My Revolutionary War Patriots - Nathaniel Treadwell of Ipswich, Massachusetts

 

The Agawam Hotel in Ipswich, Massachusetts

was formerly the Treadwell Tavern, before the

mansard roof and porches were added.

This is Patriot #6 in my series of blog posts about ancestors in the Revolutionary War.  Nathaniel Treadwell, my 5th great grandfather, was baptized in Ipswich, Massachusetts on 28 October 1753. He was the son of Jabez Treadwell (1713 - 1780) and Lucy Haskell (1715 - 1769) of Ipswich. There were many Nathaniel Treadwells in the Ipswich records, inclusing another cousin named Nathaniel Treadwell who owned another inn in Ipswich.  It was not fun unraveling all these different men from the records!

Nathaniel's father, Jabez, died on 22 December 1780 when Nathaniel was a young man and before he married. Nathaniel received bequests from his father, Jabez', Last Will & Testament, "I give and devise to my two sons Samuel Treadwell & Nathaniel Treadwell and to their heirs and assigns forever, my new barn, my land at Timber Hill so called & my little pasture (so called) my upland and salt marsh at the Hundred, one old upland Right at Jeffries Neck my lot of marsh at Plumb Island called Staniford's Lot, one half for quantity and quality, of my thatch bank adjoining pine creek called Staniford's Bank, to be equally divided between them. Provided notwithstanding, if my said son Samuel, who is now absent, shall never return, my will is, that the one half of my new barn and orchard above given to my said son Samuel, shall be and remain to my said son Nathl and to his heirs and assigns forever;" (Note: Samuel did return). He also received a share of his father's church pew in the First Parish Church at Ipswich and a share of the "husbandry tools".  [Will of Jabez Treadwell, 13 Nov 1780, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA: Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Essex - Probate Records, Roll:Treadwell, E-Treadwell, J, 1828-1991: Published at Ancestry.com. 

On 17 July 1786 Nathaniel married Mary Hovey in Ipswich.  She was born about 1751 and died 15 January 1832 in Ipswich, outliving her husband by about ten years. Her parents and ancestry are a mystery to me.  There were many Mary Hoveys in the records, too, in Ipswich and other Essex County towns. I have not been able to figure out her history, even though my Mayflower lineage papers back to Isaac Allerton pass through Nathaniel Treadwell and Mary Hovey. My lineage was accepted, and I'm still working on finding out more about Mary Hovey.

On 19 April 1775 Nathaniel was part of the local militia under Captain Nathaniel Wade. They answered the Lexington Alarm and marched to Mystic on the 21st and then to Cambridge, serving for 3 weeks.  They returned home to Ipswich on 5 June 1775.  Nathaniel Treadwell then reenlisted on 1 August 1775 in Colonel Little's regiment, and again he reenlisted in his cousin William Treadwell's company for three years.  He was discharge on 10 October 1780 and marched home 240 miles. The DAR lists Nathaniel Treadwell as patriot #A116294. 

Nathaniel and Mary had five children, all sons.  Nathaniel, Jr., born in 1787 served in the War of 1812 and was a prisoner in Dartmoor Prison.  Jabez, the second son born in 1788, is my 4th great grandfather, and he married Elizabeth "Betsey" Jillings Homan in 1811.  John, born in 1790 removed to Boston as a cabinet maker. Samuel was born in 1793, and William was born in 1797. 

In 1806 Nathaniel Treadwell built an inn at what is now 26 North Main Street in Ipswich, across from the Congregational Church and common.  He kept his tavern until 1818 and passed the business on to a cousin, Moses Treadwell. This in was renovated in the mid 1800 with Victorian trim, a new roof line, front porches, and a eventually a Victorian style tower. At that time it was known as the Agawam Inn.  It is still standing. Under the ownership of theTreadwell family, the inn entertained many dignitaries such as Daniel Webster, President Monroe, and General Lafayette, who dined there on 3 August 1824. 

On 12 July 1820 Nathaniel Treadwell applied for a Revolutionary War Pension, under file number S33827.  The file reads: "enlisted on the first of January 1776 in Capt. Abraham Dodge's Company & Col. Moses Little's Regiment on the Continental establishment for one year and served the whole of that term and was discharged in 1777. enlisted in Capt. William Treadwell's company & Col. Cranes Regiment of Artillery on the Continental establishment & both in the Massachusetts line for three years & served the whole of that time & was discharged. And after that served three months in the militia at West Point. was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth & Stony Point, is aged sixty eight years, infirm & unable to labor, his wife Mary is aged sixty nine years, and cannot perform much labor, his family consists of himself and wife only". 

Nathaniel Treadwell died in Ipswich on 2 January 1822 and is buried in the Old Burying Ground.  His wife died on 15 January 1832 and is buried nearby in the same cemetery. Both gravestones survive and are legible. 

"Descendants of Thomas Treadwell", by William A. Robbins, 

New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Volume 60, July 1906, page 294. 

The Jabez Treadwell Family Register, son of Nathaniel, 

and my 4th great grandfather.  My line descends from his

daughter, Eliza Ann, born in 1812, barely visible in this

image (just below the tear in the document).  

