7G Grandparents (Continued)
594 Richard Tew.369,254  b. Maidford, Northhamptonshire, England. d. London, England in 1674.

He emigrated to New England in 1640 with his wife who gave birth to their daughter Seaborn Tew during the voyage. He was a Quaker in later years and the records of his family were recorded in the Portsmouth Friends Meeting. He actively bought large pieces of land over the years in Rhode Island - In 1642, 59 1/2 acres in Portsmouth; in 1643, 30 acres in Newport; in 1650, 13 1/2 acres in Newport; 1657, 40 acres in Newport; in 1659, part of Conanicut Island. His homestead was in the part of Newport which later became the town of Middletown. The old Tew family burying ground was there in 1900, off of Paradise Road, Middletown, half a mile from Second Beach where Richard's wife and son, Henry are buried. Only one stone remains today. In 1663, he was named in the royal charter of Rhode Island granted by Charles II. He served in the General Assembly for eight years and was on the Board of Governor's Assistants for five years. There is a family tradition that he returned to England in 1673 to take possession of some property and while there, he died of the plague. His will written in St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex calls himself a yeoman and grants all of his property to his son Henry, except for 20s for his brother, John, a doctor, to buy a ring. His son Henry was eventually the Deputy Governor of Rhode Island, a Lt. Colonel in the military and a wealthy man. Another son, Thomas, was possibly the famous privateer and pirate. He had a commission from the Governor of Bermuda and sailed to the Red Sea where he made many captures. On a later voyage to the Red Sea, it was reported that he was gravely wounded in the bowels, his crew was defeated in the action and Thomas was killed.

He m. Mary Clarke370,254, before 1640 in England.

They had the following children:
i. Seaborn (1640-)
297 ii. Elnathan (1644-1718)
iii. Mary (1647->1688)
iv. Henry (1654-1718)

595 Mary Clarke.370,254  b. Priors Hardwick, Warwick, England about 1610. d. after 1687.

596 William Browne.273,253  d. Long Island, NY in 1650. bpt. Horley, Surrey, England on December 5, 1585.

William Browne came to new England about the same time as his nephews and neices, the Fenners, about 1646-7. They possibly all came over together. He settled first in Saybrook, CT.

He m. Jane Burgis253,273, on June 20, 1611 in Rusper, Sussex, England.253

They had the following children:
i. Joseph (<1613-)
ii. John (<1615-)
iii. Jane (<1618-1620)
iv. Phoebe371,273 (-1664)
v. Mary (<1622-)
vi. Thomas (<1624-1645)
298 vii. Henry (-1703)

597 Jane Burgis.253,273

598 Richard Waterman.254 b. England in 1590.372 d. Providence, RI on October 26, 1673.372

ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1629
FIRST RESIDENCE: Salem
REMOVES: Providence 1638, Warwick about 1666, Providence about 1670
OCCUPATION: Hunter. In the letter from Gravesend 17 April 1629, Endicott is alerted that Richard Waterman deserved respect and that his "chief employment will be to get you good venison" [ MBCR 1:394]. The General Court paid him 40s. for killing a wolf at Salem 4 September 1632 [ MBCR 1:99].

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Although Richard Waterman is not included in the list of Salem church members, he must have been admitted prior to 29 August 1637 when his son Nathaniel was baptized there in his name [ SChR 16].

FREEMAN: Made his mark to the Providence Combination, 27 July 1640 [ PrTR 15:5; RICR 1:31]. In Providence section of 1655 Rhode Island list of freemen [ RICR 1:299]. On 1665 Providence list [ PrTR 15:73]. Oath of allegiance, 1 June 1667 [ PrTR 3:101].

EDUCATION: Made his mark to Providence documents [ PrTR 3:77, 15:5, 71, 105].

OFFICES: Essex petit jury, 27 June 1636, 27 December 1636 [ EQC 1:3, 4]. Salem canoe inspector, 1636 [ EQC 1:3, 4]. Providence delegate to committee to establish colony government, 18 May 1647 [ RICR 1:42]. Commissioner for Providence to Rhode Island General Court, 27 April 1650, 18 May 1652, 28 October 1652, 22 May 1655, 11 March 1655/6, 17 March 1655/6, 21 May 1656, 10 October 1656, 15 May 1658, 2 November 1658 [ RICR 1:241, 245, 304, 326, 327, 337, 345, 394; PrTR 2:46, 80, 93, 112]. Providence delegate to General Council, 14 October 1658, 9 March 1658/9 [ RICR 1:404-05]. Grand jury, 28 February 1662/3 [ PrTR 3:31]. Petit Jury, 2 June 1649, 27 April 1650, 4 November 1650, 1 March 1652/3, 27 April 1655, June 1656 [ PrTR 2:45, 53, 62, 80, 94, 15:25]. Providence selectman, 7 June 1652, 4 June 1666 [ PrTR 2:64, 3:83]. Providence magistrate, 4 June 1655 [ PrTR 2:81].

ESTATE: He received eighty acres next to Daniel Ray in the Salem land grant of 1636 [STR 1:26]. He was granted one acre of marsh on 25 December 1637, with a household of seven [ STR 1:102]. One of the thirteen persons who received the meadow at Patuxett, 8 October 1638 [ PrTR 15:31]. Paid £2 10s. in the Providence town rate, 2 September 1650 [ PrTR 15:33]. On 27 February 1650/1 Hugh Bewet sold to Richard Waterman his house and houselot [ PrTR 2:10]. On 27 April 1659 Richard Waterman sold to Thomas Olney Sr. a small "spot" of meadow [ PrTR 2:32]. Granted a houselot of twelve acres and a lot of six acres at Warwick, April 1660 [ WarTR 255]. Granted a lot in the neck at Warwick, 24 April 1666 [ WarTR 164]. Granted eighteen acres in the neck, 30 April 1667 [ WarTR 320]. Granted a small lot in the neck, 17 May 1667 [ WarTR 336]. Drew lot #79 in the 19 February 1665[/6] lottery for the division of land on the east side of the Seven Mile Line [ PrTR 3:73]. Allotted 5 acres of land at Wanasquatuckett River, 23 January 1670/1 [ PrTR 3:106-07]. On 27 January 1670[/1] petitioned for an allowance in return for the highway taken out of his salt meadow near the bridge [ PrTR 15:125]. On 5 September 1670 "Richard Waterman came to the Council this day & did present unto them a deed of gift under his hand & seal of certain lands which he gave to his three grandchildren the sons of Resolved Waterman (deceased) [ PrTR 6:102-03]. When Resolved died intestate and his widow married Samuel Winsor, a lengthy dispute over this land ensued [ PrTR 6:34-37, 41, 15:156-57]. On 28 April 1679 Arthur Fenner petitoned that "whereas Richard Waterman laid out unto me Arthur Fenner some parcels of land belonging unto my purchase right in the year 1659, & hath not returned it to be recorded, my request unto this [town] is that I bringing in my bounds I may have my land recorded" [ PrTR 8:48, 70-71]. (On 28 April 1654 Henry Brown and "Arthur Fenner were granted a share of meadow at Netuaconkonit Hill" [ Austin 28, citing an unknown source]. This may be related to Fenner's petition, and may be the best evidence for the marriage of Richard Waterman's daughters to these two men.)

BIRTH: By about 1605 based on estimated date of marriage.

DEATH: Providence 26 October 1673 [ RIVR 7:128].

MARRIAGE: By about 1630 Bethia _____. She died at Providence on 3 December 1680 [ Waterman Gen 3:3, citing an unknown source].

