Husband Thomas RICE
Born: 30 Jan 1653-30 Jan 1654
Christened:
Died: 1747
Buried:
Father: Thomas RICE (1625-1681)
Mother: Mary KING (1627-1706)
Marriage:
Wife Mary
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes (Husband)
Two children of Edmund, son of Samuel; Silas, b 1695, and Timothy, b 1697, were kidnapped together with their cousins Ashur and Adonijah sons of Thomas Rice, in 1704, when their home in Marlborough was raided as they were spreading flax in a field. Their younger brother Timothy was killed. Ashur was redeemed, Adonijah later married a French-Canadian woman and remained in Canada, and Silas and Timothy remained with their Indian tribe, married Indian women, and have many descendants. Timothy became a chief of the Cognawaga tribe.
Husband Robert BRADISH
Born: Abt 1608 - England
Christened:
Died: 29 Oct 1659 - Cambridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Buried:
Marriage: Abt 1630
Other Spouse: Vashti ( - ) - 1639
Wife Mary
Born: Abt 1616 - England
Christened:
Died: Sep 1638 - Cambridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Buried:
Children
1 F Mary BRADISH
Born: 1632 - Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 1660 - Sudbury, Massachusetts
Buried: - Sudbury, Mass
Spouse: Matthew GIBBS (1626-1697)
Marr: 1651 - Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
2 F Hannah BRADISH
Born: Abt 1634 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: After 1657
Buried:
Spouse: Ezekiel MORRELL ( - )
Marr: , Massachusetts
3 M Joseph BRADISH
Born: 6 May 1638 - Cambridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 7 Jul 1720 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Mary ( - )
Spouse: Mary BRADISH ( - )
4 M John BRADISH
Born: 3 Dec 1645 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: After 1664
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. His origins are apparently not known.
Husband Richard PEPPER (PEPPIT)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Robert PEPPER
Born: 1618 - St Mary, Aldermary, London, England
Christened: 22 Jan 1618 - St.Maryaldermary, London, Middlesex, England
Died: 22 Jan 1618 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Wp
Buried: 22 Jan 1618 - St. Mary, Aldermary, London, England
Spouse: Elizabeth JOHNSON (1619-1684)
Marr: 14 Mar 1642-14 Mar 1643 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
General Notes (Husband)
John Johnson Genealogy says that Robert Pepper was the son of Richard Pepper and Mary, born England, died Jul 7, 1684, Roxbury.
"Richard Pepper, age 27 years, and his wife, age 30 years, came from Ipswich, England, in the "Francis" in 1634. Robert, above, was their son. The Pepper family had Crest and Motto. They resided in Roxbury.
Supporting the notion that it was Richard who was Robert's father is this paragraph from the Great Migration Begins article on William Heath, who was Mary Heath's brother; "ESTATE: William Heath died at Roxbury just before the land inventory was taken there. The fourth entry in this land inventory, immediately after that of Rev. John Eliot, is for Isaac Heath, son of William. As there is a later, shorter, entry for Isaac Heath, as well as one for his younger brother Peleg Heath [ RBOP <javascript:APop(p16670,130,156);> 40-41, 48-49], this early entry would contain the lands which had been granted to the immigrant. At the time of the Roxbury land inventory William Heath's widow would have held a life interest in these lands, which were at her death to be divided between the two sons. Thus, before his death William Heath held twelve parcels of land, nine by grant from the town and three by purchase: "dwelling house, barn, orchard and houselot, three acres"; "fourteen acres of salt marsh"; "six acres of upland in the calve's pasture"; "six acres of saalt marsh in Gravelly point"; "four acres of upland at Stoney River"; "four and twenty acres not far from Gamblin's End"; "sixteen acres at the Great Pond"; "six acres ... lately bought of Mr. William Perkins"; "in the second allotment of the last division being the eleventh lot ... ninety-four acres, three quarters and thirty pole"; "in the four thousand acres two-hundred fifty and six acres"; "three roods of swamp land lately the land of John Stow"; and "four acres ... lately the land of Richard Pepper, lying in the upper calve's pasture" [ RBOP <javascript:APop(p16670,130,156);> 14]. "
Jonathan Pepper of Roxbury, died 1669/70 in Roxbury, calls Isaac Johnson his uncle.
