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Families of the Children of Sarah3 Washburn and John Ames (Jr.)
The children and grandchildren of Sarah
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(179.) Elisabeth Ames, eldest daughter of (66) Sarah3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 9 Dec. 1697,[1] married Joseph5 Bassett, son of William4 and Sarah (Sweetland) Bassett, of West Bridgewater,[2] on 13 Jan. 1724 in Boston, MA.[3] He was born on 15 Feb. 1695/6 in Bridgewater,[4] a grandson of Joseph3 and Mary (Lapham) Bassett, of West Bridgewater.[5]
Joseph Bassett died intestate on 4 Apr. 1741 in Bridgewater,[6] and his widow Elizabeth Ames, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 5 Oct. 1741,[7] and the inventory of his estate was appraised by John Ames, Ephraim Fobes, and Jonathan Howard on 8 Oct. 1741,[8] but she died on 18 Jan. 1743/4 in Bridgewater,[9] and her brother Benjamin Eames [Ames], of Bridgewater, was granted administration de bonis non of his estate which his widow Elizabeth Bassett died without completing, on 2 Apr. 1744,[10] and Benjamin Eames was also granted administration of her estate on 8 Mar. 1744.[11]
Elisabeth Ames and Joseph Bassett had children:[12]
704 i Dorothy6 Bassett, born on
24 Apr. 1726 in Bridgewater,[13]
Jonathan Haward, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, was
appointed as her guardian on 7 Apr. 1746,[14]
and she married David4 Packard
(Jr.), son of David3 and
Hannah (Ames) Packard,[15]
as his second wife, on 31 Dec. 1767 in Bridgewater.[16]
He was born on 25 Sept. 1713 in Bridgewater,[17]
a grandson of John and Sarah2
(Willis) Ames,[18]
and she was his first cousin once removed. He had married first to Mehitabel
Richards, daughter of Benjamin and Mehitabel4 (Alden) Richards,[19]
on 30 June 1736 in Bridgewater,[20]
and she had died on 22 Nov. 1767 in
705 ii Lt. Joseph6 Bassett (Jr.), born on 2 Mar. 1730/1 in Bridgewater,[24] Jonathan Haward, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, was appointed as his guardian on 7 Apr. 1746,[25] and he married 1.) Phebe6 Cushman, daughter of Jabez5 and Sarah (Paddleford) Cushman,[26] on 2 Dec. 1756 in Bridgewater.[27] She was born ca. 1737,[28] a granddaughter of Benjamin4 and Sarah4 (Eaton) Cushman,[29] and of Jonathan and Hannah (King) Paddleford.[30] She died on 25 Feb. 1796 in Bridgewater, aged 58 years,[31] and he remarried to 2.) Sarah (Prior) (Fobes) Eaton, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Moore) Prior, and widow of Josiah5 Fobes (Jr.), of Bridgewater, and of John Eaton, of Greenwich, CT,[32] on 14 Jan. 1798 in Bridgewater.[33] He was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[34] Lt. Joseph Bassett died testate on 6 May 1803 in Bridgewater, aged 72 years,[35] his will dated 5 Apr. 1798, and probated on 2 June 1803, mentioned his wife Sarah, his five sons Caleb, Nathan, Joseph, David and Cushman Bassett, and his three daughters Phebe Leonard, Abiel Lathrop, and Hannah Alger, and he named his son Caleb Bassett as executor of his estate.[36] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.) Sarah (Prior) (Fobes) (Eaton) Bassett supposedly died in 1839, aged 100 years.[37] He had had children by Phebe Cushman:[38]
a. Caleb7 Bassett, born on 11 Nov. 1757 in Bridgewater,[39] married Bethiah4 Keith, daughter of Benjamin3 and Abigail5 (Leach) Keith, of Bridgewater,[40] on 18 Apr. 1782 in Bridgewater,[41] and they settled in New Gloucester, ME.
b. Phebe7 Bassett, born on 19 Aug. 1759 in Bridgewater,[42] married Barnabas “Barney” Leonard, of Taunton, MA, on 5 Feb. 1780 in Bridgewater.[43] He was born ca. 1756,[44] and they were living in Bridgewater in the 1790 federal census.[45] He died on 21 Apr. 1821 in Bridgewater, aged 64 years,[46] but no probate records were found for him in Plymouth County. She died on 30 Oct. 1838 in Bridgewater, aged 79 years.[47]
c. Nathan7 Bassett, born on 12 Aug. 1763 in Bridgewater,[48] settled in Genesee, NY.[49]
d. Abigail7 Bassett, born on 12 Sept. 1765 in Bridgewater,[50] married Seth Lathrop (Jr.), son of Seth and Mehitabel (Daily) Lathrop,[51] on 25 Nov. 1784 in Bridgewater.[52] He was born on 26 Feb. 1765 in Bridgewater,[53] and they were living in Bridgewater in the 1790 federal census, next door to his father.[54]
e. Joseph7 Bassett (3rd), born on 5 Jan. 1769 in Bridgewater,[55] married Ruth6 Leach, daughter of James5 and Hasadiah4 (Keith) Leach,[56] on 26 Jan. 1792 in Bridgewater.[57] She was born on 24 June 1772 in Bridgewater,[58] and died on 11 Mar. 1848 in Bridgewater, aged 76 years.[59]
f. Hannah7 Bassett, born on 8 June 1771 in Bridgewater, married Deacon James Alger (Jr.), son of James and Martha (Kingman) Alger, of Bridgewater,[60] on 29 May 1791 in Bridgewater.[61] He was born on 22 Oct. 1770 in Bridgewater,[62] and died on 2 Nov. 1844 in Chelsea, MA, buried in Bridgewater.[63] She died a widow on 16 Jan. 1845 in Bridgewater, aged 73 years, of old age.[64]
g. David7 Bassett, born on 10 Nov. 1785 in MA,[65] married 1.) (3142) Phebe Dean, daughter of (1254) Job and Judith (Williams) Dean, of Raynham, MA, on 15 Dec. 1796 in Raynham,[66] and they moved to Maine.[67] She was born on 7 Mar. 1776 in Raynham,[68] a granddaughter of Josiah and (423) Jane5 (Washburn) Dean. She died on 16 Jan. 1800 in New Gloucester, ME, aged 24 years.[69] He was probably the David Bassett living in Livermore, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1800 federal census.[70] He eventually remarried to 2.) Sarah Smith,[71] who was born on 5 Aug. 1786 in ME,[72] and they were living in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[73] the 1850 federal census, where he was a mariner,[74] and 1860 federal census, where he was again a farmer.[75] He died on 20 Sept. 1865 in Litchfield, ME, aged 80 years,[76] and she supposedly died on 2 Mar. 1895, aged 108 years,[77] and they were both buried in Litchfield Plains Cemetery in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME.
h. Rev. Cushman7 Bassett, also settled in Maine.[78]
706 iii Sarah6 Bassett,
born on 10 June 1734 in Bridgewater,[79]
Jonathan Haward, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, was
appointed as her guardian on 7 Apr. 1746,[80]
and she married Christopher Dyer on 17 Nov. 1757 in
a. Bettie Dyer, born on 15 Mar. 1759 in Bridgewater,[90] was still unmarried when her father wrote his will in 1800. No death or probate records were found for her in Plymouth County.
b. Sarah “Sally” Dyer, born on 15 Mar. 1761 in Bridgewater,[91] was still unmarried when her father wrote his will in 1800. She may have been the Sarah Dyer who died intestate in 1842 in Bridgewater.[92]
c. Ruth Dyer, born on 14 May 1763 in Bridgewater,[93] died on 20 Mar. 1774 in Bridgewater, aged 10 years.[94]
d. Dorothy Dyer, born on 13 May 1765 in Bridgewater,[95] married Samuel Battles, of Stoughton, MA, on 29 Mar. 1786 in Bridgewater.[96] Daughter Dorothy Battles was named in the 1800 will of her mother.
e. Jason Dyer, born on 2 Dec. 1768 in Bridgewater,[97] marriage not found. He was executor of his mother’s estate in 1805, and he died intestate on 24 Feb. 1838 in Bridgewater, aged 70 years.[98]
f. Abigail Dyer, born on 15 May 1771 in Bridgewater,[99] married Deacon Cyrus Copeland, son of Daniel and Susanna (Ames) Copeland,[100] on 5 Jan. 1792 in Bridgewater.[101] He was born on 3 Jan. 1769 in Bridgewater,[102] and died intestate on 8 Nov. 1840 in Bridgewater, aged 72 years, of “lung fever.”[103] Daughter Abigail Copeland was named in the 1800 will of her mother.
g. Chloe Dyer, born on 29 July 1773 in Bridgewater,[104] married Apollos6 Leach, son of James5 and Hasadiah4 (Keith) Leach,[105] on 23 Feb. 1796 in Bridgewater.[106] He was born on 23 Sept. 1769 in Bridgewater,[107] and died intestate on 12 or 22 Oct. 1832 in Bridgewater, aged 63 years, of “apoplexy” or paralysis.[108] Daughter Cloe Leach was named in the 1800 will of her mother. She died a widow on 30 Dec. 1834 in Bridgewater, aged 61 years, of “pleurisy.”[109]
h. Daniel Dyer, born on 19 July 1775 in Bridgewater,[110] died on 21 Oct. 1778 in Bridgewater, aged 3 years.[111]
h. Polly Dyer, born on 14 Oct. 1778 in Bridgewater,[112] was still unmarried when her father wrote his will in 1800. She was still single and living in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[113] and she was probably the Polly Dyer who died intestate in 1850 in Bridgewater.[114]
(181.)
Sarah
Sarah (Ames) Packard died on 20 July 1770 in North Bridgewater, aged 67 years,[120] and Capt. Abiel Packard remarried to Deliverance (Orcutt) Washburn,[121] daughter of William and Hannah (Smith) Orcutt (Jr.), and widow of (354) Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, in 1771.[122]
Capt. Abiel Packard died testate on 1 June 1774 in North Bridgewater,[123] and Deliverance (Orcutt) (Washburn) Packard died testate on 5 Dec. 1790 in South Bridgewater, aged 83 years.[124]
Sarah Ames and Capt. Abiel Packard had children:[125]
707 i Capt.
Josiah4
Packard, born on 2 Oct. 1723 in
a. Susanna5 Packard, born on 12 Dec. 1749 in Bridgewater,[137] married 1.) Samuel Sturtevant on 14 Sept. 1769 in North Bridgewater,[138] and 2.) John Bicknell.[139]
b. Sarah5 Packard, born on 20 Oct. 1751 in Bridgewater,[140] married Ephraim5 Packard, son of David4 and Mehitabel (Richards) Packard (Jr.),[141] on 1 Sept. 1773 in North Bridgewater.[142] He was born on 6 Feb. 1751 in Bridgewater,[143] and he “went westward.”[144] He was not listed as a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census.
c. Mary5 “Molly” Packard, born on 9 Mar. 1753 in Bridgewater,[145] married Samuel Brett (Jr.), son of Samuel and Hannah4 (Packard) Brett,[146] on 18 Mar. 1778 in North Bridgewater.[147] He was born on 29 Jan. 1748/9 in Bridgewater.[148] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to her father, Josiah Packard.[149] She died on 9 Aug. 1807 in North Bridgewater, aged 53 [sic] years,[150] and he died testate on 21 Dec. 1843 in North Bridgewater, aged 94 years,[151] his will dated 9 Apr. 1828, and probated in Apr. 1844, mentioned his unmarried daughters Hannah and Sally, daughter Mehitable French, Sylva Monk, who was boarding with them, and sons Josiah and Samuel, whom he named as executors of his estate, but only son Josiah was granted Letters Testamentary in 1844 because son Samuel had already died.[152] (See Appendix [E] for a full transcription of his will.)
d. Josiah5
Packard (Jr.), born ca. 1754,[153]
married Rebecca Perkins on 10 Oct. 1782 in North Bridgewater.[154]
They were living in
e. Abiel5 Packard, married Hannah Harris on 14 Oct. 1794 in North Bridgewater,[161] and moved to Hebron, Cumberland Co., ME.[162]
f. Shepard Packard, born ca. 1761,[163] probably never married. He was not listed as a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, but he died testate on 11 Sept. 1837 in North Bridgewater, aged 76 years,[164] his will dated 24 Oct. 1820, and proved in Oct. 1837, mentioned his nephew Luke Packard of Bridgewater, his father Josiah Packard, his nephew Abiel Packard of Bridgewater, his sister-in-law Rebecca Snell of Bridgewater, and he named Benjamin Kingman of Bridgewater as executor of his estate. His codicil, dated 29 June 1835, mentioned Lucinda Packard, wife of Capt. Luke Packard of North Bridgewater.[165] (See Appendix [F] for a full transcription of his will and codicil.)
g. Edward5 Packard, moved to Hebron, ME, with his brother Abiel Packard.[166]
h. Ames5 Packard, born ca. 1769,[167] married Susannah Joy, daughter of (____) and Susanna Joy, on 30 Jan. 1797 in North Bridgewater.[168] She was born ca. 1776.[169] He died testate on 2 Mar. 1815 in North Bridgewater, aged 45 years,[170] his will dated 1 Aug. 1814, and probated on 5 Apr. 1815, mentioned his unnamed wife & children, his wife’s mother Susanna Joy, and his two sons William Packard and Charles A. Packard, and he named Luke Packard as executor of his estate.[171] (See Appendix [G] for a full transcription of his will.) She died on 10 Mar. 1815 in North Bridgewater, aged 38 years,[172] his personal estate was divided among his children William Packard, Charles A. Packard, Susan Packard, Betsey Packard and Bathsheba Packard on 19 Apr. 1819,[173] and his real estate was divided between his sons William Packard and Charles A. Packard on 4 Sept. 1820.[174]
i. Betsy/Betty5 Packard, married Deacon James Perkins, son of Luke and Rebecca4 (Packard) Perkins, of North Bridgewater,[175] on 25 Sept. 1783 in North Bridgewater,[176] and they moved to Minot, ME.[177] He was born on 9 June 1757 in Bridgewater,[178] a grandson of Deacon James3 and Jemima3 (Keith) Packard, of Bridgewater.[179]
j. Anna5 Packard, born ca. 1768,[180] married Seth Snow, son of Nathaniel Snow, of Orleans, MA,[181] on 23 Oct. 1795 in North Bridgewater,[182] and they lived in North Bridgewater. He was born ca. 1771.[183] She died on 16 July 1820 in North Bridgewater, aged 52 years,[184] and he remarried to Sarah (Noyes) Norton, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Dike) Noyes, and widow of Noah Norton,[185] on 14 Nov. 1821 in North Bridgewater.[186] He died intestate on 20 Nov. 1824 in North Bridgewater, aged 53 years.[187]
708 ii Abiel Packard (Jr.), born on 14 Mar. 1728 in Bridgewater,[188] died on 18 Jan. 1759 in North Bridgewater, aged 30 years,[189] presumably unmarried, but no probate records were found for him.
