My 8th great grandfather, John Everson, was
warned out of Boston and Plymouth, Massachusetts as an early settler in
Massachusetts. Because of this, there are few records about his life. However, since several of his descendants
married into Mayflower families, there has been much research into tracing his
life. Lucky John! And lucky me!
Several details have come to light, but we still don’t know his origins,
or the name of his wife.
For some reason John Everson’s children were taken from him
and placed with guardians in Plymouth, Massachusetts. There are few clues to the reasons why this
happened. In an article in the NEHGS Register “ Descendants of John Everson
of Plymouth Massachusetts” by Mary Blauss Edwards, Volume 169 (2015), pages 35
and 36 several cordwainers (shoe makers) were fined in Boston in 1662 for
employing John Everson (perhaps he was a shoe maker, too?) because “of ill
behavior belonging to other places” and this was contrary to the town order to
warn him out of town.
Next in 1668 John Everson’s 2 year old son Richard was
placed with William Nelson. In 1669 John
deposed that he placed his daughter Martha with Robert Barrow of Plymouth. In 1690 Stephen Bryant had custody of John
Everson, Jr. Also, at the 1668 Plymouth
town meeting “it was… agreed that John Everson be forwith warned to depart the
towne with all Convenient speed” [ Records
of the Town of Plymouth, Volume 1, page 106].
Little John, Jr. (about 1669 – about 1729), my 7th
great grandfather, who had been placed with Stephen Bryant as a ward or
apprentice grew up to live in the town of Plympton, near Plymouth. He had several deeds for land, some bought or
given from Stephen Bryant, Jr. His wife
is known only as “Elizabeth”, and they were listed in the document “First
Members of the Plympton Church to Join in Full Communion”. John, Jr. and Elizabeth had four
children. Two sons were named in deeds where
he divided his land in 1724.
I descend from the third John Everson (1703 – 1780), my 6th
great grandfather, who married Silence Staples, daughter of Benjamin Staples
and Mary Cox. Their daughter, Hannah Everson (1732 – 1814),
my 5th great grandmother, married Nathan Weston and they removed
from Kingston to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia as a grantee given land in 1767. He was a descendant of the Mayflower
passengers George Soule, Edward Doty, and Myles Standish.
My EVERSON genealogy:
Generation 1: John
Everson, born about 1642, and died after 29 July 1669; married to Unknown. At least three children.
Generation 2: John Everson, born about 1669, died between 16
June 1724 and 3 April 1729 in Plympton, Massachusetts; married Elizabeth
Unknown about 1702. She died 10 December
1737 in Kingston, Massachusetts. Four
children.
Generation 3: John
Everson, baptized on 23 May 1703 in Plympton, died 3 June 1780 in Kingston,
Massachusetts; married about 14 October 1727 in Kingston to Silence Staples,
daughter of Benjamin Staples and Mary Cox.
She was born 11 November 1705 in Braintree, and died 29 April 1785 in
Kingston. Seven children.
Generation 4: Hannah
Everson, born 6 July 1732 in Kingston, died 26 April 1814 in Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia; married on 29 August 1751 in Kingston to Nathan Weston, son of Nathan
Weston and Desire Standish. He was born
11 July 1723 in Plympton and died after 29 February 1780 in Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia. Four children.
Generation 5: Zadoc
Weston m. Mary Clements
Generation 6: Matilda
Weston m. Joseph Edwin Healy
Generation 7: Mary
Etta Healey m. Peter Hoogerzeil
Generation 8: Florence Etta Hoogerzeil m. Arthur Treadwell
Hitchings
Generation 9:
Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ EVERSON of Plymouth, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 18,
2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/surname-saturday-everson-of-plymouth.html: accessed [access date]).
