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1 At the time of their marriage Jessie Arlene Stewart lived at 8 Norfolk Terrace, in Dorchester...Clarence Hoyt lived at 2090 1/2 Dorchester Avenue, in Dorchester. Clergyman who married them was Charles Washburn, 11 S. Monroe Terrace, also in Dorchester.

Marriage record: City of Boston Dept. of Health and Human Services...
Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 		Family: F22
 
2 Family Villain - James Archibald - Hanged in 1815

All families have their heroes and villains and I've devoted many blog posts to some of our more dashing and heroic relatives. Today, I will talk about James Archibald who was hung for murder on the Halifax Common in 1815.

James was born into the prolific Archibald clan who came to Nova Scotia from New Hampshire prior to the American Revolution. His father, David, himself refused to sign the oath of allegiance to the English King. He still had family in the United States and his loyalties was divided. This refusal could have seen him arrested and charged with treason had officials not had enough to do battling American Privateers and trying to establish sound government in this new land.

James was born in 1787 in Truro Township and lived on the family farm at Salmon River. In 1811 he married Sarah McCurdy and the couple had two sons, James Jr. and David. James was described as a large man with a dour outlook and over the years there had been whispers about his many misdeeds. There was the story of a peddler who called at the farm, supposedly carrying quite a sum of money, who disappeared never to be seen again. Neighbours speculated over James' part in this disappearance.

In 1813, James was introduced to the Privateer, Captain Benjamin Ellenwood. With the War of 1812 in full swing, the captain had gained a reputation of one of the most successful Privateers on the Saint Lawrence River and in the Bay of Fundy. During a visit with the Captain and his wife Epiphene, James Archibald made arrangements to purchase a major share in one of the Captain's schooners. Mrs. Ellenwood took an instant dislike to the dressy man who obviously lived beyond his means. He warned her husband to have nothing to do with Archibald, but the Captain decided to proceed with the sale of the schooner.

One evening shortly after the deal was completed, James Archibald crept aboard the vessel and killed the Captain with a marlin spike. Immediately, all eyes were on a young Portuguese boy who worked for Ellenwood, but soon suspicion turned to Archibald.

James Archibald was arrested and taken to Halifax for trial before Chief Justice Blowers in the Easter sessions of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. After his conviction, he admitted to a great many robberies - most of which were trifling but made for wonderful reading in the local newspaper.

On May 1, 1815, James Archibald was taken to the Halifax common and hanged by the neck until he was dead.

The following year, his wife, Sarah married Captain Henry Cumminger of Truro and the two lived many happy years in Sherbrooke, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.

Marilyn Symons, http://braggandfamily.blogspot.com/, 30 Jan 2013. 		Archibald, James
 
3 ID: I15703
Name: John ARCHIBALD
Given Name: John
Surname: Archibald
Sex: M
Birth: in Londonderry,Ireland
Death: 10 AUG 1751 in Londonderry,NH
Note: BIRTH: DATE 1691-1693
Note:

Aghadowey seems to be the favoured place of the Archibald family and is situated in the area of Coleraine, County Londonderry. The Parishes of Macosquin and Dunboe are adjoining parishes, with Drumachose being about 16 miles west of Aghadowey and Ballynascreen being in the southern district of the county.
John & Margaret Archibald settled at Londonderry, New Hampshire near the year 1720 with a young family and here they lived with their sons and daughters until John's death 31 years later. The family increased, sons took up land nearby and the family prospered. John's Last Will and Testament gives a fair account of the family holdings, wealth and general disposition of the family at his death ......

In the Name of God Amen. I John Archibald of Londonderry in the Province of New Hamp'r. Being very Sick and weak in Body but of Perfect Mind and Memory thanks be to God for y'e. Same therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed to all men Once to Die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament and Principally and first of all I Recommend my Soul into the hands of allmighty God that gave it and as for my Body I Recommend it to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like and Decent Manner at the Discretion of my friends and as touching what worldly Goods it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life I give Devise and Dispose of the same in the Manner and form following ~
Imprimis I gave and Bequeath unto Margaret my Well Beloved wife one horse and Six Cows and the Dutch Steers with all my household furniture (the Barrels and one good Bed Excepted) and the forth part of the Produce of the farm wherein I now Dwell. She Paying my Mother in Law all her Demands upon Me or my heirs all above Mentioned & the West Room in my Dwelling house she is to Enjoy During her Natural Life, Provided she does not Marry and if she Marries she is to get None of my Effects but her Bed and a Cow and what Remains is to be Equally Divided amongst my Children ~
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son Robert Archabald a three year old Colt or forty Pounds in Lue of him ~
Item, I give and Bequeath to my Son in Law Mathew Tyler forty Pounds old tenor Due to Me by my Son Samuel Archabald ~
Item, I gave and Bequeath to my Son John Archabald one Certain tract of Land Lying in Londonderry which I hold by Deed from Robert Boys Esq'r and Samuel Barr and Moses Barnot Gentlemen Constitute as a Committee Containing about One Hundred and forty acres be the same More or Less. I give to him and his Heirs forever to Possess Occupy and Enjoy but I do here in this my Last Will and testament Debar him of any Power to Sell Allien or Dispose of said Land for and During the term of Seven years from the date hereof without Concent and Approbation of my Executors herein after mentioned also I give him fifty Pounds Due to Me by my son David Archibald and a heifer of two years old Past Last Spring ~
Item I give & Bequeth unto my Daughter Margaret two hundred Pounds Old tenor to be paid to her by my son David Archibald when she Comes to Eighteen Years of Age and also a Bed and furniture which I Reserved from my Wife of the household Planishing and also One Cow ~
Item I also Order and Appoint that my son David Archibald shall have y'e forth Part of the fruit that Shall be upon the farm wherein I now Dwell untill my Son Thomas Comes to 21 Years of Age and also all my Propriety Right in Derry and all my Rights in New towns Signed for by me Yet to be laid out ~
Item I Give and Bequeath to my two Sons James & Thomas Archibald all my Real Estate Lying and Situate in y'e South Range in Londonderry Containing about One hundred and Eighty Acres with all and Singular the Appurtenances thereunto Belonging Except what Before Excepted and Bequeathed whith what of my Moveables Remains after Debts is Paid ~
I further Order and Appoint that the Money made of Cloth or thread or Butter Shall be put to no Other Use but to Pay of the Debts that I am Due or Shall be due for my funeral Expence and then as Soon as my Wife Shall Demand the Benefit of her Cows I Order my Executors to gave her all her Part as above mentioned for her living and to Enable her to Pay her Mother what is due to her by Me I do further Order and Appoint that if any Debate or Diferance should happen to fall in amongst my Children or Between Either of them or Between their Mother & them or any one of them that then they Shall Leave their Case to my Executers or two Men Indiferantly Chosen to assist my Executors in Such Cases and if any one of my Legacies above Mentioned will not fall in with the terms herein prescribed but will go to Law with his or her Brothers or Sisters I do hereby impower my Executors by my Authority to Deprive any of my Children that shall Chuse to go to Law with his Mother Brother or Sister and Rejeck the Judgment of honest Men I say to Deprive Such of any Part of my Estate or of any Legacy Bequeathed in this my Last Will. I do also make Constitute and Ordain James Wilson and my son David Archibald the Sole Executers of this my Last Will and testament I also Revoke Disannull and Disallow and make Void all former Wills Testaments Legacies or Bequests in any wise granted by me Before this time Willed and Bequeathed Ratifyed and Confermed this and none other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Eighth Day of June in the year of our Lord 1751 ~
John [ * his mark] Archibald
Signed & Sealed in Presence of Us ~
Robert Moore ~
William Fisher ~
Elener Fisher ~
Thomas Wilson ~
James Willson ~

Province of New Hamp'r } A Court of Probate held at Portsmouth in and for said Province Before y'e Hon'ble And'r Wiggin Esq'r. Judge of the Probate of Wills & aforsaid Province on y'e 25th of September 1751 Appeared James Willson and David Archibald Exec'rs of the foregoing Testament and Presented the same to be Proved and Accepted that Trust and Robert Moore and Thomas Willson two of the Subscribing Witnesses Appeared and made Solemn Oath that they were Present and saw John Archibald the Testator Sign Seal and heard him Declare this Instrument to be his Last Will and Testament that at the time of doing y'e same he was to their Best Decerning of a Sound mind and Memory and that they with Wm Fisher Elenor Fisher and James Willson subscribed their Names hereunto as Witnesses at the same time in the Testators Presence wherefore said Will is Proved Approved and Allowed viz ~ Andrew Wiggin
[New Hampshire State Archives; Probate Records; Vol. 18, pages 210 & 211]
Note: [Proved Sept. 25, 1751}
Note:

{Bond of James Wilson and David Archibald, With Robert Moore as Surety, all of
Londonderry, in the Sum of 1000 pounds, Sept. 25, 1751, for the execution of the
will; witnesses, Hunking Wentworth and William Parker.]

Note: CHIL: _FREL Natural
Note: CHIL: _MREL Natural
Note: CHIL: _FREL Natural
Note: CHIL: _MREL Natural

Father: Archibald b: 1642

Marriage 1 Margaret WILSON b: in Ireland

Married: ABT 1716

Children

Samuel ARCHIBALD b: 1719 in Londonderry,Northern Ireland
Eleanor ARCHIBALD b: 25 JUN 1724 in North Londonderr,R,NH 		ARCHIBALD, John
 
4 Although only about 15 years of age when he came to Nova Scotia with his parents he received a grant
of land in the Township of Truro.

John Archibald and Margaret Fisher built their house on the front lot being the same on which the Episcopalian Church
and several other houses stand in 1873. They owned the front wood lot on the south side of the street. John and his
brother built the mills on the bank of the upland South West of the River Bridge. They dug a race for the water nearly
half a mile along the west side of their lots. Here John and Margaret raised 5 sons and 5 daughters.

John Archibald worked as a farmer and miller. [Notes of Helen Gibson].
 		Archibald, Lt. Col. John
 
5 According to death record, a proprietor of a grocery store. Bailey, George William
 
6 Nickname "Fally". Bishop, Eliphal
 
7 Border Crossings: From Canada to US, 1895-1956 record for Mabel Florence Yeomans:

Arriving port of Vanceboro, ME, Mar 15 1926

30 years, occupation none

5'5" tall, complexion dark, hair brown, eyes blue

Nationality, Canadian. Race, Scottish?

Place of birth: Chipmans, NB

Last residence: Barkers Point, Fredericton NB

Destination, Delray FL

Passage paid by husband.

Husband: George Dean Yeomans

Accompanied by son Garnet G. Copeland

Father: Geo Bishop, 239 Kings, Fredericton NB 		Bishop, Mabel Florence
 
8 Will of Richard Bowen
June 4,1675

Richard Bowin's Will
[3:1:147] The last Will and Testament of Richard Bowin senir of Rehoboth in the Collonie of Plymouth in New England exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth aforsaid the fouth of June Anno: Dom 1675 on the oath of Mr John Pecke as followeth
Be it Knowne unto all men by these prsents that I Richard Bowin senir: of Rehoboth in the Collonie of New Plymouth in New England Doe the Day and Date above written ordaine and make this my last will and Testament being in my Good and prfect Memory and understanding as followeth;
Item I Give to my beloved wife Elizabeth two Cowes and one heiffer a yeer old and a Mare 5 yeer old and a Mare Colt two yeer old and one Colt that followeth the Mare;
Item I Give unto my wife my best bed; with all that belonges to it; and all my linnine two Pewter platters; with som other small peeces of pewter; both the bras kettles I Iron pott I skillett one frying pan all my poultry and halfe my swine younge and old alsoe I Give to my wife one Coffer; and halfe my provisions after my buriall; halfe of my Corne; halfe my hay that is Gathered in or may be Growing att my Decease; halfe my butter Cheese Bacon and porke; one hake with the eke belonging to it; one Cherne one brewing tubb one powdering tubb one beer barrell and my milk vessells; Cushens one Candlesticke; all these foremensioned prticulars; I Give to my beloved wife to Dispose of att her Death unto whom shee will; moreover I Give unto my wife my bible my warming pan; halfe my house that prte of the Leanto, nearest unto the Chimney; as alsoe halfe my orchyard; and halfe my home lott; excepting that prte I sould unto Stephen Paine senir: being an acre more or lesse; all these I say I Give unto my beloved wife, the full tearme of her life; moreover my wife shall have libertie to mow two load of hay on my meddow att Palmers River and three load more on my meddow on the New meddow necke, every yeer soe longe as shee liveth;
Item I Give to my son Willam one hundred pounds Comonage; my lott on the East syde of the plaine my lott in the second Devision; my prte of ffresh meddow lying and being neare the mile run; my ffresh meddow at Palmers River all my meddow that I have mowed att my meddow on the New meddow necke The other pte of this meddow, I have Given unto my son Obadiah; and my son Richard, as will appeer by a Deed of Gift under my hand; Moreover I Give unto my son Willam; halfe my house halfe my barn; halfe my orchyard halfe my home lott except that I sould to Steven Paine senir: and it is my Will that that after my wifes Decease that my son Willam shall have all my housing and barnes orchyard homlott with all those lands and meddowes before mensioned unto him and his heires forever;
Item I Give unto my son Willam halfe my swine halfe my Corne halfe my hay; Ingathered or may be Growing and halfe my provisions; butter Cheese bacon Porke;
Item I Give to my son Willam halfe my Cart and wheeles my Cart Rope with my plow and plowirons belonging to it 2 Chaires two hogsheads, and all other Corne vessell my wife Can spare; my hake with the Ringe; on it; my Great brasse pott an Iron pott and my Great brasse pan; and alsoe it is my will that hee shall have the land which is to be Devided according to the Devision of 20 acrees to the hundred pound estate; and alsoe my lott lately layed out on the necke Called Wachamaquat necke; and all such lands as shalbe Devided after the Date hereof; according to the proportion of a hundred pound estate; I alsoe Give unto my son Willam; my Chest in the hall my Coffer in the seller loft my Chaine my hay knife Dung forke Pikes Rakes hand saw augers 2 beetle ringes and all my Iron wedges; as alsoe that oxe Called Duke; and my bible after my Wifes Decease;
Item I alsoe Give unto my son Willam the bed hee now lyeth on and the furniture belonging to it; and one bed sheet and my winnow sheet; and all my boards about my house, and all my wearing apparrell;
Item I Give unto my son Obadiah halfe a hundred pounds of Comonage; my plow Irons of my breakeing plow and my thawrtcutt saw and halfe my logg Chaine; and the other halfe I Give to my son Willam;
Item I Give to my Daughter Allice Wheaton my Daughter Sarah ffuller and my Daughter Ruth Kenericke my old mare and a Colt that suckes on her;
Item I Give to my Daughter Allice Wheaton my fflagon and two pewter platters;
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah ffuller my warming pan after my wifes Decease; and a pewter platter when the will is proved;
Item I Give to my Daughter Ruth Kenericke one pewter platter;
It is alsoe my will that if any of these fornamed beasts [p.148]: viz: neat beasts or horses given Doe Die or come to any lose, the lose shalbe to the pticular prson or prsons unto whom they were Given; my executor shalbe free hee shall not make it Good to him or them; Item all the Rest of my Goods lands Chattles or whatsoever I have not Given in this my Will and Testament; I Give to my son Richard whom I make and ordaine my sole executor to pay my Debts and to Discharge my legacyes and to see my body buried; witnes my hand the Day and yeer above written

Witnes The marke R of Richard
Stephen Paine Junr: Bowin senir:
John Pecke; 		BOWEN, Richard
 
9 A listing for Alexander Burnett (1836-1915) and Eleanor (Holman) (1831-1924), buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax.

Source: http://ourtree.org/GenWeb/link.asp?l=http://kfgault.tripod.com/
 		Burnett, Alexander
 
10 Arthur Burnett's death notice refers to his daughter, Mrs. Claude J. Harvey of Boston Rd. Chelmsford. Burnett, Arthur
 
11 US City Directories, Lowell, Middlesex, MA, 1888:

Frank Burnett, engineer, Whittier's Mills, h. 35 E. Merrimack 		BURNETT, Francis
 
12 Possible?

Gay's River United Church Cemetery:

BURNETT, Francis J. b. 1841 d. 1911

BURNETT, Janet b. 1851 d. 1941
wife of Francis BURNETT

BURNETT, Pearson d. July 25, 1885 age 8 mos
BURNETT, Haliburton d. Nov. 13, 1885 age 17 yrs 9 mos
BURNETT, Ada Jane d. March 11, 1890 17 yrs 6 mos
children of Francis & Janet BURNETT 		Burnett, Francis Jerot
 
13 Birth Record, Frederick Burnett

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C73888-1
System Origin: Canada-EASy
Source Film Number: 1298807
Reference Number: item 1 p 34 		Burnett, Frederick
 
14 Gregory Burnett and Albert Burnett are buried with brother Francis and his wife Sarah (Porter) Burnett at the Lowell Cemetery, Lowell MA. Inscriptions are:

Sarah Burnett, born 1861; died July 5, 1895 at 35 years of age.

Albert Burnett, born Feb 22, 1856; died March 27, 1932 at 76 yrs, 1 mo, 5 days.

Gregory Burnett (see death notice below)

Death Notice for Gregory Burnett:

The Lowell Sun, Tuesday, February 26 1918

DEATHS

BURNETT- Gregory Burnett, aged
54 years, died Saturday at his home in
Tewksbury. He leaves four brothers,
Arthur Burnett of Dracut. Albert and
Fred of Lowell and William Burnett:
also two sisters, Mrs. David Hefler of
Tewksbury and Mrs. Joseph Allison of
Halifax, N. S.

There's a discrepancy with his age at death in the obituary.
According to census records, Gregory was born abt. 1855.
 		Burnett, Gregory
 
15 Name: Gregory Burnett
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 08 Jul 1842
Baptism/Christening Place: SAINT NICHOLAS,ABERDEEN,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Burnett
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Janet Holman
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11168-8
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
Source Film Number: 991199

https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_688737409%2Fp1&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D 		Burnett, Gregory
 
16 Nickname "Jessie".

According to Canadian Census of 1911, Janet (Jessie) Burnett Layton immigrated to Canada in 1846, which pinpoints more exactly the year that John & Jennet Burnett arrived in Canada after his discharge from the Royal Artillery. In the 1901 Census, it states that her year of immigration is 1855. Possible, but John and Jennet Burnett were back in Canada before 1851, as they are listed in the 1851 Canadian Census. 		Burnett, Janet
 
17 Christened 10 Nov 1821 at St. Matthew's Church, Halifax, NS, CAN. Burnett, John Alexander
 
18 Christened 5 AUG 1823 at St. Matthew’s Church, Halifax, NS, CAN. Burnett, Margaret
 
19 By 1900 William Burnett, his wife Susan (Kent) and three of their children (Gregory, Albert and Frederick) were living in Lowell, MA. Birth months and years for William and Susan confirmed accurate, but the three children are off by a year or two from the 1871 Canadian Census.

Address in Lowell MA, 69 High Street.

William and Susan Burnett are buried at the Edson Cemetery in Lowell MA, Lot #1023. The lot is owned by David Heffler who died in 1916 and is in grave #4. Also:

Elizabeth Heffler, d. 1938
Charles Heffler, d. Aug 1890 (1 yr 2 mo of age)
Susan G. Heffler, d. Oct 1888 (2 yrs of age)
Alice, d. 1893
 		BURNETT, William
 
20 Surname also written as Buswell.
 		Buzzell, Mary
 
21 Death Notice - Daily Eastern Argus

Tuesday, September 16, 1873 (Portland, ME)

P. 3, Col 5

In this city, 14th inst., Mrs. Mary, widow of David Fuller, aged 82 years 11 months.

Dearest mother thou has left us,

Here thy loss we deeply feel;

But 'tis God that hath bereft us,

He can all our sorrows heal. 		CARY, Mary
 
22 "HISTORY OF OLD BROAD BAY AND WALDOBORO" by Jaspar J. Stahl, 1956:

"Johann Anton (Castner) moved to North Carolina in 1769 and joined the Moravian congregation in Bethabara. He was of a stormy nature and this led to his exclusion from the church, but he was reconciled to he Brethren again at his death. He married four times, had eleven children, and at the time of his death, March 17, 1817, had twenty-nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.*

* Moravian Archives (Winston-Salem, NC) 		Castner, Johann Anton
 
23 Soldier in Salisbury, 1703. Collins, Ephraim
 
24 Francis Cooke was living in Leiden by April
1603, when he worked there as a woolcomber. His wife’s fami-
ly were Walloons, originally from the town of Lille in Flanders,
coming to Leiden from London in 1590. Hester joined the
Walloon church just before her betrothal, but there is no record
of Francis joining. He did appear in the records as witness to a
baptism and a betrothal.Three of their children are listed in the
church records between 1607-1611, but none thereafter and
they may have joined the English Separatist church at that time.

Life in New England:
Francis Cooke and his son John came to New England aboard the
Mayflower. Hester, Jane, Jacob and Hester joined them in the summer
of 1623, coming over on the Anne or Little James. Francis was in the
1633 list of Plymouth freemen and served on various committees and
juries over the years. Although he owned land on the North River and
Namaskett, he remained in Plymouth.

Family:
Francis Cooke married Hester Mahieu in Leiden on
July 20, 1603, or shortly thereafter.They had seven children.The
birth order for the first three is uncertain. Hester died after June
8, 1666. 		Cooke, Francis
 
25
Birth: Josias Cooke was born about 1610.
Death: He died in Eastham on October 17, 1673.
Ship: Unknown, 1633

Life in England:

Nothing is known of his life in England.

Life in New England:

Josias Cooke first appeared in the Plymouth records with Edward Doty
on a charge of breaking the peace. He was admitted as a freeman on
January 3, 1636/7. He left Plymouth for Eastham sometime after 1639 and before
1647. Primarily a farmer, he was also licensed to sell wine in
Nauset [Eastham] in 1648. Josias Cooke served on a number of
juries. He was a highway surveyor and constable in Plymouth,
and served many years as a deputy to the court for Eastham. He
became the Town Clerk of Eastham on June 7, 1648, and on
June 8, 1664, was authorized by the Court to make contracts of
marriage for the town of Eastham, adminster oaths and issue
warrents.

Family:

Josias Cooke married Elizabeth (Ring) Deane, the
widow of Stephen Deane, in Plymouth on September 16, 1635,
and had three children. She died in Eastham by May 3, 1687.

Children of Josias and Elizabeth Cooke:

• Anna was born about 1636. She married Mark Snow in
Eastham on January 18, 1654/5, and had one daughter. She
died at Eastham on July 24, 1656. He married (2) Jane Prence
and had eight children. He died in Eastham in 1694.
• Bethia was born about 1640. She married Joseph Harding in
Eastham on April 4, 1660, and had nine children.
• Josiah was born about 1643. He married Deborah Hopkins in
Eastham on July 27, 1668, and had eight children. She died
between February 28, 1686/7, and December 7, 1727. He
died in Eastham on January 31, 1731/2. 		COOKE, Josias
 
26 Surname of Elizabeth is given as Cowley or Crowley. COWLEY, Elizabeth
 
27 Anne Craig Burnett's father, John Craig, is referred to in Ann's will as "John Craig Esq. of Dumfries, advocate in Aberdeen. Craig, John
 
28 Check for birth year in other sources. Curry, Olive
 
29 THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RICHARD DART
(The spelling and capitalization have been preserved as nearly as possible
like the original.)
In the name of God, Amen, the fourth day of April, 1711, I, Richard Dart, Senior of the town of New London, in the County of New London, in the Colony of Connecticutt, in New England. Taylor (?). Being well and Stricken in years. But of perfect mind and memory. Thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body. And knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye. Do Make and ordain this my last Will and testament. That is to say Principally And first of all. I Give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it. And my body I recommend to the Earth, to be Buried in decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executor. Nothing Doubting but at the Generall Resurrection I shall receive the same againe by the Mighty Power of God. And as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased god to Bless me within this Life. I Give, Demise and dispose of the same in the following Manner and form. As for my eldest son Daniel Dart he having been ungratefull and treacherous to me. And I having already given to him my s'd son Daniel between ninety and one hundred pounds. And my Daughter Dina Hatch, hath already received her portion of my estate.
Imprimis, I give & bequeath to my eldest Son Daniel Dart, five Shillings of Money to be levied out of my estate, and paid by my executor herefter named.
Item, I give to my well beloved Daughter Dina Hatch five Shillings of Money to be raised and Levied out of my estate, and paid by my executor.
Item, I Give to my well beloved Sonns, Richard Dart, Rogger Dart and Ebenezer Dart all my Stock of Cattell, to say, all my nete Cattell, Sheep, and Swine, horse kind, or any other Creatures of mine. With all my husbandrie utencils, to be equally Divided between them the s'd Richard, Roger and Ebenezer.
Item, I Give to my well beloved son, Richard Dart five pounds, which his brother Roger is to pay him out and of the Twenty pounds Rogger is obliged to pay to me.
Item, I give to my well beloved Daughter Bashiah Chapell, the feather bed which I use to lye on with one paire of Sheets, and one Blankitt and one Coverlid.
Item, I give all the remainder of my In doors houshold stuff to my three well beloved Daughters Ann Morgan, Bathiah Chapell and Sarah Bishop to be equally Divided between them.
Item, I Do Constitute, make and ordaine my well beloved Son Rogger my sole Executor, of this my last Will and Testament, Ratifying this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness of, I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the Day and year a written
Richard Dart
Signed, Sealed, published pronounced,
& Declared by the said Richard Dart
as his Last Will and Testament in
the presence of us the subscribers.
Richard Bushnell
Christopher Huntington. senr
 		DART, Richard
 
30 Same source (New London Vital Records 1646-1854 - Barbour Collection) also lists Sarah Dart's birth date as 16 Jun 1681 DART, Sarah
 
31 Research presented in the 1998 book, "Broad Bay Pioneers" starts the Demuth line with Christian Demuth who:

"was a dragoon in Kettler's Regiment and Captain Lieutenant Hohndorff's Company. Klaus Petry of Duisburg, Germany, researched this family and learned that the Kettler Regiment of Dragoons was later called the Tettau Regiment of Dragoons and that a dragoon named Christian Demuth was listed as serving in the bodyguard of Regiment Commander Colonel Albrecht von Tettau at the end of 1695 and in 1696. Christian was not noted as a member of Major von Tettau's company in 1689." "Broad Bay Pioneers"

Christian Demuth and Elgen Schmidt of Birkenbeul had a son out of wedlock. Elgen was the daughter of Georg Schmidt of Birkenbeul. The Demuths were not French Heguenots. The surname Demuth is common throughout Germany, particularly in Schlesien.

http://troutwind.tripod.com/demuth.html 		Demuth, Christian
 
32 Demuth, Johann Henrich, the natural son of Christian Demuth and Elgen Schmidt, was b. in Birkenbeul, Rheinland, Prussia, and baptised on 28 Feb 1693 in Hamm Parish nearby. His sponsors at his baptism were Johan Henrich Schmidt (what relation?), Johannes Birckenbeul and Anna Lisa, wife of Diederich of Birkenbeul. Johann emigrated to New England, arriving first in Boston 9 Nov 1751 on the Priscilla. His name is found on a petition signed by those who came to Boston in 1751. Johann and his family subsequently removed to the German settlement of Broad Bay in Maine, later known as Waldoboro. He was killed about 1757 on Storer's Point during the French and Indian Wars.

http://troutwind.tripod.com/demuth.html

Also:

Johan and Sybilla Maria lived in Birkenbeul and belonged to the Lutheran Parish in Hamm. In addition Hamm also contained a Reformed parish to which a number of residents from Birkenbeul belonged. Sybilla Maria was the namesake and a sponsor at the baptism of a child of Johannes Henrich and Anna Christina Potchen of Birkenbeul in the Reformed parish of Hamm in 1741. Johann and Sybilla's daughter, Maria Christina, also sponsored at a baptism in the Potchen family in 1746.

Sources:

"BROAD BAY PIONEERS. 18th Century German-Speaking Settlers of Present-Day Waldoboro, Maine", by Wilford W. Whitaker and Gary T. Horlacher, Pitcton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1998, p. 510, Note: All German records were researched by Helmut Schmahl and Klaus Petry. [The info from Broad Bay Pioneers was provided by Joan Brown, a descendant of Katherine Demuth and John Sidensberger through the Sidensparker/Newcomb line.]

Note: "The surname Demuth is derived from the Middle High German word diemuot or demuot being an adjective meaning condescending or modest. An example of this from 1293: "Heinrich dictus Diemuot, zu Oberried" (i.e. Heinrich the modest of Oberried). Demut is still listed in German dictionaries with the meaning meekness or humility." "Broad Bay Pioneers" 		Demuth, Johann Henrich
 
33 Benjamin and Elizabeth (Wason) Dolloff had 10 children. Dolloff, Benjamin
 
34 Collection: London: - Marriage Licences, 1611-1828

26 Dec 1621 John Eaton, Clerk, A.M., & Anne Crosman, of the City of London, widow of [blank] Crosman, late of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, Clerk; at St Bennet, Paul's Wharf, London.

Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 Record for John Eaton

Eaton, John, of Kent, pleb. Trinity Coll., matric. 26 June, 1590, aged 15; exhibitioner 1590, B.A. 16 Feb., 1595-6, M.A. 7 July, 1603 (then in orders), "a grand antinomian," licenced 26 Dec., 1621, to marry Anne, widow of ______Crosman, late of Ipswich, Suffolk, clerk; vicar of Wickham Market, Suffolk, about 1604, until deprived 1619. See Ath. iii. 21; London Marriage Licences, ed. Foster; & D.N.B.

NOTE: There is no corroboration yet found which would say definitively that the above records belong to the John Eaton and his wife Anne that arrived in Salisbury MA ca. 1640. 		EATON, John
 
35 Came to Nova Scotia in 1762 and was a grantee of the Township of Truro at the age of 13 years. They moved to Middle Stewiacke in the fall of 1782.

"Departed this life on the 18th day of March inst., David Fisher, senior of Middle Stewiacke, in the 83rd year of his age, being amongst the first settlers of that place and has lived 52 years in said place; has left his aged wife, 11 children; 89 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren to lament his loss. He was a good member of both civil and religious Society where he lived, and died, much regretted by all who had personal acquaintance." (Acadian Recorder - March 29 1834) [Notes of Helen Gibson]. 		Fisher, David
 
36 Isiah's name is also given as Josiah. (notes of Helen Gibson). Fisher, Isiah
 
37

Came to Nova Scotia with his parents and siblings on Dec 13, 1762, where he was given land as a grantee of the
Township of Truro. He and his wife were one of the seven families who settled Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax County in
the year 1784. In 1805, James and sons William & David, bought a large tract of land in the St Mary's district of
Guysborough extending from the "Stropper Rock" to the falls of the St Mary's River. This included what is now the town
of Sherbrooke Village. They stayed here until moving 16 miles further upstream to an area they considered was better
suited to a mill site and here they built their mills at what came to be known as Fisher's Mills. Their mills consisted of a
sawmill, gristmill and a shinglemill. [Notes of Helen Gibson]
 		Fisher, James
 
38 John Fisher Came to Nova Scotia with other family members and took up lands as a Grantee of the Township of
Truro. Twenty years later they were part of a group of seven families that settled Upper Musquodoboit in the spring of
1784. Shortly after moving there his wife Elizabeth, seeing a moose crossing their field, took up a gun and shot it. The men
followed after it and brought it home. They also had two daughters about the time they moved to Musquodoboit; their
names are not known.

Last Will & Testament of John Fisher

In the Name of God Amen, I John Fisher of Musquodoboit being weak in Body but of perfect mend and memory, blessed be God these for. Do this third day of March in teh year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) I commend my Soul to Almighty God who gave it to me, and my Body to the Earth from whence it came in Hope of a joyful Resurection through the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ and as for what worldly Estate it hath pleased God to bestow on me I dispose thereof as follows. First I give to my beloved wife Elizabeth twelve pounds a year during her life, together with my Old horse, one Bed and bedding, one pot and tea kettle, and my small table. Also I give to my Son William H. Fisher the Lot No. Seventeen bounded by Mr. Raynolds on one side, on the other side by Lot No. 18 formerly belonging to Samuel Fisher ~ I make my sons George S. Fisher and Robert A. Fisher my Heirs to have equally between them lot No. Six whereon I now live together with whatever I leave behind me they paying to my eldest Daughter Elenor Henry fifteen pounds and to my Grandchildren by Jennet Holman one pound ten shillings each to my daughter Margaret Farnel fifteen pounds to my daughter Elizabeth Stuart the sum of fifteen pounds, to my daughter Sarah M. Henry the sum fifteen pounds. to my daughter Hanah Nelson the sum fifteen pounds to my daughter Ruth McMain the sum of fifteen pounds to my daughter Esther Taylor the sum of fifteen pounds and to my Grandson William Meger one cow to be put out to his advantage till he be of the age of 21 years.
Likewise to pay to Elizabeth my wife the sum twelve pounds each year while she lives and to pay all my Lawful debts ~ I also make and constitute my well beloved son in law Alex'r Henry and my well beloved son George S. Fisher to be my Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I the said John Fisher have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal thei 21 day of March in the fifty third year of the Reign of our Soveriegn George the third and in the year of our Lord one thousande Eight hundred and fourteen.

Signed sealed published and declared by JOHN FISHER
the said testator as his last will and testament
in presence of us who at his request and in his
presence and in the presence of each other
have subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto

DAVID ARCHIBALD 8th
WILLIAM FISHER
SAMUEL BENVIE

The Legacies to be paid in one year after my decease the upland to be divided equally between George and Robert, Robert to hav e the upper part the meadow to be divided by estimation.
JOHN FISHER

[Book A, page 289 - Colchester Probate] 		FISHER, John
 
39 DIED-At Londonderry, (N.H.) on the 10th instant, Deacon SAMUEL FISHER, in the 84th year of his age. It is not more than simple truth to observe, that he possessed a strength of intellectual capacity, with a steadfast sincerity of heart, which do honor to his memory as a man and as a christian. Master of a pathetic perspicuity and solemnity of address, especially on interesting subjects, he commanded a respectful attention of those he conversed with, whether learned or illiterate. Far from engrossing the conversation, he was sociable, free, solid, orderly and edifying. From early life he was a fervent professor of religion, which was his favorite study; and soon became and continued to be an established character for reputation and usefulness, as a father in Israel and a ruling elder in the church of God. Much respected as a citizen, esteemed as a husband, honored as an instructing and exemplary father, diligent in business, patient in trouble, pious and punctual in devotional duties, he lived; with resignation to, and desires for death, he died; recommending Christ and religion to the living. He has left an aged consort bereaved of her companion, with 12 children, 76 grand-children, and 53 great-grand-children (total 141) from him descended, to remember and imitate his virtue. --The righteous hath hope in his death. Fisher, Samuel
 
40 He was a grantee of the Township of Truro. He was among a group of families who settled at
Musquodoboit in the year 1784. They had a family of 3 sons and 5 daughters, with the two eldest children born in Truro,
the rest in Musquodoboit. [Notes of Helen Gibson]. 		Fisher, Samuel
 
41 William James Fisher emigrated to Londonderry, (then known as Nutfield), Rockingham, New Hampshire about 1731. Came to Nova Scotia as a Grantee of the newly formed township of Truro in December of 1762. William Fisher was a grantee of the Township of Truro and the first Clerk of Truro, after its settlement by the British, being appointed in 1761. He fulfilled this role for the next 10 years. He was one of the seven elders of the Church who were elected in the summer of the year 1770. He took his seat in the House of Assembly June 6, 1770 and represented Truro for 5 years. When his health began to fail this office was completed by Samuel Archibald who took his seat on Jun 27, 1775. The family resided at the interval of Salmon River, Truro, N.S. and their house stood near the place where Thomas Blair's later stood. William died there 6 Jun 1777 at age 61 years.

Last Will & Testament of William Fisher - "In the name of God, Amen, the twenty fourth Day of October in the year of
our Lord 1777. I William Fisher of Truro in the County of Halifax and Province of Nova Scotia, Yeoman, being very
sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God, therefore calling unto mind the
Mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die, do make and ordain this my last Will
and Testament. That is to say principally and first of all, I five and recomend my Soul into the hands of God that gave
it, and for my body I Recomend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and Decent manner, at the Direction of
my Executors; not doubting but at the general Resurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God
~ and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose
of the same in the Following manner and form. I will and require that all my Lawful Debts be paid out of my third part
of the Sawmill, four acres of Intervail I purchased of Adam Dickey and Number Twelve Plow Marsh North side Salmon
River ~ I give & bequeath to Eleanor my Dearly beloved wife the third part of all my proper Estate real and personal
during her Natural Life, and my Saddle horse as her own private property to use and dispose of at her pleasure.
I give & bequeath to my beloved son John Fisher by best Short Coat and a black Jacket ~ I give and bequeath to my
beloved son Samuel Fisher the Sum of ten Shilling to be paid him in one year to be levied out of my estate ~ I give
and bequeath to my beloved son David Fisher the sum of ten shilling to be paid in one year to be levied out of my
Estate ~ I give and bequeath to my beloved son Samuel Fisher One pair of year old Steers now on the farm ~ I give
and bequeath to my beloved son William Fisher a pair of Steer Calves of this year, now on the farm, and I Will that he
should be put in possesion at the age of Twenty One years of that right or share of Land in this Township which I
formerly had in Exchange from my son John Fisher, unto which Land my said Son William is intituled unto my virtue
of the Grant of said Township, said Land to be free and Clear of all Incumberances prior to this Date ~ In Consideration
for which he is to give each of my three Daughters viz: Elizabeth, Sarah, and Hannah a good cow at the Expiration of
Four years from this date ~

I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughters Margaret, Elizabeth, Sarah, Hannah, Ruth, & Eleanor and my Grand
Daughter Mary; Daughter to my said Daughter Elizabeth, all my second Division Wood Land in said Township to be
equally Divided among them ~ I give and bequeath to my Beloved son Alexander McNutt Fisher when of the age of
Twenty on year, the farm I now live on, together with all my first Division Lands execpting such as may be sold to pay
my Lawfull Debts as aforesaid & Also the Building and Stock now on the farm, not already mentioned (his mothers
thirds during her Natural life on excepted)

And I will that the said Alexander when come to age of Twenty One years, shall give my Beloved Daughter Ruth &
Eleanor and my Grand Daughter Mary above mentioned each a good Cow ~ And I also Will that until the said
Alexander arrives at the age of Twenty One years my Lands and Stock shall be improven for the Support of my
Family as formerly (what is now disposed of by my last Will and Testament only excepted) I give and bequeath to
John Smith, Blacksmith, my proportionable part of a right and a half of the Burial Island in Derry village in said Town,
he paying the value thereof, to my wife at the Judgement of men mutualy chosen between said Smith and my
Executors ~ I give and bequeath to Eleanor my beloved wife all my household furniture also all the residue of my
Goods & Chattles to be Disposed of my her at her Death at her pleasure ~ And I make and ordain her my said Wife
Executrix, and I make my Living friends Samuel Archibald & Matthew Archibald Executors of this my last Will and
Testament in trust for the intent and purpose in this my Will Contained ~

In Witness thereof I the said William Fisher have to this my last Will & Testament set my hand and seal the Day and
year above written.

William Fisher

Signed Sealed & Delivered by the said William Fisher as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
were present at the signing and sealing thereof ~ John Harris John Archibald, Junr Janet (X) Kennedy
Truro July 20 1778 The within written Will being presented for Probate by Ellenor Fisher, Samuel Archibald &
Matthew Archibald the Executors therein named, John Harris Esq. John Archibald and Jennet Kennedy the Subscribing
Witnesses to the said Will. Personaly appeared and made oath that they saw the within named William Fisher sign &
seal and heard him Publish & Declare the within Will to be his last Will & Testament and that when he so did he was of
sound Disposing mind a& memory to these deponants best discerning that they signed the said Will as Witnesses at
the Testators request & in his presence, and in the presence of each other. Sworn before me one the Day and year
first above mentioned David Archibald, JP.

An Inventory and Appraizment of the Real & personal Estate of William Fisher late of Truro, deceased.

One Right of Land throughtout the Township 100 ' ~ ' ~
Part of plow marsh Lot No. 12 20 ' ~ ' ~
4 Acres of Intervail bought of Adam Dickey 10 ' ~ ' ~ (to be sold for paying Debt's due on Estate)
one third part Sawmill 10 ' ~ ' ~
one pair Oxen 25 ' ~ ' ~
one two year old heifer 3 ' 5 ' ~
one year old heifer 1 ' 15 ' ~
Three calves & Four cows 21' 10 ' ~
Two three year old Steers 10 ' ~ ' ~
Three sheep 1 ' 15 ' ~
One Ox cart 1' ~ ' ~
One plow & horse hasson 1 ' 10 ' ~
Ox yoke & chain '12 ' 6
Household furniture
Two Beds & Beding 6 ' 10 ' ~
Two Iron Kettles 1 ' ~ ' ~
One pot ' 2 ' 6
Six chairs ~ ' 9 ' ~
One table ~ ' 5 ' ~
One pair Andirons ~ ' 7' 6
Fire Shovel & Tongs ~ ' 7 ' 6

Total 223' 9 ' ~ (money shown in "pounds, shillings, pence" of British currency)

The above is a True Inventory as far as has come to our Knowlege, Eloner Fisher, Samuel Archibald, Matthew
Archibald.

The Above is a Just Appraizment according to the best
 		FISHER, William James
 
42 Arrived in Boston MA from Glasgow, Scotland on 21 Apr 1912 aboard the ship Parisian. At time of taking the Oath of Allegiance for US citizenship he was residing at 22 Huntoon St, which happens to be just down the street from the home of Milward Voye. Perhaps he met his future bride, Edith Voye, when she was there visiting her Uncle Milward? : )

States on Naturalization papers that he was employed at that time [1916, the date that he took the Oath of Allegiance] as an auto mechanic.

On his WWII Registration card he was still employed, in 1942, at G.W.Moore on Farnsworth St in Boston. This was the same company he put down as his employer on his WWI registration card in 1917. 		Fogo, Samuel Flanders
 
43 Amos was a counterfeiter! In May of 1749 Amos was imprisoned in the Windham County Gaol where he petitioned the General Assembly for the Colony of Connecticut for clemency. His petition read in part..."your petitioner was convicted by the Court for assisting In making and uttering fals and counterfit Bills made in Imitation of the three pound Bills...made on this Colony and that the Superior Court gave Sentance against Your Petitioner that he should Suffer according to the Law of this Coloney in that Case made and provided Where upon Your Petitioner Would observe to your Honors Soon after the Judgement was given the Sheriff of Windham county did Inflict that part of the punishment on Your Petitioner of Cutting off his right Ear and branding him on the forehead with the letter C and Now Your poor petitioner is in Gaol in Irons..."

Following is from an article from 'The Planters' by Judith Norton, originally published in a New York City newspaper on 12 October 1747:

WANTED!!!
Counterfeiting, Jail Breaking,
Passing False Money
AMOS FULLER
Lebanon, Connecticut

"When he was last seen, he was wearing a gray homespun jockey coat, with brass buttons, old leather breaches, yarn stockings, a linen cap and an old hat."

In 1774, under the alias of "Jeremaih Carpenter", he spent time in jail in New Jersey for passing false Jersey money. A member of a gang known as The Money Club, Amos Fuller's specialty was producing Connecticut 3 pound notes. In 1756, Fuller and other members of the gang broke out of jail in Litchfield, CT. His brothers, Timothy and Benjamin, and his son, Amos Jr., were also associated with The Money Club. Another brother, John, was a Separate (New Light) Congregational minister in Lyme and Norwich, CT. 		Fuller, Amos
 
44 Benjamin Fuller buried in Seekonk, MA.

Benjamin Fuller lived first in Salem, afterwards in Rehoboth where he died 11 Jan 1711.
Five of his six sons settled in Lebanon, Connecticut.
His father deeded him land in Rehoboth at his majority in 1679 and again at his marriage in 1686 on which he maide his home until he died. Before moving to Rehoboth he lived several years in Salem where several of his children were born.
Benjamin was a large land holder. The farm he sold his brother, Abiel in 1726 remained within the family for over 175 years.
His home was about three miles from Seekonk (then a part of Rehoboth) where Robert and his sons John, Smauel, and Benjamin were buried

Benjamin FULLER was born in 1657 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 11 Jan 1711/12 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Benjamin Fuller, Robert's youngest son, was born in 1657 while Robert was living in Rehoboth. He probably returned with his father to Salem after his mother Sarah had been killed in the Indian attacks, because he married his first wife, Mary Darling, in Salem. Their first three children also were born there: Benjamin, John, and Mary.
When Benjamin was 21, his father deeded him land in Rehoboth. Eventually, Benjamin moved there again, this time with his own family. In 1695, Mary had another child, Ezekiel, but unfortunately she died shortly after giving birth.
Benjamin later married Judith Smith, and had three more children; Amos, Joshua and Abiel. Benjamin, like his father, was also a Congregationalist, and all of Benjamin's children were eventually baptized by Rev. John Greenwood, at the Rehoboth First Congregational Church. The record of Ezekiel's Baptism still exists today.
Benjamin died in Rehoboth in about 1711. The probate original records of his estate still exist, and are kept at Taunton. These records shed much light on the life of Benjamin as an early colonist. No information regarding Mary Darling has been found yet, however.

All of his children, except JOHN removed to Lebanon, Conn., between the years 1720 and 1726. By date of deeds, JOSEPH MARTIN May 4, 1720; BENJAMIN, June 2, 1720; AMOS, Aug. 31, 1721; JOSHUA, Nov. 5, 1722; EZEKIEL and ABIEL, Sept. 1, 1726.
He was married to Judith SMITH on 13 Jan 1699.

Notes for Benjamin Fuller:
Benjamin was "a man of retiring habits, whose fixed and high-toned principles, whose manly, ennobling characteristics, were best known to personal and private acquaintances, as they were by himself never paraded," according to "Genealogy of the Fuller Families Descending from Robert Fuller of Rehoboth & Salem" 		FULLER, Benjamin
 
45 Noah Fuller was an original planter and grantee who settled in Horton, NS in 1761. In the last will and testament of Noah Fuller-May 19, 1774-Horton, Kings County-he named his sons Timothy, Noah Jr., and Elisha. His wife and four daughters were not named [wills vol 1-3 1761-1759 RG 48, Reel 550 Probate Court, Hants County, NS.] FULLER, Noah
 
46 Noah Jr. is listed on his father's will, May 19, 1774; Horton, Kings County (land probably overlapped into Hants County) [ wills vol 1-3 1761-1759 RG48, Reel 550 Probate Court, Hants County.] FULLER, Noah Jr.
 
47 Robert Fuller aka "The Butcher". FULLER, Robert
 
48 Robert Fuller buried in Seekonk, MA

Robert Fuller
Birth: 1 Jan 1616/17, in Hampshire, Southhampton, England
Death: 10 May 1706, in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Buried: Bristol County, Massachusetts, three miles from Seekonk (early name for Rehoboth).

Father: Thomas Fuller, b: 13 Dec 1573, in Redenhall Parish, Norfolk, England
Mother: Audrey Anne Gilman, b: 1577, in Redenhall Parish, Norfolk, England

Emigration: Robert came to America from Southampton, England on the ship "BEVIS" departing England, May 1638/1639. The Bevis made only one voyage to America and Robert's name does not appear in the ship' s manifest. However, he may have worked for his passage as an ordinary seaman, in which case, his name would not have appeared among those of the regular passengers. (OR because it was in that year that Governor Winslow ceased to record the arrival of ships, there being so many, 20 in that year, with over 3000 persons.)

Occupation: Bricklayer. In those days the mason gathered, hauled and cleaned his stone for construction. Usually stone was used for the foundation, fireplaces, bake ovens chimneys and cellar walls. Houses were not generally brick, but were back-plastered with lime on the walls and ceilings for greater warmth. In many sources it is said that Robert was one of the first bricklayers of New England. He is said to have done brickwork on the Town House of Salem between 1682 and 1684. At first, a bricklayer in Massachusetts had his pay set by the Court of Assistants; In 1630, the order had been that carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, and thatchers could be paid no more than two shillings a day. This order was repealed, however, because it failed to promote the skilled labor which was vital to the growing colony.

Freeman: In 1640, he became a freeman in the Plymouth colony. (source:The Historyof Salem,Volume II, 1638-1670 p.403).

The first record of Robert Fuller in this country was in Salem, Massachusetts, Court Record of 18 Nov 1639 when he requested 5 acres to plant. He purchased or held rights in land in 1645, in Rehoboth, but remained in Salem, as shown by deeds in which he signs himself as "bricklayer of Salem", until about 1653, when a division of land was made in Rehoboth and a settlement established. (At the time of his arrival, colonial Salem was twelve years old.)

In 1645, Robert was given land in Rehoboth, which was in an unsettled area to the southwest of Salem, about 60 miles away and in 1645, he is found on the list of owners at a value of 150 pounds. (His name appears in many Rehoboth town records, tax lists and deeds.)

By 1650, he had moved his family to Rehoboth. (Rehoboth was the first town in New England to have free schooling paid for by taxes. Robert and Sarah had six children: Jonathan, Elizabeth, John, Samuel, Abigail, and Benjamin. He and Sarah built a new home at the southwest end of a scenic area called the "Ring of Green" which was on the Seekonk plain. (His wife, Sarah Bowen had sisters and brothers already living in Rehoboth.) The family lived there for about the next twenty-five years, until violent Indian attacks occured. Today this land is part of East Providence, Rhode Island.

He is found on the list of owners as early as 1645 at a value of L150- paid a tax of Ef4.106.3d, for the expense of King Phillips War in 1676.

During his first years in America, Robert made his living as a bricklayer. He is mentioned many times in this regard in the early records of Town Meetings of both Salem and Rehoboth.

Robert did not become a "freeman" until 1655. Unless you were granted the status of freeman, you could not vote or hold public office. In order to be a freeman in the Plymouth Colony, however, you had to be approved by the minister of the congregation--in Massachusetts, this meant you had to be a Puritan. Indeed, Robert was a loyal Congregationalist , and received his grant.

Later, in 1668, he and his brother-in-law were elected constables for one year.
"Att the General Court of Elections held att Plymouth the third Day of June, Anno Dom 1668, Prence Gour,
Constables of Rehoboth--
Robert Fuller
George Kendricke"
Constables kept the peace, made arrests, served warrants, and among other unpopular activities, collected taxes.

Robert Fuller was a man of means in money and estate, holding extensive tracts of land in Rehoboth, Attleboro, Seekonk and on the Pawtucket River; that in Attleboro he held jointly with his oldest son, Jonathan. He was of the first proprietors in Rehoboth and drew shares in general divisions of land in 1661 and 1668.

In 1646, Robert Fuller appears on a list of landowners in Rehoboth.

In 1676, he was charged a levy made for the expenses of fighting the King Phillip's War; paying 4 pounds 10s. 3d.

King Philip's War broke out in June 1675, and the area was quckly involved. Indians harassed and ambushed the settlers when they worked in the fields. During 1676, the Indians attacked Rehoboth several times. Every able-bodied man carried a musket and was supplied with ammunition and did guard duty at one of the four garrisoned houses.

At night families slept together in one of the garrison-houses, 50 to 60 men, women and children huddled together with straw or blankets on the floor of a house built for 10 to 12. Still, Rehoboth was burnt to the ground on March 28, 1676, by a band of 1500 Indians. Only the four garrison-houses and one other survived. Robert Fuller lost his son-in-law Nehemiah Sabin in May, two of his sons, John and Samuel, a week apart in August, and his wife, Sarah, probably in Oct.

After these disasters he distributed much of his property to his remaining sons and grandchildren. He provided for the grandsons left fatherless by the Rehoboth massacres. Some property he held jointly with son Jonathan. He returned to Salem the year after.

In 1675 and 1676, Rehoboth was attacked several times by the Wampanoag Indians in what was called "King Philip's War. " Scores of townspeople were ambushed in the fields or killed in surprise attacks by angry natives. King Philip, or "Metacomet" (his Indian name), was the son of Massasoit, chief of the Wampanog tribe. Apparently, the Indians had become increasingly angry with the encroachments of the early settlers, and resorted to violence. The Indians attacked Rehoboth and burned the houses of the settlement.

As a result of these attacks, Robert Fuller lost his wife, Sarah, and three of his children , John, Samuel, and Abigail. His daughter Elizabeth lost her husband, Nehemiah Sabin. Shortly after these losses, Robert returned to Salem. Soon he remarried to the Widow Margaret Waller, whose husband had also been killed. He remained in Salem, until 1696.

Sometime before July 26, 1687, he married the widow Margaret Waller as on that date she gave Robert her dwelling house with ten acres called Leach which had been bequeathed to her by her late husband Christopher Waller. She and Robert also gave a ten acre lot to Mary Salmon, who had been adopted in childhood by Margaret Waller. In Aug of 1687 they also deeded l2 acres to Nathaniel Felton of Salem.

He served on numerous juries between 1680-82.

Margaret and Robert lived in Salem until the late 1690s. In Salem, Robert continued to be active in town affairs. He was admitted by the Selectman as an inhabitant in 1677. On 10 Mar 1679, he was admitted to the First Church in Salem. In Sep 1680, he took a freeman's oath in Salem, and in Nov 1682, he served on the Grand Jury. His name appears on tax list in Essex Co. in 1683.

Fortunately, for Robert and Margaret, they were not among the 125 persons accused of witchcraft in 1692. After trial, many "witches" were hanged. (None was ever burned in Salem.) The governor of the Massachusetts Colony finally put a stop to these atrocities in 1693.

On March 30, 1697, Robert and Margaret sold their homestead in Salem. They returned to Rehoboth, where his two sons, Jonathan and Benjamin were living.

Marriage 1: Sarah Bowen, b: ca 1616-1618, in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales; daughter of Richard and Anne Bowen. Sarah was killed in an Indian massacre in Rehoboth in Oct 1676/77.
Married: 23 Apr 1643, (OR 1638),, in Swansea, Bristol County, (OR Nov 1639 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Children of Robert Fuller and Sarah Bowen:
1. Jonathan Fuller, b: 11 Feb 1640, (OR 15 Jun 1643) in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

2. Sarah Elizabeth Fuller, b: 1645, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth's first husband, Nehemiah Sabin, was slain by Indians in 1676, (as was her brothers John and Samuel) leaving children Elizabeth and David. She next married Eleazer Wheelock of Medfield, Mass. and moved to Mendon. Elizabeth is mentioned in the division of her unmarried Uncle William Bowen's estate in 1686/7. She and Eleazer had several children. Their grandson, Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, D.D., was the founder and first president of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. ." Elizabeth died in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts on Jan. 11, 1688/89,

3. John Fuller, b: 26 Sep 1647, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He married Abigail Titus Rehoboth, 25 Apr 1673. He was killed in an Indian attack, during King Philip's War, before 23 Aug 1676, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; age 19 years.
He was buried on 23 Aug 1676. His brother Samuel had been killed the week before. John left a son, who were brought up and provided for by his grandfather, Robert."

4. Samuel born about 1649 Massachusetts, Bristol Co., Rehoboth. "John and Samuel, who died in King Phillips War, 1676, 4. Samuel Fuller, b: ABT 1649, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He married Mary Ide 12 Dec 1673. He died before 15 Aug 1676, in King Philip's War. He might have been killed while working in the fields or cutting cedar in the Squannakonk swamp. About a week later his older brother John was killed, perhaps in the same manner. He was buried on 15 Aug 1676. Samuel also left a son, who were brought up and provided for by his grandfather, Robert. Samuel had been a captain.

5. Abigail Fuller, b: 18 Feb 1653, in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Killed in an Indian massacre in 1676. Other info states that Abigail died 1726 at 73 years of age and that she married Thomas Cushman 16 Oct 1679. Thomas was the son of [Rev] Thomas Cushman and Mary Allerton.

6. Benjamin Fuller, b: ABT 1657/58 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He married Mary Darling in Salem, Essex Co, Masssachusetts, 1696. On 1 Dec 1679, Robert Fuller deeded to his son Benjamin, six acres of land and a dwelling on Mill River, and a number of other lots nearby; also 12 acres in the great plains and a part of his salt meadow, as well as lots in Rehoboth. Benjamin lived in Salem, afterwards in Rehoboth. He had six sons, five of whom moved to Lebanon, Connecticut, between 1720 and 1726. Three died there, and two removed to western towns in Connecticut. Benjamin died 11 (OR 27) Jan 1710-1712, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, at 53 years of age.

Marriage 2: Widow Margaret Waller (nee Felton). Died about 1700.
Married: before 26 Jul 1687, in Rehoboth, Bristol County Massachusetts.

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No will has been discovered and there is no administration of his estate in records either. Perhaps because after the Rehoboth massacres Robert distributed much of his property to his remaining sons and the grandchildren left fatherless by the Indians. 		FULLER, Robert
 
49 Although many have her given name as Elizabeth I have yet to find a record which records her given name. GODFREY, Elizabeth
 
50 Served in US Marines, PFC in WWII and the Korean War. GOGUEN, Daniel William
 

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