CHILDREN:

i MEHITABEL, b. say 1630; m. about 1650 Arthur Fenner [ Austin 74-75].


ii WAIT, b. say 1632; m. by an unknown date Henry Brown [ Austin 28].


iii RESOLVED, b. say 1634; m. by 1660 Mercy Williams (eldest known child b. in January 1660/1 [ Waterman Gen 3:12]) [ PrTR 7:227, 15:156], daughter of ROGER WILLIAMS .


iv NATHANIEL, bp. Salem 20 August 1637 [ SChR 16]; m. Providence 14 March 1662/3 Susanna Carder [ RIVR 2:Providence:193].



COMMENTS: Richard Waterman had two rather close calls with Massachusetts Bay Colony justice. First, while residing in Salem, he and his family were invited to leave 12 March 1637/8, with the other followers of Roger Williams [ MBCR 1:223]. Second, during the Gorton controversy, Richard Waterman was arrested, but released on bond, 17 October 1643; he lost some of his estate and was possibly exiled upon pain of death from Massachusetts Bay Colony, having been found "erroneous, heretical, and obstinate" [MBCR 2:53-54, 73]. He was one of the seven "loving friends" of Roger Williams, with whom he secured a grant of land from the Narragansett Indians, Williams desiring that "it might be for a shelter for persons distressed for conscience" [ PrTR 5:306]. He was one of the eleven men who acquired Warwick from Miantonomi, 12 January 1642[/3] [ RICR 1:131]. His service in the new plantation of Rhode Island was considerable and eventually earned him the title "Mr." On 24 July 1658 Richard Pray bought land "near the place where Rich[ard] Waterman's great canoe was made" [ PrTR 2:17]. Richard Waterman was credited with a household of seven in the 1637 Salem grant of marsh. This would permit all his children to be born by that date, which produces a sequence of children at variance with that generally accepted, but in better conformity with the known chronology.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: A thorough and well-referenced discussion of the life of Richard Waterman was prepared in 1954 by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman [The Waterman Family, Volume Three, Descendants of Richard Waterman of Providence, Rhode Island (Hartford 1954), cited herein as Waterman Gen].260

He m. Bethiah _____, before 1630.373

They had the following children:
299 i. Waite
307 ii. Mehitable (<1630-~1682)
iii. Nathaniel (<1637-1712)
iv. Resolved (1638-1670)

599 Bethiah _____. b. England.372 d. on December 3, 1680.372

600 Christopher Smith.137,374,254 b. England about 1600. d. Newport, RI in June 1676.

Christopher Smith was a relatively late arrival to Providence, residing there by 1649. He would have been one of the wealthier man of the town since he paid one of the highest taxes of all the citizens of Providence. He was well thought of by his peers and served in small ways as juror and as constable for one term. He went to Newport at the time of Kind Phillip's War when so many other Providence people took refuge there. While he was at Newport in 1676, his house in Providence was burned by the Indians. He died shortly thereafter, as is recorded by Newport Friends records, which call him an "ancient Friend" of Providence, presumably meaning that he was a practising Quaker.

He m. Alice _____, about 1625.

They had the following children:
i. Susanna (~1625-1692)
300 ii. Edward (~1630-1693)
iii. Benjamin (~1631-1713)
iv. Thomas (~1635-1670)

601 Alice _____. b. England about 1600. d. before 1681.

602 Thomas Angell.375,376,257,377 b. St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England on May 1, 1618. d. Providence, RI in 1693.

No certain facts are known of the English ancestry of Thomas Angell despite extensive research by many genealogists. He may have come to New England on ship Lyon with Roger Williams, who was reputed to be his cousin. Some family traditions assert that he was a servant or hired man of Roger Williams, but there is little documentary proof of this. He first resided at Salem from 1631-1635. Next he fled from Massachusetts as a religious dissenter with Roger Williams in January 1636 to Sowams, where Massasoit lived. He was one of the original settlers of Providence in June of 1636. He had one of the original home lots in the town of Providence. He was a forceful and opinionated man and held many office in Providence, including Town Council, surveyor, commissioner and constable, despite the fact that he was illiterate.

He was constable at the time of a confrontation with the Massachusetts colony about the jurisdiction over a prisoner being taken by deputy Richard Wright from Providence. At the confrontation there were several Cary ancestors involved - Thomas Angell, Richard Wright, Arthur Fenner, Roger Mowry. He and Thomas Harris were charged with treason by Roger Williams over a question about the nature of "liberty", but the charges were eventually dismissed. His home, along with all the others in Providence, was burned by the Wampanoags in the hostilities of King Phillip's War after the neutrality of Providence had been violated. The leader of the attack, Canonchet, was later captured and taken to Stonington, where he was shot and dismembered. Thomas was one of five men chosen to determine the fate of Indian captives after the war which was that there were committed to servitude (slavery) for a number of years. This was more lenient treatment than that of other colonies at the time which either executed their captives or sold them into permanent slavery. He acquired a considerable amount of property during his life, having begun it as a relatively poor man. In his will he gave to his five daughters two shillings in silver apiece, the rest to his wife and sons.

He m. Alice Ashton378,257, before 1642 in Providence, RI.

They had the following children:
301 i. Anphyllis (~1642->1694)
ii. Mary (~1645->1685)
iii. John (~1646-1720)
iv. Deborah (~1648->1694)
v. Alice (1649-1743)
vi. James (~1650-1711)
vii. Hope (~1653-~1685)
viii. Margaret (~1660->1703)

603 Alice Ashton.378,257  d. Providence, RI on December 24, 1694. bpt. St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England on February 1, 1618.

She was baptized February 1, 1617/18 at St. Albans Abbey. She may have come to New England with her sister Marie and brother-in-law Thomas Olney. The sister's family was one of the first settlers to Providence and it is likely that Alice came with them or with her brother, James Ashton who came before 1642. In her will of 1695, she bequeathed to her daughters all her wearing apparell both wollen and linen and "so much of my pewter as may be for a remembrance of me."

604 Roger Mowry.379,261,380 b. England about 1610. d. in 1668.264

Family tradition suggests that Roger Mowry and Roger Williams were related in some way, but it is not known how. They both lived successively in the same New England towns together. Roger first settled in New England at Salem where he was on a list of freemen in 1631. He was the "neat herd" of Salem, meaning that he daily herded all the cattle of the town for which he was paid. By 1638, he had more than fifty acres of land granted to him at Salem. All of his children were baptized at the church at Salem. He may have lived in Lynn for a while in the 1640's, but eventually settled in Providence by 1652 when he was on a tax list. He was appointed by the Court of Providence to keep a "house of entertainment" - an inn and tavern from which he sold spirits. Town meetings were recorded as being held at his public house and family tradition says that Roger Williams held prayer meetings there. One confrontation with deputy Richard Wright occurred at the tavern when the Providence authorities took possession of a prisoner from the Massachusetts Colony officers. His house survived for many years in Providence at the corners of Abbott and N. Main St. When it was eventually torn down in 1900, it was the last surviving house of an original settler of Providence. In 1655 he served as constable for Providence. The administration of Roger Mowry's estate in 1666 was refused by his widow Mary because the estate was insolvent.

ORIGIN: Unknown

MIGRATION: 1630

FIRST RESIDENCE: Salem

REMOVES: Lynn by 1646, Providence by 1652

OCCUPATION: Neat herd at Salem, 1636-41 [ STR 1:41, 109]; innkeeper at Providence by 1655 [ RICR 1:313]. In 1657 the Rhode Island Treasurer was ordered to pay Roger "Moorie" 1s. 6d. out of the treasury "for this day's firing & house room" [ PrTR 2:110].

