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1 CONTJOHN CHATFIE
1 CONC LD, Ib (1661-1747): Anna (Harger) Chatfield md. John Chatfield on
1 CONT Feb 15, 1684, when she was fourteen years of age. From them were descende
1 CONC d Amos
1 CONT Bronson Alcott, and his dau. Louisa May Alcott, the well-known authoress.
1 CONC
1 CONT The will of John Chatfield, dated Apr 12, 1739, and proved Mar 7, 1747/8
1 CONC , names his
1 CONT wife Anna, his sons John, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Solomon, and his dau.'s M
1 CONC ary Beats,
1 CONT Sarah Davis, and Abigail Johnson.
1 CONT "The Chatfield Family", Naugatuck Valley, CT;
1 CONT "Barbour Collection", Guilford VR, Vol. A, pg. 63.
HENRY CHATFI
1 CONC ELD (1588-1636): Of South Mundham in the parish of Pagham and of
1 CONT North Mundham, Sussex, England. He was the testator 1636/37, b. in 1588
1 CONC , and was bur.
1 CONT at North Mundham on Feb 1, 1636/37.
1 CONT While, as stated previously under his presumed father, George, positive p
1 CONC roof has not
1 CONT been found that he was son of George of Pagham, and his wife Margaret (__
1 CONC ___). The
1 CONT father left no will and the early registers as well as the manor rolls o
1 CONC f Pagham are lost, yet
1 CONT the circumstantial evidence furnished by place, names and elimination see
1 CONC ms conclusive,
1 CONT as follows:
1 CONT In 1610 Henry Chatfield appears in the subsidy at Pagham, where it
1 CONT is known that his presumed father George, presumed uncles Richard and Fra
1 CONC ncis, and his
1 CONT presumed great-uncle George resided and possessed landed property for mor
1 CONC e than half a
1 CONT century.
1 CONT Henry named his eldest dau. Margaret, probably for his mother,
1 CONT and two of his sons George and Francis, the former evidently for his fath
1 CONC er and his great-
1 CONT uncle, and the latter for his uncle and his grandfather.
1 CONT An exhaustive search among all Chatfield's of Sussex in the sixteenth
1 CONT and the first half of the seventeenth century has failed to disclose th
1 CONC e names George and
1 CONT Francis, except among the descendants of the armigerous landed branch fou
1 CONC nded by the
1 CONT Richard Chatfield of Chichester, who d. in 1586.
1 CONT Furthermore, Henry Chatfield, appears in subsidies at Pagham in 1610
1 CONT and 1620/21, when he was still a young man, and therefore at his marriag
1 CONC e he
1 CONT was probably well established by his father, who must have been a man of<
1 CONC br />
1 CONT property, as George of Pagham certainly was.
1 CONT The will of this Henry Chatfield indicates that he was a man of
1 CONT substantial estate; and each of his sons, Francis, Thomas and George, who
1 CONC
1 CONT emigrated to New England in 1639, is there styled as "Mr." or &
1 CONC quot;Gentleman".
1 CONT Lastly, as it seems evident from the foregoing reasons that Henry
1 CONT Chatfield was descended from the Richard of Chichester who d. in 1586, i
1 CONC t also
1 CONT seems, by process of elimination, that he cannot be placed in that branc
1 CONC h of the
1 CONT family except as a son of George of Pagham.
1 CONT The subsidies show that Henry Chatfield resided at South Mundham in Pagha
1 CONC m, but his
1 CONT will indicates that he had lands also in North Mundham. Doubtless most o
1 CONC f his children
1 CONT were bapt. at Pagham, the early registers of which are missing; but he al
1 CONC so lived at North
1 CONT Mundham, where he was in the land scot in 1633 and where he was buried.
1 CONT The Protestation Roll of Feb 1641/42 for the western half of Sussex, cont
1 CONC aining the
1 CONT names of all males eighteen years of age and upwards in each parish, is p
1 CONC reserved in the
1 CONT House of Lords, and has been printed. While the names of the two sons-in-
1 CONC law of Henry
1 CONT appear on the roll, the names of his sons Francis, Thomas and George ar
1 CONC e not on it. They
1 CONT had gone to New England in 1639.
1 CONT Henry md. 1st, abt 1610, Margaret (_____), who d. early in 1614, and 2nd
1 CONC , prob. late in
1 CONT 1614, Jane (Wickham) Wickham, widow (perhaps of George Wickham of Hunston
1 CONC ), the
1 CONT testatrix of 1638/39, who was bur. at North Mundham on Mar 17, 1638/39. I
1 CONC t appears, by
1 CONT her will, that she had at least one son and also two daughters by her fir
1 CONC st mg.: Elizabeth,
1 CONT wife of Edward Fowle; Martha, wife of William Largish.
1 CONT Land Scot for West Mundham Parish 1633: Henry Chatfeilde, 2 coats - (coat
1 CONC - measure of
1 CONT land). Land Scot for Runcton, East part of Mundham Parish 1633: Mr. Chatf
1 CONC ield
1 CONT (Henry?), half a yard land.
1 CONT The Will of Henry Chatfield [the probate act styles him of North Mundham]
1 CONC , Jan 28,
1 CONT 1636/7.
1 CONT To be bur. in the churchyard. To the High Church of Chichester, (Sussex
1 CONC , England) 6d.
1 CONT To Habell Ingram my son-in-law 12d. To my son John Chatfield 12d. To my s
1 CONC on Edward
1 CONT Fowle 12d. To my son Francis Chatfield 100 pounds, providing that he surr
1 CONC ender his
1 CONT estate in those copyhold lands that he is estated in unto his brother Tho
1 CONC mas Chatfield,
1 CONT which if he refuse to do, I give him 12d. for his portion. To my son Norr
1 CONC iss' children,
1 CONT George, Annis, and Joseph, 15 pounds to be equally divided among them a
1 CONC t the age of
1 CONT twenty-one. If my son Francis die before the age of twenty-one years, rev
1 CONC ersion of his
1 CONT portion to my sons Thomas Chatfield and George Chatfield, equally divided
1 CONC . If my son
1 CONT Thomas die, then my lands shall go to Francis Chatfield, and if Francis d
1 CONC ie, then to
1 CONT George. To my younger son, George Chatfield 100 pounds at the age of twen
1 CONC ty-one, and
1 CONT if he do not live so long, reversion to my sons Francis Chatfield and Tho
1 CONC mas Chatfield
1 CONT equally divided. To my wife Jane the use of my lands for life, and my bes
1 CONC t bed furnished.
1 CONT Executor: Edward Fowle, Overseers: Thomas Peirse and John Smith, to eac
1 CONC h of whom I
1 CONT give 3s 4d.
1 CONT [Signed] The mark of Henry Chatfield,
1 CONT Witnesses: Thomas Whighd, and John Buckner.
1 CONT Proved Mar 3, 1636/37 by Jane Chatfield; Edward Fowle, the executor name
1 CONC d in the will,
1 CONT first renouncing.
1 CONT Consistory of Chichester, Vol. 19 fo. 54.
1 CONT "Chatfield Genealogy--Sheffield Family--Related Families".
1 CONT Lay Subsidies for co. Sussex: Preserved in Public Record Office, London
1 CONC , England.
http://money 1 CONC maker.rootsweb.com/surnames/chatfield/nti/nti26249.htm
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N101@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTCHARLES CONV