Pepper genealogy : ancestors and descendants of Robert Pepper of Roxbury, Mass
However, Some notes on inconsistencies in published genealogical data and additions thereto
(Ancestry.org), states:
The Pepper Genealogy by Emily Clark Landon, 1932, states on apge 10 that Robert Pepper who came to America about 1640 and settled in Roxbury, Mass., was supposed by Savage to be the son of Richard Pepper, who came with his wife on teh ship Francis in 1634. The History of the First Church of Roxbury by Walter E. Wting, 1908, on page 51, states Richard Pepper, age 27, came in 1634 from Ipswich, England. Hence Richard Pepper was not old enough to have had a son of marriageable age in 1642-3 because on 14 March 1642-3 Robert Pepper did marry Elizabeth Johnson.
(Actually, he was barely old enough if both he and Robert married at age 18. If Richard was 27 in 1634, then he was born in about 1607, and was about 36 in 1643.)
PEPPER GENEALOGY: Ancestors and Descendants of Robert PEPPER of Roxbury, MASS, Emily Clark Landon
"Richard PEPPER, Roxbury, came in the "Francis" from Ipswich, 1634 aged 27, with his wife MAry aged 30, and dau. Mary 3 1/2 yrs., besides Stephen Beckett of 11 years, united with the church early, as did his wife. Freeman March 4, 1635, but of father, mother, and children nothing is known beyond that, only a meagre note that he was living in 1648."
Francis, Springfield, prob 1645, will dated Dec 5, 1685, probated March 30, 1686, beq to cousins Joseph, Samuel, Marah, Benjamin and Jeremiah Northrup, who are sepcified in probation papers as living at Seaside, Conn. Phillis, a maid servant memb. ch. Roxbury about 1637 (E) Frances probably had no children. (ref. Pioneers of America, page 354.)
Richard Pepper, Roxbury, came in the Francis from Ipswich, 1634, aged 27, with his wife Mary aged 30, and daughter Mary 3 1/2 years, besides Stephen Beckett of 11 years, united with the church early, as did his wife. Freeman March 4, 1635, but of father, mother and children nothing is known beyond that, only a meagre note that he was living in 1648. He may have removed to long distance in Connecticut. Mr. Drake gave this man the name of pepy, in the transcript for Gen. Reg. Vol. XIV ages 331-2 but on the latter page has it both ways. Savage says that nine years before he had printed in 3 mass. Historical collections Col. X. pages 143 adn 4, the copy sent him by Country-man Henry Stephens, the accomplished assistant at the British museum and perhaps his Reading may seem equal. (ref. Saages Genealogical Dictionary Vol III).
Richard Pepper and wife Mary, were early members of Roxbury Church.
Someone's handwritten notes. Richard Pepper (Piper, Pyper) of Haddam, Conn. died Apr 3 1678 and willed estate to friends and neighbors. Freeman 1669, Constable 1669, Deputy 1674. Had proprietary land rights. Same?
General Notes for Child Robert PEPPER
Date of burial is 8 5 mo 1684; I may not have translated properly. "'an old Xian'" (RCR, p 185). Roger Pepper is called a man servant in Eliot's list. He came about 1640.
John Johnson Genealogy says that he was the son of Richard Pepper and Mary. It says, Richard Pepper, age 27 years, and his wife, age 30 years, came from Ipswich, England, in the Francis, in 1634. Robert was their son. They resided in Roxbury.
Robert Pepper married Eliza Johnson at First Church in Roxbury. He was made Freeman May 10, 1643, was an original donor to the Free School, a member of the First church. He was given leave to brew, and sell penny beare and cakes, and white bread. Innkeepers were men of only the best repute, and the inns were the meeting place of towns people in these early days. Between church services the taverns furnished warming up places.
Robert Pepper is supposed by Savage to be the son of Richard Pepper.
Rober Pepper in King Phillips War Jul 6 1675.
Robert Pepper born in England, emigrated to Roxbury, Mass., in 1640. He was called a man servant in Eliot's list.
Robert Pepper m March 14, 1662, Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Capt. John Johnson of Roxbury and his wife Margeret Scuuder Johnson, whom he married in England) Gives Margaret parentage of William Scudder of Darenth, Kent.
