Thursday, March 25, 2010

William Carr Fletcher 1749 Lydia Hardison 1760

H - 5 G Grandfather
William Carr Fletcher
Parents Samuel Fletcher and Mary Carr
Christened 16 Apr 1749 Biddeford, York, Maine, British Colonial America
Married  Lydia Hardison 1771 Biddeford, York, Maine, British Colonial America
Note: William had a grant of land from De Gregoire and was mentioned with his son James in 1793. He was deeded two lots on the Union River in 1788. In 1804 he lost 26 acres by deed to Ephraim Pickard to satisfy a debt.  
Died 25 Dec 1823 Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Family Group Sheet listing the following sources:
History of Saco & Biddeford p. 238 (Note: I have downloaded this book but neither he nor his wife are mentioned, perhaps there is another book with the same name?)
Fletcher Genealogy p. 609 (It would be most helpful if someone will provide the author, because I can't find this)
D.A.R. Lineage (This one is verifiable)
Amherst, Hancock Maine Cemetery inscriptions
Link (active as of 21 June 2020): http://e-booksgen.com/N0174.html
H - 5th G Grandmother
Lydia Hardison
Parents Nathaniel Hardison and Charity Shorey???
Born 1753 Mariaville, Hancock, Maine, British Colonial America
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Link (active as of 21 June 2020): http://e-booksgen.com/N0174.html

CHILDREN
Mary (Polly) Fletcher
Birth 1771 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married Daniel Treworgy abt 1790 York county, Maine
Children:  Betsy, Mary
Died 25 November 1860 Waltham, Hancock, Maine
Buried
Sources
Family Search (no sources are listed here)
ancestry.com
James Fletcher
Birth 1773 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married Lydia Treworgy 5 June 1794 Trenton, Hancock, Maine
Children: none found
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search (no sources are listed for the information on FS)
ancestry.com
Lydia Fletcher
Birth 1774 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married John Wentworth 16 January 1794 Trenton, Hancock, Maine
Note:  he was his second wife
Children: Martha, William, Hannah, Mark, William, Lydia, Abigail, Hyrum
Died 29 Jan 1853 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 76 living with Bramhall family)
Maine Marriages
Book (online): The Wentworth Genealogy Vol 2 p 60-61 (Seen above)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131221063/lydia-wentworth
Benjamin Fletcher
Birth 1776 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married Lydia Treworgy???? this is his brother's wife, so...
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
William Carr Fletcher Jr
Birth 1778 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married Sarah Jellison abt 1804
Children: Warren, Charlotte, William, John, Charles, Eben 
Died
Buried
Sources
1850 US Census Waltham, Hancock, Maine (age 72)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Joseph Hardison Fletcher
Birth 1780 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married 1) Anna Orcutt 1815 Eddington, Penobscot, Maine
Children: Zelotes
2) Prudence Morrison 1819
Children: Philander, Lovina, Harriet, Franklin, Mary
Died 1 Feb 1864 Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Buried
Sources
Marriage to Anna: Maine Marriages
1860 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Family Search
ancestry.com
Margaret's headstone
*Margaret Fletcher
Born 1 Mar 1784 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married Zelotes Grover 23 Apr 1803 Maine
Children: Mercia, Zelotes, Lucetta, Betsy, Nancy, Serenia
Died 17 Feb 1863 Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Buried Tannery Loop Cemetery (now Mt Rest Cemetery) Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Sources
1850 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990 
AGBI Volume 55 page 335
Family Search
ancestry.com
Jane Hardison Fletcher
Birth 1785 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married Emerson Orcutt Jr 1802 Hancock, Maine
Children: Rosetta, Daniel, Mary Ann, Harriet, Emerson, Eben, Harvey, Elizabeth, Emily
Died 1865 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Eunice Fletcher
Birth 1788 Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine
Married Joseph Day 20 April 1805 Eddington, Penobscot, Maine
Children: Jesse, Emerson, William, Lucy, Joseph, Caroline, Elmina, Lydia, Herman
Died 1872
Buried
Sources
Marriage to Joseph: Maine Marriages 1771-1907
1850 US Census Clifton, Penobscot, Maine (age 62)
1860 US Census Clifton, Penobscot, Maine (age 72, in son-in-law, Luther Hays, household)
1870 US Census Clifton, Penobscot, Maine (age 82, widowed)
Family Search
ancestry.com
H - 4th g grandmother,
 Orcutt line
Anna Fletcher
Born 7 Apr 1789 Mariaville, Hancock, Maine
Married Seth Orcutt abt 1804
Children: Elizabeth, Eliza, Adeline, Seth, Mary Ann, Elijah, William, John, Lucinda, Wilson, Hosea
Died 4 January 1871 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
COD: Paralysis
Buried Day Road Cemetery (now North Brewer Cemetery) Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 60)
1860 US Census Eddington, Penobscot, Maine (age 72)
Death: J Gary Nicholls Cemetery Collection
Cause of Death: US Federal Census Mortality Schedules
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198770607/anna-orcutt

