Weathervane Wednesday - Of Interest To Zacheus Gould Descendants

Several months ago Karen Johnson sent me the link to a story she wrote for the Towne Family Association Newletter for July - September 2018.  On pages 79 -81 she wrote a short article called "Gold Country - Zacheus & Phebe Gould Country, that is".  One of the photos in this article featured a wonderful weathervane, and she gave me permission to repost these photos and excerpts from her article about her June 2017 TFA trip to England and her visit to the farm where this weathervane is located.

"Our excursion today took us to GOLD country. That means we traveled through land where Zacheus and Phebe Gould once lived.  The name Gould is sometimes pronounced Gold.  In the records it has been found with many different spellings - Gold, Goolde, Golde, Goold, Goeld, and even Gowle as well as Gould. Gould has been the spelling most commonly used today. This family's treasure was not in gold, but in the land they had acquired and had inherited...

... By 6 June 1626, Zacheus and Phebe Gould had surrendered their land, garden, orchard and buildings in Two Waters... They were moving to Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire County... Years later, Zacheus Gould's grandson, John Gould, said that "his grandfather Zacheus lived at a place called Hunts Green near Potter Row, belonging to Great Missenden.

In Great Missenden they actually did live on a farm named Hunts Green.  It was located on the boundary of the small parish of The Lee and the little town, but with a large parish, of Wendover, all to the north.  Zacheus also had lands in Wendover Foreign.  The baptisms for the next two children were at St. Peter and St. Paul Church in Great Missenden: Priscill on 7 Sep 1628 and John on 29 June 1635...

Our coach traveled through Bovingdon and passed by Venus Hill where Zacheus Gould had inherited land and had lived when he was young.  Here we could see horses grazing on the pasture land.  There is a sign at the bottom of the hill that says Venus Hill.  We passed through Two Waters and visited Hemel Hempstead where Zacheus and Phebe lived with their first three children.

Then we headed to Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire County to see where Zacheus and Phebe had lived.  They had built a home that Charles Farrow beieves is probably the one called Hunts Green Farm today.  The home has had some new brickwork done and has been expanded. However, the old beams holding up the structure date back to when the Gould family lived there.  We went by Potter Row on our way to and from Hunts Green.

Hunts Green Farm

We felt very fortunate to be able to stop at Hunts Green Farm where we were given a tour by the current owners.  They now have several barns and some additional housing and lots of farm equipment.  Today they grow corn, and there is a delightful weather vane adorning the roof of one structure with a tractor on top letting you know definitely that it is a farm.

To drive through these communities and to be able to see the many places where our Gould ancestors once lived was truly special.  To actually see a farm, walk on the land, and see a home built in the early 1600s where our family once lived was extraordinary....

....Reminder:  The Towne family is related to Zacheus and Phebe Gould through their daughter Phoebe Gould who married Thomas Perkins. Their daughter Phebe Perkins married Joseph Towne in 1663 in Topsfield, Massachusetts."

Are you a GOULD descendant, too?

Zaccheus Gould, son of Richard Gould and Elizabeth Young was born in 1589 in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, and died after 30 March 1668 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He married Phebe Deacon, daughter of Thomas Deacon and Martha Field and had six children, three born in Bovingdon and three in Great Missenden.  I descend from Priscilla Gould (about 1625 - 1663) , mentioned above in the article by Karen Johnson, who married John Wildes (about 1619 - 1705).

Thank you very much, Karen Johnson, for the photos and story!

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday - Of Interest To Zacheus Gould Descendants", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 31, 2019, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/07/weathervane-wednesday-of-interest-to.html: accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ BRIMBLECOMB of Marblehead, Massachusetts

BRIMBLECOMB / BRIMBLECOME / BRIMBELCOMB / BRIMBLETON etc.

Back on October 14^th I posted a  “Surname Saturday”story about the HOMAN  family, and mentioned that the immigrant Edward Homan had a wife named Richard.  I thought this was unusual, and I also thought that this might be a good clue to her identity.  Well, I did find out more about the BRIMBLECOMB family with records back in England!

Looking at records on Family Search from Modbury, Devonshire, England, I was able to find that there was a John Brimblecomb with a wife named Richard (!!) who had two children baptized in Modbury – 1.) Richard, a daughter, baptized on 3 August 1621, and 2.)John Brimblecomb, Jr. baptized on 2 March 1623.  This Richard, jr. would be the aunt of Richard Brimblecom (1646 – 1719) my 9^th great grandmother who married Edward Homan of Marblehead, Massachusetts.

The records from Modbury also show that Richard, jr. married Christopher Chrispin on 24 September 1658 in Modbury and had a daughter named Margaret.  But the Modbury records also show that Richard, jr. had an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth on 25 August 1643 in Modbury. She was labeled a “bastard” in the records.  All these records naming women named “Richard”, as well as a man named John Brimblecomb with a wife named Tabitha seemed to me to be proof of the same family as my Richard Brimblecomb who married Edward Holman.   

Essex County Probate, Volume 3, page 283 shows a 1678 will for John “Brimbellcom” with a wife Tabitha, and names a son Philip and daughters Mary Tucker and Richard Holmon.   His estate was valued at 76 pounds and 6 shillings.  He left his house to Philip.

The Modbury records show that John Brimblecomb, jr. and wife Tabitha, had four children baptized there:

1. Mary, daughter, 16 July 1646

2. Mary, daughter, 16 June 1647

3. John, son, 10 August 1649

4. Philip, son, 28 October 1651

There was no record found of a daughter named Richard being baptized in Modbury.  But we can assume she was born to this family perhaps before the first Mary.  Richard married Edward Homan, and Mary married Andrew Tucker.  Philip Brimblecomb married an unknown wife around 1670, and married second to Sarah Fluent on 8 February 1680.

