528. Elijah May.Elijah married Elizabeth Walker.
1. Elijah May was among the inhabitants of Swansea and signors of a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay, Province, in Boston, which met on 13 May 1711, for establishment of the town of Barrington. (p. 189, A History of Barrington, Rhode Island, Providence: Snow & Farnham, printers, 1898)
2. 1719; Elijah May is listed as Grand Juror. p. 248
3. 1743; Elijah May listed as one of two tything men. p. 271(A History of Barrington, Rhode Island, Providence: Snow & Farnham, printers, 1898)
529. Elizabeth Walker. [Parents]
530. Samuel Whittaker was born on 15 May 1669 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 18 Aug 1719 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. He married Mary Squire on 5 May 1697 in Rehoboth, MA. [Parents]
531. Mary Squire was born on 12 Oct 1679 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
532. Eliphalet Carpenter was born on 17 Aug 1679 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 5 May 1755 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. He married Rebecca Gardner on 30 Jun 1702 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA. [Parents]
1. Number 98 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 63. His family is on page 92. A Housewright. He bought land in Woodstock, CT in 1708 and 1712 and sold land in 1715 and it is supposed he died about this time. Eliphalet Carpenter of Woodstock, Suffolk county, in the Province of MA Bay in New England, housewright, in consideration of 20 pounds in current money of the Province of MA Bay, paid by his Uncle William Carpenter, of the town of Attleboro, husbandman, sells to him a whole right of land, being in a place called Chesnut Hill in Attleboro, in the North Purchase lands of Rehoboth, now known as Attleboro, containing 40 acres, "being one-third part of an allotment which was laid out and recorded to my honored grandfather, William Carpenter, deceased, given by him in his last will to three of his sons, namely: John, William and Benjamin: the three alltments consisting of 160 acres, the said William Carpenter having bought his brother Benjamin's part, etc." (Dated) Dec. 20, AD 1716.
533. Rebecca Gardner was born about 1683 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. She died before Oct 1731 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. [Parents]
534. Thomas Bacon was born on 7 Jan 1663 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA. He died on 10 Nov 1758 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. He married Rebecca Bugbee on 2 Nov 1688 in Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT. Thomas was buried in Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT.
"The site was chosen as a place of settlement, and on April 5, 1686, from Roxbury came Peter Aspinwall, Thomas Bacon, Henry Bowen, Matthew Davis, John Frizzel, John Gore, Nathaniel Gray, Benjamin Griggs, George Griggs, John Marcy, Ebenezer Morris, Benjamin Sabin and Jonathan Smithers. These men were known as the Thirteen Goers who founded the Town of New Roxbury, the first European settlement in the area that became Windham County."
http://www.townofwoodstock.com/index.php/history/history-of-woodstock.html
535. Rebecca Bugbee was born on 16 Sep 1666 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. She died in Sep 1757 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT.
