I've wanted to write about William White for a long time. Well, actually, I've wanted to learn about him for a long time. I knew he was not the William White of the Mayflower, and that's about all I was sure of. Today I found a very well written and referenced profile of him on WikiTree and I'm going to borrow from it rather shamelessly, in order to provide a brief sketch of this most interesting ancestor. Any errors of course are mine.
William White is a most interesting man. We don't know when or where he is born but conjecture is that he may have been the William White who was born about June 8, 1604 in Derbyshire, England. Both the date and the location make sense based on his marriage date and on his future occupation(s), but the first date that we really can say "this is probably our William White is his marriage to Elizabeth Jackson in 1629 at St. Gregory but St Paul's in London, England. This would put WIlliam at 25 years of age, and also puts him in London, where he apparently lived from his marriage until his emigration to England.
William and Elizabeth's first three children, Elizabeth, William, and Margaret were born in London. Margaret was born in 1635 and Ursula was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1639 so the family must have emigrated between 1635 and 1639. I would tend to think it was earlier because most families didn't travel directly to Providence, but were in Massachusetts at first. There is a possibility that the family, or at least William, went back to England because he is again noted in 1645, as having emigrated to Massachusetts in the company of Dr. Robert Child who had recruited him to work in the New England Iron Works for five shillings a day.
William was not a common laborer, however. He seems to have had special skills and knowledge because Samuel Hartlibs "Ephemerides in 1643 says "?Mr. White has amongst many other things invented a new kind of Furnace which will save charges and coales. William White's "Catalogue of Inventions reveals him to have been involved in an exceptionally wide range of activities and to have been actively thinking about involvement in colonization.
William was employed at the Saugus Ironworks from 1646-1648 but was not a model employee. He was fined four pounds for selling beer without a license. (It was about this time that his daughter Elizabeth married Benjamin Herendeen, an ironworker, and may have had cause to regret it, as he was found guilty of beating his wife.) Perhaps the family was somewhat dysfunctional.
Next we find William White, and presumably his family, leaving Boston, where he had lived, and going to Bermuda to help a Bermudian merchant, William Berkeley, salvage a sunken Spanish treasure ship. (The term 'Bermudian merchant' may imply that Berkeley was involved in the slave trade in one way or another.) William supported himself and his family by repairing stills the Bermudians used for making liquor, as well as by fishing aand gardening.
Trouble developed between the White family and William Berkeley. In 1654, one daughter, Margaret, charged that Berkeley had raped her. Margaret had been a servant in Berkeley's home. Another daughter, Ursula, said that he had given her a shilling and tried to get her into his bed. Berkeley supposedly retaliated by accusing Elizabeth, William's wife, of putting a spell on his cattle, and accusing William of saying "the devil take them". Both charges implied witchcraft, at a time when this was a serious charge.
It was time for the Whites to end their efforts in Bermuda and go back to New England. He stopped first in Warwick, R.I., having underestimated the time it would take him to join John Winthrop Jr in Pequot. He had intended to work for Winthrop in his "major alchemical/industrial enteerprise that he was planning on Fishers Island near New Haven.
William was granted land at Pawtucket in 1656, next to his son in law Benjamin Hearndon/Herendeen, and later was granted meadowlands. It appears that he had at least something to do with a bridge that was at Weybosset. He sold this land to Hearndon and went back to Boston, where he was described as a bricklayer. William signed his will October 13, 1673, and he had died by December 30 of that year. The inventory, found on American Ancestors, (Suffolk County #676) is difficult to make out but it clearly is more than just a typical household inventory. One item alone is valued at 1000 pounds. Since much of this appears to do with his industrial/alchemical business, one wonders who actually bought the equipment and what the family actually received as proceeds.
There is more to William's story than I have been able to write in this short sketch, but I hope it shows us that not everyone came to New England and farmed or fished. Some helped build the industrial complexes of the day. Some spent time on Bermuda, or Barbados, or other islands. Some were truly interesting, even if they weren't famous. Such was William White.