For the truly curious:

A blog post on my TREADWELL lineage: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/02/surname-saturday-treadwell-of-ipswich.html  

A blog post on my brickwall ancestor, Mary Hovey, wife of Nathaniel Treadwell:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/08/surname-saturday-hovey-another.html  

My ALLERTON lineage which passes through Nathaniel Treadwell and Mary Hovey (descendants of Isaac Allerton, Mayflower passenger):   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/07/surname-saturday-allerton-mayflower.html  

To read more about the Nathaniel Treadwell Inn AKA Agawam House:   https://historicipswich.net/agawam-house-26-north-main-street/ 

Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War ["Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War", Vol. 16, Pg. 35, (Compiled from the Archives) Prepared & Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth..., Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, Boston, 1896. Published online at Archive.org 

New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Volume 60, July 1906, page 294

Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, The National Archives, NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Roll: 2411: Treadwell, Nathaniel #S33827. Published on Fold3. Accessed Jun 2019  

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

#2 in this series,  Andrew Munroe of Lexington, Massachusetts:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-major.html  

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

#4 Daniel Glover of Marblehead, Massachusetts:    https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-daniel.html  

#5 Levi Younger of Gloucester, Massachusetts:    https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-levi.html  

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "My Revolutionary War Patriots - Nathaniel Treadwell of Ipswich, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 21, 2026, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-revolutionary-war-patriots-nathaniel.html: accessed [access date]). 

Benjamin Treadwell, died 1815, Wells (now Kennebunk), Maine

 This tombstone was photographed at the Webhannet Burial Ground in Wells, Maine. 

Here lies the body

of

Benjamin Treadwell

He was born Nov. 2, 1786

and died Aug. 8th 1815

Aged 29 Years

Beneath this stone death's prisoner lies

The stone shall move, the prisoner rise

(the rest of the epitaph is below the vegetation) 

As I was wandering this little burial ground in Wells, Maine, to photograph my ancestor Josiah Littlefield, I found this gravestone to Benjamin Treadwell.  I am a descendant of Thomas Treadwell of Ipswich, Massachusetts, so I thought that perhaps there might be a cousin connection.  So we snapped this photograph.  It turns out that Benjamin Treadwell is my third cousin, six generations removed. 

Benjamin Treadwell was born 2 November 1786 in Wells, Maine, the son of Captain James Treadwell and Shuah Littlefield (another cousin connection!).  Captain Treadwell was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.  Benjamin died very young at age 29, but I could find no clues in the vital records or town history to his early demise.  He married Eleanor Kimball (another cousin connection!) on 30 November 1809 in Wells.  

Benjamin's descent is from James Treadwell (1749 - 1811), Samuel Treadwell (1720 - 1803), Samuel Treadwell (b. 1687 in Ipswich), Nathaniel (1637 - 1726 - also my 8th great grandfather), and Thomas Treadwell (about 1603 - 1671 - the immigrant from England to Ipswich and also my 9th great grandfather).  

For the truly curious:

My TREADWELL lineage: 

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/02/surname-saturday-treadwell-of-ipswich.html   

My LITTLEFIELD lineage:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/01/surname-saturday-littlefield-of-wells.html  

A recent blog post about Josiah Littlefield, buried in this same cemetery:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2022/07/josiah-littlefield-d-1713-wells-maine.html   

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Benjamin Treadwell, died 1815, Wells (now Kennebunk), Maine", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 26, 2022, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2022/07/benjamin-treadwell-died-1815-wells-now.html: accessed [access date]). 

Who was Chinook?

Chinook 1924 (signed) Arthur T. Walden

Did you know that the official state dog of New Hampshire is a Chinook?  What is a Chinook? For the next few weeks I will be exploring the origins of the Chinook dogs in New Hampshire.  Why? Because I’m the proud auntie of a Chinook dog in Tamworth who is about to have her first litter of puppies.  The history of this breed is fascinating, and there are many family ties to the origins of these dogs, too.

Arthur Treadwell Walden of Wonalancet (a village of Tamworth), New Hampshire founded the breed of sled dogs known as Chinooks. They are considered one of the rarest breeds of AKC dogs.  Walden learned about sled dogs when he went to the Klondike during the 1896 Gold Rush.  He was well known as a breeder, and supplied sled dogs for Admiral Robert Peary’s expedition to the North Pole.  One of Peary’s sled dogs bred with a mixed breed mastiff and St. Bernard mutt and produced his lead sled dog, Chinook.

Chinook, Walden’s dog, became the father and grandfather of this breed of sled dogs.  All known dogs of this breed are descended from Chinook.  He was large, about 100 pounds, and could haul about 150 pound sleds. This new dog was extremely well built for sledding and pulling heavy loads of freight.  It was no surprise that Chinook and 16 of his descendants accompanied Walden and Admiral Richard Byrd to Antarctica in 1928.  Chinook was very popular in the press during the Antarctic expedition, and when he disappeared during the trip to the South Pole the newspapers were full of stories about this faithful and unique dog.

Walden and his dog, Chinook

When Walden returned to New Hampshire after the South Pole expedition, the state wanted to name a highway after him.  He convinced the legislature to name the road after Chinook.  Today Route 113A in Tamworth and Wonalancet is called “The Chinook Trail”.

Arthur Treadwell Walden died in 1947 of a heart attack following a fire at his house in Wonalancet.  After his death the Chinook breed almost went extinct.  By 1965 there were only 125 Chinooks alive, and the numbers went even lower in the following years. By 1981 there were only 28 Chinooks (and only eleven breedable dogs).  A group of Chinook breeders staged a comeback for this dog to save it from extinction.  In 2009 the Chinook became the state dog of New Hampshire, and by 2013 the Chinook joined the AKC as a working dog.  

Today there are about 400 purebred Chinooks registered with the AKC, so the breed is still considered rare.  This summer my puppy “nieces” and “nephews” will be some of the first Chinooks born in Tamworth in many, many years.

