As I started this post, I had very little information about Nathaniel Hawes beyoun the basics. He is like many other second generation ancestors. The immigrants themselves may have quite a bit of information available about them, but these second generation folks are not so easily traceable. Well, we know who their parents are and usually vital records, but not much more than that. Such is the case with our Nathaniel.
He was born August 14, 1660 at Dedgam in Suffolk COunty, Massachusetts, and he died there October 18. 1714. His parents were Edward and Eleanor or Eliony Lombaard Hawes, and they were the immigrants. Nathaniel was one of at least nine children, so he had a lot of siblings. the Hawes family was probably in the lower half of Dedham residents, as far as economics go, so Nathaniel was probably let out at a young age to learn a trade. That trade eluded me until I saw his inventory. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
We don't know how or whether Nathaniel was involved in King Philip's War. He wasn't 15 yet when the war broke out, and by the time he turned 16, the war was winding down. We do know that Dedham was a gathering place for militia, and that quite a few men from Dedham were at the "Great Swamp Fight", but it is likely that Nathaniel stayed home to help protect this family.
At the age of 27, Nathaniel married Sarah Newell, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Curtis Newell, on March 29, 1688. Sarah was 22 at the time, so they would likely have been considered mature enough to marry and perhaps to set up their own household. Nathaniel and Sarah had eight children, and there was another daughter who apparently did not survive infancy. Of the eight, only one was a son, Nathaniel Jr., who was born in 1701, when there were already five girls. (Nathaniel Jr must have been one spoiled child, wouldn't you think?) Two more sisters were born after Nathaniel, to complete the family.
That's what we know of Nathaniel. We can draw some inferences that he was somewhat respected, because several of his daughters married into families that were important in Dedham history (Puffer, Bacon, Aldis). Nathaniel died October 14, 1714, when he was 54 years old.
And then, there's the inventory. It included two parcels on land, farm animals, wearing apparel, woodenware (a clue that the family was not weathy), books worth one pound (so he was literate), and, interesting to me, cooper's tools. So he built barrels or other wooden containers for liquids, most likely, to help increase the family income. This was a skill that he must have learned somewhere, perhaps as a young man when he may have been an apprentice or at least a laborer in someone's shop. Nathaniel left most of his estate to his wife, with the stipulation that when Nathaniel Jr. reached the age of 21 he would receive a double share, and the estate was to be given to his children when Sarah died or remarried.
Sarah did remarry, to Deacon Samuel Rocket or Rockwood) and she presented another inventory when the estate was closed out in 1720. I'm not sure whether the daughters had received their shares by then or not. The youngest daughter would have been just 13.
I'm glad to know that Nathaniel had a trade as well as a farm, orchard, and dwelling. I'm glad to know he had some books. I wish I knew more about him. I didn't locate his name as any kind of town office holder, and that is a little bit curious given the families his daughters married into. I need to do more research on that. I like to imagine Nathaniel as a cooper, making barrels or buckets or pails. I can smell the wood now, and can imagine what equipment he might have had. I'd like to hear his story about King Philip's War, though.
The line of descent is
Nathaniel Hawes-Sarah Newell
Elizabeth Hawes-Samuel Wilson
Rebecca Wilson-Jonathan Wright
Molly Wright-Amariah Holbrook
Nahum Holbrook-Susanna Rockwood
Joseph Holbrook-Maary Elizabeth Whittemore
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
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Holbrook line: Abraham Newell abt 1581-1672 Immigrant
"Great Migration 1634-1635" by Robert Charles Anderson tells us almost everything we'd like to know about Abraham, except who his parents are, where he came from, the name of his wife, and whether or not he was in the military. On the military issue, I'm guessing probably not, as he was 50 years old when he arrived in Roxbury with his family, but I could be wrong about that. If he served, it would not have been for long, due to his age, but he probably was at least required to bear arms for a time.