1 CONC ERSE CHATFIELD, I (1841-1876): Charles was a graduate of Yale
1 CONT College, and, after his graduation resided in New Haven, CT conducting th
1 CONC e 'College
1 CONT Courant', of which he was both editor and proprietor. He afterwards becam
1 CONC e the editor of
1 CONT the New England School Journal, which position he continued to fill, wort
1 CONC hily, until his
1 CONT death.
1 CONT He was the class poet and was a leading member of the West Chapel stree
1 CONC t Church, now
1 CONT merged in the Trinity Church, having with his brother George been in it s
1 CONC ince his college
1 CONT days, when they, with others, started the Sunday School which was the nuc
1 CONC leus of the
1 CONT church.
1 CONT Charles helped found the newspaper at Yale 'The Courant'. He also publish
1 CONC er 'Barker's
1 CONT Chemistry', 'Boggs Four Years at Yale', 'Day's Logical Tracts', 'Half Hou
1 CONC rs with Modern
1 CONT Scientists', and sermons by President Woolsey, etc. He also kept the Yal
1 CONC e college
1 CONT bookstore.
CHARLES C. C 1 CONC HATFIELD & CO.,
1 CONTNo. 460 Chap 1 CONC el Street, New Haven, Conn.,
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N102@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONT
1 CONT
GEORGE CHATF
1 CONC IELD, I (1624-1671): He was b. in 1624 in England, and d. Jun 9,
1 CONT 1671 in Killingworth, CT. He was named in the wills of both his parents.<
1 CONC br />
1 CONT Md. 1st Sarah Bishop in Mar 1656, dau. of John and Anne of Guilford, CT
1 CONC . She died
1 CONT childless in Sep 1657. His 2nd mg. was to Isabel Nettleton, dau of Samue
1 CONC l and Mary of
1 CONT Milford, CT, on Mar 29, 1659.
1 CONT George Chatfield, with brothers Thomas and Francis, left England and arri
1 CONC ved in
1 CONT Guilford, CT in 1639. They were part of Rev. Henry Whitfield's Company an
1 CONC d were
1 CONT Original Inhabitants of Guilford CT, where they appear on lists of Plante
1 CONC rs in Jun 1639 &
1 CONT 1650.
1 CONT In 1663 George and family move to Killingworth CT. George was one of th
1 CONC e most
1 CONT prominent men of Killingworth. He held the office of constable. George an
1 CONC d Sarah, his
1 CONT 1st wife, had no children.
1 CONT The Chatfield Coat of Arms, granted 1564: Crest, an heraldic antelope's h
1 CONC ead, creased
1 CONT argent, Ducaly gorged or sable griffin on chevron of purple. Three scallo
1 CONC p shells. Motto:
1 CONT Fidus ad Extremun, "Faithful to the End".
1 CONT "Genealogical Research in England".
1 CONT BY: Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson.
RICHARD CHAT
1 CONC FIELD (1500-1586): Richard was the son of John and Alice (Stapley)
1 CONT Chatfield,
1 CONT b. in 1500, and d. in 1586. He was the testator of 1582, of Bedyles in th
1 CONC e parishes of
1 CONT Ditchling, Oving, Sidlesham and Chichester, co. Sussex, England, and of t
1 CONC he Isle of
1 CONT Hayling, co. Hants, England.
1 CONT When he was a young man he removed thirty miles westward from his ancestr
1 CONC al region of
1 CONT Mid-Sussex and settled in Chichester, Sussex, England. In this city he pr
1 CONC obably secured
1 CONT in trade the means which enabled him to acquire numerous pieces of proper
1 CONC ty, and to
1 CONT raise his branch of the family into the armigerous gentry, with its pedig
1 CONC ree and arms
1 CONT entered in the Visitations, while the branches in Mid-Sussex remained amo
1 CONC ng the
1 CONT yeomanry. In the subsidy of 1523 he was assessed for lands in the Hundre
1 CONC d of Street and
1 CONT for goods in Chichester, Sussex, England. Between 1544 and 1572 he was as
1 CONC sessed in the
1 CONT Rape of Chichester, Sussex, England in various subsidies, and acquired pr
1 CONC operty at
1 CONT Chichester, Oving, West Ashling, Sidlesham, Treyford, Westmeston, Middlet
1 CONC on,
1 CONT Twineham, and Bolney.
1 CONT When he made his will in 1582 he was living at Chichester, Sussex, Englan
1 CONC d, and he was
1 CONT bur. in the Cathedral there on Jul 26, 1586. His will is a brief and unsa
1 CONC tisfactory
1 CONT document, as it names only two of his children, although it is certain th
1 CONC at he had at least
1 CONT six and probably even more. It is evident that he had given portions to h
1 CONC is children during
1 CONT his lifetime.
1 CONT No monument to him remains, as the iconoclastic partisans of Cromwell wre
1 CONC cked that
1 CONT part of the Cathedral in which he was bur.
1 CONT He md. 1st, abt 1530, Elizabeth (Brane or Brone) Peckham. She was the dau
1 CONC . of John and
1 CONT Susan (Lappadge) Brane or Brone, and the Widow of John/George Peckham. Sh
1 CONC e d. early
1 CONT in 1570.
1 CONT His 2nd wife was Agnes or Anne (_____) whom he md. after Apr 1570, she su
1 CONC rvived
1 CONT him.
1 CONT Feb 16, 1554/55. Licence granted to Thomas Devenysshe of West Hampnett, S
1 CONC ussex,
1 CONT England, Esquire, on payment of 34s. 4d. into the Hanaper, to alienate al
1 CONC l those his five
1 CONT crofts of land, parcel of the farm of Groves, in the tenure of William Go
1 CONC ble, in the parish
1 CONT of Oving, Sussex, late belonging to the dissolved Monastery of Boxgrave
1 CONC , five crofts,
1 CONT parcel of Groves farm, in the tenure of Robert Whyghtm ten crofts of land
1 CONC , parcel of the
1 CONT same, in tenure of William Smyth, and another, ten crofts by Oving and tw
1 CONC o pastures
1 CONT called the Leasnes in the marsh there, and a small parcel of land, wast
1 CONC e and furze and
1 CONT heath in the tenure of John Hamlyn in Oving, five crofts of land, parce
1 CONC l of Groves Farm,
1 CONT in the tenure of Thomas Newman in Oving, and all woods, underwoods, etc.
1 CONC , held of the
1 CONT King and Queen in chief, to Richard Chatfield of the Isle of Hayling, co
1 CONC . Hants,
1 CONT gentleman, to him and his heirs and assigns for ever. Patent Roll 887
1 CONC , 1 and 2 Philip and
1 CONT Mary, part 7, fo. 289. (Patent Rolls: Preserved in Public Record Office
1 CONC , London,
1 CONT England.)
1 CONT Several more entries in "Fete of Fines: Preserved in Public Record O
1 CONC ffice, London,
1 CONT England.
1 CONT WILL OF RICHARD CHATFIELD (1500-1586)
1 CONT The will of Richard Chafylld of the City of Chichester, gent., Oct 24, 15
1 CONC 82.
1 CONT My body to be bur. in the Cathedral Church of Chichester, against the lib
1 CONC rary in the east
1 CONT end of the said church, decently and honestly. My will is that Francis m
1 CONC y son, for and in
1 CONT consideration of my former goods and 'cattel', shall see my body honestl
1 CONC y buryed at his
1 CONT cost and charges according to his promise. I give 10s. to a preacher to p
1 CONC reach at my burial.
1 CONT To Joane Est, my dau., 20s. To Anne Kynswell 10s. The residue of all my g
1 CONC oods and
1 CONT 'cattell', my debts paid and legacies performed, I give to Agnes my wife
1 CONC , whom I make
1 CONT executrix. I desire Mr. Henry Blaxton and Mr. Daneill Gardener, residenti
1 CONC aries of the
1 CONT Cathedral Church of Chichester, to be overseers and to be a comfort and s
1 CONC tay to my wife,
1 CONT and I give to them 10s. apiece.
1 CONT Witnesses: Henry Blaxton, Daniell Gardener, Richard Juxon, and Thomas Mac
1 CONC hyn.
1 CONT [signed] Rychard Chatfylld.
1 CONT This my very last will was read to me Jun 18, 1585 in the presence if Joh
1 CONC n Base Henry
1 CONT Clerk, and John Browne, to whom I confessed it to be my last will.
1 CONT PROVED: Oct 7, 1586 by Agnes, the relict and executrix.
1 CONT Consistory of Chichester, Vol. 14, fo. 20b.
1 CONT Lay Subsidies for co. Sussex: Preserved in Public Record Office, London
1 CONC , England.
1 CONT 1523 Rape of Lewes, Hundred of Street, Township of Street; lands xx s. (I
1 CONC b., 189/119.)
1 CONT 1523 Rape of Chichester, City of Chichester, West Street; goods. (Ib., 18
1 CONC 9/158.)
1 CONT 1524/5 Rape of Chichester, City of Chichester, West Street; goods xl li
1 CONC . (Ib., 189/130.)
1 CONT 1544 Rape of Chichester, Tithing of Almondington; vj s. (Ib., 190/199.)
1 CONT 1544 Rape of Chichester, Hundred of Manwood; lands is li (Ib., 190/233.
1 CONC ) and several
1 CONT other entries.
1 CONT Lay Subsidies for co. Sussex: Preserved in Public Record Office, London
1 CONC , England.
1 CONT "Genealogical Research in England".
1 CONT BY: Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson.
Robert Whit 1 CONC e was a yeoman; that is, he was not a member of the nobility but did ow 1 CONC n a 1 CONT small amount of land (small compared to a typical nobleman's estate). H 1 CONC e was wealthy 1 CONT and appears to have lived in Shalford from his marriage until a few month 1 CONC s before his 1 CONT death. Shalford is about two miles south of Wethersfield. 1 CONT
In his will 1 CONC , Robert White bequeathes 40 shillings to Mr. Richard Rogers, preacher of 1 CONT God's word at Withersfield in Essex. Therefore, it is likely that he wa 1 CONC s friendly to the 1 CONT non-conformists and attended some of their services. A like bequest to Ba 1 CONC rtholomew 1 CONT Scrivener, minister of the Church of God in Messing, implies that he wa 1 CONC s also interested 1 CONT in the established church (or was covering all of the bases). His beques 1 CONC t of 40s to the poor 1 CONT people of Messing and nothing to the poor of Shalford where he is suppose 1 CONC d to have lived 1 CONT most of his life, opens the possibility that he was born in Messing.