In the next few weeks on Thursday I will feature some of the stories and newspaper accounts of Chinook and his descendants here at my blog Nutfield Genealogy.

Genealogical Information:

Arthur Treadwell Walden was born on 10 May 1871 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Reverend Treadwell Walden and Elizabeth Leighton.  He married Katherine Sleeper in 1902 at the farm in Wonalancet, New Hampshire.  He died on 26 March 1947 at the farmhouse after a fire.  He was found dead in the kitchen trying to rescue his wife and the house with buckets of water from the sink. They did not have children.  Katherine and Arthur are buried at the burial ground next to the Wonalancet Union Chapel in Tamworth near the former farmstead. 

Arthur was a descendant of Captain Thomas Walden (Waldin) (1681 – 1724) and Sarah Cotton of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Their son, another Captain Thomas Walden (about 1721 – 1768) married Anna Treadwell, the daughter of Jacob Treadwell and Sarah Cotton.  Jacob Treadwell (1699 – 1770) is my 7^th great uncle, born in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  I descend from Jacob's brother, Jabez Treadwell (1713 – 1780).  You can read more about Jabez Treadwell at these two links:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/tombstone-tuesday-jabez-treadwell-died.html  and https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/10/jabez-treadwells-will.html 

Katherine “Kate” Sleeper was Arthur’s cousin (by marriage) and wife.  She owned the 1300 acre farm in Wonalancet where they raised their sled dogs.  She was the daughter of Charles Frederick Sleeper and Zilpha Loring Thomas, and the granddaughter of Captain John Sleeper. Mount Katherine in the Sandwich Range was named for Kate Sleeper Walden.  There is also a Kate Sleeper Trail nearby. 

Charles Frederick Sleeper, born 27 December 1826 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, married Zilpha Loring Thomas on 24 October 1855 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  Zilpha was a descendant of the John Alden and Priscilla Mullins family from the Mayflower.  The Sleepers originated in Hampton, New Hampshire and are the descendants of the immigrants Thomas Sleeper (1607 – 1696) and his wife Joanna.  I’m related to the family of Kate Sleeper through the Sleepers, Sanborns, Batchelders, and other early seacoast New Hampshire families.

For more information on the genealogy of Arthur Treadwell Walden, please see Janice Webster Brown’s article on him at her blog Cow Hampshire:  http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2006/05/27/wonalancet-new-hampshire-chinook-breeder-dog-trainer-and-antarctica-dog-driver-arthur-treadwell-walden-1871-1947/  

For the truly curious:

Arthur Treadwell Walden wrote two books about his dogs, A Dog puncher on the Yukon, 1928, and also, Harness and Pack, 1935. 

A book by Norman Vaughan and Cecil B. Murphey, With Byrd at the Bottom of the World, 1990, has a lot of good information on Walden and his Chinook dogs. 

The American Kennel Club, Chinook webpage:   https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/chinook/ 

Chinook Owners Association:  https://chinook.org/   

Wikipedia:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_(dog)  

Chinook Club of America:   http://www.chinookclubofamerica.org/  

“A leisurely hike up Mount Katherine”, March 14, 2014, https://www.conwaydailysun.com/outdoors/a-leisurely-hike-up-mount-katherine/article_32b32540-b81d-57ac-b22e-5199861739b1.html  

And a previous blog post from 2014 about the Chinook dogs:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-new-hampshire-state-dog-chinook.html    

"Chinook's Legacy: From Mutt to the New Hampshire State dog" 

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/06/chinooks-legacy-from-mutt-to-new.html  
 

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Who was Chinook?", Nutfield Genealogy, posted May 7, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/05/who-was-chinook.html: accessed [access date]).

Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Ancestral Church in Trafalgar Square

I post another in a series of weather vane photographs every Wednesday.  This started with images of weathervanes from the Londonderry, New Hampshire area, but now I've found interesting weather vanes all across New England and across the globe.  Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting.  Often my readers tip me off to some very unique or unusual weathervanes, too!  If you know a great weather vane near you, let me know if you'd like to have it featured on this blog.

Today's weather vane was photographed in England.

Do you know the location of weathervane post #335?  Scroll down to find the answer.

This beautiful weather vane was photographed at the church of St. Martin in the Fields, in London, England.  It is a beautiful landmark that can be seen from quite far away in the city.  This has been a church since medieval days, when it really was "in the fields" and not in the middle of a city. Classical music lovers will recognize the name as the venue for many chamber music recordings, and there are still over 350 performances a year in this church.
 
Although many church buildings have stood on this site over the centuries, the building you see today was rebuilt in 1726 after the Great London Fire. It is the parish church for the British royal family, as well as for the prime minister at 10 Downing Street.  The steeple is 192 feet tall, with the weathervane above it. The gilded weathervane is a banner with a punched starburst inside. We were able to photograph this weathervane a few weeks ago when we were in London for the Mayflower Historic Sites tour. 

My 9th great grandparents, Thomas Treadwell (about 1603 - 1671) and Mary Wilson (about 1603 - 1685), were married here at St. Martin in the Fields, in London, on 24 June 1633 before the Great London Fire in 1666.  They came to New England in 1635 aboard the ship The Hopewell and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where they had five children including Nathaniel Treadwell (1637 - 1726), my 8th great grandfather. 

The St. Martin in the Fields website: http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/   

A PDF brochure for the "Topping Out" ceremony at St. Martin's when the weathervane was regilded in 2007: 
http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/uploadpdfs/pressreleases/ToppingOut2007Sept.pdf   

Click here to see the entire collection of Weathervane Wednesday posts!  

