11392. Lieutenant Andrew Newcomb
Residing at the Isle of Shoals as early as 1666.
Purchased land in Alfred, York Co., ME in 1669. Other land holdings in the area.
Constable in 1671.
Was one of the prominent citizens of Martha's Vineyard where he first purchased land in 1677.
Was chosen Lieutenant of Militia 1691 and was in command of fortifications.
11393. Sarah unknown
Received by will of her father, money, real estate,, shares at Sanchacantaket, ten acres at Pompineches neck, and one half-share on the Island of Chappaquiddick.
11396. Major William Bradford
851. Maj. William Bradford. Born on 17 Jun 1624 at Plymouth, MA.29 William died at Plymouth, MA, on 20 Feb 1703/4. Major William Bradford "removed to Kingston, Massachusetts, was assistant deputy governor, was one of Governor Andro's council in 1687, and was the chief military officer of Plymouth colony. William "res Northside of Jones River in section known as Stony Brook, Kingston. Inherited large estate from father. Maj Comm-in-chief of Plymouth Forces at Great Swamp Fight 1675 amd severely wounded. Dep 1657, assistant 1658-81. Dep Gov of Plymouth 1682-6, 1689-91. Mem of Council of Mass 1691. Treas 1679-85, 1689-91. Mem of Council of War 1657-8. Councillor of Provinse of Mass Bay in Charter of 1692. Councillor 1692-8. One of Gov Andros Council in 1687. Ca 1650 William first married Alice Richards (2036) , daughter of Thomas Richards ca 1596-ca Dec 1650) & Welthean [Richards] (-1679), at Plymouth, MA. Born ca 1629 at Pitminster, Somerset. Baptized on 7 Apr 1629 at Pitmin "on the 12^th Day of December 1671 Mistris Allice Bradford Junir: Changed this life fster, Somerset Alice died at Plymouth, MA, on 12 Dec 1671.or a better, about the age of 44 yeeres Shee was a gracious Woman liveed much Desired Died much lamented and was buried on the 14 Day of the month aforesaid att Plymouth abovesaid". Buried on 14 Dec 1671 in Plymouth, MA.
Children:
3173 i. John (1652-1736)
3174 ii. William (1654-1687)
3175 iii. Thomas (ca1657-1731)
3176 iv. Alice (ca1659-1745)
3177 v. Mercy (ca1660-<1720)
3178 vi. Hannah (1662-1738)
3179 vii. Melatiah (1664->1739)
3180 viii. Samuel (ca1667-1714)
3181 ix. Mary (1668-1720)
3182 x. Sarah (1671->1705)
11397. Alice Richards
Born ca 1629 at Pitminster, Somerset. Baptized on 7 Apr 1629 at Pitminster, Somerset.Alice died at Plymouth, MA, on 12 Dec 1671 "on the 12^th Day of December 1671 Mistris Allice Bradford Junir: Changed this life for a better, about the age of 44 yeeres Shee was a gracious Woman liveed much Desired Died much lamented and was buried on the 14 Day of the month aforesaid att Plymouth abovesaid". Buried on 14 Dec 1671 in Plymouth, MA
11468. Francis Sprague
Arrived Plymouth Colony 1623 on the "Anne," the third ship to bring colonist to Plymouth.
Francis was an inn holder up to 1666 and owned considerable property. He did not adhere strictly to the enactments of the civil code of the Puritan Fathers and was several times brought before the Court for what they considered depatures from the strict line of duty. "Francis Sprague, said to have been of 'ardent temperament', obtained leave to keep a victualling (tavern) on the Duxburrow side, having his license suspended for a time the next year for 'drinking overmuch' and tolerating too much jollity."