John Brimblecomb, the immigrant, my 10^th great grandfather, was a fisherman who lived in Marblehead from about 1661, when he bought a house from John Legg, to 1678, when he died.  He appears to be the same John Brimblecomb who was born and baptized in Modbury, Devonshire, England.

“The Last Will and Testament of John Brimbellcom Being in his perfecte memory the 11th maye 1678 Imprmis That first I Bequeue my Body to the Dust and my spiritte To god that gaue it as for my Estat firist I order That after the Charge of my fenerall (is paide) that all my Deptes Bee fully satisfied By my Excetors: secondly my will is that what Estate is Lefte After my Deptes is paide that Tabitha my wife shall fully and wholly Inioye it for the Terme of Her Naturall Life Thirdly my will is That after The death of my sd: wife That my soon Phillipe Brimbelcom and his Children after Him shall Inioye the full and whole Estat that shee shall Leave to saye my wife what is Leafte of what I Leave her :fourthly my will is That my Excecetors out of what Estat I Leave shall pave to my too Daughters Richard Holman and mary Tucker as a Legaci Twenty shilings a peece. fiftly my will is that my wife Tabitha and my soonn Philipe bee jointe Excecetrex and Exceceter of my whole Estate In Being By them To bee managed and Emproued as above further my will is Th.at my Trusty frinds John Codner and John Leg Bee my overseeres of my Excetors for the Emprouement of The Estate according to this my will and Testament my will further is that if my sd: sun Die without Issue that what is Lefte of my Estate after the death of my sd: wife and sonne and his Child or what Childrin he maye have that it shall bee Equally divided Betwext my too Daughters Richard and mary."

John (his I B mark) Brimbellcom.

Witness: John (his T C mark) Codner, John Legg.

Proved in Salem court 29: 9: 1678 by the witnesses.

Inventory of the estate taken Nov. 12, ,1678, by William Nick and Thaddeus Riddan : one halfe of a shallop & connue & what else belongs to ye half & boat, 15li.; one dweling house, out house and land with ye priviledge belonging to it, 40li.; one halfe of a servants time, 5li.; one bed filled with silke grasse with Rugg, Blankets, bedsteed & 2 pr. ould sheetes, 4li.; 3 Chests ould ones & ould barrells, 8s.; one muskett, one houldbert, one Cutles, one swoard & Belt, 2li.; 4 potts & a small Kittle, lli. 10s.; two pair pott hangers, two pair pott hooks, one fire shoovell & tonges, gridiron, &c., 10s.; pewter dishes, cupes & warming pann, 15s.; Table & forme & a spitt, 1 Os. ; one frying pan &. two ould Axes, 5s. ; three ould Chaires, two ,pailes, washing tubs, wooden Trays & a dresser, 6s.; wearin~ appa1·rell in all, 3li.; one spining wheele, 2s.; several lean swine, halfe a cow & Calfe, 3s. ; total, 7 6li. 6s. Signed by Thaddeus Riddan and Christopher Necke. Attested in Salem court 29: 9: 1678 by Tabitha Brimbelcom, one of the executors.

Some Brimblecomb resources:

There is a Brimblecomb genealogy in The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 12, pages 34 – 38. 

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7SH-1QD : 30 December 2014, John Bremblecombe in entry for Richard Bremblecombe, 03 Aug 1621); citing MODBURY,DEVON,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 916,861.

My Surname Saturday post on HOMAN:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/surname-saturday-homan-of-marblehead.html  

My BRIMBLECOMB genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Brimblecomb, born about 1595 probably in Modbury, Devonshire, England, and died in March 1658 in Modbury, married Richard UNKNOWN. Two known children.

Generation 2:  John Brimblecomb, baptized on 2 March 1623 in Modbury, Devonshire, and died between 11 May and 29 November 1678 in Marblehead, Massachusetts; married to Tabitha Unknown. Five children baptized in Modbury.

Generation 3:  Richard Brimblecomb, born in 1646 in Modbury, died December 1719 in Marblehead; married about 1668 to Edward Homan.  He was born about 1646 and died December 1713 in Marblehead.  Five children born in Marblehead.

Generation 4:  Edward Homan m. Elizabeth Gould

Generation 5:  Peter Homan m. Mary Hoyle

Generation 6:  William Homan m. Elizabeth Unknown

Generation 7:   Thomas Homan m. Tabitha Glover

Generation 8:  Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez Treadwell

Generation 9:  Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 10:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

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 ~ BRIMBLECOMB of Marblehead, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 28, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/surname-saturday-brimblecomb-of.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ HOMAN of Marblehead

Edward Homan Probate 1713, naming his wife as "Richard"

Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)  https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13767/13732-co5/30230114

HOMAN / HOLMAN / HOLEMAN / HOLMEN / HOLDMAN / HOOMAN / HAMMON / HOEMAN

Two brothers, Gabriel and Edward Homan, settled in Marblehead, Massachusetts in the mid 1600s.  Edward Homan (about 1646 – 1713) is my 9^th great grandfather.  He was one of the first fourteen householders in Marblehead before 1660.  He married about 1668 to Richard Brimblecomb, the DAUGHTER of John and Tabitha Brimblecomb of Marblehead.  Her name Richard can be seen in his last will and testament written in 1713.  They had five children born in Marblehead.  The Edward Homan house is still standing in Marblehead at 29 – 31 Circle Street, and is dated about 1670, and the right side of the house was built about 1802 or 1803.

Edward Homan, Jr. (1668 – 1714), my 8^th great grandfather, died a year  after his father in Marblehead.  He married Elizabeth Gould in 1692 in Marblehead, and they had six children.  Edward, Jr. was called “a planter” and “a cooper”, and he bought land from Christopher Lattamore in 1680 [Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 89].

