My Revolutionary War Patriots, Daniel Glover, Marblehead, Massachusetts

 This is #4 in my series of blog posts about my ancestors who served in the American Revolution.

This painting depicts Glover's Regiment

rowing General Washington across the Delaware River

Daniel Glover is my 6th great grandfather, the son of Jonathan Glover, Jr. and Tabitha Bacon, born in January 1734/35 in Salem, Massachusetts.  He married Hannah Jillings on 1 December 1757 in Newbury, Massachusetts and had four children.  She was the daughter of Thomas Jillings and Hannah Mirick of Newbury. 

Daniel's father died when he was very young, about four years old, leaving his mother a widow with four young boys.  Tabitha Bacon Glover was very resourceful, but left destitute.  Her husband left no will so she applied for the guardianship of her sons - twins Jonathan and Samuel, John, and the youngest, Daniel, my ancestor.  John would become the very famous Brigadier General John Glover of the American Revolutionary War, and his brothers all were members of his Marblehead regiment.  Tabitha left Salem with her children to live with her sister in Marblehead, where she raised her family. Twenty years later, when her sons were grown, Tabitha remarried to Daniel's father-in-law, Thomas Jillings. 

Daniel became a blockmaker by trade, who crafted wooden pieces for ship builders, including the "block" or pulleys used in the rigging. He was also the captain of several of his brother's ships.  His two brothers Jonathan (hatmaker) and John (cordwainer or shoemaker) were successful in their businesses and invested in ships sailing out of Salem. He captained the family owned schooner "Three Brothers" according to the Salem Gazette in 1768. Many newspaper accounts in Salem mention a Captain Glover in their shipping news, but not all give a first name or name Daniel. He is known to have commanded the brigantines "Ranger" and "Benjamin".  

During the American Revolution, Daniel's brother John Glover formed the 14th Massachusetts Regiment, which formed up under the new Continental Army in Boston.  General Washington ordered Glover to take his ship "Hannah" (named for his wife Hannah Gale) as a privateer to plunder British shipping off the New England coast. Washington was impressed, and this is considered the birth of the United States Navy.  George Washington asked Glover's regiment to join him as mariners for the Battle of Brooklyn in New York, the Battle of Pell's Point, and for rowing Washington and his troops across the Delaware River for the Battle of Trenton. All the Glover brothers participated in these events of the Revolutionary War. The story of Glover's Regiment was covered recently in Ken Burns new documentary about the Revolutionary War, and in the books I list below. 

Daniel came home from the Revolutionary War to live in Beverly and Marblehead. He had two sons and two daughters - Jonathan, Hannah, Tabitha and John.  I descend from his daughter Tabitha, born in 1765, who married Thomas Homan in Marblehead on 28 November 1782 and had seven children.  

Despite belonging to this famous family of mariners and patriots, there are very few records on Daniel Glover.  He is an enigma.  Daniel died sometime before 1790 when his wife Hannah was listed in the first federal census as a widow. His burial place is unknown.  Hannah, his widow, died in Salem on 4 October 1810. The Salem and Marblehead records do not list his death record. He left no probate records or will.  His house survives in Marblehead at 11 Mechanic Court and is known locally as "The Old Hammond House".  

For the truly curious: 

My other patriot blog posts in this series: 

#1  Colonel Joshua Burnham, Milford, New Hampshire:    https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/02/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-colonel.html   

#2  Major Andrew Munroe, Lexington and Danvers (now Peabody), Massachusetts:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-major.html  

#3  Jonathan Flint, Reading, Massachusetts:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-jonathan.html  

My Glover lineage:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/09/surname-saturday-glover-of-salem-and.html   

Books about General John Glover and his regiment:

The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier Mariners who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware, by Patrick K. O'Donnell, 2022, Atlantic Monthly Press. 

Saving Washington's Army: The Brilliant Last Stand of Genral John Glover at the Battle of Pell's Point, New York, October 18, 1776, by Phillip Thomas Tucker, 2022, Skyhorse Publishing.  