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Robert Emerson 1561-1620 Susanna Crabbe 1566-1626

From: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1
 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs

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11th Ggrandparents

Robert Emerson

Parents Thomas Emerson and Joan Brasse
Christened 25 Oct 1561 Great Dunmow, Essex, England
Occupation: Currier
Married Susanna Crabb 24 Nov 1578 St Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Note: Her surname is spelled Crabbe in the record
Buried 6 Jan 1620 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Sources
Birth and genealogy chart: 
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Marriage: IGI Film 0991366 Batch M072172 dated 1561-1754
www.queenannswar.comNote: this link is dead as of 2020 
Family Search
ancestry.com

Susanna Crabb
Parents: John Crabb and Joan Porter
Born abt 1556
Died Nov 1626 
Buried 20 Nov 1626 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Sources
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Burial: http://www.queenannswar.com/Note: this link is dead as of 2020 
Family Search
ancestry.com

CHILDREN

Alice Emerson
Christened 11 Nov 1579 Bishops Strotford, Herts, England
Note:  her surname is spelled Emeson and her father's name abbreviated as Robt. in the record
Married: On Family Search they have J Fuller and  ancestry.com hasThomas Broune 
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
http://www.queenannswar.com/ Note: this link is dead as of 2020
Family Search
ancestry.com
Margaret Emerson
Christened 21 Feb 1582 Bishops Strotford, Herts, England
Married T Browne (of Southwark) abt 1605 England
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
http://www.queenannswar.com/ Note: this link is dead as of 2020
Family Search
ancestry.com
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10th Ggrandparents
*
Thomas 
Emerson

Christened 26 Jul 1584 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married Elizabeth Brewster 1 Jul 1611 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Children: Robert, Benjamin, Ralph, James, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Nathaniel and Susan
Died 1666 Massachusetts
Sources
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
http://www.queenannswar.com/ Note: dead link as of 2020
Family Search
ancestry.com
Robert Emerson
Christened 12 Apr 1586 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married Barbara Lowthorpe? 19 Jul 1638?
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Family Search
ancestry.com
Anne Emerson
Christened abt 1587 England
Married J Rogers 1 Jul 1611 England
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Family Search
ancestry.com
John Emerson
Christened abt 1588 England
Married
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Family Search
ancestry.com

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Thomas Emerson 1584-1666 Elizabeth Brewster -1638

