Clare Rood/Mary Dodge descendants and ancestors
Four grandparents of #22 George Palmer Fish [3ggf 1798-1873] and their ancestors
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Samuel Fish III [5ggf 1726-ca. 1803] immigrant ancestors:
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John Fish [8ggf 1621-1689]: much genealogical confusion and debate surrounds this man. Extensive research (by others) has shown that there were two men of this name who were first cousins. Our John was born in Leicestershire, England, arrived in New England as a single man (probably in the 1640s) and in 1651 married Martha Ireland [8ggm ca. 1633-1681] (see next paragraph) in Mystic (Stonington), Conn. In 1679, schooling systems emerged, and John became the first schoolmaster in Stonington, conducting classes and lessons in his home. On 7 Oct 1680, in an action uncommon in the day, John was granted a divorce since around 1674, Martha had "runn away from her husband with Samuel Culver by whome she Sayd she had Two Children". The court waited 6 years to make sure she wasn't coming back. The following August, John (age 60) remarried to Hannah Palmer (age 47), the widow of both Thomas Hewitt and Roger Steery. Here’s where it gets a little confusing. Although we don’t descend from any children of Hannah, she was the daughter of 8ggf Walter Palmer and sister of both 8ggf Nehemiah Palmer and 7ggf Gershom Palmer, all of who will appear in the following section for 5ggm Hannah Palmer, wife of this 5ggf Samuel Fish III. Did you follow all of that?
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Samuel Ireland [9ggf ca. 1603-bef. Apr 1641] arrived in Massachusetts Bay in Jun 1635 (age 32, a carpenter) aboard the ship Increase out of London with wife Mary (Unknown) [9&10ggm ca. 1605-1672] (age 30) and daughter 8ggm Martha (age 1 ½), who later married 8ggf John Fish (above). We descend from Mary (Unknown) Ireland through two trees. Here she is my 9ggm through the Fish line. Plus, after Samuel’s death, Mary remarried in 1645 to Robert Burrows [10ggf 1620-1682]. Mary and Robert will appear again in this project as 10ggp since we descend from their son 9ggf Samuel Burrows through the Cranmer tree down to Nonnie, which once more makes Clare and Nonnie distant cousins.
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Aaron Stark [8ggf 1608-1685]: arrived between 1627 and 1636, a single man. Click here for the story of a man who, while not fighting native Americans [1637], was accused of unclean practices with a woman [1639], "buggery of a heifer"[1640] and brawling [1666]. Despite all that, around 1653 he found a woman to marry him- Sarah (Unknown) [8ggm btw. 1630-38-Aft. 1685]. They had six children, including Sarah Stark [7ggm ca. 1660-1722], who about 1681 married Samuel Fish (the elder) [7ggf 1656-1733], son of 8ggf John Fish (above).
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Cary Latham [8ggf 1613-1685] arrived in New England sometime prior to 1637 when he married the widow Mrs. Elizabeth (Masters) Lockwood [8ggm ca. 1612-1685] in Cambridge, Mass. She arrived in Mass. Bay Colony in 1630 with her parents (below). Cary and Elizabeth lived in Cambridge a few years and in 1645 moved to New London, Connecticut, founded at that time by John Winthrop, Jr. Six others in our tree are also considered founders of New London County- 9ggf Thomas Stanton, 8ggf Walter Palmer and 8ggf George Denison will be found in the next section for 5ggm Hannah Palmer, while 11ggf William Cheseborough, 11ggf Thomas Minor and 11ggf James Avery will be appearing when I address Julia (Lewis) Shumway in Nonnie’s tree. On 25 Mar 1655, 8ggf Cary was granted a 50 year lease and monopoly of the ferry between New London (on the west side) and Groton (newly settled on the east side) of the Pequod (Thames) River. The fares he could charge were set at 3d (pence) per passenger, 6d per horse or great beast and 3d per calf or swine and “to have liberty to keep some provisions and some strong liquors or wine for the refreshment of passengers”. 12 pence equaled 1 shilling and 20 shillings equals one pound. Latham agreed to start immediately with a canoe, build an adequate large vessel within a year and to build a house on the Groton side of the river. After Latham’s death, the city took over the ferry and used the income to finance schools.