The line of descent is
William White-Elizabeth Jackson
Elizabeth White-Benjamin Hearnden
Alice Hearnden-Daniel Brown
Hosanna Brown-Mary Hawkins
Othniel Brown-Deborah Brown
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Brown Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Holbrook line: Benjamin Hearnden Harrington Herendeen
For simplicity's sake, I'm going to use the spelling Hearnden in this post, but Benjamin's name was spelled in many different ways during his lifetime; he was apparently illiterate as he signed his name with an X on legal documents.
Information abounds about this ancestor, and so do stories that can't be proven. Also people look at the same set of facts and draw different conclusions. So, I'll just say that some people think his parents were James Harrington and Ann Clinton-Fiennes, which lines probably trace back to English nobility. Others say his father was likely Robert Harrington. It is known that James and Ann had a son named Benjamin and that they all came to Boston in 1630. James died in 1630 and Ann in 1632 and Benjamin went to live with an uncle, Charles Clinton-Fiennes. The story goes that Charles was a strict Puritan and Benjamin had become a Baptist. Uncle Charles severely flogged Benjamin for this, and Benjamin then went to Rhode Island. Another story says that when escaping to Rhode Island, Benjamin joined a family of Quakers also enroute to Providence Plantation, and that is how Benjamin met his future wife. These are stories and speculation only, but it seems to be true that Benjamin was a Baptist and Elizabeth White, his wife, was a Quaker. Choose for yourself how much of the story, or which stories, you want to believe.
What is well documented is that Benjamin had some run ins with the law in Massachusetts. There was a man of his name presented in court in Lynn, Massachusetts for beating his wife in 1647. It appears that this was about the same time that the Hearnden's moved to Rhode Island, although it is possible that they shuttled from Lynn to Providence and back again for a few years, while they were establishing crops in Providence to support themselves, and while there was work for a bricklayer (Benjamin's occupation) in Massachusetts. He took the oath of allegiance in Providence in 1648, and received a land grant in 1651, which may have been the first time he was old enough to receive a grant. He acquired several more plots of land during his lifetime, so that he was able to pass land on to each of his surviving sons.
Benjamin and Elizabeth each seem to have had difficulties with their neighbors. Elizabeth was found guilty of stealing clothing from Mary Pray, the wife of Richard Pray. (Elizabeth would marry Richard Pray as his second wife after Benjamin's death, so it's hard to figure out what was going on here). Elizabeth's family received a house lot next to that of Benjamin and Elizabeth, and there were court proceedings involving altercations between the two families. At another time, Benjamin was charged with inciting an Indian to kill John Clawson. John Clawson was killed by the Indian and the Indian was executed for it, but Benjamin was acquitted of being an accessory to the crime.
Benjamin had several dealings with our ancestor Roger Williams, and one writer says the two families were related. Another writer hints that it was Clawson that was Benjamin's relation. I've not found anything to connect Benjamin to either family, except as neighbors.
Benjamin died between February 1686/87 and May 17, 1687. His estate was probated about a year later and was valued at either 42 pounds and change, or 142 pounds and change (two different amounts reported and I've not yet found the original to judge for myself). His estate included the typical farm animals and implements as well as land. As mentioned above, Elizabeth married Richard Pray for her second husband. Benjamin and Elizabeth had nine children together, all adults by the time their father died.
It's an interesting couple. Benjamin was a Baptist with a not totally savory reputation, and Elizabeth was a Quaker who perhaps made little defense when charged with stealing clothes from the first wife of her second husband. It would be interesting to hear their sides of these issues. It would also be interesting to know what their reputation was in Providence. I'd also like to know whether it was Benjamin, or Benjamin Jr who participated in King Philip's War. (It appears that the Herendens did leave Providence when the town was burned, but returned fairly soon after.) Either way, I wonder what Elizabeth thought of her husband or son participating in war.
