recorded & compared 26th : May 1676 p Freegrace Bendall Recordr. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the year 1659, Francis Small "was employed by Major Nicholas Shapleigh to purchase a certain great Island called Sebascoe Diggin, lying against a Necke of land called Merriconeag." He built a house there "by order of Major Shapleigh and possessed the Island in his behalf." "This was called Small's Island." May 10, 1683, Francis Small, senior, aged about fifty-six, and his wife Elizabeth, aged about forty-nine, testified to the above facts. They had one child born there, which was the "first white child of English parents" born in that part of Maine. Francis Small was again attorney for Falmouth in 1663. He was living in Kittery in 1668, but he had a house and trading camp where the village of Cornish now is. This was doubtless the first house built in that town or in any part of the Ossipee lands. "In the summer of 1668, Francis Small sold goods to the Newichawannoch tribe of Indians on credit, to be paid for in furs in the autumn; but when the time of payment drew near the red men deemed it easier to kill Small than to pay him, and they decided to fire his house and shoot him when he came out to escape the flames. Captain Sunday, the chief of the tribe, was friendly to Small, and told him what the Indians were to do, and advised him to flee for his life. Small thought the tale a cunningly devised fable to frighten him away in order to avoid payment; but when night came, thinking it wise to be on the side of safety, he secreted himself in some pines on the hill near by, and watched through the long November night. With the coming of the dawn, a flame of fire shot up from the burning house, whereupon Small took flight and paused not until he reached his home in Kittery. Chief Sunday followed Small to Kittery, and there made good the loss, by selling to him the entire Ossipee tract of land. The deed was dated November 28, 1668. The signature of Captain Sunday was a turtle. It conveyed to Francis Small "my great tract of land at Osobe containing twenty miles square and lying between the two rivers of great Osobe, and Little Ossipee, so called, and being the same land where the said Francis Small's trading house now stands, and from the river Meehewonock near Humphrey Chadbourne's logging camp, and to extend Northerly and Easterly to Saco river." The consideration was "two large Indian blankets, two gallons Rum, Two pounds powder, four pounds of Musket Balls, and twenty string of Indian beads, with several other articles." This deed is still in existence, and was recorded in 1773, when one hundred and five years old. Francis Small conveyed one undivided half of the Ossipee lands to Major Nicholas Shapleigh; and the other half to his son Samuel, April 30, 1711. These lands were divided between the heirs of Francis Small and Nicholas Shapleigh, about 1781. It is now incorporated in the towns of Limington, Limerick, Cornish, Parsonsfield and Newfield. Cornish was first named Francisborough. [source: Genealogical and Family History State of Maine Vol. I] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Alice MESANT | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of widow Anne Messant - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 June, 1683. "One-third of Maj. Nich Shapleigh's estate to Mis Alyce his widow, the other two-thirds to Mr. John Shapleigh" . . . "of his Ouncle Major Nicho Shapleigh" . . . "and after the decease of his aunt" . . . "wr/by hee is Adjudged & Concluded to bee ye soole & proper heyre of his Ouncle Major Nicolas Shapleigh his Estate." (Court Records) [ref 43:3-131] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Anne Messant, housekeeper in Dover and Agamenticus for Rev. George Burdett, later wife of Edward Godfrey, gave gift to Mrs. Alice Shapleigh, wife of Major Nicholas. On September 14, 1667 Mrs. Anne Godfrey deeded to her the "farm" on which she dwelt, "in consideration of the naturall Love & affection which she beareth unto the sd Aylce Shapleigh." Gift also included 100 pounds, making the relationship of Anne and Alice as aunt-niece unlikely. [ref 58:242] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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