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John Masters [9ggf ca. 1581-1639] arrived 1630 with wife Jane (Unknown) [9ggm unk-1639] and three daughters including Elizabeth Masters [8ggm ca. 1612-1685]. They first settled in Watertown, Mass. Bay Colony and in 1633 moved to Cambridge. There John was a tavernkeeper- licensed 3 Sep 1635 “to keep an ordinary inn”. Daughter 8ggm Elizabeth first married (ca. 1632) Edmund Lockwood, who died about a year later. In 1637 Elizabeth married 8ggf Cary Latham (above).
Hannah Palmer [5ggm 1727-1766], wife of Samuel Fish, immigrant ancestors:
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Walter Palmer [8ggf ca. 1585-1661]: Walter was an early Separatist Puritan settler in Massachusetts Bay Colony who helped found Charlestown (1629) and Rehoboth (1643), Massachusetts and Stonington, Connecticut (1652). The east face of the Stonington Founders Monument in Wequetequock Cemetery recaps his history. The Stonington Chronology 1649-1949 describes Palmer as "a vigorous giant, 6 feet 5 inches tall". On April 5, 1629, Palmer sailed with his wife and five children on the Four Sisters from Gravesend, England to Salem, Mass., arriving that June. The next year, he was indicted on manslaughter charges for allegedly beating a man to death, but was acquitted in November 1630. His close friend William Chesebrough stood as a witness. Chesebrough is my 11ggf through Nonnie’s Shumway branch. No information has been found on Walter’s first wife (who immigrated with him), but she died sometime before he and his second wife Rebecca Short [8ggm 1610-1671] were admitted to the Charlestown church on 1 Jun 1633. Walter and Rebecca had 7 children together (in addition to his 5 with his first wife). Unbelievable, 4 of Walter’s 12 children appear in our tree:
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Grace Palmer [11ggm 1612-1690] oldest daughter of Walter and his first wife. In Jun 1629 (age 17), she arrived in Salem with her parents. In Apr 1634 (age 21), she married Thomas Minor [11ggf 1608-1690] in Charlestown. There will be more on this couple in the Julia Matilda Lewis section of our tree that descends to Nonnie.
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Hannah Palmer [1634-unk] oldest daughter of Walter and his second wife Rebecca. Although we don’t descend directly from Hannah, she was the third wife of 8ggf John Fish, mentioned above.
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Nehemiah Palmer [8ggf 1637-1717] second son of Walter and Rebecca. In 1662, Nehemiah married 8ggm Hannah Stanton (daughter of 9ggf Thomas Stanton, below) They are the parents of 7ggf Joseph Palmer who is the father of 6ggf Joseph Palmer II.
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Gershom Palmer [7ggf 1644-1718] youngest son of Walter and Rebecca. Gershom is the father of 6ggm Mary Palmer. In 1711, Mary married Joseph Palmer II (above, grandson of Nehemiah), who therefore was her first cousin, once removed.
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Thomas Stanton [9ggf ca. 1615-1677] arrived in New England around 1635 (single, age 20) and first settled in Cambridge. <Click here> for a nice recap of his life. In 1636 he moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where, with several other of our ancestors, Thomas is considered to be a founder of the town. It was there, sometime before 1638, that he married Ann Lord [9ggm ca. 1621-1688], daughter of 10ggf Thomas Lord (see next). Stanton was an interpreter: self-educated in the Algonquian languages of south eastern New England. He served as an interpreter during the Pequot war of 1637 and served in that same capacity numerous times thereafter. In 1650, Stanton established a trading post on the Pawcatuck River which later became the town of Stonington, Connecticut. The north face of the Stonington Founders Monument in Wequetequock Cemetery recaps his history.