544. Thomas Hanson was born about 1679 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH. He died on 13 Jan 1728/1729 in Lynn, Essex Co., MA. He married Margaret Maule on 9 Oct 1701 in Salem, MA. [Parents]
1. He remarried to 2.) Hannah Peirce on 12 June 1719 in Lynn, MA. (Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Dictionary, p. 307)
2. His will was dated at Dover, NH, on 18 Sept. 1728, and proved at court in New Hampshire on 4 Feb. 1728/9. His will was published in Volume 2 of Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire in 1914, and is as follows:
In the name and fear of God Amen. The Eighteenth Day of September one thousand Seven hundred twenty Eight 1728
I Thomas Hanson of Dover in his majesties province of new Hampshire in New England being Sick and much discompoased in body…
Impris I give and bequeath to Thomas Hanson my well beloved Son the whole farm where on he now Dwells how Soever the Same is or may be bouned or reputed to be bounded to gether with all the appurtenences privileges and advantages to my Said Son Thomas Hanson and his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Robert Hanson the whole farm where on he now Dwells how Soever the Same, is, or may be bounded, or reputed to be bounded to gether with all the appurtenances privileges and advantages to my Said Son Robert Hanson his heirs and assigns for Ever—Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Timothy a grant of Sixty acres of Land in barbados woods So called how Soever the Same is, or may be bounded or reputed to be bounded to gether with all the appurtenances privileges and advantages to my Said Son Timothy Hanson his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item—I give and bequeath to my well beloved Sons Maul Hanson and Jonathan Hanson ninty Seven Acres of Land over the river near mast bridge how Ever the Same, is, or, may be bouned or reputed to be bounded to gether with all the appurtenances privileges and advantages to my Said two Sons maul and Jonathan Hanson theire heirs and assigns for Ever my mind will and meaning is that if Either of my Said two Sons maul or Jonathan Hanson die without Isue Lawfully gotten of his body that the Surviver Shall possess the whole but if they have children Equally to be Divided between them or their heirs both in quantity and quality—Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Samuel Hanson a pasture or percel of Land on cochecho bounded by James Hanson or how Soever the Same is or may be bounded, or reputed to gether with all the appurtenances privileges and advantages to my Said Son Samul Hanson his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath to my afore Said Son Samuel Hanson ninty Pounds money or bills of credit to be paid to my Said Son Samuel Hanson his heirs and assigns for Ever. Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Sons Solomon and Ebenezer Hanson theire heirs and assigns for Ever all my home Estate where I the Said Thomas now Dwells how Soever the Same is or may be bounded or reputed to be bounded to gether with all houses out houses Barns Edefices fences orchards Gardens trees Stones and all other things Standing Lying, or being on the premisses to them my mind and meaning is that they the Said Solomon and Ebenezer Hanson Shall Equially possess and Injoy without any Devision of the home Estate but Shall Equially and Lovingly maniage it to gether and So Devid the produce and in come between them and if Either of my Said two Sons Die without Isue Lawfully gotten of his body that the Sarviver Shall Injoy the whole. Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Abigail Hanson three hundred pounds of currant money or passiable bills of credit to be raised and Levied out of my Estate when She comes to the age of Eighteen years or her marriage which Shall happen first my mind will and meaning is that if Either of my Said Sons Shall or may Die without a child or children that the Surviving brothers Shall have his or their parts Equially Devided between them that is to Say Thomas Hanson Robert Hanson Timothy Hanson maul Hanson Jonathan Hanson and Samuel Hanson but maul and Jonathan if Either of them Dy without Isue that the Surviver Shall Injoy the whole. Item I give and bequeath to Hanah my Dearly beloved wife whom I Like wise Constitute, make and ordain my Sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament all and Singular the yearly profets and Income of my home Estate to her the Said Hanah for and During her natural Life or the time of her being my widow but if She Do marry to Injoy her thirds and no more as also all and Singular my goods and chattels of what kind or nature or kind Soever they be as also all my money bills or bonds and to Receive all Debts which is owing to me and to pay and Satisfie Debts which I Do in right and Equitty ow to any and as for my black Slave pegg my will is that Shee Shall be Set free in the Speace of two whole years after my Decease if She Do be have her Self well and Dutiful to wards her mis which if not her mis Shall have Liberty to Sell her time to any person for and During the Expiration of Two years and no Longer and my other two black Slaves with the rest of my Estate to my wife Hanah as afore Said as also all my mills privilidge with sawes Doggs and all other Impliments belonging to my Said mills with my Six Sons Thomas Robert Timothy maul Jonathan and Samuel to be Equial in their Shears In the Said mills and that they make use of my privilige on the commons till They all are of age and that my Said Sons Deliver to my wife Hanah Eight thousd feed of good and marchantable pine boords Every year During the time of her continuing my widow and no Longer and that the common rights when the tember is all made use of if the Land be Sould they may have an Equial Shear of the prise and Equially to be Devided between my Said Six Sons but if Either of them Die without Isue Lawfully gotten of his body his part Equally to be Devided between the rest of the said brothers and all and Singular my home Estate after the Decease of my wife Hanah to be Joyntly & Equially between ye two Sons as afore Said Solomon and Ebenezer and the movable Estate to my wife hanah During her Life of what kins Soever they be to be wholly at her Dispoasing that they Shall have nothing to Do with it till after her Decease as also what is coming to me from my father mauls Estate to be Equially Devided between my Six Sons as afore Said and also what is coming to me from my father Hansons Estate to be Devided between my Six Sons as a fore Said and I Do hereby utterly Disallow, revode and Disannul all and Every other former Testaments, wills, Legacies and bequests and Executors, by me in Any ways before named, willed and bequeathed, Ratifying and confirming This and no other to be my Last will and Testament in witness where of, I have here unto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year above written as also all my right in Rochester to be Equially between my Eight Sons.