Speculation (not by Anderson) is that he came from somewhere in Essex, but that is just a guess. We know that Abraham Newell was a tailor, and we know he arrived in Roxbury on the Frances of Ipswich, which sailed about April 30, 1634. He was admitted to the Roxbury church, where Rev. John Eliot taught, later that year as member 106, and was admitted as a freeman on March 4, 1634/5. His wife was admitted to the church in 1636 as member 154. It would be interesting to better understand the culture of Roxbury, as to why Abraham and his wife didn't join at the same time.
Abraham's wife is listed either as unknown or as Francis Foote, daughter of Robert and Joane Brooke Foote. The smoking gun evidence, as in documents, is so far lacking, but the arguments for this relationship are at least reasonable. Abraham may have been more than "just" a tailor, or else he had a head for business, even though he seems to have been illiterate (he always signed his name with a mark). He owned at least 10 pieces of property at one time. In the first inventory of land I found, taken sometime between 1636 and 1640, he already owned 22 acres. One wonders how Abraham supported his family and acquired so many land holdings, but perhaps we are limiting him by calling him a tailor. Perhaps he actually ran a shop and had people working under him, as "table monkeys" cutters, and finishers.
Abraham and possibly Francis had at least seven children together, including Jacob who was born on the voyage and Rebecca who was born at Roxbury. The family may have had one or more servants, because at one point his barn burned down and the blaze was said to have been started by "his girle". The house itself burned sometime prior to 1666, and his son Abraham built another house on the site.
His will and inventory give no hint of his occupation but by the time he died, shortly before June 21, 1672, he was about 91 years old. He may have disposed of his business, if such it was, by then. There were no weapons listed in his inventory, either, so perhaps he had passed whatever he had on to one of his sons by then. At his death, his estate was valued at just 23 pounds, 4 shillings, which did not include real estate. That had mostly already been given to his sons and son in law. "Old Mother Newell" lived until 1683 when she was "neere one hundred years old".
Aside from descriptions of the land he owned, this is pretty much what is known about Abraham Newell. The fact that he was so soon accepted into church membership and became a freeman so early signifies to me that he was known by other people in Roxbury, whether from his hometown or from shipboard friendships, or from Puritan church relationships. More than that is, again, speculation. At any rate, we can be proud of this tailor who came to America, got hit with some hard knocks here, and yet, survived to a good old age.
The line of descent is
Abraham Newell-Francis possibly Foote
Isaac Newell-Elizabeth Curtis
Sarah Newell-Nathaniel Hawes
Elizabeth Hawes-Samuel Wilson
Rebecca Wilson-Jonathan Wright
Molly Wright-Amariah Holbrook
Nahum Holbrook-Susanna Rockwood
Joseph Holbrook-Mary Elizabeth Whittemore
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
Speculation (not by Anderson) is that he came from somewhere in Essex, but that is just a guess. We know that Abraham Newell was a tailor, and we know he arrived in Roxbury on the Frances of Ipswich, which sailed about April 30, 1634. He was admitted to the Roxbury church, where Rev. John Eliot taught, later that year as member 106, and was admitted as a freeman on March 4, 1634/5. His wife was admitted to the church in 1636 as member 154. It would be interesting to better understand the culture of Roxbury, as to why Abraham and his wife didn't join at the same time.
Abraham's wife is listed either as unknown or as Francis Foote, daughter of Robert and Joane Brooke Foote. The smoking gun evidence, as in documents, is so far lacking, but the arguments for this relationship are at least reasonable. Abraham may have been more than "just" a tailor, or else he had a head for business, even though he seems to have been illiterate (he always signed his name with a mark). He owned at least 10 pieces of property at one time. In the first inventory of land I found, taken sometime between 1636 and 1640, he already owned 22 acres. One wonders how Abraham supported his family and acquired so many land holdings, but perhaps we are limiting him by calling him a tailor. Perhaps he actually ran a shop and had people working under him, as "table monkeys" cutters, and finishers.