709 iii Joshua4 Packard, born on 26 July 1730 in Bridgewater,[190] married Mehitabel5 Alden, daughter of Samuel4 and Abiah4 (Edson) Alden, of Titicut, MA,[191] in Jan. 1755.[192] She was born on 27 Apr. 1732 in Bridgewater,[193] a granddaughter of Deacon Joseph3 and Hannah3 (Dunham) Alden (Jr.),[194] and of Capt. Josiah3 and Sarah3 (Packard) Edson, of South Bridgewater.[195] They moved to Maine,[196] probably before 1790.[197] He died in 1806 in Readfield, ME.[198] They had children:[199]
a. Caleb Packard, born on 5 Mar. 1758 in Bridgewater,[200] baptized on 13 Aug. 1758 in North Bridgewater.[201]
b. Joshua Packard (Jr.), born on 27 Aug. 1759 in Bridgewater,[202] baptized on 7 Oct. 1759 in North Bridgewater.[203]
c. Ralph Packard, baptized on 13 Sept. 1761 in North Bridgewater.[204]
d. Lebbeus Packard, baptized on 19 May 1765 in North Bridgewater.[205]
e. Mehitabel Packard, baptized on 16 Oct. 1768 in North Bridgewater,[206] probably died unmarried on 3 May 1789 in North Bridgewater, MA aged 21 years.[207]
710 iv Thomas4 Packard,
born on 21 Sept. 1732 in Bridgewater,[208]
married 1.) Mary4 Howard, of
Easton, MA, daughter of Henry3
and Mary4 (Howard) Howard, of
Easton,[209]
on 1 Jan. 1757 in Easton.[210]
She was born on 27 Jan. 1733/4 in
a. Capt. Parmenas5
Packard, born on 26 Nov. 1757 in Bridgewater,[217]
baptized on 14 May 1758 in North Bridgewater,[218]
married Martha Reynolds, daughter of Thomas and Elisabeth (Turner) Reynolds,[219]
on 9 Apr. 1778 in North Bridgewater.[220]
She was born on 23 Mar. 1759 in Bridgewater.[221]
They were living in
b. Silence5 Packard, born on 11 Feb. 1760 in Bridgewater,[226] baptized on 23 Mar. 1760 in North Bridgewater,[227] married Daniel5 Howard, son of Barnabas4, Esq., and Mehitabel5 (Packard) Howard,[228] in 1780.[229] He was born on 5 Dec. 1759 in Bridgewater,[230] baptized on 27 Jan. 1760 in North Bridgewater.[231] He does not appear to have been the Daniel Howard living in Bridgewater in the 1790 federal census.[232] No death record was found for him in North Bridgewater, but she died a widow on 27 Mar. 1844 in North Bridgewater, aged 84 years.[233]
c. Mary5 “Molly” Packard, born on 8 May 1762 in Bridgewater,[234] baptized on 13 June 1762 in North Bridgewater,[235] married John Robinson, possibly son of Archable/Archibald and Mercy (Field) Robinson,[236] on 22 Feb. 1781 in Bridgewater.[237] He was born on 8 Dec. 1749 in Bridgewater.[238] There were several John Robinsons listed as heads of households in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, but none in Bridgewater, and no probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA.
d. Thomas5 Packard (Jr.), born on 20 Aug. 1764 in Bridgewater,[239] baptized on 7 Oct. 1764 in North Bridgewater,[240] married Joanna5 Edson, daughter of (641) Ichabod4 and Jemima4 (Packard) Edson,[241] on 19 Oct. 1788 in North Bridgewater.[242] She was born on 20 Apr. 1765 in Bridgewater,[243] a granddaughter of Benjamin3 and (163) Joanna (Orcutt) Edson, and of Deacon James3 and Jemima3 (Keith) Packard.[244] His family may have been included in that of his father in the 1790 federal census in Bridgewater. He died intestate on 18 Dec. 1818 in Bridgewater,[245] and she died testate on 18 Oct. 1838 in North Bridgewater.[246]
e. Zeba/Zibiah5 Packard, a daughter, born on 6 Mar. 1766 in Bridgewater,[247] baptized on 10 May 1767 in North Bridgewater,[248] married Jacob Packard (Jr.), possibly son of Jacob4 and Deborah Packard,[249] on 20 Aug. 1789 in Bridgewater.[250] He was born on 7 Jan. 1761 in Bridgewater.[251] He does not appear to have been the Jacob Packard living in Bridgewater in the 1790 federal census, and his family may have been included in another. They were living in Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, by 1794.[252] He may have been the Jacob Packard who died on 15 Apr. 1809 in Pelham, MA.[253]
f. Elijah5 Packard, born on 21 Nov. 1769 in Bridgewater,[254] baptized on 1 Apr. 1770 in North Bridgewater,[255] married Abigail “Nabby” Packard, possibly daughter of Jonathan4 and Martha (Williams) Packard (Jr.),[256] on 26 Sept. 1793 in North Bridgewater,[257] and they moved to Pelham, MA, by 1807.[258] She was born on 15 June 1770 in Bridgewater.[259] No death records were found for either of them in Pelham, MA.
g. Cyrus5 Packard, born on 18 Jan. 1772 in Bridgewater,[260] baptized on 3 May 1772 in North Bridgewater,[261] married Kezia Kingman, daughter of Matthew and Jane4 (Packard) Kingman,[262] on 16 Apr. 1795 in North Bridgewater.[263] She was born on 31 Jan. 1777 in Bridgewater,[264] a granddaughter of David3 and Hannah (Ames) Packard, of Bridgewater.[265] He died on 17 May 1837 in North Bridgewater, aged 66 [sic] years,[266] and she died a widow on 19 May 1841 in North Bridgewater, aged 65 [sic] years,[267] but no probate records were found for either of them.
h. Daniel5 Packard, born on 22 Oct. 1776 [sic] in Bridgewater,[268] baptized on 10 Dec. 1775 [sic] in North Bridgewater,[269] married Nancy5 Keith, daughter of Maj. James4 and Anna (Kingman) Keith,[270] on 11 May 1796 in North Bridgewater,[271] and they moved to Pelham, MA, by 1813.[272] She was born on 22 Mar. 1778 in Bridgewater.[273]
711 v Timothy4 Packard,
born on 12 Apr. 1735 in Bridgewater,[274]
married Sarah5
Alden, daughter of Samuel4 and Abiah4 (Edson) Alden, of Titicut,[275]
in ca. 1759. She was born on 25 Mar. 1734 in
a. Bethuel5 Packard, born on 20 Mar. 1760 in Bridgewater,[282] baptized on 19 July 1761 in North Bridgewater,[283] married Rebecca Peterson, of Duxbury, on 14 June 1783 in Duxbury,[284] and moved to Maine.[285] He was not listed as a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census.
b. Calvin5 Packard, born on 18 Feb. 1762 in Bridgewater,[286] baptized on 18 Apr. 1762 in North Bridgewater,[287] married Betsey Dunbar, of Stoughton, MA, on 20 Oct. 1785 in Stoughton.[288] He was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[289] but they supposedly moved to Easton.[290]
c. Luther5 Packard, born on 11 Feb. 1764 in Bridgewater,[291] married Abigail Thomas, of Abington, on 13 Apr. 1787 in Abington,[292] and they “went westward.”[293] He was living in Abington, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[294]
d. Sarah5 Packard, born on 17 Jan. 1767 in Bridgewater,[295] baptized on 5 Apr. 1767 in North Bridgewater,[296] married Elisha Eames, son of Deacon Josiah and Betty (Eames) Eames, of Marshfield,[297] in ca. 1785.[298] She died, however, on 18 July 1790 in Bridgewater,[299] and he remarried to Anna Mann, of Stoughton, MA, on 4 Sept. 1791 in Stoughton.[300] He was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[301]
e. Timothy5 Packard (Jr.), born on 7 Mar. 1769 in Bridgewater,[302] baptized on 13 Aug. 1769 in North Bridgewater,[303] married Aholibama Curtis on 13 Jan. 1790 in Bridgewater,[304] and they “went westward.”[305] He was living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, listed as the head of a household which probably included his mother and younger brothers, living next door to his uncle Benjamin Packard and Adin Packard.[306]
f. Perez5 Packard, born on 30 May 1771 in Bridgewater,[307] baptized on 21 July 1771 in North Bridgewater,[308] married Mercy/Marcy Thomas, of Abington, on 15 Mar. 1793 in Abington,[309] and they also “went westward.”[310]
g. Josiah5 Edson Packard, born on 17 Sept. 1776 in Bridgewater,[311] also “went westward.”[312]
712 vi Sarah4 Packard, born on 30 Sept. 1737 in Bridgewater,[313] married Ebenezer Snell, Esq., son of Deacon Zachariah and Abigail3 (Hayward) Snell,[314] on 5 Apr. 1764 in North Bridgewater.[315] He was born on 1 Oct. 1738 in Bridgewater,[316] a grandson of Josiah and Anna3 (Alden) Snell,[317] and of Deacon Joseph2 and Hannah2 (Mitchell) Hayward.[318] They moved to Cummington, Hampshire Co., MA, in 1771,[319] and he served in the Revolutionary War for 5 days in Aug. 1777 as a private.[320] They were living in Cummington, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[321] He died on 2 Aug. 1813 in Cummington, MA, aged 75 years,[322] and she died on 4 Mar. 1813 in Cummington, aged 76 [sic] years.[323] They had children, order uncertain:
a. Abigail Snell, baptized on 9 Nov. 1766 in North Bridgewater,[324] married Rev. Elisha Fish, of Windsor, Berkshire Co., MA, on 14 Oct. 1788 in Cummington, MA.[325] They were living in Windsor, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[326] but no death records were found for either of them in the vital records of Windsor, MA.
b. Martha Snell, baptized on 9 Nov. 1766 in North Bridgewater.[327]
c. Samuel Snell, born on 26 Apr. 1766 in Bridgewater,[328] died on 1 Jan. 1785 in Cummington, MA, aged 18 years, 8 months, 4 days.[329]
d. Sarah “Sally” Snell, born supposedly on 6 Apr. 1766 [sic], baptized on 29 Mar. 1769 in North
Bridgewater,[330]
married (3109) Dr. Peter5 Bryant, son of Dr. Philip4 and (1242)
Silence4 (Howard) Bryant, on
28 Oct. 1792 in Cummington, MA,[331]
and they lived in Cummington, where he was a physician. He was born on 12 Aug.
1767 in
e. Ebenezer Snell (Jr.), Esq., baptized on 22 Sept. 1771 in North Bridgewater,[335] married 1.) Deborah Porter, of Cummington, MA, on 20 Mar. 1800 in Cummington.[336] She was born ca. 1781,[337] and died on 7 Dec. 1822 in Cummington, aged 41 years.[338] He remarried to 2.) Lydia Richards, of Plainfield, MA, in ca. 1825.[339] He died on 10 Feb. 1857 in Amherst, MA, aged 85 years, 6 months, and was buried in Cummington, MA.[340]
f. Rev. Thomas Snell, born on 21 Nov. 1774 in Cummington, MA,[341] of North Brookfield, MA,[342] married Tirzah Strong, of Bolton, CT, in 1800.[343]
713 vii Bettie4 Packard,
born on 6 Oct. 1739 in Bridgewater,[344]
married Jacob5
Edson, son of (635) Benjamin4 and Ann (Thayer) Edson (Jr.),[345]
on 14 May 1759 in
a. Benjamin6 Edson, born on 5 Oct. 1759 in Bridgewater,[352] baptized on 30 Mar. 1760 in North Bridgewater,[353] married Anna (___) in ca. 1788, and they lived in Pelham, MA,[354] but he was not listed as a head of household in Pelham in the 1790 federal census either.
b. Anna6 Edson, born on 25 Nov. 1761 in Bridgewater,[355] baptized as “Hannah” on 17 Jan. 1762 in North Bridgewater,[356] married Benjamin Hanks in ca. 1782.[357] They may have been living in Belchertown, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[358]
c. Bettie6 Edson, born on 6 Feb. 1764 in Bridgewater,[359] baptized as “Betty” on 12 July 1764 in North Bridgewater,[360] married James Harkness on 15 Sept. 1784 in Pelham, MA.[361] They may have been living in Berkshire Co., MA, in what was described as “Adams and Windsor—in the gore adjoining” in the 1790 federal census.[362]
d. Jacob Edson (Jr.), born on 20 Feb. 1765 in Bridgewater,[363] baptized on 13 Apr. 1766 in North Bridgewater.[364]
e. Abiel Edson, born on 6 Aug. 1768 in Bridgewater,[365] baptized on 28 Aug. 1768 in North Bridgewater.[366]
f. Simeon6 Edson, born on 16 Sept. 1770 in Bridgewater,[367] baptized on 14 Oct. 1770 in North Bridgewater,[368] married (2842) Susan “Seuza” Walbridge, daughter of Eleazer and (1159) Abigail6 (Washburn) Walbridge (Jr.), of Randolph, Orange Co., VT, on 15 June 1791 in Randolph, VT.[369] She was born on 14 Jan. 1771 in Stafford, CT,[370] a granddaughter of (407) Solomon5 and (168) Martha (Orcutt) Washburn. of Stafford, CT.[371] They were living in Randolph, Orange Co., VT, in the 1800,[372] 1810,[373] 1820,[374] and 1830 federal censuses,[375] where he was a farmer, but he was not a head of household in Randolph, VT, in the 1840 federal census, and they were probably living with one of their children. He died testate on 14 Oct. 1847 in Randolph, VT,[376] his will dated 5 Dec. 1836, and probated on 13 Nov. 1847, mentioned only his wife Suza Edson and son Eleazer Edson, whom he named as executor of his estate.[377] She was living with the family of her son Eleazer Edson in Randolph, VT, in the 1850 federal census,[378] and she died a widow on 1 Feb. 1856 in Randolph, VT,[379] and they were both buried in Randolph Center Cemetery in Randolph, Orange Co., VT. (See the family of Susan Walbridge for their children.)
g. Sarah Edson, born on 22 Nov. 1772 in Bridgewater,[380] baptized on 14 Feb. 1773 in North Bridgewater.[381]
h. Ereine/Eurene Edson, born on 5 Nov. 1775 in Bridgewater,[382] baptized as “Erena” on 7 Jan. 1776 in North Bridgewater.[383]
i. Levi Edson, born on 2 Jan. 1778 in Bridgewater,[384] baptized on 1 Mar. 1778 in North Bridgewater.[385]
j. Olive Edson, born on 13 June 1783 in Pelham, MA.[386]
714 viii Daniel4 Packard, born on 9 May 1742 in Bridgewater,[387] baptized on 16 May 1742 in North Bridgewater,[388] married Hannah Perkins on 14 July 1765 in North Bridgewater.[389] No death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County, and he supposedly “went westward.”[390] He may have been the Daniel Packard living in Wilbraham, Hampshire (now Hampden) Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[391] They had children:[392]
a. Hannah Packard, born on 12 Oct. 1766 in Bridgewater.[393]
b. Abigail Packard, born on 28 June 1768 in Bridgewater.[394]
c. Daniel5 Packard (Jr.), born on 18 June 1770 in Bridgewater,[395] married Zibeah Robinson, probably daughter of Gain Robinson (Jr.),[396] and moved to Pelham, MA.[397] No death record was found for either of them in Pelham, MA.
d. Rhoda Packard, born on 21 May 1772 in Bridgewater.[398]
715 ix Eliab4 Packard, born on 28 July 1745 in Bridgewater,[399] baptized on 25 Aug. 1745 in North Bridgewater,[400] married Alice5 Packard, daughter of Ebenezer4 and Sarah (Perkins) Packard,[401] on 14 May 1769 in North Bridgewater.[402] She was born on 13 Apr. 1747 in Bridgewater,[403] a granddaughter of David3 and Hannah (Ames) Packard.[404] They were still living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[405] but no death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County, and they also supposedly “went westward.”[406] He may have been the Eliab Packard who died on 21 Jan. 1828 in Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA.[407] They had children:[408]
a. Eliab5 Packard (Jr.), born on 16 June 1770 in Bridgewater,[409] baptized on 13 Jan. 1771 in North Bridgewater,[410] married Hannah Shaw, of Abington, MA, on 5 May 1793, probably in Abington.[411] No death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA.
b. Alice Packard, born on 29 Aug. 1771 in Bridgewater.[412]
c. (Probably others)[413]
716 x
Benjamin4 Packard, born on 11 Nov. 1749 in
(183.)