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Thomas Lord [10ggf ca. 1585-1643] (age 50) arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony about Jun 1635 aboard the Elizabeth & Ann out of London with wife Dorothy Bird [10ggm ca. 1588- 1675] and 7 children including daughter 9ggm Ann Lord who later married Thomas Stanton (above). Thomas Lord was listed on the manifest as a ‘smith’, but it not known if he continued that profession in New England. They first resided in Cambridge, Mass., but in 1636 moved to Hartford where he is also considered a founder of the town, as are two of his sons, Thomas, Jr. and Richard (who arrived in New England two years before his father).
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Thomas Prentice [8ggf ca. 1632-1722] it is not known when Thomas arrived in New England, but in 1657 he purchased, with his brother James, land on the south side of the river in Cambridge, now known as Newton, Massachusetts.
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Edward Jackson [9ggf 1602-1681] is first found in Cambridge, Mass. in 1643 when he purchased six acres of land. No information has been found on his first wife 9ggm Frances, but their daughter Rebecca Jackson [8ggm 1636-unk] was born in London and most probably immigrated with her father. About 1664, Rebecca married 8ggf Thomas Prentice (above).
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William Denison [9ggf 1571-1654] arrived in Roxbury, Mass. in 1631 with his wife Margaret (Chandler) Monk [9ggm 1577-1646] and three of their sons- Daniel (19), Edward (14) and 8ggf George (age 12, see next). Oldest son John (26) was married and established as a minister; he stayed in England. William was a ‘maltster’- a maker of malt from grains for use in brewing or distilling.
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George Denison [8ggf ca. 1618-1694] in 1640 married Bridget Thompson in Roxbury. Following her 1643 death, George returned to England. Note this was during the First English Civil War. According to his brother Daniel, while George was there, he "... was a [Captain of calvary in Cromwell’s army] there above a yr., was at the battle of York, or Marston Moor, where he did good service, and was afterwards taken prisoner, but got free...". The family story is that George met his second wife Ann Borodell [8ggm ca. 1615-1712] when he was wounded and took shelter in her father's house. George and Ann returned to Roxbury, Mass. the following year. In 1651 they moved to New London, Conn. and 1654 to Stonington, Conn. where they remained until their deaths. George and Ann’s daughter 7ggm Ann Denison married 7ggf Gershom Palmer (above).
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Humphrey Bean Dow [5ggf 1742-1822] Humphrey was a shoemaker, tanner and he curried his own leather. Before we get into his ancestors, I would like to address the accuracy of some family papers, including the following:
I have found very little of this statement that is correct. There were three Dow brothers, but all three died in England without immigrating- John (died 1544), Thomas (1591) and Henry (1613). Our immigrant ancestor is Henry Dow II (see below), the son of Henry and he arrived in 1637, 47 years earlier than stated in the clip, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1644, he moved to Hampton, in that part of Mass. Bay Colony that later (1691) became part of New Hampshire. I have not found any brothers of our Henry named Joseph or John. William and Mary did not become rulers of England until 1689, and did not give land grants to any individuals. Boston was founded in 1630 and by 1684 the area around was well developed with other cities and no ‘large tract’ (especially the ‘most valuable part of Boston’) would have been available, even to the king of England. Plus, our Henry had been dead for 30 years in 1689. At best, the above clip is fanciful family fantasy- a great story, but not true.
Humphrey's English ancestors include:
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Henry Dow II [8ggf ca. 1608-1659]: arrived in New England in 1637 (husbandman, age 29) with first wife Joane (age 30), 4 children and 1 servant girl age 17; they settled in Watertown, Mass. Joane died there 20 Jun 1640 and the following year Henry remarried to Margaret Cole [8ggm ca. 1610-1675], who had known Henry back in Ormsby, England. Margaret had arrived in 1639 as an indentured servant with the Metcalfe family. Henry and Margaret would have five children including Thomas Dow [7ggf 1653-1728] who became a ‘wheelwright’, a craftsman who builds or repairs wooden wheels.