Peter Homan (b. 1699) was my 7^th great grandfather.  He married in 1723 to Mary Hoyle, daughter of Samuel Hoyle and Mary Fortune of Marblehead.  They had seven children.  Their eldest, William Homan (b. 1725), my 6^th great grandfather, married about 1758 to Elizabeth and had a son named Thomas (about 1758 – 1832), my 5^th great grandfather.  Thomas Homan’s wife, Tabitha Glover, was the niece of Brigadier General John Glover (1732 – 1797) of Revolutionary War fame.   Thomas served in the American Revolutionary War, too, under Capt. Putnam as a private in Massachusetts in 1776 for one year.  He applied for a pension in 1818.

Betsey Jillings Homan (1792 – 1874), my 4^th great grandmother, was the last in this line of HOMANs.  She married Jabez Treadwell of Ipswich, and they resided in Salem, where their seven children were born. 

For more about the HOMAN family:

The Holmans in America, by David Emory Holman, 1909, Volume 1

The Edward Homan House, MACRIS (Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System)  http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=MAR.1228 accessed September 7, 2017

My HOLMAN genealogy:

Generation 1:  Edward Homan, born about 1646, died December 1713 in Marblehead; married about 1668 to Richard Brimblecomb, daughter of John Brimblecomb and Tabitha Unknown.  She was born about 1646 probably in Modbury, Devonshire, England, and died December 1719 in Marblehead, Massachusetts.  They had five children.

Generation 2:   Edward Homan born about 1668 in Marblehead, died July 1714 in Marblehead; married on 27 October 1692 in Marblehead to Elizabeth Gould, daughter of Alexander Gould and Margaret Brown.  She was born about 1667 and died after 26 December 1719.  Six children.

Generation 3:   Peter Homan was born 26 June 1699 in Marblehead; married on 12 December 1723 in Marblehead to Mary Hoyle, daughter of Samuel Hoyle and Mary Fortune.  She was baptized on 21 March 1702/3 in Marblehead.  They had seven children.

Generation 4:  William Homan, baptized 25 July 1725 in Marblehead; married to Elizabeth Unknown; at least one child.

Generation 5:  Thomas Homan, born about 1758 and died 20 January 1832 in Marblehead; married on 28 November 1782 in Marblehead to Tabitha Glover, daughter of Daniel Glover and Hannah Jillings.  She was baptized on 10 February 1765 and died 13 March 1837 in Marblehead.  They had seven children.

Generation 6:  Betsey Jilling Homan, baptized on 14 October 1792 in Marblehead, died 6 April 1874 in Salem, Massachusetts; married on 17 November 1811 in Marblehead to Jabez Treadwell, son of Nathaniel Treadwell and Mary Hovey.  He was born 17 October 1788 in Ipswich, and died 4 November 1840 in Salem.  Seven children.

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 ~ HOMAN of Marblehead”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 14, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/surname-saturday-homan-of-marblehead.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ PUTNAM of Salem, Massachusetts

Map of Salem Village
from A Storm of Witchcraft, page 121
note all the PUTNAM families on this map

PUTNAM

In Salem Possessed, a book by history professors Boyer and Nissenbaum, [page 111], John Putnam was first granted 100 acres in Salem in 1641.  Little by little he bought and was granted more land until he owned almost 800 acres at the time of his death in 1662.  He was one of the most wealthy land owners in Salem.  Then two of his sons lost much of his fortune. Was this the cause of his family’s involvement with so many accusations during the 1692 witch hysteria?

His second son, Nathaniel (1619 – 1700) is my 9^th great grandfather.  He was one of the wealthiest men in Salem, and he owned an interest in the ironworks at Rowley with his brother John.  About 1674 the ironworks burned to the ground, and there was a lot of paperwork and litigation in the Essex County records.  The Putnam brothers lost a lot of money, and turned back to farming their extensive lands.  Nathaniel Putnam owned the “Putnam Cupboard” made by James Symonds, a famous Salem furniture maker, now on display at the Peabody Essex Museum. This is amusing to me because two generations later one of Nathaniel Putnam’s descendants married Jerusha Pope, whose parents owned the “Pope Chest”, which was also attributed to Symonds and also on display at the PEM!

The Putnams were on both sides of the witch hysteria.  Their cousin was Ann Putnam, one of the main accusers.  They also signed a petition for the innocence of Rebecca Nurse.  There are many books and even several movies that dramatize the Putnam family during this sad period in history.  There is too much about the Putnams, especially Ann Putnam, Sr. and Jr. to include here in a short blog post, but if you are interested in learning more I will list some books below.  Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679 - 1716)

Nathaniel’s daughter, Elizabeth Putnam (1662 – 1697) married George Flint who removed to North Reading as a farmer.  Their nephew, Daniel Putnam, was the first minister of their church at the North Parish.  The Flint house was a garrison since this area, called the North Precinct, was considered the frontier.  They lived five miles from the meeting house.  There is a curious story about two little daughters who were left home while the family traveled to church on the Sabbath, and one little girl ended up shooting the other with a pistol.  Such accidents are not new, they have probably been happening since firearms were invented.

Some PUTNAM resources:

Chase- Wigglesworth Genealogy, by Alice Crane Williamson, 1990, pages 341-356

The American Genealogist 68: 77 – 83, 69: 212 – 218

A History of the Putnam Family, by Eben Putnam, 1891  (online at Hathi Trust)

History of Salem, Volume 2, by Sidney Perley, 1926 (online at Hathi Trust)

and for more about the PUTNAM family and the witch trials:

Salem Possessed, by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, 1974

A Storm of Witchcraft, by Emerson W. Baker, 2014  (online at Google Books)

The Enemy Within, by John Demos, 2008

Currents of Malice, by Persis McMillen, 1990

for legal evidence in the Salem witch hunt see Salem Village Witchcraft: A Documentary History of Local Conflict in Colonial New England, by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, 1972    

and also see

Records of the Salem Witch Hunt, edited by Bernard Rosenthal, 2009  (all the legal documents in chronological order) 

My PUTNAM genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Putnam, son of Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed, was baptized on 17 January 1579/80 in Wingrove or Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England, died 30 December 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts; married about 1611 in Buckinghamshire to Priscilla Gould, daughter of Richard Gould and Elizabeth Young.  She was born about 1585.  Four children.