Abraham and possibly Francis had at least seven children together, including Jacob who was born on the voyage and Rebecca who was born at Roxbury. The family may have had one or more servants, because at one point his barn burned down and the blaze was said to have been started by "his girle". The house itself burned sometime prior to 1666, and his son Abraham built another house on the site.
His will and inventory give no hint of his occupation but by the time he died, shortly before June 21, 1672, he was about 91 years old. He may have disposed of his business, if such it was, by then. There were no weapons listed in his inventory, either, so perhaps he had passed whatever he had on to one of his sons by then. At his death, his estate was valued at just 23 pounds, 4 shillings, which did not include real estate. That had mostly already been given to his sons and son in law. "Old Mother Newell" lived until 1683 when she was "neere one hundred years old".
Aside from descriptions of the land he owned, this is pretty much what is known about Abraham Newell. The fact that he was so soon accepted into church membership and became a freeman so early signifies to me that he was known by other people in Roxbury, whether from his hometown or from shipboard friendships, or from Puritan church relationships. More than that is, again, speculation. At any rate, we can be proud of this tailor who came to America, got hit with some hard knocks here, and yet, survived to a good old age.
The line of descent is
Abraham Newell-Francis possibly Foote
Isaac Newell-Elizabeth Curtis
Sarah Newell-Nathaniel Hawes
Elizabeth Hawes-Samuel Wilson
Rebecca Wilson-Jonathan Wright
Molly Wright-Amariah Holbrook
Nahum Holbrook-Susanna Rockwood
Joseph Holbrook-Mary Elizabeth Whittemore
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Holbrook line" William Curtis, Immigrant 1592-1673
Full disclosure: Most of what I will write in this blog post is taken from "The Great Migration Begins" by Robert Charles Anderson. Most of the other information that I found on line, if not all of it, is also taken from Anderson's work, sometimes word for word. We are so grateful to Mr. Anderson for all the work he has done to tell us about the immigrant families, so we can claim those who are ours!
William Curtis was born before November 12, 1592, the date of his baptism, at Nazeing, Esex, England. He was the son of Tohams and Mary Camp urtis. He had four siblings, and the family likely grew up as Puritans as Nazeing was a center of Puritan activity in the early 1600s. William first married Margaret Rawlyns in London on December 3, 1615. She died at or very soon after the death of their son, William.
He then married, on August 6, 1618, Sarah Eliot, daughter of Bennet and Lettice Agar Eliot. She was the sister of Rev. John Eliot, known in New England as "The Apostle to the Indians". The family lived in England for 14 years after their marriage and had the first five of their children there, burying a daughter Elizabeth there. Little is known of their life in England, but presumably they were under the teaching of Rev. Eliot, and came to New England so they could practice their faith.
William and his wife and four children came to New England in 1632, where they promptly joined the Roxbury church. William is listed as member 37 and Sarah as member 38. He became a freeman on March 4, 1632/3. While in Roxbury, William and Sarah added three children to their family. Son William, born to Williams first wife, died in 1634.
William is described as a yeoman and had several parcels of land in Roxbury, where he lived his whole life. By a Roxbury land inventory (likely written for tax purposes), he had ten acres with a house, barn, and orchard, plus one acre of upland and meadow, three acres acquired in an exchange, and two acres and a rood of salt marsh. The only office that he held, (that Anderson located) was as a petit juror in 1637, so he was not deeply involved in the politics or governance of the town.
He had basically the same holdings when, in February 1669/70, he gave most of his estate to his youngest son, Isaac, on the condition that Isaac continue caring for his parents until both were gone. He gave 40 shillings each to son John Curtis and to son in law Isaac Newell. The other children had already had their gifts. William died December 9, 1670 and Sarah died March 27, 1672/3.