Our line of descent is:
Benjamin Hearnden-Elizabeth White
Alice Hearnden-Daniel Brown
Hosanna Brown-Mary Hawkins
Othniel Brown-Deborah Brown (yes, cousins)
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Brown Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Information abounds about this ancestor, and so do stories that can't be proven. Also people look at the same set of facts and draw different conclusions. So, I'll just say that some people think his parents were James Harrington and Ann Clinton-Fiennes, which lines probably trace back to English nobility. Others say his father was likely Robert Harrington. It is known that James and Ann had a son named Benjamin and that they all came to Boston in 1630. James died in 1630 and Ann in 1632 and Benjamin went to live with an uncle, Charles Clinton-Fiennes. The story goes that Charles was a strict Puritan and Benjamin had become a Baptist. Uncle Charles severely flogged Benjamin for this, and Benjamin then went to Rhode Island. Another story says that when escaping to Rhode Island, Benjamin joined a family of Quakers also enroute to Providence Plantation, and that is how Benjamin met his future wife. These are stories and speculation only, but it seems to be true that Benjamin was a Baptist and Elizabeth White, his wife, was a Quaker. Choose for yourself how much of the story, or which stories, you want to believe.
What is well documented is that Benjamin had some run ins with the law in Massachusetts. There was a man of his name presented in court in Lynn, Massachusetts for beating his wife in 1647. It appears that this was about the same time that the Hearnden's moved to Rhode Island, although it is possible that they shuttled from Lynn to Providence and back again for a few years, while they were establishing crops in Providence to support themselves, and while there was work for a bricklayer (Benjamin's occupation) in Massachusetts. He took the oath of allegiance in Providence in 1648, and received a land grant in 1651, which may have been the first time he was old enough to receive a grant. He acquired several more plots of land during his lifetime, so that he was able to pass land on to each of his surviving sons.
Benjamin and Elizabeth each seem to have had difficulties with their neighbors. Elizabeth was found guilty of stealing clothing from Mary Pray, the wife of Richard Pray. (Elizabeth would marry Richard Pray as his second wife after Benjamin's death, so it's hard to figure out what was going on here). Elizabeth's family received a house lot next to that of Benjamin and Elizabeth, and there were court proceedings involving altercations between the two families. At another time, Benjamin was charged with inciting an Indian to kill John Clawson. John Clawson was killed by the Indian and the Indian was executed for it, but Benjamin was acquitted of being an accessory to the crime.
Benjamin had several dealings with our ancestor Roger Williams, and one writer says the two families were related. Another writer hints that it was Clawson that was Benjamin's relation. I've not found anything to connect Benjamin to either family, except as neighbors.
Benjamin died between February 1686/87 and May 17, 1687. His estate was probated about a year later and was valued at either 42 pounds and change, or 142 pounds and change (two different amounts reported and I've not yet found the original to judge for myself). His estate included the typical farm animals and implements as well as land. As mentioned above, Elizabeth married Richard Pray for her second husband. Benjamin and Elizabeth had nine children together, all adults by the time their father died.
It's an interesting couple. Benjamin was a Baptist with a not totally savory reputation, and Elizabeth was a Quaker who perhaps made little defense when charged with stealing clothes from the first wife of her second husband. It would be interesting to hear their sides of these issues. It would also be interesting to know what their reputation was in Providence. I'd also like to know whether it was Benjamin, or Benjamin Jr who participated in King Philip's War. (It appears that the Herendens did leave Providence when the town was burned, but returned fairly soon after.) Either way, I wonder what Elizabeth thought of her husband or son participating in war.
Our line of descent is:
Benjamin Hearnden-Elizabeth White
Alice Hearnden-Daniel Brown
Hosanna Brown-Mary Hawkins
Othniel Brown-Deborah Brown (yes, cousins)
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Brown Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Holbrook line: Chad Brown, Immigrant
We have more than one ancestor who made it to Wikipedia. Chad Brown, variously described as Reverend, Pastor, and Elder, has his own article that tells much about his life. I've found other articles, too, including one from the Register, published by New England Historical and Genealogical Society, that detail the first four generations of his descendants. So he is easy to write about. The hard part is choosing what to include in this post, and in trying to restrain my pride in this man and his descendants. We actually have at least two lines of descent from him, and there are some Browns I haven't yet identified, so there could be more yet.
Once again we have a mystery as to his parentage, however. We know that he married Elizabeth Sharparowe, daughter of John and Margaret Castley Sharparowe, on September 11, 1626 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. We could probably guess that Chad came from the same general area, but we don't know that for sure. Wycombe is a town known for its cloth industry and its paper industry during the 17th century. We don't know whether Chad was involved in either of those, but it does give us a sense that the town was industrial before industrial was widespread, and the town must have had a certain energy to it. We wonder what kind of education Chad received, in light of his later achievements.