Generation 2:  Nathaniel Putnam, born 3 September 1619 in Wingrove, died 23 July 1700 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Massachusetts; married on 3 September 1652 in Salem to Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Richard Hutchinson and Alice.  She was baptized on 30 August 1629 in Nottinghamshire, England and died 24 June 1688 in Salem.  Seven children.

Generation 3: Elizabeth Putnam, born 11 August 1662 in Salem, died 6 March 1697 in Salem, Village; married on 2 March 1679 in Salem to George Flint, son of Thomas Flint and Ann.  He was born 6 January 1652 in Salem, and died 23 June 1720 in the North Precinct (now the town of Reading).  Ten children.

Generation 4:  George Flint m. Jerusha Pope

Generation 5:  George Flint m. Hannah Phelps

Generation 6:  Phebe Flint m. John Flint

Generation 7:   Olive Flint m. Luther Simonds Munroe

Generation 8:  Phebe Cross Munroe m. Robert Wilson Wilkinson

Generation 9:  Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 10:  Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ PUTNAM of Salem, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 29, 2016,  (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/10/surname-saturday-putnam-of-salem.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ GOULD of Topsfield, Massachusetts

1872 Topsfield, Massachusetts from www.old-maps.com

I have two lineages from Alexander Gould of Maine (click HERE to see these) and two lineages from Richard Gould (1530 – 1558), whose children came to Essex County, Massachusetts (and two of those children were my ancestors).  This post is for my Massachusetts GOULD lineages.

Richard Gould lived in England and had two wives, Elizabeth Young and Mary Colder.  With Elizabeth he had six children and at least three three came to New England; John  (1573 – about 1633) who settled in Amesbury, Priscilla (b. 1585, who married John Putnam in Bovington, Buckinghamshire and settled in Salem; and Zaccheus (1589 – about 1668) who settled in Topsfield.  I descend from Priscilla and Zaccheus.  There is a Jeremy Gould who settled in Rhode Island, who is probably another sibling.

Priscilla Gould’s husband John Putnam received a 100 acre grant in Salem in 1641 and by the time he died in 1662 he owned more than 800 acres, and was very wealthy.   Three of their sons all spent their entire lives in Salem, and had descendants, and a daughter, Elizabeth, married Richard Hutchinson (her brother, Nathaniel, married Elizabeth Hutchinson).    Some Putnam descendants were involved in the 1692 witch hysteria, especially the family of Priscilla’s brother Thomas Putnam.  His daughter-in-law, Ann (Carr) Putnam and granddaughter, Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679 – 1716) accused over 60 people of being witches.  (See my lineage from Priscilla Gould below)

Zaccheus Gould married Phebe Deacon in England.  They had six children, one son and four daughters including a daughter named Priscilla Gould (1625 – 1663), my 8^th great grandmother.  Zaccheus settled in the part of Ipswich, Massachusetts that became the town of Topsfield.  He left all his estate to his son, John Gould.  Priscilla Gould married John Wild, who was a witness against her brother, John Gould (1635 – 1710) during the 1692 witch trials in Salem. (See my lineage from Zaccheus Gould below, and click HERE for my post about the WILD/WILDES family.)

The Zaccheus Gould homestead is still standing at 85 River Road in Topsfield, Massachusetts.  It is a private home, and was probably built by John Gould for his father. See this Wikipedia article for a photo and story:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaccheus_Gould_House    The Topsfield Historical Society has also restored the Captain Joseph Gould (the great grandson of Zaccheus Gould) barn, circa 1710, and you can see a photo and story at this link: http://www.topsfieldhistory.org/gould_barn.shtml 

Some GOULD resources:

Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, by Walter Goodwin Davis, 1996 (also on CD-ROM), Volume II, pages 50 – 57 for sketch of Zaccheus Gould.

The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield, by Benjamin Gould, 1895 (also online at archive.org)

My GOULD genealogy:

Generation 1:  Richard Gould,  born about 1553 in Stoke Mandeville, died 1604

Lineage A:

Generation 2:  Priscilla Gould, born about 1585 in Bovington, died in Salem, Massachusetts; married about 1611 in Bovington to John Putnam, son of Nicholas Putnam and Margaret Goodspeed.  He was born 17 January 1570/80 in Wingrove or Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England, and died 30 December 1662 in Salem, Massachusetts. Four children.

Generation 3: Nathaniel Putnam, born 3 September 1619 in Wingrove, Buckinghamshire, died 23 July 1700 in Danvers (Salem Village);  married on 3 September 1652 in Salem to Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Richard Hutchinson and Alice Bosworth.  She was baptized on 30 August 1629 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England and died 24 June 1668 in Salem.  Seven children.

Generation 4: Elizabeth Putnam married George Flint

Generation 5:  George Flint married Jerusha Pope

Generation 6: George Flint married Hannah Phelps

Generation 7: Phebe Flint married John Flint

Generation 8:  Olive Flint married Luther Simonds Munroe

Generation 9: Phebe Cross Munroe married Robert Wilson Wilkinson

Generation 10: Albert Munroe Wilkinson married Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 11: Donald Munroe Wilkinson married Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandmother)

Lineage B:

Generation 2:  Zaccheus Gould, born 1589 in Bovington, died after 20 March 1668 in Topsfield, Massachusetts; married about 1617 in England to Phebe Deacon, daughter of Thomas Deacon and Martha Field.  She was born in April 1597 in Hemel, Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and died 20 September 1663 in Topsfield.  Six children.

Generation 3.  Priscilla Gould, born about 1625 in England, died 16 April 1663 in Topsfield; married about 1645 to John Wildes.  He was born about 1619 and died 14 May 1705 in Topsfield.  Eight children.