1 CONTRobert Wh
1 CONC ite was born in 1558. He died in Jun 1617 in Messing, Essex, England
1 CONC . His
1 CONT will was dated May 27, 1617 (buried Jun 17 1617) and
1 CONT according to http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/crow.htm#White
1 CONT
1 CONT "indicates he lived for considerable time in the Parish of Messing
1 CONC , Essex, England and
1 CONT was quite wealthy. He gave to support the poor of Messing, and to Rev. Ri
1 CONC chard
1 CONT ROGERS, a non-conformist, and Rev Bartholomew SCRIVENER, and established
1 CONT church minister.
1 CONT
1 CONT Robert's will names his wife and all his children. Son Daniel and wife Br
1 CONC idget were
1 CONT named executors, and John CHRISTMAS (Sr.) and William LEVETT were witness
1 CONC es.
1 CONT Also named are three sons in law (James BOWTELL, Joseph LOOMIS, and Willi
1 CONC am
1 CONT GOODWIN), Ralph BETT ("my kinsman and servant"), and Joseph DIG
1 CONC BIE ("my
1 CONT servant"). The three unmarried children, Bridget, Anna, and John, we
1 CONC re bequeathed
1 CONT money on the condition that they obtain the consent of their mother, an
1 CONC d of Joseph
1 CONT LOOMIS and William GOODWIN, before marriage (100 marks to each daughter
1 CONC , and
1 CONT 200 marks to John). It is possible that Daniel was the son of a first wif
1 CONC e, prior to Robert's
1 CONT marriage to Bridget on Jun. 24, 1585 at Shalford, Essex.
1 CONT
1 CONT Bridget ALLGAR (or ALGER) - bap. Mar. 11, 1562, Shalford, Essex, England
1 CONC . Daughter
1 CONT of William ALLGAR (bur. Aug. 2, 1575, Shalford, Essex), and sister of: Ma
1 CONC ry, who
1 CONT married "Ralfe BETTE"; John, who died in infancy; John; and Eli
1 CONC zabeth. Bridget married
1 CONT second on Sep. 28, 1618 at Messing, Essex, John CHRISTMAS, Jr., and the
1 CONC y had two
1 CONT sons: Richard and John."
Barnabus pu 1 CONC rchased land in Warsaw NY in 1809. He served in the war of 1812 and 1 CONT then, actually moved to Warsaw in 1819.
1 CONTBurial: 182 1 CONC 8, Hannibal Village Cemetery, Oswego Co., NY
1 CONTSPERRY, Ann 1 CONC e and Barnabas Rice, both of New Lebanon, m. Aug. 20, 1786< 1 CONC /p> 1 CONT
Born, Married and Died, in Sharon, Connecticut< 1 CONC /font>
1 CONTA Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the town of Sh 1 CONC aron, Conn. 1 CONT from 1721 to 1879
1 CONTtaken from Ancient Land and Church Records and other Authe 1 CONC ntic 1 CONT Sources.
1 CONTLawrence VanAlstyne, Sharon, Connecticut, 1897< 1 CONC /font>
1 CONTWatson Chanc 1 CONC ey, p o Middleburgh, retired merchant, 200 acres, born in Middleburgh in 1 CONT 1816, has been Justice of Peace; wife Harriet A. Tyler, of county, marrie 1 CONC d in 1842; 1 CONT children three - Frances Caroline, Arthur E., and Helen E. Father Harve 1 CONC y Watson, of 1 CONT Albany county.
1 CONTWATSON, Chau 1 CONC ncey, (Middleburgh,) retired merchant and farmer 131, Main.
1 CONTWatson, Chau 1 CONC ncy born Nov 30, 1817, died Frb 8, 1887 Harriet A. Tyler, his wife, born 1 CONT July 271 1821, died Feb 16, 1902 "
1 CONTDeaths and Burials
1 CONT in
1 CONT Schoharie County, NY
Original records of Henry Cady
1 CONTAnna md. Joh 1 CONC n when she was fourteen years of age. From them were descended Amos 1 CONT Bronson Alcott and his dau. Louisa May Alcott, the well known authoress.< 1 CONC br /> 1 CONT Genealogy.com (LLC), Broderbund (FTJ), Vol, 68, Tree 854. 1 CONT
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N374@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTGeorge Chatf
1 CONC ield, of South Mundham, Pagham, Sussex, England, was b. abt. 1566.
1 CONT In the will of his father in 1594 he received a share of his goods and b
1 CONC y the will of his
1 CONT Uncle George Chatfield, 1599/1600, he received lands in Chichester, Sout
1 CONC h Mundham in
1 CONT Pagham, and Oving.
1 CONT Some of these land he and his wife, Margaret, alienated by fines in 160
1 CONC 6 and 1609.
1 CONT He probably;y gave property to his children in his lifetime, as at his de
1 CONC ath at Pagham in
1 CONT 1619 his inventory showed personal property of only L8. 8s. 4d.
1 CONT Administration on the goods of George Chatfield of Pagham was granted No
1 CONC v 13, 1619 to
1 CONT Margaret Chatfield, widow and relict. Inventory, L8. 8s. 4d. (Peculiar o
1 CONC f Pagham and
1 CONT Tarring Deanery, Diary, 1614-1639, fo. 13.)
1 CONT As he left no will, as no inquisition post Mortem was held on his estate
1 CONC , as the early
1 CONT registers and manor rolls of Pagham are lost, and as all other possible s
1 CONC ources of
1 CONT information have been fruitlessly examined, positive proof has not been s
1 CONC ecured that
1 CONT Henry Chatfield who follows him in South Mundham in Pagham was his son; b
1 CONC ut the
1 CONT circumstantial evidence is such as to leave no reasonable doubt that thi
1 CONC s Henry was the
1 CONT son and heir of George.
1 CONT He md. abt. 1588 Margaret (_____), who joined with him in conveyances b
1 CONC y fines in
1 CONT 1606 and 1609, and administered his estate in 1619. They may have had sev
1 CONC eral children
1 CONT born in Pagham, of whom no records exist, as the early registers of tha
1 CONC t Parish are lost.
1 CONT "Genealogical Research in England".
1 CONT By: Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson
http://money 1 CONC maker.rootsweb.com/surnames/chatfield/nti/nti06409.htm
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N375@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTFRANCIS CHAT
