Johnthan Wheeler

M, b. 28 July 1683
     Johnthan was born on 28 July 1683 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Obidiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 105.

Elizabeth Wheeler

F, b. 7 February 1685/86
     Elizabeth was born on 7 February 1685/86 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Obidiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 105.

Joseph Wheeler

M, b. 7 March 1690/91
     Joseph was born on 7 March 1690/91 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Obidiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 105.

Joshua Wheeler

M, b. 9 April 1696
     Joshua was born on 9 April 1696 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Obidiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 105.

Obidiah Wheeler1

M, b. 1608, d. 1671
      Obadiah Wheeler arrived in Concord with wife Susanna and George Wheeler (1st Cousin). Freeman 1641, he had land by Meadow Brook and also in the center of Concord. He probably came from Odell, England, as he was one of the original proprietors of Concord, and was made freeman there in 1641. He owned considerable property in and around Concord, and lived for a time, at least in the East Quarter of the Town. The name of his second wife has not been determined.
     
      _________________Will of Obadiah Wheeler
     
     This sixt Day of Eight month in the yeare of our Lord God, one thousand six hondred, seaventy and one. The last will and Testament of Obadiah Wheeler of Concord in the countey of Midelesex in New England stricken in yeares. Aged about three scoare and three yeares, weake in body, but of good and parfect memory, first Committing my selfe Soule and Body into the hands of my marciefull father and Redeemer, And where as the Lord of his goodness hath signe up into the Armes of the Almightie, Desireing him to make them all his in Christ Jesus, as also unto his care and protection and concerning that patrimoney, and portion of his worlds goods, which to the lord of his goodness hath Bestowed one mee, I give it unto them, to every one an equall portion, onely unto my sonn Joshuah Wheeler, my first borne, and heyre, I give a Double portion the most where of hee hath already Received, and is possessor of namely my Liveing in the towne whomestall, with the apurtinances belonging thereunto one that side of the River with the Adition now of one Acre of medow more at dung hoale, next unto his own and halfe of the spruce swamp in the same Dung hoale also hee shall have twenty bushells of corne ten in Indeane corne and ten in Rye, and this is and shall bee his full portion of all my estate besies his single part of my househole goods. And unto Samuell Wheeler my second sonn, I give, one house Lot lying betwene Mihill Wood and Thomas Daken, with foroer acres of land lying one the other side of Mihill Wood, bounded norwest with the hyway, and fiveteene Acres of Land one the plaine at Dung hoale and two Acres of woodland at fairehaven lying at the uper end of the Ash swamp, and the other halfe of the spruce swampe at Dung hoale, in medow, seven Acres at fairehavenlying beetweene George Wheelers and George Meriams, and Spring medow andone paire of steares, and twenty bushells of corne ten of Indean,and ten of Tye, and one swine, his choice except the great sow, and this is to bee his full portion besics his part of my household goods. And unto my sonne Obadiah Wheeler, I give my homestall house Barne with all the Buildings orrrchards, pastures, and medow there about, with the feild and land adjoyning thereunto one the other side of the brooke all from the deild one the north side of the house in medow, three acres of the River medow at fairehaven, three acres in the medow caled the worlds end, and one third part of the remainder of the medow at Dung hoale.
     To my sonn John Wheeler, I give for his house lott five acres of land lying betweene Thomas Wheelers and James Adams, and halfe of the feild one the north side of my now dwelling house both hill and plaine one the north side of the hill, braoken and unbroken up, the north west end of the said feild, with twelve acres one nut medow plaine, and fiveteen acres more one Dung hoale plaine, in medow, the claypitt medow, or that part of brooke medow, three acres at fairhaven, three acres in the medow caled the worlds end and one third part of the remainder of Dung hoale.
     To my younges sonn, Josiah Wheeler, I give, in upland, halfe of the feild lying one the north side of my now ddwelling house both hill and plaine the south east end of the feild, the said feild equally to be devided betwene, Hohn, Josiah (onely I reserve two Acres of the land one the top of the hill, of the broaken up land and of the unbroken, by the broken up land, unto my selfe) more in land fiveteen acres at Dung hoale plaine, in medow, three acres at fairehaven wher in that medow hee liketh-best, more three acres at the medow caled the worlds end, and one third part of the remainder of the medow at Dung hoale (that is ), when Joshuah hath had one acre nextunto his own, as hath bein said, and Josiah hath had three acres where hee liketh best, the the remainder of the medow is to be equally devided amongst the three youngest bretheren more one cow, the brindle cow, and twentey bushells of Idean corne, more in mdeow three acres at fairhaven.
     To my Daughte Susanah I give in medow, three acres and a halfe of the medow that was goodman Plimptons,
      (called) the worlds end and fiveteen acres of upland at Dung hoale plaine the rest of her portion to bee made up equall with her brethren.
     And at my desease all my household goods shall bee equally devided amongst all my children, without any respect ot adorible portion to the eldest, hee haveing alredy bein considred otherwise. And whereas the time of my departure out of this world draweth neare, to my apprihension, and expectation, and haveing other moveables not spesified in this will, as yet, or desposed of, which I heare in declare, shall bee, and are given by mee, unto my daughter Susanahs, portion equivolent to, or proportionall to her brethrens portion in this my will above written, whereunto that ten pounds therein specified, I now ad one paire of oxen, my oldest oxen, and cow, and halfe my sheepe, which is six and ahalfe for her part, and tewenty bushells of corne halfe Idean, and halfe English, with ten pounds that Obadiah shall pay to her, out of his portion, which is by estimation about fourtey and three pounds, which is equall to her brethren as in my will above written, and this is to bee all her portion of my estate, besiesmy household goods.
     To my sonn John I add to his portion one pair of oxen, one cow, fower sheepe and halfe, and one horse.
     To Josiah I give one pair of oxen, the one pide, the other Red, one Keckfer three yeres old, one yerling calfe, two sheepe, one mare and one of my best swine and that two acres of land lying upon the hill which Ireserved in my will above written, unto myselfe, lmy son Obadiah shall enjoy it three yeares and then it is to bee tetorned to my sonn Josiah, and Josiah shall be helpfull to his brethren. Obadiah, and John, ten days, betwene them about fencing there feilds freely and for all workeing tooles herein not mentioned, swine and corne or whatsoever to bee equaly devide among the 3 yongest brothers.
     That this is my ladt will, wittness my hand,
      ________Obadiah X Wheeler
      marke The wittnesses that this is his last will George Wheeler Thomas Wheeler
     At a County Court held at Charlstowne 20 December 1671, George Wheeler and Tho Wheeler deposed that havig subscribed their names as withesses to this instrumt wher present and did see and heare ye late Obadiah Wheeler signe and declare it to be his lad will was of a disposing mind as att Jur Rawson, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex, as Registry of Probate, a true copy, attest, W.E. Rogers, Register . Obidiah was born in 1608.2,3 He was the son of John Wheeler and Elizabeth NN----. He married Susanna Wheeler on 20 January 1633.2,4 He married NN---- NN---- after 1649/50 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.4 Obidiah died in 1671 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.5