Following from Boston Transcript of Apr 9, 1930 - "Capt. John Johnson 1600 - 1659 was Surveyor of all ye Armyes (Soce of Col Wars), was deputy to First General court of Mass., 1634 and for 25 years, thill his death, member of Artillery Co., kept a tavern, many public meetings held at brother Johnson's (ref given, Gen of 1st settlers, by Farmer; Ellis' His. of Roxbury; Popes pioneers of Mass. by Savage)
Robert Pepper was made freeman May 10, 1643.
West of JOhnson's was the homestead of Robert Pepper who in 1642, m. his sister Elizabeth.
Robert Pepper's wife died Jan 5, 1648 and he the aged Christian, as the church record calls him, died Jul 7 following, having three days before made his will... His son Robert was taken by Indians at Northfield, in Squakheag fight Sept 4, 1675, and was prisoner to Shoshannim. Sagamore of Nashaway. under Capt. Beers, when report said he was killed, but Mrs. Rowlandson saw him in the following winter and he probably died in captivity.
In 1653 leaf was given to John Groton and Robert Pepper to brew and sell penny beare adn cakes and white wine.
Robert Pepper was Man servant.
Robert Pepper was an original donor to the Free Schools. (Ref. His. of 1st ch. of Roxbury pages 55-56.)
DNA proves that two lines from Robert Pepper of Roxbury, and a John Pepper of Staffordshire, England, share common ancestry.
Husband John ALLEN
Born: Abt 1631 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 1 Dec 1711 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Walter ALLEN (Abt 1601- )
Mother: Rebecca ( - )
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Sarah ( -1702) - 1654 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Wife Mary
Born:
Christened:
Died: 30 Aug 1727 - Sudbury, Massachusetts
Buried:
Children
General Notes (Husband)
Lived in Newbury, Massachusetts until 1662, when he moved to Sudbury, where he died Dec 1, 1711 probalby about 80 years old. He was a tailor, perhaps the tailor of the town,though for a few years in the latter part of his lfie he had a competitor in Enoch Cleveland, youngest son of Moses Cleveland of Woburn. John Allen also had a farm, where he lived, in the part of Sudbury now called Wayland.
Sudbury was attacked by the Indians during King Philip's War in 1676, and John Allen was one of the suffers, his loss on a petition to the General Court being estimated at 60 pounds. In 1688 he was one of those who took the public stock of ammunition into their hands, a sort of minute man. It is probable that he had a sonThomas killed in the first French and Indian War (King William's War, 1689).
Husband Samuel ADAMS
Born: 2 Nov 1661 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: Bef 22 Jan 1678 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Henry ADAMS Lt (1609-1676)
Mother: Elizabeth PAINE (1620-1676)
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Mary PLIMPTON ( - ) - 2 Nov 1709 - Sherborn, Middlesex, Mass.
Wife Mary
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
Husband Edmund FROST
Born: 28 Aug 1593 - Hartest, Suffolk, England
Christened:
Died: Jul 1672 - Cambridge, Middlesex, England
Buried:
Father: John FROST ( - )
Mother:
Father: John FROST ( - )
Mother:
Marriage: 1653
Other Spouse: Thomazine CLENCHE (1608-1653) - 16 Apr 1634 - Earls Colne, Essex, England
Other Spouse: Reana ( -Bef 1665) - Abt 1669
Other Spouse: Mary ( -Bef 1669) - 1653
Other Spouse: Reana ( -Bef 1665) - Abt 1669
Wife Mary
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1669
Buried:
Children
1 F Sarah FROST
Born: 1653 - Cambridge, Middlesex, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
A "preaching elder" forced to leave England under an assumed name because he dissented from church views. Settled immediately in 1635 in Cambridge with first wife and son John. One of original members of First Congregationalist Church of Cambridge. Made elder 1636. m 1 1630 Thomazine, not Belgrave (who may have actually married Edward Frost) in Hartest, Suffolk, England. She d 6/13/1653 Sudbury MA m 2 Mary c 1653 d bef 1669 m 3 Reana c 1669 d bef 11/3/1665 m 1 Edmund Jaes bef 1640, m 2 William Andrews (-1652) c8/11/1640 3 Robert Daniel (-1655( 5/2/1654
This would give Edmund powerful Puritan connections, but I do not have on what this parentage is based. Moreover, the list of children that I have does not include alleged Frost sisters Alice, Elizabeth, OR Thomasine.
His father was allegedly John Frost, a minister persecuted by Archbishop Laud.
