Joshua Howe Brown

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1790, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1810, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Died:
After Ephraim's death, his wife moved with family to Trumbull County OH.

Ephraim married Hannah Howe on 30 Jan 1775 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. Hannah (daughter of Abner Howe and Mehitable Holton) was born on 19 Nov 1754 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Apr 1818 in Bloomfield, Trumbull, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
aka: Oron Brown

Aaron married Rachel Reed on 3 Oct 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel (daughter of Daniel Reed (Read) and Elizabeth Ide) was born on 10 Jun 1728 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1758 in , , New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: , , , USA

Abner married Mehitable Holton on 25 Dec 1753 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mehitable (daughter of John Holton and Mehitable Alexander) was born on 24 Feb 1736 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Mar 1799 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 24 Feb 1742, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 2 Nov 1750, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Ephraim married Mary Fairbanks on 9 Feb 1719 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and Mary Hayward) was born on 12 Sep 1693 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jun 1745 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Capt. Daniel Read
Birth: Jan 20 1678 - Rehoboth, (Present Bristol County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
Death: Sep 13 1740 - Attleboro, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Parents: Daniel Read, Sr. and Hannah Read (born Peck)
Siblings: Hannah Crafts, Bethiah, John, Sarah (Sarah), Noah and Abigail
Partners: Elizabeth Read (born Bosworth) and Elizabeth Whittaker (born Ide)
Children: Beriah, Ichabod, Hannah, Abigail, Esther, Daniel, Daniel, Noah Dacen, Elizabeth, Samuel, Abigail.

Daniel married Elizabeth Ide on 8 Dec 1715 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt Timothy Ide and Elizabeth Cooper) was born on 16 Mar 1690 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Aug 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Whitaker

Notes:

After the death of Nehemiah father, Samuel Howe,Nehemiah took the estate, and paid off the other heirs. In 1717 when he was 24 years old, he sold the estate in Sudbury, MA, and moved to Framingham, MA.

In 1727 he was a petitioner for the town of Grafton, to which place he moved, and the second town meeting was held in his house 19 April 1728. He was one of the original members of the church, 28 December 1731, and was one of the Selectmen, 1736, school committee, 1736, and was that year paid f4, 1s, 8d. for keeping the school. He was Town Clerk 1736-7-8, assessor 1737, and school committee 1738-9.

In the spring and early summer of 1739, he bought three full township rights in the new town called Great Meadows, NH, the records of those deeds are found at Springfield, MA. In 1739 or 1740 he became one of the early settlers of that town.

The year 1744 brought the Indian war, with all its attending horrers, the settlers were obliged to seek safety and shelter in the forts. On the 11th of October 1745, as he was cutting wood a few rods from the fort, he was surprised by a band on Indians and taken captive before help could reach him. He was taken to Canada, where he was kept a prisoner in Quebec for a year and a half, when he died of prison fever 25 May 1747, just as he was about to be redeemed.

His death was a severe blow to his family, and to the community where he was known, as one of his contemporaries wrote of him, "he was greatly beloved by all who knew him." He was possesed of cultivation and refinement far beyond the ordinary. He kept a journal during his prison life which was of inestimable value, for the many items therin recorded of other captives whose fate otherwise would never have been known. It is also a priceless legacy to his descendants, showing as it does, the beautiful Christion character of one who could endure the severest hardships with a grace and dignity rarely to be found.In 1748 these notes were used to publish "A Narrative of The Captivity of Nehemiah How in 1745-1747" (see title page posted here)

Nehemiah Howe was captured by Indians on 11-Oct-1745, during King George's War, near Putney, VT and taken to Canada where he died 18 months later.
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Nehemiah married Margaret Willard in 1715 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Margaret (daughter of Benjamin Willard and Sarah Lakin) was born in 1696 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Jan 1758 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following was taken from the diary of Rev. Ebenezer Parkiman of Westborough, bearing date of 25 Jan 1758.