Signed, Sealed, published pro- Thomas Hanson
nounced and Declared by the
Said Thomas Hanson As his
Last will and Testament In the
presence of us the Subscribers
John Houlden
John Carter
Joseph Estes
545. Margaret Maule was born on 29 Mar 1680 in Salem, Essex Co., MA. She died before 1719 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH. [Parents]
546. Peter Varney was born on 29 Mar 1666 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH. He died in 1732. He married Elizabeth Evans. [Parents]
547. Elizabeth Evans was born on 25 Jan 1671/1672 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH. [Parents]
548. Thomas Austin was born in 1651. He married Anne Otis. [Parents]
549. Anne Otis. [Parents]
550. Andrew Neal was born in 1664. He died in 1739. He married Catherine Furbush in 1694. [Parents]
Andrew was granted sixty acres of land 1694. The Andrew Neal Garrison was a house that was made defencible by an act passed Aug. 8, 1722; it stood on eighty acres of land, the last part of the original grant of land to Capt. Walter Neal which was 1500 acres, granted in 1632 to Gov. Walter Neal. This part of the original grant has been kept in the family name, and it is claimed that seven generations of Neals are buried on the Andrew Neal Garrison land now Eliot, fomerly Kittery, Me., and just over the fence are buried the slaves owned by Andrew. Jan. 28, 1703, thirty or more Indians made an attack on Andrew Neal's Garrison; killed one girl and wounded a lad who escaped. (p. 229, Neal family, Brigham, Emma E., Springfield, Mass., 1938.)
Will Text: The twenty Eighth Day of ye sixth Month called August in ye Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & thirty nine, I Andrew Neal of Kittery in the County of York & Province of the Massachusets Bay in New-England Husbandman being sick & weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God for the same. Therefore Calling to mind ye mortality of my Body & that it is appointed for all men once to Dye Do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament. That is to say first of all I Recomend my Soul to God that gave it & my Body I Recomend to the Earth to be buried in decent manner according to ye Discretion of my Executors, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in This Life that is not disposed of I give and dispose of ye same in ye following manner & form. I give & bequeath to my wellbeloved Son Andrew four acres of Land joyning to the Land that William Furbush now dwells on & four Acres of fresh Marsh in the round Marsh so called & two Acres of salt Marsh at York Marshes which I bought of Samll Johnson & one halfe of my Comon Rights lying in said Kittery & Berwick.I give & bequeath to my well beloved son John a piece or parcel of Land lying between the Land of Thomas Weed & ye Land now in the possession of David Clark Containing by Estimation Twenty Acres of Land be it more or less & ye one halfe of my Comon Rights lying in sd Kittery & Berwick provided he the sd John Neal doth pay unto my two Daughters Katharine Austin & Mary Hill one hundred pounds Currant money of New England to Each of them fifty pounds in ye space of one year after my Decease & if either of them should decease before the Expiration of that time then ye same sum shall be paid to their Children in Equal Proportion.I also give unto my Grandson Andrew Austin ye Son of my sd Daughter Katharine Austin twenty two acre of Land adjoyning to ye Land of John Hambleton near ye great Hill so Called in Berwick aforesd.I also give unto my dear & well beloved wife Katharine my Negro garl Dillo & all my House hold goods & moveable Estate both within Doors and without during her natural Life & that she may dispose thereof as She shall see meet amongst my four Children abovenamed.I also Constitute make & Ordain my sd Wife & my Trusty friend Samll Shorey to be my sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament & I Do hereby utterly disallow Revoak & Disannul all & every other or former Testaments Wills Legacies & bequests & Executors by me in any wise before named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament.Signed sealed published pronounced & Declared by ye sd Andrew Neal to be his last Will & Testament in ye psence of usCaleb EmeryJoseph WilliamsWilliam Fry JurAndrew Neal (Seal) his markProbated 16 Oct. 1739. Inventory returned 27 Nov. 1739, at œ730: 19: 6, by Caleb Emery, William Leighton and Jabez Jenkins, appraisers.
