Second Church of Dorchester |
WAY / WAYE
My 11th great grandfather,
Henry Way (1583 – 1667), lived in Bridport in the parish of Allington, Dorset,
England where his six children were baptized. Some say that he arrived in New England
aboard the ship Mary and John with his wife Elizabeth Bachelor, and five children,
but there is no passenger list for that ship. They arrived at Nantasket on 30 May 1630 and
settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The first record of Henry Way is in 1631
when his fishing boat rescued three men from a sinking ship [from The
History of New England from 1630 to 1649, by John Winthrop, volume 2,
page 71]. He signed a document to
support the Dorchester school teacher on 7 February 1641/2 and he was admitted
to the Second Church of Dorchester on 5 May 1643.
Henry Way was a merchant, and he is
often seen in records that have to do with mariners or boats. There was another
merchant named “Mr. George Way” who had business in New England and might have
been a kinsman. George Way made a trip
to Dorchester.
In a 1632 record “A shallop of one Henry Way of Dorchester, having been missing all the
winter, it was found that the men in her, being five, were all killed
treacherously by the eastern Indians.
Antoher shallop of his being sent out to seek out the other, was cast
away at Aquamenticus, and two of the men drowned.” [ from The
History of New England from 1630 to 1649, by John Winthrop, volume 2,
page 95] In his book Great Migration Begins, Anderson believes that the author William
Hubbard, in his book A General History of New England from Discover to MDCLXXX,
1815, page 198”erroneously supposed that these entries indicated that Henry Way
not only owned the shallops, but was in one of them when the tragedies occurred”.
I descend from Hannah Way (b. 1615/6),
my 10th great grandmother who married Bray Wilkins. You can read all about the WILKINS lineage at
this link: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/03/surname-saturday-wilkins-of-dorchester.html
Henry Way's youngest son, Richard Way (1624 - 1697) had four wives. His second wife, Bethia Mayhew, is also my 10th great aunt. I descend from her brother Rev. Thomas Mayhew (about 1620 - 1657) and her sister, Hannah Mayhew (1635 - 1723) who married Thomas Daggett in 1657. Yes, a double Mayhew lineage with a cousin connection, too!
Henry Way's youngest son, Richard Way (1624 - 1697) had four wives. His second wife, Bethia Mayhew, is also my 10th great aunt. I descend from her brother Rev. Thomas Mayhew (about 1620 - 1657) and her sister, Hannah Mayhew (1635 - 1723) who married Thomas Daggett in 1657. Yes, a double Mayhew lineage with a cousin connection, too!
For more information on the WAY
family:
The Great Migration Begins, by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995, Volume III,
pages 1951 – 1953.
Way Family History, by Mary Elizabeth Way, published 1974.
The American Genealogist, Volume 61, pages 241 – 256.
My WAY genealogy:
Generation 1: Henry Way, born about 1583, in Allington,
Bridport, Dorset, England, died 24 March 1667 in Dorchester, Massachusetts;
married 22 January 1615 in Bridport to Elizabeth Bachelor. She was born about 1587 and died 23 June 1665
in Dorchester. Six children.
Generation 2: Hannah Way, baptized on 3 March 1615/6 in
Allington, Bridport; married about 1636 to Bray Wilkins. He was born about 1610 in Wales, and died 2
January 1702 in Middleton, Massachusetts.
Eight children.
Generation 3: Margaret Wilkins m. Philip Knight
Generation 4: Elizabeth Knight m. Samuel Towne
Generation 5: Rebecca Towne m. Stephen Johnson
Generation 6: Ruth Johnson m. Richard Cree
Generation 7: Stephen Cree m. Hannah Smith
Generation 8: Sarah Cree m. James Phillips
Generation 9: Hannah Phillips m. Thomas Russell Lewis
Generation 10: Hannah Eliza Lewis m. Abijah Franklin
Hitchings
Generation 11: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta
Hoogerzeil
Generation 12: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer
Allen (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname
Saturday ~ WAY of Dorchester, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted March 24, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/03/surname-saturday-way-of-dorchester.html: accessed [access date]).
My 12th Grandfather and my Great Grandmother was Gertrude Amelia Way.
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