"We had ye sorrowing tidings of ye wife of Ensign James Miller. She washeretofore ye wife of Mr. Nehemiah How of Grafton, who was carried awaycaptive frem ye grt Meadows. Her maiden name was Willard, daughter of Captain Benjamin Willard, a woman of many virtues; her death is not only a great loss to me and mine, but to all ye place. May ye God of all Grace sanctifie it to me and mine to ye bereaved Ensign (who is under great sufferings by ye palsey) and to all ye Relatives and neighborhood."

John married Mehitable Alexander on 7 Oct 1731 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mehitable (daughter of Ebenezer Alexander and Mehitable Buck) was born on 11 Aug 1713 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Dec 1792 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1688, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Probate: 1711, , Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Boaz married Mary Richards on 30 Sep 1695 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of John Richards and Mary Colburn) was born on 23 Jun 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Mar 1732 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An Old Family Burial Site...
"A Tombstone, surrounded by wild strawberry plants, embedded in the soil of the country town of Lancaster, Massachusetts bears mute testimony of facts. The rough slate is boldly cut with the following inscription:
JONATHAN-FAIR BANKS-AND-HIS DAUGHTER-GRACE FAIRBANKS For two hundred and ninety-nine years this stone has weathered the elements to maintain the memory of a tragic event that cut short the lives of Jonathan and Grace. Two nearby stones, carved by the same hand, record the fateful September of 1697 when twenty-seven towns folk were massacred by Indians. Killed in that raid was the town's minister, the Rev. John Whiting. The Jonathan buried in Lancaster surely was not that earlier Jonathan (deceased 1668) whose Dedham home is preserved by the family Association. No, the identity of Jonathan of Lancaster is documented in the monumental book by Lorenzo Sales Fairbanks, Genealogy pp. 49-50. Lorenzo Sales explains that the Jonathan who met his untimely death in Lancaster was the son of Jonas, the third son of the original Jonathan of Dedham. Jonas had moved to western Massachusetts as one of the original settlers of Lancaster in 1657. He was a founding father of that town. Although a carpenter and a farmer, he had a sense of style and self-worth that exceeded his monetary position in society. Even before moving to the frontier of the seventeenth century he was, in 1652, fined a few shillings for violating the sumptuary laws (passed the year before) by wearing great boots before his estate amounted to more than 200 pounds. Jonas married Lydia Prescott of Watertown who bore him seven children. The fourth was Jonathan (b. 7/8/1666). Within ten years, Jonas was dead - having perished in an Indian attack on Lancaster on Feb. 10, 1676. That raid also took away the life of Jonathan's older brother Joshua, who was at the time fifteen years of age. It is not surprising therefore that when Jonathan matured he became a soldier, and was one of the first to venture on long expeditions into the wilderness. He shared in the ill-fated expedition against Quebec in 1690 with Sir William Phips. On Aug 24 1688 he married Mary Hayward of Concord. She gave him three children: Hannah, (d 1704), Grace (d 1697), and Mary (d 1745) Grace was about seven when she perished in the Indian raid of 1697 that killed so many inhabitants of Lancaster, including her father and his younger brother Jonas (b. 1673). Jonathan's wife was carried away with six other Lancastrians as captives, like Mary Rowlandson who had been taken in the l676 raid and wrote a famous account of her captivity and return. All captives from Lancaster but one were redeemed by government intervention and returned to their remaining family members a year later. During the raid of 1697, another brother of Jonathan s, Jabez, saved many Lancastrians in a garrison, or fortified house. He later became a notable soldier commissioned by Governor Dummer, employed as a Captain for long distance travel and scouting throughout the 1720's. "

Died:
Massacred with two children by indians.

Jonathan married Mary Hayward on 24 Aug 1688 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Joseph Hayward and Hannah Hosmer) was born on 21 Sep 1667 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Jan 1734 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 11 Sep 1697; Taken captive by indians and later ransomed.

Daniel married Hannah Peck on 20 Aug 1677 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Peck and Hannah Hudson) was born on 23 Mar 1653 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Aug 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Capt married Elizabeth Cooper on 20 Oct 1687 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 8 Aug 1662 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Feb 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bio
Husband of Martha Bent, who grave we could not find. His stone is very small and in the middle of the first section of the grave yard.