He was married To Thomazine Clenche by Rev. Shepherd, whose group he belonged to. SeeSee Thompson, Neil D., "The English Ancestry of Thomasine (Clench) Frost, First Wife of Edmund Frost of Cambridge, Massachusetts," in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 153 (July 1999), pp. 279, 289.
I have dates of birth Aug 28 1573 and Aug 28 1593. There appears to be an effort to make him a child of John the Younger, father of Edward Frost, Glemsford adn Hartest, but this doesn't match up.
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Edmund Frost is the first American ancestor for many of us. For you and
Darlene Frost Kneaves, this is what I've found so far. I believe Edmund:
-was born in Hartest, Suffolk County, England Aug. 28, 1593.
The following two books led me to look at Hartest and dates around 1593:
The Frost
Family in England and America with Special Reference to Edmund Frost and
Some of
His Descendants,Thomas G. Frost and Edward L. Frost (Russell Printing
Co.,
Buffalo,NY,1909) and Frost Genealogy in Five Families, Norman Seaver
Frost, (Frost
Family Assn. of America, West Newton, MA, 1926) reprinted by Higginson
Book Co.
The parish transcripts from Hartest 1556-1784, Family History Library
(FHL) film
0991936 show only one Edmund Frost born between 1556 and 1620, the one
born
Aug. 28, 1593. "Our" Edmund's birth could have been erroneously omitted,
but
I believe this is the right one.
-was the son of John Frost.
The books also point to John as Edmund's father and many trees said he
was born in
or around 1570.
The transcripts show only two John Frosts born in
Hartest between
1565 and 1575: May 30, 1568 and March 17,1572. The father of both John
Frosts
was John Frost. The second birth has "carpr." next to John the father's
name,
apparently to differentiate John the carpenter from the John who had
"sexton" in the
margins for a different child's birth. Again, this could be wrong, but I
think one of these
two Johns was Edmund's father. If Edmund was born in 1593, the earliest
his father
could have died was 1592. There was a John Frost sho died Sept.6, 1606
who was "son
of Hen.[ry] of Glemsford.
This may have given rise to the
Edmund-born-in-Glemsford,
England belief that I saw in some Frost family trees that didn't have
documentation.
Other John Frosts died Mar. 20, 1607, Feb. 2, 1609, and Feb. 9, 1609.
According to
Hartest: A Village History, ed. Clive Paine (Hartest Local History Group,
Lavenham Press
Lavenham, England, 1999) the last two are son and father, and the
father's will didn't
mention a son Edmund. This means the John Frost who died in 1607 might
have been
Edmund's father.
-was the grandson of John Frost. See information above.
-was married to Thomasine Clench whose parentage is known.
The Frost books and other sources say his wife was Thomasine Belgrave or
Clench.
Neil Thompson reported his research in "The English Ancestry of Thomasine
(Clench)
Frost, First Wife of Edmund Frost of Cambridge, Massachusetts," New
England
Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1999.
Microfilmed parish
register records
from the town of Earls Colne, Essex County, England show Reverend Thomas
Shepard
married Edmund Frost and Thomasine "Clenche" Apr. 16, 1634. This is
significant
because Edmund and Thomasine came to America with Shepard.
Thomasine was
baptized Oct.6,1608 at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, the 7th of 8 children
of Robert Clench
and Joan Webbe. Robert was baptized at Coddenham, Suffolk County June 22,
1572 with
his twin sister Anne, and died at Witcham, Cambridgeshire before July 12,
1633 when
his will was "proved." Joan was born about 1579, the daughter of Thomas
Webbe and
Susanna Smyth, and died after June 1610 when her oldest child was
baptized. Robert
was a landowner in Bottisham and moved to Witcham, Isle of Ely after
1610. Robert was
one of 13 children of John Clench and Katherine Almott. John was
probably born in
Wethersfield, Essex around 1533, and died in Holbrook, Suffolk Aug. 18 or
19, 1607.
Katherine was born around 1534, the daughter of Thomas Almott and Bridget
of Creeting
All Saints, Suffolk. Bridget's surname was possibly Thorne. John Clench
was a judge
who, according to Thompson, was "a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I who
called him 'her
good judge.'" The judge's father, Edmund's great-grandfather, was John
clenche of
Wethersfield, Essex, whose parents are unkknown. In his will he called
himself a
husbandman, which means farmer, although he owned some land and leased
other land.
Around 1525 he married Joan Amias, daughter of John Amias, "gentleman."