General John Glover and his Marblehead Mariners, by George A. Brillias, 1960, Henry Holt and Company. 

General John Glover and his Marblehead Regiment in the Revolutionary War: A Paper Read Before the Marblehead Historical Society, May 14, 1903, by Nathan P. Sanborn and C. H. B. Quennell, published in 2021 by Barakaldo Books. 

The image above is the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze, 1851, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.  

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "My Revolutionary War Patriots, Daniel Glover, Marblehead, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 7, 2026, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-daniel.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ NEWELL of Charlestown, Massachusetts

My 9^th great grandfather, John Newell, was probably born in Bristol, England, the son of Andrew Newell and Mary Pitt.  Mary’s father was William Pitt, the sheriff of the city of Bristol.    John Newell removed to Charlestown, Massachusetts where he was a cooper, and was twice town clerk.  I can see his writing in the records of Charlestown, and his signature.  He owned land in Charlestown, which is recorded in some deeds, as well as in his non cupative will where he left some land at “Dirty Marsh” to his wife, Hannah Larkin. 

Middlesex County, MA  Probate File Papers 1648 - 1871 via americanancestors.org   Page 15825: 2

"We whose names are hereunto subscribed being all of us desired

to sit up and watch with Mr. John Newell, Senr. of Charlestowne

in the sd County of Middlesex on Saterday night the fourteenth of

October anno 1704; in sd night sd Mr. John Newell desired

us to draw near to him to hear what he had to say then he declared

unto us that he had not made any will or settlement of his estate

and then did declare unto us and desired us to take notice what

he said and remember that his will was that he did give

to his beloved wife the house he now dwelled in and all his lott

at dirty marsh dureing her natural Life and after his said

wifes decease to his son Joseph and Daughter mary Jointly

and I give unto my wife the money and moveables to her

and her heires forever.  And I give my son John the house

he now posseseth; Why I do not make you the elder son (he said)

John Newwell being there preseent, its because you are a present

possesser but they must stay till it pleas the Lord to take my

wife away which is a great advantage to you Speaking then

to his son John, besides sd he to his son John you owe me

money & promise to pay me which you have not done.  That

garden above I give to my wife if she needs it not after her deceas

I give two thirds to my son John and the other third to my son

Joseph and my daughter Mirrick.  This he said John Newell did

declare several times over distinctly and we according to our

best understanding do declare that he was then of sound and

perfect memory and good understanding.  this our testimoney

we give under our hands concerning the premises aforesaid this

nineteenth day of October in the third year of her Majsties

Reign anno Dominis 1704 - and further he did charge his son

John not to molest his mother but be kind to her and his said

son did then promise by the grace of god that he would do nothing

unbecoming to his mother nor brother nor sister -

                   Witnes our hands

                 William Melody   his mark

                 Hannah Perkins

                        her mark

                 Katherine Ingersoll

Cambridge, Decembr  18. 1704

The above named William Melody, Hannah Perkins

and Katharine Ingerson personally appearing made

oath, that they being present in ?? him of the last

sickness of Mr. John Newell Decr. and being desired by

him to take notice of what he these should say did

hear him the sd John Newell publish and declare

the above written Testimony Words, and they

caused the same to be put into writing and subscrib

ed the same as witnesses

                        Jon Cod     J. Leverett   J. Rob

Newell the Eldest son presented

above written noncuparative Will

was present together with the wife of Joseph Newell

Mary Mirrick ye Daughter of ye dec'ed ye witnessess was sworn

att. Leverett"

I descend from John’s daughter, Mary Mirick, mentioned in the will above.  Mary Newell, my 8^th great grandmother, married Isaac Mirick of Newbury in 1694.  His father was also from Bristol, and Isaac was a sea captain who became a ship builder upon his retirement. 

Some NEWELL resources:

The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1629 – 1818, by Thomas Bellows Wyman, 2016 (originally published 1879), Volume 2, page 698.