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ Weathervane Wednesday ~ An Ancestral Church in Trafalgar Square", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 1, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/weathervane-wednesday-ancestral-church.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 ~ HOVEY Another brickwall ancestor

HOVEY

My 5^th great grandmother, Mary Hovey, was born about 1751 and died 15 January 1832 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  On 17 July 1786 she married Nathaniel Treadwell in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where they lived all their married lives, and where Mary died a widow.  She had five known children with Nathaniel, all listed in the Ipswich Vital Records.  He was a “yeoman” (farmer) who served in the Revolutionary War.   As far as I know, Mary did not apply for a widow’s pension, yet I did find Nathaniel’s pension application papers at Fold3.com.  If I had found Mary’s application, it might have yielded some genealogical information about her family.

Both Mary and Nathaniel are buried in the Old Burying Ground in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Their gravestones survive and are remarkably legible.

I have no idea who may be Mary’s parents, nor do I know anything about her origins.  This is especially weird and unusual to me not only because I’ve been working on her story for more than 20 years, but also because I applied to the Mayflower Society using Nathaniel’s lineage back to Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.  The General Society of Mayflower Descendants did not question the fact that I did not have her birth record at all.  I guess they found her a conundrum, too!

There are many HOVEYs to be found in the Ipswich vital records and town records, but no trace of this Mary Hovey who married Nathaniel Treadwell.  I cannot assume she belonged to any of these families without more clues.

My lineage from MARY HOVEY:

Generation 1:  Mary Hovey, born about 1751, died 15 January 1832 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married on 17 July 1786 in Ipswich to Nathaniel Treadwell, son of Jabez Treadwell and Lucy Haskell.  He was baptized 28 October 1753 in Ipswich, and died 2 January 1822 in Ipswich.  Five children born in Ipswich.

Generation 2:  Jabez Treadwell, born on 17 October 1788 in Ipswich, died on 4 November 1840 in Salem; married on 17 October 1811 in Marblehead, Massachusetts to Betsey Jillings Homan, daughter of Thomas Homan and Tabitha Glover, baptized on 14 October 1792 at the Unitarian Church in Marblehead, died on 6 April 1874. Seven children born in Salem.

Generation 3. 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, son of Abijah Hitchings and Mary Cloutman, born on 18 January 1809 in Salem, died 18 January 1864 in Salem.  Four children born in Salem.

Generation 4.  Abijah Franklin Hitchings married Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 5. Arthur Treadwell Hitchings married Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 6. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings married Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

I have two TREADWELL lineages, both from the immigrant Thomas Treadwell and his wife Mary Taylor, and both also from their son Nathaniel Treadwell and wife Abigail Wells.   I descend from two of Nathaniel’s children: Mary Treadwell (1665 – 1722) who married Samuel Stone, and her brother, Nathaniel (1677 – 1723) who married Hannah Unknown:

  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/02/surname-saturday-treadwell-of-ipswich.html    

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~  HOVEY Another brickwall ancestor”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 12, 2017, (https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/08/surname-saturday-hovey-another.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ HASKELL of Gloucester, Massachusetts

HASKELL / HASKEL / HASKLE / HASCOLL / HASCALL

This is a case of my 9^th great grandfather who married my 10^th great grandmother.  Sounds funny? Well, it is a very tangled family tree.

William Haskell, my 10^th great grandfather, was born about 1578 probably in Charlton Musgrove, Somersetshire, England, where he also died and was buried on 11 May 1630.  He left a widow, my 10^th great grandmother, Elinor Foule, and seven children.  Sometime later Elinor remarried to John Stone, who happens to be my 9^th great grandfather through his first marriage to Elinor Cooke [See this link for my STONE lineage through their son Nathaniel Stone:   https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/surname-saturday-stone-of-beverly.html  ]

In 1635 John Stone brought his own two Stone sons, his second wife Elinor, and some of Haskell children to Massachusetts.  They settled at what is now Beverly, Massachusetts and owned a farm near the Bass River, close to where the United States Shoe Machinery Corporation, now the Cummings Center, was located.  If this sounds familiar, three generations of my family worked at “The Shoe”, including my own father, and it was just a few blocks from my childhood house on 7 Dearborn Avenue. Can you believe my family lived in this neighborhood for nearly 400 years? 

Of these four Haskell children who appear later in the Massachusetts records, much is known about Roger, who appeared to be here first.  According to an article in the New England Historic Genealogy Society Register: “Mark was apprenticed to John Whiting, broadweaver of Shepton Mallet, in 1635 for nine years. He does not appear in Massachusetts before 1652 he likely completed his apprenticeship before joining his brothers in New England.  Roger, the oldest, appears in Charlton Musgrove records as late as 1635 but received a land grant at Beverly, Mass., in 1636, which considerably narrows the probable date of his arrival.  William does not appear in any known New England records before 1643, but it seems likely he and Roger arrived together.  Roger died at Beverly, in 1667 and his will he gives 'to my sister Jone a heifer...' so we can surmise she was then in New England and perhaps married, though no marriage record survives." NEHGS Register, Volume 138, pages 225 - 226.

William Haskell, Jr., my 9^th great grandfather, was born 8 November 1618 in Charlton Musgrave.  He settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1643 where he was a mariner.  He was a selectman for a few years and a representative to the General Court six times.  He became lieutenant of the militia in 1661, and later promoted to captain.  When the first church was settled at Gloucester he was one of the first two deacons chosen.  He married a Mary Tybott, whose father, Walter Tybott, followed Reverend Richard Blynman from Wales to Gloucester. They had nine children, and both William and Mary died in 1693 only four days apart.

