Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Twelfth Generation
3138. Jan GERRITSZ (SNEDEKER), son of 6276. Gerrit SNEDEKER. Born ca 1608 in Oldenburg, Germany. Jan died in May 1679; he was 71.
Emigrated circa 1642 Lived on the Elandsgracht, a canal in the heart of Amsterdam, which still exists.
His brother, Hendrick JANS, also from Oldenburgh, married Elsgen Michiels, sistger of Grietje Michiels, both from Lunenburg.
On 10 Aug 1636 when Jan was 28, he married Annetje RUYS in Dutch Reformed Church In Sloten, Holland.
They had the following children:
i.
Jannetje
ii.
Gerret
iii.
Tryntje
1569iv.
Christina (Styntie) (>1636->1708)
3139. Annetje RUYS, daughter of 6278. Christian RUYS & 6279. Cornelia *RUYS. Born in 1602. Christened on 19 May 1602 in St. Christopher’s Roman Catholic Church, Roermond, Netherlands.
Thomas married Elizabeth ROGERS.
They had the following children:
i.
Robert (1559-)
ii.
Giles
iii.
Christopher (1578-)
iv.
Thomas (1580-)
1600v.
John (1582-1657)
vi.
William (1585-)
vii.
Elizabeth
viii.
Catherine
ix.
Rebecca
x.
Anne
3204. John PIKE. Born in 1573 in Whiteparish, Wilts County, England. John died in Salisbury, MA, on 26 May 1654; he was 81. Occupation: Lawyer. Religion: Puritan.
Came to America with his grown family on the ship “James” in 1635 and was one of the first settlers of Newbury, MA.
Came on the ship “James,” commanded by Captain Cooper, which arrived 2 April 1635 in Ipswich and 2 June 1635 in Newbury. He settled initially in Ipswich and later moved to Newbury. He was a prominent citizen, a lwayer and husbandman. He was one of the Commissioners who arranged for a schoolhouse and teacher. He served as Selectman, surveyor and Commissioner. He was a Puritan and well educated.
17 Jan 1612/1613 when John was 39, he married Dorothy DAY in Langford, ENG.
They had the following children:
1602i.
Captain John (ca1613-ca1689)
ii.
Major Robert (1616-1706)
iii.
Dorothy (1617-1658)
iv.
Ann
v.
Isreal (-1699)
3205. Dorothy DAY, daughter of 6410. Thomas DAYE & 6411. Joan MORRIS. Dorothy died in Salisbury, MA, ca 1631; she was 39. Born ca 1592.
3220. Edward FULLER, son of 6440. Robert FULLER & 6441. Sarah DUNKHORNE. Born ca 1575 in Parish Of Redenhall, Norfolk, ENG. Edward died in Plymouth, MA, in 1621; he was 46. Christened on 4 Sep 1575.
Edward married Ann HOPKINS.
Although tradition (beginning with James Savage’s “A Genealogical Dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May 1692...” 4 Volumes, Boston 1860-1862, reprinted Baltimore 1961) has it that Edward’s wife is Anne, no one has ever found documentation for this.
3222. John LOTHROPP Reverend, son of 6444. Thomas LOWTHROP & 6445. Mary SALTE. Born bef 20 Dec 1584 in Etton, Yorkshire, ENG. Christened on 20 Dec 1584 in Etton, Yorkshire, ENG. John died on 8 Nov 1653; he was 68. Buried in Barnstable, MA. Occupation: Minister. Education: Queens College, Cambridge.
Rev. John Lothrop was imprisoned in England. In 1634 he came with 32 members of his congregation to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and started a church and library in Barnstable on Cape Cod. The buildings are still standing.
On 10 Oct 1610 when John was 25, he married Hannah HOWSE (HOUSE) in Eastwell, Kent, England.
They had the following children:
i.
Thomas (<1612-)
1611ii.
Jane (<1614-1680)
iii.
Anne (<1616-1617)
iv.
John (<1617->1653)
v.
Barbara (<1619-)
vi.
Samuel (1622-1699)
vii.
Joseph (1624-1702)
viii.