Generation 4:  Sarah Wildes married Edward Bishop

Generation 5: James Bishop married Sarah Holmes

Generation 6:  Sarah Bishop married Daniel Poland

Generation 7: Martha Poland married Alexander Mears

Generation 8:  Samuel Mears married Lydia W. Burnham

Generation 9:  Samuel Mears married Sarah Ann Burnham

Generation 10: Sarah Burnham Mears married Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 11:  Joseph Elmer Allen married Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 12: Stanley Elmer Allen married Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo,  "Surname Saturday ~ Gould of Topsfield, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 8, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/surname-saturday-gould-of-topsfield.html:  accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ WILDES of Topsfield and Salem, Massachusetts

WILDES/WILD/WILDE

John Wild (1619 – 1705), my 9^th great grandfather, and his brother, William, arrived in New England on board the ship Elizabeth on 10 April 1635.  John was listed as 17 years old, William was age 30.  They both first lived in Ipswich, and then John removed to Topsfield, Massachusetts. In several documents he was listed as a carpenter.   Although it appears that the brother, William, left no children, there are extensive records to be found on him in the court, land and probate records.

 About 1648 John Wild married Priscilla, the daughter of Zacheus Gould and they had eight children, who are listed in land records and in John’s last will and testament.  Priscilla died in 1663, and John remarried that same year to Sarah Averill, the daughter of William Averill of Ipswich.  Sarah was hanged as a witch during the witchcraft hysteria of 1692.  John then remarried to Mary, the widow of George Jacobs, who was also hanged as a witch.   George and Mary Jacobs were my 9^th great grandparents in another lineage.  It is interesting that these two “witch widows” married each other, don’t you think?

Sarah Wilde, born about 1651, was my 8^th great grandmother.  She married Edward Bishop, Jr. about 1675.  Edward Bishop (1648 – 1711) was the son of Edward Bishop (1620 – 1705) the third husband of my 9^th great grandmother, Bridge (Playfer) Oliver Wasselbee Bishop, who was also hanged as a witch on 10 June 1692.   You can see that this extended family was very affected by the witchcraft hysteria, and it touched many of the family members.  Sarah and Edward relocated to Rehoboth, Massachusetts during the time of the witch trials, to get away from the hysteria.  Rehoboth is more than 60 miles away from Salem. 

There are many good books out there on the 1692 Salem witch trials, and many include good sketches of the Wildes family. 

Some WILDES resources:

The Great Migration:  Immigrants to New England 1634 – 1635, by Robert Charles Anderson, Volume VII, pages 402 – 407 (sketch of John Wild)

The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759 - 1829, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, by Walter Goodwin Davis, 1959.

A Wildes Genealogy: The family of John Wild of Topsfield, Mass., and his descendants in Old Arundel, compiled by Douglas Wright Cruger, 1990

The Historical Collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, by the Topsfield Historical Society, 1920, several volumes including John Wild’s probate papers in Volume 25, pages 115 -116, etc.

   

My WILDES genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Wildes, born about 1619 in England, died 14 May 1705 in Topsfield; married about 1645 to Priscilla Gould, my 9^th great grandmother.  She was born about 1625 in Great Missenden, England and died 16 April 1663 in Topsfield.  He married second on 23 November 1663 to Sarah Averhill who was hung as a witch on 19 July 1692, and married third to Mary Unknown (also my 9^th great grandmother, widow of George Jacobs who was hung as a witch on 16 August 1692, my 9^th great grandfather in another lineage).   John and Priscilla had eight children.

Generation 2:  Sarah Wildes, born about 1651; married about 1675 to Edward Bishop.  He was born 23 February 1648 in Salem and died 12 May 1711 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  Three children.  Edward Bishop was the son of Edward Bishop (1620 – 1705) who was married three times, once to Bridget Playfer, who was the first woman hung as a witch in Salem on 10 June 1692.

Generation 3:  James Bishop m. Sarah Holmes

Generation 4:  Sarah Bishop m. Daniel Poland

Generation 5:  Martha Poland m. Alexander Mears

Generation 6:  Samuel Mears m. Lydia W. Burnham

Generation 7: Samuel Mears m.  Sarah Ann Burnham

Generation 8: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 9: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo,  "Surname Saturday ~ WILDES of Topsfield and Salem, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 1, 2015, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/surname-saturday-wildes-of-topsfield.html: accessed [access date]).

The Quaker Monument on Shelter Island

This is the transcription of the now illegible words on the steps of the Quaker Monument, given to me by the Friends on Shelter Island.  The transcription was made some years ago of the monument erected in 1884.  The tablets on the top of the monument are inscribed with a memorial to the Sylvester Family, who sheltered the Quakers and were great allies with many Friends both in England and in the New .  I'll transcribe those in another blog post.

Each step on all four sides of this monument is inscribed
with the following words....

West Top Step – THE PURITAN AND HIS PRIDE

West middle step- OVERCOME BY THE FAITH OF THE QUAKER

West bottom step – GAVE CONCORD AND LEXINGTON AND BUNKER HILL TO HISTORY

South top step – DANIEL GOULD BOUND TO THE GUN CARRIAGE AND LASHED

South middle step – EDWARD WHORTON THE MUCH SCOURGED

South bottom step – CHRISTOPHER HOLDER THE MUTILATED

East top step- LAWRENCE AND CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK

East middle step- DESPOILED IMPRISIONED STARVED WHIPPED BANISHED

East bottom step- WHO FLED HERE TO DIE

North top step – OF THE SUFFERINGS OF CONSCIENCE SAKE OF FRIENDS OF NATHANIEL SYLVESTER MOST OF WHOM SOUGHT SHELTER HERE INCLUDING

North middle step- GEORGE FOX FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF QUAKERS AND OF HIS FOLLOWERS

North bottom step- MARY DYER MARMADUKE STEVENSON AND WILLIAM ROBINSON WILLIAM LEDDRA WHO WERE EXECUTED ON BOSTON COMMON

Named on the Monument, in the order they were listed:

Daniel Gould  - nephew of my 9x great grandmother, Priscilla (Gould) Putnam.  In Boston in 1659 he was sentenced to be whipped 30 times, and told to depart or be imprisoned.