Their son, Mark Haskell, my 8^th great grandfather, married Elizabeth Giddings of Ipswich and had three children before he died young in 1691, age 33 years and 5 months. Elizabeth remarried to John Dennison. Her son, Mark Haskell, Jr., my 7^th great grandfather, lived a long life to 87 years.  He married Martha Tuthill and had thirteen children!  Martha was the great granddaughter of Remember Allerton, a Mayflower passenger.  She passed away in 1763 and Mark took a second wife, Elizabeth Porter, in 1767, who had been widowed three times by Daniel Gilbert, Joseph Goodhue, and John Burnham (who was my 7^th great grandfather with his first wife Anne Choate).  There was a lot of intermarriage in this branch of my family tree, don’t you think?

Lucy Haskell (1715 – 1789) is my 6^th great grandmother.  She married Jabez Treadwell, a cooper from Ipswich, in 1736.  I own an original copy of Jabez’s will, written on old linen paper, and written in 1781.  Lucy and Jabez had eleven children, and I descend from their son Nathaniel Treadwell (1753 – 1822).  You can see this written last will and testament at this link:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/10/jabez-treadwells-will.html

There is a great quote in the book Saga of Cape Ann, by Elliott Copeland & Melvin T. Rogers, 1960, page 135 “In the 18th Century, Bearskin Neck was the site of fishermen's shanties, boat building shops, stores which sold boat gear, bait, and clams, an old tavern, and the 'lean-to' where Wm. Haskell, who wore earrings and did up his hair on curl papers, sold home made ginger pop & molasses candy...."  I’d like to think that this was William Haskell (1618 – 1693), my 9^th great grandfather, but I really don’t know which William Haskell this excerpt describes.

Some HASKELL sources:

Chronicles of the Haskell Family, by Ira J. Haskell, 1943, Ellis Printing Co., Lynn, MA

“John Stone: First Ferryman of Beverly, Mass and some of his descendants 1635 – 1900”, by James B. Stone in The Essex Genealogist, Volume 7, pages 67 - 70.

“English Origins of the Haskell Family”, by Winthrop Allison Haskell in the NEHGS Register, Volume 138, pages 225 - 226

Look at this wonderful HASKELL family tree I photographed at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (first floor near the elevator):  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2014/02/haskell-family-tree.html 

My HASKELL genealogy:

Generation 1: William Haskell, born about 1578 in Charlton Musgrove, Somersetshire, England, and buried 11 May 1630 in Charlton Musgrove; married to Elinor Foule. Seven children.  Elinor remarried to John Stone.

Generation 2: William Haskell, baptized 8 November 1618 in Charlton Musgrove, died 20 August 1693 in Gloucester, Massachusetts; married on 6 November 1643 in Salem, Massachusetts to Mary Tybott, daughter of Walter Tybott, born 6 November 1628 in Chepstow, Wales and died 24 August 1693 in Gloucester.  Nine children.

Generation 3:  Mark Haskell, born 8 April 1658 in Gloucester, died 8 September 1691 in Gloucester; married on 16 December 1685 in Gloucester to Elizabeth Giddings, daughter of John Giddings and Sarah Alcock.  She was born about 1666 in Ipswich, and died 15 September 1725 in Gloucester. Three children.  Elizabeth remarried to John Dennison.

Generation 4:  Mark Haskell, born 16 September 1687 in Gloucester, died 25 August 1775 in Ipswich; married about 14 January 1710 in Gloucester to Martha Tuthill, daughter rof John Tuthill and Martha Ward.  She was born 21 November 1690 in Ipswich, and died 15 May 1763 in Ipswich.  Thirteen children.

Generation 5: Lucy Haskell, born 21 May 1715 in Gloucester, died 21 September 1769 in Ipswich; married on 20 November 1736 in Ipswich to Jabez Treadwell, son of Nathaniel Treadwell and Hannah Unknown.  He was born 9 August 1713 in Ipswich, and died 22 December 1780 in Ipswich.  Eleven children.

Generation 6:  Nathaniel Treadwell m. Mary Hovey

Generation 7:  Jabez Treadwell m. Betsey Jillings Homan

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 ~ HASKELL of Gloucester, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted June 24, 2017, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/06/surname-saturday-haskell-of-gloucester.html: accessed [access date]). 

Tombstone Tuesday ~ John Treadwell, died 1727, Ipswich, Massachusetts

This tombstone was photographed at the Old North Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts

HERE LIES YE BODY

OF MR. JOHN

TREDWELL WHO

DIED DECEMBER

YE 16 1737

IN YE 58

YEAR OF HIS

AGE.

John Treadwell is my first cousin nine generations removed.  His father, Thomas Treadwell (1634 - 1712/3) was the brother of my 8th great grandfather, Nathaniel Treadwell (1637 - 1726).   John Treadwell was the third owner of Treadwell Island, when it was left to him in his father's will.

John Treadwell was the son of Thomas Treadwell and Sarah Titcomb.  He was born on 28 November 1670 in Ipswich, and died 16 December 1727 in Ipswich.  On 23 June 1723 he filed his marriage intention in Ipswich, to marry Mary Fowler, the daughter of Phillip Fowler and Elizabeth Herrick.  Elizabeth Herrick (1647 - 1727) was my 10th great aunt.  In another lineage I descend from Elizabeth's brother Henry Herrick (1640 - 1702).