Benjamin (ca1626-)
3223. Hannah HOWSE (HOUSE), daughter of 6446. John HOWSE (HOUSE) & 6447. Alice UNKNOWN. Hannah died in Feb 1633.
Came with another Richard Kent (probably a cousin) on the Ship “Mary and John” to Ipswich in 1634. Was a Freeman there on 4 March 1635. He removed to Newbury, MA in 1635. He left Sarah, Rebecca and other daughters in England. Rebecca had married a Samuel Scullard in England, and after his death she came to Newbury and probably brought with her her daughter Mary, who married John Rolfe on 4 Dec 1656.
Child:
1613i.
Rebecca (-<1684)
George Sowle on the 1633 list of Freemen. Listed on a Duxbury committee 27 Sept 1642.
Bef 1626 when George was 26, he married Mary BUCKETT (BECKET) in Probably Plymouth, MA.
They had the following children:
i.
Zachariah (<1627-ca1663)
ii.
John (ca1632-<1707)
iii.
Nathaniel (ca1637-<1699)
iv.
George (ca1639-ca1704)
v.
Susannah (ca1642-)
vi.
Mary (ca1644-)
1621vii.
Elizabeth (ca1645-ca1701)
viii.
Patience (ca1648-)
ix.
Benjamin (ca1651-1676)
3264. Benejah DUNHAM, son of 6528. John DUNHAM Deacon & 6529. Abigail BARLOW. Born ca 1638 in Plymouth, MA. Benejah died in Piscataway, NJ, on 24 Dec 1680; he was 42. Occupation: Linen Weaver.
In 1668 he accompanied his brother (Daniel) to Eastham and became a court officer there in 1669. In 1672 he followed Jonathan DUNHAM (son of his brother Thomas DUNHAM) and bought 100 acres in Piscataway, NJ and became a planter; 1664 a freeman; 1669 court officer at Eastham; 1673 militia captain. He was one of the "Committee of Safety and Council of War."
Benejah DUNHAM's will (recorded in Liber B. of Wills, page 496 in Trenton, NJ, office of Secretary of State):
"In the name of God Amen the Tenth day of May One Thousand Six hundred Seventy-Nine I, Benajah Dunham of Piscattaway in East Jarsy Linin Weaver being of sound mind and remembrance, praised be God, do give and ordain this my Last will and Testament in manner and forme following. First I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almight God my maker and my body to be buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter nominated.
Item I give unto my son Edmund the Seventy Acres of land belonging to me which lyeth by Rariton river and I give to him my Musquet and razier.
Item I give unto my daughter Mary my dwelling house and my home lott and all appertinances thereunto belonging and my lott of Meadow in the great Meadow which lyeth by the Creeke which is called Bonhame Creeke and all my Bookes and One Third of my Cattle and moveable goods.
Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Forty Acres of land beloging to me which lyeth on the north side of Andrew Woodins home lott and boundeth on the east side by the highway that goeth to the vineyard and I give to her one third of my Cattel and my moveable goods.
Item I give to Elizabeth my wife for the Tearme of her Widowhood One Third of my Cattel and moveable goods and do make her Executrix of this my Last will and Testament. Also I ordaine Mr. Samuel Dennis of Woodbridge and John Ffichrandolphe of Piscatawy to be overseers for my children.
Item I ordaine that my Daughter shall not dispossesse her mother of the house During her Widowhood.
Item I ordaine that the Legacie of thirds which are given to Elizabeth my wife shall at the marriage of her the aforesaid, the one halfe, returne to my Daughter and the other halfe to my Daughter Elizabeth and all my lands in New England to be equally Divided betwixt my daughters.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written
Benajah Dunham
On 25 Oct 1660 when Benejah was 22, he married Elizabeth TILLSON.
They had the following children:
1632i.
Reverend Edmund (1661-1734)
ii.
John (1663-1663)
iii.
Elizabeth (1664-1667)
iv.
Hannah (1666-1667)
v.
Benjamin (Died as Child) (1667-)
vi.
Mary (1669-)
vii.