Edward Wharton- arrived with some of the Salem Quakers (including my ancestors the Southwicks, Popes, Trasks and Buffums).  He was whipped for stating that Robinson and Stevenson were unjustly hung.  Before William Leddra was hung in Boston, he attended him in prison and then assisted in giving his body a decent burial.  He was banished from Boston in 1661, went to Rhode Island and then later to Maine as far north as Casco Bay to preach.  He was arrested in New Hampshire in 1663 and sentenced to be scourged in Dover, Hampton and Newbury. In 1664 he was whipped through Boston, Lynn and Salem “By order of Governor Endicott led to the marketplace, bound to the wheels of a great gun, and barbarously whipped with thirty stripes to such a degree, that it was testified that peas might lie in the holes made in his flesh by the knots of the whip.” [Persecutions of Early Quakers in America, Chapter XIV, www.hallvworthington.com/persecutions/part-6.html ] 

Christopher Holder- (about 1631 – after 1676)  Holder arrived in Boston aboard the “Speedwell” on 27 July 1656, but port officials suspected Quakers were on board and searched the vessel.  Governor John Endicott ordered them brought directly to court to be deported back to England.  Holder returned to New England later and went to Sandwich, Massachusetts where he was able to preach his faith for several months.  He went to Salem, to the Congregational Church where Governor Endicott preached and he was captured.  A church member named Samuel Shattuck tried to save him from being arrested, but both were given 30 lashes.  His Salem hosts, Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick were also jailed with him. When Holder returned to Sandwich he was given 33 lashes.  When he tried to go to Boston he was again arrested and his ear was cut off as punishment.  He finally removed to safety in Rhode Island and died there after 1676.

Humphrey Norton- He was imprisoned at New Haven, Connecticut for heresy.  An iron key was place in his mouth during the trial so he could not testify.  His punishment was to be whipped 36 times, branded with the letter H for heresy, fined and banished.  He went to Rhode Island, and then in 1658 tried to go to Plymouth with John Rous where they were arrested upon arrival.  They would not take an oath of allegiance, and so were whipped and banished back to Rhode Island.

John Rous-  Was the son of a wealthy planter in Barbados who joined the Quakers and went to Rhode Island in 1657.  He went to Plymouth in 1658 with Norton, but was treated more leniently because of his father’s influence (he received only 15 lashes to Norton’s 30).  He tried to board a ship in Boston to return to Barbados, but was arrested by Governor Endicott and had his right ear cut off as punishment.  He was released and returned to Barbados and then to England.  He spent his life supporting the Quakers and writing pamphlets.  He used his wealth to influence politics in England in support of the Quakers.

Giles Sylvester- was born at Shelter Island and inherited 4/5ths of his father’s estate.  Perhaps he is labeled “The Champion” on the monument for this statement signed 28 of the 11m, 1659 by Giles Sylvester “Whereas, I am accused to say that all the ministers in New England were worse than witches, I own I said soe, for which I am heartily sorrowful, and owne to bee very inconsiderately spoken and to my folly and wickedness in it, and hope the Lord shall guide my wayes and words to be more circumspent and like to himself.”

Ralph Goldsmith- Captain Goldsmith was paid $300 by the Quakers in England to set sail in 10 days for Boston “good or no goods” with Friends on board, and also a message from King Charles II to stop hanging the Quakers in the Massachusetts colony.  Samuel Shattuck was on board with the “King’s Missive” and the ship arrived in October 1661. 

Samuel Shattuck-  Samuel Shattuck was a Salem resident who went to England to tell the Quakers of the persecutions going on in Boston.  He was given the “King’s Missive” to deliver to Governor John Endicott, to end the hanging of Quakers.  The story goes that he was arrested upon landing in Boston, and sent to Governor Endicott, where a constable knocked off his hat and told him to bare his head before the Governor.  When Shattuck revealed he was the King’s messenger, Endicott had to bare his head to Shattuck!  This incident has been made into a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (“The King’s Missive”) and a play by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (“John Endicott”).   Samuel Shattuck is buried in the Charter Street Burying Ground in Salem.   Samuel Shattuck is my 1^st cousin 10x removed, his mother was Damaris Sibley (1606 – 1674) sister to Richard Sibley (about 1630 – 1676), my 9x great grandfather.

Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick- My ancestors, who were fined for not attending the Puritan meetings, and arrested when Holder came to Salem.  Their children were sold into slavery for non-payment of the fines.  The elderly couple was banished from Massachusetts, and so they went into exile and removed to the Quaker colony on Shelter Island, off Southold on Long Island.  They arrived in the fall of 1658 and died a few months later in early 1659 of exposure and deprivation.

Nathaniel Sylvester- a royalist, whose wife was the daughter of the accountant for Charles I and Charles II.  He was the first European to settle on Shelter Island in June 1651. Sylvester was a great friend of George Fox, the founder of the Quakers in England.  Fox visited Shelter Island at least once.  Sylvester created a refuge for persecuted Quakers from New England on Shelter Island.

George Fox- (1624-1691) founder of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers.  He traveled all over England as a preacher, and went to North America, including Shelter Island.  He was often persecuted by the authorities for heresy and other charges.  His journal was published after his death.

Mary Dyer – (abt 1611 – 1660) One of the four executed Quakers known as the Boston Martyrs. She repeatedly defied the law banning Quakers in Massachusetts, and kept returning to Boston to preach.  She visited Shelter Island at least twice. She was hanged on Boston Common on 1 June 1660.  Mary Dyer is buried on Boston Common in an unmarked grave.  There is a statue of her in front of the Massachusetts State House, facing Boston Common.