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: In list of Salem church members compiled in late 1636 [SChR 5] (annotated "removed").

FREEMAN: 18 May 1631 (as "Roger Mawry") [MBCR 1:366].

EDUCATION: He could sign his name [ PrTR 1:63], and his wife made her mark [ PrTR 3:213].

OFFICES: Essex petit jury (from Salem), 25 January 1641[/2] [ EQC 1:33]. Providence constable, 1655 [ PrTR 2:81]; one of six men chosen to hear cases in Providence 1662 [ PrTR 3:37]; in later life frequently a Providence juryman.

ESTATE: In the Salem land grant of 1636 "Roger Morie" received 40 [or 50] acres "next to Mr. Cole" [ STR 1:20; 26]. On 14 August 1637, he requested a "spot of ground by Estye's" [ STR 1:54-55]. He was granted three-quarters of an acre of marsh on 25 December 1637, with a household of five [ STR 1:103]. He had fifty acres laid out 20 February 1637 and on 20 July 1638 he was granted a strip of meadow of 2? acres and 1? acres of upland [ STR 1:71]. Land was laid out in Providence to Roger Mowry in early 1656 at his request [ PrTR 2:92]. On 27 August 1656 he had a house lot laid out to him upon the hill against Robert Williams's meadow [ PrTR 2:97]. On 15 January 1658 he bought a house and four acres from Robert Colwell [ PrTR 2:16] and sold it to Thomas Olney Sr. of Providence 19 March 1658/9 [ PrTR 1:62-63]. On 7 April 1660 was granted six acres of land and three acres of meadow in exchange for land that he had been previously granted [ PrTR 2:126]. On 12 June 1660 he sold ninety acres of land a mile outside of Providence to John Acres of Dorchester [ PrTR 1:14-6, 3:118]. On 23 November 1660 Henry Neale of Braintree, carpenter, sold Mowry everything he had in Providence, including his house, which had been purchased from Daniel Comstock [ PrTR 1:57-8]; on 3 February 1661/2 Mowry sold the right of commonage that came with this land to William Carpenter [ PrTR 1:85]. On 4 May 1661 Samuel Comstock's widow, Anne Smith of Providence, sold Mowry four acres in the row of houses in the the north part of Providence, next to a parcel already owned by Mowry [ PrTR 1:58-9]. Mowry sold Robert Colwell's right of commonage to William Carpenter of Pautuxett on 22 December 1662 [ PrTR 1:70-76]. In the Division on the East Side of the Seven Mile Line, Roger Mowry drew lot #74 on 19 February 1665[/6] [ PrTR 3:73]. On 3 June 1685 Timothy Brookes reveals that "for & in satisfaction of a certain sum of money which the said Roger Mawrey promised unto the said Eldad Kinsley in marriage with his said daughter Mehittabell for part of her portion, [Mowry] did ... give ... unto the said Eldad Kinsley a certain quantity of land containing by estimation twelve acres" [ PrTR 14:129]. Although Roger Mowry had made her his executrix, the widow Mary ultimately refused administration of his insolvent estate [ RICR 2:244]. She later accepted administration, but neither will nor inventory survive and were missing as early as 1677 when a review of town books which had survived King Philip's war revealed that the administration papers and bond were missing. She may have been an ineffective administratrix, for son Jonathan claimed before a Providence town meeting that he had taken possession of twelve acres of upland that had been his father's right, being the "son & heir apparent" [ PrTR 8:93].

BIRTH: By about 1610 based on date of freemanship.

DEATH: Providence 5 January 1666[/7] [ NEHGR 52:207].

MARRIAGE: By 1637 Mary Johnson, daughter of JOHN JOHNSON . She married (2) Rehoboth 14 January 1673 John Kingsley [ ReVR 220] and was buried at Rehoboth 6 January 1678/9 [ Early Rehoboth 1:32

ASSOCIATIONS: Hannah Mowry and Elizabeth Mowry were members of the Salem church in the 1640s and may have been connected in some way to Roger Mowry [ SChR 11]. Alternatively, their surnames may have been variants of "Moore" or "More."

COMMENTS: In a warrant to the constable of Lynn, dated 29 December 1646, one of the witnesses was "Roger Morey" [ EQC 1:107]. Mention is made of "where Rogr Morey's old house stood" in 1649 [ EQC 1:175], perhaps referring to his remove from Salem to Lynn. A flawed reading of records in the case in which Mrs. Lydia Bankes sued Mowry for debt in June of 1650 resulted in the erroneous conclusion that Lydia was the daughter of John Johnson of Roxbury [ EQC 1:193]. John Clawson, a servant of Roger Williams, is said to have complained of some men, "such as Roger Mowry," according to the deposition of Edward Inman on the occasion of Clawson's violent death [ PrTR 15:83-84]. Roger was administrator of the estate of William Robinson of Providence in October 1657 [ PrTR 2:108].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE : In 1992 Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn published a comprehensive treatment of Roger Mowry and his son Nathaniel [ Angell Anc 414-34].

He m. Mary Johnson381,382,383, before 1637.

They had the following children:
i. Jonathan (<1637-1708)
ii. Bethiah (<1638-)
iii. Mary (<1639-)
iv. Elizabeth (<1642->1690)
v. Mehitable (~1644->1712)
302 vi. Nathaniel (~1644-1718)
vii. John (~1646-1690)
viii. Joseph (1647-1716)
ix. Benjamin (1649->1719)
x. Thomas (1652-1717)
xi. Hannah (1656-<1718)

605 Mary Johnson.381,382,383  b. Ware End, Hertfordshire, England before July 31, 1614. bur. Rehoboth, mA on January 6, 1679.

After Mary's second marriage to John Kingsley in Rehoboth, there is evidence that she suffered much from the hostilities with the Indians during King Phillip's War. In a letter from her husband, Kingsley, he tells of the burnings of their buildings, the slaughter of their livestock, the destruction of their grain mills. He begs that the readers of his letter will send corn and wheat to relieve him and his townfolk of the general famine that was facing them after the destruction of their farms.

606 Edward Inman.384,385,386  b. London, England about 1620. d. Providence, RI before August 17, 1706.

He was possibly the Edward Inman who was baptized on March 5, 1619/20 at St. Margaret, Westminster, London. He was a wealthy fox glover in early Providence. He originally settled in Warwick, RI by1648 and lived for a short time in Braintree, MA. He obtained a land grant of 25 acres in Providence in 1645 and had definitely settled there by 1651. He was an accepted and well-respected citizen of Providence and was called upon for civil service on many occassions. He seems to have been of average wealth for the citizens of Providence at the time, buying and selling small parcels of land until, in 1666, he bought 2,000 acres from Wiliam Manannion, aWampanoag Indian. This enormous purchase exceeded the autonmomy that most ordinary citizens had at that time in dealing with the Indians. It was not purchased with the permission of Providence officials and was disapproved of by the leaders of the town. In 1667 he sold his remaining land in Providence and purchased 500 more acres from the Indians, this one was confirmed by King Phillip, so called, chief of the Wampanoags and son of Massasoit. In 1675, he entered into a joint venture agreement with the Mowrys and others to mine silver on his property, but there is no indication of how the venture turned out. The controversy over Inman's purchase of lands from the Indians was settled when the town of Providence granted him 3,500 acres of land upon which he had already settled.

He m. _____, before 1646.

They had the following children:
303 i. Joanna (~1646-1718)
ii. John (1648-1712)
iii. Edward (1654-1735)

607 _____.

