Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:
Unity, Dec 1650
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
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Published: 15 August 2018 Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust Editor: Teresa Rust
Alexander Burges, #5 on the “Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory“ Name Variations: Burgess/Burges Resided: Lynn, Massachusetts
First Generation in the New World
1. ALEXANDER¹ BURGESS, was presumably born in Scotland.
Biographical Notes: 1. He was working at the Iron Works in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1653. 2. IMPORTANT UPDATE! (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 246, Alexander is categorized as: Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Burgess/Burges, Alexander. Residences: Lynn MA. Appears: 1653. [Exiles; Banks; DR; SPOWS] For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.
1. THOMAS¹ WALTER, was presumably born in Scotland and died in New England.
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Stewart, George Sawin. The Bartlett Collection. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. /george-sawin-stewart-documents/ [↩] [↩]
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. 247. [↩]
Banks, C.E. 1927. ‘Scotch Prisoners deported to New England by Cromwell 1651-2’. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 61, 4-30. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25080212 [↩]
Rapaport, Diane. Working List of Early New England Scots. 2015. [↩]
“Dunbar Prisoners of War Profiles.” The Scottish Prisoners of War Society, Teresa Rust, 18 Feb. 2019, scottishprisonersofwar.com/battle_of_dunbar_pows_america/. [↩]
The following John Banks is not proven to be the John Bank from Lynn. I am currently researching this page! ~ Teresa March 2020
First Generation in the New World
1. JOHN¹ BANK, was born in Scotland and died at Chelmsford before 05 Jul 1683, date of Probate Record, Inventory. 1 He married at Malden about 1666, HANNAH JENKINS. Hannah married, second, JOSEPH PARKER and, third, ROBERT BLOOD.
Biographical Notes: 1. I’ve not found a birth, marriage or death record for John Bank in Lynn, Massachusetts which does imply that he may have moved on after 1653 at the Lynn Iron Works. Was he moved by the company or did he leave after his indenture for better opportunities? 2. The marriages of John and Hannah Jenkins and the daughters are all documented in Torrey’s “New England Marriages before 1700”. Birth records for their daughters can be found in Chelmsford town records.
Children of John and Hannah (Jenkins) Bank:
2. i. HANNAH/SUSANNAH BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford, Massachusetts on 7 May 1666; married, JOSEPH BAKER. 2. ii. SARAH BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford about 1668; m. JOHN GRAVES. 2. iii.MARY BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford, on 7 Jan 1670; married WILLIAM POWER.
Second Generation
2. i. HANNAH/SUSANNAH BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford, Massachusetts on 7 May 1666; married, JOSEPH BAKER.
2. ii. SARAH BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford about 1668; m. JOHN GRAVES.
2. iii.MARY BANK, (John¹), b. at Chelmsford, on 7 Jan 1670; married WILLIAM POWER.
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Sources and Notes: Cindy Dietz wrote on 07 Apr 2018, “How about John Bank? I am an descendant of the John Bank who married Hannah Jenkins (who was from Malden) about 1666. They probably met in Malden but moved to Chelmsford where John died in 1683. Hannah subsequently married Joseph Parker then Robert Blood. John’s name was spelled various ways in the records, i.e., Bank, Bauke, Back, Balke, Bake etc. This could be a clue that he is the same man as the John Bank who is #3 on the Lynn Iron Works list. (His Highlands accent was so thick no one could figure out the spelling of his name.) John and Hannah had three daughters born in Chelmsford: 1. Hannah or Susannah b 7 May 1666 m. Joseph Baker 2. Sarah b. abt 1668 m. John Graves 3. Mary b. 7 Jan 1670 m. William Power (my ancestors) The marriages of John and Hannah Jenkins and the daughters are all documented in Torrey’s “New England Marriages before 1700”. Birth records for their daughters can be found in Chelmsford town records. Could you please add me (Cindy Dietz ) as a researcher and possible descendant of John Bank?
Please also add me as a descendant/researcher of William Eager. I am descended through his son James who married Tabitha Howe. It’s interesting that William Eager and John Bank were both in Malden about the same time.” ~ Cindy Dietz
BANK/S, JOHN in 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/21174/83/426875766
“John Back, Probate Record, 1683“Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/rd/14460/3344-co1/263796325 [↩]
1. JAMES DANIELSON, was born, presumably, in Scotland and died in probably Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut.
Children of James and (_____) Danielson: 2. i. JAMES DANIELSON, “General“, is considered the founder of Danielson, CT.
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States By Henry GannettStackpole, Everett Schermerhorn (1850-1927) and Lucien Thompson. History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire (Oyster River Plantation) with Genealogical Notes, (Durham, New Hampshire: Town of Durham, 1913).
Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]
Grimes/Graim/Greimes/Grymes/Greine/Bryme/Graham, Alexander/Alister. Residences: Lynn, Salem MA. Appears: 1653. D.aft.1661. “Near of kin” to Archibald Anderson [Exiles; Banks; DR; SPOWS; Ch.8]
“Alexander 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.” ~ Teresa
First Generation in the New World
1. ALEXANDER¹ GRIMES, was born in Scotland and died after 1691 probably in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Biographical Notes: Name variations: Allester/Alister/Alexander Allister Greimes is mentioned in a probate record for Allester Mackmallen [Alester M’Milan] of Salem. He is mentioned alongside Arsbell Anderson [Archibald Anderson]. Allester Mackmallen says he knew both of these men while he lived in Scotland and that they were friends and neighbors of his. He says Greimes and Anderson’s mothers are kin to each other.
Sources and Notes:
Hamilton, Marsha L.. Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts: Atlantic Connections (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University, 2009), Kindle Edition
“I’m doing research in Essex county, Massachusetts and came across a SPOW in the book, Daughters of Eve: Pregnant Brides and Unwed Mothers in Seventeenth Century Essex County, Massachusetts by Else L. Hambleton (2004). It shows Alister Grimes/Greimes was alive in 1691 in Salem, Essex co., Massachusetts. p. 20: “Sarah Lambert of Beverly was whipped in 1667 and again 12 years later in 1679 for bearing two illegitimate children by Allister Greime, a Scottish prisoner of war who worked at the Saugus Iron Works. Whether Greime was unable to marry because of his prisoner-of-war status or because he had a wife back in Scotland, their relationship was longstanding.” p. 23: “Sarah Lambert can be traced through the Salem town records from 1657 onward. Over a period of 10 years during her childhood she lived in at least six households. She may have been mentally or physically handicapped because the town had to pay more money at each move. It should have been expected that the cost of her maintenance would be reduced as she grew older and was able to contribute her labor to the household in which she was placed. Henry Herrick had received 5li in 1657; Mr. William Brown got 10li in 1666. The following year she had her first illegitimate child who joined her on public support. A second illegitimate child was added to the rolls in 1679. She was still receiving public support in 1696. In 1691, Alister Greime, the father of both her children, was also forced to turn to public relief.” pp. 51-52: “What happened to illegitimate children who were placed in the care of the town of their birth? Since they were assigned by an annual contract to whichever household agreed to maintain them for the least amount of money, they faced an unsettled future. The Salem town records indicate a difficult and insecure passage for Sarah Lambert’s child, who at no point in the record is accorded the dignity of a name, sex, or age. It was likely 6 years old in 1673. Francis Skerry had been keeping both Sarah Lambert and her child prior to that time, but in April 1673, the child was given to Thomas Greenslet’s wife. In August, the town of Salem agreed to give the Greenslets have an acre of land in return for keeping Sarah Lambert’s child until it was 18. The following March, however, Sarah Lambert’s child was taken from Thomas Greenslet’s wife and placed with Thomas Green’s wife. Two years later, in 1676, Mrs. Green took in another illegitimate child, one fathered by her own husband. The Greens also agreed to maintain Sarah Lambert’s child until it was 18 in return for up to 40 acres of land. At the same time, the Salem selectmen tried to find passage to Virginia for Sarah Lambert. They did not succeed because she had another illegitimate child in 1679. In March 1679, Sarah Lambert’s child was still with the Greens, but its position in the family was tenuous, because the Greens were asking for more money. In 1680 the Greens were given 50 shillings, ‘the better to enable him to keep [Sarah] Lambert’s child, he being poor & in want.’ Thomas Green’s financial position makes it likely that taking in bastards was a strategy for supplementing marginal family incomes. This could not have been a future eagerly sought by pregnant women for their children.”