John Treadwell and Mary Fowler had eight children.

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Tombstone Tuesday ~ Another Nathaniel Treadwell in Ipswich, Massachusetts

This tombstone was photographed at the Old North Burying Ground in Ipswich, Massachusetts

NATHANIEL TREADWELL

Lost at sea

February 1821

Aged 33 yrs

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ELIZABETH

His wife

Died

August 11, 1872

Aged 85 yrs  9 mos.

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Nathaniel Treadwell is my 4th great grand uncle.  I descend from his brother, Jabez Treadwell (1788 - 1840).  Nathaniel was born 23 April 1787 in Ipswich and was lost at sea in February 1821.  He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and was a prisoner at Dartmoor in England.  He married on 21 September 1809 in Ipswich to Elizabeth Smith, the daughter of Daniel Smith and Hannah Lord.  Elizabeth was born 27 November 1786 in Ipswich and died 11 August 1872 in Ipswich.

Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel Treadwell (1753 - 1822) and Mary Hovey (1751 - 1832).  I have photographed several other Nathaniel Treadwells at this same cemetery.  You can see those posts HERE and HERE.   I can count eight Nathaniel Treadwells in my family tree database, as well as several Nathan Treadwells.  I would bet there are probably more Nathaniel Treadwells from this same family to be found in the vital records of Ipswich and elsewhere in Essex County, Massachusetts.

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Surname Saturday ~ WELLS of Ipswich, Massachusetts

WELLS

There were two Thomas Wells living in Ipswich, Massachusetts at about the same time.  No kinship has been proven to the other Thomas Wells who married Naomi Marshall.  No kinship has been proven to the Dr. Richard Wells, living at the same time nearby in Salem, Massachusetts (although an early NEHGS Register article Volume 4, pages 11 and 12 name Thomas Wells of Ipswich as a “physician” because he left a “physicke” book to his son in his will. This error was repeated in Joseph B. Felt’s book History of Ipswich, Essex and Hamilton, 1834).   There was also a woman named Ann Wells, age 20, who arrived with Thomas Wells on the same ship but according to genealogist Robert Charles Anderson, there is no kinship connection.

Thomas Wells arrived in the New World aboard the Susan & Ellen in 1635, aged 30.  He was made a freeman in Ipswich, Massachusetts on 17 May 1637.  He appears in many town records, as juror and constable, and as a land owner.  He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1644.  His lengthy will named his wife and all his children. He owned many books and maps, and he signed his own name.  His wife, Abigail, also left a will dated 22 July 1671, which included many goods, but no real estate.

"Know all Men By These PrSents, that I, Thomas Wells, of Ipswich, in the county of Essex, being weake of body, yet of pfect memory... make this my last will and testament in maner follwing...

Itm. I give and bequeath unto Abigaill my wife eight pounds yearly, to be payd unto her out of my Lands... and this is to be payd yearly in wheat, malt, porke and Indian corne... Also I give unto her to have one of the best roomes in the house, viz: either the hall or the parlour (at her choice)... and to have free liberty to bake, brew and wash etc. in the kitchen, and free liberty to lay her corne, meale, and mault etc in the hall chamber, and free use of garden ground where she liketh best and to have it well fenced in and to have land duly tilled to sow flax seed on... and freedom in both cellars as shee needeth and shall have suficiency of firewood pvided and seasonably layd in... and free liberty to keepe three or four hens and a pigg or hogg in ye ground and yards; and shall have the sixt part of the fruite that shall yearly grow in the orchyard...

Item I give unto my said wife the old bay mare (she uses to ride on) and the bridle, pillion seate, and pannell, and two cowes (att her choice) and to have the keepeing of a horse or mare and two cowes for her use both sumer and winter and good houseroome for them in winter... allsoe I give unto her the bible she uses and the booke called the Soule's prparation for Christ and that of Perkings upon the Creed and the bedsted we lye on, and the beding, curtaines and valens thereunto belonging (exsepting the blue rugg) and to have the best green rugg in leiw thereof; and I give unto her the best chest and the inlayd box with TW upon the lidd and to have one halfe of the lynen and lynen cloth and the third of the woolen cloth yt is in the house or in yarne or cloth at the weavers... and one halfe of the pewter that was her own fathers and the pewter pint pott and a brase or iron pott at her choice; and I give unto her the iron skillet and some of the best spoones and a good poringer and a coopell of saucers at hir choice and the best low chaire and hir little chaire and a good cushen and one of the great wheeles and a little spinning wheele and the warming pan...

Ite My will is that my said wife shall have the free use of my kettle... or milke vessells &c. shee needeth and of any other small things in the house... and to have freedome at the well for water and liberty for hir clothes or anything elce to be spred &c. where she pleaseth...

Ite Whereas John Wells (my second sonn) hath received of me a deed of gifts of all the lands I had at the town of Wells in the province of Maine being the quantity of thre hundred and fiftye acres (more or less) arrable meddow and pasture together with two cowes and ten pounds fifteene shillings yt I have payd (at his request) unto Stephen Kent of Haverill, in cattle upon a bill due from Francis Littlefield (his father-in-law) with several other things all wch he hath received of me in liew of his portion...

Ite I give unto my sonn John Wells ten pounds to be payd unto him or his assigns within three years next after my decease five pounds thereof in cattle, neate and in good condition and the other five pounds in wheat, malt and Indian corne in equall p'portion... and I give unto him my cloke, and one of the great pewter candlesticks wth the top thereof and two great saucers and two little saucers more and I give unto Sarah his wife (my daughter-in-law) one five shilling piece of gould...

