Family Group Sheet
NameAndrew MANSFIELD
Birthabt 1620, England
Immigration1636, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA
Move1639, Lynn, Essex, MA
Freeman8 Jul 1645, Lynn, Essex, MA [550]
DeathNov 1683, Boston or Lynn, MA [550]
Will19 Nov 1683, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA [550]
Will MemoProbate 28 Nov 1683
OccupationSelectman and Surveyor
FatherRobert MANSFIELD (~1594-1666)
MotherElizabeth Townsend? (~1586-1673)
Other spousesMary Lawes [Neal]
SpouseBethia Gedney
Birthabt 1625, England
Deathabt 1672, Lynn, Essex, MA
Children
SpouseSarah Barsham
Marriage3 Mar 1673/74, Lynn, Essex, MA [187]
2 MAndrew Mansfield
Birthabt 1654, Lynn, Essex, MA
Death1692, Lynn, Essex, MA [550]
Death MemoUnmarried
SpouseNathaniel CONANT
SpouseJohn Conant
Marriage7 May 1678, Beverly, Essex, MA [63]
SpouseWilliam Farrington
Marriage6 Apr 1683, Lynn, Essex Co, MA [187]
7 FDeborah Mansfield
Birth1 Jan 1666/7, Lynn, Essex, MA [187]
SpousePhillip White
SpouseHannah Johnson
Notes for Andrew MANSFIELD
Andrew came to Boston in 1636 and to Lynn in 1639 before his father (Lewis and Newhall, p. 187). On 26 March 1661 being then about 38 years old, he made affidavit to the Court at Ipswich, Mass., that he had been an inhabitant of Lynn about 22 or 23 years and in June 1669 "about 49 years old, he testified in court concerning the estate of Frances Axey." (Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass. Vol. VIII 1680-1683 p. 256-257, also Warner).
Andrew was made freeman 8 July 1645. He was a selectman and served as trial juror and on Grand Jury 1650-1677. He was called "sergeant" from 15 March 1663. "There are many letters on file in the clerk of the courts office of Essex County in his clear legiable handwriting showing his ability and that the esteem in which he was held was well merited. He was deputy to the General Court from 1680-1683 inclusive. By reference to the Court records it wilt be seen that he was entrusted by that body with important commissions." (Moulton).
Savage's: MANSFIELD, ANDREW, Lynn 1639, had been at Boston 1636, came from Exeter, in Devon, it is said, bring. s. Andrew, b. 1630; and, I suppose, w. Elizabeth d. of Rev. William Walton, wh. d. 8 Sept. 1673, aged above 80 yrs. by wh. prob. he had other ch. as, perhaps, ea. of these foll. Joseph; John, wh. d. 16 Oct. 1671; Robert, wh. d. 16 Dec. 1666; Samuel; and Elizabeth This last m. 10 June 1675, Joshua Witt; and he d. 1692, in 94th yr. The will of his w. of 20 Apr. 1667, pro. 26 Nov. 1673, is abstract. in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. II. 125.
Andrew was made freeman 8 July 1645. He was a selectman and served as trial juror and on Grand Jury 1650-1677. He was called "sergeant" from 15 March 1663. "There are many letters on file in the clerk of the courts office of Essex County in his clear legiable handwriting showing his ability and that the esteem in which he was held was well merited. He was deputy to the General Court from 1680-1683 inclusive. By reference to the Court records it wilt be seen that he was entrusted by that body with important commissions." (Moulton).
Savage's: MANSFIELD, ANDREW, Lynn 1639, had been at Boston 1636, came from Exeter, in Devon, it is said, bring. s. Andrew, b. 1630; and, I suppose, w. Elizabeth d. of Rev. William Walton, wh. d. 8 Sept. 1673, aged above 80 yrs. by wh. prob. he had other ch. as, perhaps, ea. of these foll. Joseph; John, wh. d. 16 Oct. 1671; Robert, wh. d. 16 Dec. 1666; Samuel; and Elizabeth This last m. 10 June 1675, Joshua Witt; and he d. 1692, in 94th yr. The will of his w. of 20 Apr. 1667, pro. 26 Nov. 1673, is abstract. in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. II. 125.
Notes for Bethia Gedney
Name usually given as Gedney, or possibly Clark or Prince - also the case for the Bethiah who marred Joseph Hutchinson??
- There was a Bethiah Prince who was a servant in John Gedney’s tavern in Salem in 1651. Rebecca Prince, perhaps related, was called “stepdaughter” by Gedney, indicationg some possible ties in the family.
- John Gedney’s son Bartholomew had a daughter Bethiah Gedney, but she was born in 1672.
- William and Catherine Clark had a daughter Bethiah in 1638. Catherine later married John Gedney, making Bethiah John’s stepdaughter.
- There was a Bethiah Prince who was a servant in John Gedney’s tavern in Salem in 1651. Rebecca Prince, perhaps related, was called “stepdaughter” by Gedney, indicationg some possible ties in the family.
- John Gedney’s son Bartholomew had a daughter Bethiah Gedney, but she was born in 1672.
- William and Catherine Clark had a daughter Bethiah in 1638. Catherine later married John Gedney, making Bethiah John’s stepdaughter.