Lt. (Col.) Samuel Howe, second son of John and Mary (Jones ) Howe, was a prominent man in both civil and military affairs. He was a carpenter and resided in the hamlet of Lenham, in Sudbury. He held many town offices, and was colonel of a regiment made up of companies from the towns in the vicinity. He was admitted a freeman in Sudbury in 1671, and always resided in his native town. In association with Samuel Gookin, of Cambridge, he purchased a large tract of land from the indians, in what is now Framington, the deed dated May 19, 1682. In 1673 he built a new bridge in the northeast corner of Framingham. He married 1st in Sudbury, June 5, 1663, Martha Bent. She died August 29, 1680 and he married 2nd Sarah Leavitt, widow of Nehemiah Clapp. She was born February 25, 1659. He had 7 children from the 1st marriage and 6 from the 2nd. Most, but not all, are recorded in the vital records of Sudbury.

Family links:
Parents:
Mary Martha Jones Howe (1618 - 1698)

Colonel Samuel Howe
Colonel Samuel Howe on May 31, 1671; "Admitted freeman. He lived in Sudbury, and built the bridge in the north east corner of Framingham in 1673. In 1682 he and Samuel Gookin bought of the Natick Indians, a large tract of about 1700 acres of Framingham lands, which is referred to in local histories as the Gookin and Howe purchase. He was very prominent in the early history of the town as it appears in the local histories, and is spoken of as 'a man of energy and public spirit.' "He served in King Philip's war, in Capt. Nathan Davenport's company, and was an officer in the militia, and his name appears in the lists of those who suffered in the Indian war." [Howe Genealogies - Daniel Waite Howe, NEHGS, pp. 7-8]
He gave to his son David, land in Sudbury on which was built the Red Horse Tavern, later known Howe's Tavern and as the Wayside Inn which remained in his family for four generations

Bio of Samuel Howe
Birth: Oct. 20, 1642
Sudbury
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA Death: Apr. 13, 1713
Sudbury
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
Husband of Martha Bent, who grave we could not find. His stone is very small and in the middle of the first section of the grave yard.

Lt. (Col.) Samuel Howe, second son of John and Mary (Jones ) Howe, was a prominent man in both civil and military affairs. He was a carpenter and resided in the hamlet of Lenham, in Sudbury. He held many town offices, and was colonel of a regiment made up of companies from the towns in the vicinity. He was admitted a freeman in Sudbury in 1671, and always resided in his native town. In association with Samuel Gookin, of Cambridge, he purchased a large tract of land from the indians, in what is now Framington, the deed dated May 19, 1682. In 1673 he built a new bridge in the northeast corner of Framingham. He married 1st in Sudbury, June 5, 1663, Martha Bent. She died August 29, 1680 and from this marriage were 7 children:
John Howe, 24 July 1664
Mary Howe, 2 March 1666
Samuel Howe, 19 May 1668
Martha Howe, 9 October 1669
Daniel Howe, 9 October 1772
David Howe, 2 November 1674
Hannah Howe, 6 April 1677.
He married 2nd Sarah Leavitt, widow of Nehemiah Clapp. She was born February 25, 1659 and from this marriage were 6 children:
Elisha Howe, abt 1687
Daniel Howe, 24 February 1690
Nehemiah Howe, Abt 1693
Moses Howe, 27 August 1695
Ebenezer Howe, 1697
Micajah Howe, 22 August 1700.
Not all are recorded in the vital records of Sudbury.