610 John Winslow.387,388,389  b. Droitwich, Worcester, England on April 18, 1597. d. Boston, MA before May 21, 1674.

ORIGIN: Droitwich, Worcestershire

MIGRATION: 1621 on Fortune

FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth

REMOVES: Boston 1655

OCCUPATION: Merchant.

FREEMAN: In the "1633" Plymouth list of freemen "John Wynslow" appears early in the list, ahead of those admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:3]. In list of Plymouth Colony freemen of 7 March 1636/7 [ PCR 1:52]. In Plymouth section of 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen [PCR 8:173].

EDUCATION: Presumably educated as well as his siblings, and certainly well enough to be successful in trade.

OFFICES: Deputy for Plymouth to Plymouth General Court, 3 June 1652, 7 March 1653/4, 6 June 1654, 1 August 1654 [PCR 3:8, 44, 49, 63]. Council of War, 6 April 1653 [PCR 3:26]. In Plymouth section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:187].

ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth land division John Winslow received one acre as a passenger on the Fortune [PCR 12:5]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle John Winslow and Mary Winslow were the fifth and sixth persons in the sixth company [PCR 12:11]. In the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 "John Wynslow" was assessed 18s., and in the list of 27 March 1634 the same amount [PCR 1:9, 27]. In his will, dated 12 March 1673/4 and proved 21 May 1674, "John Winslow Senior of Boston ... merchant" bequeathed to "my dear and well beloved wife Mary Winslow the use of my now dwelling house with the gardens and yards thereunto belonging for and during the term of her natural life," along with "all my household goods" and £400; to "my son John Winslow" the house and land after wife's decease, he paying £50 apiece to "William Payne the son of my daughter Sarah Meddlecott and also to Parnell Winslow daughter to my son Isack Winslow";
"my ketch Speedwell ... and the net produce thereof [to] be equally divided amongst my children my son John only excepted"; to "my son Benjamin" £100 at age twenty-one; "if my son Edward Winslow shall see cause to relinquish his said part and interest in the said ketch Speedwell and her proceeds, then my will is that he shall have one-quarter part of my ketch John's Adventure unto his own proper use, and then the said ketch and cargo to be equally divided among my other children my son John excepted as aforesaid together with my son Edward"; to "my grandchild Susanna Latham the sum of thirty pounds in money to be paid her at the day of her marriage and to the rest of my daughter Latham's children
... five pounds" apiece when they come of age or marry; to "my son Edward Winslow's children" £5 apiece when they come of age or marry; to "my son Edward Grey his children that he had by my daughter Mary Grey" £20 apiece when the come of age or marry; to "my son Joseph Winslow's two children" £5 apiece as aforesaid; to "my grandchild Mercy Harris her two children" £5 apiece as aforesaid; to "my kinsman Josiah Winslow now governor of New Plimoth" £20; to
"my brother Josiah Winslow" £20; to "my kinswoman Eleanor Baker the daughter of my brother Kenelm Winslow" £5; residue to be divided after wife's decease "among my seven children in equal proportions"; to "Mr. Paddye's widow five pounds as a token of my love"; "my negro girl Jane (after she hath served twenty years from the date hereof) shall be free"; "my son John Winslow" to be sole executor; "my loving friends Mr. Thomas Brattle, Mr. William Tailer and Mr. John Winsley" to be overseers, they to have £5 apiece [ MD 3:129-33, citing SPR Case £688]. The inventory of the estate of John Winslow, taken 27 October 1674, totalled £2946 14s. 10d., including "the dwelling house, garden & land adjoining to it," valued at £450; most of the value was in shares in vessels, hard currency, debts due and trade goods [MD 3:133-34, citing SPR 5:211-12]. In her will, dated 31 July 1676 and proved 11 July 1679, "Mary Winslow of Boston in New England" bequeathed to "my son John Winslow my great square table"; to "my daughter Sarah Middlecott" moveables "and to each of her children a silver cup with a handle"; to "my grandchild William Paine my great silver tankard"; to "my daughter Susanna Latham" moveables; to "my grandchild Ann Gray" moveables and £10; "my executor shall pay four pounds in money per annum for three years unto Mrs. Tappin ... towards the maintenance of the said Ann Gray"; to "Mary Winslow daughter of my son Edward Winslow my largest silver cup with two handles and unto Sarah daughter of the said Edward my lesser silver cup with two handles, also I give unto my said son Edward's children six silver spoons to be divided between them"; to "my grandchild Parnell Winslow" £5; to "my grandchild Chilton Latham" £5; "the rest of my spoons be divided amongst my grandchildren according to the discretion of my daughter Middlecott"; to "my grandchild Mercy Harris my white rug"; to "my grandchild Mary Pollard forty shillings"; to "my grandchild Susanna Latham my petticoat with silk lace"; to "Mary Winslow daughter of my son Joseph Winslow" £20; residue to be equally divided among "my children John Winslow, Edward Winslow, Joseph Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Susanna Latham and Sarah Middlecott"; "my trusty friend Mr. William Tailer of Boston aforesaid merchant" to be sole executor; to "Mr. Thomas Thacher pastor of the third church in Boston" £5 [MD 1:65-69, citing SPR 6:300-1]. The inventory of the estate of
"Mrs. Mary Winslow," taken 29 July 1679, totalled £212 11s. 9d., including
"one-half of the house which was formerly Mr. Joseph Winslow's" valued at £67 [ MD 1:69-71, citing SPR 12:314-15].

BIRTH: Baptized Droitwich, Worcestershire, 18 April 1597, son of Edward and Magdalen (Oliver) Winslow [NEHGR 4:297, 21:120].

DEATH: Between 12 March 1673/4 (date of will) and 21 May 1674 (probate of will)

MARRIAGE: Plymouth by 22 May 1627 Mary Chilton, daughter of James Chilton [PCR 12:11; MF 2:6-10]. She died between 31 July 1676 (date of will) and 1 May 1679 (renunciation of executorship).

CHILDREN:

i JOHN, b. say 1628; m. (1) by 1664 Elizabeth _____ (eldest child b. Boston 18 April 1664 [BVR 94]); m. (2) by an unknown date Judith _____ (in his will of 3 October 1683 John Winslow bequeathed to "my beloved wife Judith Winslow" [MD 10:54, citing SPR 6:435]).


ii SUSANNA, b. say 1630; m. by 1650 Robert Latham (eldest child b. Plymouth 2 June 1650 [ PCR 8:11]).


iii MARY, b. say 1632; m. Plymouth 16 January 1650/1 Edward Gray [ PCR 8:11].


iv EDWARD, b. say 1636; m. (1) by 1661 Sarah Hilton, daughter of William and Sarah (Greenleaf) Hilton (eldest child b. Boston 18 June 1661 [BVR 80]); m. (2) 8 February 1668 Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Edward and Catherine (Hamby) Hutchinson [MD 12:129; MF 2:16; NEHGR 145:261].


v SARAH, b. say 1639; m. (1) Boston 19 July 1660 Miles Standish [ BVR 76], son of MILES STANDISH ; m. (2) by 1668 Tobias Payne (only child b. Boston 21 January 1668[/9] [ BVR 108]); m. (3) by 1674 Richard Middlecott (eldest child b. Boston 1 July 1674 [BVR 133]).


vi ISAAC, b. say 1641; m. Charlestown 14 August 1666 Mary Nowell [ChVR 1:24], daughter of INCREASE NOWELL .


vii JOSEPH, b. say 1643; m. by 1668 Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Thomas Lawrence of Newtown, Long Island [TAG 17:76].


viii SAMUEL, b. say 1650; m. by 1675 Hannah Briggs, daughter of Walter Briggs (on 22 June 1675 "Walter Briggs of Sittuate ... yeoman" and "Samuell Winslow of Boston merchant" drafted an agreement covering "part of his the said Samuell Winslow's wife['s] portion" [SLR 9:212-13]).


ix Child, b. by 1651 [Bradford 446]; no further record.


x BENJAMIN, b. Plymouth 12 August 1653 [PCR 8:15; PVR 660]; d. between 12 March 1673/4 (date of father's will) and 31 July 1676 (date of mother's will); unmarried.


ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of Edward Winslow , Kenelm Winslow , Gilbert Winslow and Josiah Winslow.

COMMENTS: The varied abilities of this group of five siblings are interesting to observe. Gilbert left too slight a mark on the records to judge. Edward, the eldest, was also the ablest. The second brother, John, was also quite talented, but was not inclined to public service; he died as one of the wealthiest merchants in Boston in the mid-1650s. The two younger siblings, Kenelm and Josiah, remained in Plymouth Colony, were publicly visible so long as their two elder brothers were still present, and then faded slowly from sight.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: John Winslow and his family are treated in the second volume of the Five Generations series of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, in the section on James Chilton [MF 2:6-117. 260

He was buried about 1674 at King's Chapel Buring Ground, Boston.390

On Dec. 28, 1653, John Winslow sold to John Shaw of Plymouth for 3£ 6s, two acres of marsh meadow in Gree Harbor Marsh at Piney Point against Wood Island. 391


JOHN WlNSLOW'S WILL AND INVENTORY
LITTERALLY TRANSCRIBED BY GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN [MD 3:129]

John Winslow, son of Edward and Magdalen, and brother of Governor Edward Winslow, was born at Droitwich, England, on Saturday, 16/26 April, 1597, and baptized the following Monday. He died at Boston in New England, in the ten weeks between 12/22 March, I673/4 and 2l/31 May, 1674, the dates of making and probating his will, which is preserved in the files of the Suffolk County Registry of Probate, at Boston. The transcript of the will was made from the original document, which is twenty-two and seven eighths inches high and seventeen and one eighth inches wide. It is in better condition, as the reproduction shows, than that of Mary (Chilton) Winslow, which we reproduced in our first volume. It is interesting to note that both wills were written, and witnessed, by John Hayward. The original inventory is not in the files, and the copy was made from Volume V, pages 2II and 2I2, of the Probate Records.

In the name of God Amen the twelveth day of March in the yeare of our Lord according to the Computacon of the Church of England one thousand six hundred seaventy and three Annoq Regni Regis Car: Secundi Anglia &c xxvj I John Winslow Senr of Boston in the Countie of Suffolke in New England Merchant being weake of Body but of Sound and perfect memory praysed be Almighty God for the same Know ing the uncertainety of this present life and being desirous to settle that outward Estate that the lord hath lent me I doe make this my last Will and testament in manner and forme following (that is to say) first and principally I comend my soule to almighty God my Creator hopeing to receive full pardon and remission of all my sins and salvation through the merritts of Jesus Christ my Redeemer: And my body to the Earth to be decently buryed with such charges as to the Overseers of this my last Will and Testament hereafter named shall be thought meet and convenient And as touching such worldly Estate as the lord hath Lent me my Will and meaneing is the same shall be imployed and bestowed as hereafter in and by this my Will is Exprest-
Inprimis I Doe revoake renounce and make voide all Wills by me formerly made and declaire & appoint this my last Will and Testament:

Item I Will that all the Debts that I justly owe at the time of my decease to any person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truely contented and paid in convenient time after my decease by my Executor or overseers hereafter named. Item I give and bequeath unto my Deare and well beloved wife Mary Winslow the use of my now dwelling house with the gardens and yards thereunto belonging for and during the tearme of her naturall life Item I give and bequeath unto my said wife the use of all my househould goods for her to dispose of as she shall thinke meet Item I give unto my said wife the sume of ffoure hundred pounds in lawfull mony of New England to be paid unto her by my Executor or Overseers hereafter named in convenient time after my decease: Item after the death of my said wife I give and bequeath my said dwelling house with all the Land belonging to the same unto my sone John Winslow and to his heires for ever he or they paying when they come to possesse & enjoy the same the sume of ffifty pounds of Lawfull mony of New England unto William Payne the sone of my Daughter Sarah Meddlecott-And also to Parnell Winslow Daughter to my Son Isaack Winslow the full sume of ffifty pounds of like Lawfull mony: And my Will is that both the said sums be paid into the hands of my Overseers to be improved for them untill they come to age or the day of Marriage with the full profitt that they make of the same And in case either of the said Children dye before they come of age or to marriage as afforesaid: My will is that the survivor of them shall then enjoy both the said sums :.But in case both of them should dye before they come to age: My Will is that then the said sums shall be Equally divided amongst the Daughters of my Daughter Latham to be paid unto them as they come to age or marriage as afforesaid Item my Will is that my Katch Speedwell (whereof I am the sole owner) and the produce of the Cargo that I sent out in her: be (at her returne to Boston) disposed of by my Overseers hereafter named and the neate produce thereof be Equally divided amongst my Children my sone John Winslow onely Excepted and to have no part thereof: Item I give and be queath unto my sone Benjamin the full sume of one hundred pounds to be paid him by my Executor or overseers hereafter named when he shall attaine the Age of twenty one yeares Item my Will is that if my sone Edward Winslow shall see cause to relinquish his said part and intrest in the said Katch Speedwell and her proceeds: then my Will is that he shall have one quarter part of my Katch John's Adventure unto his owne proper use: And then the said Katch and Cargo to be Equally divided among my other Children: my son John Excepted as afforesaid together with my sone Edward from haveing any part in the afforesaid Katch or Cargo Item I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Susanna Latham the sume of thirty pounds in mony to be paid her at the day of her marriage And to the rest of my Daughter Latham's Children I give and bequeath unto Each of them five pound pr peece to be paid unto them as they shall come to age or the day of marriage Item I give and bequeath unto my sone Edward Winslows Children the sume of five pounds pr peece to be paid unto them as they shall come to age or the day of Marriage Item I give and bequeath unto my sone Edward Grey his children that he had by my Daughter Mary Grey the sume of twenty pounds pr peece to be paid unto them when they come to age or the day of their respective marriages Item I give unto my sone Joseph Winslow's two Children five pounds pr peece to be paid unto them as afforesaid Item I give unto my Grandchild Mercy Harris her two Children five pounds apeece to be paid unto them as afforesaid Item I give and bequeath unto my Kinsman Josiah Winslow now Governor of New Plimoth the sume of twenty pounds to be paid unto him by my overseers in Goods: Item I give unto my Brother Josiah Winslow the sume of twenty pounds to be paid unto him by my overseers in Goods: both in convenient time after my decease Item I give unto my kinswoman Eleanor Baker the Daughter of my Brother Kenelem Winslow five pounds to be paid her in goods by my over seers in convenient time after my decease Item my will is that what my Estate shall amount unto more then will pay funerall Charges My Debts and legacies in this my will given and bequeathed it shall be divided (after the Decease of my said wife) among my seaven Children in Equall proportions Except any one of my said Children shall have any Extraordinary providence befall them by way of any Eminent Losse then that part of my Estate that shall remaine as afforesaid shall be divided & distributed according to the prudence and discression of my overseers hereafter named or any two of them: Item my will is that in case any of my now children shall dye before my said wife that then his or their proportion of the said remaineing Estate shall be disposed to his or their Children if they have any: if not, then that part or parts shall be equally divided amongst the survivors of my said Children: Item I give to Mr Paddyes Widdow five pounds as a token of my love Item my will is that my Negro Girle Jane (after she hath served twenty yeares from the date hereof shall be free: and that she shall serve my wife during her live and after my wifes decease she shall be disposed of according to the discression of my overseers hereafter named or any two of them: Item I doe nominate and appoint my sone John Winslow the sole Executor of this my last Will and testament. Item I doe hereby nominate & appoint my love(ing) ffriends Mr Thomas Brattle Mr William Tailer and Mr John Winsley my Overseers to see this my will performed so farr as they can: And I doe hereby give unto my said Overseers five pounds apeece in mony as a token of my love Item my will is that my said Overseers or any two of them shall & hereby have full power to make saile of any part of any of my vessell or vessells that I have not hereby disposed of: And also any other goods wares and merchandize for the best advantage of my afforesaid Children: And better payment of other Legacyes by me hereby given & bequeathed: Item my will is that during the absence of my said Executor my Overseers above named or any two of them have full power to act in all matters and things respec(ting) this my will as if he was personally present: And farther my Will is that my said Executor shall not act in any matter or thing respecting this my Will with out the advice and consent of my said overseers or two of them And that my Executor shall not under any pretence whatsoever claime any more of my Estate then I have hereby bequeathed him In Witnesse whereof I the said John Winslow Senr have hereunto set my hand & seale the day and yeare first above written Signed sealed & published by
John winslow (seal)
John Wins]ow Senr as his last will
& Testamt in the presence of us-
John Joyliffe
John Hayward scr:

John Hayward appeared in Court this 2Ist of may I674 & made oath that hee was present & subscribed his name as a witness to this Instrumt which John Winslow signed Sealed & published to bee his last will & Testamt & that when hee soe did hee was of a sound disposing Minde to ye best of his Knowledge this done as Attests
ffree Grace Bendall
Recordr

Mr John Joliffe appeared in Court this 3Ith of July I674 & made Oath that beeing present subscribed his name as a witness to this Instrumt which Jn° Winslow signed sealed & published to bee his last will & testament & that when hee soe did hee was of a sound disposing mind to ye best of his Knowledge this thus done as Attests ffreeGrace Bendall Recordr

An Inventory of the Estate of mr John Winslow senr Deceased taken by us whose names are under written this 27th of 8ber 1674 the perticulars are as ffolloweth

Imps The Household stuff in ye house in sundry things
Apprised wth his wareing apparell Att 200 00 00
In new England money 500 00 00
In peeces of Eight 500 1/2 peeces 133 09 04
6 french Crownes at 001 10 00
Eleven Crosse Dollers at 5s 6d pr peece 003 00 06
In English money 003 03 00
2 Barrills of porke 004 19 00
Money Received of Captaine Curwin 005 04 00
Money Received of mr John Richards 012 10 00
Money Received for canvas 010 01 00
two Butts & halfe of sugar sold 032 18 06
Money Received of James Andrews 001 17 04
Money Received of Steephen Hescott 017 18 00
Produce of the Ketch Speedwell with her Cargo Charges
Deducted 330 00 00
the produce of the Barke Mary & part of her Cargo
Beinge sold the Charges beinge Deducted 209 00 00
To a parcell of Goods Received pr Elias Parkman from
England sold & with the Advance Amounts to 145 00 00
To a quarter part of the pinke Jane & Sarah sold for 110 00 00
To Another quarter of Ditto Ketch given to mr Edward
winslow vallued at 110 00 00
To a hogshead of sugar Came from Nevis vallued att 006 00 00
To 6 hogsheads of tobacco sold for 032 17 06
To a parcell of leafe & Role tobacco unsold vallued att 040 00 00
To old England goods unsold vallued att 004 00 00
To the Dwellinge house Garden & land Ajoyninge to itt 450 00 00
To cash due from the tresures as pr mr John Richards
Receit 012 10 00
To money Due from Nathaniel fryer pr Bill 032 10 00
Due from Nathaniell Winslow pr booke 004 05 00
[p. 212] Due from Goodwife farnam 003 08 00
Due from Goodwife Pearce pr booke 001 18 02
Due from Job Winslow pr booke 004 17 06
Due from Nathaniell Walker pr booke 008 18 00
Due from mr Joseph Rocke 200 00 00
Due from mr Richard Patishall Above 009 00 00

The whole sumne is two thousand nine hundred forty 2946 14 10
six pounds fourteen shillings tenn pence,

Mr William Taylor & mr Jno Winsley made Oath in Court 29th of 8br 1674: That this sheat of Paper conteynes a Just & tru Inventory of the Estate of mr Jno Winslow to the best of their Knowledge & that when they know more they will Discover the same this thus done as Attests ffreeGrace Bendall Recordr 392

He m. Mary Chilton393,387, between July 1623 and May 1627 in Plymouth, MA.394

They had the following children:
i. John (<1630-)
305 ii. Susanna (<1630->1685)
iii. Mary (~1631-~1664)
iv. Edward (~1635-)
v. Sarah (~1638-)
vi. Samuel (~1641-)
vii. Joseph (>1623-)
viii. Issac (1644-1670)
ix. Benjamin (1653-<1676)

611 Mary Chilton.393,387  d. Boston, MA before May 1, 1679.390 bpt. Sandwich, Kent, England on May 30, 1607.395 at St. Peters Church.

On the 16th of July, 1671, John and Mary (Chilton) Winslow transferred their church membership from Plymouth to the Third Church, now the Old South Church in Boston, and we find by the Suffolk County Deeds that two months later, on the 19th of September, 1671, John Winslow bought, for the sum of £500 in New England silver money, "the Mansion or dwelling-house of the Late Antipas Boice with the gardens wood-yard and Backside as it is scituate lying and being in Boston aforesaid as it is nowe fenced in And is fronting & Facing to the Lane going to mr John Jolliffes".

Here John and Mary Winslow continued to reside until the death of John Winslow in 1674, and here died Mary (Chilton) Winslow five years later. 396

She was buried about 1679 at King's Chapel Buring Ground in Boston.394

Will of Mary Chilton Winslow:

In the name of God Amen the thirty first day of July in the yeare of our Lord one thousand Six hundred seventy and Six I Mary Winslow of Boston in New England Widdow being weake of Body but of Sound and perfect memory praysed be almighty God for the same Knowing the uncertainty of this present life and being desirous tosettle that outward Estate the Lord hath Lent me. I doe make this my last Will andTestamt in manner and forme following (that is to say)

First and principally I comend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hopeing to receive full pardon andremission of all my sins; and Salvation through the alone merrits of Jesus Christ myredeemer: And my body to the Earth to be buried in Such Decent manner as to myExecutor hereafter named shall be thought meet and convenient and as touching suchworldly Estate as the Lord hath Lent me my Will and meaneing is the same shall beimployed and bestowed as hereafter in and by this my Will is Exprest.

Imps I doe hereby revoake renounce and make voide all Wills by me formerly made and declaire and apoint this my Last Will and Testamt Item I will that all the Debts that I Justly owe to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truely paidor ordained to be paid in convenient time after my decease by my Executor hereafternamed--

Item I give and bequeath unto my Sone John Winslow my great Square table. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Middlecott my Best gowne and Pettecoat and my Silver beare bowle and to each of her children a Silver Cup with an handle: Also I give unto my grandchild William Paine my Great silver tankard:

Item I give unto my Daughter Susanna Latham my long Table: Six Joyned Stooles and my great Cupboard: a beadstead Bedd and furniture there unto belonging that is in the Chamber over the roome where I now Lye; my small silver Tankard: Six SilverSpoones, a case of Bottles with all my wearing apparell: (except onely what I have hereby bequeathed unto my Daughter Meddlecott & my Grandchild Susanna Latham:

Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandchild Ann Gray that trunke of Linning that I have alreddy delivered to her and is in her possession and also one Bedstead, Bedd, Boulster and Pillows that re in the Chamber over the Hall: Also the sume of ten pounds in mony to be paid unto her within Six months next after my decease: Also my will is that my Executor shall pay foure pounds in mony pr ann for three yeares unto Mrs Tappin out of the Intrest of my mony now in Goodman Cleares hands for and towardsthe maintenance of the said Ann Gray according to my agreemt with Mrs Tappin:

Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Winslow Daughter of my sone Edward Winslow my largest Silver Cupp with two handles: and unto Sarah Daughter of the said Edward my lesser Silver cupp with two handles: Also I give unto my Said Sone Edwards Children Six Silver Spoones to be divided between them: Item I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Parnell Winslow the Sume of five pounds in mony to be improved by my Executor untill he come of age: and then paid to him with the improvemt.

Item my will is that the rest of my spoones be divided among my grandchildren according to the discression of My Daughter Middlecott:

Item I give unto my Grandchild Mercy Harris my White Rugg: Item I give unto my Grandchild Mary Pollard forty shillings in mony.Item I give unto my grandchild Susanna Latham my Petty Coate with the silke Lace: Item I give unto Mary Winslow Daughter of my Sone Joseph Winslow the Sume of twentypounds in mony to be paid out of the sume of my said Sone Joseph now owes to beimproved by my Executor for the said Mary and paid unto her when She Shall attaine theAge of eighteene yeares or day of Marriage which of them shall first happen Item I giveand bequeath the full remainder of my Estate whatsoever it is or wheresoever it may befound unto my children Namely John Winslow Edward Winslow Joseph Winslow Samuel Winslow: Susanna Latham and Sarah Middlecott to be equally divided betweene them Item I doe hereby nominate constitute authorize and appoint my trusty friend Mr William Tailer of Boston aforesd merchant the Sole Executor of this my last Will and testamt: In Witness whereof I the said Mary Winslow have hereunto set my hand and Seale the daye and yeare first above written

Memorandum I do hereby also Give and bequeath unto Mr. Thomas Thacher paster of the third Church in Boston the Sume of five pounds in mony to be pd convenient time after my decease by my Executr.

Mary Winslow

M

her marke

Signed Sealed and Published by the above named Mary Winslow as her Last Will &testamt in the presence of us after the adding of foure lines as part of her will

John Ilands

Ffrancis Hacker

her H marke

John Hayward scr

Mr Wm Tailer nominatd. Execr appeard in Court pr May: 1679 and renounced his Executorship to this will.

attests. Jsa: Addington Cler.

To 1. Silver beer Boule. 3£.
Two Silver Cups 4£.10 7 10-
To. 1. small Silver Tankard at 4£ .10.
twelve Silver Spoons .6£ 10 10
To. 1. silver caudle Cup with two eares 2 18 -
To .1. small silver Cup at . 10s .
one case wth 9bottles 12s. 12
To .1. silke gowne and petticoate at 6 10-
To .1. gowne .6. petticoates .1: pair. body's 1.mantle .1. pair Stockins 3 15 -
To .1. Bed and boulster with fflocks and ffeathers 1 10-
To .1. close bedsteed .2. coverlits & .2. oldblankets .1. old Rugg .l. boulster .3. pillows& . 1. pr, curtains & vallents 4- -
To .2. Leather Chaires at 10s. one ffeather Bedat 4£ .5 4 15 -
To: 11. old Sheets. at .35s.
one diaper TableCloth . 10s 2 5 -
To .3. old ffustian . wastcoats at - 7 6 To .22.
old Napkins .7s.
Six Towels .2s. - 9 -
To .11. pillowbeers - 11
To .6. Shifts at 1 18 6 To .6.
white Aprons .18s.
Seven . neck handkercheifs 10/6 1 8 6
To .17. Linnen .Caps 8s.6.
ffourteen . headbands. 6s. - 14 6
To .3. Pocket handkercheifs .18d.
one Trunke .8s - 9 6
To .1. old Chest 4s.
one round Table .10s. - 14-
To .1. small cupboard 4s
one small . Trunke. 18d - 5 6
To .1 pr. of small Andirons .4/6.
one old warming pan 3/6 - 8-
To. 2. small brass kettles .15s.
one small Ironpot & hookes .6/6 1 1 6
To .1. gridiron . 12d .
one great wicker chair .7/6 - 8 6
To . 1. Close Stoole and a pan - 6 6
To .1. great elbow chaire . 2/6.
one brass candlestick 15d. - 3 9
To .1. voyder . 18d.
one Iron. fender. 12d - 3 6
To .1. old bedsteed - 3 -
To. 3. great pewter dishes and .20. small peicesof pewtr 2 16-
In debts by bills standing out 69--
To one halfe of the house which was formerly mr Joseph Winslows 67 --
To .1. Spit. 2/6.
one pr brass Scales .4/6 - 7 -
£200:09:09. At mr John Winslows House
To .1. Long table and .6. joint Stooles. at 1 6-
To .1: pr. small brass Andirons - 16-
To .1. old cupboard .72.
one pothanger Iron Skillet and one .pa. of Andirons. 9s. - 16-
To .9. Leather Chairs .362.
one Bedsteed 6s 2 2 -
To. 1. standing cupboard .202.
one great Chest. 10s 1 10 -
To .1. small table .82.
two small bedsteeds. 2s - 10 -
To .3. chaires without Leathers .62.
one pr. ffireIrons. 3/6. - 9 6
To . 1. Scotch. blanket .52.
one pr. old stripedstuffe curtains- - 6 -
To .1. woosted Rugg .18s.
one small ffeatherpillow .3s. 1 1 -
To .12. ps. of pewter and .6. plate 2 15 -
To .1. old Trunke- - 5 6 £ 212 : 11 : 9


Witness or hands John Conney. Jarvis Ballard. mr Jno Winslow and mr Richd Middlecott admitted Admrs. made oath in Court .22. Augt. 1679. to the truth of this Inventory and wn. more doth. appeare to discover it. Jsa. Addington Cler.397

612 Arthur Fenner.273  b. Horne, Surrey, England about 1575. d. between 1640 and 1645.

There has been very little learned about the life of Arthur Fenner. His father called him a yeoman in his will, but the records of his children's baptisms called him a gentleman or "Mr." He was thirty- five or forty when he married Sarah Browne who was twenty. Six of his seven children emigrated to America about the year 1646.

He m. Sarah Browne273, about 1613 in Rusper, Sussex, England.

They had the following children:
i. Sarah (<1615-1676)
ii. Thomas141 (<1617-1647)
306 iii. Arthur (-1703)
iv. Samuel398
v. William (<1625-1680)
vi. Joseph (<1628-)
vii. John (<1631-1709)
viii. Phoebe (<1634-)

613 Sarah Browne.273  b. Rusper, Sussex, England before October 22, 1592. d. about 1634.

614 Richard Waterman.254 b. England in 1590.372 d. Providence, RI on October 26, 1673.372

ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1629
FIRST RESIDENCE: Salem
REMOVES: Providence 1638, Warwick about 1666, Providence about 1670
OCCUPATION: Hunter. In the letter from Gravesend 17 April 1629, Endicott is alerted that Richard Waterman deserved respect and that his "chief employment will be to get you good venison" [ MBCR 1:394]. The General Court paid him 40s. for killing a wolf at Salem 4 September 1632 [ MBCR 1:99].

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Although Richard Waterman is not included in the list of Salem church members, he must have been admitted prior to 29 August 1637 when his son Nathaniel was baptized there in his name [ SChR 16].

FREEMAN: Made his mark to the Providence Combination, 27 July 1640 [ PrTR 15:5; RICR 1:31]. In Providence section of 1655 Rhode Island list of freemen [ RICR 1:299]. On 1665 Providence list [ PrTR 15:73]. Oath of allegiance, 1 June 1667 [ PrTR 3:101].

EDUCATION: Made his mark to Providence documents [ PrTR 3:77, 15:5, 71, 105].

OFFICES: Essex petit jury, 27 June 1636, 27 December 1636 [ EQC 1:3, 4]. Salem canoe inspector, 1636 [ EQC 1:3, 4]. Providence delegate to committee to establish colony government, 18 May 1647 [ RICR 1:42]. Commissioner for Providence to Rhode Island General Court, 27 April 1650, 18 May 1652, 28 October 1652, 22 May 1655, 11 March 1655/6, 17 March 1655/6, 21 May 1656, 10 October 1656, 15 May 1658, 2 November 1658 [ RICR 1:241, 245, 304, 326, 327, 337, 345, 394; PrTR 2:46, 80, 93, 112]. Providence delegate to General Council, 14 October 1658, 9 March 1658/9 [ RICR 1:404-05]. Grand jury, 28 February 1662/3 [ PrTR 3:31]. Petit Jury, 2 June 1649, 27 April 1650, 4 November 1650, 1 March 1652/3, 27 April 1655, June 1656 [ PrTR 2:45, 53, 62, 80, 94, 15:25]. Providence selectman, 7 June 1652, 4 June 1666 [ PrTR 2:64, 3:83]. Providence magistrate, 4 June 1655 [ PrTR 2:81].

ESTATE: He received eighty acres next to Daniel Ray in the Salem land grant of 1636 [STR 1:26]. He was granted one acre of marsh on 25 December 1637, with a household of seven [ STR 1:102]. One of the thirteen persons who received the meadow at Patuxett, 8 October 1638 [ PrTR 15:31]. Paid £2 10s. in the Providence town rate, 2 September 1650 [ PrTR 15:33]. On 27 February 1650/1 Hugh Bewet sold to Richard Waterman his house and houselot [ PrTR 2:10]. On 27 April 1659 Richard Waterman sold to Thomas Olney Sr. a small "spot" of meadow [ PrTR 2:32]. Granted a houselot of twelve acres and a lot of six acres at Warwick, April 1660 [ WarTR 255]. Granted a lot in the neck at Warwick, 24 April 1666 [ WarTR 164]. Granted eighteen acres in the neck, 30 April 1667 [ WarTR 320]. Granted a small lot in the neck, 17 May 1667 [ WarTR 336]. Drew lot #79 in the 19 February 1665[/6] lottery for the division of land on the east side of the Seven Mile Line [ PrTR 3:73]. Allotted 5 acres of land at Wanasquatuckett River, 23 January 1670/1 [ PrTR 3:106-07]. On 27 January 1670[/1] petitioned for an allowance in return for the highway taken out of his salt meadow near the bridge [ PrTR 15:125]. On 5 September 1670 "Richard Waterman came to the Council this day & did present unto them a deed of gift under his hand & seal of certain lands which he gave to his three grandchildren the sons of Resolved Waterman (deceased) [ PrTR 6:102-03]. When Resolved died intestate and his widow married Samuel Winsor, a lengthy dispute over this land ensued [ PrTR 6:34-37, 41, 15:156-57]. On 28 April 1679 Arthur Fenner petitoned that "whereas Richard Waterman laid out unto me Arthur Fenner some parcels of land belonging unto my purchase right in the year 1659, & hath not returned it to be recorded, my request unto this [town] is that I bringing in my bounds I may have my land recorded" [ PrTR 8:48, 70-71]. (On 28 April 1654 Henry Brown and "Arthur Fenner were granted a share of meadow at Netuaconkonit Hill" [ Austin 28, citing an unknown source]. This may be related to Fenner's petition, and may be the best evidence for the marriage of Richard Waterman's daughters to these two men.)

BIRTH: By about 1605 based on estimated date of marriage.

DEATH: Providence 26 October 1673 [ RIVR 7:128].

MARRIAGE: By about 1630 Bethia _____. She died at Providence on 3 December 1680 [ Waterman Gen 3:3, citing an unknown source].

CHILDREN:

i MEHITABEL, b. say 1630; m. about 1650 Arthur Fenner [ Austin 74-75].


ii WAIT, b. say 1632; m. by an unknown date Henry Brown [ Austin 28].


iii RESOLVED, b. say 1634; m. by 1660 Mercy Williams (eldest known child b. in January 1660/1 [ Waterman Gen 3:12]) [ PrTR 7:227, 15:156], daughter of ROGER WILLIAMS .


iv NATHANIEL, bp. Salem 20 August 1637 [ SChR 16]; m. Providence 14 March 1662/3 Susanna Carder [ RIVR 2:Providence:193].



COMMENTS: Richard Waterman had two rather close calls with Massachusetts Bay Colony justice. First, while residing in Salem, he and his family were invited to leave 12 March 1637/8, with the other followers of Roger Williams [ MBCR 1:223]. Second, during the Gorton controversy, Richard Waterman was arrested, but released on bond, 17 October 1643; he lost some of his estate and was possibly exiled upon pain of death from Massachusetts Bay Colony, having been found "erroneous, heretical, and obstinate" [MBCR 2:53-54, 73]. He was one of the seven "loving friends" of Roger Williams, with whom he secured a grant of land from the Narragansett Indians, Williams desiring that "it might be for a shelter for persons distressed for conscience" [ PrTR 5:306]. He was one of the eleven men who acquired Warwick from Miantonomi, 12 January 1642[/3] [ RICR 1:131]. His service in the new plantation of Rhode Island was considerable and eventually earned him the title "Mr." On 24 July 1658 Richard Pray bought land "near the place where Rich[ard] Waterman's great canoe was made" [ PrTR 2:17]. Richard Waterman was credited with a household of seven in the 1637 Salem grant of marsh. This would permit all his children to be born by that date, which produces a sequence of children at variance with that generally accepted, but in better conformity with the known chronology.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: A thorough and well-referenced discussion of the life of Richard Waterman was prepared in 1954 by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman [The Waterman Family, Volume Three, Descendants of Richard Waterman of Providence, Rhode Island (Hartford 1954), cited herein as Waterman Gen].260

He m. Bethiah _____, before 1630.373

They had the following children:
299 i. Waite
307 ii. Mehitable (<1630-~1682)
iii. Nathaniel (<1637-1712)
iv. Resolved (1638-1670)

615 Bethiah _____. b. England.372 d. on December 3, 1680.372

616 William Bowdish. b. Devon, England about 1615.399

William was admitted as a resident of Salem in 1639 and received a grant of ten acres of land in 1643. Sarah was admitted to the church in May of 1640 and she had Nathaniel baptized there in 1643. Sarah was admonished on Aug. 4, 1646 by Quarterly Court of Salem "for offensive withdrawing of ye ordinance of Baptizing of Infants", presumably for not wanting to have her daughter baptized. William received another grant of thirty acres in Salem in 1649, and there are no further records of them in Salem. They probably removed to Newport to settle there with other members of the Baptist church. In 1674, his thirty acre grant was sold by his son Nathaniel.400

He m. Sarah _____.277

They had the following children:
308 i. Nathaniel (-1706)
ii. Sarah (~1646-)

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