The house Thomas built
Thomas Emerson
Christened 26 Jul 1584 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Parents: Robert Emerson and Susanna Crabbe
Married Elizabeth Brewster 1 July 1611 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Occupation: The Emersons were leather sealers & Stampers by trade in England & in Massachusetts They came over from London in 1635 on the ship "Abigale"
Died 1 May 1666 Massachusetts
Will of Thomas Emerson: In the name of God amen. I Thomas Emerson of Howsham in the Parish of Cadney in the countie of Lincoln, yeoman, aged and weake in body. But of sound and pfect memorie praised be God for it doe make and constitute this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and Forme Following, VIX: Imp. I bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty God my Heavenly Maker and Redeemer, and my body decently to be buried in the Parish Church Yard of Cadney nere unto the place where my wife was buried. And of my wordly goods I thus dispose, Imprimis I give to Edward emerson My Sonne twentie pounds to be payd to him within three monthes after my decease. Item I give to my sonne Thomas Emerson twentie pounds to be likewise payed within three monthes after my decease. Item I give to my sonne Michael Emerson five pounds to be pay within five weeks after the demanding of the same. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth Lilforth and his children four pound to be likewise payd within five weeks after the demanding of the same. Item I give to Robert Emerson my Sonne five pounds to be likewise payd within five weeks after the demanding of the same. Item I give to Isabell Grantham my daughter twentie shillings. Item I give to Isabell Grantham my daughter three shillings foure pence in the month to be payd out of my lands and tenements in Howsham for and dureing her naturall life, to begin at my decease. Item I give to Anne Wright my grandchild twentie shillings. All these several sumes I will that they be payd as formerly mentioned and also that they receive them with their own hands in Howsham and There give a discharge to my Executor. Excepting Elizabeth Lilfurd and her children, for whome I will that an aquitance from herself or from my sonne Michael or my sonne Robert shall be a discharge. Item my mind and will is that is any of my children here in England died before my decease that then the rest of my children shall divide that legacie amongst them. Item I give to all my grandhcildren not mentioned before twelve pence apeece. Item I give to the poore of the Parish of Cadney five shillings. All the rest of my goods and chattells undisposed I give to my sonne John Emerson whom I doe make my sole executor to discharge all my debts and legacies and funeral charges in witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this twentieth day of May 1656. Information from; "History of Haverhill, Massachusetts" by George W. Chase, "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts" by David Hoyt, and "The Haverhill Emersons" Pt 2 by Charles Pope. Compiled by G. Lewis, January 2006.
Sources
http://www.queenannswar.com/
death: biographical sketches ancestry.com
Family Search
Marriage Record

Elizabeth Brewster
Born abt 1586
Parents: William Brewster and Mary Wentworth
Died 10 Aug 1638 Massachusetts
Sources
Family Search

CHILDREN

Robert Emerson and Ann Grant marriage record
Robert Emerson
Christened 24 May 1612 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married 1) Elizabeth Graves 22 Oct 1635 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
2) Frances Pitkin 1636 England
3) Ann Grant 4 Nov 1658 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
Marriage to Elizabeth: England Marriages FHL microfilm 991,366
Marriage to Ann:  Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496782.
Family Search
Benjamin Emerson
Born 2 Oct 1614
Christened 20 Oct 1614 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Buried 27 Oct 1614 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Sources
Family Search
Ralph Emerson
Christened 19 Oct 1615 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Died 8 Jun 1626 England
Sources
Family Search
James Emerson
Christened 1617 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married Lydia Smith abt 1642
Died 1664 Tangier, Morocco
Sources
Family Search
*Reverend Joseph Emerson
Christened 25 Jun 1620 St Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Joseph Emerson and Elizabeth Bulkley (written here as Buffly)
Occupation: Puritan Minister, the first minister in Mendon, Massachusetts, December 1, 1669
Married 1) Elizabeth Woodmansey abt 1646
Children:  Joseph, James
2) Elizabeth Bulkley 7 Dec 1665 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Children: Lucy, Edward, Peter, Daniel, Ebeneezer
Died 3 Jan 1680 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Sources
http://www.queenannswar.com/
Occupation: biographical sketches ancestry.com
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town records
Ancestral File
Elizabeth Emerson
Christened 14 Jun 1623 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married John Fuller 15 Apr 1638 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Children:  John, Thomas, Susan, Elizabeth, Joseph, Nathaniel, Sarah
Died 4 Jun 1666
Sources
Family Search
Reverend John Emerson
Christened 26 Feb 1625 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married Ruth Symonds 1660 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Children: Ruth, Martha, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Dorothy, Samuel
Died 2 Dec 1700 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
Family Search
Nathaniel Emerson
Christened 18 Jul 1630 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married 1) Sarah Gates abt 1653 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Children: Elizabeth, John, Nathaniel, Sarah, Joanna, Thomas
2) Lydia Thurlow abt 1690 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
Family Search
Susan Emerson
Christened 17 Mar 1632 Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married: Did not find one - may have remained single
Died 29 Dec 1712 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Note:  have seen an early birthdate -  about age 9
Sources
Family Search

