Surname Saturday ~ SHATSWELL of Ipswich, Massachusetts

SHATSWELL, SITCHELL, SHOTSWELL, SATCHELL, SATCHELLS

A widow named Judith Shatswell (my 11^th great grandmother), with five children under the age of 21, died in Sibbertoft, Northampton, England around 1616.   Four of these five children all removed later to the New World.  The name of Judith’s husband is unknown.   Her sons, John and Theophilus, removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts.  A daughter, Margaret, married Mathias Corwin in 1620 and removed to Southold, Long Island.  Mary, born about 1605, the youngest, married John Webster in England about 1630, and they removed to Ipswich, too. 

A long article in the NEHGS Register describes the will and the court records dated as late as 1627 in which Judith’s estate was still being investigated in the chancery court.  It describes how she died intestate, but an extensive inventory was taken by relatives and neighbors.  These court records give an account of the extended family.  Matthew Curwen and his wife, Margaret Shatswell, and her three siblings Theophilus, Sibyl and Mary,  filed a complaint that a man named Smith had with held their portions of Judith’s estate.  Curwen vs. Smith helps with the ages of the Shatswell siblings, and states that Judith died eleven years earlier.

There was a William Shatswell (relationship unknown) who came to Ipswich with four of the siblings named above around 1633.  He could be one of the mysterious, unnamed uncles in the chancery case Curwen vs. Smith.   Mary, my 10^th great grandmother, had married John Webster and they had eight children, including Stephen Webster (about 1636 – 1694), my 9^th great grandfather.  John Webster died in 1646 and Mary remarried to John Emery as his second wife, and had two more children.

It is interesting to note that Sarah Platts (1735 – about 1803), my 5^th great grandmother, who was the wife of George Southwick (about 1726 – before 1808), my 5^th great grandfather, was previously married to Francis Shatswell (1731 – before 1760), the  great great grandson of John Shatswell, the brother to Mary (Shatswell) Webster. 

More SHATSWELL resources:

“A New Look at the Corwin and Shatswell Families”, by David A. MacDonald, New England Historic Genealogical Register, April 1996, Volume 150, page 180 -189.

Genealogy WEBSTER Revised, Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, page 152

There is a sketch of the immigrant John Shatswell in the Great Migration Begins, which outlines his siblings, too.

UPDATE - A post by Gordon Harris "Early Homes of the SHATSWELLs" in the Stories from Ipswich blog:  https://storiesfromipswich.org/2016/08/31/the-early-homes-of-the-shatswells/

My SHATSWELL genealogy:

Generation 1:  Unknown Shatswell, born about 1574 in Sibbertoft, Northampton, England, died about 1606 in Sibbertoft; married about 1595 to Judith Unknown, born about 1578 and died about 1616 in Sibbertoft.  Five children.

Generation 2:  Mary Shatswell, born about 1605 in England and died 28 April 1694 in Newbury, Massachusetts; married about 1630 in England to John Webster.  He was born about 1606 and died before 29 September 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  Eight children.

Generation 3: Stephen Webster m. Hannah Ayer

Generation 4: Abigail Webster m. Samuel Berry

Generation 5: Jotham Berry m. Mary Bates

Generation 6: Rachel Berry m. Ithamar Mace

Generation 7: Abigail Mace m. Simon Locke

Generation 8: Richard Locke m. Margaret Welch

Generation 9: Abigail M. Locke m. George E. Batchelder

Generation 10:  George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson

Generation 11:  Carrie Maude Batchdelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

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

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ SHATSWELL of Ipswich, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 9, 2016.  ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/07/surname-saturday-shatswell-of-ipswich.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ KIMBALL of Ipswich, Massachusetts

Richard Kimball (about 1595 – 1675), my 11^th great grandfather, and his brother, Henry, traveled to America on board the ship Elizabeth, which left Ipswich, England on 10 April 1634.  Richard traveled with his wife Ursula, seven children, and his mother-in-law, Martha.  They settled first in Watertown, Massachusetts where Richard became a freeman in 1635.  Henry Kimball stayed in Watertown, but Richard removed to Ipswich about 1637.  The land that Richard Kimball first lived on in Watertown is now part of West Cambridge, located near the intersection of Huron Avenue and Appleton Street.

Richard Kimball was a wheelwright.  He served in many town offices, and owned several parcels of land in Ipswich.  He was involved with Richard Shatswell in several lawsuits in the 1650s for trespass, debt and slander.  Richard Shatswell is the grandson of my 11^th great grandparents John Shatswell and Judith Dillingham of Ipswich.  