Family links:
Parents:
John How (1620 - 1680)
Mary Martha Jones Howe (1618 - 1698)

Children:
Martha Howe Walker (1669 - 1721)*
Daniel Howe (1689 - 1757)*
Nehemiah Howe (1693 - 1747)*

* Point here for explanation
Burial:
North Cemetery
Wayland
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA

Lieutenet married Sarah Leavitt. Sarah (daughter of John Leavitt and Sarah Gilman) was born on 25 Feb 1659 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 May 1726 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sarah Lakin in 1690 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of John Lakin and Mary Bacon) was born on 4 Feb 1661 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Mar 1740 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Abigail Edwards on 5 Dec 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of Samuel Edwards and Sarah Boykin) was born on 7 Jan 1680 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1749 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Mehitable Buck on 10 Oct 1709 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Mehitable (daughter of Henry Buck and Elizabeth Churchill) was born on 4 Jan 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Mar 1767 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1673, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Freeman
• Fact 2: 11 Oct 1681, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Selectman

Notes:

Boaz Brown was born 14 Feb 1641/2 in Concord Mass. He was admitted as Freeman in Concord 15 Oct 1673. Boaz was one of several men from Concord who were responsible for founding Stow in 1683 when they purchased the indian plantation Pompositticut. He was also chosen as one of the first selectmen for several terms thereafter.

Boaz was the first minister of the Stow Congregational Church. He moved to Dedham where he was called Ensign in the tax records of 1695. Sometime after 1715 he returned to Concord, where he died 9 Apr 1724, at the age of 83. He is buried in the South Burying Ground in Concord.

Excerpt from Boaz Brown's will.
"..unto my two grandsons Amos Brown and Boaz Brown ye children of my youngest son Edward Brown deceased I do will and bequeath all my housing and lands to me belonging within ye limits and bounds of ye aforesaid Town of Stow.". The will also mentions his "..three grandchildren, Deliverance Brown, Mercy Heald, and Ephraim Brown ye surviving children of my eldest son Boaz Brown deceased".



Thomas Brown was the emigrant ancestor of Josiah Brown, of Worcester, of the late Alzirus Brown, and many other Worcester families. He came from England and settled at Sudbury, where the general court granted him two hundred acres of land October 7, 1640, for the adventure of Mrs. Anne Harvyes. He was in Sudbury in 1640, but the records of his family are at Concord. After 1650 he removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the church there, May 18, 1666.

He married (first) Bridget, by whom he had his first five children at Concord. Before 1658 he had married Martha, widow of Thomas Oldham, by whom he had four or more children at Cambridge. He died in November or December, 1690.

His will was made November 23, 1690, and proved January, 1691. He bequeathed to his wife Martha, to his daughters Mehitabel and Martha, and to his sons, Ebenezer and Ichabod. The inventory shows house and land at Cambridge, and three hundred acres at Worcester.

Children of Thomas Brown were:

I. Boaz, born at Concord, February 14, 1641-2; died April 7, 1724; married November 8. 1664, Mary Winship, daughter of Edward and Jane Winship ; and had : Boaz, Jr., who settled in Stow ; Thomas, Mary, and Edward.
2. Thomas, born about 1644, died April 4, 1718; married November 12, 1677, Ruth (Vinton) Jones.
3. Mary, born at Concord, March 26, 1646; married June 21, 1669, William Woodward.
4. Eleazer, born at Concord July 6, 1649, married February 9, 1674-5. Dinah Spaulding.
5. Jabez, born at Concord: died 1692; married Deborah.
6. (see Pope's Pioneers) Mehitabel, baptized June 2. 1661. ?. ( ?)
7. Mary, born in Cambridge, baptized March 8, 1663.
8. Ebenezer, born in Cambridge, baptized July 23. 1665.
9. Ichabod. baptized at Cambridge, September 9. 1666.

Boaz married Mary Winship on 8 Nov 1664 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Edward Winship and Jane Wilkinson) was born on 2 Jul 1641 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Sep 1715 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Colburn on 6 Aug 1672 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel Colburn and Priscilla Clarke) was born on 21 Jan 1650 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Dec 1685 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Slain with son in King Phillip's War by indians.

Notes:

FAIRBANK. Jonathan Fairbanks or Fairbank, immigrant ancestor, was born in England before 1600, and came to Boston with his family in 1633. He remained there about three years, then settled in Dedham, where he was pioneer, and a signer of the Dedham convenant. His house is still standing in Dedham, and is now owned by the family association, having been occupied to the present time by Jonathan and his lineal descendants. He was a town officer, and died December 5, 1668. He married Grace Lee, who died December 28, 1673. Children: 1. John. 2. George. 3. Mary. 4. Susan. 5. Jonas, mentioned below. 6. Jonathan.