FRANCIS SPRAGUE
ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1623 in Anne FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Duxbury by 1638 OCCUPATION: Innkeeper (1 October 1638: "Francis Sprague is licensed to keep victualling on Duxborrow side"; 3 March 1639/40: "Francis Sprague, of Duxborrow, for drawing & retailing wine at Duxborrow, contrary to the express order of the Court, is fined by the Bench 20s. sterling"; 5 May 1640: "Francis Sprague, of Duxborrow, is prohibited by the Court to draw any wine or strong water until the next General [Court], without special license from the Court so to do"; 2 June 1640 and 1 September 1640: Francis Sprague presented for selling & retailing of wine contrary to order. Licensed 7 July 1646 to draw wine and keep an ordinary at Duxburrow. His license was recalled 5 June 1666. FREEMAN: Admitted 7 June 1637 and as a result added to the list of freemen compiled on 7 March 1636/7. In Duxbury section of 1639, 1658 and 29 May 1670 lists of freemen EDUCATION: Signed his deeds by mark. OFFICES: Duxbury surveyor of highways, 7 June 1648, 3 June 1657 . Constable, 4 June 1653. In Duxbury section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms. ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth land division "Francis Spragge" was granted three acres as a passenger on the Anne. In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division Francis Sprage, Anna Sprage and Mercye Sprage were the eleventh through thirteenth persons in the sixth company. Assessed 18s. in the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1633 and 27 March 1634. He was one of the purchasers. In 1637 Francis Sprague of Duxbury sold to Mr. Ralph Partridge "all his right and title into so much of the lot of his land lying in Ducksburrow aforesaid as is now enclosed by the said Mr. Partridg". On 28 March 1642 Francis Sprague sold to Morris Truant "two acres of marsh meadow lying at the Wood Island". On 1 April 1644 Francis Sprague of Duxbury sold to "Will[ia]m Laurence my son-in-law of the same town ... fifty acres". On 26 October 1659 Francis Sprague of Duxbury, planter, sold to "his son-in-law Ralph Earle of Road Island in the Jurisdiction of Providence Plantation the one-half of all his share, part or portion of land lying or being at the place or places commonly called by the Indians by the names of Coaksett and Acushena". On 27 April 1661 "Francis Sprague of Duxburrow ... planter" deeded "unto John Sprague his true and natural son all that his dwelling house and outhouses and buildings scituate in Duxburrow aforesaid, and all and singular the upland and meadow now thereunto belonging, whether obtained by grant or purchased of other persons ... containing in all forty or fifty acres or thereabouts with three acres of meadow". On 3 May 1664 "Francis Sprague of Duxburrow ... planter" deeded to "his son John Sprague all that his part, portion and share of land and meadow he hath at or near Namasakett ... which was granted to him and others" on 3 June 1662. BIRTH: By about 1590 based on estimated date of marriage. DEATH: Living 1670 but deceased by 2 March 1679/80. MARRIAGE: (1) England by about 1614 _____ _____; she died England by 1623. (2) By about 1630 _____ _____. CHILDREN:
With first wifei ANNA, b. say 1614; m. by 1644 William Lawrence.
ii MERCY, b. say 1617; m. Plymouth 9 November 1637 William Tubbs; William Tubbs was granted a divorce from his wife Mercy, 7 July 1668, at which time she was living in Rhode Island. With second wife
iii JOHN, b. say 1630; m. by about 1655 Ruth Bassett, daughter of WILLIAM BASSETT on 8 June 1655 "we present John Sprague and Ruth Bassett, of Duxburrow, for fornication before they were married . (John Sprague is treated in detail by Maclean W. McLean, who estimates his birth as about 1635, whereas we make him slightly older.
iv DORCAS, b. say 1632; m. by 1659 Ralph Earle.
11470. William Bassett
A gunsmith and metal worker, William arrived on the Ship "Fortune" in 1621, the second ship to bring colonists to Plymouth Colony. The Leyden, Holland record indicates that William Bassett came from Sandwich, England and that he was a master mason. William was Representative, 1640-44 with Governor Bradford and others. Following arrival in 1921, he was one of the "purchasers," first in Plymouth with his wife Elizabeth and son William and daughter Elizabeth, and took part in the division of cattle in 1627. He then resided at Duxbury, and was subsequently among the first settlers of Bridgewater in 1652.
11471. Elizabeth Tilden
Passenger on the "Fortune."