Chad, Elizabeth, their son John, and possibly other children arrived on the ship Martin, arriving in Boston in July of 1638. Whether by plan or by "encouragement", they soon moved to Providence Plantations in what became Rhode Island, where Roger Williams was teaching. He signed agreements in 1640 and another one sometime between 1639 and 1644, to agree to the Providence Compact and to set up a government for Providence in 1640. He took over pastoral duties for the Baptist church in 1643, when Roger Williams, the first pastor, went to England on colony business. The church at this time met outside, or in bad weather, in someone's home. The first church building in Providence was not built until some sixty years later. Chad served as pastor for about 10 years, including time he was apparently an unofficial pastor, or perhaps an assistant.
There is not a good record of when he died, but there is a mention of a widow Brown, not further named, being listed on a tax list in 1650. He was mentioned as deceased in a deed from 1663, but he could well have been deceased for quite a while by that time. I tend to think it was shortly before 1650, because the church record says that he ended his pastorate before 1650. This would have left Elizabeth with seven children to raise, with John at 20 being the oldest.
Chad had acted as an arbitrator in the early days of Providence, and also as a surveyor. These jobs, combined with that of pastor make me think he surely had at least a grammar school type education, and perhaps higher than that. He reportedly left a will but I have not been able to locate a copy. The inventory would be valuable, to see whether he had books, and also to see how he supported himself other than as pastor. It doesn't seem likely that this would have been a "paying job".
I think I would have liked Chad Brown. From the bits and pieces we can see, he was a man who lived out his faith by serving others. His record as pastor of the First Baptist Church shows his dedication to the Lord. Some of his sons became members of the Anglican Church and some of his descendants became Quakers. I wonder what he would have said to that?
The two lines of descent are:
Chad Brown-Elizabeth Shaparowe
Daniel Brown-Alice Hearndon
Hosanna Brown-Mary Hawkins
Othniel Brown-Deborah Brown
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Brown Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
The second line is
Chad Brown-Elizabeth Sharparowe
John Brown-Mary Holmes
Sarah Brown-John Pray
Mary Pray-Richard Brown
Deborah Brown-Othniel Brown
as above
Fun face: FamousKin says that Amelia Earhart and John Ritter are descendants of Chad Brown, so they are our distant cousins.
Once again we have a mystery as to his parentage, however. We know that he married Elizabeth Sharparowe, daughter of John and Margaret Castley Sharparowe, on September 11, 1626 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. We could probably guess that Chad came from the same general area, but we don't know that for sure. Wycombe is a town known for its cloth industry and its paper industry during the 17th century. We don't know whether Chad was involved in either of those, but it does give us a sense that the town was industrial before industrial was widespread, and the town must have had a certain energy to it. We wonder what kind of education Chad received, in light of his later achievements.
Chad, Elizabeth, their son John, and possibly other children arrived on the ship Martin, arriving in Boston in July of 1638. Whether by plan or by "encouragement", they soon moved to Providence Plantations in what became Rhode Island, where Roger Williams was teaching. He signed agreements in 1640 and another one sometime between 1639 and 1644, to agree to the Providence Compact and to set up a government for Providence in 1640. He took over pastoral duties for the Baptist church in 1643, when Roger Williams, the first pastor, went to England on colony business. The church at this time met outside, or in bad weather, in someone's home. The first church building in Providence was not built until some sixty years later. Chad served as pastor for about 10 years, including time he was apparently an unofficial pastor, or perhaps an assistant.
There is not a good record of when he died, but there is a mention of a widow Brown, not further named, being listed on a tax list in 1650. He was mentioned as deceased in a deed from 1663, but he could well have been deceased for quite a while by that time. I tend to think it was shortly before 1650, because the church record says that he ended his pastorate before 1650. This would have left Elizabeth with seven children to raise, with John at 20 being the oldest.
Chad had acted as an arbitrator in the early days of Providence, and also as a surveyor. These jobs, combined with that of pastor make me think he surely had at least a grammar school type education, and perhaps higher than that. He reportedly left a will but I have not been able to locate a copy. The inventory would be valuable, to see whether he had books, and also to see how he supported himself other than as pastor. It doesn't seem likely that this would have been a "paying job".
