GLOVER
John Glover (about 1638 – 1695) Is my 9th great
grandfather. He was also the great
grandfather of the famous Brigadier General, John Glover, of the American
Revolution. He is of unknown origin, but
might be related to the Charles and Elizabeth Glover who lived in Salem, and
removed to Gloucester. John Glover was a
cordwainer (shoemaker). He appears in
the court records for assault in 1670, and for excessive drinking in February
1677/8. In 1680 he was accused of stealing.
From the Essex
Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts) Volume 2, No. 3,
1860, page 148: "john
Glover maryed to Mary Guppy by Major Hathorn the 2d January 1660; theire son
John Borne ye 29th 6th mo., 1661; theire son William borne 15th March 1663;
da'r Mary born ye 1st 3d mo. 1666; da. Sarah borne ye 5th mo. '68; Hana 24th
4th '70; son Benjamin born ye 28th March 1674; Ebenezer born April 13th,
1685" This document does not name my 8th great grandfather,
Johnathan Glover (1677 – 1736), but he was named as a nephew in the will of one
of John Glover’s brothers [The Essex
Antiquarian, Vol. 9, p. 119 and Vol. 11, p. 118; Records and Files of the Quarterly
Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. IV, 1667-1671 (Salem: The Essex
Institute, 1914), page 274]. His birth
is in the Salem town clerk records with no parents listed, and published in the
tan books.
John left a will which was probated on 13 May 1695 [Essex
County Probate #11025] His son,
Jonathan, my 8th great grandfather. Jonathan died without a will. His son, Jonathan Glover, Jr. (1702 – 1737)
is my 7th great grandfather, and he died only a year after his father,
leaving his wife, Tabitha Bacon, with four small children. Three of the four sons grew up to all serve in
the American Revolution, and the third son became Brigadier General John Glover
(1732 – 1797). I descend from the
youngest son, Daniel Glover, my 6th great grandfather.
Daniel Glover was a blockmaker and a ship’s captain. He married his step-sister, Hannah Jillings
in 1757. (His mother remarried to Thomas
Jillings in 1756, the previous year).
He captained some of the ships owned by his brothers, including a
schooner named Three Brothers. Some of the maritime notices of Capt. Daniel
Glover as master of ships to Europe and the West Indies appear in The Georgia Gazette 1764
and the Boston Evening Post 1765. [see
the website by Doug Sinclair on the life of Daniel Glover http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/glover/danielglover.htm ]
Daniel Glover had four children, and I descend from his
daughter Tabitha (b. 1765) who married Thomas Homan in 1782 and had seven
children. She is my 5th great grandmother.
Some GLOVER resources:
"Of Ships, Shoes, and Sealing Wax: The Early Career of
John Glover." By George Billias, Essex Institute Historical Collections
92 (1956): 376-387.
Memoir of General John Glover of Marblehead, by W. P. Upham, 1863
My GLOVER genealogy:
Generation 1: John
Glover, born about 1638, died May 1695 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married on
2 January 1661 in Salem, Massachusetts to Mary Guppy, daughter of Reuben Guppy
and his wife Eleanor. She was born about
1640. Eight children.
Generation 2: Jonathan Glover, born 13 April 1677 in Salem,
died March 1736; married on 31 March 1699 in Salem to Abigail Henderson, daughter
of Peter Henderson and Abigail Bully.
She was born in October 1676 in Salem, and died 29 April 1737 in
Salem. Six children.
Generation 3:
Jonathan Glover, born 14 December 1702 in Salem, died August 1737 in
Salem; married on 23 February 1727 in Salem to Tabitha Bacon, daughter of John
Bacon and Hannah King. Four sons, one
died young and three served in the American Revolution including Brigadier
General John Glover (1732 – 1797).
Generation 4: Daniel Glover, born January 1734/5 in Salem;
married on 1 December 1757 in Newbury,
Massachusetts to Hannah Jillings, daughter of Thomas Jillings and Hannah
Mirick. She was born 25 November 1737 in
Newbury, and died 4 October 1810 in Salem.
Four children.
Generation 5: Tabitha
Glover, baptized on 10 February 1765, died 13 March 1837 in Marblehead; married
on 28 November 1782 in Marblehead to Thomas Homan, son of William Homan and his
wife Elizabeth. He was born about 1758
and died 20 January 1832 in Marblehead.
Seven children.
Generation 6: Betsey
Jillings Homan m. Jabez Treadwell
Generation 7: Eliza
Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings
Generation 8: Abijah
Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation 9: Arthur
Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation 10:
Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ GLOVER of Salem
and Marblehead, Massachusetts”, Nutfield
Genealogy, posted September 30,
2017, (
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