551. Catherine Furbush. [Parents]
560. Samuel Cleveland was born on 9 Jun 1657 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA. He died 1 on 12 Mar 1735 in Canterbury, Windham Co., CT. He married 2 Persis Hildreth on 23 May 1682 in Chelmsford, MA. [Parents]
Sergt. Samuel Cleveland was a soldier in Kings Philip's war, 1675-6. Samuel Cleveland was known as Sergt. Cleveland, and is thus designated in the Woburn and Canterbury town, land and church records. He bought land at Chelmsford, Nov. 17, 1681, 6 acres near and 17 acres on the N. side of Tadmuck Hill.
1675, Oct 19, Samuel Cleveland listed as member of Cpt. Parker's Company who marched with Maj. Willard to the relief of Brookfield, August 4th. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 38:220, Soldiers in King Philip's War.
1675-76, Jan 25, Samuel Cleveland listed as a member at the Garrison at Groton. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 43:263, Soldiers in King Philip's War.
1676, Apr 24, Samuel Cleveland listed as a member of Cpt. Joseph Syll. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 41:408, Soldiers in King Philip's War.
1676, Jun 24, Samuel Cleveland listed as a member at the Garrison at Chemsford. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 43:262, Soldiers in King Philip's War.
Was made a freeman Mar 11, 1689-90. Mass Archives, Intercharter I:295. Samuel returned to Woburn 1693, and in 1693 removed to Canterbury, the first Cleveland who settled there.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, XV:53 Early settlers of Plainfield, Conn. Dec 12, 1702, following freeholders; residing w. side of Quinebaug River, ....Samuel Cleveland...
1702, Dec 15, In the records of Plainfield, Voted that Samuel Cleveland and Thomas Whitney are chosen collectors of ministers' rates for the year.
1711, June 13, Was listed among the names of those who first constituted the First Congregational Church of Canterbury. (Old Church Record Book of the Separate Society of Canterbury)
Samuel Cleveland was taxed 1716 on 84 lbs. valuation when there were only 63 taxable inhabitants in Canterbury; of these 9 were Clevelands. Samuel and Josiah were the first Clevelands who left Woburn and settled in Canterbury. About 1699 they were joined by their brothers, Isaac and Edward. The posterity of Samuel Cleveland numbers many talented, cultured, and useful persons; many of them have been prominent in the affairs of the nation. The professions are largely represented. The greater proportion are successful business men, merchants, manufacturers, producers, etc., who, by industry, have accumulated wealth and are noted for philanthropy.
561. Persis Hildreth was born on 8 Feb 1660 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA. She died 1 on 22 Feb 1698 in Canterbury, Windham Co., CT. [Parents]
