CROCKER: Rooted in History, The Crockers of Barnstable

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

William Crocker

Mottos:
God Feed Them
I Will Hold My Power in My Faith

Deacon William Crocker was borne in Devonshire, England circa 1612 and Christened 11 Feb 1614 in Devonshire, England to Hugh Crocker (1598-1662) and Thomasine Mitchell (1589-1628). 

It is believed he came to Scituate, Massachusetts in 1634. 

In 1636,  William married Alice (1614-1684), surname  believed to be Hoyt. Together they had six children. William married a second time to widow Patience Cobb Parker in 1684.

The Crockers are documented lived for three generations in Barnstable, Massachusetts. It is likely that they left Scituate in 1639 as part of the congregation of John Lothrop. It is believed that he came to the Colonies with John Lothrop on the ship "Griffin" in 1634. 

William was a respected man and served as constable for Barnstable. He, also, served on a grand jury to many years and was a selectman. He became a deacon of Barnstable church.  

William died 6 Sep 1632, and both he and Hannah are both buried in Lothrop Hill Cemetery in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Martin, Sophia Smith. John genealogy: the descendants of John Mack of Lyme, Conn., with appendix containing genealogy of allied family, etc. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Co., 1903. Vol 2, Appendix, page 1363.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56973967/william-crocker

Children of William and Alice

John Crocker (1637-1711) ~ m. Mary Bodfish * See Bodfish

Both John and Mary are buried in Old Town Cemetery, Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA

Elizabeth (1639-1658)

Samuel 1642-1681)

Job (1644/5- Unk)

Josiah (1647-Unk)

Eleazer (1650-Unk)

Joseph (1654-Unk)

Children of John Crocker and Mary Bodfish

Elizabeth (1660-1716)

Jonathan Crocker (1662-1746)  ~ m. 20 May 1686 to Hannah Howland * See Howland

Both are buried at West Barnstable Cemetery,  West Barnstable, MA

John (1663-Unk)

Hannah (1665-1738)

Joseph (1667-Unk)

Benjamin (1670-Unk)

Nathaniel (1673-1740)

Experience (1674-1740)

Jabez (unk-1700)

Mary (unk-but married in 1702 and alive in 1714)

Children of Jonathan Crocker and Hannah Howland

Anne (1886-Unk)

Lydia (1686-1780) * Crocker genealogy documents 1742

Hannah Crocker (1688-1751) ~ m Shubuel Fuller Crocker genealogy  states Samuel 

* See Fuller, Samuel

 

Thankful (1690-1735)

Isaac (1692-1769)

Reliance (1694-1724)

Jonathan (1696-1725)

Rachel (1699-Unk)  

James (1699-1785)

Ephriam (1702-1704)

Descendants of William  Crocker and Alice 

John Crocker ~ m. Mary Bodfish

Jonathan Crocker ~ m. Hannah Howland

Hannah Howland ~ m. Shubuel/Samuel Fuller

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding 

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th Living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Bowman

For privacy reasons, I did not list my parents, children, siblings, or cousins

STARK: Rooted in History, Aaron of Groton, CT

11th Great Grandparents

Lambson-Smith Branches

Aaron Stark

Aaron was born circa 1608 in Scotland. It is believed that he immigrated to the colonies to fight in the Indian wars as early as 1630, but I found no proof of that date. It is more probable he arrived circa 1636-37. He was uneducated, unable to sign his name, and from his actions not a Puritan. Aaron was publicly "whipped at Winsor" Connecticut, and assigned to serve under Captain Mason for an incident occurring 1643. 

Colonial records document Aaron Starke/Stark crimes as early as 1639 in Hartford County, Connecticut. I believe this is the same Aaron Stark of Groton when he was about 31 years of age.

The public records of the Colony of Connecticut  record the disgusting crimes that Aaron Starke committed in the Colony, which included rape [page 28] and bestiality [page 55], and for whatever crime he was held responsible in 1643 that forced him into service under Captain Mason [page 84]. 

At 43 years of age, around 1651, Aaron married Sarah (1620-possibly 1685), her surname being lost to history, but possibly Fishe/Fish. Together they had seven children. Aaron became a freeman in 1669. Aaron died on or about Jun 1685 in Groton, Connecticut. Aaron is documented as a landholder in Groton in 1652.