Jonathan Ames, second son of (66)
Sarah3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, MA, on 10 June 1707,[423]
married Kezia Tinkham, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Staples) Tinkham, of
Middleborough,[424]
on 17 Nov. 1757 in Bridgewater.[425]
She was born on 15 Aug. 1738 in
Jonathan
Ames died testate on 4 Nov. 1775 in
Kezia (Tinkham) Ames remarried to James4 Howard, son of Maj. Edward3 and Mary (Byram) Howard, as his third wife,[429] on 4 July 1776 in Bridgewater.[430] He was born on 1 May 1726 in Bridgewater,[431] and had married first to Bettie Willis on 1 June 1749 in Bridgewater,[432] and secondly to the widow Mrs. Elizabeth (___) Babbitt, of Easton, on 12 June 1765 in Norton, MA.[433] He died intestate on 28 June 1809 in Bridgewater,[434] and Kezia’s son-in-law Thaddeus Howard, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 24 July 1809.[435] Kezia (Tinkham) (Ames) Howard died on 8 Feb. 1823 in West Bridgewater,[436] but no probate records were filed for her estate.
Jonathan Ames and Kezia Tinkham had children:[437]
717 i Jonathan
Ames (Jr.), born on 26 Mar. 1759 in Bridgewater,[438]
married 1.) Deborah Pratt, of Easton, MA, on 10 Dec. 1780 in West Bridgewater.[439]
She died on 19 Dec. 1782 in Bridgewater,[440]
and he remarried to 2.) Patience Sturtevant, daughter of Caleb and Patience5 (Cushman) Sturtevant, of Halifax, MA,[441]
on 23 or 28 Dec. 1783 in West Bridgewater.[442]
She was born on 12 May 1758 in Halifax,[443]
a granddaughter of Capt. James and Susanna4 (Cooke) Sturtevant, of Halifax,[444]
and of Ichabod4 and Patience4 (Holmes) Cushman, of Plympton.[445]
She died on 12 May 1835 in
a. Jonathan Ames (3rd), Esq., born on 19 July 1784 in Bridgewater,[450] married 1.) Sally Capen, of Stoughton, and they lived in West Bridgewater. She was born on 14 Sept. 1787,[451] and died of “throat distemper,” and was buried on 7 Apr. 1839 in Bridgewater.[452] He probably remarried to 2.) Mira (___) before 1850. He was living near his brothers, Lewis, Charles, and Willard Ames, in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[453] No probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA, through 1881.
b. Sarah “Salley” Ames, born on 3 June 1786 in Bridgewater.[454]
c. Lewis Ames, born on 25 Jan. 1788 in Bridgewater,[455] married Hannah Loring, daughter of Lt. Joshua and Hannah (Kimball) Loring, of Plympton,[456] on 9 Apr. 1815 in Plympton.[457] She was born on 1 June 1790 in Plympton,[458] and probably died by 1850. He was still living in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, near his brothers Jonathan, Charles, and Willard Ames, where he was a carpenter.[459] He probably died intestate in 1861 in West Bridgewater.[460]
d. Susanna Ames, born on 18 Apr. 1790 in Bridgewater.[461]
e. William Ames, born on 4 May 1792 in Bridgewater.[462]
f. Charles Ames, born on 12 Sept. 1794 in Bridgewater,[463] probably married Abigail P. Dunbar, daughter of William and Sarah (Snow) Dunbar,[464] in ca. 1831.[465] She was born on 10 June 1813 in West Bridgewater.[466] They were living in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, near his brothers Jonathan, Lewis, and Willard Ames, where he was a farmer.[467] He possibly died intestate in 1867 in West Bridgewater.[468]
g. Willard Ames, born on 18 Apr. 1798 in Bridgewater,[469] married Amelia Munroe on 1 June 1840 in West Bridgewater.[470] She was born on 3 June 1814.[471] They were living in West Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, near his brothers Jonathan, Lewis, and Charles Ames, where he was a “moulder.”[472]
718 ii Keziah Ames, born on 4 Nov. 1761 in Bridgewater,[473] married Thaddeus5 Howard, son of Nathan4, Esq., and Jane (Howard) Howard,[474] on 1 Mar. 1786 in Bridgewater.[475] He was born on 28 Feb. 1756 in Bridgewater,[476] a grandson of Jonathan3 and Sarah (Field) Howard (Jr.), and of Maj. Edward3 and Mary (Byram) Howard.[477] He was not listed as a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census. She died on 26 May 1811 in West Bridgewater,[478] and he remarried to Seabury (Wilbor) Keith, daughter of George and Lydia Wilbor,[479] and widow of Hartwell Keith,[480] on 13 or 17 Nov. 1813 in Middleborough.[481] She was born on 4 June 1767 in Bridgewater.[482] He supposedly died, however, in 1813,[483] but no probate record were filed for his estate. Keziah Ames and Thaddeus Howard had children:[484]
a. Thaddeus6 Howard (Jr.), born on 25 June 1786 in Bridgewater,[485] married Sylvia Lathrop, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Dickerman) Lathrop,[486] on 7 Apr. 1810 in Bridgewater.[487] He probably died intestate in 1837 in West Bridgewater, and a James Ames petitioned for administration of his estate on 3 Oct. 1837.[488]
b. Bathsheba6 Howard, born on 19 Nov. 1788 in Bridgewater,[489] married Capt. Spencer Lathrop/Lothrop, son of Mark and Elizabeth (Dickerman) Lathrop,[490] on 19 May 1812 in Bridgewater,[491] but she died in 1813, and he remarried to Eleanor White, of Millbury, Worcester Co., MA, on 21 Sept. 1817 in Millbury.[492] They were living in West Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[493]
c. Harriet6 Howard, born on 18 Oct. 1794 in Bridgewater,[494] married Davis Keith, her stepbrother, son of Hartwell and Seabury (Wilbor) Keith,[495] on 20 Feb. 1820 in Bridgewater.[496] He was born on 5 Sept. 1795 in Bridgewater.[497] They were living in West Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a carpenter.[498] No probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA, through 1881.
d. Keziah Howard, born on 25 June 1798 in Bridgewater,[499] died on 24 July 1817 in Bridgewater.[500]
e. Mary Howard, born on 14 Aug. 1801 in Bridgewater.[501]
719 iii Susanna Ames,
born on 4 July 1763 in Bridgewater,[502]
married Ebenezer Tinkham “2nd,” son of
Jeremiah and Naomi (Warren) Tinkham (Jr.), of Middleborough, on 9 Oct. 1785 in
Middleborough.[503]
He was born on 26 Aug. 1758 in Middleborough,[504]
a grandson of John and Naomi (Bates) Warren. She died, however, by 1789, and he
remarried to Betty Tinkham, his first cousin, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah
(Shaw) Tinkham, on 18 Oct. 1789 in
a. Hope Tinkham, born on 28 Nov. 1785 in Middleborough.[509]
b. Charles Tinkham, born on 25 Dec. 1786 in Middleborough.[510]
720 iv Mary “Molly” Ames, born on 5 Feb. 1765 in Bridgewater,[511] married Capt. David Gurney, son of Lt. Zechariah and Mary (Ames) Gurney (3rd),[512] in Aug. 1789 in Bridgewater.[513] He was born on 22 July 1765 in Bridgewater,[514] a grandson of David and Mary (Snell) (Reynolds) Ames, of Bridgewater.[515] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[516] She died on 2 July 1791 in Bridgewater,[517] and he remarried to Susanna Bartlett, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Dunbar) Bartlett,[518] on 15 Jan. 1792 in Bridgewater.[519] He possibly died in Bath, ME.[520] Molly (Ames) Gurney had one daughter:
a. Polly Gurney, born on 16 Aug. 1790 in Bridgewater.[521]
(185.)
Daniel
Daniel Ames
died on 10 Mar. 1778 in North Bridgewater, aged 65 years,[527]
but no probate records were filed for his estate, and Hannah (Keith) Ames died
testate on 3 Jan. 1802 in
Daniel Ames and Hannah Keith had children:[530]
721 i Dr. John Ames, born on 31 Oct. 1742 in Bridgewater,[531] a physician, married Martha Park on 9 May 1771 in Bridgewater,[532] and settled in Rehoboth, MA, but had no children. He was not listed as a head of household in Rehoboth, MA, in the 1790 federal census.
722 ii Timothy Ames,
born on 8 Sept. 1744 in
a. Hannah Ames, born on 24 Aug. 1779 in Bridgewater,[547] died on 13 Oct. 1783 in North Bridgewater, aged 4 years.[548]
b. Seba Ames, born on 7 Aug. 1781 in Bridgewater,[549] died on 30 Dec. 1794 in North Bridgewater, aged 13 years.[550]
c. Abigail “Nabby” Ames, born on 26 July 1787 in Bridgewater,[551] married Oliver5 Bryant, son of Job4 and Mary (Turner) Bryant,[552] on 6 May 1804 in Bridgewater.[553] He was born on 15 Dec. 1776 in Bridgewater, baptized on 3 Sept. 1780 in North Bridgewater, a grandson of Ichabod3 and Ruth (Staples) Bryant.[554] He died on 13 May 1827 in North Bridgewater,[555] but no probate records were filed for his estate. She was still living in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, with the family of her son, George W. Bryant.[556]
d. Sibbil Ames, born on 29 Oct. 1789 in Bridgewater,[557] married Capt. Jeremiah Beals (Jr.), son of Jeremiah and Mary (French) Beal,[558] on 26 Nov. 1807 in Bridgewater.[559] He was born on 30 Sept. 1786 in Bridgewater.[560] She died on 21 July 1826 in North Bridgewater, aged 36 years,[561] and he remarried to Elizabeth Hatch, of Marshfield, in 1827.[562] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[563] No probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA, through 1881.
e. Theron Ames, born on 28 Dec. 1792 in Bridgewater,[564] married Martha6 “Patty” Packard, daughter of Capt. Robert5 and Ruth (Barrell) Packard,[565] on 11 Dec. 1816 in Bridgewater.[566] She was born ca. 1794 in MA,[567] a granddaughter of Ebenezer4 and Sarah (Perkins) Packard, of Bridgewater.[568] They were living in North Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[569] He died testate in 1870 in North Bridgewater.[570]
f. Phebe Ames, born on 20 June 1795 in Bridgewater.[571]
723 iii Noah Ames, born on 25 June 1748 in Bridgewater,[572] married Ruhamah French, daughter of John French, of Stoughton, MA, on 5 Oct. 1778 in Bridgewater.[573] She was born ca. 1757,[574] and they were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his brothers Timothy, Job and Daniel Ames.[575] She died on 30 Sept. 1803 in North Bridgewater, aged 46 years,[576] and he supposedly moved to Winthrop, ME, with his son after her death. They had only one son:[577]
a. John Ames, born on 13 Aug. 1779 in Bridgewater,[578] married Hannah Southworth, daughter of Perez and Eunice (Kingman) Southworth, of Bridgewater,[579] on 26 Sept. 1802 in Bridgewater,[580] and they moved to Winthrop, ME, with his father.[581] She was born on 27 Sept. 1782 in Bridgewater,[582] a granddaughter of Edward and Lydia4 (Packard) Southworth (Jr.), and of Matthew and Jane4 (Packard) Kingman, of Bridgewater.[583]
724 iv Daniel Ames (Jr.),
born on 8 Feb. 1750/1 in Bridgewater,[584]
married Mehitabel Perkins, daughter of Josiah and (644) Abigail4 (Edson) Perkins,[585]
on 7 Mar. 1780 in
a. Benjamin Ames, born on 16 Jan. 1781 in Bridgewater,[593] married Zelopha “Lopha” French, daughter of Capt. John and Damaris5 (Howard) French,[594] on 15 Oct. 1803 in Bridgewater.[595] He served as a private from Bridgewater in Capt. Nehemiah Lincoln’s Company, Lt. Col. Caleb Howard’s Plymouth County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia during the War of 1812.[596] He died testate in 1850 in North Bridgewater, his will dated 8 Mar. 1849, and probated in Aug. 1850, mentioned his wife Lopha Ames, Sally P. Ames, widow of Daniel F. Ames, daughter Damaris Terrill, grandchildren Mary Pratt, Galen E. Pratt, Benjamin A. Pratt, and Ruth Pratt, children of his daughter Nancy Pratt, deceased, and Lucy Ames, daughter of Daniel F. Ames, and he named his wife Lopha Ames as executrix of his estate.[597] (See Appendix [K] for a full transcription of his will.)
b. Josiah Ames, born on 28 Feb. 1783 in Bridgewater,[598] married Prudence Thayer, daughter of Capt. William and Sarah Thayer, of Braintree, MA, and moved to Dracut, Middlesex Co., MA.[599] She died on 24 Aug. 1849 in Dracut, aged 57 or 58 years, of “dysentery,”[600] and he was living in Dracut, MA, in the 1850 federal census, with the family of his son, Josiah Ames, Jr., where he was a wheelwright.[601]
725 v Job Ames, born
on 28 Oct. 1752 in Bridgewater,[602]
married 1.) Mary Dike, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Perkins) Dike, of North
Bridgewater,[603]
on 12 Dec. 1782 in
a.