Ite. Whereas my two eldest daughters viz: Sarah Massie of Salem and Abigaill Tredwell of this towne hath eache of them had thirtye pounds in leiw of there portions my will is that Sarah Massie or her assignes shall have a good cow or to the value of four pounds ten shillngs in other cattle... and alsoe to have the benefitt of the grase of a little peace of salt marsh ground adjoyneing to the northwest end of Mr. Wades neare unto Hogg Iland and my daughter Sarah to enjoy the use of this until the decease of my brother Massie her father-in-law and then to returne unto my executor. Allsoe I give unto Abigail Tredwell my daughter my six acre lott of salt marsh &c that lyes in Plumb Iland... or a good cow...

Ite. I give and bequeath unto Thomas Wells my youngest sonn two hundred and fiftie pounds sterl. in leiw of hir portion to be payd unto him... out of my housen and lands where I now I dwell within seven years, foure month and nyne or ten days next after the sayd Thomas Wells my sonn doe come to the full age of one and twenty yeares Viz: one hundred pounds to be payd at or before the twentieth or one and twentieth day of the third month comonly called May next com twelvemonth after the sayd Thomas Wells my sonn doe come to the age of one and twenty years (whose birth day was upon the eleaventh day of the eleaventh mo. Anno Dom: one thousand six hundred forty-six); forty pounds thereof to be paid in cattle... and in horse-kynd viz: in geldings and the horse- kynd not exced the sum of eight pounds... and thirty-six pounds thereof to be payd in wheate and barley malt... and twenty-foure pounds thereof to be payd in Indian corne, pease, porke and sheepe... and the other hundred pounds to be... payde... wth in three yeares next after the...day... of payment of the former hundred pounds... and the remaining fiftye pounds to be... payd... within the prementioned seaven years, foure months and nyne or ten dayes...

Ite. My will is that if my executor... doe not duly and faithfully pay and discharge this two hundred and fiftye pounds... the sayd Thomas Wells... shall... take possession of the housen and lands where I now dwell... until the whole be discharged...

Ite. My will is that if the said Thomas... shall dye and decease this life before he come to... full age... yn ye executor of this my last will shall pay unto the rest of my children the full sum of one hundred and forty pounds viz: unto John Wells or his survivers the full sum of forty pounds and the other hundred pounds to be equally porportionned and divided among my other five daughters... Viz: to Sarah Massie of Salem, to Abigail Tredwell of this towne, to Elizabeth Wells, Hannah Wells and Lidia Wells my daughters... the forty pounds to my son John Wells and the twenty pounds apeece to Sarah Massie and to Abigaill Tredwell and Elizabeth Wells (my three eldest daughters) to be payd unto them accordingly as is engaged unto their Bro: Thomas Wells, both for kind and quality... and the other twenty pounds apeece to Hannah Wells and Lidia Wells my own daughters shall be payd unto each of them... in wheat, barly, malt, porke, pease and Indian corne...

Item. My will is that Thomas Wells my youngest son, shall quietly posses and enjoy for his use the parlour chamber of this house where now I dwell and have free liberty for fire wood until he marry and yt he shall have his diate and washing while he keeps here at the cost of my executor untill he come to the age of 22 years, 4 months and ten days.

It. I give unto my son Thomas Wells all the bookes I bought for his use and my three phisicke bookes and the booke called the Orthodox Evangelist, the greate sermon booke, and Hyeling's Geogripha, and the little chest and table (he made) that stand in the hall chamber and my white box, and the chist plankes to make him a chist on, and the little iron canlestick, my white rule, my red pensheare, and my penknife and my sword and scabbitt and my firelock muskett wth a square barrell, and the mould, worme and scourer &c. Alsoe I give unto him the little bedstead in the hall chamber, and the little fetherbed therto belonging, and a paire of good sheets, and the red blankett and the blue rugg, and a good pillow and pillow beere. Allsoe I give unto my son Thomas my silver bowle, and one two-and-twenty shilling peece of gould, and I give unto him all my right and interest of the bond that is due unto me from goodman John Andrews of this towne, carpenter save only six pound ten shillings therof to my son Nath. Wells and wch makes the rest that he hath already had yr of twentye pounds, and this I give unto my son Thomas, towards his charges of his goeing to the colledge and for bookes and apparrell &c. or to put him to Mr. Allcocke or the like, and I give the new picktures viz: of the King and Queene and of the Five Sences... Allsoe my stufe clothes and a paire of my best stockings.

Ite. I give unto Elizabeth Wells, Hanah Wells and Lidia Wells my three youngest daughters each and every of them thirty-five pounds a peece to be payd... within one year next after they marry or when they come to the age of one and twenty years; twenty pounds thereof to be payd in cattle... and in sheepe... and the remaineing fifteene pounds in each and every portion to be payd in wheate, barly, malt, porke and Indian corne, in equall p'portion... allsoe my will is that every of these my daughters shall have each of them a bible and every of them a good chest...

Ite. I give and bequeath unto Sarah Massie of Salem and to Abigaill Tredwell of this towne and to Elizabeth Wells and Lidia Wells my owne daughters, each and every of them two halfe crowne peeces of English money... and I give unto Hannah Wells my daughter one ten shilling peece of gould... all wch money... I have already given them into the hands and custody of Thomas Wells my youngest son whom I trust and confide in, to give the same as I have bequeathed unto his three younger sisters...