Last Will and Testament of Richard Kimball

The last will and testament of Richard Kimball senr of Ipswich in Essex in new England who although weake in body yet of perfect memory doe dispose of my lands and estate in maner & form as followeth. 

To my Loveinge wife my will is that she shall dwell in my house and have the Improvement of my ground and meadow belonging thereto with the use and increase of my whole stock of cattle, one whole yeare after my decease, and then at the years end, the forty pound due to her according to contract at marriage to be payd her and that hous-hold stuff she brought with her. And to have liberty to live in the parlor end of the house, the roome we now lodge in: and liberty for her nesessary vse of some part of sellar: also the liberty of one cow in the pasture, the executors to provide winter meate for the same, and to have a quarter part of the fruit of the orchard, and firewood as long as she lives ther. And if she desire to remove to her owne house, then to be sett in it with what she have by my executors and to be alowed forty shillings yearly as long as shee lives. 

And to my Eldest son Henry, my will is to give his three score and ten pounds to bee payd Twenty pounds a year and half after my decease, and the remaining part in the two years following after that. 

To my son Richard I give fforty pounds. 

To my son John I give twenty pounds. 

To my son Thomas I give Twenty five pounds to bee payd two years and a halfe after my decease, and to his children I give seaven pounds to be devided equally among them and payd as they come of age or at day of marriage, provided if any dye before their share to be distributed equally amongst the rest. 

And to my son Benjamin, besides the two oxen already received I give the sum of twenty five pounds, ten pounds to be payd a yeare and a halfe after my decease. The rest the two years ffollowing, also to his children I give five pounds, equally to be devyded, and payd, as they come of age or at day of marriage, in case any dye before, that part to be equally divided to the rest. 

And to my son Caleb I give that peace of land knowne by the name Tings lott, and all my land att Wattells neck with my marsh at the hundreds knowne by the name of Wiatts marsh, and all my working tools exsept two axes all to be delivered present after my discease also I give fourteen pounds to his seven children equally to be devided to be payd as they come of age or at Day of mariage, and if any dye before, that part to be equally devided amongst the rest. 

To my son-in-law John Severns, I give ten pounds to be payd two years & a halfe after my decease. 

And to my Daughter Elizabeth, I give thirty pounds, ten pound to be payd, a year & halfe after my decease, and the other two parts, the two following years after that. 

To my Daughter Mary I give ten pounds, five pound to be payd a year & halfe after my decease, the other five pound the year after that. 

To my daughter Sarah I give forty pound, five pound to be payd the yeare & halfe after my decease and the rest five pound a yeare till it be all payd, also to her children I give seaven pounds ten shillings to be payd to them as they come of age or at day of marriage if any dye before, that part to be equally devyded to the rest. 

And to my daughter Sarah above "sd"; I also give the bed I lye on with the furniture after one years use of it by my wife. 

To my wives children viz. Thomas, Jerimiah, and Mary. 

To Thomas and Mary I give forty shillings apiece to be payd a yeare & halfe after my decease, and to Jerimiah I give fifteene pounds to be payd at the age of one and twenty. I give also eight pounds to the two Eldest daughters of Gyes Cowes (that he had by his first wife) to be payd and equally devided to them at the age of sixteene, if either of them dye before then the whole to be given to that that remaines. 

I also give four pounds to my Couzen Haniell Bossworth, and doe ordaine and apount my two sons above sd. Richard and John Kimball to be my lawfull and sole executors. 

And my Couzen Haniell Bosworth above sayd to be my overseer that this my last will and Testament be duely and truly performed And thus I conclude with setting too my hand and seale the fifth of march 1674-5. 

Richard Kemball 
& a mark 
& a seale.

Some KIMBALL resources:

The History of the Kimball Family in America from 1634 to 1897, by Leonard A. Morrison, 1897 and a revised edition 1988 by Judith Kimball in three volumes, published by the Kimball Family Association (see their website below to order these volumes)

The Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, 1888

Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Charles Pope, 1900

The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634 – 1635, by Robert Charles Anderson, Volume IV, pages 154 – 160 for Richard Kimball, pages 152 – 154 for his brother Henry Kimball.

The Kimball Family Association  http://www.kimballfamilyassociation.com/    

My KIMBALL genealogy:

Generation 1:  Richard Kimball, son of Henry Kemball and Johanne Unknown, born about 1595 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, died 22 June 1675 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married first about 1615 in Rattlesden to Ursula Scott, daughter of Henry Scott and Martha Whatlock; married second on 23 October 1661 in Hampton, New Hampshire to Margaret Cole.  She died 1 March 1675 in Ipswich.  Eleven children with Ursula.