That's what is known of WIlliam Curtis. He seems to have stayed out of trouble, and to have supported his family and served his God. Several of his children married in the late 1650s and early 1660s, so presumably he lived to see grandchildren growing up in the New World. I hope he died a happy man,
The line of descent is:
William Curtis-Sarah Eliot
Elizabeth Curtis-Isaac Newell
Sarah Newell-Nathaniel Hawes
Elizabeth Hawes-Samuel Wilson
Rebekah Wilson-Jonathan Wright
Molly Wright-Amariah Holbrook
Nahum Holbrook-Susanna Rockwood
Joseph Holbrook-Mary Elizabeth Whittemore
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
William Curtis was born before November 12, 1592, the date of his baptism, at Nazeing, Esex, England. He was the son of Tohams and Mary Camp urtis. He had four siblings, and the family likely grew up as Puritans as Nazeing was a center of Puritan activity in the early 1600s. William first married Margaret Rawlyns in London on December 3, 1615. She died at or very soon after the death of their son, William.
He then married, on August 6, 1618, Sarah Eliot, daughter of Bennet and Lettice Agar Eliot. She was the sister of Rev. John Eliot, known in New England as "The Apostle to the Indians". The family lived in England for 14 years after their marriage and had the first five of their children there, burying a daughter Elizabeth there. Little is known of their life in England, but presumably they were under the teaching of Rev. Eliot, and came to New England so they could practice their faith.
William and his wife and four children came to New England in 1632, where they promptly joined the Roxbury church. William is listed as member 37 and Sarah as member 38. He became a freeman on March 4, 1632/3. While in Roxbury, William and Sarah added three children to their family. Son William, born to Williams first wife, died in 1634.
William is described as a yeoman and had several parcels of land in Roxbury, where he lived his whole life. By a Roxbury land inventory (likely written for tax purposes), he had ten acres with a house, barn, and orchard, plus one acre of upland and meadow, three acres acquired in an exchange, and two acres and a rood of salt marsh. The only office that he held, (that Anderson located) was as a petit juror in 1637, so he was not deeply involved in the politics or governance of the town.
He had basically the same holdings when, in February 1669/70, he gave most of his estate to his youngest son, Isaac, on the condition that Isaac continue caring for his parents until both were gone. He gave 40 shillings each to son John Curtis and to son in law Isaac Newell. The other children had already had their gifts. William died December 9, 1670 and Sarah died March 27, 1672/3.
That's what is known of WIlliam Curtis. He seems to have stayed out of trouble, and to have supported his family and served his God. Several of his children married in the late 1650s and early 1660s, so presumably he lived to see grandchildren growing up in the New World. I hope he died a happy man,
The line of descent is:
William Curtis-Sarah Eliot
Elizabeth Curtis-Isaac Newell
Sarah Newell-Nathaniel Hawes
Elizabeth Hawes-Samuel Wilson
Rebekah Wilson-Jonathan Wright
Molly Wright-Amariah Holbrook
Nahum Holbrook-Susanna Rockwood
Joseph Holbrook-Mary Elizabeth Whittemore
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Holbrook line: Edward Hawes, Immigrant
I;m writing this post more as a plea for help than as an imparter of information Edmund Hawes is a most confusing man. There may have been two, or even three, Edmund Hawes, so you can understand my confusion, I hope. The Edmund Hawes who interests us in the one who died in Dedham,Norfolk, Massachusetts on June 28, 1686, It's frequently stated that he was buried in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts but this must have been a different Edmund Hawes. Ours was consistently in Dedham and not in Yarmouth. There are records in existence that, when looked at side by side, show Hawes to have been in both localities at the same time. The evidence is pretty clear that our Edmund came to Dedham and stayed there.