Allyn, James H. Major John Mason's Great Island. Mystic, Conn.: Roy N Bohlander, 1976. 

 

Bodge, George M. King Philip's War, 1675-1676, Indians of North America--Wars 1600-1750, Neew England--History Colonial period, Ca. 1600-1775, Massachusetts__ Militia, Connecticut--Militia, genealogy. Boston, Mass.: Printed for the author, 1906. Page 443, 445.

Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, Griswold, Cecelia. History of New London, Connecticut, from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860. New London: H.D. Utley, 1895. Pages 313-314.

Mason, John. Paul Royster, editor. A Brief History of the Pequot War.

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut. Vol I. All volumes are found on the UCON/University of Connecticut website .

 

Murin, John M. "Things Fearful to Name: Bestiality in Colonial America." Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol 65, 1998, p 23. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27774160. Accessed 22 Jul 2020.

 

Shepard, James. Connecticut Soldiers in the Pequot War of 1637. Meriden, Conn.: The Journal Publishing Co., 1913. Page 28. PDF download.

Stark, Charles. The Aaron Stark Family: Seven Generations of the Descendants of the Aaron stark of Groton, Connecticut. 1927.

 

Children of Aaron Starke/Stark and Sarah 

John (1652-1689)

Aaron (1654-1721)

Margaret (1658-1705)

Sarah (1660-1722)

Baby Stark (1663-1663)

William Stark Sr (1664-1739) ~ m. Elizabeth (surname lost to history)

Elizabeth (1667-1749)

William Stark Sr

William Stark Sr was born circa 1664 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He married circa 1688 to Elizabeth (1668-1730), her surname was lost to history, but presumed to be Halstead. 

William Stark Sr deeded to his pastor twenty acres of land and a house for the purpose of establishing a Baptist congregation in Groton. William died 8 Sep 1730 and is buried at Wightman Burying Ground in New London, Connecticut.

Stark, Charles Rathbone. Groton, Conn. 1705-1905. Stonington, Conn.: Palmer Press. Printed for the author. Pages 126-127.

  

Photo on left found on Find a Grave website. Elizabeth is believed to be buried at Wightman Burying Ground, also.  The photo was originally taken by Todd Travis between 1996-1998 and reads, "Here lieth the body of William Stark died Sept ye 8, 1730 in ye 66 year of his age." The photo was digitally enhanced by Clovis LaFleur, which I found on his website. LaFleur's website is full on amazing detailed, factual, and historical documentation and it is worth checking out.

Children of William Stark and Elizabeth

William Jr (1689-1743)

Christopher (1698-1778)

Phebe Stark (1700-1758) ~ m. 20 Jun 1724 to Thomas Walworth 

Daniel (1700-1758) 

John Winthrop Jr was influential in surveying Connecticut Colony, which along with territories in Rhode Island and New York had been Dutch settlements. John Winthrop Jr was the first Governor of Connecticut and brought the Walworths, whose son married Phoebe Stark, from England to Fisher's Island circa 1689. 

Walworth, Clarence A. Walworths of America; comprising five chapters of family history, with additional chapters of genealogy. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, 1897. Pages 154-159.

 

* Poly is mentioned in the above book only by name under James and Mary's children. Poly married Boaz Lambson and her brother, John, married Boaz's sister Sylvia Lambson.  

Descendants of Aaron Stark and Sarah

William Stark Sr ~ m. Elizabeth

Phebe Stark ~ m. Thomas Walworth

William L Walworth ~ m. Sarah Covell *2nd great grandmother was a daughter of the native Wamanoag tribe

James Walworth ~ m. Mary Rodgers

Polly Walworth ~ m. Boaz Lambson

Alfred Boaz Lambson ~ m. Sarah Bigler

Edna Lambson ~ m. Joseph Fielding Smith

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons, I did not include my parents, children, siblings, or cousins

ROWLEY: Rooted in History, Henry of Barnstable

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

Henry Rowley

Henry Rowley was born circa 1598 in England. 

Henry is believed to have arrived in Massachuttes Bay Colony sometime between 1630-32 with his wife and children, and first settling in Sciuate, Massachusetts. 

He married Sarah Palmer, whose father and brother came to the colonies in 1621 on the ship Speedwell.

Henry Rowley married second, Ann Blossom, widow wife of Thomas Blossom (1580-1633) who traveled on the Speedwell with Sarah's father. Thomas Blossom's sister was Sarah Palmer's mother. 

I descend from his first marriage with Sarah Palmer. After she died in 1632, their younger children may have been sent live with Sarah's father, William Palmer, Sr.. I say this because in 1637 William bequeaths part of his property to Rebecca and Moses Rowley, grandchildren, then provides a guardian to raise Moses. 

Henry Rowley was a freeman in 1639, and removed to Barnstable with his second wife in 1640. He died in Barnstable around befre the probate of his will on 15 Jul 1673. 

Rebecca, depends on migration date (1631-1710) mentioned in William Palmer's will.

Henry  Rowley died 15 Jul 1673 in Falmough, Barnstable County, MA on or about 15 Jul 1673. 

Fiske, John and James Grant Wilson. Appletons; Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886-1900. Vol 1, page 269

Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1632. Vol 3 P-W. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Pages 1602-1604.

Deyo, Simeon L. History of Barnstable County, Massachusettes, 1620-1637-1686-1890. New Yourk: Blake, 1890. Pages 308, also see index.

Green, Richard Henry. The New York genealogical and biographical record. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1906. Pages 57-58.

 

Home W. Brainard, "Henry Rowley and Some of His Descendants." Article in The New York genealogical and biographical record; Green, Henry. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1906. Pages 57-59.

 

Pope, Charles Henry. The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. Boston, C.H. Pope, 1900. Page 393.

Children of Henry Rowley and Sarah Palmer

Joseph, born in England (1623-1655) 

Sarah, born in England (1625-1710)

Henry, born in England (1626-Unk)

Moses, born in England (1627-1705) ~ m. Elizabeth Fuller

Rebecca Rowley, birth depends on migration date. She is mentioned in William Palmer Sr. will.

Moses Rowley

Moses Rowley was born in London, England circa 1627. His mother Sarah Palmer died when he was about five years of age. I believe the Rowley family came to the Colonies as part of the followers of John Lothrop in the Winthrop fleet circa 1630; however, Sarah's father, William Palmer, was at Plymouth as early as 1621 and her mother, Frances Blossom, in 1623. 

Moses and his sister Rebecca are specifically mentioned in William Palmer's will, which makes me assume that William raised the two youngest Rowley children in his household. Also, his will provides for conservatorship of Moses after his death in 1637.  

Moses married on 22 Apr 1652 to Elizabeth Fuller. Elizabeth was the daughter of Dr Matthew Fuller of Barnstable, who came with wife and family to Plymouth Colony circa 1640. FamilySearch documents state she was born at Plymouth, but more likely in England. 

Moses and Elizabeth had twelve children, all in Barnstable. Sometime before his death in 1705, the family moves to Haddam, Hartford Co., Connecticut. 

* My personal speculation is that the Rowley family moved to Connecticut as early as 1683. [In 1635, John Winthrop Jr. was surveying the Connecticut area for colonization. Connecticut and New York had previously, had been a Dutch settlement. Ancestors on the Lambson branches like the Starks, Walworths, and Matsons settled in Groton and Fisher's Island; the Olmstead and Loomis in Hartford]. 

Fuller, William Hyslop. Fuller genealogy, Vol III: Some descendants of Captain Mathew Fuller, John Fuller of Newton, John Fuller of Lynn, John Fuller of Ipswicch, and Robert fuller of Dorchester and Dedham, with supplements to Vol I and II. Palmer, Mass.: C.B. Fiske & Co. 1908. Pages 11-12.

 

Children of Moses Rowley and Elizabeth Fuller

Cahterine (1652-1683)

Mary (1653-1704)

Moses Jr (1654-1735)

Child (stillbirth 1656)

Mehitabel Rowley (1660-1759) ~ m. "Little" John Fuller 

Shubael (1660-1714) * twin of Mehitabel 

Sarah (1662-1705)

Nathan (1664-1742) 

Aaron (1666-1743)

John (1667-1705)

Matthew (1669-1717)

Daniel (1671-1682)

Descendants of Henry Rowley and Sarah Palmer

Moses Rowley ~ m. Elizabeth Fuller  * Matthew Fuller's daughter

Mehitable Rowley ~ m. John Fuller * Samuel Fuller's son

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons, I have not listed my children, parents, siblings, or cousins

 

Palmer: Rooted in History, 1621 "Fortune" William of Plymouth Colony

11th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

William Palmer

William Palmer was born 1681 in Stepney, Middlesex, England to the parents of William Palmer and Alice Knight. For purposes of this blog entry, the first William Palmer in America will be noted as senior.