11484. Samuel Bass
SAMUEL BASS
ORIGIN: Saffron Walden, Essex MIGRATION: 1633 FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury REMOVES: Braintree 1640 OCCUPATION: Yeoman. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Samuell Basse" admitted to Roxbury church as member #78, in a group of 1633 immigrants [RChR <javascript:APop(p2432,130,156);> 78]. His death record in 1694 tells us that he "had been a deacon of the church of Braintree for the space of above fifty years and the first deacon of that church" [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 660]. FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [MBCR <javascript:APop(p2434,150,180);> 1:368]. EDUCATION: Signed his will. First Braintree town clerk [MBCR <javascript:APop(p2434,150,180);> 1:329]. OFFICES: Braintree deputy to General Court, 2 June 1641, 3 May 1654, 6 May 1657, 27 May 1663, 18 May 1664, 3 August 1664 [MBCR <javascript:APop(p2434,150,180);> 1:319, 4:1:182, 286, 4:2:72, 100, 117]; commissioner to perform marriages and keep records at Braintree, 2 June 1641 [MBCR <javascript:APop(p2434,150,180);> 1:329]; committee on bridge over Naponset River (as "Deacon Basse"), 29 May 1655 [MBCR <javascript:APop(p2434,150,180);> 4:1:231]. ESTATE: On 15 January 1666/7 the heirs of William Tyng sold to Deacon Samuel Bass, Edmund Quinsey, Gregory Belcher, William Savell and Joseph Crosby, all of Braintree, for £1900 "all that farm in Braintree aforesaid, which did belong unto the said Capt: William Tyng, in the time of his life called or known by the name of Salter's Farm, in which the said Gregory Belcher doth now inhabit and dwell, with all the houses, barns, stables, outhouses, yards, gardens, orchards, with all the upland, arable land, woodland, meadows, plains and swamp" [SLR <javascript:APop(p2439,140,168);> 5:229-31, 342-43]. On 28 October 1670 "Deacon Samuel Bass of Brantery" sold to John Ruggles of the same town for £16 two acres of salt marsh in Braintree "which formerly was part of a farm called or known by the name of Salter's Farm" [SLR <javascript:APop(p2439,140,168);> 11:311-12]. On 18 February 1681/2 the purchasers of this land (or their heirs) confirmed a division of the farm, "which several parts were laid out in several divisions of land & meadow & swamp according to each man's proportion," in which Samuel Bass received one-quarter of the farm [SLR <javascript:APop(p2439,140,168);> 12:265-66]. On the same day Samuel Bass Sr., Joseph Crosby and John Savell, executor to the will of William Savell, deceased, all of Braintree, exchanged land with Lt. Edmond Quinsey of Braintree, giving him "thirty & two acres of land and meadow more or less lying and being in Braintery aforesaid and being a part of the farm called Salter's farm ..." [SLR <javascript:APop(p2439,140,168);> 12:171]. On 26 April 1668 Joshua Fisher laid out forty acres for Samuel Bass, and on 27 May 1668 the General Court confirmed the grant [MBCR <javascript:APop(p2434,150,180);> 4:2:386-87]. On 29 August 1672 Samuel Bass of Braintree, yeoman, sold to John Hull of Boston, goldsmith, for £50 two parcels at Bogastow near Medfield, one parcel being half of a two hundred acre lot, and the other being forty acres; Ann Bass wife of Samuel consented [SLR <javascript:APop(p2439,140,168);> 5:15-16]. On 20 June 1674 Thomas Bass of Braintree, yeoman, sold to John Hull for £30 "all that parcel of land at Bogastow being the one half of two hundred acres formerly sold by Daniel Morse unto Samuel Bass and the other half lately sold by said Samuel Bass unto the said John Hull"; Sarah Bass wife of Thomas consented [SLR <javascript:APop(p2439,140,168);> 5:16-18]. In his will, dated 11 May 1694 and proved 31 January 1694/5, Samuel Bass of Braintree bequeathed to son John Bass ten acres of salt marsh, a woodlot in the Captain's Plain, the malthouse and the orchard before it, half the well and half the kitchen, some lands in the Stony Field, a quarter of the upland in the farm, and any of the marsh in excess of thirty acres; to son Thomas Bass ten acres of salt marsh, a woodlot in the Captain's Field, and a quarter of the upland in the farm; to son Joseph Bass ten acres of salt marsh (valued at £100), the house he lives in and the orchard on the back side of it, the fresh meadow on the east end of it, a feather bed and the furniture and bedstead belonging to it (all of which is valued at £100), also the barn and two acres on which it stands, "two acres of land at the