Marmaduke Stevenson- see below

William Robinson-  Stevenson and Robinson arrived in Boston just as a new law imposed the death sentence on Quakers.  They were imprisoned upon arrival.  The court released them and banished them upon pain of death for returning to Massachusetts.  They went to Rhode Island, and were hanged on 27 October 1659 when they returned to Boston.

William Leddra-   A Quaker who arrived in Boston from Barbados and was hanged on 14 March 1661, just before the “Kings’s Missive” arrived that fall stopping the hangings.

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For more information:

Blog post Part 1, A Visit to Shelter Island:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-visit-to-shelter-island.html 

Persecutions of Early Quakers in America, Chapters VI and XIV,   https://www.hallvworthington.com/Persecutions/Part-6.html

Quakers and Baptists in Colonial Massachusetts, by Carla Gardiner Pestana, Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Historical Papers on Shelter Island and It’s Presbyterian Church, by Jacob Edward Mallman, 1899 (see page 24 for the quote by Giles Sylvester)

History of the Society of Friends in America, by James Bowden, London, 1850.

History of Salem by Sidney Perley, in three volumes,  1924.   Available on line at this link: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Perley/

Shelter Island Historical Society – www.shelterisland.org

The Mary Barrett Dyer Blog by Christy K. Robinson at www.marybarrettdyer.blogspot.com

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The Quaker Monument on Shelter Island", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 10, 2012, (  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-quaker-monument-on-shelter-island.html: accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday- Brown

BROWN

There are conflicting bits of information on John Brown of Maine in reference books.  In the book Maine Made Guns & Their Makers by Dwight B. Demerritt, Jr. John Brown is described as a blacksmith.  In Savage he is described as a mason.  A James Phipps was apprenticed on March 1, 1625/6 to John Brown and his wife Joan for 8yrs as a blacksmith in Bristol, England.  In 1625 land was sold by Samoset to a fur trader named John Brown, including Damariscotta and Bristol, Maine, according to the History of Bath, Maine.

In 1639 John Brown and Edward Bateman signed a deed with the Indian Manowomet of "Negwasset, in America" for all the land between Sagadahoc and the Sheepscot River.  John Brown's family lived there for seven years and then removed to New Harbor. There are depositions and deeds by Brown's grandchildren which show they knew the Indians and early settlers of this region by name.  There are references to the family in Pioneers on Maine Rivers, by Wilburn Daniel Spencer, 1992.

The Brown Family Genealogy:

Generation 1: John Brown, born 12 April 1604 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, died in 1670 in Damariscotta, Maine; married in 1628 to Margaret Hayward, daughter of Francis Hayward. Seven children:
      1. Francis, born about 1632, sold land in 1666, mentioned in a deed in 1674
      2. John, born about 1635, had a son John Brown
      3. Margaret, born about 1638 (see below)
      4. Mary, born about 1641, m. Richard Redding
      5. Elizabeth, born about 1642, m. Richard Pierce
      6. Emine, born about 1645
      7. Emma, born about 1645, m. Nicholas Dennan

Generation 2. Margaret Brown, born about 1638 in Pemaquid, died about 1675 in New Harbor, Maine; married first about 1659 in New Harbor to Alexander Gould.  Four children.  Married second to Morris Chamblet, one son, Samuel Champney. This name can be found spelled many ways in the records: Champett, Champrise, Chamlet, etc.

I have two lineages from Margaret Brown and Alexander Gould, by two of their daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth.  See the blog post on the Surname GOULD for these two lineages at this link: http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/10/surname-saturday-gould.html

There are no books on John Brown of Maine, and the only genealogical article that references him in in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51, page 29.  He is mentioned in the history of Bath, Maine and Savage's Genealogical Dictionary.  There is a short sketch of John Brown in the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire,  page 115.

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday - Gould

GOULD

I have two lineages descending from Alexander Gould of Maine.  I also have two more Gould lineages descending from Richard Gould, whose children lived in Essex County, Massachusetts.  Considering that Alexander Gould's children removed to Marblehead, in Essex County, it has been fun keeping all these Goulds in line!

A map of Muscongus Bay, Maine

Alexander Gould was deeded a tract of land dated August 8, 1660 at Broad Bay, Maine from his father-in-law, John Brown of New Harbor. The book The History of Ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle, Maine states "Sander Gould had three daughters, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth.  William Stilson married Margaret and resided on the premises till killed by the Indians. Their children James and Margaret survived and in the next cetury laid claim to these lands."  Alexander Gould's origins are unknown.  There are several deeds filed in Essex County, Massachusetts that mention Alexander or Sander Gould.

Generation 1. Alexander Gould, born about 1636, died about 1672 at Muscongus, Maine; married about 1659 in New Harbor, Maine to Margaret Brown, daughter of John Brown and Margaret Hayward, born aobut 1638 at Pemaquid, Maine, died about 1675 at New Harbor. Four children.  Margaret was previously married to Morris Chamblet and had one son, Samuel.

1st Gould lineage:
Generation 2. Margaret Gould, born about 1661 in New Harbor, died about December 1750; married about 1675 to her first husband, James Stilson, son of Vincent Stilson and Grace Unknown, who died on 2 August 1689 at Muscongus Island in an Indian attack.  Five children.  She married second on 30 March 1696 to Thomas Pitman, son of Thomas Pitman, born 1652 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, died in April 1736 in Marblehead.

Generation 3. James Stilson (about 1680 - 1772) m. Hannah Odiorne
Generation 4. Hannah Stilston (1706 - 1776) m. Thomas Mead
Generation 5. Hannah Mead (1730 - before 1759) m. James Wilkinson
Generation 6. William Wilkinson (d. after 1840) m. Mercy Nason
Generation 7. Aaron Wilkinson (1802 - 1879) m. Mercy F. Wilkinson
Generation 8. Robert Wilson Wilkinson (1830 - 1874) m. Phebe Cross Munroe
Generation 9. Albert Munroe Wilkinson (1860 - 1908) m. Isabella Lyons Bill
Generation 10. Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my paternal grandparents)

2nd Gould lineage:
Generation 2. Elizabeth Gould, born 1667 in Marblehead, died after 26 December 1719; married on 27 October 1692 in Marblehead to Edward Homan, son of Edward Homan, born 1668 and died in July 1714 in Marblehead.  Six children.