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate File Papers 1648 – 1871 accessed at www.americanancestors.org

Charlestown, Massachusetts Vital Records

My NEWELL genealogy:

Generation 1:  John Newell, son of Andrew Newell and Mary Pitt, born about August 1634 probably in Bristol, England, died 14 October 1704 in Charlestown, Massachusetts; married on 15 February 1664/5 in Charlestown to Hannah Larkin, daughter of Edward Larkin and Joanna Unknown.  Five children.

Generation 2:  Mary Newell, born about 1669, died 11 March 1710 in Newbury, Massachusetts; married on 22 August 1694 to Isaac Mirick, son of James Mirick and Margery Unknown.  He was born 6 January 1665 and died 1731 in Newbury.  Seven children born in Charlestown.

Generation 3:  Hannah Mirick m. Thomas Jillings

Generation 4:  Hannah Jillings m. Daniel Glover

Generation 5:  Tabitha Glover m. Thomas Homan

Generation 6:  Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez Treadwell

Generation 7:  Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 8:  Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 9:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ NEWELL of Charlestown, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 20, 2018, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/01/surname-saturday-newell-of-charlestown.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ LARKIN of Charlestown, Massachusetts

LARKIN / LARKEN

My 10^th great grandfather, Edward Larkin (about 1615 – 1652) was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown, Massachusetts on 30 July 1638.  He was a wheelwright.  He joined the church on 23 September 1639, and joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1644.  In 1647/8 he received a grant of two acres of land at Sandy Bank. 

Edward Larkin’s will published in 1652:

  

"I Edward Larkin being weake in body yitt having perfitt memory and understanding doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following. Imprimis I comitt my soule to God who made it and gave it And I only rely and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation, I comitt my body to be decently buried - I also give and bequeath untoo my beloved wife Jone Larkin A full third part of my estate; it being rightly valued, to be first deducted, and more I also give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Jone Larkin the full sume of five pounds likewise to be first deducted out of my estate: And those twoo parts to remaine with my whole estate in her hands untill the tyme of the division of my estate and payment of my childrens portions as hereunder is specified. I also give and bequeath unto my eldest son John Larkin a dubbell portion of my estate after my wife has hers out of the whole and my will is that my Son John shall let his portion remaine in my wifes hands untill he bee twenty and one year old, and then my wife with the other executor to pay his portion to him upon demand: but he or any of my children else doe dye before they have received their portions then it to be equally divided to my wife and the other children who remaine then alive: provided alsoe that if the Lord shall please to take away my wife by death before the childrens portions bee payed then my will is and I desire the Deacons of our Church to joyne with the other executor to so order and dispose of that portions wh. I bequeath to my children as may bee most advantagious to their benefitt untill they have them payed unto themm, Alsoe if my wife shall marry before the legacies be payed then my will is that he whom she marries and she shall retaine the legacies in their hands till the due tyme afore mentioned provided they put in sufficient security that the childrens portions may bee preserved for them. As for my son Thomas and my daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, Johanna and the child with which my wife now goes and is bigg with: I doe hereby will and bequeath unto each of them a equall portion of my estate which remains after my wife and son John have theirs to be payed them by my executors if they live or by the Deacons (of said Church then being) at their Ages of twenty years: but as before if any of them Decease in the mean tyme then the survivors or survivor to have it divided equally amongst them or given to him or her if only surviving."

Witnesses John Greene Edward Larkin.

John Penticost.

This will was presented to ye Court ye 6th of ye (2) 1652 and by them accepted uppon record. p. me Tho. Danforth,

Recorder.

A true copy. Attest. W. E. Rogers. Asst. Register.

Codicil. "As for my daughter Hanna whom my beloved brother and sister Penticost have taken into their hands to keep and provide for I doe give and bequeath unto her ten shillings to be layed out in good books for her at her age of eighteen years to bee delivered unto her. And I Edward Larkin doe entreat my beloved brother Robert Hale to joine with my beloved wife

Jone Larkin and to bee my full and sole executors of this my last will and Testament the day and date before written."