562. Tyxhall Ensworth.Tyxhall married Sarah Reeve.
567. Margaret [---] died 1 in 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.
568. John Converse was born on 3 Feb 1701 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA. He married Abigail Baldwin about 1727. John was employed as Blacksmith. [Parents]
1. JOHN CONVERS removed from Woburn to Leicester, thence to Brookfield, Mass. He married Abigail Baldwin about 1727. Washburn's History of Leicester, Mass., says that he was a blacksmith, and that he married, second, in 1751, Mary Damon. His name is given as John Conyers in a record left by Hiram Converse, son of Damon Reed Converse. That record says that the name was then spelled with a "y" instead of with a "v"; that there were several generations by the name of John Conyers, all iron workers; that John, removed from Chariton, Worcester County, Mass., to Kent, Conn., where he and his sons had a smelting furnace and that John, forged steel bayonets there for the Connecticut troops of the line during the Revolutionary War. That record includes a statement that "shortarmed John Conyers, so called, went in Lovewell's long march to Piquacket Pond." In April 1725, during Father Rasle's War, Capt. John Lovewell marched with forty men to strike the Pequawkett Indians,whose village was near a pond which was in what is now Fryeburg, Me. In the battle with these Indians Captain Lovewell and many of his men were killed, or wounded, but the Indians were worsted, and suffered so severely that they deserted the spot and went, to settle on the headwaters of the Connecticut (see Bryant's Popular History of the United States, Vol. III, p. 194). Although the name of John Convers is not found on the list of Lovell's men preserved in Massachusetts Archives, it does occur on a roll of volunteers commanded by Captain Willard who served from 28 August to 28 October 1725 (Archives, Vol. 91, 176). In his record above referred to, Hiram Converse also says, " My great grandmother's maiden name was Lida Thomas, and her birthplace was Middletown, Conn. My grandmother's maiden name was Demmon, and her native place was Woburn, Mass." (Genealogy of The Converse Family and Allied Families, Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Convers, Jr. and Major James Converse, Charles Allen Converse, 1905)
569. Abigail Baldwin was born on 19 Nov 1707 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA. [Parents]
570. Jonathan Lamb was born 1 on 26 Feb 1715 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., MA. He died on 9 Apr 1760 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., MA. He married 2 Elizabeth Richardson on 21 Sep 1737. [Parents]
1. p. 157 "Jonathan IV Lamb's gravestone is in Old Cemetery (1715-1760). (Draper does not state that Elizabeth (Richardson) (Lamb) Nichol's grave is at his side but does say it also is in Old Cemetery (1718-1780). Children of Jonathan IV Lamb, Jr. and Elizabeth (Richardson) Lamb, (dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Green) Richardson): Ruth b. Dec. 18, 1737-8; mar. June 6, 1759, Luke Converse, of Charlton....." ( 330 years in America, 1635-1965 : a narrative and genealogical history of the Devol-Duel, Whitney, Stark, Lamb and many other families allied through marriage. Icks, Gertrude Genevieve Duel.Chicago, Ill.: Sklade Composition Service, 1966, 235 pgs.)
2. In 1731, three persons living in the westerly part of town [Spencer] appear to be taxed; Samuel Bemis, Jonathan Lamb, John Greaton (History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 33)
3. In a list of officers for the town of Spencer, MA., 14 May 1753. Jonathan Lamb. Highway Surveyors on the South side of the country road. (p. 42, History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James)
4. Lamb Jonathan, jun. m. Elizabeth Richardson of Leicester in 1737. He settled on lot 28 and built a house where Joseph Wheat lately lived, and d. April 9, 1760, aged 46. His wife m. Mr. Nichols, and d. June 21, 1780, aged 62. Her children, Ruth, b. Dec 28, 1737; David, Dec. 14, 17839; Jonathan, July 3, 1742; Nathan, Nov. 3, 1744; Thomas, April 13, 1747; James, ---. Ruth m. Luke Comverse." (p. 218, History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James)
571. Elizabeth Richardson was born on 25 Oct 1718 in Leicester, Worcester Co., MA. She died on 21 Jun 1780. [Parents]
572. Samuel Bemis was born about 1690 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. He died in Aug 1776 in Spencer, Worcester Co., MA. He married Sarah Barnard on 12 Apr 1716 in Watertown, MA. Samuel was buried 1 in Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA. [Parents]
1. Bond's "History of Watertown"(p.22) "m., 4-12-1716, Sarah Barnard. They settled first in Sudbury, and, in 1721, moved to Spencer, and he was the second settler in that town, where he d. 8-1776, and she d. 9-30-1756.