Generation 3. Peter Homan (b. 1699) m. Mary Hoyle
Generation 4. William Homan (b. 1725) m. Elizabeth Unknown
Generation 5. Thomas Homan (b. about 1758 - 1832) m. Tabitha Glover
Generation 6. Betsey Jillings Homan (1792- 1874) m. Jabez Treadwell
Generation 7. Eliza Ann Treadwell (1812 - 1896) m. Abijah Hitchings
Generation 8. Abijah Franklin Hitchings (1841- 1910) m. Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation 9. Arthur Treadwell Hitchings (1868 - 1937) m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation 10. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen

No books or articles have been written about Alexander Gould, but he is mentioned in deeds and local histories.

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday - Gould", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 22, 2011, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/10/surname-saturday-gould.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday - Stilson

Pemaquid, Maine

STILSON

The first immigrant ancestor named Stilson was Vincent Stilson, from Herefordshire, England, who died sometime before 13 May 1690 in Milford, Connecticut when the inventory was dated for his will.  The Records of the Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts place him in Marblehead several times.  In Volume 6, pages 149-151 and 169, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, dated June 1676, there are two pages of testimony in a defamation suit in which Vincent, (Vincon or Vinson) Stilson, son of the early Vincent, became involved.  Grace Stilson, wife of Vincent I, testified at the trial, and her age was given as "about 37". She is believed to have been the mother of perhaps four of the older children, and Mary, the second wife, was the mother of the second four.  The maiden names of both wives are unknown. According to Donald Lines Jacobus, the eminent genealogist, Vincent was the only early settler with the name STILSON.  

Generation 1. Vincent Stilson, born between 1620 and 1635 in Herefordshire, England; died before 13 May 1690 in Milford, Connecticut; married first to Grace, four children; married second to Mary, four more children:

            1. Vincent, b. about 1656; m. Sarah

            2. James, b. about 1658, see below

            3. Agnes, b. about 1660; m. Joseph Hawkings

            4. Mary, b. about 1670; m. George Barlow

            5. Moses, b. about 1676; m. Charity Bailey

            6. Hugh, b. about 1678; m. Martha Fenn

            7. Susanna, b. 9 November 1680

            8. Charles, b. about 1682

Generation 2. James Stilson, born about 1658, died on 2 August 1689 at Muscongus Island, now Bristol, Maine; married about 1675 to Margaret Gould, daughter of Alexander Gould and Margaret Brown,  born 1661 in New Harbor, Maine. Their children were baptized at Marblehead in 1686, but the same year James Stilson sold his land and moved to Pemaquid Maine.  Margaret had inherited the island of Muscongus and land in Bristol from her maternal grandfather, who had purchased it for “fifty skins” in 1625 from the Sagamores.  This is supposed to be the earliest Indian deed on record in Maine. In 1689 James was killed by the Indians, and  Margaret and the children were kidnapped to Canada (the infant killed on the way).  Margaret and two of the children came back with a rescue mission in 1695.  James, Jr. and Mary returned later. Margaret remarried to Thomas Pitman on 30 March 1696 in Marblehead.  Five children:

            1. James, b. about 1680, see below

            2. John, b. before May 1686

            3. Margaret, b. before May 1686

            4. Mary, b. before May 1686

            5. Infant, d. about 1689

Generation 3. James Stilson, born about 1680 at Muscongus Island, died about 1772 in New Durham, New Hampshire; married to Hannah Odiorne, daughter of John Odiorne and Mary Johnson, born at New Castle, New Hampshire.  While captive in Canada, he heard of Hannah Odiorne, who had also been a captive.  He went to see her, and gave a hat full of silver to marry her.  He has been found in the records of Quebec as Jacques Stilson dit Dutilly, and was baptized there as a Roman Catholic.  The wedding of James and Hannah is recorded in Quebec, along with the baptism of their first child. James was redeemed from the French in 1703.  Four children:

            1. Hannah, b. 2 August 1706 in Quebec, baptized “Marie Anne” (see below)

            2. Anna, b. about 1710; m. Abraham Trefethen

            3. Alice, b. about 1712; m. Samuel Clark

            4. James, b. about 1712; m. Mary True

Generation 4. Hannah Stilson, b. 2 August 1706 in Quebec, Canada, died 1776 in New Castle, New Hampshire; married on 2 May 1725 in New Castle to Thomas Mead, son of Nicholas Mead and Elizabeth, died between 23 June and 26 September 1759 probably in Portsmouth.  See my blog post about the Mead family here http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/10/surname-saturday-mead.html .  Five children.

Generation 5. Hannah Mead m. James Wilkinson

Generation 6. William Wilkinson m. Mercy Nason

Generation 7. Aaron Wilkinson m. Mercy F. Wilson

Generation 8. Robert Wilson Wilkinson m. Phebe Cross Munroe

Generation 9. Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 10. Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

The story of Vincent Stilson has been written up in several historical sketches of early settlers of Milford, Connecticut.  Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary of New England Vol IV, page 196 gives the following information: "Stilson, Vincent, Milford 1646 D 1690 but more than half that interval, lived away from Milford and at Marblehead is seen 1668-74".   There is one book I know of about the Stilsons- Notes on the Genealogy of the Stilson Family, compiled by William Charles Stilson in 1939.   

The Odiorne family has been written up many times, and these books and articles contain much information on the James Stilson and Hannah Odiorne story.  I’ll be writing about the Odiorne lineage soon in another Surname Saturday post.

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday - Stilson", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 15, 2011, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/10/surname-saturday-stilson.html: accessed [access date]).