After his death, his widow Joanna married the John Penticost mentioned in the will.  They had at least one son, John Penticost, Jr. born in 1659. I descend from the daughter, Hannah Larkin (1643 – 1704), my 9^th great grandmother, mentioned as a foster child to Penticost.  Hannah married John Newell of Charlestown on 15 February 1664/5. 

Some LARKIN resources:

Larkin Family of Rhode Island, by William H. Larkin, 1935, with updates by his grandson, Richard F. Larkin, 1995. 

The American Genealogist, Volume 62, pages 118 – 120.

Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller, by Mary Lovering Holman and Winifred Lovering Holman, 1948, Volume 1, pages 144 – 148.

The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629 – 1818, by Thomas Bellows Wyman and Henry Herbert, 1879.

My LARKIN genealogy:

Generation 1: Edward Larkin, born about 1615 in England, died between 15 February and 6 April 1652 in Charlestown, Massachusetts; married about 1635 to Joanna Unknown. She died 26 January 1685/6 in Charlestown.  Nine children.

Generation 2:  Hannah Larkin born 16 January 1643 in Charlestown, died 10 December 1704 in Charlestown; married 15 February 1664/5 in Charlestown to John Newell, son of Andrew Newell and Mary Pitt.  He was born about 1634 probably in Bristol, England, and died 14 October 1704 in Charlestown.  Three children.

Generation 3:  Mary Newell m. Isaac Mirick

Generation 4:  Hannah Mirick m. Thomas Jillings

Generation 5:  Hannah Jillings m. Daniel Glover

Generation 6:  Tabitha Glover m. Thomas Homan

Generation 7:  Betsey Jillings Homan m. Jabez Treadwell

Generation 8:  Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 9:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 10: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 11: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ LARKIN of Charlestown, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 13, 2017, (   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/01/surname-saturday-larkin-of-charlestown.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ JILLINGS of Newbury, Massachusetts

JILLINGS / GELLINS /  JILLENS / JILLINS

Thomas Jillings, my 7^th great grandfather, is a mystery.  I don’t know his parents, or his birthdate, or where he came from.  His origins are completely unknown.  I don’t know his occupation, or if he owned land or wrote a will (nothing in the Essex County Probate records).  I don’t even know where he died because he didn’t leave a gravestone or death record. 

The first record I have of Thomas Jillings is his marriage to Hannah Mirick in 1725 in Newbury, Massachusetts.  She was the daughter of Isaac Mirick, and great granddaughter of Rev. Sion “John” Mirick of Wales.  They had eight children all recorded in the Newbury Vital Records. I descend from their daughter, Hannah, my 6th great grandmother, born in 1737 and married Daniel Glover, brother to Brigadier General John Glover of the American Revolution.  Hannah was Daniel’s step sister, because his mother, Tabitha (Bacon) Glover, married second to Thomas Jillings as his second wife the year before Hannah married Daniel Glover.

Their daughter, Tabitha Glover, married Thomas Homan (my 5th great grandparents).  They named their daughter, my 4th great grandmother, Betsey Jillings Homan.   As I was working on this lineage, working backwards from the present time, I knew that Betsey's peculiar middle name would be a hint towards her ancestry.  I was right! 

My JILLINGS genealogy:

Generation 1:  Thomas Jillings, born about 1700; married on 18 November 1725 in Newbury, Massachusetts to Hannah Mirick, daughter of Isaac Mirick and Mary Newell.  She was born 11 March 1702 in Charlestown, Massachusetts and died 25 October 1754 in Newbury. Eight children.

Generation 2: Hannah Jillings, born 25 November 1737 in Newbury, died 4 October 1810 in Salem, Massachusetts; married on 1 December 1757 in Newbury to Daniel Glover, son of Jonathan Glover and Tabitha Bacon.  Tabitha (Bacon) Glover married second to Thomas Jillings (see above).  So Hannah and Daniel were step-siblings.  They had four children.