head of the home lot & one acre adjoining to the two acres which was John Dassitt's part of a five acre lot," half the kitchen and half the well, and seven acres in Stony Field (all of which is valued at £100), also a woodlot already set out to him in Captain's Plain (which, with the stock and movables already given to him, is valued at £100), also a quarter of the upland in the farm, and "what I have given my son Joseph Bass my will is that he shall not alienate or sell it away without the approbation of his two brothers & if he have children he may give it to them or if he have need to spend it he may for his own comfort & supply and if he marry a wife he may give her a hundred pounds of it and no more and the rest which I have not now disposed of he may give to any of his relations by blood as he shall see meet"; to Samuel Bass, carpenter, seven acres of pasture land in Stony Field, the salt meadows he already possesses, a quarter of the upland in the farm, half the woodlot given to son Joseph, and £60 out of the estate of son Joseph, and to Joseph Bass Junior £40 out of the estate of son Joseph, and to grandson Samuel Bass, cooper, £40 out of the estate of son Joseph Bass (all these to be if son Joseph has no children, if he doesn't spend the estate, and after the death of son Joseph); to daughter Mary Capen £40 and to daughter Sarah Penniman £20 out of the upland in the farm, and to these two daughters five cows; to John Bass Junior the malthouse (if he outlive his father), two acres of planting ground in Stony Field, four acres of pasture land in Stony Field, and half an acre where his barn stands; to granddaughters (except Sarah Biling) movable household goods, and Hannah Walsbey is to share with them; and to sons John Bass and Thomas Bass any uplands otherwise undisposed of, they to be executors [SPR <javascript:APop(p2446,90,108);> Case #2200, 13:538-41]. The inventory of Samuel Bass, taken 3 January 1694/5, totalled £942 1s. 6d., of which £891 was real estate: house and orchard behind it, fresh meadow at the end of it with kitchen and well, £96; malthouse and utensils for malt and orchard before the malthouse, his part of kitchen and well, £70; barn and two acres of land part of which it standeth on and two acres at the head of it and one acre bought of John Dassett and seven acres in the Slough Field, £100; sixty acres of upland in Captain's Plain, £90; thirty acres of salt marsh, £300; six acres of land lying in the Stony Field, £18; twenty acres of land at the farm at the fourscore acres, £80; twentyone acres of land at the Great Island at the farm, £60; eighteen acres of land at the ox pasture in the farm, £45; eleven acres of land in three parcels at the farm, £22; and eight acres of swamp, £10 [SPR <javascript:APop(p2446,90,108);> Case #2200, 13:541]. BIRTH: About 1600 based on age at death. DEATH: Braintree 30 December 1694 aged 94 [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 660]. MARRIAGE: Saffron Walden, Essex, 25 April 1625 Anne Savell [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p2449,110,132);> 107:220]; she is probably the Ann Savell, daughter of William, baptized at Saffron Walden 26 April 1601 [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p2449,110,132);> 107:220]; "Ann Basse the wife of Samuell Basse" was admitted to Roxbury church as member #79, immediately after her husband [RChR <javascript:APop(p2432,130,156);> 78]; she died Braintree 5 September 1693 aged 93 [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 660]. CHILDREN:
i SAMUEL, bp. Saffron Walden 11 May 1626 [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p2449,110,132);> 107:220]; m. by 1653 (and probably a few years earlier) Mary Howard, daughter of Robert Howard. (Samuel Bass had died by 1653, and on 22 December 1653 the probate court "on the widow's relinquishing her right in the thirds did judge it meet and determined that the whole estate shall be equally divided between the mother and the child, and that Mr. Howard in behalf of his daughter shall give good security to deliver the child of the said Samuel Bass deceased one half of the said estate at the age of fourteen years" [SPR <javascript:APop(p2446,90,108);> 2:109-11, 3-68-72].)
ii MARY, b. about 1628; m. 20 September 1647 as his second wife John Capen [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p2449,110,132);> 2:80], son of BERNARD CAPEN </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoBERNARDCAPEN>.