William married Francis Blossom about 1603/4. Together he and Frances had four children, which included a William Jr.

William married Mary Tine after his first wife died in 1633. His second wife had a child that she also named William, which may be confusing when researching this lineage.

William and his son William Jr sailed to the Colonies on the Fortune, the second pilgrim ship to arrive at Plymouth. Two years later Frances sailed for Plymouth on  either he Anne or Little James in 1623.  Frances Blossom was born circa 1589 in England and died around 17 Oct 1633 in Roxbury, Plymouth, BCA.  

William Sr. was a nailer by trade. He became a freeman 1633. He and Frances moved to Duxbury about the same time. One of the offices he held for the Colony was to lay out highways for Duxbury in 1634. 

William Palmer Sr's will, dated 7 Nov 1637 and proved 4 Dec 1637, specifically documents his wishes regarding two of his grandchildren, Elizabeth and Moses Rowley, who probably came under his care after his daughter's, Sarah (Palmer) Rowley, death in 1632.  The will sets aside parts of his estate "not in care of their parents," [meaning Henry and his second wife] but to be given to them at adulthood, and William Sr. placed instructions to have his grandson, Moses, cared for by Mr Partridge after his death.

Children of William Palmer and Frances Blossom

Sarah (1604-1632) ~ m. Henry Rowley

Henry (1606-Unk), from instructions in the will, he may have stayed in England.

Bridgett (1608-Unk), from instructions in the will, she may have stayed in England

William Jr. (1612-1636)

Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1632. Vol 3 P-W. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Pages 1383-1386.

 

Banks, Charles Edward. The planters of the commonwealth; a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them; their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts. 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 51, 54 (above vessels). 

 

Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918. New England Families, Genealogical And Memorial: a Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths And the Founding of a Nation. 3rd Series. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1915. Vol 1, pages 419-420. [information of 2nd wife children is incorrect].

Palmer, Horace Wilber. Palmer families in America. Neshanic, N.J.: Neshanic Print Co. 1966.

 

Descendants of William Palmer and Frances Blossom

Sarah Palmer ~ m. Henry Rowley

Moses Rowley ~ m. Elizabeth Fuller * Matthew Fuller's daughter

Mehitable Rowley ~ m. John Fuller * Samuel Fuller's son and brother to Matthew

Shubael Fuller ~ m. Hannah Crocker 

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons, I did not list my children, parents, siblings, or cousins

ADAMS: Rooted in History, Scottish Prisoner of War

8th Great Grandparents

Lambson Branches

James Adams

BATTLE OF DUNBAR

A battle of the War of Three Kingdoms in England's Civil War

On 3 Sep 1650, the Scottish army fought against the Crown of England in the Battle of Dunbar. The Scottish soldiers were defeated and some of the men captured by Oliver Cromwell were marched to Gravesend, near London. Some of the men were deported to America on the vessel Unity to serve as indentured servants. The ship arrived in Charleston, Massachusetts in late December 1650. My 9th great grandfather, James Adams was one of them.

SAUGUS IRON WORKS

Saugus, Massachusetts

James Adams

James was born circa 1632 in Scotland. He was a soldier at the Battle of Dunbar, captured, and sent to Massachusetts as an indenture to work off his sentence at Saugus Irron Works.

James married Priscilla Ramsdell on 7 May 1662 in Concord Massachusetts. They had nine children. 

Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-J218:31 Oct 2019), James Adams and Priscilla Ramsden, 7 Nov 1662: citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts secretary of the Commonwealty, Boston: FHL microfilm 007011227.

Priscilla Ramsdell was born in Lynn, Massachusetts circa 1640 to John and Priscilla Ramsdell. John Ramsdell was born circa 1602 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. It is believed that he and his wife immigrated as part of the Winthrop Fleet, but I found not documentation to support this. John is briefly mentioned in History of Lynn and Ironworks onf the Saugus, where he was employed. He and his wife are believed to have moved to Topsfield, but that may have been his son. John died 27 Oct 1688 and his wife Priscilla died 18 1717. 