Capt. Azel Ames, born on 7 Sept. 1783 in Bridgewater,[612]
moved to Marshfield, MA, and married Mercy Hatch, daughter of Charles and
Joanna (Winslow) Hatch, of Marshfield,[613]
on 14 Nov. 1811 in Marshfield.[614]
She was born on 14 Aug. 1789 in Marshfield.[615]
He died intestate on 3 Mar. 1842 in
b. Hannah Ames, born on 20 Feb. 1785 in Bridgewater,[619] married Zebedee Snell (Jr.), son of Capt. Zebedee and Mary5 (Hayward) Snell,[620] on 28 Aug. 1803 in Bridgewater.[621] He was born on 10 June 1781 in Bridgewater,[622] a grandson of Benjamin4 and Sarah4 (Cary) Hayward, of West Bridgewater.[623] No probate records were found for him in Plymouth Co., MA, through 1881.
c. Joel Ames, born on 1 Feb. 1787 in Bridgewater,[624] married Reliance Edson, daughter of Josiah and Reliance (Fuller) Edson,[625] on 7 Dec. 1818 in Bridgewater.[626] She was born on 9 Feb. 1792 in Bridgewater.[627] He died intestate on 1 Dec. 1839 in North Bridgewater, aged 52 years,[628] and his widow Reliance Ames, of North Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 1 Jan. 1840.[629]
d. Elijah Ames, born on 31 Mar. 1789 in Bridgewater,[630] also moved to Marshfield, MA, and married 1.) Abigail Ford, daughter of Elisha and Lydia (Turner) Ford (Jr.), of Marshfield,[631] on 14 May 1812 in Marshfield.[632] She was born on 10 Sept. 1789 in Marshfield,[633] and died on 27 July 1855 in Marshfield, aged 65 years, 10 months, 17 days, of “general prostration, resulting from chronic arthrithus,”[634] and he remarried to 2.) Mercy Hewett, daughter of Asa and Mercy (White) Hewett, of Marshfield,[635] on 22 Jan. 1856 in Marshfield.[636] She was born on 25 May 1820 in Marshfield.[637] He died testate on 19 May 1866 in Marshfield, aged 77 years, 1 month, 20 days, of “softning of brain,”[638] his will dated 3 June 1863, and probated on 25 June 1866, mentioned his wife Mercy Ames, his granddaughter Mary D. A. Hatch, his son Elijah Ames Jr., his daughter Abigail F. Tolman, wife of Samuel Tolman Jr., his son Elisha F. Ames, his grandchildren Jane F. Ames, Anna L. Ames, and Nathaniel T. Ames, children of his son Nathaniel Ames, deceased, and his son Samuel A. Ames, and he named his wife as executrix of his estate.[639] (See Appendix [M] for a full transcription of his will.)
e. Nathaniel Ames, born on 1 July 1793 in Bridgewater,[640] mentioned in his father’s 1825 will, possibly married Sally Copeland, of West Bridgewater, in ca. 1825.[641]
726 vi
Sarah Ames, born on 30 Nov. 1754 in
727 vii Hannah Ames, born on 17 Dec. 1756 in Bridgewater,[647] married Israel Burr, son of Jonathan and Martha (Cudworth) Burr,[648] on 26 Oct. 1779 in Bridgewater.[649] He was born on 5 Jan. 1755 in Bridgewater,[650] a grandson of John and Silence (Howard) Burr (Jr.), of West Bridgewater,[651] and they moved to Worthington, Hampshire Co., MA.[652] They were living in Worthington, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[653] He died on 12 Jan. 1826 in Worthington, aged 71 years,[654] and she died on 12 Dec. 1834 in Worthington, aged 78 years.[655] They had children, order uncertain:
a. Anselm Burr, born on 21 Oct. 1780 in Bridgewater, baptized on 21 Aug. 1799 in Worthington.[656]
b. Patty Burr, born on 22 Mar. 1784 in Worthington, baptized on 21 Aug. 1799 in Worthington.[657]
c. Jonathan Burr, born on 11 Jan. 1787 in Worthington, baptized on 21 Aug. 1799 in Worthington, probably married 1.) Nancy Moore on 3 Jan. 1815 in Worthington,[658] and 2.) Polly Beals, daughter of Comfort Beals,[659] on 13 Apr. 1831 in Ashfield, MA.[660]
d. Hannah Burr, born say ca. 1791, baptized on 21 Aug. 1799 in Worthington,[661] married Jacob Porter (Jr.), son of Jacob Porter, on 7 Feb. 1816 in Worthington.[662] He was born on 15 Oct. 1782 in Worthington.[663]
e. Ames Burr, born say ca. 1793, baptized on 21 Aug. 1799 in Worthington,[664] married Relief Eager on 13 Nov. 1822 in Worthington.[665]
f. Sybil Burr, born ca. 1795,[666] baptized on 21 Aug. 1799 in Worthington,[667] died on 28 Aug. 1811 in Worthington, aged 16 years.[668]
g. Sophy Burr, born ca. 1796,[669] baptized on 21 Aug. 1799 in Worthington,[670] died on 7 Dec. 1814 in Worthington, aged 18 years.[671]
h. Phebe Burr, born in 1798,[672] baptized on 21 Aug. 1799 in Worthington,[673] died on 25 Dec. 1817 in Worthington, aged 19 years.[674]
728 viii Phebe Ames, born on 11 May 1760 in
(186.)
Benjamin
Benjamin Ames died testate on 19 Aug. 1773 in North Bridgewater.[680] His will was dated 13 Aug. 1773, witnessed by Simeon Cary, Samuel Pratt, and Noah Thayer, and probated on 1 Nov[?]. 1773. He mentioned his wife Dorcas Ames, who was to be executrix, son Joshua Ames, brother Daniel Ames’ sons Timothy Ames, Noah Ames, Daniel Ames, and Job Ames, his “sister” Thankfull Thayer,[681] and Rebecca French.[682] (See Appendix [N] for a full transcription of his will.)
Dorcas
(Thayer)
Benjamin Ames and Dorcas Thayer had one son:[691]
729 i Joshua Ames, born on 18 June 1760 in
Bridgewater,[692]
his mother Dorcas Ames was appointed as his guardian in 1773,[693]
and he married Hannah Ford, daughter of Mark and Hannah5 (Brett) Ford,[694]
on 5 Oct. 1786 in Bridgewater.[695]
She was born on 9 Dec. 1765 in Bridgewater,[696]
a granddaughter of Jacob and Sarah (Pool) Ford, of Abington,[697]
and of Samuel4 and Hannah4 (Packard) Brett, of North Bridgewater.[698]
They were living in
a. James Ames, born on 28 Jan. 1787 in Bridgewater,[704] never married.[705] He was executor of the estate of his grandmother, Dorcas Ames, in 1816.
b. Capt. David Ames, born on 27 Oct. 1788 in Bridgewater,[706] married Lucinda6 Packard, daughter of Jonas5 and Mehitabel5 (Brett) Packard,[707] on 7 Sept. 1815 in Bridgewater.[708] She was born on 9 Feb. 1790 in Bridgewater,[709] a granddaughter of Ebenezer4 and Sarah (Perkins) Packard, and of Samuel4 and Hannah4 (Packard) Brett,[710] and he was her first cousin once removed.[711]
c. Hannah Ames, born on 19 Oct. 1790 in Bridgewater,[712] married John Talburt/Talbot, of Stoughton, MA, on 12 June 1814 in Bridgewater,[713] and moved to New York.[714]
d. Betsy Ames, born on 14 Feb. 1796 in Bridgewater,[715] married Capt. Zephaniah French, of Stoughton, on 22 Dec. 1816 in Bridgewater,[716] and moved to Albany, NY.[717]
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[1] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 32.
[2] Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations, published as “Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12,” Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 284; Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], pp. 111-112; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 51.
[5] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 50; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 111, Mary Lapham was the first wife of Joseph Bassett, and Martha Hobart, whom he married in 1677, was his second wife. His son William was born ca. 1667, therefore William’s mother must have been Mary Lapham.
[12] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112, says they had Dorothy 1726, Joseph 1731, and Sarah 1734.
[26] Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nine, Family of Francis Eaton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Eaton], p. 104; Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, [hereinafter Taunton VRs], Vol. 2, p. 132, marriage of Jabez Cushman, of Plympton, and Sarah Paddleford, of Taunton, on 2 Dec. 1736 in Taunton.
[34] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Joseph Bassett household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females.
[38] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112, says they had Caleb 1757, Phebe, Nathan 1763, Abigail, Joseph 1769, Hannah 1771, David and Cushman.
[41] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 43. He was “of Glocester, Cumberland County” in the marriage record.
[45] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Barna Leonard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, and 2 free white females.
[54] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Seth Lathrop Jr. household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, 2 free white females, and 1 other free person.
[63] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 428, his death in Chelsea from a private record of deaths, buried in Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater.
[65] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #54900428.
[66] Stover, Margaret Harris, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter Raynham VRs], p. 39; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 43, marriage intentions recorded 16 July 1796 in Bridgewater.
[69] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002380, wife of David Bassett.
[70]1800 Federal Census, Livermore, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 190, the David Bassett household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 10-15 years.
[71] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #54900428.
[72] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #54900507.
[73] 1840 Federal Census, Litchfield, Kennebec Co. ME, p. 223, the David Basset household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.
[74] 1850 Federal Census, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 358, dwelling #297, family #328:
David Bassett, 64, male, mariner, born MA
Sarah
Bassett, 63, female, born ME
Sarah S. Bassett, 38, female, $200, born ME
Rebecca A. Bassett, 20, female, $200, born ME
Benjamin F. Bassett, 19, male, farmer, born ME, attending school
[75] 1860 Federal Census, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME, Page No. 39, dwelling #323, family #322:
David Bassett, 74, male, farmer, born MA
Sarah Bassett, 73, female, born ME
Sarah Bassett, 48, female, $200, born ME
Benjamin Bassett, 29, male, $400, $200, born ME
Phoebe Tibbitts, 75, female, born ME
[76] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1002380; www.findagrave.com memorial #54900428, from his gravestone in Litchfield Plains Cemetery in Litchfield, Kennebec Co., ME.
[77] www.findagrave.com, memorial #54900507, presumably from her gravestone in Litchfield Plains Cemetery in Litchfield, ME, but there is no photograph of her gravestone posted.
[88] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Christopher Dyer household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.
[89] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159, says they had Betty 1759, Sarah 1761, Ruth 1763, Dorothy 1765, Jason 1768, Abigail 1771, Chloe, and Polly.
[98] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 461, buried in Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater; Plymouth County Probate Docket #6983. There is also an entry of the death of Jason, child of Christopher and Sarah Dyer, on 2 Dec. 1768, but this must be in error, as that is his date of birth, not date of death.
[103] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 452, buried in Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater; Plymouth County Probate Docket #4969.
[108] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 513, taken from various sources, buried in Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater; Plymouth County Probate Docket #12413.
[113] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 17, dwelling #212, family #254:
Polly Dyer, 71, female, $2500, born MA
[120] Vital Records of Brockton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Brockton VRs], p. 352. Brockton was formerly known as North Bridgewater.
[122] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 273, marriage intentions recorded 16 Nov. 1771 in Bridgewater. She was called “widow.”
[124] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 532, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 255; Plymouth County Probate Docket #15064.
[125] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 254, says they had Josiah 1723, Abiel 1728, Joshua 1730, Thomas 1732, Timothy 1735, Sarah 1737, Betty 1739, Daniel 1742, Eliab 1745, and Benjamin 1749.
[131] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Josiah Packard household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.
[136] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 258, says they had Susanna 1749, Sarah 1751, Mary 1753, Josiah, Abiel, Shepard, Edward, Ames, Betsy, and Anna.
[149] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Samuel Britt Jur. household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 4 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.
[150] Brockton VRs, p. 314, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater (Brockton.) She would have been aged 54 years when she died.
[151] Brockton VRs, p. 315, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater (Brockton).
[152] Plymouth County Probate Docket #2717, Vol. 86, p. 151-153, from FHL microfilm #0555637, witnessed by Eliphalet Kingman, Jesse Perkins, and John Pool.
[155] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Josiah Packard Jur. household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females.
[156] Brockton VRs, p. 349, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater (Brockton).
[161] Brockton VRs, p. 252; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 273. He was called “of Hebron, Cumberland Co.” in the Bridgewater marriage record.
[164] Brockton VRs, p. 352, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater (Brockton).
[170] Brockton VRs, p. 347, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater (Brockton); Plymouth County Probate Docket #15036.
[172] Brockton VRs, p. 352, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater (Brockton.)
[183] Calculated from his age at death, if it was correct. A Seth Snow, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Berry) Snow, was born on 17 Oct. 1768 in Harwich, Barnstable Co., MA, according to the FHL Ancestral File, who may have been this person, but it does not coincide with the age at death of Seth Snow of North Bridgewater.
[187] Brockton VRs, p. 362, buried in Main Street Cemetery, North Bridgewater (Brockton); Plymouth County Probate Docket #18722.
[191] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 87; Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999, [hereinafter MF5G: Alden, pt. 1], p. 345-346.
[197] Joshua Packard was not listed as a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.
[198] Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 16, Part 3, Family of John Alden Fifth Generation Descendants of his sons John2, Joseph2, and Jonathan2, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, 2004, p. 144.
[199] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 258, says they had Caleb 1758, Joshua 1759, Ralph, Lebbeus, and Mehitabel.
[212] Brockton VRs, p. 350, from her gravestone in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater.
[215] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Thomas Packard household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.
[216] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 258, says they had Parmenas 1757, Silence 1760, Mary 1762, Thomas 1764, Zibia 1766, Elijah 1769, Cyrus 1772, and Daniel 1776.
[222] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Parmenas Packard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 4 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[223] Brockton VRs, p. 351, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery, North Bridgewater (Brockton.)
[224] Brockton VRs, p. 350, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery, North Bridgewater (Brockton).
[225] Plymouth County Probate Docket #15139, Vol. 72, p. 115-116, witnessed by Jesse Perkins, Ephraim Cole, and Esther Packard, from FHL microfilm #0555261.
[229] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 283, marriage intentions recorded 15 Jan. 1780 in Bridgewater. He was called “Daniel Howard 4th.”
[232] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the only Daniel Howard listed as a head of household in Bridgewater had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 8 free white females, much too large a family for a many married in 1780.
[233] Brockton VRs, p. 337, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery, North Bridgewater (Brockton.)
[236] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 287, which does not identify the wife of John Robinson, however.
[249] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 256, however he does not identify the wife of Jacob Packard Jr.
[252] Vital Records of Pelham, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1902, [hereinafter Pelham VRs], pp. 62-63, Jacob and Zebiah Packard had children born in Pelham from 1794-1804.
[256] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 256, however Mitchell does not show daughter Abigail or her husband.
[258] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 258; Pelham VRs, p. 63, they had a child born in Pelham, MA, in 1807.
[259] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 238. She was not listed in Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 256.
[266] Brockton VRs, p. 347, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery, North Bridgewater (Brockton.) Cyrus would have been aged 65 years at his death.
[267] Brockton VRs, p. 350, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery, North Bridgewater (Brockton.) Kezia would have been aged 64 years at her death.
[272] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 258; Pelham VRs, p. 63, they had children born in Pelham, MA, in 1813 and 1818.
[281] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 258, says they had Bethuel 1760, Calvin 1762, Luther 1764, Sarah 1767, Timothy 1769, Perez 1771, and Josiah Edson 1776.
[284] [284] Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Duxbury VRs], p. 282; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 274, which has the date as 16 June 1783.