1 CONC FIELD (1532-1594): Francis b. abt. 1532 is the testator of 1594, he
1 CONT resided probably chiefly in Rumboldswyke, co. Sussex, England, where he d
1 CONC . May 4,
1 CONT 1594, according to his inquisition post Morten, which also shows that h
1 CONC e held lands in
1 CONT Westmeston and Ashling. He also owned land in Oving, which was probably g
1 CONC iven him
1 CONT by his father, Richard, who acquired land in this parish in 1554/55. Thi
1 CONC s same land
1 CONT Francis seems to have alienated or mortgaged by fines in 1580. The regist
1 CONC ers of Oving do
1 CONT not contain the baptisms of his children; and therefore they were probabl
1 CONC y bapt. at
1 CONT Rumboldswyke, the early registers of which are missing.
1 CONT His Will only names his five eldest children; the names of the five young
1 CONC est are derived
1 CONT from the will of his brother George, in 1599/1600.
1 CONT He md., abt 1560, Anne Peckham, who survived him, dau of John/George Peck
1 CONC ham.
1 CONT WILL OF FRANCIS CHATFIELD
1 CONT The will of Frauncis Chatfield of the parish of Rumboldswyke, co. Sussex
1 CONC , gentleman,
1 CONT May 4, 1594.
1 CONT To be bur. in he parish church of Rumboldswyke. To the mother church of C
1 CONC hichester,
1 CONT Sussex, England 3s. 4d. My goods to be appraised between this and Michael
1 CONC mas, and, my
1 CONT debts and legacies being paid, the residue to be equally divided among al
1 CONC l my children,
1 CONT my son Richard only excepted. My sons Francis, George and Thomas, and m
1 CONC y dau. Joane
1 CONT to have their portions within half a year after my decease, and my five o
1 CONC ther children as
1 CONT they shall come to heir several ages of twenty-one years. My son Richar
1 CONC d shall discharge
1 CONT my wife of all jointures, dowries, bonds, and other encumbrances that I s
1 CONC tand bound in,
1 CONT for, and concerning his wife. To Anne Chatfield, dau. of my son Richard
1 CONC , 40s., to be paid
1 CONT to the said Richard for the use of the said Anne. To my son Francis Chatf
1 CONC ield all my lands
1 CONT in West Ashling now in the tenure of Thomas Bonye, John Linsey, and Joh
1 CONC n Whire,
1 CONT containing one yardland, to him and his male issue, and for want of suc
1 CONC h to my son
1 CONT Richard and his male issue. The residue of my land there, called Mudberes
1 CONC , I leave to my
1 CONT son Richard, my wife to have the use of all my lands in West Ashling fo
1 CONC r life. To my
1 CONT servant William Humfrey a heifer and a calf. To my servant John Daunc
1 CONC e a ewe. To my
1 CONT servant Robert Jawning 3s. 4d.
1 CONT [signed] Frauncs Chatfeeld.
1 CONT Witnessed: George Chatfild, Anthony Smithe.
1 CONT Proved Jun 14, 1594, administration being granted to Anne Chatfield the r
1 CONC elict and
1 CONT Francis Chatfield the son of the testator, no executor being named.
1 CONT P. C. C., Dixy, 476.
1 CONT INQUISITION POST MORTEM OF FRANCIS CHATFIELD
1 CONT Inquisition taken at Estgreensted, on Sussex, Oct 07, Oct, (36 Elizabeth
1 CONC ) 1594, after the
1 CONT death of Francis Chatfield, gentleman.
1 CONT The jurors say that the said Francis at the time of his death was seize
1 CONC d in his demesne as
1 CONT of fee of certain lands called Chatfeeldes in Westmeston in the count afo
1 CONC resaid, and of
1 CONT half a virgate of land called Hamgate, in Westmeston in the Co. aforesaid
1 CONC , and so thereof
1 CONT seized d. thereof seized. And, further, the jurors say that the land call
1 CONC ed Chatfeeldes is
1 CONT held of John Michelburne, gentleman, as of his manor of Westmeston, in fr
1 CONC ee socage and
1 CONT by the rent of 7s., and it is worth by the year in all issues beyond repr
1 CONC ises 53s. 4d. And
1 CONT that the half virgate of land called Hamgate is held of Edward Novell, Lo
1 CONC rd Aburgaveni,
1 CONT and by the yearly rent of 6d., as of his manor of Dytchening, in free soc
1 CONC age, and they are
1 CONT worth by the year in all issues beyond reprises 13s, 4d. And that the moi
1 CONC ety of the parcel
1 CONT of land called Mudberyes is held of Lord Barteley as of his manor of Bose
1 CONC ham, in free
1 CONT socage and by the yearly rent of 3s. 6d., and it is worth by the year bey
1 CONC ond reprises 20s.
1 CONT And further the jurors say that Francis d. at Rumboldswyke in the Co. afo
1 CONC resaid on May 4
1 CONT last past before the taking of this inquisition, and that Richard Chatfel
1 CONC d is his son and
1 CONT heir, which same Richard at the time of the death of Francis his father w
1 CONC as aged thirty-one
1 CONT years and more.
1 CONT Delivered into Court in Oct, 36 Elizabeth [1594], by the hand of the Esch
1 CONC eator.
1 CONT Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series 2, Vol. ?, # 121.
1 CONT Lay Subsidies for co. Sussex: Preserved in Public Record Office, London
1 CONC , England.
1 CONT "Genealogical Research in England".
1 CONT By: Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson.
At a Court o 1 CONC f Common Pleas of General Sessions of the Peace held in & for the Cou 1 CONC nty 1 CONT of Schoharie on the Third day of February 1840 before John C. Wright Firs 1 CONC t Judge Robert 1 CONT Cloredge, John Westover & Harvey Watson, Judges of said Court. 1 CONC
1 CONTDeaths and Burials
1 CONT in
1 CONT Schoharie County, NY
Original records of Henry Cady
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N377@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTHezekiah wa 1 CONC s a farmer. He died in an accident caused by a team of runaway horses.
1 CONT|
1 CONT 1 CONT Name: |
1 CONT
1 CONT Hannah Watson
1 CONT |
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1 CONT Date:
1 CONT |
1 CONT
1 CONT October 20, 1799
1 CONT |
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1 CONT Comments:
1 CONT |
1 CONT
1 CONT "widow of John Watson and dau. of John and Hannah (Norton) Pr
1 CONC att, aged 71 years"
1 CONT |
Ephraim cam
1 CONC e with his father from Ipswich, MA to settle in Plainfield, CT.
1 CONT Included in a list of Freeman of Canaan, CT June 23, 1757 were Ephraim an
1 CONC d his sons
1 CONT William, Ephraim Jr, Thomas, Jonathan and Joseph. Abeil was the only so
1 CONC n not listed,
1 CONT possibly since he was not married yet. There is very little else in the w
1 CONC ay of records on
1 CONT Ephraim Fellows, son of Ephraim except his Will made on April 1, 1757, on
1 CONC e month
1 CONT before his death. Ephraim may have died of smallpox.
Jonathan mov
1 CONC ed from Plainfield to Canaan, CT before 1752. He was a Freeman of
1 CONT Canaan, CT June 23, 1757. All their children were born there.
1 CONT Jonathan's will written July 4, 1758 appointed his widow Mary as the guar
1 CONC dian of the
1 CONT children Nov 28 1758 (Sharon Probate Records, Book B2, pp 34, 37-38.)
Ephraim wa
1 CONC s born about 1640 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, he was the second son of
1 CONT William and Mary. He became a surveyor of highways and was in that line o
1 CONC f work
1 CONT between the years 1669 and 1678 working on roads between Windmill Hill an
1 CONC d Haefield's
1 CONT Bridge and from Goodwife Fellows (Note: Goodwife Fellows may have been hi
1 CONC s mother,
1 CONT widow to William Fellows. ) to Chewbaca Falls. With his first wife Mary
1 CONC , they had at
1 CONT least two children; William and John. Mary died February 23, 1670. The sa
1 CONC me year, he
1 CONT was granted a permit to fell trees for a house 16 feet square. Ephraim wa
1 CONC s involved in
1 CONT several court cases that help illustrate the life in those early days. Th
1 CONC e first was in 1668
1 CONT when he gave testimony in court substantiating a complaint that someone w
1 CONC as illegally
1 CONT hunting wild pigs on Hog Island. Records state that, "Ephraim Fellow
1 CONC s, aged twenty
1 CONT seven years, deposed that when he was coming home from Castle Neck in a c
1 CONC anoe, he
1 CONT heard a great hunting of dogs at the island in the marsh behind the roun
1 CONC d island. Standing
1 CONT up in the canoe he could not see where they were, but saw a spotted hog c
1 CONC ome from Hog
1 CONT Island to the marsh and then go inside again. Further, that Goodman Wood'
1 CONC s canoe lay
1 CONT near the place where the hunting was." Another incident occurred i
1 CONC n the early fall of 1670
1 CONT on the highway between Wenham and Ipswich. There were five men involved
1 CONC . Ephraim
1 CONT and Nathaniel Wade were riding their horses following two other men, Obad
1 CONC iah Bridges
1 CONT and Andrew Peters on their way to Ipswich. Bridges and Peters first accos
1 CONC ted the young
1 CONT Mr. Thomas Stevens when they came upon and challenged him, wanting to kno
1 CONC w who he
1 CONT was and what he was doing. They kept after him until the saw Ephraim an
1 CONC d Nathaniel
1 CONT approaching. As Ephraim and Wade passed the group, they were cordial to M
1 CONC r. Stevens
1 CONT and bid him a good evening, where upon both Bridges and Peters grabbed Na
1 CONC thaniel's
1 CONT horse's reins, demanding that he stay put and stated that, "they wou
1 CONC ld make him stay and
1 CONT light his pipe in the Brook before they would let him go". A fight b
1 CONC roke out with Ephraim
1 CONT resisting from being pulled off his horse. The outcome in court was tha
1 CONC t Bridges and
1 CONT Peters were fined 40 shillings damage for stopping Mr. Stevens, for stopp
1 CONC ing Mr. Wade
1 CONT and for abusing Mr. Ephraim Fellows. They were required to swear oaths an
1 CONC d were
1 CONT further bound by good behavior. Later Bridges brought suit against Ephrai
1 CONC m for abuse in
1 CONT that fight. No record of the outcome was found, other than that Ephraim p
1 CONC aid his own
1 CONT court costs. Another episode on record concerns an incident on May 1674 i
1 CONC n the town
1 CONT meeting house when, "Ephraim Fellows, aged about thirty-three year
1 CONC s deposed that he
1 CONT often saw John Pearce playing at the meeting in the time of exercise, spi
1 CONC tting on other
1 CONT boy's hats and clothing, etc". And finally, In 1678, Ephraim and hi
1 CONC s neighbor Mr. Jacobs
1 CONT apparently had an on going grudge that eventually ended up in court. It s
1 CONC eems that Jacobs'
1 CONT swine came across a bridge owned by him and had gotten into Ephraim's gra
1 CONC in, causing
1 CONT considerable damage that cost Ephraim approximately twenty bushels of Ind
1 CONC ian corn. The
1 CONT next day Ephraim missed training with the militia and was fined. When Eph
1 CONC raim finally
1 CONT showed up and complained about the fine, he stated that he had urgent bus
1 CONC iness at home.
1 CONT An investigation found that a neighbor had seen Ephraim putting an axe t
1 CONC o Jacobs' cattle
1 CONT bridge. Ephraim was fined 20 shillings plus 26 shillings court costs fo
1 CONC r the damage.
1 CONT Ephraim was a trooper in King Philip's War in 1675, credited with servic
1 CONC e with Captain
1 CONT Nicholas Paiges Company on September 3, 1675 where he participated on a
1 CONC n expedition
1 CONT to Mount Hope and Narraganset. He was also credited 3 pounds 9 shilling
1 CONC s for services
1 CONT with Captain Whipple's Company on August 24, 1676. He was a Commoner in 1
1 CONC 678.
1 CONT Ephraim married Ann Hannah Cross December 30, 1690, having three childre
1 CONC n by her;
1 CONT Ephraim, Elizabeth and Anna. A deed dated 1694 stated that his occupatio
1 CONC n at that time
1 CONT was as a locksmith. Records show that Ephraim was living in Ipswich throu
1 CONC gh 1687.
1 CONT Several years after the death of his second wife Anna, he moved with hi
1 CONC s family to
1 CONT Plainfield, Connecticut around the year 1696. He had a seat appointed t
1 CONC o him in the
1 CONT meeting house in 1700. He remained in Plainfield until his death in 1713
1 CONC . Records show
1 CONT that the family property was sold in Ipswich the same year.
1 CONT
Anna was fir
1 CONC st married to Thomas Marshall then married Ephraim Fellows. She was aged
1 CONT 21 and unmarried at her father's house in 1671 and Anna Marshall at her f
1 CONC ather's house in
1 CONT 1679. Her last Marshall child was born in 1682 and her first Fellows chil
1 CONC d in 1685. She
1 CONT was living in Plainfield, New London, CT in 1710. (Ref; Mass and Maine Fa
1 CONC milies in the
1 CONT Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis)
1 CONT The identity of Ann's father Robert is proved by the following in local r
1 CONC ecords" Dec 4,
1 CONT 1710, Stephen Herrick of Beverly, allowing to Mary Herrick of Preston, Co
1 CONC nnec'tt,
1 CONT Ephraim Fellows and Anna his wife of Plainfield, Connec'tt, both daughter
1 CONC s of Robert
1 CONT Cross late of Ipswich: in consideration of twenty-three pounds money of N
1 CONC -England,
1 CONT acquit to William Butler of Ipswich all claims on their father's estate.&
1 CONC quot;
1 CONT She was also called "Amy".
The Descenda
1 CONC nts of William Fellows of Ipswich, Massachusetts 1635
1 CONT by Mark Decatur Fellows
1 CONT
1 CONT Introduction
1 CONT One of the earliest pioneers of the Fellows surname to arrive in Americ
1 CONC a
1 CONT was William Fellows, who upon leaving England, appeared in Ipswich,
1 CONT Massachusetts, in 1635. William's descendants would spread widely acros
1 CONC s
1 CONT New England and onward towards the west. One of them would become the
1 CONT forty- first president of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush
1 CONC .
1 CONT William had two brothers and two sisters. His arrival in America was to <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT be followed shortly by that of his brothers. Samuel Fellows arrived in
1 CONT 1641 settling in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Although Samuel had only two <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT children, his son Samuel Jr. became the ancestor of Fellows family stoc
1 CONC k
1 CONT that spread throughout New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts. Richar
1 CONC d
1 CONT Fellows, William's second brother, came to Hartford, Connecticut in 1643
1 CONC ,
1 CONT bringing his wife and three children with him. He appears to have bee
1 CONC n a
1 CONT frontier trader, dealing in horses and cattle. He died in 1663. His onl
1 CONC y
1 CONT son Richard was killed by Indians in 1675, thus ending this line.
1 CONT Elizabeth Fellows, the first of William's sisters came to America and
1 CONT married John Moricke, settling in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She died in
1 CONT 1660. Grace Fellows, the last sister, remained in England her entire
1 CONT life, marrying Mr. Allam.
1 CONT The origin of the Fellows name is English, meaning, "dweller at, o
1 CONC r near
1 CONT the newly cultivated land." Spelling of the name varied greatly, bu
1 CONC t is
1 CONT most often found as Fellows, Fellowes, Felagh, Felaghs and Fellow. Thes
1 CONC e
1 CONT families
1 CONT were often related. Variations in spelling occurred often as a result o
1 CONC f
1 CONT the high degree of illiteracy that was prevalent in earlier times, plai
1 CONC n
1 CONT carelessness, and language differences found between localities and
1 CONT counties.
1 CONT Many people did not know how to spell their own names, leaving civil
1 CONT officials to spell the name as it sounded to them when recording people <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT and events in local town records.
1 CONT Researching the genealogy of William Fellows became a walk through much <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT of America's history. His descendants can be found fighting in every
1 CONT American conflict, starting with the French and Indian War, through the <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT American Revolution, 1812, the Civil War, both World Wars, Korea and
1 CONT finally Vietnam. They emigrated from coast to coast, border to border an
1 CONC d
1 CONT stretched through the entire social structure of the country, from an
1 CONT American President, Supreme Court Justices, to Captains of Industry,
1 CONT Doctors, Lawyers, farmers and even a few
1 CONT down and out criminals.
1 CONT Genealogical research results are often open to dispute. Historical
1 CONT information before the 1800's is often lacking.
1 CONT Common first names recurred over and over within the same families and
1 CONT between generations, as parents tended to name children after themselve
1 CONC s
1 CONT and their own parents, sometimes leading researchers to make mistakes i
1 CONC n
1 CONT lineage. Finally, errors committed by one genealogist are occasionally
1 CONT picked up and duplicated by other researchers using the same work. Grea
1 CONC t
1 CONT effort was expended to ensure the accuracy of this study; however, ther
1 CONC e
1 CONT are still areas in the Fellows' family history where genealogists
1 CONT disagree on exact lineage lines.
1 CONT
1 CONT 1. William2 Fellows (Willyam1 Fellow) (Source: The Hammatt Papers; Earl
1 CONC y
1 CONT Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1633-1700, by Abraham Hammatt,
1 CONT 1880., Page 100..) was born 1609 in Foxton, Leicestershire County,
1 CONT England (Source: (1) Erwin Wilcox Fellows, Fellows Families of Onondaga <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT County, New York and
1 CONT Their Ancestry, (1991, published by author)., (2) Louis Dow Sisco,
1 CONT Fellows, Fallowes, Fellow and Like Names, Fellows Ancestry in New Englan
1 CONC d
1 CONT and Old England, (Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, New York
1 CONT 1926), Page 13, William Fellows was born about 1609, according to a
1 CONT deposition made in 1659. (Recs. Essex Quart. Ct., ii, 170.).), and died <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT Dec 29, 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA (Source: (1) LDS Family Search
1 CONT Data Base (Batch 8424490, sheet 10, call 1395854), (2) Louis Dow Sisco, <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT Fellows, Fallowes, Fellow and Like Names, Fellows Ancestry in New Englan
1 CONC d
1 CONT and Old England, (Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, New York
1 CONT 1926), Page 12 (year only)..). He married Mary Ayres (Source: W. H.
1 CONT Whitmore, The Ayres and Ayer Families, (NEGHS 1863, 17.
1 CONT 307-310.).).
1 CONT
1 CONT Notes for William Fellows:
1 CONT William Fellows was born most likely to Willyam Fellows of Foxton,
1 CONT Lincolnshire County, England around the year 1609. With a certificate
1 CONT from St. Albons Perish in Hertfordshire England, he is believed by many <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT as the William Fellows who sailed from London to America aboard the shi
1 CONC p
1 CONT "Planter"on March 22, 1635. Listed as a shoemaker, William's ag
1 CONC e was
1 CONT recorded as 24 years. The ships' Captain was Nicholas Travice and their <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT arrival in Boston was on April 11, 1635. His wife, Mary Ayres and his
1 CONT oldest son Isaac William were not listed. William
1 CONT settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he was to remain his entire
1 CONT life. The first date that cements William in Ipswich is a Jan 26, 1639
1 CONT court appointed estate sale of the late Humphrey Wisse of Ipswich where <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT William Fellows bought "the house and house-lot of one acre and a