2. "Bemis Samuel came from Watertown, 1721, and was the second settler in Spencer. He was born 1688, was m. to Sarah Barnard of Sudbury. He was doubtless, a descendant of Joseph Bemis, who came from England to Watertown, in 1640, and was probably the ancestor of all who bear that name in this part of New England. He purchased 400 acres of the easterly part of lots (29) and (36). He commenced felling the ancient forest, which covered his farm, before he removed his family here. At that time the Indians had not all retired from this part of the country, and some of them frequently came into his cabin and tarried with him through the night, but their presence was very offensive to him. In 1722, when his wife was about to give birth to her third son (William), fearing the Indians, she made a journey to Sudbury, for safety during that critical period, and when her little son was only two weeks old, she rode home on horseback, a distance of nearly fifty miles in one day, and carried her infant in her arms, although the greatest part of the distance the road, such as it was, passed through an entire wilderness! He acquired a handsome estate, and built the first house in town, a building of two stories, which stood on the site of the present house of Mr. Robinson, and was taken down a few years since. His wife Sarah died September 30, 1756. His children were Samuel, b. May 1716; Edmund, Nov. 1, 1720; William, Nov. 1, 1722; Nathaniel, 1725; Sarah, Dec. 12, 1727; Joshua, July 14, 1729; Elizabeth, 1732; Jonas, March 25, 1737.
The following is the inscription on his tomb stone.
"In memory of Mr. Samuel Bemis, one of the first settlers of the town, who died August 1776, in his 84th year. Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, Or men as fierce and wild as they, Our kind forefathers did repair, And built us towns and cities there." (History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 161-162)3. Death 1776 age 83. (History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753, Draper, James, p. 155)
4. Grave stone inscription:
"In Memory of Mr. Samuel Bemis, one of the first settlers of the town,
who died August 1776, in his 84th yr. Wherenothing dwelt but beasts of prey, Or Men as fierce and wild as they, Our kind forefathers did repair, And built us towns and cities there."
573. Sarah Barnard was born on 25 Jan 1693/1694 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. She died on 30 Sep 1756 in Spencer, Worcester Co., MA. Sarah was buried 1 in Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA. [Parents]
580. John Nutfield Moor was born on 13 Mar 1692 in Scotland. He died in Jul 1741 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH. He married Jean Cochran on 2 Apr 1723 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH. [Parents]
1. Known as "Charter John Moor"
2. "John Moore, father of William Moore, was one of the early settlers of Londonderry, New Hampshire, and came from Ireland to this country in 1720. His father, John Moore, was killed at the massacre of Glencoe, Scotland, March 13th, 1692. John was born a few hours after the death of his father. A few days after his birth, his mother fled to Ireland, where she had friends. John lived in Ireland until 1720, when he came to this country. The vessel in which he came was capturd by pirates. On board the vessel were the ancestors of Horace Greeley, a Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, a Scotch-Irish couple. Shortly after the pirates had captured the vessel, Mrs. Wilson gave birth to her first babe, a female. This erent so affected the pirates, and especially the captain of the crew, that the vessel was finally given its liberty, and the pirate chief presented Mrs. Wilson with an elegant silk dress, under promise that she would name the child after his wife—Mary.[George W. Moore now has in his possession apiece of the dress.]" (History and Biographical Record of Lewawanee County, Michigan, Vol. 1, Whitney and Bonner, 1879. https://ia800606.us.archive.org/2/items/historybiographi01whit/historybiographi01whit.pdf)
581. Jean Cochran was born about 1700.
582. William Cox was born about 1703 in Ballingarry, Limerick, Ireland. He died on 7 Feb 1787 in Holderness, Grafton Co., NH. He married Esther [---].
592. Samuel Edson was born 1 on 14 Jan 1689/1690 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 27 Dec 1771 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. He married 2 Mary Dean on 1 Jan 1707/1708 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. [Parents]
593. Mary Dean was born 1 on 15 Jun 1687 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 5 Feb 1770 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. [Parents]