iii JOHN, bp. Saffron Walden 18 September 1630 [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p2449,110,132);> 107:220]; m. (1) Braintree 3 February 1657/8 Ruth Alden [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 716], daughter of JOHN ALDEN </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoJOHNALDEN>; m. (2) Braintree 21 September 1675 Hannah (_____) Sturtevant, widow of Samuel Sturtevant [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 718].
iv ANN (or Hannah), bp. Saffron Walden 25 November 1632 [from original register]; m. (1) Braintree 15 November 1651 Stephen Paine [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 629]; m. (2) Taunton 13 September 1692 as his second wife Shadrach Wilbore, son of SAMUEL WILBORE </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoSAMUELWILBORE>.
v THOMAS, b. Roxbury about 1635; m. (1) Medfield 4 October 1660 Sarah Wood; m. (2) Braintree 30 November 1680 Susanna (Bate) Blanchard, widow of Nathaniel Blanchard [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 719; SLR <javascript:APop(p2439,140,168);> 13:355-56].
vi RUTH, b. Roxbury about 1637; m. Braintree 24 September 1656 David Walsbee [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 716].
vii JOSEPH, b. Roxbury say 1639; m. Mary _____, who d. Braintree 15 March 1677/8 [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 656]. (On 11 May 1694, when his father made his will, Joseph was unmarried and childless. On 23 December 1700 a daughter Deborah was baptized, with parents Joseph and Deborah Bass [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p2449,110,132);> 59:361], and the claim has been made that this represents a second marriage for this Joseph. In his will, dated 5 April 1710, Joseph Bass Sr. named no wife or children, and made bequests to his siblings, to children of his siblings and to friends [SPR <javascript:APop(p2446,90,108);> 18:447-48]. As the proposed second marriage for Joseph rests on this single record, and as it may be a defective record or may apply to another Joseph, we do not take it as evidence of a second marriage.)
viii SARAH, b. Braintree 26 April 1643 (erroneously given as Mary) [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p2449,110,132);> 3:126]; m. (1) by 1663 John Stone [Bond <javascript:APop(p2467,150,180);> 586, 951; Simon Stone Gen <javascript:APop(p2468,100,120);> 56-59]; m. (2) (as "Sarah Stone widow of Deacon John Stone of Watertown") Braintree 10 May 1693 Joseph Penniman [BrVR <javascript:APop(p2433,120,144);> 720].
11486. John Alden
John Alden and Priscilla Mullins arrived on the Mayfower.
"John Alden was hired for a cooper, at South-Hampton, where the ship was victuled; and being a hopeful young man, was much desired, but left to his owne liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed and maryed here." Bradford's HIstory, 443; MD, 1:228).
On 11 November 1620 John Alden joined with the other free adult and male passengers of the Mayflower to sign the Compact whereby they agreed to make abide by their own laws.Although there is no direct evidence for his literary and educational attainments, his extensive public service, including especially his appointments as colony treasurer and to committees on revising the laws, certainly indicates that he must have been well-educated. OFFICES: "Mr. John Alden Sen[ior]" is in the Duxbury section of the 1643 list of men able to bear arms [PCR <javascript:APop(p366,140,168);> 8:189].
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow celebrated the story of how Priscilla attracted the attentions of the newly-widowed Captain Myles Standish, who asked his friend John Alden to propose on his behalf only to have Priscilla ask "Why don"t you speak for yourself, John?" Most of the world draws its image of the Pilgrim story from the Alden's decendant Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic narrative poem, "The Courtship of Myles Standish."His will included "chairs, bedstead, chests, boxes, tongs, kettle, saw, augurs and chisel, carpenter joiners, dripping pan, pewter wear, two old guns, table linen, horse bridle and saddle, library, wearing clothes, and old lumber."
His house in Duxbury may still be visited.
Pages of fascinating details about John Alden and Priscilla Mullins in the book "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations."
11487. Priscilla Mullins
Priscilla was the daughter of William and Alice Mullins, passengers on the Mayflower with their son Joseph. William, Alice, and Joseph all died in the terrible sickness (possibly scurvy) of the first winter in Plymouth. Priscilla, who was probably too young to be married, was orphaned, her only surviving kin her brother and sister in England. 52 of the 102 Mayflower passengers died the first winter. Only 6 of the 29 women survived the first winter.
Fascinating details about Patricia Mullins and John Alden in the book "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations."