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Kelton, Thomas

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Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
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Published: 16 Jan 2015
Updated: 19 Mar 2020
Researchers: Pamela Dickinson Greenwood, Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

Thomas Kelton, #16 on the “Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory”

Name variations: Kilton, Carlton, Kelton, Keltone, Kelson

Contributed by Dr. Andrew Millard in July 2018:
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 247, Thomas is categorized as: Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Kelton/Kelson, Thomas. Residences: Lynn, Boston MA. Appears: 1653. D.1699. [Exiles; Banks; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

First Generation in the New World

1. THOMAS¹ KELTON, was born in Scotland and died at Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts on 18 Oct 1699.1 He married at Boston by 1661, SUSANNA (_____).2

Biographical Notes:
1. Thomas is believed to be a Scottish prisoner of war from the Battle of Dunbar at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland on 3 Sep 1650, arriving at Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ketch, Unity, in late December 1650.
2. Kelton, Jean Ardyce. The Saga of Thomas Kelton: The New Kend Grun (The Land That I Know), (19 Jul 2007) available at Amazon.com.
3. “Kelton. of local origin from the village of Kelton in the parish of the same name, Kirkcudbrightshire. John Keltone in Bordland, 1685 (Dumfries),” page 391.
From: Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948. The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin, Meaning and History, (New York : New York Public Library & Readex Books, 1962.)
4. SEE: Kelton Family Items by Dwight H. Kelton, c1895.

Kelton Family Items by Dwight H. Kelton c1895

The surnames of Scotland, their origin meaning and history ... Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948.
The surnames of Scotland, their origin meaning and history … Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948.

“*Kelton, Thomas – In 1651 was hired out to collier Thomas Looke for three years. In 1653 he made twelve loads of charcoal, and also had mining tools purchased for him. He was living at Lynn in 1657, and may be the Thomas Kelton who was later at Reading.” ~ transcribed from document below. [The ship Unity arrived in late December 1650 so Thomas being hired out in 1651 fits for him being on the Unity rather than the John and Sara, as the John and Sara did not arrive until the spring of 1652.~Teresa]

Children of THOMAS¹ and SUSANNA (_____) KELTON:
2. ii. JOHN² KELTON, (Thomas¹), born at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts on 15 Aug 1661.3
2. iii. ELIZABETH² KELTON, (Thomas¹), b. at Reading, Suffolk, Massachusetts on 21 Dec 1663.
2. iv. SUSANNA² KELTON, b. at Reading on 23 May 1666
2. v. JANE² KELTON, born at Massachusetts in 1667. M., THOMAS ELLIS.
2. vi. SARAH² KELTON, born at Boston on 18 May 1671.4
2. vii. MARY² KELTON, b. at Boston in 1675
2. viii. LYDIA² KELTON, b. at Boston in 1676
2. i. THOMAS² KELTON, (Thomas¹), born at Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts in 1658.

Second Generation

2. ii. JOHN² KELTON, (Thomas¹), was born at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts on 15 or 17 Aug 1661,5,6 and died at Boston in 1726/7, will dated 11 Jan 1726/7.7 He married at Boston before 1691, LYDIA HALSEY.8 Lydia is his widow in his will.

Children of John and Lydia (Halsey) Kelton:
3. JOHN³ KELTON, (John², Thomas¹), was born at Boston on 17 Aug 1691.9 He married at Boston on 10 Apr 1718, LYDIA ELKINS.10 They were married in Boston, by Joseph Sewall. John Kelton, of Boston, mariner, made a willAug. 23, 1720, and mentions wife Lydia. This will was probated Jan. 11, 1727, showing he died, or was lost at sea, just previous.

4. KATHERINE KELTON, b. at Boston on 14 Oct 1722.
4. JOHN KELTON, b. at Boston on 27 Mar 1725. (Perhaps the John who went from Dorchester, in French and Indian War of 1756-8. See N. E. Genealogical Register, vol. xxv.,p. 24).11

3. THOMAS³ KELTON, b. in 1694.
3. JAMES³ KELTON,
3. HALSEY³ KELTON,

2. iii. ELIZABETH² KELTON, (Thomas¹), was born at Reading, Suffolk, Massachusetts on 21 Dec 1663.12

2. iv. SUSANNA² KELTON, (Thomas¹), was born at Reading on 23 May 1666.13

2. v. JANE² KELTON, (Thomas¹), was born at Massachusetts in 1667 and died at Milton on 18 Jan 1706.14 She married at Boston on 09 Oct 1701, THOMAS ELLIS.15

2. vi. SARAH² KELTON, (Thomas¹), born at Boston on 18 May 1671.4

2. vii. MARY² KELTON, (Thomas¹), b. at Boston in 1675
2. viii. LYDIA² KELTON, (Thomas¹), b. at Boston in 1676

2. i. THOMAS² KELTON, (Thomas¹), was born at Milton in 1658 and die about 1706. He married at Milton, on 25 Mar 1685, JANE BLAKE,16 daughter of EDWARD and PATIENCE (POPE) BLAKE.1

Biographical Notes:
He was a soldier in 1690 under Sir William Phipps.1

Children of THOMAS and JANE (BLAKE) KELTON:
3. i. THOMAS³ KELTON, (Thomas², Thomas¹), was born at Milton on 08 Apr 1687.17 and probably died at Rehoboth, MA on 20 Jan 1730. He married, SARAH (_____).

Children of Thomas³ and Sarah (_____) Kelton:
4. AMIE/ANN KELTON, (Thomas³, Thomas², Thomas¹),was born at Rehoboth on 09 Oct 1726.18,11

3. ii. JONATHAN³ KELTON, (Thomas², Thomas¹), was baptized at Milton on 14 Dec 1691 and probably died on 09 Apr 1752. He married, first, on 14 Feb 1718, MARY BIRD, daughter of THOMAS BIRD. She died at Dorchester on 07 May 1738.19 He married, second, on 06 Dec 1739, ESTHER BUMSTEAD.

Children of Jonathan and Mary (Bird) Kelton:
4. MARY KELTON, b. at Dorchester on 11 Dec 1718 and died at Dorchester on 25 Aug 1744.20,11
4. SOLOMAN KELTON, b. at Dorchester, on 04 Dec 1723.21 He married at Dorchester on 07 Oct 1746, MARGARET LEEDS. “Solomon Kilton, & Margaret Leeds Junr. both of Dorchester, were Married By Ye Revd. Mr. Jona. Bowman on Octr. 7th. 1746.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7693/223/142212441))

3. iii. SOLOMAN³ KELTON, (Thomas², Thomas¹), was born at Milton on 09 May 1693.22,

3. iv. JOHN³ KELTON, (Thomas², Thomas¹), was born at Milton on 12 Sep 1695.23 and died at Rehoboth on 17 Apr 1765. He married at Milton on 14 Aug 1722, SARAH BABCOCK.24,25 She was the daughter of ENOCH and SUSANNA (GREGORY) BABCOCK of Milton.1

Biographical Notes:
He served as a private in the expedition to Louisbourg 1745.1 SEE: Siege of Louisbourg 1745 at Wikipedia.

Children of John and Sarah (Babcock) Kelton:
4. JOHN KELTON, (John³, Thomas², Thomas¹), was born at Rehoboth on 24 Jun 1724.26
4. ENOCH KELTON, (John³, Thomas², Thomas¹), was born on 19 Jun 1726 and died at Warwick on 31 Mar 1812. He married on 23 Dec 1746, ALITHIA HICKS, and later moved to Warwick. He was a soldier in the French and Indian Wars of 1758.1

5. AMOS KELTON, b. at Rehoboth on 11 Mar 1760

3. v. EDWARD³ KELTON, (Thomas², Thomas¹), b. Milton 1699

Children of Edward and
4. JANE KELTON, (Edward³, Thomas², Thomas¹), She married at Dorchester on 19 Mar 1746, SAMUEL WITHINGTON.27

For more information please contact the descendants/researchers of Thomas Kelton. Thank you!

SOURCES AND NOTES:

Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 (15)

Regan, Janet and Curtis White. Hammersmith Through the Historical Texts,
“About 17 Scots were subcontracted to the colliers (charcoal makers) and other plant workers. Accounting records show that a few of the Scots received wages from the Company for skilled work. For example, James Adams was paid for managing ox teams, James Gourdan for mining, Thomas Kelton for mining and coaling,…”

Iron Works Document supplied by James McCall
Iron Works Document supplied by Ray Rolla McCall

Massachusetts Historical Society: Lists of Scots Removed to New England as Prisoners by Oliver Cromwell in 1651

RootsWeb: Noma L. Kelton Henderson’s File 31 Dec 2015

Pamela Greenwood wrote:
“I had started my research on the Keltons with Dwight H Kelton’s genealogy published in 1895, “Kelton Family Items” (KFI), and an historical fiction authored by Jean Ardyce Kelton titled “The Saga of Thomas Kelton,” which has been useful in its own way. The author chose Parish of Kelton, Presbytery of Kirkcudbright, Synod of Galloway, Scotland as the possible birthplace for Thomas Kelton, and I have found that many family trees have taken that as fact, seemingly without any other source. Seeing that one of the goals of the group is to establish the lineage in Scotland, I am eager for ways I can begin that research, or participate in any ongoing activity.

To my knowledge, no birthdate for Thomas Kelton has been passed down. Nor has the lineage of his wife Susanna, including her birth, death, or even their marriage. Their first documented child, John, was born in Boston in 1661. Recorded births of four subsequent children are in Reading and Boston. A few children are added by KFI on speculation. And as far as I’ve discovered, there is not a birth or death record for the son Thomas, who married Jane Blake in 1685 and is the main descendant whose line is followed. In trying to confirm birth, marriage, and death dates (as found in town records), I’ve raised as many questions as are answered.

I am also trying to document as well as I can my own line back to Thomas. I can confidently trace back to Stephen Smith Kelton, said to be born in 1802, 1803, or 1805 in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. There doesn’t seem to be an official birth record for him. The only source I can find for his parentage and birthdate is a Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) application made by a great-grandson in 1942, which gives his parents as James Kelton Jr and Sally Merrifield, along with dates for their births and deaths and marriage. This James Kelton Jr is said to be an American Revolution patriot. However, no official vital records have been found to match any of the dates provided. Any connection to a patriot in the American Revolution does not seem to be proved by today’s standards.

Most Kelton family trees have Stephen Smith Kelton’s parents as James Kelton Jr and Sally Merrifield, then trace James Jr as son of a James Kelton who is the son of Solomon, the son of Jonathan, the son of Thomas, the son of Scots POW Thomas.

Meanwhile, I continue to search for all the official and contemporary to the time source information I can find. I’m wondering if there are other Kelton researchers in the group. Also looking for tips from others regarding new avenues of research for their SPOW ancestors. And I’m simply enjoying and learning from the ongoing discussions! ~ Pamela Dickinson Greenwood, SPOW Ancestor Thomas Kelton (abt 1630-1699)

  1. Lewis Dary of Norton, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants by Dary, George Allen, (1842-). 1903, Boston found at Hathi Trust Digital Library, page 20. [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩]
  2. “KELTON, Thomas & Susanna ____; by 1661; Boston/Reading {Kelton 1, 2; Shurtleff 1:319}” New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21175/881/426893036 [↩]
  3. “John of John & Lydia Kelton born Aug. 17.” Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883.
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/i/30233/196/723608223 [↩]
  4. “Sarah of Thomas & Susanna Kelton born May 18.” Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883.
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/rd/30233/119/723603522 [↩] [↩]
  5. “John of Thomas & Susanna Kelton born Aug.15, 1661.” Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/rd/30233/79/723601097 [↩]
  6. “John of John & Lydia Kelton born Aug. 17.” Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883.
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1646/i/30233/196/723608223 [↩]
  7. Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48704/5374-co1/1416795257 [↩]
  8. KELTON, John & Lydia [HALSEY?]; by 1691; Boston {Kelton 2}” New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/881/426893034 [↩]
  9. “John Kelton, Mother Lydia” Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/rd/14226/11775/260119016 [↩]
  10. “*John Kelton & Lydia Elkins Married By Rev. Mr. Joseph Sewall Presbytn. on Apr. 10, 1718” Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB174/rd/7456/76/248378874 [↩]
  11. Kelton Family Items by Dwight H. Kelton c1895. http://rs5.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2007/20070619041ke/20070619041ke.pdf [↩] [↩] [↩]
  12. “Elizabeth, d. of Thom[as], Dec. 21,1663.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7781/136/142068915 [↩]
  13. “Susannah, d, of Thomas, Mar. 23, 1666.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7781/136/142069217 [↩]
  14. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13282/219/238485932 [↩]
  15. “Thomas Ellis & Jane Kelton Married By Pen Townsend Esq. on Oct. 9, 1701” Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB174/rd/7456/4/248373935 [↩]
  16. “KELTON, Thomas & Jane BLAKE (1658-); 25 Mar 1685; Milton {Kelton 2; Pope 7, 69; Shurtleff 1:318; Sv. 1:192; Blake (1898) 34}” New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21175/881/426893037 [↩]
  17. “Thomas, Son of Thomas, April 8, 1687” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/13282/42/238482023 [↩]
  18. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14010/657/998893022 [↩]
  19. “Mary Kilton Wife of Jonathan Kilton Died May 7th. 1738, In ye 40th. Year of her Age.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7693/138/142210032 [↩]
  20. “Inscriptions From The Old Burial Ground In Dorchester, MS.” Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/rd/21070/238/1426618105 [↩]
  21. “Solomon the Son of Jonathan & Mary Kelton was born the 4th day of Decemr 1723” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7693/72/142207914 [↩]
  22. “Salloman, son of Thomas and Jane, May 9, 1693” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/13282/42/238482023 [↩]
  23. “John, son of Thomas and Jane, Sept 12, 1695” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/13282/42/238482023 [↩]
  24. “John Kelton & Sarah Badcock Married By Mr. Peter Thacher on Milton. Aug. 14, 1722” Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB174/i/7456/313/248396291 [↩]
  25. “John Kelton and Sarah Badcock, both of Milton …. Aug. 14, 1722” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/13282/141/238484446 [↩]
  26. “John, of John and Sarah, June 24, 1724” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/14010/657/998892995 [↩]
  27. “Samuel Withington Junr. & Jane Kilton, both of Dorchester, March 19, 1746. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7693/223/142212441 [↩]

Webster, James

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Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
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Published on: 15 Dec 2014, Updated: 4 Apr 2019

James Webster, #106 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list1

IMPORTANT UPDATE! (Jul 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650,2 (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 252, James is categorized as:

Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Webster, James. Residences: Boston MA. Appears: 1658. D.aft.1688. A founder of Scot’s Charitable Society. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8]34156

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.


First Generation in the New World

1. JAMES¹ WEBSTER, “a Scottishman,” was born in Scotland. He married at Boston on 14 Feb 1658, MARY HAY, an Irish maid.

Biographical Notes:
WEBSTER, JAMES, admitted as a founder member of the Scot Charitable Society of Boston on 6 January 1657.[SCS] Source: Scots in New England, 1623-1873, David Dobson, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 2002, pg 228.

“James Webster, a Scottishman was married to Mary Hay, an Irish maid, the 14th of February, 1658″

Children of James and Mary (Hay) Webster:
2. i. JAMES² WEBSTER, (James¹), b. at Boston on 16 July 1659. Married, MARY DAWES.
2. ii. THOMAS² WEBSTER, (James¹), b. at Boston on 11 January 1661
2. iii. JOHN² WEBSTER, (James¹), born at Boston on 5 August 1664
2. iv. WILLIAM² WEBSTER, (James¹), born at Boston on 25 Mar 1667
2. v. ELIZABETH² WEBSTER, (James¹), born at Boston on 14 May 1670
2. vi. MARY² WEBSTER, (James¹), born at Boston on 9 Dec 1672

Second Generation

2. i. JAMES² WEBSTER, (James¹), b. at Boston on 16 July 1659. Married, MARY DAWES.

Children of James and Mary (Dawes) Webster:
 3. i. MARY WEBSTER, (James², James¹), b.Boston in 1686.
3. ii. JAMES WEBSTER, (James², James¹), b.Boston in 1688.
3. iii. ELIZABETH WEBSTER, (James², James¹), b. Boston in 1690.
3. iv. REBECCA WEBSTER, (James², James¹), b. Boston in 1691.
3. v. SUSANNA WEBSTER, (James², James¹), b. Boston in 1693.

2. ii. THOMAS² WEBSTER, (James¹), b. at Boston on 11 January 1661
2. iii. JOHN² WEBSTER, (James¹), born at Boston on 5 August 1664
2. iv. WILLIAM² WEBSTER, (James¹), born at Boston on 25 Mar 1667
2. v. ELIZABETH² WEBSTER, (James¹), born at Boston on 14 May 1670
2. vi. MARY² WEBSTER, (James¹), born at Boston on 9 Dec 1672

SOURCES AND NOTES:

PDF Link for the following documentation: Webster, James (1)

James Webster
Name – Webster, James – Case Will – No. 1695
Source: Index to the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts. From the year 1636 to and including the year 1893. ; Prepared Under the Supervision of Elijah George, Register of Probate and Insolcency for the County of Suffolk. Volume III. – P-Z.; Boston: Rockwell and Churchill City Printers.; 1895.

Names of such person who tooke the Oath of Allegiance in Boston: 11th Novembr 1678. Administered by the Honorbe John Leverett Esqr Governor…..
Session of 29 October, 1678…..James Webster…
Source: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume XXX; Collections., Boston, Published by the Society 1933; Records of the Suffolk County Court 1671-1680 Part II; pg 964.

1681.-Division No. 4
“No. 4. Maior Sanag his company.”

James Webster
Source: First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876, Second Edition, 1881.; Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. ; 1881.;City Document No. 92; Pg. 72.
Does Jeams = James ?

Separate lists for the four companies marked with a star have been found, and are as follows:-
“Capt. Daniell Turells List of the Rate For the worke house.
W. Mr. Webster
Source: First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876, Second Edition, 1881.; Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1881.,City Document No. 92; Pg. 80.

Endorsed: “Capt. Sauages Comp” £ 37.10. For ye Work House”
“Persons in Capt Sauages Comp that have not payd.”
Ja. Webster senior promised
Ja. Webster junior
Source: First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876, Second Edition, 1881.; Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1881.;City Document No. 92; Pg. 80.

1686.- Tax List for One Division.
The following list contains the assessment for one division of the town. The amounts assessed are omitted in printing:-
“Acoppie of A towne rate Committed to Henery Emes Countstable to Collect 1686.”

  1. James Webste
    Source: First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876, Second Edition, 1881., Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1881.,City Document No. 92; Pg.83.

Sheet No. 4

James Webster
Source: First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876, Second Edition, 1881., Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1881.,City Document No. 92; Pg. 106, 108.

Appendix.

  1. Sheet No. 4.

James Webster senr,
Source: First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876, Second Edition, 1881., Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1881.,City Document No. 92; Pg.139.

1688.- Sheet No. 1.

Appendix.
James Webster
Source: First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, 1876, Second Edition, 1881.; Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1881.,City Document No. 92; Pg. 143.

City Document No. 50 pg 16
City Document No. 50., pg 25
City Document No. 50. Pg. 146
City Document No. 50. Pg 149.
City Document No. 50. Pg 164
City Document No. 50., pg 178

Source of aforementioned City Document No. 50: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, containing the Boston Records from 1660 to 1701.; Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street., 1881.

MARRIAGE
1658.
Town.
James Webster a Scotishman and Mary Hay an Irish maid were married 14th Feb.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699.; Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1883.; pg. 64-67.

WEBSTER, James (-1689) & Mary Hay; 14 Feb 1658; Boston
Source: Torrey, Clarence Almon; With a revised Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts; New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley; Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; 1992; Pg. 789.

1658 Feb 14 James Webster Scottish man married to Mary Hay Irish maiden by John Endecott Gov.
Source: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.; A Register of Publishments and Marriages in Boston; 1646 to 1799; Book 1646; pg. 129.

Source: Holbrook, Jay Mack; Massachusetts, Vital Records, Boston 1630-1849; Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, Massachusetts, 1985;Marriages 1651-1662.

James Webster, a Scottishman was married to Mary Hay, an Irish maid, the 14th of February, 1658
Source: Boston Transcript of County Records, 1643-1660, Vol 1, Contains Births, Marriages deaths from 1630-1666, Pg. 463.

14th of Feby 1657 Webster James (a Scotish man) Mary Hay an Irish Maiden) Married by John Endecott Gov.
Source: Holbrook, Jay Mack; Massachusetts Vital Records Boston 1630-1849; Holbrook Research Institute Oxford, Massachusetts, 1984., pg 129.

James Webste, a Scotish man, was marryed to Mary Hay, an Irish maide, the 14th of Febr. 1658
Source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; Volume XVIII; for the year 1864; Albany: J. Munsell, 78 State Street, 1864; pg. 333

CHILDREN

JAMES
Webster James, the son of James Webster, and of Mary, his wife born the 16th of July 1659.
Source: Boston Transcript of County Records, 1643-1660; Vol 1; Contains Births, Marriages Deaths from 1630-1666.; Pg. 405.

1659.
Town.
James of James & Mary Webster born 16th July.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699,; pg. 68-69

Webster. James the sonne of James Webster & Mary his wife borne 16 July 59.

Source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Published Quarterly, under the Patronage of the New England Historic = Genealogical Society, For the Year 1861.; Volume XV.; Boston: Samuel G. Drake, Publisher, 13 Bromfield Street.1861; Pg. 134.

Source: Holbrook, Jay Mack; Massachusetts Vital Records, Boston 1630-1849; Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, Massachusetts, 1985; Pg. 58-59.

Webster James, Son of James Webster and Mary his Wife born 16 July 1659
Thomas, Son of James Webster and Mary his Wife born 11 Janry 1661
John, Son of James Webster and Mary his Wife born 5 August 1664
Source: Boston Births 1635-1744, Registry of Births and Deaths within ye Town of Boston in New England Beginning Anno 1630 & forward to the year 1644.

Listings are alphabetical

Source: Holbrook, Jay Mack; Massachusetts Vital Records, Boston 1630-1849; Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford Massachusetts, 1985.; Pg. 58.

THOMAS

Webster. Thomas ye sonne of Thomas Webster & of Mary his wife borne 11th January 1661.
Source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Published Quarterly, Under the Patronage of the New England Historic = Genealogical Society, For the Year 1862.; Volume XVI.; Albany: J. Munsell, 78 State Street. 1862; Pg. 46.

Source: Pope, Charles Henry; The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire 1623-1660; Boston, Mass., Published by Charles H. Pope, 221 Columbus Avenue; 1908;

Pg. 226.

JOHN
1664.
Town.
John of James & Mary Webster born Aug. 5.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699, pg. 91-93.

WILLIAM
1667.
Town.
William of James & Mary Webster born Mar. 25.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699; Pg.104-105.

…William Webster, son of John and Mary (Hay) Webster, a Scottish and Irish family, held the offices of constable, tithing man, viewer of shingles, and measurer of planks and timber from 1709.
Source: Hamilton, Marsha L.; “Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts”; Atlantic Connections; The Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, Pennsylvania, 2009; Pg. 130.

Note: John Webster…..I believe since they named Mary Hay as William’s mother a mistake has been made and it should be James…….There is however a John Webster in Boston at the same time as James. I tried to contact the author with no reply.

WROE AND WILLIAM’S DEED.
Baker, Prout and others, select men of the Town of Boston, sell to Joshua Wroe and Jonathan Williams, executors of William Webster, shopkeeper, decd, a piece of Land at the lower end of Sudbury Stree, in Boston, March 7th 1727. Said land bounded south east on Sudbury stree, 59 feet: north east on Mr. Burgess, 48 ft. :northwest by the Mill Pond, 52 ft. south west on the highway or vacant land, 45 ft.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, containing Miscellaneous Papers.; Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1886.; Pg 87.

ELIZABETH
1670.
Town.
Elizabeth of James & Mary Webster born May 14.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699; Pg.113-116.

MARY
1672.
Town.
Mary of James & Mary Webster born Dec. 9.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699; Pg.122-125.

Webster, James (1659-1711) & Mary [DAWES] (1664-); by 1680?, b 1686: Boston
Source: Torrey, Clarence Almon; New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley; Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; 1992; Pg. 789.

James Webster (James) and Mary Dawes children
JOHN (My branch of the family tree)

Can’t find definitive documentation he is the son of James and Mary

The following are the names of heads of families in the town of Richmond in 1774, two years previous to the declaration of independence…..James Webster, 10;…..John Webster, 9;….
Source: Cole, J.R.; History of Washington and Kent Counties, Rhode Island; New York: W.W. Preston & Co.; 1889; Pg. 705.

John Webster voted as one of 6 Town Councilmen for the remainder of the year, 1747. Richmond was made a town in 1747 and the first town meeting was held August 28, 1747.
Source: Cole, J.R.; History of Washington and Kent Counties, Rhode Island; New York: W.W. Preston & Co.; 1889; Pg. 706.

John Webster was a town clerk of Richmond from 28th Aug 1747 to June 1751 and from June 1750-June 1751.
Source: Cole, J.R.; History of Washington and Kent Counties, Rhode Island; New York: W.W. Preston & Co.; 1889; Pg. 710.

John Webster from a list of all Freemen of Westerly RI, from the first Settlement thereof to 1727.
Source: Denison, Rev. Frederic; Westerly (Rhode Island) and its Witnesses, form Two Hundred and Fidty Years., 1626-1876.; Providence: Published by J. A. & R. A. Reid.; 1878.; Pg. 152.

MARY
1686.
Town.
Mary of James & Mary Webster born July 15.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699; Pg.167-171.

JAMES
1688.
Town.
James of James & Mary Webster born Aug. 27.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699; Pg.178-182.

ELIZABETH
1690.
Town.
Eliza. Of James & Mary Webster born Aug. 14.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699; Pg.188-191.

REBECCA
1691.
Town.
Rebecca of James & Mary Webster born Dec. 3.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699; Pg.195-198.

SUSANNA
1693.
Town.
Susanna of James & Mary Webster born June7.
Source: A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699; Pg.205-208.

The Names of such persons who tooke the Oath of Allegiance in Boston: 11th Novembr 1678. Administred by the Honorble John Leverett Wsqr Governor

James Webster
Source: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts; Volume XXX; Boston, Published by the Society; 1933; Records of the Suffolk County Court, 1671-1680, Part II; Pg. 962-964.
This may be James Webster Jr.

SESSION OF 27 JULY, 1675

MORPHEY SENTENCD
Brian Morphey being complained of by Mary Webster for Strikeing & abuseing of her: The Court having heard & considered of his offence, doe Sentense him to pay ten Shillings in mony as a fine to the County with charges of prosecution & fees of Court standing committed until the Sentence bee performed.
Source: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts; Volume XXX; Boston, Published by the Society; 1933; Records of the Suffolk County Court, 1671-1680, Part II; Pg. 631-632..

This may be Mary Dawes not Mary Hay.

WEBSTER, JAMES, admitted as a founder member of the Scot Charitable Society of Boston on 6 January 1657.[SCS]
Source: Scots in New England, 1623-1873, David Dobson, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 2002, pg 228.

Source: The Constitution and By-Laws of the Scots’ Charitable Society of Boston, with a list of members and officers, and many interesting extracts from the Original Records of the Society.; Boston: Press of Farrington Printing Co., 33 Beach St.; 1869; Pg. 10, 82.

Note: Jemes H. Webster, from Dunbar is listed as a member in 1887. (I found this interesting)

On 16 March 1676/7, “Theodore Atkinson of Boston…, feltmaker, and Mary his wife” sold to James Webster of Boston, brewer, “a piece or parcel of land…at the southward end of Boston containing forty and two foot in breadth at the front….and so running back from said street upon a straight line sixty foot in length” [SLR 10:205-6]
Source: Anderson, Robert Charles; Sanborn Jr., George F.; Sanborn, Melinde Lutz; The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol I, A-B; Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 1999; pg. 99.

Source: Sharples, Stephen; “Notes in Relation to the Webster Family.”; The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine, Vol. V., April, 1904,; Pg. 140-146 and 183-189.

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  1. Stewart, George Sawin. The Bartlett Collection. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. /george-sawin-stewart-documents/ [↩] [↩]
  2. Gerrard, Christopher M.., et al. Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650. Oxbow Books, 2018, p. 252. [↩]
  3. Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn. Scotch Exiles in New England. 1922. Coll. 733 & 831, Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Portland ME. [↩]
  4. Rapaport, Diane. Working List of Early New England Scots. 2015. [↩]
  5. “Dunbar Prisoners of War Profiles.” The Scottish Prisoners of War Society, Teresa Rust, 18 Feb. 2019, scottishprisonersofwar.com/battle_of_dunbar_pows_america/. [↩]
  6. Gerrard, Christopher M.., et al. Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650. Oxbow Books, 2018. Ch. 7, 8. [↩]

Bogle, Alexander

Home»Dunbar: MA»Boston
Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
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Name Variations:
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Published: 03 December 2014
Updated: 08 Apr 2020
Researchers: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

Alexander Bogle, #6 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list 1
Name Variations: Bogell, Bogle, Boyle
Appears in: Boston, Roxbury and Weymouth, Massachusetts

First Generation in the New World

1. ALEXANDER¹ BOGLE, was born presumably in Scotland and died at Roxbury, Massachusetts on 27 Mar 1706. 2 He married, first, at Boston, by 1659, MARGARET (_____). 3 Margaret died at Boston, Massachusetts on 22 Apr 1661 (20 days after childbirth). 4 He married, second, at Weymouth on 16 Jul 1662, SARAH KING. 5, 6 “Goodwife Bogle” Sarah died at Roxbury on 02 Sep 1712.7

Biographical Notes:
1. Contributed by Dr. Andrew Millard in July 2018:
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 248, Alexander is categorized as: Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Bogle/Boyle, Alexander. Residences: Boston MA. Appears: 1657. D.?1675. A founder of SCS. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.8] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.
2. Founding member of the Scots’ Charitable Society in 1657. Alexander Bogle was a founding member of the Scots Charitable Society on 6 May 1657.8 Wounded at the Great Swamp Fight on 19 Dec 1675. 9 Took the Oath of Allegiance in Boston, MA on 11 Nov 1678.10 Selected Hog Reeve for the city of Boston, MA on 14 Mar 1680/1. 11 Possibly Alexander Dugle in the Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings.12

New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/168/426877566
Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/i/14226/3271/260084603

Children of Alexander and Margaret (_____) Bogle:
2. i. MARY² BOGLE, born at Boston on 17 Oct 1659. 13
2. ii. ELIZABETH² BOGLE, born at Boston on 2 Apr 1661. 14

No known children of Alexander and Sarah (King) Bogle

Second Generation

2. i. MARY² BOGLE, born at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts on 17 Oct 1659. 13 15

Boston Records, Page 134: Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21079/134/426688165
Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/i/14226/3271/260084603

2. ii. ELIZABETH² BOGLE, born at Boston on 2 Apr 1661. 14

Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/i/14226/3271/260084603
  1. The Bartlett Collection, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, Massachusetts) /george-sawin-stewart-documents/ [↩]
  2. Essex Institute. (19251926). Vital records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89064881170?urlappend=%3Bseq=480 [↩]
  3. New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/168/426877566 [↩]
  4. Jay and Delene Holbrook, Transcript of Norfolk County Records, 1643-1660; Vol. 1 Births, Marriages Deaths from 1630-1666, (Provo: Holbrook Research Institute), 461. [↩]
  5. New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/168/426877566 [↩]
  6. Holbrook, Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, 21. [↩]
  7. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89064881170?urlappend=%3Bseq=480 [↩]
  8. Scots Charitable Society, ed., The Constitution and By-laws, of the Scots Charitable Society of Boston, (Boston: Farrington Printing Co., 1896), 10. [↩]
  9. Bodge, George Madison, Soldiers in King Philip’s war: being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 1620-1677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip’s war, and sketches of the principal officers, (Rockwell and Churchill Press: Boston, 1896) 178. [↩]
  10. Records of the Suffolk County Court: 1671-1680, Vol. XXX, (Boston: The Society, 1933), 966. [↩]
  11. Seybolt, Robert Francis, The town officials of colonial Boston, 1634-1775, (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939), 60. [↩]
  12. Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings: Lists of Scots Removed to New England as Prisoners by Oliver Cromwell in 1651 [↩]
  13. Jay and Delene Holbrook, Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts: Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, (Provo: Holbrook Research Institute), 39. [↩] [↩]
  14. Ibid. [↩] [↩]
  15. Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21079/134/426688165 [↩]

Bennett, John

Home»Dunbar: MA»Boston
Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
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Published: 02 Dec 2014
Updated: 09 Mar 2020
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Editor: Teresa Rust

John Bennett, #4 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list.
Name Variations: Benet
Family Migration: Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Contributed by Dr. Andrew Millard in July 2018:
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 248, John is categorized as: Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Bennett, John. Residences: Boston? MA. Appears: 1657. A founder of SCS. [DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

First Generation in the New World

1. JOHN¹ BENNETT, weaver, was born possibly in Scotland in 1632, and drowned at Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 15 Apr 1674, probably an accident while “driving logs downstream” to a mill. He married at Charlestown, in 1658/9, MARY COBHAM. 1 “Mary Bennett, widow of John Bennett” 16 Apr 1674. 2

Biographical Notes:
1. There are at least 18 John Bennett’s in Torrey’s marriages with several being in the Boston/Roxbury area and it will require some determined-detangling of the families in the area to decide who belongs to whom.
2.It does appear that the SPOW John Bennett was living in Charlestown in 1657 when he became a founding member of the SCS in 1657. He marries in Charlestown and his first children were born in Charlestown.
3. Founding member of the Scots’ Charitable Society in 1657. It appears that he may have stayed in the Charlestown/Boston area.
4. From Deference to Defiance, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629-1692, by Roger Thompson: John Bennett is found on pages 133, 134, 134n, 136n, and 154:
Page 133: Edward Wyer, Jr. [Edward Wyer was a SPOW, too!] and John Bennett [possibly John Bennet’s son] cut and carried wood…
Page 136n, Edward Wyer, Jr, 24, Scot, tailor; John Bennett, about 25 [in 1685], shoemaker.
Page 154, “found dead in April 1674, drowned.” “An Inventory of the Estate of John Benet, 23 May 1674” Left widow, MARY. Inventory apprised by William Johnson and Aaron Luskin.
5. “John Bennett of Charlestown, weaver, drowned in the river, 15 Apr 1674.”- Charlestown VRs



Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650 1st Edition by Chris Gerrard (Author), Pam Graves (Author), Andrew Millard (Author), Richard Annis (Author), Anwen Caffell (Author)

Children of John and Mary (Cobham) Bennett:

2. JAMES² BENNETT, b. at Charlestown on 31 May 1666; d. at Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island on 17 Feb 1729/30.
2. MARY/MERCY BENNETT, b. at Charlestown abt 1671; d. at Little Compton in 1756; m. at Little Compton, JOHN PECKHAM.
2. JOSIAH BENNETT,
2. JOHN BENNETT, ?????, b. about ; d at Little Compton on 25 Jul 1752.

Second Generation

2. JAMES² BENNETT, (John¹), cordwainer, was born at Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 31 May 1666 3 and died at Little Compton, Rhode Island on 17 Feb 1729/30. 4 He married, first, at Taunton, Massachusetts on 12 July 1694, RUTH ROGERS, 5 daughter of JOHN and ELIZABETH (PABODIE) ROGERS. She was admitted to the Epscopal & Congregational Church in Little Compton on 14 Oct 1705. 6 She died 28 Apr 1725 at Little Compton, Rhode Island. (Rogers Family came on the Mayflower). 7 He married, second, at Little Compton in 1725, MERCY SIMMONS. 4 Mercy was admitted at the Espiscopal/Congregational Church at Little Compton on 24 Dec 1731. 8 Descendants of this couple are Mayflower descendants from John Alden.

Children of James and Ruth (Rogers) Bennett (1675-1725):

No children??

Children of James and Mercy (Simmons) Bennett:

Mayflower Descendants
3. i. MERCY³ BENNETT, (James², John¹), (twin), b. 10 Jul 1726
3. ii. JAMES³ BENNETT, (James², John¹), (twin), b. 10 Jul 1726
3. iii. JOHN³ BENNETT, (James², John¹), b.16 June 1728
3. iv. RUTH³ BENNETT, (James², John¹), b. 19 Oct 1729

2. MARY/MERCY BENNETT, was born at about 1671 and died in 1756. She married at Little Compton on ?6 Jun 1695/6 [19 Aug 1695] 9, JOHN PECKHAM. 10 Intention: “PECKHAM, John, and Mary _____, _____, 1695.” 11 He died at Little Compton on 02 Dec 1723. 12

Children of John and Mercy (Bennett) Peckham:

3. i. JOHN³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 27 Jun 1696.
3. ii. LYDIA³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 08 May 1698
3. iii. JOSEPH³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 18 Feb 1702 and d. at Little Compton on Oct 1780.
3. iv. MARY³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 03 Oct 1704.
3. v. MARGARET³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 30 Jun 1707.
3. vi. RUTH³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton in 1710. 13

2. JOSIAH BENNETT,

2. JOHN BENNETT, b. about 1691; d at Little Compton on 25 Jul 1752.

Third Generation

Children of James and Mercy (Simmons) Bennett:

ALL Mayflower Descendants

3. i. MERCY³ BENNETT, (James², John¹), (twin), was born at Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island on 10 Jul 1726. 14, 15

3. ii. JAMES³ BENNETT, (James², John¹), (twin), was born at Little Compton on 10 Jul 1726. 15, 14

3. iii. JOHN³ BENNETT, (James², John¹), was born at Little Compton on 16 June 1728. 15, 14 and was baptised at the Espiscopal/Congregational Church at Little Compton on 14 Jul 1728. 8

3. iv. RUTH³ BENNETT, (James², John¹), was born at Little Compton on 19 Oct 1729. 15, 14 and was baptised at the Espiscopal/Congregational Church at Little Compton on 30 Nov 1729. 8

Little Compton, Newport County, RI, BIRTHS and DEATHS. Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB532/i/14343/6-81/260883765

Children of John and Mercy (Bennett) Peckham:

3. i. JOHN³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 27 Jun 1696.

3. ii. LYDIA³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 08 May 1698

3. iii. JOSEPH³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 18 Feb 1702 and d. at Little Compton on Oct 1780.

3. iv. MARY³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 03 Oct 1704.

3. v. MARGARET³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton on 30 Jun 1707.

3. vi. RUTH³ PECKHAM, b. at Little Compton in 1710. 13

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The Genealogical Magazine, Volume 5, Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company, 1897 – New England, A FREE Google eBook.
The Genealogical Magazine, Volume 5, Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company, 1897 – New England A FREE Google eBook.

“JOHN H BENNETT. John Bennett (l) was probably the first ancestor in the Bennett line of John Bennett, of Worcester. He was born in England, 1632, and to judge from the number of Bennetts who came to America earlier he found numerous relatives in New England when he arrived there There is a tradition that he ran away with a Scotch peasant’s daughter, that he was the son of a nobleman, proof of which is afforded by his court dress said to be in the possession of one of his descendants. The family tradition that the family is of Scotch and English origin is probably correct. He was an inhabitant of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1659. He was a weaver by trade. He was drowned, 1674, between R. Martin’s ship and a lighter. His widow Mary married (second) Richard Meade, 1678.”~ From page 198 in, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 3, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 – Worcester County (Mass.)
5.
[S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 47. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.

Timeline:
1657:
Donated to SCS; “Bennett, John, Scots Charitable Society member Boston 1657. “From: Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785, page 36, by David Dobson, c 1994, paperback version c 2004.

1658/9:
Married at Charlestown, Massachusetts to MARY COBHAM.

From Deference to Defiance, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629-1692, by Roger Thompson: John Bennett is found on pages 133, 134, 134n, 136n, and 154:

This John Bennett may be the son of the SPOW.
Page 133: Edward Wyer, Jr. [Edward Wyer was a SPOW, too!] and John Bennett [possibly John Bennet’s son] cut and carried wood…

Page 136n Edward Wyer, Jr, 24, Scot, tailor; John Bennett, about 25 [in 1685], shoemaker.

April 1674:
Page 154 “found dead in April 1674, drowned.“

  1. “BENNETT, John (1632-1674) & Mary [COBHAM] (-1729), m/2 Richard MEAD 1678; ca 1658/9; Charlestown {Charlestown 78; Putnam’s Mag. 5:207; MD 20:40 (wrong)}” New England Marriages to 1700. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21174/132/426876805 [↩]
  2. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14459/1592-co3/38172239 [↩]
  3. “James, son of Jno. & Mary Bennett, b. May 31, 1666.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/13924/23/250963150 [↩]
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