1640. Many new inhabitants appear at Lynn about this time. The great tide of immigration ceased in 1641, & after that time not many came over. Samuel Aborne, was a farmer, & resided at first on the Common. He afterward removed to Lynnfield, where his descendants remain. Hugh Alley, was a farmer, & lived at the south end of Market street. . The 1st-named Hugh came over in 1635, at the age of 27, & had sons, John, born 1646; Hugh, b. 1653; Solomon, b. 1656; Jacob, b.1663 & daughters, Mary, b.1642; Martha, b.1649; Sarah, b.1651; Hannah, b. 1661. He died, Jan. 25,1674. His son Solomon, at the age of 19, was killed at Bloody Brook, 1675, having been under Lathrop. John Alley,was a farmer, lived in Market street, & had 5 children. John, Hannah, Rebecca, Hugh, William,The descendants of Hugh and John Alley are very numerous. Thomas Bancroft (Lieutenant), was a son of widow Bancroft, & had 2 children; Ebenezer, born1667; Mary, b.1670. He died March 12, 1705. His wife Elizabeth died May 1, 1711. His descendants remain. William Bassett, was a farmer, & died March 31,1703. He had 2 sons; William, who married Sarah Hood, in 1675; & Elisha, whose wifes name was Elizabeth. His descendants remain. William lived on Nahant street, on land which is still (1863) in possession of his descendants. He married Sarah, daughter of Hugh Burt, who died in 1661. He was an ensign in the company of Captain Gardner, of Salem, in the Indian war,& was at the swamp fight. For his services, the General Court made him a grant of land. Captain William Bassett, supposed to be the same individual, was one of a council of war, with Major Benjamin Church, at Scarborough, Me. in Nov. 1689. His name often appears in the oldest town records of Lynn, where, in 1691, he is called Quartermaster Bassett. He died March 31, 1703 William Basset the, son of William the 1st Bassett here, married Sarah Hood,Oct. 25,1675, This Sarah Hood Basset was the same person spoken of under date 1692, as having been imprisoned for witchcraft. He also had a daughter Elizabeth, who married John Proctor, of Danvers, who was executed for witchcraft. She was condemned, but pardoned. They had children, Sarah, born 1676, who married Joseph Griffin, for her 1st husband, & a Newbold for her 2nd; William, b. 1678, who married Rebecca Berry, in 1703. His fathers lands were divided between him & his brother John; Mary, b. 1680, who married a Hill; John, b. 1682, who married Abigail Berry, of Boston; Hannah, b. 1685, who married John Estes, of Salem; Ruth, b. 1689, who married Abraham, Allen, of Marblehead; Joseph, b. 1692, lost at sea; Deliverance, b. 1695, who, in 1719, married Samuel Breed; Abigail, who, in 1728, married Samuel Alley. (3) William Bassett, son of (2) William, had children, Rebecca, born 1709; Miriam, b.1712, who, in 1732, married David Northey, of Salem; Joseph, b.1715, who inherited his fathers lands, and married Eunice Hacker; Elizabeth, who in 1729, married Benjamin Hood. Robert Bridges, was admitted a freeman, June 2, 1641. In the same year he was a member of the Ancient Artillery Company & a captain in the militia. He had a large share in the Iron Works. In 1644, he was chosen representative, & appointed a member of the Quarterly Court at Salem. In 1646, he was Speaker of the House of Representatives, & the next year became an Assistant, in which office he continued until his death, in 1656. William Clark, a farmer, died March 5, 1683. His children were Hannah, John, Lydia, Sarah, Mary, & Elizabeth. His descendants remain. John Diven, died Oct. 41684. He had a son John. Thomas Farrar, was a farmer, & lived in Nahant Street He died Feb. 23,1694. His wife Elizabeth, died Jan. 8,1680. And he married his second wife, Abigail Collins, 1681. He had 1 son, Thomas, who married Elizabeth Hood, Dec. 1682., & had Hannah, Sarah, Susanna, & Elizabeth. Peleg, & Mehitabel, twins, born Oct. 6,1660, who died young. Susanna married Joseph Newhall, son of the Thomas who was the 1st white child born in Lynn. Joseph Newhall settled in Lynnfield, and had 1 children; among them Samuel, who was adopted by uncle Thomas Farrar, who was a farmer & lived on Nahant street. Thomas Farrar, SR, was familiarly called old Pharaoh, & was 1 of those accused of