1 CONT planting lot of six acres, with appurtenances".
1 CONT During the first day of the first month, 1639, William engaged in tendin
1 CONC g
1 CONT the Ipswich village herd of cows. His contract read; "to drive the
1 CONC m out
1 CONT to feed before sunne be half an hour high and not bring them home befor
1 CONC e
1 CONT half an hour before sunset". The contract ran from April 15th to Nov
1 CONC ember
1 CONT 15th and the pay was either in corn or money, a total of fifteen pounds
1 CONC .
1 CONT In 1640 William was associated with Mark Quilter and Simon Tompson as th
1 CONC e
1 CONT Cow keeper on the North side of the river at Ipswich.
1 CONT There is a list of those men taking freeman's oath June 2, 1641. Among
1 CONT the names is "Willi ff_". This may have been William Fellows. (
1 CONC Ref: NEHG
1 CONT Reg Vol 3, page 91.) William achieved the status of "Commoner"
1 CONC ; in
1 CONT October 1643. The term "Commoner" refers to an arrangement betw
1 CONC een
1 CONT settlers, who for purposes of protection, arranged their homes next t
1 CONC o a
1 CONT "Common", consisting of land
1 CONT of sufficient size to mutually protect all their livestock. He and his
1 CONT family became owners of considerable property in the local area.
1 CONT Williams' name appeared on numerous real estate transactions including, <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT 15 acres sold to John Pierpont on the Great Brook towards the north on
1 CONT November 15, 1649 and a farm conveyed to William on the south side of th
1 CONC e
1 CONT river, bounded by the Mill Brook West on February 07, 1658.
1 CONT Substantiation over William's birth year is found in court records durin
1 CONC g
1 CONT a trial over the boundary line between the farms of Mr Richard
1 CONT Saltonstall and Mr Wade began in Mar 29, 1659 session of court at Ipswic
1 CONC h
1 CONT and carried over to a September session, and on the 27th of the month
1 CONT William Fellows himself testified. The court recognized him as " Wil
1 CONC liam
1 CONT Fellows, aged about fifty years, deposed that about fourteen years
1 CONT ago........" This
1 CONT matches fairly well with the age of the William Fellows aged 24 years wh
1 CONC o
1 CONT sailed on the Planter in 1635.
1 CONT Around the year 1660, William bought the John Andrews farm and took up
1 CONT residence in the ancient Candlewood neighborhood of Ipswich. Historians <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT believe that the name "Candlewood" came from the local pine for
1 CONC ests in the
1 CONT area, whose clear grain and rich pitch were use by the inhabitants to
1 CONT light their homes for many years. Residents of each community had to
1 CONT establish their own local defenses and were required to become members o
1 CONC f
1 CONT a militia, providing for the defense of the town against Indians. Each
1 CONT settler had to bring his own rifle, but could draw upon town supplies o
1 CONC f
1 CONT gun powder and lead for use in it's defense. In October 1643, William an
1 CONC d
1 CONT 26 other townsmen were fined for not returning their gun powder supply t
1 CONC o
1 CONT the town. One year later William was listed as a subscriber to a fund fo
1 CONC r
1 CONT Daniel Dennison as head of the town militia of Ipswich. William was
1 CONT admitted to the County Court as a "Freeman" of the Colony on Ma
1 CONC rch 28,
1 CONT 1654. "Freeman status" was a social position achieved throug
1 CONC h a
1 CONT combination of land ownership and orthodox church membership. In 1666
1 CONT William along with John Proctor Senior, jointly purchased a four rod lo
1 CONC t
1 CONT with a house on the west corner of Green Street and the Meeting House
1 CONT Green. The double ownership continued during his life, but on Dec 21,
1 CONT 1676, Williams' executors bought the Proctor interest from the family
1 CONT heirs. An active member in town affairs, Williams' name shows up on man
1 CONC y
1 CONT documents, including selection for duty on a County Court jury Septembe
1 CONC r
1 CONT 24,1667 and as a signer of a petition in March 21, 1669 for restricting <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT tree cutting on town lands. William and
1 CONT Mary's children were as follows; Isaac, Ephraim, Abigail, Elizabeth,
1 CONT Samuel, Sarah and Mary. Records show that William died on December 29,
1 CONT 1676 in Ipswich, with his Will being executed on November 27, 1677. He
1 CONT was buried at the Parish of St. Michael, Ipswich. Fellows Road and
1 CONT Fellows Lane, which run next to the ancient property of William and his <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT family, still exists today in the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
1 CONT
1 CONT The last will of William felows november 29:76
1 CONT I having perfit memory I commit my soull to god and my body to ye graue <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT and bequea my earthly goods as followeth my will is yt my wif shall hav
1 CONC e
1 CONT one rome in my house to her self and for her uese dewring her life yt i
1 CONC s
1 CONT to say ye parler and to have twelve pounds yearly paid her in
1 CONT merchantable pay by my three Sons /Ephram Samuel Joseph/ and likewis it <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT is my will yt my wif should have two of my /best/ Cowes and to be kept b
1 CONC y
1 CONT my sonns winter and Somer for my wifs uese and my wif shall have libert
1 CONC y
1 CONT to keep two swine and like wise my sons
1 CONT shall maintain her with convenient fiering winter and somer as long as
1 CONT she lives a widow and like wise tis my will yt my wife shall have a
1 CONT conveanant peice of land for a gearing and a quarter of a acker of good <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT land yearly to sow flaxe on and it is my will yt my wif shall have all y
1 CONC e
1 CONT household goods at her dispossel tis my will yt my sonne Isack shall hav
1 CONC e
1 CONT my march lote at hog Iland adid to that which I have giving him already <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT and my will is yt my other three sonns yt is Ephram Samuel and Joseph
1 CONT shall have ye other half of my farme and ye rest of my sault march with <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT ye buildings and stock /and corn/ upon ye farme to be posest of it afte
1 CONC r
1 CONT my deseas only to fulfill to thr mother what is above menchoned and to
1 CONT pay all /my/ debts and legisis as foloweth tis my will yt my daughter
1 CONT mary shall have ten pounds paid her within two yeare after my deseas an
1 CONC d
1 CONT it is my will yt my othr three daughters Elisebeth abegill Sary shall
1 CONT have tewenty pounds a peice one half paid them two years after my desea
1 CONC s
1 CONT ore one
1 CONT thr day or mariag and ye othr half two years after yt and after my debt
1 CONC s
1 CONT are all paid my will is yt my daughters should be maid equale with ther <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT three brothers Ephram Samuele Joseph only fifty pounds yt my Sonne Isac