[289] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Calvin Packard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[293] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 258, however they had children born in Abington, MA, from 1788-1791.
[294] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 164, Abington Town, Plymouth County, the Luther Packard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[297] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 105; Sherman, Robert M., and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970, [hereinafter Marshfield VRs], p. 148, marriage of Dn. Josiah Eames and Betty Eames on 4 Mar. 1761 in Marshfield.
[301] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Elisha Emes household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white males under 16, but no females.
[306] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Timothy Packard household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[319] Streeter, William W., and Daphne H. Morris, The Vital Records of Cummington, Massachusetts 1762-1900, 1979, [hereinafter Cummington VRs], p. xliv, his earliest record is a deed dated 1771 in Cummington.
[321] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 109, Cummington Town, Hampshire County, the Ebenr Snell, Esqr. household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, 3 free white females, and 2 other free persons.
[326] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 39, Windsor Town, Berkshire County, the Elisha Fish household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 1 free white female.
[342] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 298, they had 4 children baptized in Brookfield, MA, between 1801-1809.
[347] Calculated from the date of his parents’ marriage on 1 Oct. 1739, and the date of his marriage on 14 May 1759.
[351] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 152, says they had Benjamin 1759, Anna 1761, Betty 1764, Jacob 1765, Abiel 1768, Simeon 1770, Sarah 1772, Eurene 1775, and Levi 1778.
[354] Per Pelham VRs, pp. 34-35, Benjamin and Anna Edson had 4 children born in Pelham between 1789-1796.
[358] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 102, Belchertown Town, Hampshire County, the Benja. Hanks household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.
[362] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 23, Adams and Windsor—in the gore adjoining, Berkshire County, the James Harkness household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.
[370] Tilton, Jan, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stafford, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2002, [hereinafter Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs], p. 158, taken from Vol. 2, p. 24, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 23, from p. 66 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712, neither of which give the name of the child born, her name from the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 15 July 2002 by Rikki, taken from Wallbridge, William Gedney, Descendants of Henry Wallbridge who married Anna Amos, Litchfield, CT, 1898.
[372] Heads of Families At the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprint, Clearfield Co., Baltimore, 1972, p. 91, Randolph, Orange Co., the Simon Edson household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[373] 1810 Federal Census, Randolph, Orange Co., VT, p. 388, the Simeon Edson household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[374] 1820 Federal Census, Randolph, Orange Co., VT, no page number, the Simeon Edson household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, including 3 persons engaged in agriculture.
[375] 1830 Federal Census, Randolph, Orange Co., VT, p. 188, the Simeon Edson household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years.
[376] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027540; per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 15 July 2002 by Rikki; www.findagrave.com, memorial #26237455, from his gravestone in Randolph Center Cemetery in Randolph, Orange Co., VT.
[377] Vermont: Randolph District Probate Folder #65, image 102-109. Daniel Weston, of Randolph, was surety on the bond of Eleazer Edson, as Executor, and Jehiel Weston and Loren A. Edson, both of Randolph, were the appraisers of his estate.
[379] Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, online card index database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #0027540, widow of Simeon Edson; per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 15 July 2002 by Rikki; www.findagrave.com, memorial #26237555, from her gravestone in Randolph Center Cemetery in Randolph, VT.
[391] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 131, Wilbraham Town, Hampshire County, the Dan’l Packard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females. If this was the correct Daniel Packard, his son Daniel Jr. was evidently not living at home, and Daniel Sr. must have had a couple more sons born after 1773.
[392] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 258, says they had Hannah 1766, Abigail 1768, Daniel 1770, and Rhoda 1772.
[396] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 258, 287, who says that Gain Robinson (Jr.)’s wife was a Dyer.
[405] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Eliab Packard household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females.
[407] Pelham VRs, p. 172, no age is given, so I’m not sure if this was the father or son Eliab Packard.
[411] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 276, marriage intentions recorded 30 Sept. 1792 in Bridgewater; Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 150, marriage intentions recorded 30 Sept. 1792 in Abington. A private record of marriages and deaths in Abington kept by Mrs. Jane Bates of Abington gives their marriage date, so it was presumed to have been performed in Abington.
[419] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Benja. Packard household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[421] Plymouth County Probate Docket #15041, Vol. 42, p. 405, from FHL microfilm #550902; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 259. Capt. Adin Packard was the son of Adin and Keziah (Phinney) Packard, and the nephew of Benjamin’s wife Lurania Phinney, being a grandson of Pelatiah Phinney.
[422] Brockton VRs, p. 350, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery, North Bridgewater (Brockton.)
[424] MF5G: Cooke, p. 285; Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 1, p. 25, marriage of Samuel Tinkham Junior and Mary Staples, both of Middleboro, on 1 Dec. 1719.
[427] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 431; Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter West Bridgewater VRs], p. 186, buried in the Old Grave Yard, South Street, West Bridgewater; Plymouth County Probate Docket #405.
[436] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 431; West Bridgewater VRs, p. 186, as “Kezia, widow of Jonathan Ames,” buried in the Old Grave Yard, South Street, West Bridgewater.
[437] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 100, says they had Jonathan 1759, Keziah 1761, Susanna 1763, and Molly 1765.
[441] Bowman, George Ernest, Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Halifax VRs], p. 32, marriage of Caleb Sturtevant and Patience Cushman on 23 July 1739 in Halifax.
[444] Plympton VRs, p. 202, the birth pf Caleb Sturtevant, son of James and Susanna Sturtevant, on 16 Mar. 1715/16 in Plympton; Plympton VRs, p. 295, the marriage of James Sturtevant and Susanna Cooke on 15 Feb. 1710/11 in Plympton.
[445] Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 301, marriage of Ichabod Cushman and Patience Holmes on 27 Nov. 1712 in Plympton.
[446] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 431; West Bridgewater VRs, p. 186; Latham,Williams, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1882, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1986, [hereinafter Latham, Epitaphs], p. 26, buried in the Old Grave Yard, West Bridgewater.
[447] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 431, West Bridgewater VRs, p. 186; Latham, Epitaphs, p. 26, buried in the Old Grave Yard, West Bridgewater.
[448] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Jonathan Ames household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.
[449] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 103, says they had Jonathan 1784, Sarah 1786, Lewis 1788, Susanna 1790, William 1792, Charles 1794, and Willard 1798.
[453] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 274, dwelling #494, family #628:
Jonathan Ames, 68, male, farmer, $2000, born MA
Mira Ames, 46, female, born MA
Freelove Weller, 75, female, born MA
Bridget Noble, 9, female, born MA
[456] Plympton VRs, p. 342, marriage of Joshua Loring and Hannah Kimpbel/Kimball/Campbell on 22 Jan. 1778 in Plympton.
[457] Plympton VRs, p. 246; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 32, marriage intentions recorded 4 Feb. 1815 in Bridgewater.
[459] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 274, dwelling #495, family #629:
Lewis Ames, 62, male, carpenter, $2500, born MA
Elizabeth Hatch, 41, female, born MA
[467] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 274, dwelling #496, family #630:
Charles Ames, 53, male, farmer, $1700, born MA
Abigail Ames, 37, female, born MA
Charles Ames, 17, male, moulder, born MA
Minerva Ames, 13, female, born MA, attending school
John Ames, 10, male, born MA, attending school
Clara Ames, 6, female, born MA, attending school
[472] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 274, dwelling #492, family #624:
Willard Ames, 52, male, moulder, $1000, born MA
Amelia Ames, 36, female, born VT
Amelia Ames, 8, female, born MA, attending school
Willard Ames, 6, male, born MA, attending school
Catharine W. Ames, 4, female, born MA, attending school
Thomas Ames, 2, male, born MA
Same dwelling, family #625:
Lucy Monroe, 75, female, born MA
[481] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 196, the marriage not recorded in the Middleborough vital records.
[484] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 199, says they had Thaddeus 1786, Bathsheba 1788, Harriot 1794, Keziah 1798, and Mary 1801.
[492] Vital Records of Millbury, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereinafter Millbury VRs], p. 95; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 250, under “Lothrop,” marriage intentions recorded 30 Aug. 1817 in Bridgewater.
[493] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 277, dwelling #537, family #677:
Spencer Lothrop, 63, male, farmer, $4000, born MA
Elenore Lothrop, 56, female, born MA
Samuel Lothrop, 22, male, farmer, born MA
Elizabeth Lothrop, 20, female, born MA, attending school(?)
John M. Lothrop, 17, male, farmer, born MA, attending school
John Flinn, 23, male, laborer, born Ireland
[498] 1850 Federal Census, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 280, dwelling #576, family #723:
Davis Keith, 54, male, carpenter, $1500, born MA
Harriet Keith, 56, female, born MA
Mary Howard, 25, female, born MA
Harriet Howard, 4, female, born MA
Martha A. Keith, 16, female, born MA
[516] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the David Gurney household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.
[528] Brockton VRs, p. 312, buried in a small private cemetery on Ames Street in North Bridgewater; Plymouth County Probate Docket #388, Vol. 38, p. 104.
[530] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 101, says they had John 1742, Timothy 1744, Noah 1748, Daniel 1751, Job 1752, Sarah 1754, Hannah 1756, and Phebe 1760.
[538] Brockton VRs, p. 311, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 430.
[539] Jones, William, “Robert Carver of Marshfield, Mass., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985, p. 457.
[542] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Timo. Ames household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.
[546] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 103, say she had, by Abigail Howard, Hannah 1779, and Seba 1781, and by Ruth Carver he had Abigail 1787, Sibil 1789, Theron 1792, and Phebe 1795.
[548] Brockton VRs, p. 312; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 430, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater.
[556] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 325, dwelling #1183, family #1528:
George W. Bryant, 40, male, R.R. Agent, $1500, born MA
Lucy Bryant, 44, female, born MA
George Bryant, 18, male, clerk, born MA, attending school
Henry Bryant, 15, male, born MA, attending school
Abby Bryant, 13, female, born MA, attending school
Same dwelling, family #1529:
Hannah A. Doake, 56, female, born MA
Hannah Doake, 24, female, born MA
Same dwelling, family #1530:
Abigail Bryant, 62, female, born MA
[563] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 300, dwelling #857, family #1072:
Jeremiah Beals, 63, male, farmer, $3500, born MA
Elizabeth Beals, 62, female, born MA
Joanna W. Beals, 21, female, born born MA
Nathan C. Howard, 23, male, bootmaker, born MA, married within the year
Mary E. Howard, 17, female, born MA, married within the year
Same dwelling, family #1073:
Seba A. Beals, 37, male, shoemaker, born MA
Athalia Beals, 35, female, born MA
Leonard S. Beals, 14, male, born MA, attending school
Sarah E. Beals, 11, female, born MA, attending school
Seba G. Beals, 1, male, born MA
Hugh McDaniel, 40, male, laborer, born Ireland, cannot read or write
[569] 1850 Federal Census, North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 290, dwelling #714, family #893:
Theron Ames, 57, male, farmer, $1000, born MA
Martha Ames, 56, female, born MA
Francis Ames, 32, male, laborer, born MA
Edwin C. Ames, 22, male, bootmaker, born MA
[575] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Noah Ames household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 1 free white female.
[589] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Daniel Ames household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.
[596] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a Threatened Invasion during the War of 1812-1814, Boston, 1913, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, p. 50.
[597] Plymouth County Probate Docket #363, Vol. 92, p. 289-291, from FHL microfilm #0555640, witnessed by Theron Ames, Isaac Eames, and Howard Cary.
[600] Vital Records of Dracut, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1907, [hereinafter Dracut VRs], p. 264, buried in Oakland Cemetery in Dracut.
[601] 1850 Federal Census, Dracut, Middlesex Co., MA, p. 298, dwelling #962, family #1094:
Josiah Ames Jr., 32, male, wheelwright, $5000, born MA
Nancy C. Ames, 26, female, born MA
Georgeanna R. Ames, 4, female, born MA, attending school
Mary W. Ames, 6/12, female, born MA
Josiah Ames, 70, male, wheelwright, born MA
William F. Ranger, 23, male, wheelwright, born ME
Sarah N. Sargent, 55, female, born MA
James Wright, 81, male, none, born MA
[606] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Job Ames household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.
[608] Marshfield VRs, pp. 189, 265; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 31, marriage intentions recorded 5 Mar. 1814 in Bridgewater.
[611] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 103, says they had Azel 1783, Hannah 1785, Joel 1787, Elijah 1789, and Nathaniel 1795.
[613] Her parents’ names from her birth record; Marshfield VRs, p. 123, the marriage intentions of Charles Hatch of Scituate and Joanna Winslow of Marshfield recorded on 15 Jan. 1787 in Marshfield.
[617] Plymouth County Probate Docket #360, Vol. 11B, p. 53, from FHL microfilm #0551537. His sureties were his uncle Elijah Ames and John Ford.
[629] Plymouth County Probate Docket #402, Vol. 10A, p. 322, with Eliphalet Kingman and Isaac Eames, both of North Bridgewater, as sureties.
[631] Her parents’ names from her birth record; Marshfield VRs, p. 123, the marriage intentions of Elisha Foord Jr. of Marshfield and Lydia Turner of Scituate recorded on 28 Aug. 1786 in Marshfield.
[634] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 94, p. 198, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Elijah Ames, her birth place Marshfield.
[635] Marshfield VRs, p. 115, the marriage intentions of Asa Hewet of Marshfield and Mrs. Mercy White of Duxborough recorded on 9 Nov. 1799 in Marshfield; Duxbury VRs, p. 263, the marriage of Asa Hewit and Mercy White on 12 Nov. 1799 in Duxbury.
[636] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 100, p. 311, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her first, his occupation a machinist, born in N. Bridgewater, his parents Job & Mary, her birth place Marshfield, and her parents Asa & Mercy.
[638] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 193, p. 315, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a machinist, his birth place N. Bridgewater, and his parents Job & Mary Ames.
[639] Plymouth County Probate Docket #379, Vol. 105, p. 255-256, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Probate Docket #379, and Vol. 114, p. 493 (521).
[653] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 133, Worthington Town, Hampshire County, the Israel Burr household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[654] Vital Records of Worthington, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Worthington VRs], p. 129, buried in Center Cemetery in Worthington.
[659] Vital Records of Ashfield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1942, [hereinafter Ashfield VRs], p. 16, Polly, daughter of Comfort Beals, baptized as an “adult” on 5 Sept. 1819 in Ashfield.
[678] Bates, Samuel A., Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640-1793, Randolph, MA, 1886, [hereinafter Bates, Braintree Records], p. 749, marriage record of “Hezekiah Thayer & Christian Thayer both of this Town, November 3rd 1729.”
[679] Bates, Braintree Records, p. 771, “Darcos Thayer ye Daughter of Hezekiah Thayer & Christian his wife was born August 20th 1734.”
[680] Brockton VRs, p. 311, from his gravestone, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater.
[688] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 167, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the James Ames household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.
[689] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 431; West Bridgewater VRs, p. 185, buried in the Old Methodist Church Cemetery, Cochesett, MA.