I think I would have liked Chad Brown. From the bits and pieces we can see, he was a man who lived out his faith by serving others. His record as pastor of the First Baptist Church shows his dedication to the Lord. Some of his sons became members of the Anglican Church and some of his descendants became Quakers. I wonder what he would have said to that?
The two lines of descent are:
Chad Brown-Elizabeth Shaparowe
Daniel Brown-Alice Hearndon
Hosanna Brown-Mary Hawkins
Othniel Brown-Deborah Brown
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Brown Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
The second line is
Chad Brown-Elizabeth Sharparowe
John Brown-Mary Holmes
Sarah Brown-John Pray
Mary Pray-Richard Brown
Deborah Brown-Othniel Brown
as above
Fun face: FamousKin says that Amelia Earhart and John Ritter are descendants of Chad Brown, so they are our distant cousins.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Holbrook line: William Hawkins 1609-1699 Immigrant
For a man who lived such a long life, he sure seems to have left few records behind. Even his place of birth is something of a mystery. It is listed as "Exon, Glouer, Devon, England" on several genealogy sites. I think this comes from a passenger ship listing, and the "Glouer" should actually be read "glover", as his occupation, when he left England for New England in 1634. If this is true, then perhaps the birth year came from that same list, and may be off by a year or two. I've also seen one mention that he was of Exmouth, England, which is a very different place than the only Exon I've been able to find. So, he may have been born near the castle of Exon, or in the village of Exmouth, but I've not found real documentation for either location Perhaps someone with knowledge of this will be able to enlighten me on this subject!
We do know that he and his future wife, Margaret Harwood, were on the same ship as they sailed from England to St Christophe in the Caribbean and then north to -where? Most sites give Providence, Rhode Island but they must have been somewhere else first because Providence wasn't founded until 1635-36, when Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. So they would have gone either to Connecticut or to Boston, most likely. I'd sure like to know what they were doing for those three or four years before they showed up in Providence in 1638! How did they meet or hear of Roger Williams? Why did they choose to join his settlement/colony? Oh, the questions!
William married Margaret Harwood, probably not long after their arrival in Providence, and he was granted land in December of 1638. This appears to be in what later became Smithfield. His name is on the list of those who signed a compact in 1640, agreeing on the basic rules of government, and he purchased more land in 1645. Ten years later, he was made a freeman. He was granted more land on the condition that he cut the meadow and build a house and live there within three years, which he did . When the troubles came with King Philip's War, he was one of the few men who stayed in Rhode Island, not leaving for a safer place, although we are not told what his family did. (Family included at least five children, born between 1641 and 1649). Since that was the end of the child bearing, did Margaret die about this time? I find no mention of her death.
He apparently wrote his will in 1699, at that time granting freedom to his slave Jack, but not for another 25 years. Still, it was better treatment than most slaves received! Some think a reference in 1702/03 to William Hawkins Sr. refers to this William. It could just as well be his son William, who might now be a "Senior" as there were likely grandchildren of our William who were named after him. In 1698, his rateable estate included 2 oxen, 4 steers, 6 cows, 3 heifers, a horse, 2 mares, 6 acres Indian corn, 3 acres rye, 10 acres meadow and 10 acres pasture, without mentioning his dwelling.
I found no reference to his religion, to his occupation (glover? in the wilds of Rhode Island?), or to any role he might have played in government. Those are questions I would like to answer, one way or another. But I did find enough to show that he is another in a long line of extraordinary and normal folks, probably not far up the economic ladder, who came to America and made it what it is today.
Our line of descent is:
William Hawkins-Margaret Harwood
John Hawkins-Sarah Daniels
Mary Hawkins-Hosanna Brown
Othniel Brown-Deborah Brown
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Brown Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
We do know that he and his future wife, Margaret Harwood, were on the same ship as they sailed from England to St Christophe in the Caribbean and then north to -where? Most sites give Providence, Rhode Island but they must have been somewhere else first because Providence wasn't founded until 1635-36, when Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. So they would have gone either to Connecticut or to Boston, most likely. I'd sure like to know what they were doing for those three or four years before they showed up in Providence in 1638! How did they meet or hear of Roger Williams? Why did they choose to join his settlement/colony? Oh, the questions!
