Surname Saturday- Odiorne

ODIORNE

John Odiorne's parents' marriage is registered in the Sheviock parish records in Cornwall. He was an early fisherman on the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire, and he later sold his land on Smuttynose Island and was granted land at Great Island (now known as New Castle, New Hampshire).  He later purchased the land that is now Odiorne State Park in Rye, New Hampshire.  He appears in  New Castle records for various civic duties such as Grand Jury and church subscriptions.  His extensive land holdings were willed to his son John.

John's wife, Mary (Johnson) Odiorne appears in the records as a member of the North Church in Portsmouth in 1694. She then joined the Christ Church in Portsmouth in 1697.

The Odiorne family land remained in the family until it was bought by eminent domain during World War II for use as coastal protection.  Bunkers and a fort were built there, and later the land was offered for sale to the family who could not buy it back. It was sold to a man who later sold it back to the state.   It became Odiorne State Park and the Seacoast Science Center.  In 1899 the Colonial Dames erected a monument here to the first settlers on the beach in the park.  This monument was removed and placed in the Odiorne family burial ground in 1955, but was recently removed back to the beach.

Here Landed
In the Spring of 1623
The First Band of Englishmen
Pioneers In the Planting of
New Hampshire
Consecrating This Soil To The
Service Of
God and Liberty
1623 -1899

The Odiorne Genealogy:

Generation 1: John Odiorne, born about 1625 in Sheviock, Cornwall son of William Odiorne and Agnes Hickins, died 1707 in New Castle, New Hampshire; married Mary Johnson, daughter of James Johnson. Three children:
        1. Hannah,  (see below)
        2. John, born about 1675, m. Catherine Unknown
        3. Jotham, born about 1675, m. Sarah Bossum/Barsham, widow of Benjamin Bickford

Generation 2. Hannah Odiorne, born in New Hampshire; married second to James Stilson, son of James Stilson and Margaret Gould, born about 1680 at Muscongus Island near Pemaquid, Maine, died aobut 1772 in New Durham, New Hampshire.  Four children listed below.  Married first to John Batson, one daughter, Mary Batson.  Hannah and John were captured by Indians and taken to Quebec where John Batson died.  James Stilson, another captive, married Hannah in Quebec, and later they came back to New Hampshire.
         1. Hannah, born 2 August 1706 in Quebec (see below)
         2. Anna, born about 1710, m. Abraham Trefethen
         3. Alice, born about 1712, m. Samuel Clark
         4. James, born about 1712, m. Mary True

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

Books:

Genealogy of the Odiorne Family in America, by James Creighton Odiorne, revised in 1966

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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]). 

Surname Saturday – Mead

MEAD

I haven’t been able to find origins or parents for Nicholas Mead, who died after 1720 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  He is first recorded in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1680.  A census in Bristol 1688/9 shows 6 children.    Nicholas Mead shows up in Greenland, New Hampshire in 1699 leasing a farm.  He was a tanner, and in 1701 his tanning yard was taxed in Portsmouth.   He bought a tannery in Berwick, Maine in 1713.  By 1716 he was in prison for debt, and again in 1717 in Berwick.  Three more children were baptized in Portsmouth.   I don’t know his wife’s maiden name.

In the second generation, Thomas Mead, my 6x great grandfather, left a will proved in 1759 that names his Wilkinson grandchildren.  This was a brickwall breaker for me, and helped to prove my Mead lineage.  Thomas’s wife, Hannah Stilson alias Anne Marie , was born and baptized in Quebec, Canada to two famous captives taken from New Hampshire in 1703.  Much was written about the Stilson family, which helped me to piece together this line. I'll write more about that soon when I do the Stilson family on another Surname Saturday post. 

Generation 1.  Nicholas Mead, died after 1720; married to Elizabeth, maiden name unknown.  Nine children:

            1. Joseph; m. Mary Deverson 25 February 1714; m. Ruth Moses about 1748

            2. Thomas, see below

            3. Susanna, b. 5 September 1679 Charlestown, Rhode Island

            4. Elizabeth, b. 14 August 1681, Charlestown; m. Joseph Dennett 1703; m. Samuel Hewey 1718

            5. Ebenezer, b. 22 March 1686, Bristol, Rhode Island

            6. Katherine, bap. 10 July 1687, Bristol

            7. John, bap 13 May 1688, Bristol; m. Hannah Cotton 1708

            8. Benjamin, b. 9 Jan 1693 Kittery, Maine; m. Judith Lord 1717

            9. Nicholas, b. before 1699

Generation 2.  Thomas Mead, died between 13 June and 26 September 1759 when his will was proved, probably in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; married on 2 May 1725 in New Castle, New Hampshire to Hannah Stilson, daughter of James Stilson and Hannah Anne Odiorne, born 2 August 1706 in Quebec, Canada, died 1776 in New Castle.  Five children:

            1. Margaret,

            2. James, born about 1728

            3. Joseph, born about 1728, died 1810 Pigwacket, now Fryeburg, Maine

            4. Hannah, see below

            5. Anna, born about 1745

Generation 3. Hannah Mead, born 9 August 1730 in Wakefield, New Hampshire, died before 1759; married about 1753 to James Wilkinson, son of Thomas Wilkinson and Elizabeth Caverly, born about 1730 in Berwick, Maine, died between 1796 and 1805 in Berwick. Seven children.

Generation 4. William Wilkinson and Mercy Nason

Generation 5. Aaron Wilkinson and Mercy F. Wilson

Generation 6. Robert Wilson Wilkinson and Phebe Cross Munroe

Generation 7. Albert Munroe Wilkinson and Isabella Lyons Bill

Generation 8. Donald Munroe Wilkinson and Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

There has been no book written up on the Mead family of New Hampshire, nor any major articles in genealogical journals.  Most of the information I have found was gleaned from vital records, the New Hampshire State Papers, or probate.   There is a website for Stilson family information at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stilsongeneology/stilsonbk5.html and a book for the Odiorne family Genealogy of the Odiorne Family in America, by John Creighton, 1875 revised by David Walter Odiorne in 1975.

See my blog post about the Wilkinson line at this link http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/09/surname-saturday-wilkinson.html  

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To Cite/Link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday – Mead", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 8, 2011, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/10/surname-saturday-mead.html: accessed [access date]).