So, we don't know the age or birthdate or parents of our Edmund, for sure. It is believed that he came from Solhull, Warwickshire, England and that his parents may have been Edmund Hawes and Jane Porter. We do know he married Eleanor Lombard (otherwise know as Eliony Lumber) in 1648 in Dedham. Edmund may have been a cutler and he was surely a farmer. He signed petitions regarding town limits and agreements with native Americans (dispute as to whether or not Indians had actually sold the land, apparently. It was a question to be debated for the next two hundred or so years, all across the frontier as the frontier moved west),
We know that Edmund and Eleanor had at least nine children. We know Edmund was a prosperous farmer, which is a good thing, given the size of his family. The author of a speech presented in 1895 to the "Genealogical and Biographical Society of New York City" believed that Edmund was a good Puritan, based on the Biblical names of each of the children. He referred to finding Edmund's name on tax rates, and on land transactions, and as a woodreeve and a fence viewer. A woodreeve is defined as being the overseer of a forest, and a fence viewer required landowners to keep their fences in good condition. It is likely that Hawes also had to participate in some sort of militia, whether it was a training band or something more informal.
Edward Hawes was the salt of the earth kind of guy, I think. He didn't get into trouble with the law, he paid his taxes and he participated in the town meetings, signing petitions as needed. He was likely less younger then 50 when he died, and Eleanor must have had quite a time with 9 young ones, born from 1648 to probably close to the time Edward died. Eleanor died about four years later, but I don't know what became of the children. Neither have I found a will or administration papers.
This isn't much of a sketch for an ancestor who could well have thousands of descendants. It tells the bare minimum. The only hint we have that he could read or write is that he signed his name on the petition papers previously mentioned, but he left us a legacy never the less. He was a hard working, God fearing man and we can honor him by trying to learn more about him.
The line of descent is
Edward Hawes-Eleanor Lombard
Nathaniel Hawes-Sarah Newell
Elizabeth Hawes-Samuel Wilson
Rebecca Wilson-Jonathan Wright
Molly Wright-Amariah Holbrook
Nahum Holbrook-Susanna Rockwood
Joseph Holbrook-Mary Elizabeth Whittemore
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
So, we don't know the age or birthdate or parents of our Edmund, for sure. It is believed that he came from Solhull, Warwickshire, England and that his parents may have been Edmund Hawes and Jane Porter. We do know he married Eleanor Lombard (otherwise know as Eliony Lumber) in 1648 in Dedham. Edmund may have been a cutler and he was surely a farmer. He signed petitions regarding town limits and agreements with native Americans (dispute as to whether or not Indians had actually sold the land, apparently. It was a question to be debated for the next two hundred or so years, all across the frontier as the frontier moved west),
We know that Edmund and Eleanor had at least nine children. We know Edmund was a prosperous farmer, which is a good thing, given the size of his family. The author of a speech presented in 1895 to the "Genealogical and Biographical Society of New York City" believed that Edmund was a good Puritan, based on the Biblical names of each of the children. He referred to finding Edmund's name on tax rates, and on land transactions, and as a woodreeve and a fence viewer. A woodreeve is defined as being the overseer of a forest, and a fence viewer required landowners to keep their fences in good condition. It is likely that Hawes also had to participate in some sort of militia, whether it was a training band or something more informal.
Edward Hawes was the salt of the earth kind of guy, I think. He didn't get into trouble with the law, he paid his taxes and he participated in the town meetings, signing petitions as needed. He was likely less younger then 50 when he died, and Eleanor must have had quite a time with 9 young ones, born from 1648 to probably close to the time Edward died. Eleanor died about four years later, but I don't know what became of the children. Neither have I found a will or administration papers.
This isn't much of a sketch for an ancestor who could well have thousands of descendants. It tells the bare minimum. The only hint we have that he could read or write is that he signed his name on the petition papers previously mentioned, but he left us a legacy never the less. He was a hard working, God fearing man and we can honor him by trying to learn more about him.
The line of descent is
Edward Hawes-Eleanor Lombard
Nathaniel Hawes-Sarah Newell
Elizabeth Hawes-Samuel Wilson
Rebecca Wilson-Jonathan Wright
Molly Wright-Amariah Holbrook
Nahum Holbrook-Susanna Rockwood
Joseph Holbrook-Mary Elizabeth Whittemore
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants
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