(II) Jonas, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, was born in England and came to Dedham with his parents. He signed the covenant in 1657, and March 7, 1659, became one of the fathers of the town. He was a farmer and believed to be a carpenter also. In 16752 he was fined for wearing great boots, not being worth two hundred pounds, the amount of wealth prescribed by the laws of the colony, in 1651 to suffice for men who could lawfully wear great boots. He removed to Lancaster in 1657. There he met his death in the assault by King Philip and fifteen hundred warriors, February 10, 1675, 76. Some fifty persons were slain that day, including Joshua Fairbanks, son of Jonas. Jonas Fairbanks married, May 28, 1658, Lydia Prescott, born in Watertown, August 15, 1641, daughter of John Prescott, who came from Sowerby, Halifax, England, the English home of the Fairbanks family. she married (second) Ellis Barron, of Watertown, Groton and Lancaster. Children: 1. Marie. 2. Joshua. 3. Grace. 4. Jonathan. 5. Hazadiah. 6. Jabez, mentioned below. 7. Jonas.

(III) Captain Jabez, son of Jonas Fairbanks, was born at Lancaster, January 8, 1670-71, and settled there after the war. He died March 2, 1758. He was a very efficient soldier and officer in the Indian War, and was no doubt incited to heroic exploits by the massacre of his father and brother in 1676, and of his only surviving brother in 1697, during a raid on the town. At the time his brother Jonathan and one of his children were killed, Captain Jabez was the means of saving a garrison and perhaps many lives, including that of his little son Joseph. Twenty-one persons were killed this raid, two were wounded, and six carried off captives, of whom five were ransomed later, including the wife of Jonathan Fairbanks. In 1700 Jabez Fairbanks had land granted him on both sides of the brook above Thomas Sawyer's sawmill. This site was the homestead of Jabez and his descendants for a hundred years. He was deputy to the general court in 1714-21-22-23. He married (first) Mary wilder, who died February 21, 1718, in her forty-third years, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Houghton) Wilder. He married (second) March 25, 1719, Elizabeth Whitcomb, who died May 11, 1755, aged about eighty years. Children of first wife: 1. Joseph. 2. Jabez. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Jonas. 5. Thomas, mentioned below. 6. Abigail. 7. Jonathan. 8. Grace. 9. Joshua. 10. Anna.

(IV) Deacon Thomas, son of Captain Jabez Fairbanks, was baptized in Lancaster in 1708, died February 10, 1791. He was sentinel in Captain Josiah Willard's company in the Indian War, June 3, to November 10, 1725. He was also a soldier in Captain Ephraim Wilder's company, Colonel Sam-

Jonas married Lydia Prescott on 28 May 1658 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of John Prescott, Sr and Mary Gawkroger) was born on 15 Aug 1641 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Dec 1723 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lydia Prescott Fairbanks

Joseph married Hannah Hosmer on 26 Oct 1665 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of James Hosmer and Alice Ellen Hosmer) was born on 16 Jun 1644 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Dec 1675 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Lessie in 1640 in , , Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born in 1614 in Blyborough, Lincolnshire, England; died on 23 Apr 1702 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 1708, , Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00peck/page/n73/mode/2up p30

Notes:

The last will and testament of JOSEPH PECK JR

In the name of God Amen, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninty & seven in the ninth year of his majiesties reigne the firth day of the seventh month called July I Joseph Peck of the town of Rehoboth of the county of Bristol within his Majties province of Massachusetts Bay in New England senr yeoman being now aged and weak of body & in expectation of my change yet through the mercy of God I am whole and sound in my memory and understanding and of a disposing mind do make this my last will & Testament for the disposing & settling the things of this world which the Lord has entrusted me to & among my children in manner & form as followeth

And imprimis I bequeth my soul into the hands of our most blessed savior and dear redeemer & my body to the dust untill the resurrection day which I die in the firm belief & expectation of

Item 1sly I give unto my daughter Patience wife of Richard Bowen & to her heirs forever twenty acres of land in the first division last agreed upon & twenty pounds.

