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PARTRIDGE
My 10th great grandfather George Partridge
arrived from England to Duxbury, Massachusetts about 1636. He was a single man, and there is no evidence
he was married before he wed Sarah Tracy in 1638. He was given a grant of land at Powder Point
in 1636 and later accumulated about 200 acres in Duxbury. At town meetings he was elected to serve the
community as constable, surveyor of highways and in a grand-jury. I was fascinated to see that he served as a
private in Captain Myles Standish’s militia, since Capt. Standish is also my 8th
great grandfather in a different lineage. Two of Standish's sons signed George Partridge's will, including my ancestor, Alexander Standish, my 7th great grandfather.
George Partridge had ten children. Two of his daughters
married sons of Samuel Allen, and two Partridge children married two children
of Governor William Brewster, the Mayflower passenger. One daughter married a son of Peter Thacher,
which was interesting to me since I have Thacher first cousins, their
descendants. I descend from daughter
Elizabeth (1643 – 1722) who married James Allen.
Since very little is known about George Partridge, we don’t
even know his occupation, I’ll paste his last will and testament here:
"On ye
26th day of June in ye year of our Lord 1682. I George Partridge yeoman living
in Duxborough being in sound mind and good and perfect remembrance praysed be
ye Lord for it make & ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and
form following first I commend my soul unto Almighty God my maker and Redeemer
and my body I will that it be decently buryed and funerall charges paid
together with all my just and lawful debts out of my estate.
"I give
and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah Partridge all my houses & lands in
Duxburough to say uplands and meadows and all my cattell and all my household
stuff for her own proper use and behoofe during her natural life on the
condition that my wife do as much for my daughter Mercy as we have done for ye
rest of our daughters already married and that she give my grand-daughter
Bethyah Allen as much as she in prudence shall think fit and if any part of my
moveables remain at my wife's decease my will is that it be disposed of by her
amongst my children as she thinks meet and fit. I give to my eldest son John
Partridge at my decease half my uplands and half my meadow lands lying and
being at Middleborough with ye priviledges and appurtenances thereunto belonging
to him & his heirs forever.
"Item--I
give six pounds sterling to my son John Partridge at his mother's decease to be
paid in current pay.
"I give
to my son James Partridge the other and remayning half both of my uplands and
meadow lands lying and being at Middleborough with ye priviledges and
appurtenances thereunto belonging to him
after my decease & to his heirs forever.
"Item--I
give to my son James all my houses and all my lands both uplands and meadow
lands in Duxborough and also ye Island at ye Glade with all ye priviledges and
appurtenances belonging to ye aforesd lands at his mother's decease to him and
his heirs forever if my son James will live in the house with his mother
quietly during her life. I do hereby constitute and make my beloved wife Sarah
Partridge sole executrix & administratrix of this my last will &
testament as witness my hand and seal this 29th of June one thousand six
hundred and eighty two.
GEORGE PARTRIDGE [Seal]
"In ye presence of us witnesses
ALEXANDER STANDISH
JOSIAH STANDISH
In case that any estate belonging unto me beyond sea should be brought over hither before my wife's decease my will is that she should dispose thereof amongst my children according to her discretion.
In case that any estate belonging unto me beyond sea should be brought over hither before my wife's decease my will is that she should dispose thereof amongst my children according to her discretion.
Source: At genealogylibrary.com: Descendants of George Partridge
of Duxbury, MA, by George Henry Partridge, The Plimpton Press, Norwood,
MA 1915
Other sources for information on the Partridge family are
the History
of Duxbury, by Justin Winsor, 1849 (available to view and download at https://archive.org ) and also The
Great Migration series.
My PARTRIDGE genealogy:
Generation 1: George Partridge, born in England, died 7 July
1695 in Duxbury, Massachusetts; married on 16 November 1638 to Sarah Tracy,
daughter of Stephen Tracy and Tryphosa Lee.
She was born about 1621 in Leyden, Holland and died 16 November 1708 in
Duxbury. Ten children.
Generation 2:
Elizabeth Partridge, born 14 February 1643 in Duxbury, Massachusetts,
died 8 August 1722 in Chilmark, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard; married
about 1662 in Duxbury to James Allen, son of Samuel Allen and Ann
Whitmore. He was born about 1636 in
Braintree, Massachusetts and died on 25 July 1714 in Tisbury, on the island of
Martha’s Vineyard. Twelve children.
Generation 3: John
Allen m. Margaret Homes
Generation 4: Rebecca
Allen m. Wilmot Wass
Generation 5: Sarah Wass m. Samuel Osborn
Generation 6: Sarah Osborn m. Charles Skinner
Generation 7: Ann Skinner m. Thomas Ratchford Lyons
Generation 8: Isabella Lyons m. Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer
Bill
Generation 9: Caleb
Rand Bill m. Ann Margaret Bollman
Generation 10: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe
Wilkinson
Generation 11: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise
Roberts (my grandparents)
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Twice my 9th great grandfather, Heather. Granddaughters Mehitable Allen m. Isaac Alden and Sarah Allen m. Jonathan Cary - both children of his daughter of Sarah m. Samuel Allen. Thank you for the background. Monica
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