I haven’t researched more on Sarah Lambert and Alister Grimes except to confirm on your website that he was a SPOW. You’re welcome to add the text above to his profile. Great website!”
TIMELINE: 1650: December – Arrived at Charlestown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1653: An indentured servant to the owners of the Iron Works in Lynn, Massachusetts 1657: January 6th – Made a donation to the Scots Charitable Society on 6 Jan 1657.
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior 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.Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
1. ROBERT MIMY, was born presumably in Scotland and died probably in Massachusetts.
Biographical Notes: Richard Meeme was one of the Scots at Lynn in 1653.1 “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, and Robert Meany for carpentry work,…”” From: Hammersmith Through the Historical Texts by Janet Regan and Curtis White.
“October Meeting, 1927. Francis Tiffany Bowles; Scotch Deported to New England, 1651-52; Letters of Henry Clay.” Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 61 (1927): 1-30. Accessed March 6, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/25080212. Page 15. [↩]
Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:
Unity, Dec 1650
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.
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, 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 ofTHOMAS¹andSUSANNA (_____) 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 ofTHOMASandJANE (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:
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,…”
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)
“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 [↩]
“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 [↩]
“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 [↩] [↩]
“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 [↩]
“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 [↩]
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 [↩]
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 [↩]
“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 [↩]
“*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 [↩]
Kelton Family Items by Dwight H. Kelton c1895. http://rs5.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2007/20070619041ke/20070619041ke.pdf [↩] [↩] [↩]
“Elizabeth, d. of Thom[as], Dec. 21,1663.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7781/136/142068915 [↩]
“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 [↩]
“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 [↩]
“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 [↩]
“Thomas, Son of Thomas, April 8, 1687” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/13282/42/238482023 [↩]
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This James Taylor IS NOT the same as the SPOW John Taylor.
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES¹ TAYLOR/TAILOR, was born in Scotland, possibly about 1630 and died on 27 Oct 1703. He married at Springfield, Massachusetts on 17 Jan 1667/8 (some records say 16666), MARY TAYLOR.7,8 Mary Taylor was born in 1649 and died on 18 Mar 1699/1700,9 the daughter of, Jonathan and Mary (_____) Taylor, of Springfield.
Biographical Notes: James Taylor was one of the Scots on the 1653 Iron Works inventory, meaning he was definitely one of the men deported in November 1650 and sold as indentured servants and worked at the Saugus Iron Works in Lynn, Massachusetts. The list of names is not complete but for those whose names appear, it considered definite proof. (Follow the link above for the List of Dunbar prisoners further information.) As for how he came to relocate from Lynn to the next known location of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, which lies inland about 100 miles away, I wish to refer to Lost Lives New Voices. In chapter 7 there is an explanation for how the Iron Works was mismanaged, “…first by Leader then by Gifford, inevitably impacted on the daily lives of the Scots… a few were moved on to other employers…” The book goes on to explain how another of the Scottish Prisoners of War was relocated to Springfield by stating that “… John Steward departed for Springfield on the Connecticut River to work as a blacksmith.” John Steward was originally just a servant to Gifford but then trained at Hammersmith as a blacksmith, a valuable skill which lead to his being “…brought to Springfield by John Pynchon and given the blacksmith’s shop there in 1658.”10 Some similar circumstance could very well be what happened to James Taylor. He could have been relocated to the operation in Springfield by John Pynchon, due to his skill set, just like John Steward later was. John Taylor was in Springfield as early as 1655, shown as “… one of men at Springfield who, on March 23rdd 1655/56 being a Trayning day… took the oath of fidelity.”11James Taylor agreed to an indenture with John Pynchon from 3 Dec 1658 to 3 Dec 1659 and was provided with 1 pair of shoes and a pair of stockings, the shoes to be paid out once the time of servitude was complete. After 3 Dec 1659 he continued to work for Pynchon, earning pay for carting wood and cleaning stables. (SEE IMAGE ON PAGE 2) James Taylor is in the census of 1661 in Springfield. James Taylor is in the census of 1661 in Springfield.12The Pynchon Papers, dated approximately 1665, show that James Taylor purchased a horse for 3 pounds13 and he had a debt of 5s on 16 Jan 1666 for a frying pan.14 He married 17 Jan 1666 to Mary Taylor and the marriage was performed by John Pyncheon. “I wonder if the frying pan was a present for his wife since the date of debt was the day before his marriage date.” ~ RB James Tailer signed a Petition Against Imposts on 02 Dec 1668 along with his father-in-law, Jonathan Taylor.15
Children of JAMES¹ and MARY (TAYLOR) TAYLOR: 2. i. REBECCA² TAYLOR (James¹), b. at Springfield on 18 Nov 1668;1617818 d. 5 Feb 1668.19 2.ii. JAMES² TAYLOR/TAILOR, Jr (James¹), b. 26 Nov. 1669; “of Springfield,”2021818 m. 21 Feb 1703, DOROTHY/DOROTHEA ROGERS, b. 5 Sept 1679 “of Springfield, “int to marry 5 Feb 1703/4”22 2.iii.MARY/MERCY² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 28 Dec 1671;2321818 d. ; m. (1) 13 Apr 1693, JOHN PETTY,24 m (2) 1697, THOMAS RICH, m. (3) in Springfield/Northampton 13 Apr 1693, JOSEPH JENNINGS.25 2. iv. JOHN² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 14 Mar 1672;2326818 d. in Springfield 12 Nov 1673.27 2.v. SAMUEL² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 26 Sept 1674.28818 2. vi. ELIZABETH² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 5 Jan 1677/8;29818 d. 27 Nov 1710.30 nm. 2. vii. JONATHAN² TAYLOR/TAILOR (James¹), b. 30 Oct 1679;31818 d. in Springfield 14 Oct 1749;32 m. in Springfield 6 Jan 1712, SARAH KNOWLTON.31818 2. viii. EBENEZER² TAYLOR/TAILOR (James¹), b. 25 Aug 1681;33818 d. in Springfield 27 Jun 1689.34 2. ix. THOMAS² TAYLOR (James¹), b. Suffield, CT 10 Jan 1683;35818 d. 17 June 1703.36 2. x. SAMUEL² TAYLOR/TAILOR (James¹), b. 6 Apr 1686;37818 d. in West Springfield 18 Dec 1774; m. (1) in Springfield 28 Apr 1714, RUTH SMITH, b. in Westfield 8 Feb 1684;38 d. aft 11 Dec 1723, dau. of Benjamin and Ruth (Loomis) Smith; m. (2) in Springfield 26 Nov 1726, JOANNA SMITH.39 2. xi. REBECCA² TAYLOR/TAILOR (James¹), b. Jul 1689.40818
Second and Third Generations
2. i. REBECCA² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 18 Nov 1668;1617818 d. 5 Feb 1668.19
2.ii. JAMES² TAYLOR/TAILOR, Jr (James¹), b. 26 Nov. 1669; “of Springfield,”2021818 m. 21 Feb 1703, DOROTHY/DOROTHEA ROGERS, b. 5 Sept 1679 “of Springfield, “int to marry 5 Feb 1703/4”, dau. of Henry and Mary (Excell) Rogers.22
Children of JAMES² TAYLOR Jr and DOROTHY ROGERS: 3. i. AMOS³ TAYLOR(James², James¹), b. in Springfield 26 Feb 1703/4;4142 m. in Springfield 10 Sept 1756 MARGARET CHAPIN,43 b. in Springfield 8 July 1719; d 15 May 1793, dau. of Henry Chaplin Jr and Esther (Bliss) Chaplin.4445 3. ii. MARY³ TAYLOR(James², James¹), b. in Springfield 4 Nov 1706;46 d. 28 Nov 1778; m. in Springfield 23 Jan 1728, JOHN CAREW,47 b. in Boston 19 Jan 1704;48 d. 29 Jan 1766, son of Thomas and Anne (Thompson) Carew. 3. iii. EBENEZER³ TAYLOR/TAILOR(James², James¹), b. in Springfield 4 Mar 1709;49 d.; in Springfield abt. 1765; m. in Springfield 9 Feb 1734, RUTH MACKRANNEY,50 b. in Springfield 2 June 1703, dau, of William and Mary (Burbank) MackCranney/McCranney.51 3. iv. ASAHEL³ TAYLOR(James², James¹), b. in Springfield 13 Apr 1712;52 m. in Westfield 4 Apr 1751, SARAH SITTON,5354 b. in Enfield 18 Feb 1718, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Bush) Sitton, and widow of Mr. Root. 3. v. DOROTHY³ TAYLOR(James², James¹), b. in Springfield 25 Apr 1713;55 d. in Sheffield, Berkshire 20 Dec 1777;56 m. (1) in Westfield 30 Mar 1732, NATHANIEL LEE Jr,57 b. in Westfield 3 May 1700;58 d. in Westfield 4 Apr 1736, son of Nathaniel Lee Sr and Abigail (Warner) Lee, m. (2) in Springfield 27 Sept 1746, DANIEL BUSH,59 b. in Westfield 30 Apr 1718; d. in Westfield 17 Feb 1792, son of Samuel and Mary (Taylor) Bush. 3. vi. JOHN³ TAYLOR(James², James¹), b. in Springfield 17 Jun 1717;60 d. Stockbridge, Berkshire 16 May 1780; m. 11 Feb 1748, MARTHA PARSONS,61 b. in Springfield 19 Apr 1717, dau. of Ebenezer Parsons Jr and Martha (Ely) Parsons.62
2.iii.MARY/MERCY² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 28 Dec 1671;2321818 d. ; m. (1) in Springfield 13 Apr 1693 JOHN PETTY/PETTEY/PETTEE,24 b. in Springfield 11 Dec 1667; d. abt. 1723, probate intestate 11 Mar 1723,63 son of John and Ann (Canning) Petty;6465 m (2) 1697, THOMAS RICH, m. (3) in Springfield/Northampton 13 Apr 1693, JOSEPH JENNINGS.25
Children of MARY² TAYLOR and JOHN PETTY/PETTEY/PETTEE: 3. i. EBENEZER³ PETTY(Mary², James¹), b. 24 Feb 1693;66 d. 4 July 1787; m. 21 Nov 1725, REBECCA (_____). 3. ii. MARY³ PETTY/PETTEY(Mary², James¹), b. 26 Oct 1695; d. abt. 1758;67 m. 10 July 1717, (int. of marriage 10 Jul 1717)68ROBERT EMMONS/EMENS, b. in Boston 23 Mar 1676; d. 2 Feb 1762,69 son of Robert and Bethia (_____) Emmons/Emanes/Emens.70 3. iii. JOHN³ PETTY/PETTEY(Mary², James¹), b. in Springfield 6 Apr 1701;71 m. abt. 1733, MARGARET (_____). 3. iii. JOSEPH³ PETTY/PETTEY (Mary², James¹), b. in Springfield 1703; d. in Springfield 29 Aug 1710.72 3. iv. ABIGAIL³ PETTY/PETTEY(Mary², James¹), b. in Springfield 3 Apr 1713;73 d. in Northfield 25 Feb 1792; m. in Springfield 11 Jan 1731, PEDAJAH FIELD,74 b. in Deerfield 28 Jan 1707; d. in Northfield 24 Feb 1798.
2. iv. JOHN² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 14 Mar 1672;2326818 d. in Springfield 12 Nov 1673.27
2.v. SAMUEL² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 26 Sept 1674.28818
2. vi. ELIZABETH² TAYLOR (James¹), b. 5 Jan 1678;29818 d. 27 Nov 1710.30 nm.
2. vii. JONATHAN² TAYLOR/TAILOR (James¹), b. 30 Oct 1679;31818 d. in Springfield 14 Oct 1749;32 m. in Springfield 6 Jan 1712, SARAH KNOWLTON, b. in Springfield 31 Aug 1682; d. in Springfield 11 Mar 1765, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Merrick) Knowlton.31818 Worth noting: Benjamin Knowlton, the father of Sarah Knowlton, was the brother of Mary Knowlton who married Samuel Abbe. Samuel Abbe was the brother of Marah Abbe who married Alexander Macxy als. Maxwell. #60 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list.
Children of JONATHAN² TAYLOR/TAILOR and SARAH KNOWLTON: 3. i. JONATHAN³ TAYLOR (Jonathan²,James¹), b. in Springfield 27 Aug 1714;75 3. ii. SARAH³ TAYLOR (Jonathan²,James¹), b. in Springfield 10 Jan 1717;76 3. iii. JOSEPH³ TAYLOR (Jonathan²,James¹), b. in Springfield 16 Aug 1720;77 d. abt 1778; m. 12 Nov 1746, RUTH DAY,78 b. in Springfield 4 Mar 1725, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary (Smith) Day.79
2. viii. EBENEZER² TAYLOR/TAILOR (James¹), b. 25 Aug 1681;33818 d. in Springfield 27 Jun 1689.34
2. ix. THOMAS² TAYLOR (James¹), b. Suffield, CT 10 Jan 1683/4;35818 d. 17 June 1703.36
2. x. SAMUEL² TAYLOR/TAILOR (James¹), b. 6 Apr 1686;37818 d. in West Springfield 18 Dec 1774; m. (1) in Springfield 28 Apr 1714, RUTH SMITH, b. in Westfield 8 Feb 1684;38 d. aft 11 Dec 1723; m. (2) in Springfield 26 Nov 1726, JOANNA/JOHANNAH SMITH.39 d. in Suffield 23 July 1762.80
Children of SAMUEL² TAYLOR and RUTH SMITH: 3. i. THOMAS³ TAYLOR/TAILOR(Samuel², James¹), b. in Springfield 6 July 1715;81 d. in West Springfield 25 May 1781; m. in Springfield 20 July 1748, SARAH MILLER.82 3. ii. SAMUEL³ TAYLOR/TAILOR(Samuel², James¹),b. in Springfield 11 Sept 1717.83 3. iii. ZEPHANIAH³ TAYLOR(Samuel², James¹),b. in Springfield 13 Feb 1719/20;84 d. abt 1789; m. in Springfield 22 Oct 1743, ABIGAIL BALL,85 b. in West Springfield 18 Feb 1722; dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Ferry) Ball.86 3. iv. RUTH³ TAYLOR(Samuel², James¹), b. in Springfield 11 Dec 1723.87
Children of SAMUEL² TAYLOR and JOANNA SMITH: 3. i. ELIZABETH³ TAYLOR(Samuel², James¹), b. in Springfield 21 Dec 1727.88 3. ii. JAMES³ TAYLOR(Samuel², James¹), b. in Springfield 8 Jul 1729.89 3. ii. OBEDIENCE³ TAYLOR(Samuel², James¹), b. in Springfield 22 Apr 1732.90
2. xi. REBECCA² TAYLOR/TAILOR (James¹), b. Jul 1689.40818
SOURCES and NOTES:
James Taylor, from 3 Dec 1658 to 12 Dec 1659, The Pynchon Papers, Vol II, pg 121
On 23 Mar 2019 Halsey Bullen wrote: Further about this exciting connection. I got to James Taylor working backward from his descendancy. I am his 7th great-grandson, or so I think. My line (which is on WikiTree as you may already have seen) is:
1.Dr. Halsey Bullen, my father, m. Sarah Hyatt in Scarsdale, New York 2. Benjamin W. Bullen, m. Margaret “Dade” Slater, in Black Brook, New York 3. Jeduthan Bullen, b. in Black Brook, New York, m. Amanda Church Avery in Wilmington, New York 4. Elizabeth Emmons, b. in Bloomfield, Vermont, m. Samuel Bullen, b. in Keene, New Hampshire, removed to Vermont then to Jay, New York; 5. Elihu Emmons m. Martha Adams, perhaps in Woodstock, Vermont (weakest link in the line) 6. Benjamin Emmons, b. Brookfield, Massachusetts, m. Elizabeth Smith in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, removed to Vermont and then St. Charles, Missouri 7. Mary Petty, m Robert Emmons in Springfield 8. Mary Taylor, m. John Petty in Springfield 9. James Taylor, m. Mary Taylor in Springfield
From James Taylor forward, we have (I think) all of his children based on Springfield vital records, and some of the descendants of his son Ebenezer and his daughter Mary. But nothing yet connected beyond that.
I and other WikiTreers would love to add more, based on your Society’s knowledge, and we would of course give full citation credit to the Society for every fact cited. We could also add links to the Society’s site if you desire that.
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