[697] Abington VRs, Vol. 1, p. 77, the birth of Mark Ford, son of Jacob and Sarah Ford, on 2 Apr. 1741 in Abington; Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 75, the marriage of Jacob Ford and Sarah Pool on 22 Nov. 1733 in Abington.
[699] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 168, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Joshua Ames household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, 3 free white females, and 1 other free person.
[702] Brockton VRs, p. 312; West Bridgewater VRs, p. 185, buried in the Ashland or North End Cemetery in North Bridgewater.
[703] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 101, says they had James 1787, David 1788, Hannah 1790, and Betsy 1796.
[A]
Will of Joseph Bassett of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1798) *
In the Name of God Amen.– The
5th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred
& ninety eight, I Joseph Bassett of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth
& Comonwealth of Massachusetts, in New England, Gentleman, being advanced
in age, yet in health of body & mind, thro’ divine goodness of a sound &
disposing mind & memory, & calling to mind the frailty & mortality
of my body, as well as the soul’s immortality & the duty of setting my
house in order before death, do now proceed to make & ordain this to be my
last will & testament – and First of all, I commend my immortal soul into
the hands of that God, who gave it, trusting in the merits & interception
of Jesus Christ my saviour, for pardon, grace & glory, and my body, I
commit unto the earth to be decently buried, at the discretion of my Executor hereafter
named, nothing doubting but the same shall be raised again at the general
resurrection, to a glorious immortality, & with respect to my worldly
interest, which I leave behind, I dispose of in the following manner—vizt—
Imprimis – I Give &
bequeath to my wife, Sarah, the full possession of the same front room in the
house wherein I now live, during her natural life, provided she shall remain my
widow, and not to let in any other family, and she shall also have the use of a
bedroom, at the westerly end of sd dwelling house, & a privilege
in the kitchin to wash & bake & to go to the well to draw water, also a
privilege in the cellar, and the said Sarah shall have a seat in my Pew in the
south meeting house, & she shall also have forage & pasture found &
provided sufficient to keep a Cow, provided for her, and Eight Cords of wood
delivered at sd dwelling house annually, & ten bushells of
Indian Corn & delivered to her at sd dwelling house, annually,
by my heirs, during the natural life of sd Sarah, provided she shall
remain my widow, likewise all her houshold goods, which she the said Sarah
brought with her are to be hers or her heirs as by agreement before marriage.
Item.– I Give and bequeath to
my five sons vizt– Caleb & Nathan & Joseph & David &
Cushman Bassett’s, all my lands hereafter named, about fifteen acres whereon my
house and other buildings stand & about seventy acres on the north side of
the road from Bridgwater to Taunton, bounded, between the lands of Joseph
Cowings & David Leonard’s – also, twenty seven or eight acres wch
was laid out to me, as may appear on Records on the southerly side of the road
& north of the four mile line, so called; also, three lots of meadow, in
the great meadow, so called, also, my right in the little Cedar Swamp, as may
appear by Deed, also all my right in the seventh lot in the second division in
ye west Cedar Swamp north share at the north end of the great pond,
so called, also one quarter of the eleventh lot in the same division or share,
as may appear by Deed, with all my farming utensills & wearing apparell, to
be equally divided between my five sons, to each, a fifth, namely Caleb &
Nathan & Joseph & David & Cushman Bassett’s—the shop tools I give
to Joseph Bassett.
Item.– I Give & bequeath
to my three daughters vizt. Phebe Leonard & Abiel Lathrop &
Hannah Alger, all my live stock & indoor moveables not yet disposed of, as
above, to be equally divided between them, excepting my wearing apparell—
Item – I Give & bequeath
to Caleb & Nathan & Joseph & David & Cushman Bassett’s, all my
wearing apparell, to be equally divided betweenth them.
Lastly.— I do nominate &
appoint, the above named Caleb Bassett, yeoman, of said Bridgwater, to be sole
Executor upon this my last will & testament—and, I do hereby give &
bequeath unto my said Executor, all the estate of mine, not yet disposed of, or
here before named to him – And my will is, that all my just debts & charges
shall be paid by my Executor, out of my real estate, I have given to my five
sons – vizt– Caleb & Nathan & Joseph & David &
Cushman Bassetts, equally, out of each a fifth part, confirming this, to be my
last will & testament. – In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
& seal, the day & year, above written.
Signed Sealed, Published Pro-
nounced & declared by ye
afore- Joseph Bassett (seal)
said Joseph Bassett, to be
his last
will & testament, in
presence of
us – Joseph Cowing
Alpheus Fobes
George Chipman
Presented for probate on 2
June 1803 by Caleb Bassett, the Executor therein named, and proved by Alpheus
Fobes & Geo. Chipman, two of the witnesses. No inventory of his estate was
recorded.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 38, p.
327-328, from FHL microfilm #0550720.
[B]
Will of Sarah Dyer of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1800) *
In the Name of God amen on the seventh
day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred I Sarah Dyer wife to Christopher
Dyer of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth being weak in Body but of a sound
& disposing mind & memory, do proceed to make this my last Will &
Testament – In the first place I give & recommend my Soul into the hands of
God who gave it, trusting in his Mercy through Jesus Christ for pardon Grace
& Glory, & my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my Executor, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I
shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching such
worldly Estate wherewith God has been pleased to bless me with in this Life, I
give demise & dispose of the same in the following Manner & form –
Imprimis.
I give and bequeath to Jason Dyer my Son all my Lands on the South-side of the
road from Bridgwater to Taunton that was formerly my Father Joseph Bassett
deceased: it being between fifty & sixty acres provided the said Jason Dyer
shall pay out to his Sisters hereafter named the several Sums to each viz Betty
Dyer, Sally Dyer & Polly Dyer Eighty seven Dollars & fifty Cents to
each of the above named Betty Dyer & Sally Dyer & Polly Dyer and fifty
Dollars to Dorothy Battles, & Abigail Copeland & Cloe Leach to each of
them, fifty Dollars to each of them— I likewise constitute appoint & ordain
Jason Dyer my well beloved Son my sole Executor of this my last will &
Testament. and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & disannul all &
every other former Testament will & Legacy in Witness Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & Seal the day & Year above written.
Signed
sealed published pronounced
&
declared by the sd. Sarah Dyer as her
last
Will & Testament in the presence of us the s
Sarah Bassett Sarah Dyer (seal)
Joseph Bassett
George Chipman
Presented
for probate on 4 Nov. 1805 by Jason Dyer, the Executor therein named, and
proved by George Chipman, one of the witnesses.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 40, p. 296-297, from FHL microfilm #0550901.
[C]
The Will of Josiah Packard of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1792) *
In the name of God amen—the second day
of October one thousand seven hundred & ninety two—I Josiah Packard of
Bridgwater in the county of Plymouth Gentleman being infirm in body but of
perfect mind & memory thanks be to god, calling to mind the mortality of my
body and knowing that it is appointed to all men once to die, do make &
ordain this my Last will & testament, that is to say, first of all, I
recommend my soul in the hands of God who gave it, & my body to the earth,
by a decent buryal at the discretion of my Executor, nothing doubting but that
at the general resurrection I shall recieve it again by the mighty power of
God, and as touching that worldly Estate which God has blessed me with, I Give
& dispose of it, in the following manner & form
Impris I Give &
bequeath to Sarah, my well beloved wife, one third part of the improvement of
all my homestead Lands during her natural Life, together with one third part of
my dwelling house & barn & Corn house sd term and all my
indoor moveables of bedding & furniture, pewter & brass & Iron and
everything besides my own apparell, & horse furniture & husbandry tools
and my said wife shall have two Cows of my stock, which she likes best, and shall
have them both kept by my Executors, through winter & summer, during her
natural life, but not exclusive of her thirds, so if my wife chuses to have her
thirds set off, then the Cows must be kept on the thirds, and my will is that
my oldest son Josiah Packard & my youngest son Ames Packard shall find my
wife sufficient fire wood cut at the door for one fire winter & summer
annually sd term, and in case my said wife should be sick at any
time or times, my will is that my said sons Josiah & Ames should find her a
Doctor & a nurse suitable as the case may require, and my will is, that my
said wife should have the abovesaid indoor moveables as above set to her, and
be to her & her heirs and assigns forever and also the two Cows, which I
give to my wife, I Give to her & her heirs & assigns forever
Item—I Give and bequeath to my eldest
son Josiah Packard & to my youngest son Ames Packard, whom I likewise
ordain & constitute my sole Executors of this my Last will & testament,
and my will is that my two sons Josiah & Ames shall have my Homestead after
my wife’s decease, by their paying off all the Legacies which are hereafter set
forth. I give & bequeath unto my son Josiah Packard the eastermost part of
my homestead, beginning at a stake & stones in the line betwixt my Lands
& Colo Simeon Cary, on the north side of Colo Cary’s
Lot of wood Land by a red oak & a white oak, running about north to ye
road west of the said Josiah Packards dwelling house to a stake & stones by
a stone wall, thence running across the road a little angling to the west on ye
north side of the road by said road near about 20 rods to a brook, taking one
half of the brook or water, thence northerly one rod & half on sd
brook to a stake & stones, thence easterly near twenty rods to a stake
& stones, about a rod and half north of a rock near the north end of a
stone wall thence northerly to a red oak tree, so a strait course to a stake
& stones in a meadow in the range of Lieut. Samuel Brett’s Land, supposed
to be about seventy five acres, all Lands easterly which are bounded on Lt.
Samuel Bretts, and on Josiah Packards other Lands & on Deacon Josiah Eames
& on Noyes’, & so to the bounds first mentioned to the stake betwixt
the red oak & white oak in Colo Simeon Cary’s line, with all the
buildings standing thereon, & more my will is, that my son Josiah shall
have one half of my meadow & upland on trout brook so called, lying joining
on Colo Simeon Cary’s Land & joining on the brook—an my will is
that my eldest son Josiah Packard & my youngest son Ames Packard, equally
& jointly have one eighth of a saw mill standing on trout brook on the dam
by Capt. Dike’s Forge, called by the name of Packards saw mill with
all my husbandry tools, with all my stock which I do not dispose of by will
otherways
Item—I Give and bequeath unto my
youngest son Ames Packard all the westerly part of my homestead, beginning the
bounds at the stake & stones betwixt a red oak & white oak in Colo
Simeon Cary’s line, running north bounded on Josiah Packards Lands crossing the
road ‘till it comes to Lieut Samuel Bretts Land to a stake &
stones in a meadow, thence westerly in the meadow bounded by Noah Ames’s Lands
to a stake & stones, thence southerly to the road crossing the road joining
on Colo Simeon Cary’s Lands, the whole of the way to the bounds
first mentioned, to the stake & stones betwixt the red oak & white oak,
and moreover I give to my Son Ames Packard, the half of my meadow & upland
on trout the whole by estimation being near about seventy five acres
Item—my will is that my Son Shepard
Packard shall have a comfortable support with what Labour he is able to do, of
my Executors, that is to say my sd eldest son Josiah Packard &
my youngest son Ames Packard whom I constitute my Executors shall give my son
Shepard Packard a handsome support of victualling & cloathing within the
house and Lodging in their dwelling houses, or pay him the sum of ten pounds
per year annually for his support during the term of his natural life
Item—I Give and bequeath to my Son Abiel
Packard ten pounds, to be paid to him by my Executors at my decease, to be to
him & his heirs & assigns forever
Item—I Give and bequeath unto my son
Edward Packard five pounds to be paid to him by my Executors at my decease, to
be to him, to his heirs, and assigns, forever
Item—I Give and bequeath unto my
Daughter Susanna Sturtevant all the Bedding & houshold furniture that she
hath already in her possession, and my will is that she shall have a Cow
delivered to her at my decease by my Executors and that my Daughters Susanna
Sturtevant & Anna Packard, shall have a room with my wife, in my dwelling
house, and after her decease they shall have the room during either of them
continuing in a single capacity, and my will is that my Daughter Susanna
Sturtevant shall have her Cow kept summer & winter during her single
capacity, and my will is that my two Daughters Susanna Sturtevant & Anna
Packard shall tend their mother in sick, if necessary and after her decease
they shall have four cords of wood found them yearly by my Executors during
their single capacity
Item—I Give and bequeath to my Grand
children, the children of my Daughter Sarah Packard deceased, who was the wife
of Lieut. Ephraim Packard, to my grand daughters Susanna Packard
& Mehitabel Packard, two feather beds, some pewter & some Iron &
things that are left and not destroyed that I Lent to my Daughter their mother,
and my will is that there be paid out of my estate, by my Executors to her four
sons Ephraim & Alpha & Melzar & Zebediah Packard’s five shillings per
piece, to be to them & their heirs & assigns forever, to be paid to
each of them, when they shall arrive at the age of twenty one years
Item—I Give & bequeath unto my
Daughter Mary Brett, all the bedding & houshold stuff that she has already
in her possession & six shillings to be paid to her by my Executors at my
decease, to her & her heirs & assigns forever
Item—I Give & bequeath to my
Daughter Betty Perkins, all the bedding and houshold stuff that she has already
in her possession, and six shillings to be paid to her by my Executors at my
decease, to her & her assigns forever—
Item—I Give & bequeath to my
Daughter Anna Packard thirty pounds, to be paid to her by my Executors at my
decease, to her, her heirs, and assigns forever
And my will is that my three sons Josiah
Packard & Shepard Packard and Ames Packard shall have the whole of my Pew
in the meeting house in ye north Precinct in Bridgwater, only
granting my two Daughters Susanna Sturtevant & Anna Packard liberty to have
a seat there during their single capacity & no longer.— and my will is,
that my Executors shall be sole Legatees of any Estate that hereafter appears
to be mine, that I have not disposed of, and I do by these presents utterly
disallow, revoke & disannul all other wills & bequeaths Executors,
Ratifying this to be my Last will & testament. In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year above mentioned
Signed,
Sealed, Published & declared
in presence of us— Josiah Packard — (seal)
Josiah Eames
Samuel Dike junr
Issacher Snell
Presented
for probate on 13 Aug. 1793 by Josiah Packard & Ames Packard, the Executors
therein named, and proved by Josiah Eames, Samuel Dike junr &
Issacher Snell.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 33, p. 397-399, from FHL microfilm #0550717.