1 CONC k
1 CONT is to pay after my wifs deseas shall be devided equaly amongst my three <
1 CONC br />
1 CONT daughters Elisebeth abigil Sary and then to be equallised with thr
1 CONT brothers aboue menshnd.
1 CONT
1 CONT William Fellowes
1 CONT Witness: William (his X mark) Story, Senear, Thomas Burnon, senier,
1 CONT Samuel Ingals, Seanir.
1 CONT
1 CONT ( No executor was named. Administration was granted to the three sons i
1 CONC n
1 CONT Ipswich court, 27 March 1677. Probate Records of Essex County. (
1 CONT published by Essex Institute, Salem 1920, Vol. 3, pp. 128-129))
1 CONT
1 CONT http://www.gendex.com/users/cfa1996/new_eng/d0013/g0000092.html#I12098
1 CONT says: William son of Noble Fellows & Elizabeth
1 CONT !FELLOWS Family Assoc.: FELLOWS genealogy; pp 24-39.
1 CONT
1 CONT
William Fell
1 CONC ows was possibly born either to Willyam Fellows of Foxton, Leicestershire
1 CONT County, England or possibly the son of Willyam also named William aroun
1 CONC d the year
1 CONT 1609. With a certificate from St. Albons Perish in Hertfordshire England
1 CONC , he is believed
1 CONT by many as the William Fellows who sailed from London to America aboard t
1 CONC he ship
1 CONT "Planter"on March 22, 1635. Listed as a shoemaker, William's ag
1 CONC e was recorded as 24
1 CONT years. The ships' Captain was Nicholas Travice and their arrival in Bosto
1 CONC n was on April
1 CONT 11, 1635. His wife, Mary Ayres and his oldest son Isaac William were no
1 CONC t listed. William
1 CONT settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he was to remain his entire life
1 CONC . (Note; Of the
1 CONT 118 passengers listed on the Planter, at least eight others also settle
1 CONC d in Ipswich, MA).
1 CONT The first date that cements William in Ipswich is a Jan 26, 1639 court ap
1 CONC pointed estate
1 CONT sale of the late Humphrey Wisse of Ipswich where William Fellows bought &
1 CONC quot;the house
1 CONT and house-lot of one acre and a planting lot of six acres, with appurtena
1 CONC nces". During the
1 CONT first day of the first month, 1639, William engaged in tending the Ipswic
1 CONC h village herd of
1 CONT cows. His contract read; "to drive them out to feed before sunne b
1 CONC e half an hour high and
1 CONT not bring them home before half an hour before sunset". The contrac
1 CONC t ran from April 15th
1 CONT to November 15th and the pay was either in corn or money, a total of fift
1 CONC een pounds. In
1 CONT 1640 William was associated with Mark Quilter and Simon Tompson as the Co
1 CONC w keeper
1 CONT on the North side of the river at Ipswich.
1 CONT There is a list of those men taking freeman's oath June 2, 1641. Among th
1 CONC e names is
1 CONT "Willi ff_". This may have been William Fellows. (Ref: NEHG Re
1 CONC g Vol 3, page 91.)
1 CONT William achieved the status of "Commoner" in October 1643. Th
1 CONC e term "Commoner"
1 CONT refers to an arrangement between settlers, who for purposes of protection
1 CONC , arranged their
1 CONT homes next to a "Common", consisting of land of sufficient siz
1 CONC e to mutually protect all
1 CONT their livestock. He and his family became owners of considerable propert
1 CONC y in the local
1 CONT area. Williams' name appeared on numerous real estate transactions includ
1 CONC ing, 15 acres
1 CONT sold to John Pierpont on the Great Brook towards the north on November 15
1 CONC , 1649 and a
1 CONT farm conveyed to William on the south side of the river, bounded by the M
1 CONC ill Brook West
1 CONT on February 07, 1658.
1 CONT Substantiation over William's birth year is found in court records durin
1 CONC g a trial over the
1 CONT boundary line between the farms of Mr Richard Saltonstall and Mr Wade whi
1 CONC ch began in
1 CONT the Mar 29, 1659 session of court at Ipswich and carried over to a Septem
1 CONC ber session, and
1 CONT on the 27th of the month William Fellows himself testified. The court rec
1 CONC ognized him as
1 CONT " William Fellows, aged about fifty years, deposed that about fourte
1 CONC en years ago........"
1 CONT This matches fairly well with the age of the William Fellows aged 24 year
1 CONC s who sailed on
1 CONT the Planter in 1635.
1 CONT Around the year 1660, William bought the John Andrews farm and took up re
1 CONC sidence in
1 CONT the ancient Candlewood neighborhood of Ipswich. Historians believe that t
1 CONC he name
1 CONT "Candlewood" came from the local pine forests in the area, whos
1 CONC e clear grain and rich
1 CONT pitch were use by the inhabitants to light their homes for many years.
1 CONT Residents of each community had to establish their own local defenses an
1 CONC d were required
1 CONT to become members of a militia, providing for the defense of the town aga
1 CONC inst Indians.
1 CONT Each settler had to bring his own rifle, but could draw upon town supplie
1 CONC s of gun powder
1 CONT and lead for use in it's defense. In October 1643, William and 26 other t
1 CONC ownsmen were
1 CONT fined for not returning their gun powder supply to the town. One year lat
1 CONC er William was
1 CONT listed as a subscriber to a fund for Daniel Dennison as head of the tow
1 CONC n militia of
1 CONT Ipswich. William was admitted to the County Court as a "Freeman"
1 CONC ; of the Colony on
1 CONT March 28, 1654. "Freeman status" was a social position achieve
1 CONC d through a combination
1 CONT of land ownership and orthodox church membership.
1 CONT In 1666 William along with John Proctor Senior, jointly purchased a fou
1 CONC r rod lot with a
1 CONT house on the west corner of Green Street and the Meeting House Green. Th
1 CONC e double
1 CONT ownership continued during his life, but on Dec 21, 1676, Williams' execu
1 CONC tors bought the
1 CONT Proctor interest from the family heirs. An active member in town affairs
1 CONC , Williams' name
1 CONT shows up on many documents, including selection for duty on a County Cour
1 CONC t jury
1 CONT September 24,1667 and as a signer of a petition in March 21, 1669 for res
1 CONC tricting tree
1 CONT cutting on town lands. William and Mary's children were as follows; Isaac
1 CONC , Ephraim,
1 CONT Abigail, Elizabeth, Samuel, Sarah and Mary.
1 CONT Records show that William died on December 29, 1676 in Ipswich, with hi
1 CONC s Will being
1 CONT executed on November 27, 1677. He was buried at the Parish of St. Michael
1 CONC , Ipswich.
1 CONT Fellows Road and Fellows Lane, which run next to the ancient property o
1 CONC f William and
1 CONT his family, still exists today in the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Selectman 17 1 CONC 40 and 1747 and held other town offices. Also have seen death date of 5 S 1 CONC ep 1 CONT 1768, Hartford.
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N386@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTNathaniel Go 1 CONC odwin married Mehetable Porter, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Stanley) 1 CONT Porter of Hadley, Mass. Nathaniel Goodwin was a shoemaker, and was electe 1 CONC d Deacon of 1 CONT the First Church in Hartford, Conn., March 1734, which office he held unt 1 CONC il his death in 1 CONT November, 1747.
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N387@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONT206William Goodwin, the eldes
1 CONC t known child of Ozias, was born about 1629, as he
1 CONT testifies in September, 1674, that he was aged about 45. "The Test o
1 CONC f Wm Goodwin aged
1 CONT about 45 years Saith thatt beeing one night about the beginning of this l
1 CONC ast Hay-time in
1 CONT the Lonf meadow with my brother Nath Goodwin and my Son Wm Goodwin and ha
1 CONC ving
1 CONT tarried there awhile att length Lt. John Stedman came there with a Team
1 CONC e and Cartt and
1 CONT one or Two of his Sons and layed uppon his Cartt hay which stood between
1 CONC e the mere
1 CONT stones & the Brook which my said Brother forbid him to doe nott wit
1 CONC h Standing which
1 CONT fforbiddinf he the said Lt. Stedman layed up more my Brother forbid him C
1 CONC arrying itt
1 CONT away not with standing which he Carryed away the said hay and did moreove
1 CONC r lay Claime
1 CONT to land thereon the west ward side the mere stones there which land my sa
1 CONC id Brother allso
1 CONT Claimmed.
1 CONT Wm Goodwin Junior aged 16 yeares Testifyeth the same with his ffather a
1 CONC s above being
1 CONT then and theare present and ffurther Saith thatt the sayd hay was mowed a
1 CONC nd made by his
1 CONT uncle Nath Goodwin and his order.
1 CONT This owned by Lnt John Stedman In Court Sept 3 1674
1 CONT Attest John Allyn Secrety.
1 CONT Private COntroversies, Vol. 1, Connecticut State Library"
1 CONT
1 CONT He was made freeman by the General Court, May 21, 1657. He was appointe
1 CONC d chimney-
1 CONT viewer in 1662, 1665, and 1671; and in the town votes under date of Decem
1 CONC ber 29, 1676,
1 CONT we find the following:
1 CONT "The townsmen agreed with Wm Goodwin to sweep the meeting house, an
1 CONC d ring the Bell
1 CONT Sabbaths and public meetings of the Town or Side and at nine of the Cloc
1 CONC k at night for
1 CONT which he is to have seven pounds per annum. He is also to dig graves an
1 CONC d warn publick
1 CONT meetings as the Townsmen shall appoint for which he shall be paid as Robe
1 CONC rt Sanford
1 CONT was."
1 CONT Unfortunately for the antiquarian, his record of four hundred and twent
1 CONC y burials is not in
1 CONT extstence.
May have die 1 CONC d about 1676. Had a sister Sarah betrothed to Thomas Greenhill who died 1 CONT before married. In Goodwin Family Papers, there is mention of RICHARD FRE 1 CONC WEN 1 CONT married GRACE WARD 14 Apr 1605. Possible connection?
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N389@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTThey came t 1 CONC o the US after 1637 and before 1639. Settled in Cambridge, Mass, then 1 CONT Hartford, Ct between 1639 and 1640. Home lot on Trumbull St near Church S 1 CONC t in April 1 CONT 1659. Was to move to Hadley, Mass with brother, but 1661 Hartford town re 1 CONC cords show 1 CONT him still in Hartford. Will is in Hartford Probate Records, Book IV. Die 1 CONC d in spring of 1 CONT 1683, Hartford, Ct. Wife not mentioned.
1 CONTIn 1674, i
1 CONC n a deposition, Ozias Goodwin calls himself aged 78 years. r21:277-278
1 CONT
1 CONT Passenger List: Lyon 1632
1 CONT
1 CONT LYON, William Peirce, Master, sailed from London June 22, 1632 and arrive
1 CONC d
1 CONT September 16, 1632 at Boston. 'He brought one hundred and twenty three pa
1 CONC ssengers,
1 CONT whereof fifty children, all, in health. They had been twelve weeks aboar
1 CONC d and eight weeks
1 CONT from Land's End.' Ozias Goodwin, of Bocking, County Essex, Cambridge, hi
1 CONC s wife and
1 CONT son William were passengers on this ship.
1 CONT
1 CONT
1 CONT Nathaniel m1. Elizabeth PRATT.
1 CONT
1 CONT Sarah COLES b. ~1647 and d. 8 May 1676.
1 CONT
1 CONT ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------
1 CONC -------
1 CONT The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut
1 CONT
1 CONT Ozias GOODWIN was born ~1596 (he testified that his age was 78 in 1674)
1 CONC ; A brother of
1 CONT Elder William GOODWIN; he m. Mary, dau. of Robert WOODWARD, of Braintree,
1 CONT County Essex, England and very probably came from that region himself. H
1 CONC e was one of
1 CONT the proprietors [of Hartford] "by courtesie of the town," and h
1 CONC is home-lot was on the west
1 CONT side of the highway leading from Seth GRANT's to Centinel Hill, now Trumb
1 CONC ull St.,
1 CONT containing four acres. He signed the agreement to remove to Hadley in 165
1 CONC 9, but did not
1 CONT go. A home-lot of eight acres was assigned to him at Hadley, and 9 Dec 16
1 CONC 61, the grant
1 CONT was renewed, provided that he take up residence the middle of May; "
1 CONC and Mr. Goodwin
1 CONT (Wm.) engages for his brother." He d. prior to April 1683. Inv. 3 Ap
1 CONC ril, Pounds 129.4.
1 CONT
1 CONT Children:
1 CONT i. William (see record 146-4).
1 CONT ii. Nathaniel, b. ~1637; freeman, Oct. 1662; m1. Sarah, dau. of John an
1 CONC d Hannah
1 CONT COWLES, of Hatfield, MA, afterwards of Farmington; she d. 8 May 1676, age
1 CONC d 29; he
1 CONT m2. Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel PRATT. Chosen townsman 1670, 1677,
1 CONT 1682, 1695, 1706; his will is dated 21 Aug 1712; inv. 29 Jan 1713/4.
1 CONT iii. Hannah, b. ~1639; m.~1660/1 William PITKIN of Hartford; d. 12 Feb 17
1 CONC 23/4, in her
1 CONT eighty-fifth year.
1 CONT
1 CONT Ozias GOODWIN has a numerous posterity, and his descendants have been pro
1 CONC minent
1 CONT among our best citizens. The late Judge Nathaniel GOODWIN, the distinguis
1 CONC hed
1 CONT antiquarian and genealogist, was a great-grandson of Nathaniel above. I
1 CONC n the line of
1 CONT Nathaniel, by his second wife, were his great-grandson, George GOODWIN, o
1 CONC f the firm
1 CONT Hudson & Goodwin, for many years publisher of the "Connecticut C
1 CONC ourant", and also the
1 CONT late Major James Goodwin.
Ozias Goodwi 1 CONC n and his elder brother, William Goodwin, were of that "goodly compa 1 CONC ny" 1 CONT of men, women, and children, who in June, 1635 or 1636, left Newtown, New 1 CONT Cambridge, and other settlements in the seaboard of Massachusetts, to pla 1 CONC nt a new colony 1 CONT on the "delightful banks" of the Connecticut. Mr. Ozias Goodwi 1 CONC n did not sympathize with 1 CONT his brother in his particular views as to church membership, and discipli 1 CONC ne, so far as to 1 CONT feel constrained to go out from his brethren in the church at Hartford, b 1 CONC ut continued to 1 CONT reside there, where he became the progenitor of most of the name now in t 1 CONC his section of 1 CONT the State. His home-lot was located on the west side of what is now Trumb 1 CONC ull Street, and 1 CONT on both sides of Church Street as since laid out.
1 CONTOzias Goodwi
1 CONC n, the head of the Connecticut family of that name, married Mary
1 CONT Woodward, daughter of Robert, of Braintree, England. In 1639 he had becom
1 CONC e a resident
1 CONT of Hartford, Conn., and in 1674 makes the following affidavit, the origin
1 CONC al being
1 CONT preserved in Volume I. of Private Controversies, in the Connecticut Stat
1 CONC e Library:
1 CONT
1 CONT "Ozias Goodwin aged 78 yeares and Wm Goodwin aged aboute 45 yeares w
1 CONC ho each ffor
1 CONT himself testifieth thatt to his knowledge Mr. Wm Goodwin deceased and Mr
1 CONC . John Crow
1 CONT his son in law as wee have often heard them declare and seene itt allso i
1 CONC n the Constant
1 CONT frame of thaire dealeings weare Copartners in thayer Buyings and Selling
1 CONC s so thatt whatt
1 CONT soever one of them did in Bargaineing itt was reputed as good as if the o
1 CONC ther did itt: and
1 CONT persons did to our observance apply them selves to eathier of them indiff
1 CONC rantly as
1 CONT parttners and thatt as well in bying and selling Land as other things tha
1 CONC ir stocks being
1 CONT joyned to geather into a joynt Stock as wee well know by whatt wee have o
1 CONC ften heard
1 CONT from them and otherwayes observed: This was most of thayr time of dwellin
1 CONC g att
1 CONT Harttford and allso since.
The will o 1 CONC f Robert Woodward in Vol. 1, of Brayntree in the county of Essex and the 1 CONT Dioses of London, who mentions his daughter Mary Goodwin wife of Ozias Go 1 CONC odwin of 1 CONT New England, a son John, his wife Joane, his sister Rachell Clay the wif 1 CONC e of Miles, his 1 CONT father-in-law Edward Clay.
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N391@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTCame to US i 1 CONC n ship Susan and Ellen on 17 Jul 1638 with brother in law Joseph Loomis. 1 CONT May have first resided in Dorchester, Mass prior to Windsor, Ct.
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N399@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTThomas Stanl
1 CONC ey probably came to New England with his brothers, John and Timothy. He
1 CONT originally settled in Lynn, MA and was deputy on 2 Sep 1635 and constabl
1 CONC e in 1636, in
1 CONT which year he probably removed to Hartford, CT. He was an original propri
1 CONC etor in
1 CONT Hartford and his home-lot in 1639 was on Main St. just North of the Littl
1 CONC e River,
1 CONT extending to the present Centre Church. He was constable 1644, 1648, 1653
1 CONC . He removed
1 CONT to Hadley in 1659; townsman there, 1659; died in Hadley, buried 31 Jan 16
1 CONC 63.
1 CONT
1 CONT He came to America in 1634 on ship Planter. name is on Hartford's Founder
1 CONC s Monument.
1 CONT In 1659, removed to Hadley, Mass.
H 1 CONC e came to New England on the Mary and John in 1634. The next year he wa 1 CONC s married to Anna (or 1 CONT Hannah) Jordan. Anna is the daughter of Stephen Jordan and his first wife 1 CONC , whose name is not known 1 CONT (perhaps Sarah). In 1637 Robert participated in the Pequot War. This wa 1 CONC s a disagreement between 1 CONT Massachusetts and Connecticut over the lands of the Pequot Indians.
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N412@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTImmigrated i 1 CONC n 1635, settled In Charlestown, Suffolk, MA
1 CONT 1 CONT 1 CONT 1 _TITLE Notes 0 @N415@ NOTE 1 CONC 1 CONT 1 CONTTimothy Thra
1 CONC ll was born is Windsor, Connecticut. He was married to Deborah Gunnon
1 CONT 10 November 1659. Deborah was the daughter of Thomas Gunn who came over f
1 CONC rom
1 CONT England with Timothy's father and the Dorchester Company in 1630. In th
1 CONC e Windsor
1 CONT Church records of this period Timothy Thrall is grouped with the men wh
1 CONC o had a family,
1 CONT a horse and two yokes of oxen, so it would appear that he was a better bu
1 CONC sinessman than
1 CONT his brother-in-law, John Hosford Hosford, however, is on two military lis
1 CONC ts. First on a list
1 CONT dated 11 March 1658 of 37 Windsor men in thefirst horse troops (30 horse
1 CONC ) in the colony.
1 CONT Second, he was paid 6s 8d for fighting in King Philip's War.
1 CONT
1 CONT Both men protested the town vote to invite Mr. Chauncy to replace the agi
1 CONC ng Rev.
1 CONT Wareham as minister of the Windsor Church in 1662. When the 54 dissentin
1 CONC g members
1 CONT were allowed to form their own church, thebrothers-in-law went with the
1 CONC m and became
1 CONT leaders of the Second Church. This new congregation were more Presbyteria
1 CONC n than
1 CONT Congregational, and opposed to Chauncy's ideas. This sort of schism was o
1 CONC ccuring
1 CONT throughout all th