Item 2dly I give unto my daughter Mary the wife of Benjamin Hunt & to her heirs forever half my lot in the north purchased lands belonging to Rehoboth purchasee & twenty pounds.

Item 3dly I give unto my daughter Elizabeth wife of Capt Mason & to her heirs forever the other half of my lot in the aforsaid north purchase & twenty pounds.

Item 4thly I give unto my daughter Hannah wife of Daniel Reed & to her heirs forever all my medow in the north purchase & twenty pounds.

And my mind & will is the abovesaid sums given to my daughters (each being named) be by my executor of this my last will & testament well & t ruly paid within the term of four years after my decease Furthermore my mind & will is that if all or any of my daughters shall happen to die before the time prefixed by me for my executors paying the several sums before the time prefixed by me for my executors paying the several sums before expressed unto them - them my mind & will is that each daughters legacy that shall happen to die shall be sold & truly paid to her children by an equal distribution.

Item 5thly I give unto my son Jathnall Peck as an addition to what I have before given unto him the lot upon which his dwelling house now stands containing twenty acres be it more or less which lot I had of William Carpenter of Rehoboth in exchange and also one parcel of land being a lot of twenty & six acres lying on the easterly side of Palmers River in Rehoboth near the oadk swamp be the same more or less. And also I give him my fresh meadow formerly purchase of William bucklin late of Rehoboth and also six acres of upland adjoining to the said meadow & also my upper meadow upon Palmers river and also the great peice of meadow that lieth in the meadow abutting upon the meadow of Joshua Smith on the ons side & the meadow of Preserved Abell on the other side and also that part of my salt march lying on the southerly side of the creek bounded from a pine tree unto a little creek upon a straight line & also half my commong rights in the town of Rehoboth and all my commong in the north purchased lands yet undivided - All and each of these lands I give upton my said on Jethniel Peck & to his heirs forever.

Item 6thly I give unto my son Samuel Peck & to his heirs forever my dewelling hous barn and out houses & all my lands wheresoever & whatsoever which by deeds & grants their quantity & places being & bounds will appear which in this my last will & testament are not before by me given, with the residue of my common rights.

Item 7thly My mind & will is that after my debts and funeral charges be paid our of my movabla estate, that then the whole & residue thereof be euqlly divided amongst my children or those of their children that survive if any of them be dead before that time shall come.

Item 8thly I do by this my last will & testament make null & void & of none effect all other & former wills by me made.

Finally I do nominate constitute appoint & ordain my son Samuel Peck my sole executor of this my last will & testament unto whom I commit all power for the execution & performance thereof & for the burrial of my body in decnet & christian manner & for all other things requisite unto him as by executor and in testimony this above written is my true & last will & testament. I the said Joseph Peck have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year first above written.

JOSEPH PECK
Read, signed & sealed in the presence of JOHN PECK

https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00peck/page/n73/mode/2up

p30.

Joseph married Hannah Hudson in 1648 in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was born on 22 Jan 1622 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died in 1684 in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Martha Bliss on 16 May 1647 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Martha was born on 8 Dec 1622 in , Northamptonshire, England; died on 3 Nov 1676 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Martha Jones in 1640 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born in 1618 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Sep 1672 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Gilman on 16 Dec 1646 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born on 19 Jan 1622 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died on 26 May 1700 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Mary Dunster in 1652 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 14 Dec 1630 in , , Lancashire, England; died on 28 Dec 1715 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Bacon in 1658 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 18 Feb 1640 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Oct 1701 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Abigail Fisher. Abigail was born on 29 Feb 1648 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1718 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sarah Boykin on 16 May 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born on 18 Jan 1646 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Aug 1724 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Gaylord on 18 Nov 1671 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Sarah was born on 18 Jan 1652 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Nov 1732 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Elizabeth Churchill on 31 Oct 1660 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born on 15 May 1642 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 31 Oct 1660 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]