Children of Obidiah Wheeler and Susanna Wheeler

Children of Obidiah Wheeler and NN---- NN----

Citations

  1. [S82] TAG, Jacobus, Donald.
  2. [S87] Thomas Lincoln, Kaye, Ruth Lincoln , pg 300,.
  3. [S192] Wheeler Family, Wheeler, Albert G. , pg 350.
  4. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A. , pg 801.
  5. [S87] Thomas Lincoln, Kaye, Ruth Lincoln , pg 300.

Resolved White

M, b. circa 1615, d. after 1687/88
      Resolved came to Plymouth in 1620 with his parents aboard the "Mayflower", and after 1632 moved to Marshfield with his mother and Stepfather. He resided in Scituate during the period when his children were born, 1640 to 1656. He and Judith and perhaps some of their children, travelled to Barbados in 1656/7, presumably to aid in the settling of the estate of her father, for on 17 March 1656 "Resolved White of Scituate in New Plymouth in New England, gentleman and his wife Judith, daughter of William Vassall of this Island" deeded land in Barbados, a deed acknowledged on March 20th by "Resolved White's wife" and recorded at Barbados only four days later.
     
     
      The family moved to Marshfield in 1662 and were still there in 1670 when Judith died. Resolved was in Salem from 1674 to at least 1682, being a freeman of Salem in 1680. He served in King Philip's War under Capt. Manning in 1676. He returned to Marshfield after the death of his second wife, for on 13 March 1684 "Resolved White of Marshfield" and sons Samuel and Josiah quickclaimed rights to an island in return for which grantee John Branch would maintain Resolved's eldest son, William. We assume Resolved was still living on 19 Sept 1687 when William quickclaimed his rights in the island to John mentioning the earlier deed of "my father Mr. Resolved White." There has been no proven evidence to support the claim of Pilgrim genealogist George E. Bowman that Resolved died between 1690 and 1694, nor the oft-found statement that he died in Salem.
     
     
      It seems strange that there is no record of the death of Resloved, considering the fame of his brother Peregrine as the first white child born in New England; however no mention of his death has been found in records at the places where his kin were living late in the 1600's.
     
     
      Approximate birth dates may be calculated for Resolved and his second wife from their depositions: He was "aged about 63" on "5:9:1678" and again in June 1679, Abigail was aged about 74 on "2:1:1679."
     
     
      There are no probate records for Resolved or Judith White but the will of "Abigail White, wife of Mr. Resolved White of Salem dated 26 April 1682 and proved June 1682, mentions her former husband William Lord, his kinsman William Lord and the latter's children. She left to Resolved White my now husband, bed, bedding, chest and house furnishings.
     
     
      A deed bearing the signature of Resolved White as witness was pictured in The Mayflower Descendant in 1915.
     [RESOLVED WHITE TO WILLIAM WILLS*]
[p. 3]On 17 March, 1662, "Resolved White of Scittuate .... in america plantor", for £26, 10s., sold to "Willam Wills of Scinuate aforsaid plantor .... all that peece and pte of orchyard conteining two rowes and halfe way the next row of trees in breadth att the east end of the orchyard that formerly was mr Willam Vassalls; and alsoe one peece of land enclosed on the south and east with railes and abuteth on the said graunted orchyard one the west and on the cornfeild that now is in the posession of John Cushen on the north containing two acrees and an halfe more or lesse; with a garden formerly enclosed on the south side of the said feild; as also one other peece of land as it lyeth between the said feild and garden towards the north and the mersh that sometimes was Mr Willam Vassalls towards the south and abuteth on the lands that formerly was Mr Vassalls towards the west by a st eight line from the said rowes of trees as is before mentioned towards the mersh southward and abuteth on the land whih Mr Willam Vassall bought of Samuell Fuller on the [worn] and alsoe all that upland which lyeth on the east side of that peece of enclosed land before mentioned on the east side of the railes containing one road and an halfe in breadth all the length of the said railes with all the houses and edifices therupon builded which lands were pte of the lands of mr Willam Vassalls called bellhouse lands; and were given to mee Resolved White as appeers by a Deed of gift, bearing Date" ;14 October, 1646, "alsoe all that upland which Mr Willam Vassall bought or exchanged with Samuell Fuller aforsaid abuting abuting upon the forementioned graunted land on the west; and the mersh that was the said Willam Vassalls on the south and east and on the land that somtime was the land of Samuell Fullers on the north except and alwaies reserved of this sale unto mr Willam Vassall his heires and assignes for ever a good and sufficient way in the most convenientest throwout the afore mentioned bounded lands from the west t the east to fech and Drive Cattle Cart and Cary all manner of Carriages from the house and other the lands that was the
* Complete descuption printed.
     Plymouth Colony Records of Deeds     107
house and lands of the said Willam Vassall unto and from the mershes that were the said Willam s lying on the east side of the said lands alsoe another pcell of upland being the one halfe of an Iland called beare Iland .... in Scittuate aforsaid being the southerly pte or halfe of the Iland being Devided from the Northerly halfe of the said Iland by a straight line crose the middle of the said Iland from west to east .... and the said Resolved White Doth .... graunt unto the said Willam Wills .... libertie of Ingresse egresse and regresse of passages from the house and lands heerby sould unto Willam Wills; and which was formerly given .... by my father in law mr Willam Vassall unto me the said Resolved unto the Dwelling house that was Mr Vassalls Called Belhouse by and through all the waies leading from the said house and lands unto belhouse and soe from thence through the lands that formerly were Willam Vassalls by and through all waies and passages comonly used and to bee used unto the highwaes beyond the said lands; and hee the said Willam Wills his heires [p. 4] heires and assignes and every of them to cart and carry all manor of Carriages ride Drive and lead all manor of Cattle as oft as they or either of them shall please; which privilidge was given and graunted by my fatherinlaw Mr Willam Vassell unto mee .... as appeers by a Deed of gift formerly expressed;"
James Torrey, Sr., and John Buck witnessed the deed, and "posession livery and season of the house and land within specifyed" was given in their presence, on the date of the deed.
On 25 September, 1663, "Judith the wife of Resolved White Did acknowlidge the sale abovementioned and Did resigne up her whole right and Interest in what is therin mentioned; before mee; Josias Winslow Asistant."
Resolved was born circa 1615 at Leyden, Holland [or England]. He was the son of William White and Susanna NN----. He was listed on a passenger list on 5 August 1620 at sailing on the "Mayflower". He married Judith Vassall on 8 April 1640 at Scituate or Marshfield, Massachusetts.1 He married Abigail NN---- on 5 October 1674 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.2 Resolved died after 1687/88.2

Children of Resolved White and Judith Vassall

Citations

  1. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A. , pg 806.
  2. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 99.

Judith Vassall

F, b. circa 1619
      Judith Vassall who came on the "Blessing" in 1635 married Resolved White, of the first Mayflower Company. In 1640 a grant of 100 acres of march and upland on the southeast side of Belle House Neck was made to White by order of the court. They reside on this tract until 1662, the year of the sale of the Vassall estate, and then removed to Marshfield, near his brother Peregrine, on the South River.
     
     "Ashleys of the Old Colony" page xxx.
     
Judith died. Judith was born circa 1619 at England. She was the daughter of William Vassall and Ann King. Judith immigrated to (an unknown value) in July 1635. She married Resolved White on 8 April 1640 at Scituate or Marshfield, Massachusetts.1 Her body was interred on 3 April 1670 at Marshfield, Massachusetts.2

Children of Judith Vassall and Resolved White

Citations

  1. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A. , pg 806.
  2. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 99.

William White

M, b. April 1642, d. 24 January 1695/96
     William was born in April 1642 at Scituate, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Resolved White and Judith Vassall. William died on 24 January 1695/96 at Marshfield, Massachusetts, at age 53.1

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 100.

John White

M, b. 11 March 1644/45, d. before 1684
     John was born on 11 March 1644/45 at Scituate, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Resolved White and Judith Vassall. John died before 1684.1

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 101.

Samuel White

M, b. 13 March 1646/47
     Samuel was born on 13 March 1646/47 at Scituate, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Resolved White and Judith Vassall.

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 101.

Resolved White

M, b. 12 November 1647
     Resolved died. Resolved was born on 12 November 1647 at Scituate, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Resolved White and Judith Vassall. His body was interred on 27 March 1671 at Marshfield, Massachusetts.1

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 101.

Anna White

F, b. 4 June 1649
     Anna was born on 4 June 1649 at Scituate, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Resolved White and Judith Vassall.

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 101.

Josiah White

M, b. 29 September 1654
     Josiah was born on 29 September 1654 at Scituate, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Resolved White and Judith Vassall.

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 101.

Susannah White

F, b. August 1656
     Susannah was born in August 1656 at Scituate, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Resolved White and Judith Vassall.

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 101.

William White

M, d. 21 February 1621/22
     William was a wool carder. William was born at prob. England.1 He married Susanna NN---- on 1 July 1612 at Leyden, Holland.2,3 He was listed on a passenger list on 5 August 1620 at sailing on the "Mayflower". William died on 21 February 1621/22 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.1

Children of William White and Susanna NN----

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 99.
  2. [S1] White, William, White, Thomas , pg 16,.
  3. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A. , pg 807.

Susanna NN----

F, d. circa 1654
     Susanna was born at prob. England.1
     
      It has been speculated that Susanna was this sister of Samuel and Edward
     Fuller of the "Mayflower", but has not been proven.
     
     
      "THE MAYFLOWER"
     
     
      The English ship the Mayflower carried the Separatist Puritans, later known as Pilgrims, to Plymouth, Mass., in 1620. The 180-ton vessel was about 12 years old and had been in the wine trade. It was chartered by John Carver, a leader of the Separatist congregation at Leiden, Holland, who had gone to London to make arrangements for the voyage to America. The ship was made ready at Southampton with a passenger list that included English Separatist, hired help (among them Myles Standish, a professional soldier and John Alden, a cooper) and other colonists who were to be taken along at the insistence of the London businessmen who were helping to finance the expedition.
     
     
      In the meantime the Leiden Separatist who had initiated the venture sailed for Southampton on July 22, 1620 with 35 members of the congregation and their leaders William Bradford and William Brewster aboard the 60-ton Speedwell. Both the Speedwell and the Mayflower carrying a total of about 120 passengers, sailed from Southampton on August 15 but they were twice forced back by dangerous leaks on the Speedwell. At the English port of Plymouth some of the Speedwell's passengers were regrouped on the Mayflower and on September 16th the historic voyage began.
     
     
      This time the Mayflower carried 102 passengers, only 37 of whom were from the Leiden congregation, in addition to the crew. The voyage took 65 days, during which two persons died. A boy, Oceanus Hopkins, was born at sea and another Peregrine White, was born as the ship lay at anchor off Cape Cod. The ship came in sight of Cape Cod on November 19 and sailed south. The colonists had been granted territory in Virginia but probably headed for a planned destination near the mouth of the Hudson River. The Mayflower turned back, however, and dropped anchor at Provincetown on November 21. That day 41 men signed the so-called Mayflower Compact, a "plantation covenant" modeled after a Separatist church covenant, by which they agreed to establish a "Civil Body Politic" (a temporary government) and to be bound by its laws. This agreement was thought necessary because there were rumors that some of the non-Separatists, called "Strangers," among the passengers would defy the Pilgrims if they landed in a place other than the specified in the land grant they received from the London Company. The compact became the basis of government in the Plymouth Colony. After it was signed, the Pilgrims elected John Carver their first Governor.
     
     
      After weeks of scouting for a suitable settlement area, the Mayflower's passengers finally landed at Plymouth on December 26, 1620.
     
     
      Although the Mayflower's captain and part-owner Christopher Jones, had threatened to leave the Pilgrims unless they quickly found a place to land, the ship remained at Plymouth during the first terrible winter of 1620-21, when half of the colonists died.
     
     
      The Mayflower left Plymouth on April 15, 1621 and arrived back in England on May 16.
     
     
      William Bradford's classic account of the Mayflower's voyage does not mention the ship by name, nor does it describe the vessel. In 1926, however, a model was constructed by R.C. Anderson from general information about late-16th-century merchant ships of its tonnage. This model, which is in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, gives the ship's dimensions as 90 ft (27.4m) long, with a 64-ft (19.5m) keel, 26-ft (7.9m) beam and a hold 11 ft (3.4m) deep. In 1957 a close replica of the Mayflower was sailed from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Mass., where it is on view.
     
     
      THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT
     
      NOVEMBER 11, 1620
     
     
      "IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. WE WHOSE NAMES ARE UNDERWRITTEN, THE LOYAL SUBJECTS OF OUR DREAD SOVEREIGN LORD KING JAMES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, AND HAVING UNDERTAKEN FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND THE HONOR OF OUR KING AND COUNTRY, A VOYAGE TO PLANT THE FIRST COLONY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA; DO BY THESE PRESENTS, SOLEMNLY AND MUTUALLY IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND ONE ANOTHER, COVENANT AND COMBINE OURSELVES TOGETHER INTO A CIVIL BODY POLITICK, FOR OUT BETTER ORDERING AND PRESERVATION, AND FURTHERANCE OF THE ENDS AFORESAID; AND BY VIRTUE HEREOF DO ENACT, CONSTITUTE, AND FRAME, SUCH JUST AND EQUAL LAWS, ORDINANCE, ACTS, CONSTITUTIONS, AND OFFICES, FROM TIME TO TIME, AS SHALL BE THOUGHT MOST MEET AND CONVENIENT FOR THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE COLONY; UNTO WHICH WE PROMISE ALL DUE SUBMISSION AND OBEDIENCE. IN WITNESS WHEREOF WE HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED OUR NAMES AT CAPE COD THE ELEVENTH OF NOVEMBER, IN THE REIGN OF OUR SOVEREIGN LORD KING JAMES OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, THE EIGHTEENTH AND OF SCOTLAND, THE FIFTY-FOURTH. ANNO DOMINI, 1620
     
Mr. John Carver
     Mr. Stephen Hopkins
     Mr. William Bradford
     Digery Priest
     Mr. Edward Winslow
     Thomas Williams
     Mr. William Brewster
     Gilbert Winslow
     Isaac Alerton
     Edmund Margesson
     Miles Standish
     Peter Brown
     John Alden
     Richard Bitteridge
     John Turner
     George Soule
     Francis Eaton
     Edward Tilly
     James Chilton
     John Tilly
     John Craxton
     Francis Cooke
     John Billington
     Thomas Rogers
     Joses Gletcher
     Thomas Tinker
     John Goodman
     John Ridgate
     Mr. Samuel Fuller
     Edward Fuller
     Mr. Christopher Martin
     Richard Clark
     Mr. William Mullins
     Richard Gardiner
     Mr. William White
     Mr. John Allerton
     Mr. Richard Warren
     Thomas English
     John Howland
     Edward Doten
     Edward Liester.

She was the daughter of NN---- NN----. She married William White on 1 July 1612 at Leyden, Holland.2,3 She was listed on a passenger list on 5 August 1620 at sailing on the "Mayflower". Susanna died circa 1654.1

Children of Susanna NN---- and William White

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 99.
  2. [S1] White, William, White, Thomas , pg 16,.
  3. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A. , pg 807.

William Vassall1

M, b. 27 August 1592, d. 1655
      William Vassall the first of his name who came to this country, was assistant in the Massachusetts Bay Company, and one of the original patentees of New England lands. At a formal meeting of the governor and company held October 15, 1629, he with others, was appointed "to go over," and in the next year he arrived in this country, but returned after a short stay, in the ship "Lyon" In Jun, 1635, he embarked with wife and six children on board the "Blessing," for New England was among the number who came into Scituate in 1634-1635, although the was not a member of Mr. Lothrop's church. He was a man of considerable fortune and of some importance both in England and in the Massachusetts Colony. A most beautiful tract of land on the river was granted him, by far the largest tract allotted to any one settler. It contained more than 150 acres and Vassall began at once his plantation, which he called "West Newland." The house that he built in 1635 upon the beautiful slope of uplands, commanding a glorious view of the rising sun across fern meadows was named "Belle House." It served its name most truly from its outlook.
     
     
      William and Samuel Vassall were original patentees of New England lands. They were sons of John Vassall, an alderman of London, a man of great wealth, who in 1588 fitted out and commanded two vessels which he gave to the British Navy, to help oppose the Spanish Armada. William and Samuel were officers of the Massachusetts Company in London. It is said that Samuel at one time was the owner of the Mayflower. His monument in King's Chapel, Boston was erected in 1766 by his great grandson. He never came to New England but removed early to Barbados.
     
     
      William Vassall was one of Craddock's assistants at the time that he was made acting Governor of the Massachusetts Company in London and John Endicott had been sent to govern affairs on this side. His first direct knowledge of Massachusetts lands was in 1630 when he came to New England with John Winthrop, returning to London in the Ship Lyon in 1631. He was on this side of the Atlantic when complaints were made by the colonists against Endicott's government and the settlers chose him and his brother Samuel as their referees to present their petition to Craddock in England. He must have been favorably impressed by the probable future of the colonies for he returned in June 1635, embarking with his wife and six children in the ship "Blessing" with the intention of making a home in the new lands toward the west. Leaving his family in Roxbury, he erected his home upon his new plantation, "West Newland", the year of his arrival. He found Scituate a home greatly to his liking and became a member of Mr. Lothrop's church. While there was more or less controversy in the church during the next three or four years, Mr. Vassall seems to have taken little active part in it. He was a well educated man, and had thought deeply on matters that were causing religious disagreement both in England and in the Colonies.
     
     
      When the Reverend Charles Chauncey was settled as Mr. Lothrop's successor in 1641. Mr. Vassall soon found himself in great disfavor with his new pastor who would endure no opposition to views that he felt his talents and learning should make acceptable to his parishioners without too much questioning on their part. Mr. Vassall's powers of persuasive argument may have been quite as much in his disfavor as the ideas that he entertained for he was quite the equal of his new pastor in religious argument and drew to his opinions many other church members as well as a number of new settlers who were taking up lands upon the river. The "Second Church of Christ" in Scituate was formed in Vassall's house on February 2, 1642.
     
     
      William Vassall had much to do with public affairs in the town. The earliest records extant are in his beautiful handwriting and that of Edward Foster as no town Clerk was appointed until 1636. He held no office in the Colonial Government, perhaps by his disinclination, but more likely because his opinions, both religious and social were greatly in advance of his time. In this relation, Deane says: "It is worthy of remark that most of the principles held by such men as Cudworth, Hatherly, Vassall and Roger Williams, for which they suffered the persecutions of the early Colonial Governments were such principles of civil and religious liberty as are now recognized to be the truest and best."
     
     
      Once embroiled in controversy, Mr. Vassal's argumentative disposition kept him in more or less trouble for the next few years. He espoused the cause of the people of Hingham in their protest against a decision of the court relative to their choice of a captain of the town militia and in 1646 was sent to Engalnd as one of their emissaries to present this protest to the government there. He met with no success on his errand and finding himself out of sympathy with colonial leaders, joined his brother Samuel in Barbadoes in 1648, without returning to Scituate. He died in the Parish of St. Michael's in 1655, leaving a will in which his son, Capt. John Vassall was named executor.
     
     
      After Jamaica was taken by the British, the Vassalls made large fortunes in Barbadoes. The family life in St. Michael's was one of lavish magnificence, combined with the crudest service. English visitors were shocked by the attire of the negro servants who waited on tables loaded with silver plate, in the scantiest of clothing and that often in tatters.
     
     
      All the Vassalls were Loyalists and fled the country with the British forces when Boston was evacuated. Their properties were confiscated and sold and some of them died in poverty. The Vassall house at Belle House Neck, Scituate purchased in 1662 by John Cushing is said to have been neither large nor imposing but it housed the Cushings of three generations and was the birthplace of Chief Justice William in 1732. In 1742, Judge John Cushing, 2d, built the house now standing on the property, the home of Roger Sherman Dix. It was owned by the descendants of John Cushing, fourth of the name; elder half brother of Judge William, until its sale in 1842 to David Briggs from whose son it was purchased by Mr. Dix.
     
     ______ Ashleys of the Old Colony, pages xxix-xxxii.
William was born on 27 August 1592.2 He was baptized on 27 August 1592. He was the son of John Vassall and Anne Russell. William applied for a marriage license to wed Ann King on 9 June 1613 at Cold Norton, county Essex, England.3,4,5 He married Ann King circa 1613 at Cold Norton, county Essex, England.6 William died in 1655 at Barbadoes.7

Children of William Vassall and Ann King

Citations

  1. [S329] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins.
  2. [S79] Pioneers of MA, Pope, Charles Henry , pg 470.
  3. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 99;.
  4. [S79] Pioneers of MA, Pope, Charles Henry , pg 470,.
  5. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A. , pg 766.
  6. [S232] NEHGR Volume XVII, (1863).
  7. [S79] Pioneers of MA, Pope, Charles Henry , pg470.

Ann King1,2

F, b. circa 1593
     Ann died. Ann was born circa 1593 at Cold Norton, county Essex, England. She was the daughter of George King. Ann applied for a marriage license to wed William Vassall on 9 June 1613 at Cold Norton, county Essex, England.3,4,5 She married William Vassall circa 1613 at Cold Norton, county Essex, England.6 Ann immigrated to (an unknown value) in July 1635.7

Children of Ann King and William Vassall

Citations

  1. [S161] Winthrop Fleet, Banks, Charles E.
  2. [S70] NEHGR, "unknown short article title."
  3. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 99;.
  4. [S79] Pioneers of MA, Pope, Charles Henry , pg 470,.
  5. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A. , pg 766.
  6. [S232] NEHGR Volume XVII, (1863).
  7. [S79] Pioneers of MA, Pope, Charles Henry , pg 470.

Peregrine White

M, b. December 1620, d. 22 July 1704
      Recognition of Peregrine as the first English child born in New England was given on 11 October 1655 when "in Respect that he was the first of the English that was borne in these parts. The Court have granted unto him two hundred Acres of Land Lying and being at the Path that goes from Bridgewater to the bay adjoining to the Bay line."

      "Marshfield, July 22, 1704, Captain Peregrine White of this town aged eighty three years, and eight months; died the 20th instant. He was vigorous and of a comly aspect to the last. Altho' he was in the former part of his life extravagant; yet was much reformed in his last years and died hopefully."
      [Boston News-Letter]
     
Peregrine was born in December 1620 at born on the Mayflower.1 He was the son of William White and Susanna NN----. Peregrine White On 6 March 1648/49 Peregrine White, born on the Mayflower, and his wife Sarah, both of Marshfield, were fined for fornication before marriage.

Peregrine died on 22 July 1704 at Marshfield, Massachusetts, at age 83.1

Citations

  1. [S46] Mayflower Families, 5 Generation Series , vol 1 pg 99.

NN---- NN----

M
     NN---- died.

Child of NN---- NN----

Leona Pearl Brown

F, b. 28 June 1886, d. 24 January 1980
     She married Burette Ezell Nolen. Leona was born on 28 June 1886.1 She was the daughter of Charles Ellsworth Brown and Rosaline Melcima Surrells. Leona Pearl Brown died on 24 January 1980 at Broward, FL, at age 93.

Child of Leona Pearl Brown and Burette Ezell Nolen

Citations

  1. [S371] Census, Robinson Twp., Crawford Co. IL 1900.

Dora Brown1

F, b. May 1892
Dora Brown
ca. 1930
     She married Jack Eggert. Dora was born in May 1892.2 She was the daughter of Charles Ellsworth Brown and Rosaline Melcima Surrells.

Citations

  1. [S628] Burgess Genealogy, Marvin, T.R. , p. 198.
  2. [S371] Census, Robinson Twp., Crawford Co. IL 1900.

Henry P. Miller

M, b. 6 August 1853, d. 15 October 1932
     Henry was born on 6 August 1853 at Trenton Falls, New York.1 He was the son of Rev. John C. Miller and Hannah NN----. He married Harriett Mills on 1 January 1883 at Marathon, New York.2 Henry P. Miller was buried in 1932 at Plot 8, Homer, NY. Henry died on 15 October 1932 at Cortland, Cortland, New York, at age 79.

Children of Henry P. Miller and Harriett Mills

Citations

  1. [S151] Census 1900, Cortland, NY , Dis. 93 SH. B6.
  2. [S151] Census 1900, Cortland, NY , Dis. 93 SH. B6, M/C Marathon.

Harriett Mills1

F, b. 15 September 1863, d. 5 July 1943
     Harriett was born on 15 September 1863 at Michigan.2,3 She was the daughter of Ranslaer Mills and Caroline Clark. Harriett Mills was Protestant - Methodist. She married Henry P. Miller on 1 January 1883 at Marathon, New York.4 Harriett died on 5 July 1943 at Cortland, Cortland, New York, at age 79.5,6

Obituary of Harriet Mills - 1943
     
      Rites Wednesday for Mrs. Miller at Cortland Home

     
     
      Cortland Mrs. Harriet Miller, 79 widow of Henry Miller, died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.H. Ashley, 94 Greenbush St. where she had lived for many years.
     
      Mrs. Miller,
was born September 15, 1863, in Michigan. Her father, Rensslaeler Mills, was a civil war veteran and her mother was Caroline Mills. Her parents moved from Homer to Michigan after her father's return from the war.
     
      For more than 50 years Mrs. Miller had lived in Cortland and was an active member of First Methodist church. One of the oldest members of that church, she taught a Sunday school class for more than 25 years. Her name was the first signed to the Women's Society for Christian Service. Her husband died 11 years ago in Cortland.
     
      Surviving are a son, Carrol H. Miller, of Binghamton: two daughters, Mrs. A.F. Russell, of Tuckahoe; and Mrs. T.H. Ashley of Cortland, several grandchildren and one great-grandchild, Glyndon H. Crocker III.
     
     
      Services will be held privately at 2:30pm, Wednesday at the home. Friends may call Tuesday evening, burial will be in the Glenwood Cemetery, Homer.
     
     

Children of Harriett Mills and Henry P. Miller

Citations

  1. [S282] Mills, Harriet Obit, Mills, Harriet Obit.
  2. [S151] Census 1900, Cortland, NY , Dis. 93 SH. B6,.
  3. [S223] Mills, 1880 Census Cortland.
  4. [S151] Census 1900, Cortland, NY , Dis. 93 SH. B6, M/C Marathon.
  5. [S282] Mills, Harriet Obit, Mills, Harriet Obit , Cortland Standard.
  6. [S590] Unknown volume, Mills, Harriett (DC): DC Cortland NY, 5 July 1943, unknown repository.

Mabel Miller

F, b. 29 May 1886, d. 21 October 1962
     Mabel was born on 29 May 1886 at Homer, Cortland County, New York.1 She was the daughter of Henry P. Miller and Harriett Mills.
      Mable Miller, attended Cortland High School and was graduated from Cortland State Normal School in 1909. She taught at Huntington, Long Island where she was Supervisor of Music and Drawing for three years. She then taught in Yonkers, New York and Tuckahoe, New York.
She married Andrew Francis Russell before 1918. Mabel died on 21 October 1962 at Homer, Cortland County, New York, at age 76.

Children of Mabel Miller and Andrew Francis Russell

Citations

  1. [S151] Census 1900, Cortland, NY , Dis. 93 SH. B6.

Carrol H. Miller

M, b. 23 January 1885
     Carrol was born on 23 January 1885 at Homer, Cortland County, New York.1 He was the son of Henry P. Miller and Harriett Mills. Carrol Miller, attended Cortland State Normal School and was graduated from Albany Business College. He was an auditor in the Marine Midland Bank of Binghamton. He married Edith Shaffer circa 1918.

Child of Carrol H. Miller and Edith Shaffer

Citations

  1. [S151] Census 1900, Cortland, NY , Dis. 93 SH. B6.

Harry H. Miller

M, b. 1814, d. 29 November 1871
Not Harry's group, but what it most likely looked like.
     Harry was born in 1814 at Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York.1 He married Angeline Bates before 1841.1 Harry H. Miller began military service on 22 August 1862 at Company H, 157th Regiment, Homer, Cortland, NY. Harry died on 29 November 1871.

Children of Harry H. Miller and Angeline Bates

Citations

  1. [S150] Census 1855, Cortland, NY , HO-399.

Angeline Bates

F, b. circa 1822, d. 15 December 1889
     Angeline was born circa 1822 at Cortland, Cortland, New York.1 She was the daughter of Joseph Bates and Amelia "Millie" Babcock. She married Harry H. Miller before 1841.1 Angeline died on 15 December 1889 at Homer, Cortland, NY. She was buried in 1889 at Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, Cortland, NY; Glenwood Cemetery, Cortland Co., Homer, NY: MILLER Angeline wife of Henry H. d. December 15 , 1889 aged 68 yrs; lot 52 sec 12.

Children of Angeline Bates and Harry H. Miller

Citations

  1. [S150] Census 1855, Cortland, NY , HO-399.

Ranslaer Mills

M, b. 1824, d. 17 December 1884
     Ranslaer was born in 1824 at Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York.1,2 He appeared on the census of 1850 at Truxton, Cortland, NY. He married Ann or Nancy NN----. Ranslaer Mills appeared on the census of 1855 at state census, Homer, Cortland, NY. He married Caroline Clark in 1859 at Homer, Cortland County, New York.3 Ranslaer Mills began military service on 13 January 1864 at Herkimer, New York,
Ranslaer Mills
     
     Residence:          Occupation:     
     Service Record:          
     Enlisted as a Private on 13 January 1864 at the age of 39
Enlisted in Company A, 16th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 13 January 1864.
Mustered out Company A, 16th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 21 August 1865 in Washington, DC
The 16th NY Artillery, Companies B, D, and F
The Artillery Representation of Herkimer County


From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by F.W. Beers & Co., New York. 1879
This regiment was raised and organized in the State of New York at large, and commanded by Colonel Joseph J. Morrison. It was mustered into service from September 28th, 1863 to January 28th, 1864. Entering the service as it did after the worst was over (no reflection on the good will of the men) it was not given an opportunity to distinguish itself like many other regiments of the kind.