Monday, March 15, 2010

Reverend Joseph Emerson1620-1680 Elizabeth Woodmansey 1624-1654

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9th great grandparents

Reverend Joseph Emerson

Parents: Thomas Emerson and Elizabeth Brewster
Christened 25 Jun 1620 St Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Herts, England
Married 1) Elizabeth Woodmansey abt 1646 Massachusetts
2) Elizabeth Bulkley 7 Dec 1665 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Children:  Lucy, Edward, Peter, Daniel, Ebenezer
Died 3 Jan 1680 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing
Family Search
ancestry.com
http://www.queenannswar.com/ (Note: link is broken, but I leave this here because I did use it as a source)


Elizabeth Woodmansey
Parents Robert Woodmansey and Margaret Clement
Christened 3 Jan 1624 of Boston, Massachusetts
Died 24 Feb 1654
Buried
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing
Family Search
ancestry.com
http://www.queenannswar.com/ (Note: link is broken, but I leave this here because I did use it as a source)


CHILDREN
8th great grand uncles

James Emerson
Born 1649 Wells, York, Maine
Occupation(s): Tailor, Farmer






Married Sarah Ingersoll 1686 Massachusetts
Children: Elizabeth, Sarah, James, John, Joseph, Ebenezer, Nathaniel
Died 1756
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing
Family Search
ancestry.com
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8th great grandparents
*
Joseph Emerson

Born 1652 Wells, York, Maine
Married Mary (unknown surname) abt 1677
Children: Mary, James, Jane
Died 1705 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing
Family Search
ancestry.com
http://www.queenannswar.com/ (Note: link is broken, but I leave this here because I did use it as a source)

CHILDREN with Elizabeth Bulkeley 
All of them are 8th great grand uncles or aunts

Lucy's headstone

Lucy Ann Emerson
Birth 2 October 1667 Milton, Essex, Massachusetts

From Ipswich Emersons page 50


Married Thomas Damon 15 May 1683
Children: Lucy, Joseph, Ebenezer, Thomas, Elizabeth, Hannah, Susanna, Mehetable, Mary, Thomas, Edward, John, Abigail
Died 17 January 1740 Reading, Essex, Massachusetts
Buried Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Massachusetts
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing, page 50
Family Search
ancestry.com

Edward Emerson's headstone

Edward Emerson
Birth 26 April 1670 Mendon, Massachusetts
Occupation: Schoolmaster, surveyor of highways in Charlestown, merchant






Married Rebecca Waldo, 27 January 1697 Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Children: Joseph, Elizabeth, Edward, Hannah, John
Died suddenly 9 May 1743 
Buried Malden, Massachusetts
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing
Family Search
ancestry.com
Peter Emerson
Birth 1673 Mendon, Essex, Massachusetts
Occupation: Farmer

Part 1
Vital stats for Peter, his wife, and explanation


Part 2
Dr. Samuel Emerson's memory



Part 3
Wakefield Historical Society information

Married Ann Brown 11 Nov 1696 Massachusetts
Note: Ann was his stepfather's daughter 
Children: Anna, Elizabeth, Anna, Brown, Lucy, Sarah, Jane, Mary, Daniel, Katherine

Part 4
Children

Part 5
Deeds, probate information

Part 6
Probate continued

Will written: 10 Feb 1748 Massachusetts 
Died 1749
Buried
Will probated 24 Feb 1752 with son, Brown, as executor
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing, pages 50-56
Family Search
ancestry.com
Ebenezer Emerson
Birth 1675 Mendon, Essex, Massachusetts 
Occupation: Husbandman (Farmer)
Ebenezer Emerson Family


Married 1) Bethia Parker 1707 Massachusetts
Children: Nathaniel, Bethia, Susan, Ebenezer
2) Mary Boutwell 1716
James, Joseph, Thomas
Died 1751
Buried
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing
Family Search
ancestry.com


Daniel Emerson
Birth 1680 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Occupation: Shipwright
Military: Daniel served at William Castle in Boston
Note: in 1705 he was a petitioner applying for backpay in "Her Majesties immediate service at Castle William."


Part 1
Note: correction on marriage date below.
The May date was likely when their engagement was announced.

Married Jane Armitage 12 October 1709 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Children: Johanna, Timothy, Edward

Part 2

Died 1725 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
The October marriage date: Boston, Massachusetts Marriages AND Massachusetts U.S. Compiled Marriages
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing
AGBI
Family Search
ancestry.com

Joseph Emerson 1652 Mary abt 1657

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8th Great Grandparents

Joseph Emerson

Parents Reverend Joseph Emerson and Elizabeth Woodmansey
Born 1652 Wells, York, Maine
Married abt 1677 Mary (unknown surname - have seen several surnames)
Died 1706 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing, page 50
http://www.queenannswar.com/ LINK IS BROKEN, but I leave it here because I used it
Family Search
ancestry.com
From the above-mentioned book

Mary (possibly Emery or Moody, but no proof exists, therefore, the line ends here for now)
Born abt 1657 of Concord, Massachusetts
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing, pages 50
http://www.queenannswar.com/ LINK IS BROKEN, but I leave it here because I used it
Family Search
ancestry.com

CHILDREN


Mary Emerson

Born 13 July 1677 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Mary's birth record - date, parents names
obviously transcribed from an original record

Married Robert Noakes 17 Aug 1699 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Mary Emerson and Robert Nokes marriage record


Children: Mary, Mary 
Widowed by 1708
Died
Buried
Sources
Marriage: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records AND American Marriages before 1699, AND U.S. New England Marriages prior to 1699
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing, pages 49-68
http://www.queenannswar.com/ LINK IS BROKEN, but I leave it here because I used it
Family Search
ancestry.com
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7th Great Grandmother
Jane Emerson
Born abt 1679 - possibly in Boston or Concord, Massachusetts
Married Thomas Orcutt 29 Jun 1703 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Children: Jane, Thomas, Mary, Emerson, Hannah, David
Died
Buried
Sources
Book: The Ipswich Emersons 1636-1900 a genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Emerson of Ipswich, Mass., by Benjamin Kendall Emerson who was assisted by Captain George A Gordon, Secretary of the New England Genealogical Historical Society, published in 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts - a private printing, pages 49-68
http://www.queenannswar.com/ LINK IS BROKEN, but I leave it here because I used it
Family Search
ancestry.com

Sunday, March 14, 2010

William Orcutt and Mary Lane

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8th G Grandparents

William Orcutt

Parents: William Orcutt and Suzanne Edson
Born 18 Dec 1618 Willoughby, Warwick, England
Married 1) Mary Martha Lane 24 December 1663 Hingham, Massachusetts
2) Martha (unknown surname) after 1685
Died 14 Sep 1693 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources
Death: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records (Bridgewater Deaths) page 531
Marriage to Mary and Martha: Book: U.S. New England Marriages prior to 1700 page 545
Marriage to Mary Explanation: Blog: Sugden, B. Orcutt Family History. (2014). Retrieved from http://orcuttfamilyhistory. wordpress.com 23 Sep 2020
Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249
Family Search Group Sheet listed following sources:
Old Hancock County Families by Pierce
Orcutt Family by M.D. Hinckley
Vital Records of Higham, Mass., Second Church, Scituate 1645-89
Orcutt Genealogy
Mitchell's History of Bridgewater - Benjamin Washburn's Genealogy
My Forefathers from Brewer, Maine by Ethel Kenny

Mary Lane
Parents William Lane and Agnes (surname unknown)
Born
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com


CHILDREN
William and Mary's children's christenings - remember, these are not birth dates




William Orcutt
Born abt 1664 Massachusetts
Note: no documentation in Scituate
Married 1) Jane Washburn
Children: Joanna, Elizabeth
2) Hannah Smith 21 Sep 1698 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Children: Jane, Deliverance, Martha, Caleb, Moses
Died 10 April 1789
Buried First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources
Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249
Family Search
ancestry.com
Andrew Orcutt
Christened 24 Mar 1667 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married Frances Ward 13 Aug 1793 Weymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Children: Andrew, William, Frances, Mary, Samuel, Mercy, Remember
Died 18 August 1739 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources
Marriage: U.S. New England Marriages prior to 1700
AGBI
George Walter Chamberlain, M.S. (Weymouth Historical Society, Howard H Joy, President. 1923), pg 447.
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249
Family Search
ancestry.com
John Orcutt
Christened 18 Apr 1669 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married 1) Experience Pratt 1691 Weymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Children: Unnamed baby, Hannah, Samuel, John
2) Mary Beale 23 Dec 1702 Higham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Children: Ebenezer 
Marriage record for John and Mary 
Transcription: The 23rd day of December 1702 John Orcut of Bridgewater
was married to Mary Beale daughter of Lieutenant Jeremiah Beale
by me John Norton, Pastor of the Church of Hingham


3) Abigail Farrow 23 Nov 1719 Massachusetts
Note: widow of Francis Horsewell
Translation of marriage record:
John Orcutt of Hingham, was married to Abagail Horsewell, 
the daughter of John Farrow the ....day.....1719


4) Mary Daniels 10 Aug 1723 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Note: Widow of John Jepson
5) Esther (maiden name unknown) 31 Dec 1750 Cohasset, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Widow of Daniel Sharp
Died Sep 1753 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Buried: Hingham Center Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources
Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
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Martha Orcutt
Christened 23 Apr 1671 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married Joseph Leonard 1695
Children: Joseph, Ephraim, Martha
Died 30 Sep 1752 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Buried: First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note:  no headstones for her or her husband
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249
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Joseph Orcutt
Christened 9 Dec 1672 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married Sarah Smith abt 1692 Massachusetts
Children: Ichabod, Sarah, Jerusha, Peter, Rachel, James, Joseph
Died 30 Sep 1752 Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut
Buried 1752
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
Marriage:  US New England Marriages prior to 1700
Note: there was no year given at all for the marriage
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Hannah Orcutt (twin to Mary)
Christened 11 Apr 1675 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Given name spelled Hanah in record
Married Edmund Tilson 25 Dec 1706 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Some have recorded his given name as Edison or Edson
Died abt 1707 (possibly during childbirth)
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
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Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249
Book: North America Family Histories
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Mary Orcutt Hudson
Transcription: Here lies the body of Mrs
Mary Hudson who died June 28 1738 in
the 63 year (rest is beneath the soil)

Mary 
Orcutt (twin to Hannah)
Christened 11 Apr 1675 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married Lieutenant Daniel Hudson 19 May 1697 Massachusetts
Children: Mary, Daniel, William
Death 28 June 1738 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried 1738 First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
Marriage: New England Historical Genealogical Register
Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249
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7th Great grandparents

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Thomas 
Orcutt

Christened 2 Oct 1677 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Massachusetts Birth, Marriage, Death Records record the 2nd but also claim that the date is worn, therefore it could be anything with a 2 - from the 2nd to the 29th
Married Jane Emerson 29 Jun 1703 Massachusetts
Children: Jane, Thomas, Mary, Emerson, Hannah, David
Died 5 December 1749 Boston, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
Massachusetts Birth, Marriage, Death Records (Scituate Births) page 277
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Benjamin Orcutt
Christened 9 Mar 1680 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: Given name is spelled Benjemen in record
Married Elizabeth Randall abt 1695 Massachusetts
Children: Benjamin, Sarah, Hannah, Betty, Andrew, John, Silence, Keziah, Lydia
Died Feb 1770 Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
Book: Nahum Mitchell, History of The Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register. (Boston: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840), page 249
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Elizabeth Orcutt
Christened 16 Jul 1682 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married - did not find one
Died
Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
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Deborah Orcutt
Christened 7 Oct 1683 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Died Before 30 Oct 1694 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0014791,0496902 IT1 Batch C501321 dated 1850
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Susannah Orcutt
Born abt 1685 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: no documentation in Scituate
Married Captain Benjamin Washburn abt 1715
Children: Benjamin, Jonathan
Died
Buried
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