witchcraft, in 1692. John Fuller, came from England, with his brother Samuel, in 1630, & when they arrived in Boston, only 7 huts were erected. After residing there several years, Samuel went to Scituate, & John, in 1644, came to Lynn, & settled at the western end of Waterhill Street. He was chosen representative in 1655, & clerk of the writs, in 1662. He died June 29, 1666. The name of his wife was Elizabeth, & he had 5 children,Lieut. John Fuller, who married Elizabeth Farrington, & died April 24,1695. John Gillow, died in 1673. The name of his wife was Rose. He had 2 sons, Benjamin & Thomas. Zaccheus Gould,owned, at one time, the mills on Saugus river. He had a son Daniel. Nathaniel Hawthorne, had 2 children; Ebenezer, who married Esther Witt, Dec. 26, 1683, & Nathaniel. Richard Haven, was a farmer, & lived near the Flax pond. His wife Susanna, [a daughter of Thomas Newhall, senior,] died Feb. 7,1682. His children were Hannah, born 1645; Mary; Joseph; Richard; Susanna; Sarah; John; Martha; Samuel; Jonathan; Nathaniel; Moses, Several of his sons among the 1st settlers of Framingham. Joseph Holloway, died November 29,1693. He had a son Joseph, whose wifes name was Mary, & who had 4 children His descendants remain, and spell their name Hallowell. Richard Hood, came from Lynn, in England. He lived in Nahant Street, & died Sept. 1695. He had 3 sons; Richard, Joseph, Benjamin, . His descendants remain. In those early days, a young man, who was inclined to indulge in the laudable custom of courting, went to visit a young lady of this family named Agnes. As he was returning, late 1 evening, he was overheard saying to himself—Well, so far proceeded towards courting Agnes. This phrase became common, & has been introduced into an English comedy. Eobert Howard, had a son Edward, whose wife was named Martha, & who had 2 children; Amos, Jane, His descendants remain. Edward Ireson, died Dec. 4,1675. His son Benjamin married Mary Leach, Aug. 1, 1680, & had a son Edward, born in1681. Thomas Keyser, was mate of a vessel which sailed from Boston. Governor Winthrop tells a story of 1 of his men, who was whipped for stealing a gold ring, & some other articles from him at Portsmouth. [He sailed for Guinea, to traffic in slaves. And James Smith, a church member, of Boston, joined with him.] Andrew Mansfield, came from Exeter, in England, to Boston, in 1636. He came to Lynn, in 1640. He was a farmer, & lived in Boston street. The neighborhood in which he lived was called Mansfields End. He was town clerk in 1660, & died in 1692, aged 94. He had a son Andrew, who was representative in 1680, and who married Elizabeth Conant, Jan. 1681. His descendants remain. John Mansfield, was a tailor. He was a freeman, 1643; died in 1671, aged 52. Lady Deborah Moody, came to Lynn, in 1640. 5 years before, she went from one of the remote counties in England, to London, where she remained in opposition to a statute, which enjoined that no person should reside, beyond a limited time, from their own homes. On the of April21st, the court of the star-chamber ordered, that Dame Deborah Moody, & the others, should return to their hereditaments in 4 days, in the good example necessary to the poorer class. On April, 5,1640, soon after her arrival at Lynn, she united with the church at Salem. On May 13th, the General Court granted her 400 acres of land, In 1641, she purchased Mr. John Humfreys farm, called Swampscott, for which she paid £1.100. Lechford, in 1641, says, Lady Moody lives at Lynn, but is of Salem Church. She is, good lady, almost undone, by buying Master Humphries farm, Swampscott. Afterward she became imbued with the erroneous idea that the baptism of infants was a sinful ordinance; for which, and other opinions, she was excommunicated. In 1643, she removed to Long Island. Governor Winthrop says, the Lady Moodye, a wise, & anciently religious woman, being taken with the error of denying baptism to infants, was dealt with by many of the elders and others, & admonished by the church of Salem, whereof she was a member; but persisting still, & to avoid further trouble, she removed to the Dutch, against the advice of all her friends. After her arrival at Long Island, she experienced much trouble from the Indians, her