Generation 2: Henry Kimball, born 12 August 1615 in Rattlesden, died May 1676 in Wenham, Massachusetts; married first about 1640 to Mary Riddlesdale, daughter of Edward Riddlesdale and Mary Unknown; married second about 1675 to Elizabeth Black, widow of Humphrey Gilbert and William Rayner.  She married fourth to Daniel Kilham.  Elizabeth Black is the daughter of John Black and Susanna Unknown, my 9^th great grandparents in another lineage.  Thirteen children with Mary.

Generation 3:  Richard Kimball, born about 13 October 1643 in Watertown, Massachusetts, died 30 July 1715 in Wenham; married first on 13 May 1667 in Wenham to Rebecca Abbye, daughter of John Abbye and Mary Loring; married second on 20 November 1706 to Anna Ford.   Three children with Rebecca.

Generation 4: Rebecca Kimball, born 20 October 1668; married on 12 April 1694 to James Poland, son of John Poland and Bethia Friend.  He was born about 1665 In Wenham and died in 1722. Seven children.

Generation 5:  John Poland m. Abigail Davis

Generation 6:  Daniel Poland m. Sarah Bishop

Generation 7:  Martha Poland m. Alexander Mears

Generation 8:  Samuel Mears m. Lydia W. Burnham

Generation 9: Samuel Mears m. Sarah Ann Burnham

Generation 10: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 11: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude Batchelder

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

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo "Srname Saturday ~ KIMBALL of Ipswich, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 20, 2015 ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/06/richard-kimball-about-1595-1675-my-11.html:  accessed [access date]). 

The Merry Widow, Elizabeth Porter (1689 - 1789)

It all started out very innocently.  I joined a Facebook group to discuss a specific ancestor, and someone asked me about Mark Haskell and his wife Elizabeth Giddings.  Mark Haskell (1687 – 1775) is my 7^th great grandfather, but I couldn’t find a wife named Elizabeth Giddings.  It turns out his father was also named Mark Haskell, and his wife was Elizabeth Giddings.  Mark, Jr. had married my 7^th great grandmother Martha Tuthill in 1710, and then a widow named Elizabeth in 1767.  I took another look at this widow… and opened a very large can of worms!

Elizabeth Porter was born in June 1689, the daughter of John Porter and Lydia Herrick of Wenham, Massachusetts.  She first married Daniel Gilbert, and the marriage intention was dated 2 December 1710 in Ipswich.  Daniel died on 2 November 1723.   Then Elizabeth married Joseph Goodhue on 1 November 1727 in Ipswich.  Joseph died in 1739.  Next she married John Burnham on 9 October 1740 in Ispwich.  He died in 1749, leaving her free to marry Mark Haskell as mentioned above.  She lived to be about 100 years old (no proof of this age has been found).

What made this discovery odd to me, was that all these men were already in my family tree.  I didn’t have to add a single name, just link them together in the database because I already had them there.  I didn’t even have to add her parents and grandparents, because they were already relatives, too.

1)   Lydia Woodbury, Elizabeth’s maternal grandmother, is the sister to Humphrey Woodbury (1609 – 1686), my 10^th great grandfather. So that means Elizabeth herself is a distant cousin.

2)    First husband, Daniel Gilbert (1680 – 1723) is a 2^nd cousin, 8 generations removed.  Our common ancestor is his great grandparents, John Black and wife, Susanna, of Beverly, Massachusetts.

3.) Second husband, Joseph Goodhue (1685 – 1773), is the brother of my 7^th great grandmother, Bethiah Goodhue, wife of Benjamin Marshall.

4.) Third husband, John Burnham (1695 – 1749) is my 7^th great grandfather, along with his first wife, Anne Choate (my 7^th great grandmother).  So this means Elizabeth Porter was married to two of my 7^th great grandfathers!

5.) Fourth husband, Mark Haskell (1687 – 1775) is my 7^th great grandfather, as stated above.

6.)   Elizabeth’s son, Daniel Goodhue, born 1728, married Hannah Giddings, a 2^nd cousin 7 generations removed.

7.)  Elizabeth’s grandson, Daniel Goodhue (1759 – 1803) married Hannah Shatswell,  a descendant of John Shastswell (1574- 1646), my 11^th great grandfather.

All this tangle because of a simple comment made by someone on Facebook, which caused me to search out all of Elizabeth’s previous marriages!  Always check out every clue, for you never know where it will lead you…

For more information see:

The History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: Including the Town of Rockport, by John James Babson,  1860

Chronicles of the Haskell Family, by Ira J Haskell, 1985 (Chapter 16 has Mark Haskell, my ancestor, it is available online at Ancestry.com and Archives.org )

Vital records of Ipswich and other various towns in Essex County

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