The first action in which the Herkimer county members of 16th engaged was inaugurated on April 26th, 1864, when a detachment of 1,150 men of the regiment, including those from Herkimer county, embarked on board transports at Yorktown, Va., for a point known as Bermuda Hundred, under command of Major Thomas I. Strong. Arriving there on the afternoon of the 27th, they marched five miles and bivouacked for the night, and the next morning marched six miles and camped near Hatch's Farm. After having been there a short time the 16th was attached to the 2nd brigade, 1st division, 10th army corps. On the 9th of August 600 men of the detachment went to Dutch Gap to dig on a camp. On the 15th they were severely shelled by the rebels, losing a few men. On the 16th they advanced and drove the enemy from Signal Hill, and held the position until the next day, then fell back to Dutch Gap.

The object in taking Signal Hill was to divert the attention of the enemy from other points. On the 19th the force returned to Hatch's Farm, and remained there until the 24th of August, when it started for the trenches in front of Petersburg, where it remained until the 24th of September, and had plenty to do. Captain O. W. Beach, of Company F, in a letter to Little Falls Journal under date of "Camp Laurel Hill, October 15th, 1864" said: "While in the trenches we lost several men killed and wounded and a few by disease. On the 24th of September we were relieved by the 2nd corps and taken back about two miles to prepare for other duties. We rested four days; then started out with all sorts of conjectures as to our destination, and marched about fifteen miles, arriving at Deep Bottom at 1 o' clock , A. M., very tired and thirsty. Water in this section is very scarce, and it is with much difficulty that we can obtain it at many times. At 4 o' clock, A. M., September 29th we were ordered to leave knapsacks and prepare ourselves in light marching order. The 10th and 18th corps then advanced upon Deep Bottom and routed the enemy, driving them to within three miles of Richmond. At night we returned four miles, and camped for the night. October 1st we made a reconnaissance in forces within one and a half miles of Richmond. The 2nd brigade had the advance. We have three regiments in our brigade that are armed with Spencer rifles, and as they are equal to seven men each on account of their breech-loading proclivities, we have to take the lead generally. The 16th was drawn up in line of battle as a reserve to the sharpshooters, who were deployed out as skirmishers, and thus we advanced to within a short distance of the outer line of defenses around Richmond. As we cross an open field we could plainly see the rebs load and point their cannons upon us. I am happy to say that though thus exposed we lost but a few men. Having satisfied ourselves as to the strength of the enemy, we marched back to the place we started from and camped, where we remained until the morning of the 7th. We were then ordered in line of battle and moved out in a piece of woods to await the approach of the enemy, who soon made their appearance. We received them with a sharp volley of musketry, and for fifty minutes there was an incessant fire kept up from both sides. At length the enemy, finding they could neither break our lines nor stand our fire, fell back. By this movement, I am proud to say, we gained a goodly number of prisoners. The 16th, by their conduct, gained for themselves a name that will be a credit to the State which they hail from."

"Our commanding general gave us great praise for the prompt manner in which we maintained our share of the battle. We had but 550 men engaged, and lost 68 killed and wounded, which was more then the rest of the brigade lost. On the 13th we again advanced in force and had a brisk fight with the enemy about three miles from Richmond."

"We are daily expecting to make another move of some kind, but to me it is a mystery what it will be. A soldier never knows what is in store for him."

The regiment (besides John Clark, of Little Falls, Company A) were over one hundred private soldiers from Herkimer county, as follows.

He appeared on the census of 1865 at state census, Homer, Cortland, NY. Ranslaer died on 17 December 1884 at Glenwood Cem., Homer, NY, Homer, Cortland County, New York.4

Children of Ranslaer Mills and Caroline Clark

Citations

  1. [S149] Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, NY , Lot26, Sec 8,.
  2. [S223] Mills, 1880 Census Cortland.
  3. [S80] Warren, Arthur, Foster, Warren W. , (ADDENDA BY FLORENCE ASHLEY).
  4. [S149] Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, NY , Lot 26, Sect. 8.

Caroline Clark

F, b. 12 July 1838, d. 1920
     Caroline was born on 12 July 1838 at Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Edward Clark and Mariah Baker. She married Ranslaer Mills in 1859 at Homer, Cortland County, New York.4 Caroline died in 1920 at Cortland, Cortland, New York.1,5

Children of Caroline Clark and Ranslaer Mills

Citations

  1. [S80] Warren, Arthur, Foster, Warren W. , (Addenda by: Florence Ashley),.
  2. [S149] Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, NY , Lot 26 Sec 8,.
  3. [S223] Mills, 1880 Census Cortland.
  4. [S80] Warren, Arthur, Foster, Warren W. , (ADDENDA BY FLORENCE ASHLEY).
  5. [S149] Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, NY , Lot 26 Sec. 8.