Generation 3:  Tabitha Glover, baptized 10 February 1765, died 13 March 1837 in Marblehead; married on 28 November 1782 in Marblehead to Thomas Homan, son of William Homan and Elizabeth Unknown.  He was born about 1758 and died 20 January 1832 in Marblehead.  Seven children.

Generation 4:  Betsey Jillings Homan, baptized on 14 October 1792 in Marblehead, died 6 April 1874 in Salem; 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 5: Eliza Ann Treadwell, born 27 August 1812 in Salem, died 31 January 1896 in Salem; married on 4 December 1836 in Salem to Abijah Hitchings, so of Abijah Hitchings and Mary Cloutman.  He was born 18 January 1809 in Salem, and died 18 January 1864 in Salem.  Four children.

Generation 6:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings, born 28 October 1841 in Salem, died 19 May 1910 in Salem; married on 22 September 1864 in Salem to Hannah Eliza Lewis, daughter of Thomas Russell Lewis and Hannah Phillips.  She was born about 1844 probably in Salem, and died 15 February 1921 in Danvers, Massachusetts. Two children.

Generation 7:  Arthur Treadwell Hitchings, born 10 May 1868 in Salem, died 7 March 1937 in Hamilton, Massachusetts; married on 25 December 1890 in Beverly, Massachusetts to Florence Etta Hoogerzeil, daughter of Peter Hoogerzeil and Mary Etta Healey.  She was born 20 August 1871 in Beverly, and died 10 February 1941 in Hamilton, Massachusetts.  Eight children.

Generation 8: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings, born 1 August 1905 in Beverly, died 3 November 2001 in Peabody, Massachusetts; married on 14 February 1925 in Hamilton to Stanley Elmer Allen, son of Joseph Elmer Allen and Carrie Maude Batchelder.  He was born 14 January 1904 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died 6 March 1982 in Beverly.  Seven children. (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ JILLINGS of Newbury, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 4, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/surname-saturday-jillings-of-newbury.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 ~ GLOVER of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts

GLOVER

John Glover (about 1638 – 1695) Is my 9^th 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 8^th 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 8^th great grandfather.  Jonathan died without a will.  His son, Jonathan Glover, Jr. (1702 – 1737) is my 7^th 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 6^th 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 5^th 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, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/09/surname-saturday-glover-of-salem-and.html: accessed [access date]). 

Tombstone Tuesday- Marblehead, Massachusetts

These gravestones were photographed at Old Burial Hill in Marblehead, Massachusetts.  This graveyard was established in 1638.

This stone is

erected in memory of

Benjamin Glover, who

died May 1759

aged 19 months

of Benjamin Glover

who died Sep. 10th 1762

aged 6 weeks

And of Jonathan Glover

who died Sept. 20th 1771

Aged 5 months

Sons of Coln. Jonathan

and Abigail Glover

[Jonathan Glover (1731 - 1797) was the brother to

Daniel Glover (1735 - 1790) my 6x Great Grandfather and also

brother to General John Glover (1732 -    1797). 

Jonathan was  married to Abigail Burnham (1726 - 1787) ]

In Memory of

Mrs. TABITHA JILLINGS

the relict of

Mr. JONATHAN GLOVER

from who the present

families of this name

descended.  She died

March  7, 1785 Aged

76 years

[Tabitha Bacon (1712 - 1785) was married to Jonathan Gover (1702 - 1737),

my 7x Great Grandparents, and parents of the brothers described above]

In memory of

THOMAS HOMAN

who died Jan. 17, 1832 Aet 75

His Wife

TABITHA HOMAN

died Mar. 11, 1837, Aet. 73

Also his Daughters

TABITHA died Aug. 24, 1812, Aet. 24

HANNAH died FEb. 2, 1819, Aet 31

[poetry is illegible]

[Thomas Homan and Tabitha Glover were my 5x great grandparents

the daughters were the sister of Betsey Jillings Homan (1792 - 1874)

my 4x Great Grandmother]

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo