Ralph Hemingway

 

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Ralph Hemingway   see FAMILY TREE
Born: Abt. 1603

   
Married: 5 Jul 1634 Roxbury, Suffolk, MA

   
Died: Jun 1678 Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA    

WIFE

Elizabeth Hewes

CHILDREN

1. Marah Hemingway
    b. 24 Apr 1635
    d. May 1635

2. Samuel Hemingway
    b. 15 Jun 1636
    d. 20 Sep 1711

3. Ruth Hemingway
    b. 21 Sep 1638
    d. 17 Jul 1684

4. John Hemingway
    b. 27 Apr 1641
    d. 04 Oct 1724

5. Joshua Hemingway
    b. 9 Apr. 1643
    d. 29 Oct 1716

6. Elizabeth Hemingway
    b. 31 May 1645
    d. 30 Nov 1719

7. Mary Hemingway
    b. 07 Apr 1647
    d. 21 Dec 1653

Ralph Hemingway
by Susan Brooke
Feb 2022

Ralph Hemingway may have indentured himself as a servant in order to gain passage to the colonies in 1633. He was recorded as "Ralph Hinningway a man servant" when he was admitted to the church.  (1)  If he was a "man servant" he did not remain so for very long.  He married Elizabeth Hewes on 5 Jul 1634. (2)  And, he took the oath of freeman on 3 Sep 1634. (3) The tax records for 1639 show him owning 16 acres of land. (4)  Sometime between 1642-1645 the town of Roxbury decided to fund a free school.  Ralph Hemingway was on the donator's list for £00 02 00. (5)
He wrote his will on 4 May 1677 and when the inventory of his estate was presented to court in July, it stated Ralph had died "month Jun 1678." (6) He left his estate to his wife during her lifetime with his son John to manage it.  John had been taking care of both of them in their "age."  He only left 20 shillings and his love to his son Samuel because "God hath dwelt bountifully with Samuel."  Other children named in the will were Joshua, Elizabeth Holbrook and daughter Ruth.  His inventory included about 65 acres of land, etc. valued at £ 170 19 6.
The wife of Ralph Hemingway died 2 Jan 1684/5 at the age of 82 which would have made her born about 1603. (7)

Sources

The Great Migration

Great Migration

The Rev. John Eliot kept a journal of those admitted to the church.

(2) Massachusetts Town Records
FHL film 741320 image 51
Ralph Hemingway married Elizabeth Hewes July 5, 1634 

(3) North American Histories

North Americsan Histories

(4) History of Roxbury Town by Charles M Ellis, 1847 page 18

History of Roxbury

 

 (5) History of Roxbury Town by Charles M Ellis, 1847 page 38

(6) Suffolk County, Massachussets Probate Records  
Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 006  Cases 00805-01002, 1636-1894
# 967  image 879-884

Will is image 881

Will of Ralph Hemingway

Inventory is image 884

Inventory of estate

(7) Massachusetts Town Records