I think some of the Thomasine Clench-Belgrave confusion is due to the
fact that there
was a Thomasine Frost, a descendent of John Strutt (Strut) of Glemsford,
who married
Edmund Rice and immigrated to Sudbury, MA.
-had his first son John in England in 1635.
Books and trees give various dates, but people usually had their first
child about a year
after they were married, and Edmund and Thomasine were married Apr. 16,
1634. I
didn't find a birth of a John Frost around this time in the Hartest
records, but since they
were married in Earls Colne, it may have occurred there. I haven't
ordered the Earls
Colne microfilm yet.
Re: Edmund's son James. I'm not descended from him, but the Frost Family
book says
James was Edmund and Thomasine's sixth child born 9,2,1643 old system
(Apr. 9,
1643). He "settled in Billerica and m. Rebecca Hamlet, Dec. 17, 1664;
she d. Aug. 20,
1666 and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thos. Foster, Jan. 22, 1666-7. His
children were
James, b. Aug. 14, 1666; Thomas, b. Oct. 18, 1667; John, b. Nov.14, 1668,
d. Mar.
3,1668-9; Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1669-70; Elizabeth b.Nov.6,1672, m. Peter
Cornell;
Edmund b. May 14, d.May 18, 1675; Sarah b.July 15, 1678, m.--Howard;
Hannah
b.Jan.31,1680-1; Joseph, b.Mar.21,1682-3; Abigail b.Aug.23,1685,
m.Ephraim Kidder;
Benjamin, b.Mar.8,1687-8, and Mary, who m. John Walker. James the f. was
deacon of
the Billerica church and died Aug. 12, 1711, a.71; his wife Elizabeth,
survived. He was a
soldier against Weymesit Indians, Billerica garrison, 1675." The Frost
Genealogy book
takes James' line through nine generations who lived in MA, NH, and VT,
but none in
Maine (the MA towns are in what is now MA). Darlene - e-mail me your
snail mail
address if you want me to send you a photocopy of the James generations.
Hope this helps the Edmund descendants.
Robin in maryland
Discussion on Frost-l with above individual, Nov 10 and 11, 2005
I think some family histories have confused Thomasine Belgrave, who married Edmund Rice and lived in Sudbury, MA with Thomasine Clenche, who married Edmund Frost and lived in Cambridge, MA. The best source of info on Thomasine Clench Frost is probably an article by Neil Thompson, "The English Ancestry of Thomasine (Clench) Frost, First Wife of Edmund Frost of Cambridge, Massachusetts," in the July 1999 New England Historic and Genealogic Register. All dates are month,day,year and all locations England unless otherwise specified. Thompson's information is based on church records. He said Thomasine was baptized 10/6/1608 in Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, the daughter of Robert and Joan (Webbe) Clench. Robert was baptized at Coddenham, Suffolk, with his twin sister Anne and died at Witcham, Cambridgeshire before 7/12/1633 when his will was "proved." Joan was born about 1579, the daughter of Thomas and Susanna (Smyth) Webbe, and died after 6/1610 when her oldest child was baptized. Robert was a landowner in Bottisham, but moved to Witcham, Isle of Ely after 1610. Earlier parish registers don't exist, the Bishop's Transcripts are incomplete, and there is no burial record for Robert, Joan, or his second wife. Robert was the son of John Clench, "the Judge," who was probably born in Wethersfield, Essex around 1533, died in Holbrook, Suffolk Aug. 18 or 19, 1607. John married Katherine Almott around 1555. Katherine was born around 1534, the daughter of Thomas Almott and Bridget (possible surname Thorne) of Creeting All Saints, Suffolk. Thompson said Judge Clench had a "distinguished" career and "is said to have been a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I who called him 'her good judge.'" When he died he had lands in Harkstead, Grundisburgh, Clopton, Kirton, Holbrook, Great Bealings, and Bramford in Suffolk County (I couldn't find these on a map), but he didn't leave an estate record. At various times the family lived in Creeting All Saints, Crowfield in Coddenham, and Holbrook in Suffolk. John's father was John Clench of Wethersfield, Essex, parents unknown. In his will he called himself a husbandman, which means farmer, although he had "freehold" land, which means land owned free and clear, and "copyhold" land which means "a tenure of property proved by a written transcript of record in the rolls of a manorial court," according to the dictionary. Around 1525 John married Joan Amias, daughter of John Amias "gentleman." Thompson said Edmund Frost and Thomasine "Clenche" were married 4/16/1634 by Reverend Thomas Shepard in Earls Colne, Essex County. This is significant because Edmund and Thomasine came to the colonies with Shepard and the rest of his congregation. I found a birth record for an Edmund Frost in theHartest, Suffolk County parish records on 8/28/1593. His father's name was John. Family histories say Edmund's father was born in or around 1570. I found only two John Frosts born in Hartest between 1565 and 1575, one 5/30/1568 and one 3/17/1572 who had "carpr." written next to his name. The father of both John Frosts was also John Frost. Hope this helps. Robin in Maryland