There is limited information of John Adams, but for more information of the Scottish soldiers at Dunbar, or Saugus Iron Works the following book may be of interest:

Gerrard, Chris, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell. Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650. Oxford an Philadelphia: Oxbow books. 2018.

Hartley, Edward Neal. Ironworks on the Saugus: The Lynn and Braintree Ventures of the Company of Undertakers of the Ironworks in New England. 1990. 

James Adams was one of the founders of the Scots' Charitable Society in 1657. James died 2 Dec 1707 in Concord Middlesex, MA, 

Children of James Adams and Priscilla Ramsdell

Priscilla (1663-1737) 

Elizabeth Adams (1665-1710) ~ m. Joseph Lambson Jr

James (1668-1741)

Hannah (1670-1727)

John (1672-1744)

Nathaniel (1674-1707)

Dorcas (1677-Unk)

Richard (1678-1749)

Abigail (1661-1707)

Descendants of James Adams and Priscilla Ramsdell

Elizabeth Adams ~ m. Joseph Lambson Jr

Ebenezer Lambson ~ m. Mary Matson

Elnathan Lambson, Revolutionary Soldier ~ m. Jane Hayes

Jesse Lambson, Revolutionary Soldier ~ m. Ruth Miller

Boaz Lambson ~ m. Polly Walsworth

Alfred Boaz Lambson ~ m. Melissa Jane Bigler

Edna Lambson ~ m. Joseph Fielding Smith

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons I did not list my parents, children, siblings, or cousins

LEE: Rooted in History, Robert of Barnstable

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

Robert Lee

Robert Lee is believed to be born circa 1602 in London, Middlesex, England. He married Mary Atwood circa 1623. 

Mary was born circa 1603 to John Atwood (1580-1644) and Ann Coleson (1580-1654). She was Christened 23 Feb 1603. Mary is believed to be their only child. Records list John Atwood died in Plymouth circa 1644 and Ann  died in Boston 1654. This is consistent with the documentations of their wills I found in the Pioneers of Massachusetts, page 23. 

Children John Atwood and Ann Coleson 

Mary Lee (1603-1681)

Although I couldn't pinpoint Mary and Robert's arrival, page 282 of the above book, the record states that Robert Lee was in Plymouth in 1636. Robert died circa 1663. Mary died about 1 Oct 1681 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, having lived with her son-in-law John Howland Jr for eight years prior to her death. 

Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. Boston: C.H. Pope, 1900. Page 23, 282.

Children of Robert Lee and Mary Atwood

Ann (1625-1697)

Mary Lee (1632-1697) ~ m.Lieutenant John Howland II

Descendants of Robert Lee and Mary Atwood

Mary Lee ~ m. John Howland Jr

Hannah Howland ~ m. Johnathan Crocker

Hannah Crocker ~ m. Shabuel Fuller

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons I did not list my parents

BODFISH: Rooted in History, Robert of Sanwich

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

Robert Bodfish

Robert was born circa 1609 in England. He married Bridget (believed to be Sugg). Robert immigrated in 1634 with his first residence in Lynn, Massachusetts. He occupation was listed as "licensed to sell wine." In 1649, Robert was fined for two of his swine not being penned. 

Anderson, Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Vol 1 A-B, pages 357-358. Print, and available for viewing on Ancestory.com.

Bridgett was born circa 1612.  After Robert's death, she married Samuel Hinckley. Bridget died 30 Oct 1662 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.

Torrey, Clarence Almon. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Page 142. Print or able to view Ancestry.com. 

Robert and his family removed to Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay in 1638 where died between on or around 19 Nov 1651 depending of probate of his will. 

History of Sandwich and Bourne, Plymouth records: Sandwich and Bourne, colony and town records. Yarmouthport, Mass: S.S. Swift, 1912. Pages 16, 20, 22. 

Children of Robert Bodfish and Bridgett Sugg

Sarah (1638-1706)

Robert (1639-1641)

Mary Bodfish (1643-1662) ~ m. John Crocker 

Elizabeth (1647-Unk)

Robert (1648-Unk)

Peter (1649-1744)

Joseph (1651-1744)

Descendants of Robert Bodfish and Bridget 

Mary Bodfish ~ m. John Crocker

Jonathan Crocker ~ m. Hannah Howland * great granddaughter of Mayflower passengers

Hannah Crocker ~ m. Shubael Fuller 

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

FULLER: Rooted in History, Doctor Matthew of Barnstable

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branches

Matthew Fuller

 

Matthew Fuller was born circa 1609 to Edward Fuller. He was Christened on 16 Oct 1603. Matthew remained in England when his parents, younger brother, and uncle left on the Mayflower to the Colonies in 1620. 

Matthew married Frances Hyde circa 1624. Together they and their children made the journey to Plymouth Colony circa 1640 where he lived for about ten years. 

Fuller, William Hyslop. Genealogy of Some Descendants of Captain Matthew Fuller, John Fuller of Newton, John Fuller of Lynn, John Fuller of Ipswich, Robert Fuller of Dorchester and Dedham: to Which is Added Supplements to Vol 1: Genealogy of Some descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. And Volume II: Some Descendants of Dr Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower. [s.l.]: Printed for the compiler, 1914. 

The family originally settled in Plymouth Colony, then moved in 1650 to Barnstable, where his brother, Samuel, Reverend John Lothrop and other families in settled 1639.  Matthew was made lieutenant in 1654 of the militia by Captain Myles Standish, the same person who married Samuel and Jane Lothrop. Matthew was a doctor, like his uncle Samuel Fuller, and he served as Surgeon-General in King Philip's War (1675-1678).

 

Deyo, Simeon L. History of Barnstable County, Massachusettes, 1620-1637-1686-1890. New York: Blake, 1890. Listed throughout, see index.

 Pope, Charles Henry. The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. Boston, C.H. Pope, 1900. Page 177 [although some of the information contradicts history and itself on this page regarding his brother and Jane Lothrop.] 

Children of Matthew Fuller and Frances Hyde

Mary (1625-1691)

Samuel (1630-1676)

Elizabeth Fuller (1630-1714) ~ m. Moses Rowley 

John Fuller (1631-1693) 

Anne (1634-1692)

Descendants of Matthew Fuller and Frances Hyde

Elizabeth Fuller ~ m. Moses Rowley

Methitable Rowley ~ m. John Fuller * Samuel Fuller's son

Shubael Fuller ~ m. Hannah Crocker 

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding 

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons, I did not list my parents, siblings, or cousins

LOTHROP: Rooted in History, 1632 "Griffin"

Although John Lothrop was not in the first original fleet, Reverend Lothrop was mentioned in John Winthrop's, the first Governor of Massachusetts Colony, journal. 

"...the Griffin and another ship now arriving with about two hundred passengers and one hundred cattle, (Mr. Lothrop and Mr. Simmes, two godley ministers, coming in the same ship,)...."

Winthrop, John and James Kendall Hosmer. Winthrop's Journal, History of New England. 1630-1649. C. Scribner's sons, 1908. Vol 1, page 134.

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

John Lothrop

John Lothrop was born circa 1584 and was Christened on 20 Dec 1584 in Elton, East Riding, Yorkshire, England. 

He was an educated man with a B.A from Oxford circa 1605 and an M.A. from Queen's College, Cambridge, England circa 1609.

John married 16 Oct 1610 to Hannah House, who died while he was in prison for preaching against the Church of England (a reformed version of the Catholic Church established for the benefit the divorce of King Henry the VIII). Hannah bore John eight children. John married, again, in the Colonies to Anne (1616-1687) on 27 Sep 1634, but my ancestry began from first marriage to Hannah Howse. 

Hannah Howse was born circa 1584 to Reverend John Howse and his wife Anne (surname lost to history). Her parents did not make the journey to the Colonies. 

John, along with his children and members of his congregation were forced to flee England for the Colonies on the vessel Griffin. On 18 Sep 1634 the ship arrived in Massachusetts Bay as recorded by John Winthrop in his journal,(excerpt above).

John remained a Minister and was founding member of Scituate church in 1634/5. On 7 Jun 1637 he became a freeman. John and his family removed to Barnstable in 1639 with other members of his congregation including several of my other immigrant ancestors. 

John Lothrop will was dated 10 Aug 1653 and probated on 7 Mar 1653/4 (Julian calendar), so he died sometime between those dates.

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration, 1634-1635. Vol 4, I-L. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Pages 1602-1604. Print or available to view on Ancestry.com.

Deyo, Simeon L. History of Barnstable County, Massachusettes, 1620-1637-1686-1890. New Yourk: Blake, 1890. Pages 368, also see index.

Children of John Lothrop and Hannah Howse

Thomas (1612-1707)

Jane Lothrop (1614-1683) ~ m. Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower

Anne (1616-1617)

John Jr (1617-1727)

Barbarah (1619-Unk)

Samuel (1621-1700)

Joseph (1624-1702)

Benjamin (1626-1691)

Descendants of John Lothrop and Hannah Howse

Jane Lothrop ~ m. Samuel Fuller

John Fuller ~ m. Mehitabel Rowley 

 

Shubael Fuller ~ m. Hannah Crocker 

 

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr.

Hyrum Smith ~ Mary Fielding 

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

    * For privacy reasons I did not list my parents, children, siblings, cousins, etc.

MATSON: Rooted in History, The Winthrop Fleet

Winthrop Fleet

Massachusetts Bay Company was joint stock trading company chartered by the English Crown in 1629 to establish a colony in New England. John Winthrop and his fleet of eleven ships brought over 700, mostly puritan, passengers from England to settle in Boston, Salem, and other cities around Massachusetts Bay. The ships were Arbella, Ambrose, Talbot, Jewl, Charlse, Mayflower (not 1620 vessel), Hopewell, William and Francis, Whale, Success, and Trial. This wave of colonization was known as first The Great Migration.

10th Great Grandparents

Lambson-Smith Branch

Thomas Matson

Thomas Matson Jr was born circa 1607 to the parents of Thomas Matson Sr. and Anne Clopton. He  was Christened on 21 Apr 1607 in St Martins, London, Middlesex, England.

 

Thomas Matson is documented as part of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, most likely, arriving in Salem sometime in June. Thomas was believed to be a Gunsmith. He became a freeman 4 Mar 1633/4. 

Thomas was literate because he was able to sign his name on his will dated  9 June 1676. His will probated 26 Apr 1677, which means he died between June of 1676 and April of 1677.

Thomas married Amy/Anne Chambers circa 1633. My FamilySearch page documents their marriage date of 2nd March 1630/1 (according to the Julian calendar), which is incorrect because it is documented that Amy/Anne Chambers was admitted to the Church in Boston in 1633.

Amy Chambers was born circa 1612 in the City of London to the parents of Thomas Chambers (1688-1615) and Alice Catlett (1654-1631). Amy Chambers is, also, believed to have been part of the Winthrop Fleet arriving in 1630 [PC, 67]; whether on the same ship as Thomas Matson is unable to be determined.  She is mentioned in [GMB, V1 A-F, p324-325].  Amy/Anne died in April 1678 in Boston, Soffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Amy's will is dated 28 Feb 1677/8 (Julian calendar) and proved 1 May 1678, which means she would have died between those dates.

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol 2 G-O. Boston: New England Historic Society, 1995. Pages 1238-1241. Print or available to view on Ancestry.com.

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol 1 A-F. Boston: New England Historic Society, 1995. Pages 324-325. Print or available to view on Ancestry.com. 

 

Banks, Charles Edward. The planters of the commonwealth; a study on emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them; their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts. 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Pages 67, 76.

Banks, Charles Edward (1854-1931). The Winthrop fleet of 1630; an account of the vessels, the voyage, the passengers, and their English homes from original authorities.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 80.

 Children of Thomas Matson and Amy Chambers

Thomas (1633-1690) 

John Matson Sr (1636-1681) ~ m. Mary Cotton * daughter of William Cotton/Ann              

Joshua (1640-1688)

Abigail (1650-Unk)

Descendants of Thomas Matson and Amy Chambers

John Matson ~ m. Mary Cotton

John Matson Jr ~ m. Mary Adams

Mary Matson ~ m. Ebenezer Lambson 

Elnathan Lambson * Rev War Soldier ~ m. Jane Hayes 

Jesse Lambson Sr * Rev War Soldier ~ m. Ruth Miller

Boaz Lambson ~ m. Polly Walworth 

      

Alfred Boaz Lambson ~ m. Melissa Jane Bigler 

Edna Lambson ~ m. Joseph Fielding Smith

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons I did not list my parents