[D]
The Will of Sarah Packard of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1793) *
In the name of God Amen—this eleventh
day of July Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred ninety three, I Sarah
Packard widow of Capt. Josiah Packard Late of Bridgwater in the
county of Plymouth deceased, being infirm of body but of perfect mind &
memory, calling to mind the mortality of my body, that it is appointed for all
men once to die, do ordain this my Last will and testament, first committing my
soul into the hands of God that gave it nothing doubting, but that I shall
recieve it again by the mighty power of God at the resurrection, and my body to
the dust by a decent buryal, and as touching the worldly substance, which I
have now in my hands, I dispose of it in the following manner and form, that is
to say
I
Give and bequeath unto my eldest son Josiah Packard & to my youngest son
Ames Packard whom I constitute and ordain sole Executors of this my Last will
& testament Eight dollars or two pounds & eight shillings in cash, or
so much out of a state note which I have in my possession to be to them &
their heirs and assigns forever, and the remainder of the state note that is
not spent, to be divided among my Daughters
Item—I
Give & bequeath unto my Son Shepard Packard, one feather bed, under bed,
bedstead & bedding, all belonging thereto, to him his heirs and assigns
forever
Item—I
Give and bequeath unto my youngest Daughter Anna Packard, one of my Cows, which
she likes best, and two feather beds, with all the furniture thereunto
belonging, and two thirds of my houshold furniture excepting another feather
bed which I have not disposed of, that is to say two thirds of my pewter,
earthen ware & one four pail full brass kettle that is to say, the second
for bigness, with two thirds of my Iron ware of pots kettles & skillets,
with two thirds of my Linnen & chairs & all other things excepting my
wearing apparell, to her her heirs & assigns forever
Item—I
Give & bequeath unto my sons Abiel Packard & Edward Packard Six
Shillings a piece, to be paid by my Executors at my decease to them and their
heirs & assigns forever
Item—I
Give & bequeath unto my Son Ames Packard one of my Executors all the Cyder
barrels & meat tubs & Cash of what name or nature soever to be to him
his heirs & assigns forever, with a mare Left me by my husband, and my will
is that my Son Ames Packard shall have the use of one feather bed & bedding
that is to say all the furniture thereunto belonging with all the houshold
furniture belonging to me of what name or nature soever that I have not
disposed of, of Pewter, brass, Iron, tin or glass so long as he remains in a
single capacity, and then to be divided equally among my five daughters
reckoning the heirs of my Daughter Sarah Packard who was the wife of Lt.
Ephraim Packard deceased to draw a single share with the rest of my Daughters,
to be to them and their heirs & assigns forever
Item—I
Give and bequeath to my grand daughter Susann Packard the Daughter of Lt.
Ephraim Packard, a Cow to be delivered to her, her heirs & assigns forever
and my will is, that all my wearing apparell, shall be equally divided between
my four daughters & my two grand daughters, Susanna & Mehitabel Packards,
they both drawing one share, to be to them & their heirs & assigns
forever and my will is that my Executors shall be sole Legatees of any Estate
that hereafter appears to be mine, that I have not disposed of—I do by these
presents utterly disallow, revoke & disannul, all other wills &
bequeaths, Executors Ratifying this to be my Last will & testament—In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year above
mentioned
Signed,
Sealed, Published & declared
in presence of us Sarah
Packard — (seal)
Samuel Dike junr
micah Gurney
Issacher Snell
Presented
for probate on 13 Aug. 1793 by Josiah Packard & Ames Packard, the Executors
therein named, and proved by Samuel Dike junr, Micah Gurney, and
Issacher Snell.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from
[E]
The Will of Samuel Brett of North Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1828) *
Be it remembered, that I Samuel Brett of North
Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Gentleman, do on this ninth day of April
in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred twenty eight, make and
publish this my last will and Testament in manner following viz. First I give
and devise to my Daughter Hannah Two Hundred Dollars to be paid her at my
decease – I give and devise Two hundred Dollars to my Daughter Sally to be paid
her at my decease – and my Will is that while the said Hannah & Sally shall
live single, they may each of them have the privilege of living in my House,
and shall be well supported out of my Estate, in sickness and health and shall
each of them have a seat in my Pew in the Meeting-house, and my Will is that
Hannah & Sally shall, while they live in my house continue to assist in the
management and care of the family which I leave.
I give to my two Daughters
beforenamed and to Sylva Monk all the Apples which grow in my Barn field to be
disposed of as they choose for their benefit, while they live in my house.
I give to my daughters Mehetable French,
Hannah and Sally all my Household furniture to be equally divided among them
I
also give to my Daughter Mehitable French Three Dollars in Money. My Will is
that Silva Monk shall have a home at my house and shall be boarded there while
she is able to pay for her board.
I
give, devise and bequeath to my two sons Josiah and Samuel, all the rest
residue and remainder of my Estate both Real and Personal to have and to hold
to the said Josiah and Samuel, their heirs and assigns forever, hereby
directing them the said Josiah and Samuel to pay all my just debts and charges
and Legacies herein before given and devised, And I hereby Constitute and
appoint my two Sons Josiah and Samuel Executors of this my last Will &
Testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal the day and year above written.
Signed,
sealed, published and Samuel Brett (seal)
declared
by the said Samuel
Brett,
declaring this to be his
last
will and testament in
presence
of us who at his request
and
in his presence and in
presence
of each other have
subscribed
our names as
witnesses.
Elipht Kingman
Jesse Perkins
John Pool
Presented
for probate on the first Tuesday of April 1844 by Josiah Brett, one of the
Executors therein named, and proved by Eliphalet Kingman and Jesse Perkins, two
of the witnesses. Letters Testamentary were granted to Josiah Brett, one of the
Executors therein named, the other Executor having died.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 86, p. 151-153, from FHL microfilm #0555637.
[F]
The Will of Shepard Packard of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1820) *
Be it Remembered that I Shepard Packard
of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, considering
the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory,
blessed be God for the same, do make and publish this my last Will and
Testament, in manner and form as follows, viz.
1st I give and bequeath to my nephew Luke Packard
of said Bridgewater, or to his heirs, all my right in a pew on the lower floor
of the meeting-house in the North Parish of Bridgewater and the same right my
father Josiah Packard gave me in his last Will— I also give to said Luke or his
heirs or assigns my right in a pew in the gallery of said Meeting-house,
situate near the singers seats, and in the same that I bought of Capt Anthony
Dike – It is also my Will that all notes or accounts that may be due me from
said Luke or his heirs at the time I depart this life shall be discharged and
given up to said Luke or his heirs unpaid – Provided however that said Luke or
his heirs shall pay one half of my just debts (which is but a trifle if any)
also one half of my funeral charges together with one half the cost of settling
my estate – and further provided said Luke shall furnish and erect a decent
Grave-stone in memory of my decease – and also provided the said Luke nor his
heirs shall exhibit no account or any claim whatever against my Estate.
2d It is my Will that all notes and accounts
that may be due from my nephew Abiel Packard of said Bridgewater or from his
heirs, executors or Administrators at the time I depart this life, shall be
discharged and given up to said Abiel or his heirs unpaid – Provided however that
the said Abiel neither his heirs or assigns shall exhibit no account or any
demand whatever against my estate – And also provided the said Abiel or his
heirs pay one half of my just debts & funeral charges – also one half of
the expense of settling my Estate.
3d I give and bequeath to my sister-in-law, the
widow Rebecca Snell of said Bridgewater or to her heirs, all the rest, residue
and remainder of my Estate, goods or chattels of whatsoever name or kind
4th and Lastly I nominate and
appoint Benjamin Kingman of said Bridgewater sole executor of this my last Will
and Testament, hereby revoking and disallowing all former Wills by me made –
In Witness hereof, I hereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Shepard Packard (seal)
Signed, sealed, published and
declared by the above named Shepard Packard to be his last Will and Testament,
in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have hereunto subscribed
our names as witnesses to the same.
Zibeon Packard
Arza Leonard
Josiah Fuller
Benjn Kingman
Be it Remembered, that I, Shepard
Packard of North-Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, do, on this twenty
ninth day of June eighteen hundred thirty five, make and ordain the following
as an “addition” or codicil to a former Will which I made –
I give and bequeath to Lucinda
Packard, wife of Capt Luke Packard of North-Bridgewater, all the
money which I how have on hand, together with all the gold, silver, paper or
copper money which I shall leave at my decease, to be at her disposal. And I
hereby revoke and make void so much of my former Will aforesaid as is
inconsistent with this addition.
In
testimony Whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day first above written.
Shepard
Packard’s + mark (seal)
Signed, sealed, published and declared
by Shepard Packard to be an addition to his Will formerly made in presence of –
Jesse Perkins.
Presented for probate on the first Tuesday of October, 1837, by Benjamin Kingman, the Executor, and proved by Benjamin Kingman, one of the witnesses to the Will, and by Jesse Perkins, the witness to the Codicil annexed to said Will. Letters Testamentary were granted to Benjamin Kingman, the Executor.
* Transcribed by
John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 79, p. 398-401, from FHL
microfilm #0555265.
[G]
The Will of Ames Packard of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1814) *
In the name of God amen, this
first day of August in the Year of our Lord one Thousand and eight hundred
& fourteen, I Ames Packard of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth &
State of Massachusetts, being of sound Mind & Memory & being Mindful of
the Mortality of my Body to make & ordain this my last Will &
Testament, I do recommend my Soul to the Mercy of God & my Body to the
Earth to be interred in decent Christian Burial.—
1st. I order the Improvement
of all my Estate both real & personal, or so much of it as is needful to be
improved for the support of my Wife & Children, so long as she shall remain
my Widow and no longer & for the support of my Children untill they shall
all become of Age —
2dy. I Order that Wd.
Susanna Joy my Wife’s Mother shall have a decent support out of my Estate so
long as she remains at my House where she now is.—
3dly. I give & bequeath
unto my two Sons William Packard & Charles A. Packard all my Lands &
Buildings & also my right in a Saw Mill, & my right in a pew in the
Meeting-house in the north parish Bridgwater & also all my farming Tools to
be divided equally between them, if they should live to become of Age,
otherwise it is my Will it should go to one of them.
4thly. It is my Will that all
my personal property not yet disposed of should go to all my Children to be
divided equally amongst them.—
5
I ordain & appoint Luke Packard Executor of this my last Will &
Testament —
Disallowing & revoking all former wills by me made
In witness hereof I have set my hand & seal on the day & Year
above written
Signed
sealed delivered & acknowledged
by
the said Ames Packard to be his last Will
&
Testament in presence of us
Howard Cary Ames Packard (seal)
David H. Cary
Zenas Cary
Presented
for probate on 5 Apr. 1815 by Luke Packard, the Executor therein named, and
proved by Howard Cary Esqr. and Zenas Cary, two of the witnesses
thereto subscribed. Letters of Administration were granted to Luke Packard, the
before named Executor.
Howard
Cary Esqr., Samuel Alden junr and Benjamin Ames, Yeomen,
all of Bridgewater, were appointed to appraised the Estate of Ames Packard late
of Bridgewater, yeoman, on 5 Apr. 1815. The inventory was not dated, but it
totaled $8874.48, including his real estate valued at $3247.50, and his
personal estate valued at $5626.98, which included $4870.72 in notes of hand
and money on hand. Luke Packard, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory
on 5 June 1815.
Howard
Cary Esqr., Perez Southworth and Eliphalet Kingman, Yeomen, all of Bridgewater,
were appointed to divide the personal estate of Ames Packard, late of
Bridgewater, yeoman, to and among the several Legatees named in his last will
& Testament, on 6 Apr. 1819. Each one’s share to be property considered
good $967.15, and securities considered poor or bad $287.71, with an additional
$101.55 to Willm. & Charles separate from the girls. The
children were named as William Packard, Charles A. Packard, Susan Packard,
Betsey Packard, and Bathsheba Packard. The division was dated 19 Apr. 1819, and
approved on 3 May 1819.
Caleb
Howard Esqr., Perez Southworth and Josiah Brett, Yeomen, all of
Bridgewater, were appointed do divide the real Estate of Ames Packard, late of
Bridgwater, yeoman, to William Packard and Charles A. Packard, his two sons, on
4 Sept. 1820. The division was dated 27 Sept. 1820, and approved in Apr. 1821.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 47, pp. 128, 212, from FHL microfilm #0550904, Vol. 50, p.
178-180, and Vol. 53, p. 334-336.
[H]
The Will of Benjamin Packard of Bridgewater,
Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1808) *
In the Name of God amen I Benjamin
Packard of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Yeoman considering the uncertainty of this Mortal Life – and being of sound
Mind & Memory blessed be almighty God for the same do make & publish
this my last will & Testament in the Manner & form following that is to
say —
First I give & bequeath unto my
beloved wife Lura Packard the Improvement of one third of my Real Estate,
during her natural Life, and also one third of my personal Estate to her
disposal —
I do also give & bequeath unto Aden
Packard junr. the whole of my Real Estate to him his Heirs &
assigns, consisting of my Homestead Farm situate in the North Parish in said
Bridgwater, together with a piece of Land lying on the East side of Trout Brook
(so called) together with all my Freehold Estate Whatsoever to hold to him the
said Aden Packard junr. his Heirs & assigns forever— And lastly
as to all the rest residue & remainder of my personal Estate Goods &
Chattels of what kind & Nature soever I give & bequeath the same to the
said Aden Packard junr. whom I hereby appoint sole Executor of this
my last will & Testament, who is to pay all my just Debts funeral Charges
& other Expences, hereby revoking all former wills by me made ~~
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & Seal the nineteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eight —
Signed
sealed published & declared
by
the above named Benjamin Packard
to be
his last Will & Testament in the pre-
sence
of us who at his request & in his presence Benjamin Packard (seal)
have
hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses
to
the same—
Asa Jones
Perez Crooker
Jesse Perkins
Presented
for probate on 3 Oct. 1808 by Aden Packard junr., the Executor
therein named, and proved by Asa Jones, Perez Crooker and Jesse Perkins, the
witnesses.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 42, p. 405, from FHL microfilm #0550902.
[I]
The Will of Jonathan
Ames, of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts Bay
(1775): *
In the Name of God,
Amen, on the Eleventh of October 1775 I Jonathan Ames of Bridgwater in the
County of Plymouth, yeoman being of a sound and disposing mind and memory
proceed to make this my Last will and testament. In the first place I Give
& Recommend my Soul into the hands of God who Gave it trusting in the mercy
of God through Christ for pardon Grace and Glory, and my body I commit to the
Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named,
and as to my worldly Interest I dispose of in the following manner vizn
1th my
will is that my wife Kesia Ames pay all my Debts and Funeral Charges in
Convenient time after my decease; whom I nominate and appoint Sole Executrix of
this my Last will and testament I give to her all my personal Estate both out
doors and within and the improvement of all my Real Estate untill my Son
Jonathan comes to the age of twenty one years, and after my Son Jonathan comes
of age, my will is that my wife have the improvement of one third part of all my
Real Estate house Barn and Land during her Life
2dly I
Give to my Son Jonathan Ames when he shall arrive to the age of twenty one
years all my housing and homestead Lands together with my Lot of meadow in Flag
meadow and all my meadow and Swamp in Cutting Cove Swamp, and my half Lot of
Cedar Swamp in the old Cedar swamp and the Lot of wood Land that my Father
purchased of Solomon Perkins and David Perkins, and all my Rights in the Common
and undivided Lands in Bridgwater, and my Right in the Little Cedar swamp, and
my Pew in the Meeting house and my Right in the saw mill.
3dly I Give
unto my three daughters namely Kesia, Susanna and molly Eighteen acres and one
half acre of Lands that was Laid out to my Father adjoining on Tittecut Line,
and I also Give to my three daughters my Share in the House and Farm on the
South Side of mill brook where Thomas Waid now improves
4ly I Give to
my wife all my Other Estate both Real and Personal that I have not heretofore
disposed of (if any there be) and my will is that my wife shall have the
benefit of my Son Jonathans Labour untill he comes of age—In Witness and
Confirmation I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal the day and year above
written
Signed, Sealed,
pronounced & Declared Jonathan Ames (seal)
by the sd. Jona.