Dora Smith asked why some believe Edmund Frost's father was a clergyman named John who was persecuted by Laud. Unfortunately, the two major Edmund Frost genealogies don't give any sources. When I've checked their data against original records, I found the genealogies were accurate almost all the time. However, church records, called parish registers, didn't begin in England until 1538. Edmund and Thomasine were married by Reverend Thomas Shepard and emigrated with him. Shepard's autobiography describes his persecution by Laud. I don't know if John Frost of Hartest was Edmund's father. I believe he was because the family histories say Edmund was born in Hartest and the only birth record I found in the parish records had an Edmund whose father was John. The Hartest Local History Group also believes Edmund was born to John in Hartest on 8/28/1593. Their book Hartest: A Village History includes two JohnFrosts, a tanner who died in 1661 and a weaver who died in 1644. I don't know if these are relatives. Some Frost histories give various dates for Edmund's birth, and some say he was born in Glemsford. I read parish records transcribed in 1941, when England was being bombed regularly. I'm guessing they were done to make sure a copy survived. The handwriting in the originals is the worst I've ever seen, so there could be errors. However, I only saw one Edmund Frost born in Glemsford, a twin to John born in 1564. I read transcribed Hartest records from 1556-1635 and only found one Edmund born 8/28/1593 to John. Was Robert the son of a prominent judge? The genealogist who published the article checked original records when he could, transcribed articles when he couldn't. The NEHGS has a high standard for publication, so I give their articles a lot of credibility. Was Edmund an ordained minister or a church elder? I've read the records of the town and church of Cambridge, MA (originally called the New Towne or Newtown) which say he was one of the first two church elders. The records often refer to him as Elder Frost. The town didn't have a minister from 1668-71 so church officials including Edmund were given the responsibility for "cathechizing the youth" which meant making sure they had memorized religious material printed in Q&A format. Edmund was poor, and the church occasionally gave him money food, or other items. Robin in Maryland
General Notes (Wife)
Her name may have been Mary Edmund Frost. (????)
Husband Thomas DAVENPORT
Born: Abt 1615 - prob Devonshire, England
Christened:
Died: 9 Nov 1685 - Dorchester, Massachusetts
Buried:
Marriage: Bef 1643
Wife Mary
Born:
Christened:
Died: 4 Oct 1691 - Dorchester, Massachusetts
Buried:
Children
1 M Ebenezer DAVENPORT
Born: 26 Apr 1661 - Dorchester, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 19 Jul 1738 - Dorchester, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Dorcas ANDREWS (1663-1723)
Marr: 1682
2 F Sarah DAVENPORT
Born: 28 Dec 1643
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Samuel JONES ( - )
3 M Thomas DAVENPORT
Born: 1644
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 F Mary DAVENPORT
Born: 1648
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Samuel MAXFIELD ( - )
5 F Anna DAVENPORT
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
6 M Charles DAVENPORT
Born: 1652
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Waitstill SMITH ( - )
7 F Abigail DAVENPORT
Born: 1655
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
8 F Mehitable DAVENPORT
Born: 14 Feb 1655-14 Feb 1656
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
9 M Jonathan DAVENPORT
Born: 6 Mar 1658-6 Mar 1659
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Hannah MAYNARD ( - )
10 M John DAVENPORT
Born: 20 Oct 1664
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Naomi FOSTER ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
The Thomas of Dorcester line begins with Thomas Davenport who was born in England about 1615. He arrived in Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts sometime in the late 1630's and becmae a freeman in 1642. His wife's name was Mary.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol 33 p 25 "The Davenport Family"
The folllowing abstracts from my extensive records of the Davenport families in America, in collecting which I was greatly aided by Henry Davenport, Esq of Boston. some account of the several ways of spelling the Davenport family name is to be found in the January 1878 number of the Register, p 95.