Elizabeth (1670-)
3265. Elizabeth TILLSON, daughter of 6530. Edmund (?Edward) TILLSON & 6531. Joanne *TILSON. Born ca1630/34 in England.
3298. Captain Francis DRAKE, son of 6596. Robert DRAKE & 6597. Phillippa DENYS. Born ca 1605 in England. Francis died in Piscataway, NJ, on 24 Sep 1687; he was 82. Occupation: Surveyor. Religion: Baptist.
His parentage is in some dispute. All agree that he was in Portsmouth, NH in the early 1650s and that he moved to Piscataway, NJ between 1665 and 1670, probably because of religious disturbances in the New England colonies and the promise of freedom of religion in NJ.
In 1652 he was living with a wife and one child on the Strawberry Bank on the western side of the Piscataqua River in northern New Hampshire, in what is now Portsmouth, NH.
He is said to be (unproven) the nephew of Sir Francis Drake of British naval fame.
Served on a grand jury in Norfolk County, NH before moving to NJ. He moved in or shortly before 1670 with five children. In 1670 his daughter married Hugh Dunn and the children of this couple later moved on to Hunterdon and Somerset Counties.
Francis was a prominent figure in the Piscataway colony. He was a landowner, ran a tavern, was commissioned captain of militia of Piscatawy Township on 15 July 1675 and discharged at his own request 30 May 1678. He was one of the first selectmen, a constable, justice of the peace, and in 1682 was a county judge.
Ca 1650 when Francis was 45, he married Mary WALKER in Probably NH.
They had the following children:
i.
George (1651-<1710)
1649ii.
Elizabeth (1654-1711)
iii.
Rev. John Sr. (1655-1739)
The name Carman is alleged to derive from the word Kar or Car, meaning castle or fortified place. Carman is the lord of a stronghold. There is a great deal of genealogic material on various Carman lines in England back to the Doomsday records and Edward the Confessor in AD 1042.
Came on the ship Lyon (Capt. William Pierce, Master) and landed at Roxbury, Massachusetts on 4 November 1631. Other passengers on the same ship were John Eliot (“Apostle to the Indias”) and the wife of Governor John Winthrop. This group came largely from the parish Nazing, a small rural village in Essex County, Englad.
In 1643 Robert Fordham and John Carman made an Indian purchase. On 16 November 1644 the Dutch government of New Netherland granted the Kieft Patent to about 50 patenteers, including Robert Fordham, John Sticklan, John OGDEN, John CARMAN, John Lawrence, Jonas Wood. This was an area of Long Island then called the Great Plains and now called Hempstead Bay. The town became Hempstead.
[John CARMAN, came to the states 1631 landing in Massachusetts Bay. He lived at Roxbury, MA.
where Abigail and John were born. Next at Lynn, MA where Caleb was born. He negotiated with the Indians and purchased 13,000 acres of land and established Hempstead Long Island. Most of the people he was negotiating for were from Connecicut. He was mentioned in the two patents for that land one from the Dutch and one from the English. I understand that the New York City Library has these Patents.]
1629/30 when John was 23, he married Florence FORDHAM.
They had the following children:
i.
John (<1632-<1632)
1656ii.
John (1633-1684)
iii.
Benjamin (-1694)
iv.
Abigail (1635-)
v.
Caleb (Died as Infant) (1634-ca1640)
vi.
Caleb (1645-1693)
vii.
Thomas (1646-)
viii.
Joshua (Died as Child) (ca1648-)
3330. Thomas SAYRE, son of 6660. Francis SAYRE & 6661. Elizabeth ATKINS. Born in 1597 in Leighton Bussard, ENG. Christened on 20 Jul 1597. Thomas died in NY on 1 Apr 1670; he was 73.
Emigrated to Lynn, Massachusetts around 1638 or 1639 from England. Eager to escape the strict Puritan government, they left and landed at Southampton, LI on 12 June 1640 (with Howell, Farrington, Halsey, Howe, Cooper, Needham, Walton). (From the NYGBR Vol XXI:143).
Possibly from Hinwich, parish of Podington in Bedfordshire, ENG where a Sayre family existed since around 1200 AD.
In 1634 when Thomas was 37, he married Unknown UNKNOWN.