Ames as his Last will &
testament in presence of
us the Subscri-
bers Edward Howard
Bezaleel Howard
Dr
Howard 3d
Probated on 4 Dec. 1775,
presented by Kesia Ames, the Executrix, and proved by Edward Howard, Bezaleel
Howard, and Dr Howard 3d, the witnesses.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from
[J]
The Will of Hannah
Ames of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1794):
*
In the name of God Amen.—The
twenty third day of May, one thousand seven hundred & ninety four. I Hannah
Ames, widow of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth & Comwealth of
Massachusetts in America, being weak in body, but of sound mind & memory do
make & ordain this my last will & testament, and first of all, I
recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my body to the dust,
to be buried in decent burial; and what little I have, or may have further in
the world, I give as Followeth-vizr-
I give to my four sons, five
shillings to each of them, and I give to my two daughters Sarah & Hannah
all my houshold goods, (that which was my son John’s excluded, which is to be
for my sons) and also my wearing apparell & what money I may leave at my
decease, my will is, should be equally divided among my two daughters, Sarah
& Hannah.—I constitute & appoint my son Timothy Executor of this
testament, ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last will
& testament.—In Witness whereof, I the said Hannah Ames, have hereunto Set
my hand & seal the day & year above written—
Signed, Sealed & Declared
by the her
said Hannah Ames, as her last
will Hannah
X Ames (seal)
& testament, in the
presence of us, who mark
in the presence of each other
have here-
unto subscribed our names
Moses Cary
Howard Cary
Rachel Perkins
Presented for probate on 7
June 1802 by Timothy Ames, the Executor therein named, and proved by Moses Cary
& Howard Cary, two of the witnesses. No inventory was recorded for her
estate.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from
[K]
The Will of Benjamin Ames of North Bridgewater,
Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1849) *
In
the name of God Amen
I Benjamin Ames of North
Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of
sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and
constitute this my last Will and testament in manner and form following (viz:)
First of all I give my Soul to God who gave it and my
body to the earth to be buried in a decent manner – and as it respects my
worldly estate wherewith it has pleased Almighty God to bless me with a
competency –
First I give
bequeath and devise to Sally P Ames, widow of Daniel F. Ames a lot of land in
North Bridgewater called the Gurney Lot bounded Southerly by land of Marcus
Packard, Horace Ames, Capt Alvah Noyes, and Amasa Edson to land of
Theron Ames, thence Northerly by land of Theron Ames to land of Matthew Reed
thence Westerly by said Reed and Capt Luke Packard, Alexander
Thayer, Capt Alvah Noyes & Williams Alden to land of Isaac A
Dunham, thence Southerly by land of said Dunham to the road and then to the
land of Marcus Packard above mentioned, reference being had to Deeds of John
& Sarah Gurney & Benjamin Norton & my interest in the lot I
purchased of James Carey
2nd. I give and devise to my daughter
Damaris Terrill the South half of my Button lot of land
3d I give bequeath and devise to my Grand
children Mary Pratt, Galen E Pratt, Benjamin A. Pratt & Ruth Pratt children
of my daughter Nancy Pratt deceased, the North half of my said Button wood lot.
4th I give bequeath and devise to Lucy Ames
daughter of Daniel F. Ames one Dollar
5th And as to the rest and residue of my
property of what name or nature soever I give and bequeath unto my wife Lopha
Ames I also enjoin it on her to pay my just debts and funeral charges, I also
constitute her my Executrix of this my last Will and Testament.
I hereby declare this to be
my last will
& testament hereby
revoking all other wills Benjamin Ames (seal)
by me made in presence of the
subscribing
witnesses whom hereby I
request to sign
the same this eighth day of
March one
thousand eight hundred and
forty nine
Theron Ames
Isaac Eames
Howard Cary
Presented for probate on the
first Tuesday of Aug. 1850 by Lopha Ames, the Executor therein named, and
proved by Isaac Eames and Howard Cary, two of the witnesses.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 92, p.
289-291, from FHL microfilm #0555640.
[L] The Will of Job Ames of North Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1825) *
In the name of God Amen. I, Job Ames of North
Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, yeoman, being
health and of sound and memory do, this third day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, make and publish this my last
Will and Testament in the manner following, that is to say
1st. I give to my beloved
wife Abigail Ames, all the goods and chattels and other estate that came into
my hands by her in consequence of our marriage, to be at her disposal. I also
give her the improvement of the westerly half of my dwelling house and cellar,
and also so much of my orchard as she shall need for her own use and
consumption for and during the term that she remains my widow. I also give her
the improvement of one cow, such an one as she shall choose of my cows, and to
be kept summer and winter for her as is hereafter provided, during the term
aforesaid. I also give her ten bushels of Indian corn, two bushels rye, sixty
pounds of good beef, and the same number of pounds of good pork, and sufficient
sauce for her use, and also twenty dollars in money yearly to be paid and
delivered to her on the first day of December every year during the term
aforesaid. And furthermore I order that during the aforesaid term she be
constantly supplied with fire wood drawn to the door and cut suitable for her
fire sufficient to keep one fire, and also that she be provided with a horse
and chaise whenever she has a mind to go to meeting or elsewhere, and in case
of sickness or ill health that she be provided with a physician and nurse, and
that she have the use and improvement of so much of my household furniture as
may be necessary for her keeping house during the aforesaid term of time.
Item. I give to my two sons
Azel Ames and Elijah Ames, Two hundred fifty dollars each, to be paid them in
one year after my decease
Item. I give to my daughter
Hannah Snell, the wife of Zebedee Snell, one cow, also twenty dollars worth of
clothing household furniture.
Item. I give to my
grand-daughter, Levina Dike Snell, one case of draws, and also one feather bed,
bedstead, and bed-clothes thereunto belonging – also six silver tea-spoons.
Item. I give to my two sons,
Joel Ames and Nathaniel Ames, all the residue and remainder of my estate, both
real and personal, or of what name or nature soever, including that also which
I have given the improvement of to my wife, to be equally divided betwixt them
both and to be to them, their heirs and assigns forever; and I hereby order and
enjoin it on the said Joel and Nathaniel to pay the aforementioned legacies to
my two sons Azel and Elijah, and to pay all my just debts and funeral charges
and expenses of settling my Estate: and furthermore I order and enjoin it on
the said Joel and Nathaniel to keep the cow, find the grain and meat and sauce
and pay the money, and all other matters and things which I have ordered to be
done in this Will for my wife, free of any expense to her or my other children.
And lastly, I do constitute,
ordain, and appoint my sons Joel and Nathaniel, joint Executors of this my last
Will and Testament, and do revoke all former Wills by me made. In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my
hand and seal the year and day above written.
Signed, sealed, pronounced,
and declared
by the said Job Ames as and
for his last Job Ames (seal)
Will and Testament, in the
presence of us
who, at his request and in his
presence, hereunto set our names as witnesses
to the same. Howard Cary
Williams Cary
Francis Cary
Presented for probate on 2
Oct. 1827 by Joel Ames and Nathaniel Ames, the Executors therein named, and
proved by Howard Cary, one of the witnesses.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 64, p.
288-290, from FHL microfilm #0555258.
[M]
The Will of Elijah Ames of Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1863) *
In the name of God, Amen. I
Elijah Ames of Marshfield in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts being of sound disposing mind and memory blessed be God for the
same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following
that is to say.
First I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Mary
D. A. Hatch twenty five dollars.—
Second I give and bequeath to my son Elijah Ames Jr. one dollar.
Third. I give and bequeath to
my daughter, Abigail F. Tolman wife of Samuel Tolman Jr. one hundred dollars.
Fourth I give and bequeath to my son Elisha F. Ames
fifty dollars.
Fifth, I give and bequeath
unto my grandchildren Jane F. Ames, Anna L. Ames and Nathaniel T. Ames,
children of my son Nathaniel Ames deceased one hundred dollars to be equally
divided between them.
Sixth, I give and bequeath to
my son Samuel A. Ames fifty dollars.
Seventh, I give and devise
unto my beloved wife, Mercy Ames her heirs and assigns forever all my real
estate of every description and all the rest and residue of my personal estate,
of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I shall be entitled at
the time of my decease, after the payment of my just debts, the above legacies,
the expense of my last sickness and funeral charges.
Lastly I do nominate and
appoint my said wife Mercy Ames to be sole executrix of this my last will and
testament.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and declare this my last will and
testament in presence of the witnesses named below this third day of June in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three.
Elijah Ames (seal)
Signed, sealed, published and
declared by the said Elijah Ames as and for his last will and testament in the
presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his
request have unto subscribed our names as witnesses.
John Ford +
Hannah Hewett
Eliza W. Kent +
Presented for probate on the
fourth Monday of June, 1866, by Mercy H. Ames, of Marshfield, with John Ford
and Henry T. Crossley, of Marshfield, as sureties. Letters Testamentary were
granted to Mercy H. Ames on 25 June 1866.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 105, p.
255-256, from FHL microfilm #0555647 and Probate Docket #379, and Vol. 114, p.
493 (521).
[N]
The Will of Benjamin
Ames, of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts Bay
(1773): *
In the Name of God amen the
eighteenth day of August Anno Domini 1773 Benjamin Ames of Bridgwater in the
County of plimouth yeoman being weak in body but of perfect Mind & memory
thanks be to God for it, calling to mind the Mortality of my body and knowing
that it is appointed for all men once to dye do make and ordain this my last
will & Testament that is to say principally & first of all I give &
recomend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body I recomend to
the Earth to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my Executor,
Nothing doubting but at the General resurrection I shall receive the same again
by the mighty power of God and with regard to that I have of this world, goods,
I Give and dispose of the same in the following manner & form.
Imprimis It is my will
and I do order that in the first place all my Just debts be paid and funeral
Charges be paid and Satisfied out of my Estate, Item I give to my Wellbeloved
wife Dorcas Ames the improvement of all my Estate real & personal so long
as she remains my widow as til my son Joshua Ames comes to the age of twenty
one years, and that my wife be Executor to this my last will.
Item I Give to my
wellbeloved son Joshua Ames all my Estate real & personal & to his
heirs & assigns forever when he comes to the age of twenty one years
excepting his mothers Thirds together with all my Cedar Swamp that is undivided
with my brother Daniel Ames and all that part of Estate Given to me by my
father that Thomas Wade now lives on in Bridgwater, and in case my son Joshua Ames
Should not live to the age of twenty One years then I order that One half of my
whole Estate go to my wife, and the Other half to my Brother Daniel Ames’ sons
Timothy Ames Noah Ames Daniel Ames Job Ames to be divided Equally amongst them,
and my will is that my beloved wife make no improvement of the Cedar Swamp, and
further my will is that my Sister Thankfull Thayer have the privilige of living
in the house that I now live in and with my son Joshua Ames as long as She
pleases and I Expect he will be kind to her and my will is that my Sister
Thankfull has the privilige of the fire for her use and also the privilige of
eating[?] & drinking the family as she has in time past and notwithstanding
what is above written my mind is that my son Joshua Ames has One pair of Oxen
and five Sheep and the privilige of keeping them on the farm that I now live on
and half my Pew in the meeting house to be his own at my decease and also I
Give to Rebecca French a heifer Calf, and I declare this to be my last will
& testament
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand & Seal his
In presence of us
Benjamin
X Ames
Simeon Cary mark
Samuel Pratt
Noah Thayer
Probated on 1 Nov[?].
1773, presented by Dorcas Ames of Bridgwater widdow, and proved by Simeon Cary
& Samuel Pratt, two of the witnesses. [The month of probate is difficult
to read in the probate book.]
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from
[O]
The Will of Dorcas Ames of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1811) *
In the name of God amen, I
Dorcas Ames of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth Widowwoman do this
twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred &
eleven make publish, pronounce & declare this my last Will & Testament
in manner & form followetih, viz.—
Imprimis I will that all my just debts funeral
charges & such Legacies as are herein after willed & given shall be
paid by my Executor herein after named & from Effects herein after willed
to him for that purpose &c. And my Intentions are & my Will is, to give
all my Estate of every Description to my four Grandchildren, the Sons &
Daughters of my Son Joshua Ames late of said Bridgwater deceased viz James,
David, Hannah & Betty, which I divide & give to each of them, singly as
followeth—
Item I give & bequeath to my Grandson David Ames
nine hundred Dollars, to be paid him by my Executor herein after named in one
year after my decease, which is all that I intend to give him.—
Item I give and bequeath to my two Granddaughters
Hannah & Betty to each of them one Featherbed & Bed Furniture, & to
my Grandson James I give & bequeath two Feather beds & bed Furniture,
& my large Looking Glass; then I further give & bequeath to them my
Granddaughters Hannah Ames & Betty Ames & my Grandson James Ames all
the remaining part of my household Furniture and indoor Moveables of every
Description, name or nature to be equally divided between them—
Item I further give & bequeath to my Granddaughter
Hannah Ames one hundred & fifty Dollars to be paid her by my Executor
herein after named in one Year after my decease or on the day of her Marriage
if that should happen sooner—
Item I give & bequeath to my Granddaughter Betty
Ames one hundred and fifty Dollars to be paid her by my executor, herein after
named when she shall arrive to the Age of twenty one years, or on the day of
her Marriage if that should happen sooner~
And I do hereby ordain, constitute & appoint my
Grandson James Ames to be sole Executor of this my last will &
Testament.—And to enable my Grandson James Ames my said Executor to pay all my
just Debts, funeral charges & all Legacies herein before willed & given
& also to include a full & large share of my Estate that I have intended
for him—I give, devise & bequeath to him my said Grandson James Ames his
Heirs & Assigns forever my homestead Farm, whereon I now live including all
the Buildings standing thereon together with all my out Lands, wheresoever the
same may be or howsoever the same may be bounded or reputed to be bounded, also
all my quick Stock & farming utensils & all the rest & residue of
my Estate both personal real and mixed of what name or nature soever not herein
before and particularly willed & given that doth of right to me belong, he
paying performing & executing to this my last Will & Testament in every
part matters & thing according to the true Intent & Meaning thereof–
And I do hereby revoke, disallow & render null & void all other &
former Wills ratifying & confirming this & this only as & for my
last Will & Testament–
In witness whereof I the said
Dorcas Ames the Testatrix have hereunto set my hand & seal the day &
year first above written.—
Signed sealed published
pronounced
and declared by the said
Dorcas Ames her
the Testatrix as & for
her last Will and
Testament in the presence of
us who by Dorcas X Ames (seal)
her request & in her
presence & we in the pres-
ence of each other subscribe
our Names as Witnesses mark
Daniel Tolman Junr
Fisk Ames
Daniel Snow
Presented for probate on 2
Apr. 1816 by James Ames, the Executor, and proved by Fisk Ames and Daniel Snow
Esqr., two of the witnesses.