William married Margaret Harwood, probably not long after their arrival in Providence, and he was granted land in December of 1638. This appears to be in what later became Smithfield. His name is on the list of those who signed a compact in 1640, agreeing on the basic rules of government, and he purchased more land in 1645. Ten years later, he was made a freeman. He was granted more land on the condition that he cut the meadow and build a house and live there within three years, which he did . When the troubles came with King Philip's War, he was one of the few men who stayed in Rhode Island, not leaving for a safer place, although we are not told what his family did. (Family included at least five children, born between 1641 and 1649). Since that was the end of the child bearing, did Margaret die about this time? I find no mention of her death.
He apparently wrote his will in 1699, at that time granting freedom to his slave Jack, but not for another 25 years. Still, it was better treatment than most slaves received! Some think a reference in 1702/03 to William Hawkins Sr. refers to this William. It could just as well be his son William, who might now be a "Senior" as there were likely grandchildren of our William who were named after him. In 1698, his rateable estate included 2 oxen, 4 steers, 6 cows, 3 heifers, a horse, 2 mares, 6 acres Indian corn, 3 acres rye, 10 acres meadow and 10 acres pasture, without mentioning his dwelling.
I found no reference to his religion, to his occupation (glover? in the wilds of Rhode Island?), or to any role he might have played in government. Those are questions I would like to answer, one way or another. But I did find enough to show that he is another in a long line of extraordinary and normal folks, probably not far up the economic ladder, who came to America and made it what it is today.
Our line of descent is:
William Hawkins-Margaret Harwood
John Hawkins-Sarah Daniels
Mary Hawkins-Hosanna Brown
Othniel Brown-Deborah Brown
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Brown Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
Friday, March 3, 2017
Holbrook line: Matthew Whipple 1588-1647
It's always fun to find an ancestor I've overlooked, and to find there is quite a bit of information about him, AND to find his will AND his inventory. So it's been a fun morning.
Matthew Whipple isn't a name that leaps to my mind when remembering my immigrant ancestors, but maybe now he will be. There is a log of information about him on the Geni sight, and more on AmericanAncestors. The will is found in Volume 1 of The Probate Records of Essex County, which means it's been transcribed and although I still struggle with archaic spellings and meanings and even vocabulary, at least I don't have to try to read ancient handwriting.
Matthew was born, or christened, December 19,1588, in Bocking, Essex, England. His parents were Matthew Whipple and Joan. Matthew of England was a clothier, and based on his will, was apparently well off. I'm not finding a lot of information about Bocking on line, but I did find St Mary's Church, which is where Matthew probably attended as a child, and where his father is buried (likely his mother, too).. He had at least nine brothers and sisters, and Matthew was the fifth child born into the family.
Matthew married Ann or Anne Hawkins on May 7, 1622, at St Mary's church in Bocking. I haven't done any proof work to say whether I believe this or not, but Ann is supposed to be a granddaughter of the famous John Hawkins, merchant, slave trader, explorer, treasurer and controller of the English Navy. (I am learning to be somewhat doubtful when I find a line tied to someone famous, since I've been burned a few times by published genealogies that turned out to be mistaken or in some cases just plain fraudulent.)
Matthew and Ann had at least 5 children and possibly more. Apparently most were born in Bocking but the last one or two may have been born in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The family immigrated apparently between 1636 and 1638. He was a member of the church there and I believe that when I see the phrase "Deacon Whipple" it refers to our Matthew. Ann died sometime before September 28, 1646, when Matthew married Rose Barker Chute, who outlived him.
I've found that Matthew held many offices but I've not found a list other than that he was frequently a "clerke", That indicates he could read and write, and that is supported by contents of his inventory which included 29 books. He was one of the largest landowners in the area, along with his brother John. From his inventory, we can see that he farmed, that he had several weapons, and that he had a large amount of linen goods as well as at least three wheels, two linen and one cotton. It appears that his home had at least three rooms as many objects, including 85 "peeces" of pewter were in the hall, and the linens and some clothes were in the parlor. There was a chamber over the parlor which held miscellaneous items, and then there are a lot of tools that must have been kept in a barn. He had a dwelling house with 4 acres of ground that included a "barne" and other out houses, a 6 acre lot, a four acre lot, six acres of marsh, and a farm containing 160 acres plus a meadow of 30 acres, and then another 20 acres of marsh and "wast" land. We are surprised that his estate was valued at only a little over 287 pounds when we see the long list of his property.