house being assaulted by them many times. Her wealth enabled her to render assistance to Gov. Stuyvesant, of N.Y., in some difficulties which he encountered in 1654; & so great was her influence with him, that he conceded the nomination of the magistrates that year to her. She was of a noble family, & had a son, Sir Henry Moody. With the exception of her troubling the church with her religious opinions, she appears to a lady of great worth. Edmund Needham, came in 1639. He was one of the Long Island grantees, but does not appear to have gone with the settlers. He died at Lynn, in 1677. For something relating to his descendants, see notices of Daniel & Ezekiel Needham, under date 1650. His will maybe found in the Salem Court files. It is a quaint & curious document. He was a man, of property, & one evidently occupying no mean position in his own estimation. Several matters appear in the will, which would be more appropriate in some other form of writing, & throughout, his piety is more conspicuous than his modesty. He was connected with the Harts & the Mansfields, & did not forget them in the distribution of his effects had sons Daniel & Ezekiel, & several daughters, by whom he became connected as above & likewise with the Armitages. Some passages from the will are here given, enough to illustrate certain habits of thought & peculiarities of the testator, to give an idea of the amount and character of a very fair estate for that time, & to show something of his family connections. Robert Rand,was a farmer, at Woodend. He died Nov. 1694. His wife Elizabeth, died Aug. 1693. His children were Robert, Zachary, Elizabeth, & Mary, and his descendants remain. Henry Rhodes , was a farmer, & lived on the western side of Saugus river. He was born in 1608, & had 3 sons. Jonathan, who died April, 1677; Henry; Josiah. Their descendants remain. John Tarbox, had 2 sons; John; & Samuel, who married Rebecca Armitage, Nov. 1665,& had 18 children. Samuel died Sept. 1715, aged 93. His descendants remain. Shubael Walker, (Captain), was buried Jan. 1689. He lived at the Swampscott farms. Thomas Welman , died in 1672. His children were Abigail, Isaac, Elizabeth, Sarah, & Mary. John Witt, died in December, 1675. His children were Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Martha, John, who married Elizabeth Baker, Jan. 1676, & Thomas who married Bethia Potter, Feb. 1675. r. Some of the family, in other places, write the name DeWitt, as was the case with a late secretary of the commonwealth; & they adopt that orthography, it is understood, on the supposition that they are descended from the DeWitts of Holland, or from a Huguenot. Other inhabitants were: Andrew Allen, Theophilus Bayley, who died in 1694, Hugh Churchman, who died in 1644, John Cole, Wentworth Daniels, Daniel Fairfield, John Farrington, Henry Fitch, Thomas Gaines, Tobias Haskell, Joseph Howe, James Hubbard, William Hubbard, William Knight, Michael Lombard, Robert Mansfield, Thomas Mansfield, Michael Milner*, Richard Mower, Abraham Ottley, Adam Ottley, Edward Paine, Quentin Pray, Richard Pray, Thomas Purchis, [spoken of under date 1678,] Thomas Putnam, Hugh Stacey, John Stacey, George Taylor, William Taylor, John Tilton, William Tilton, DanIel Trumbull, Nathaniel Tyler, William Wells, Jonathan Witt. Andrew Allen , married Faith, a daughter of Edmund Ingalls. He removed to Andover, and there died, in 1690. There was also a George Allen here, who came in 1636, & soon after removed to Sandwich. His house, built in 1646, Hugh Churchman. Of this individual little is known. He was, no doubt, the same person alluded to in the presentation to the Salem Court, 27 May, 1643: Wee present oulSe Churchman for liveing 7 or 8 yeares without his wife; and for haveing the wife of Hugh Burt locked with him alone in his house. Witness, Joseph fflood, Jarrard Spenser. And again: Ould Churchman for living 7 or 8 yeares without his wyff, unless he bring unto Mr Endecot, our depy Govr a certiflcat fr Mr Dumer, y* he hath used meanes for his wyfs comeing, and then he is discharged. Churchman lefc a will, which was probated in 1644. Hugh Burt and Robert Driver were appraisers. The amount of his estate was
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