Ite. I give unto Abigaill my wife the third part of the English money wch shall remaine and be left and not payd unto the legatees yt is deceased in England and kindred of our Uncle Lumpkins; and my will is that my sayd wife shall have the tuission of my daughter Elizabeth Wells and my daughter Lidia Wells untill they marry or come to the age of one and twenty years...

Item. My will is that Mrs Mary Rogers of Rowley shall have th tuission and education of my daughter Hannah Wells untill she marry or come to the age of one and twenty years, the sayd Mrs Rogers will please to doe me that favour

Ite. I give unto my cousin Mary Baker (alias Lowe) of Colchester, soe much New England money as equivalent to fiftye shillings Old England money and my will is that my executor doe faithfully endeavor to convey the same unto her it being in reference to an agreement between both my brother Warners and myselfe in answer to a request of our Aunt Lumkin (alias Stone) late deceased, and to take the advice of my Bro: Daniell Warner about the conveighing of the same...

Ite. I give and bequeath all the rest of my whole estate both moveable and unmoveable, p'sonal and reall, houses and lands, unto Nath: Wells my eldest son pvided he doth fully acept heerin to be my executor... Allwayes p'vided that if the sd Nath: Wells dye and cease this life wth out any issue of male... my will is that then... the sd housen and lands heire in Ipswich bounds shall returne unto the sd Thomas Wells my youngest son... and the sd Thomas my son then to pay unto Lidia, Nath: wife (my daughter in law) the sum of forty pound wth in one yeare and halfe next after the decease of Nath: her husband... And the sd Thomas... shall pay unto the sd Nathaniells children the sum of one hundred and forty pounds the one halfe in cattle... and in horse kind... and the other half... to be payd in wheate, malte, porke, pease and Indian corne... Alsoe my will is... that my son Nathaniells children shall have the sum of eight pounds yearly payd by my son Thomas Wells... towards there bringing up whilest they come to the age of fifteene years...

Ite. My will is that if the sd Nath... dy and cease this life without isue of male... then the sayd Thomas Wells... shall pay unto my son John Wells his Bro:... the sum of 40£...

Fynally I desire my liveing and faithfull friends Thomas Bishop, Senr and Mr. Thomas Andrews to be the overseers of this my last will and testament and to be the gardians of my sonn Thomas Wells dureing the time of his mynority and nonage to whom I give as a token of my respect and love ten shillings apeece.

In wittness wherof and to wch I the above named Thomas Wells Senr have heer unto set my hand and seal dated the 31 of the fifth mo: comonly called July in the eighteenth yeare of the raigne of or Soveraigne Lord, Charles the Second by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred sixty-six.

Prme Thomas Wells Senr"(3)

For more information:

Thomas Wells is not mentioned in Martin Hollick’s book New Englanders in the 1600s

There is a lengthy sketch of Thomas Wells of Ipswich in the book The Great Migration, Volume VII, pages 294 – 300. 

My WELLS genealogy:

Generation 1: Thomas Wells, about 1605 in England and died 26 October 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married by 1636 to Abigail Warner, daughter of William Warner.  She died 22 July 1671 in Ipswich.  Seven children, and I descend from two daughters.

Line A:

Generation 2: Elizabeth Wells, born 31 July 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, died 9 June 1731; married on 6 June 1668 to John Burnham, son of Thomas Burnham and Mary Lawrence. He was born in 1648 and died 12 January 1704 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Nine children, and I descend from three sons.

Line A1:

Generation 3: John Burnham m. Sarah Choate

Generation 4: John Burnham m. Rachel Smith

Generation 5: Dorothy Burnham m. Abner Poland

Generation 6: Abner Poland m. Sarah Burnham

Generation 7: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham

Generation 8: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 9: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman Allen

Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maud Batchelder

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

Line A2:

Generation 3: Thomas Burnham m. Susannah Boardman

Generation 4: Stephen Burnham m. Mary Andrews

Generation 5: Joshua Burnham m. Jemima Wyman

Generation 6: Jemima Burnham m. Romanus Emerson

Generation 7: George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger

Generation 8: Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder

Generation 9: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen (see above)

Line A3:

Generation 3:  David Burnham m. Elizabeth Perkins

Line A3a:

Generation 4: David Burnham m. Elizabeth Marshall

Generation 5: Amos Burnham m. Sarah Giddings

Generation 6: Judith Burnham m. Joseph Allen

Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews

Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham Mears (see above)

Line A3b:

Generation 4: Westley Burnham m. Deborah Story

Line A3b1:

Generation 5: Westley Burnham m. Molly Woodbury

Line A3b1A:

Generation 6: Asa Burnham m. Polly Bray

Generation 7: Lydia W. Burnham m. Samuel Mears

Generation 8: Samuel Mears m. Sarah Ann Burnham (see above)

Line A3b1B:

Generation 6:  Henry Burnham m.  Sally Poland

Generation 7: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears (see above)

Line A3b2:

Generation 5: Sarah Burnham m. Abner Poland

Generation 6: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham (see above)

Line B:

Generation 2:  Abigail Wells, born about 1642, died 16 June 1677; married on 19 June 1661 in Ipswich to Nathaniel Treadwell, son of Thomas Treadwell. He was born 13 March 1637/8 in Ipswich, died 11 January 1726/7 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Seven children.

Generation 3: Nathaniel Treadwell m. Hannah Unknown

Generation 4: Jabez Treadwell m. Lucy Haskell

Generation 5: Nathaniel Treadwell m. Mary Hovey

Generation 6: Jabez Treadwell m. Betsey Jillings Hovey

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 (see above)

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