His will was written March 7, 1645 and then he added a codicil September 13, 1646 to provide for his new wife, Rose. All of her items that she brought to the marriage were to remain hers, and she was given 10 pounds, besides. William must have died within a year, because the will was proven July 28, 1647.
I'd love to learn more about Matthew and his life in both Bocking and Ipswich. It's been fun to learn this much but I always have more questions, it seems. For now, we know of another immigrant to the New World, one who apparently did well for himself and his family. It's a start.
The line of descent is:
Matthew Whipple-Ann Hawkins
Anna Whipple-John Annable
Elizabeth Annable-John Whittemore
John Whittemore-Elizabeth Lloyd
John Whittemore-Lydia Clough
Josiah Whittermore-Lucy Snow
Josiah Whittemore-Betsy Foster
Mary Elizabeth Whittemore-Joseph R Holbrook
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
Matthew Whipple isn't a name that leaps to my mind when remembering my immigrant ancestors, but maybe now he will be. There is a log of information about him on the Geni sight, and more on AmericanAncestors. The will is found in Volume 1 of The Probate Records of Essex County, which means it's been transcribed and although I still struggle with archaic spellings and meanings and even vocabulary, at least I don't have to try to read ancient handwriting.
Matthew was born, or christened, December 19,1588, in Bocking, Essex, England. His parents were Matthew Whipple and Joan. Matthew of England was a clothier, and based on his will, was apparently well off. I'm not finding a lot of information about Bocking on line, but I did find St Mary's Church, which is where Matthew probably attended as a child, and where his father is buried (likely his mother, too).. He had at least nine brothers and sisters, and Matthew was the fifth child born into the family.
Matthew married Ann or Anne Hawkins on May 7, 1622, at St Mary's church in Bocking. I haven't done any proof work to say whether I believe this or not, but Ann is supposed to be a granddaughter of the famous John Hawkins, merchant, slave trader, explorer, treasurer and controller of the English Navy. (I am learning to be somewhat doubtful when I find a line tied to someone famous, since I've been burned a few times by published genealogies that turned out to be mistaken or in some cases just plain fraudulent.)
Matthew and Ann had at least 5 children and possibly more. Apparently most were born in Bocking but the last one or two may have been born in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The family immigrated apparently between 1636 and 1638. He was a member of the church there and I believe that when I see the phrase "Deacon Whipple" it refers to our Matthew. Ann died sometime before September 28, 1646, when Matthew married Rose Barker Chute, who outlived him.
I've found that Matthew held many offices but I've not found a list other than that he was frequently a "clerke", That indicates he could read and write, and that is supported by contents of his inventory which included 29 books. He was one of the largest landowners in the area, along with his brother John. From his inventory, we can see that he farmed, that he had several weapons, and that he had a large amount of linen goods as well as at least three wheels, two linen and one cotton. It appears that his home had at least three rooms as many objects, including 85 "peeces" of pewter were in the hall, and the linens and some clothes were in the parlor. There was a chamber over the parlor which held miscellaneous items, and then there are a lot of tools that must have been kept in a barn. He had a dwelling house with 4 acres of ground that included a "barne" and other out houses, a 6 acre lot, a four acre lot, six acres of marsh, and a farm containing 160 acres plus a meadow of 30 acres, and then another 20 acres of marsh and "wast" land. We are surprised that his estate was valued at only a little over 287 pounds when we see the long list of his property.
His will was written March 7, 1645 and then he added a codicil September 13, 1646 to provide for his new wife, Rose. All of her items that she brought to the marriage were to remain hers, and she was given 10 pounds, besides. William must have died within a year, because the will was proven July 28, 1647.
I'd love to learn more about Matthew and his life in both Bocking and Ipswich. It's been fun to learn this much but I always have more questions, it seems. For now, we know of another immigrant to the New World, one who apparently did well for himself and his family. It's a start.
The line of descent is:
Matthew Whipple-Ann Hawkins
Anna Whipple-John Annable
Elizabeth Annable-John Whittemore
John Whittemore-Elizabeth Lloyd
John Whittemore-Lydia Clough
Josiah Whittermore-Lucy Snow
Josiah Whittemore-Betsy Foster
Mary Elizabeth Whittemore-Joseph R Holbrook
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Holbrook line: Hosanna Brown 1685-1769
Who couldn't love a man named Hosanna? His family was Baptist. His grandfather, Chad Brown, was minister of the Baptist church in Providence, Rhode Island in its very early years (1642 and following). His parents were Daniel Brown and Alice Hearnden (various spellings) who had been married December 25, 1669. One of his siblings was named Hallelujah, and his other siblings had good Christian names, too: Sarah, Jonathan, Daniel, Judah, and Jabez. The exception to Biblical names was his sister Alice, most likely named for her mother.
Hosanna was born in 1685 in Providence, Rhode Island and died in 1767 in Gloucester, Rhode Island. I've not found him in any military records yet, but that may be because he lived in a time of relative peace. He would have been too old for the French and Indian/Seven Years war, and the Indian troubles of King Philip's War and the ensuing years would have been pretty much over by the turn of the century, when Hosanna would have been old enough to fight.
I've found one brief reference to Hosanna Brown's land as a "farm", so that is the only clue I've found so far as to his occupation. Living in Gloucester, he may also have had a connection to the life of the sea, but I've found no references to that. At one time he owned land on both sides of Chepachet River, and he had mill privileges conveyed by a son in law. He married Mary Hawkins, the daughter of John Hawkins and Sarah Daniels, in 1705 and their first son, Othniel, was born soon after. They also had two daughters, Sarah and Mary, and there may have been a son, Jeremiah. Mary, Hosanna's wife, died about 1735 and Hosanna remarried, to a widow named Ammitai, otherwise not yet identified. They had four children together, including a daughter named Hallelujah and a son named Hosanna, as well as Daniel and Nedabiah.
Most of the information in this blog came from volume 80, 1926 issue of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Little else is known about Hosanna, so he needs more research. Just his name makes me want to smile. I hope he was a joyful man!
The line of descent is:
Hosanna Brown-Mary Hawkins
Othniel Brown-Mary Brown (a different family)
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Allen and Melcher children, grandchildren, and great grandchilren.
Hosanna was born in 1685 in Providence, Rhode Island and died in 1767 in Gloucester, Rhode Island. I've not found him in any military records yet, but that may be because he lived in a time of relative peace. He would have been too old for the French and Indian/Seven Years war, and the Indian troubles of King Philip's War and the ensuing years would have been pretty much over by the turn of the century, when Hosanna would have been old enough to fight.
I've found one brief reference to Hosanna Brown's land as a "farm", so that is the only clue I've found so far as to his occupation. Living in Gloucester, he may also have had a connection to the life of the sea, but I've found no references to that. At one time he owned land on both sides of Chepachet River, and he had mill privileges conveyed by a son in law. He married Mary Hawkins, the daughter of John Hawkins and Sarah Daniels, in 1705 and their first son, Othniel, was born soon after. They also had two daughters, Sarah and Mary, and there may have been a son, Jeremiah. Mary, Hosanna's wife, died about 1735 and Hosanna remarried, to a widow named Ammitai, otherwise not yet identified. They had four children together, including a daughter named Hallelujah and a son named Hosanna, as well as Daniel and Nedabiah.
Most of the information in this blog came from volume 80, 1926 issue of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Little else is known about Hosanna, so he needs more research. Just his name makes me want to smile. I hope he was a joyful man!
The line of descent is:
Hosanna Brown-Mary Hawkins
Othniel Brown-Mary Brown (a different family)
Sarah Brown-Enos Eddy
Enos Eddy-Deborah Paine
Joseph Eddy-Susan Lamphire
Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard
Louis Stanard-Alice Hetrick
Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook
Allen and Melcher children, grandchildren, and great grandchilren.
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