No evidence of the relationship between Francis, Humphyrey, the Rev. John, Capt. Richard and Thomas Davenport, the five heads of Davenport famileis who settled within the present limits of Boston before the year 1676, has been yet discovered. Yet either they all themselves, or their immediate descendants, are found to have used as their seal, the same arms as did the Rev. John Davenport, founder of New Haven, Conn. (Refers to a published genealogy of that family)
Account of Henry Davenport Esq of Boston and of some descendants of Capt Rcihard Davenport may be found in Register 1850 et al including Upham's history of the Salem Witchraft.
Francis Davenport mariner of Boston was from Plimpton Mary, Devon.
Humphrey Davenport of Dorchseter according to SAveage's Gen. Dictionary, came from the Barbadoes, and married Rachel, dau of Thomas, brother of Major William Holmes, of Scituate and Boston. He had sone Richard and William before 1664.
Thomas Davenport of Dorchester (Massachusetts), first appears on any of its records as member of its church, Nov 20, 1640; his wife Mary joinng March 8 1644. She died Oct 4, 1691. He was made freeman, May 18 1642, and constable 1670. He probably lived on the eastern slope of Mt. Bowdoin, near the corner of Bowdoin STreet and DUnion Ave. He bought house and lands of William Pigrom, Nov 25, 1653, and of William Blake, Feb 5, 1665. He made his will, July 24, 1683, "being aged", leaving the homestead to his youngest son John, after his widow's death. He died Nov 9 1685. His inventory amounted to 332 pounds.
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Her name is also given as 'Forth' and a s'Woodward'. The latter gives her parents as Smith Woodward and Thankful (Woodward). Another version is it was Pit(t)man.
Else Michael Forth b 1594 England.
A NEHGR article on Thomas Davenport and family does not identify Mary nor give their origins in England save to say that they shared a coat of arms used by well to do Davenport families from Devonshire. In NEHGR indexes I can find a Mary Forth mentioned only as the wife of Governor Winthrop.
General Notes for Child Ebenezer DAVENPORT
A weaver by trade, he married Dorcas, daughter of James Andrews of Falmouth, hear whom he was then living. She died in Boston, Nov 24, 1723, __ 60. He married second, May 26, 1724, at Drochseter, SArah Bartlett. His will, made Jan 26, 1730, and now in the Bston probate office, cuts off his present wife, Patience, for having absented herself from his house for the three years past, the principal part of the time since they were married. She was probably of Charlestown, in 1755. He bought, May 9, 1693, of Peter Lyon, the house and land on Green St., Dorchester, in which descendants of his own anme lived till within the last few years.
General Notes for Child Thomas DAVENPORT
Killed by Indians at Narraganset Fort, Massachusetts
General Notes for Child Charles DAVENPORT
He married Waitstill, b Jan 11, 1659, and d Aug 9 1747, daughter of Quartermaster John and Katherine Smith, of Dorchester, whose dau Mary by a previous wife married first, Nathaniel Glover, and second, Gov. Ghomas Hinckley of Plymouth. Charles was ensign, and held many town offices, was selectman most of the time from 1700 to 1714. His homestead on Washington St. was on teh south side of Mt. Bowdoin. His inventory amounted to 2700 pounds.
Husband Thomas ADAMS
Born: 25 Mar 1612 - Barton, St.David, Somerset, England
Christened: 25 Mar 1612 - Barton, St.David, Somerset, England
Died: 20 Jul 1688 - Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, England
Buried: 20 Jul 1688 - Chelmsford, Middlesex, Ma, Chelmsford Cem
Father: Henry ADAMS (1583-1646)
Mother: Edith SQUIRE (1587-1672)
Marriage: Abt 1642
Other Spouse: Mary BLACKMORE ( - ) - Mar 1642 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Other Spouse: Rachel ( - )
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Husband Joshua RICE
Born: 19 Apr 1661 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Mother: Elizabeth KING (1635-1667)
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Husband David McKINSTRY
Born: 3 Mar 1787 - Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Mother: Lois DIX (1751- )
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1 F Susan McKINSTRY
Born: 1816
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2 M Moses McKINSTRY
Born: 27 Mar 1818 - Charlton, Massachusetts
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