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John Hill [8ggf 1635-1680]: such a common name makes it is difficult to confirm his information. We know he was born in Bristol, England and married in 1658 (age 23) in New England Miriam Gardner [8ggm ca. 1635-1664] (daughter of Thomas Gardner, see next). John and Miriam had a daughter Susannah Hill [7ggm 1660-1724] who married 7ggf Thomas Dow (above). John was also a wheelwright, and may have been in business with his son-in-law
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Thomas Gardner [9ggf 1592-1674]: arrived in Cape Ann, Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1624 with his wife (whose identity is unknown) and two or three sons. He was an Overseer of the "old planters" party of the Dorchester Company who landed in 1624 at Cape Ann to form a colony at what is now known as Gloucester. Gardner is considered by some to have been the first Governor of Massachusetts. The undertaking did not flourish. Cape Ann was twenty miles from the best fishing waters and had little agriculturally productive land. The site being unsuitable, Roger Conant (our 9ggf- see his bio in the Matilda Trow section) advised all who wished to remain in New England to transfer to a new location afterward named Salem, which Gardner and his family did. In Salem, Gardner was repeatedly licensed during the 1660s to retail strong drink, but in June 1667 the license was amended to allow him to sell only to "strangers" and not to townsmen.
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There are many trees in ancestry.com that show the parents of Humphrey Clark [7ggf ca. 1680-1733] as Daniel Clark [ca. 1619-1690] and Mary (Beane) Clark [unk-1688]. That couple did have a son Humphrey b 3 Aug 1668 in Ipswich or Topfield, Mass. but that Humphrey died around 1693 (age 25) with no mention of a wife or children. I have not found who the parents of our 7ggf Humphrey were.
Tabitha Parker [5ggm ca. 1747-1803], wife of Humphrey Bean Dow, immigrant ancestors:
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James Parker I [9ggf 1617-1700]: arrive in 1640. He was one of 32 who subscribed 18 Dec 1640 to the "Town Orders" forming the village of Woburn, Mass. out of section previously known as Charlestown Village. He had 4 brothers who also emigrated from England- John, Abraham, Joseph and Jacob. They may have been drawn to the area by their Uncle Edward Converse, husband of their aunt Sarah, who came to Massachusetts in 1630 after the death of his wife. <Click here> for a good and accurate recap of the life of 9ggf James Parker.
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Robert Long [10ggf 1590-1663] Enrolled 7 Jul 1635 in London as passengers aboard the Defence [aka Defiance] were about 100 passengers including Robert Long (45), his second wife Elizabeth (30) and 10 children (ages 20 years to 9 months) plus an 18 year old servant; they settled in Charlestown, Mass. Robert was an Innholder (both in England and Charlestown- “licensed to keep a house of entertainment… for horse and man”) and Vintner (in Charlestown). One of the children aboard the Defence was Elizabeth Long [9ggm 1621-1696] (age 12), daughter of Robert and his first wife Sarah Taylor [10ggm 1595-1631]. Elizabeth married 9ggf James Parker I (above) in 1643 in Woburn, Mass.
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James Parker II [8ggf 1652-1694] was the son of 9ggf James Parker I and 9ggm Elizabeth Long (both above). On 11 Dec 1678, James II married his first cousin Mary Parker [8ggm 1655-1694]. Mary was the daughter of Abraham Parker [9ggf ca. 1612-1685], brother of 9ggf James I (above), and Abraham’s wife Rose Whitlock [9ggm ca. 1623-1691]. No further information on Rose. Tragedy struck this family, as on 27 Jul 1694 both 8ggf James II and his wife 8ggm Mary were “slain by Indians” during the Raid on Groton during King William’s War. One of their sons (Phineas) was “carried away captive" and kept a prisoner for four years. The four uncaptured children, including 7ggf Samuel Parker, who was 11 at the time, moved in with their uncle Josiah in Woburn.
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Thomas Skinner [9ggf 1617-1703] in England he was a ‘victualer’ (a person providing or selling food or other provisions). Thomas arrived in Mass. Bay Colony in 1650 or 51 with his wife Mary (Unknown) [9ggm unk.-1671] and two sons including Thomas Skinner, Jr. [8ggf 1645-aft. 1690]. They settled in Malden, Mass. where Thomas Sr. was licensed to keep an inn on 31 May 1652.
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Richard Pratt [9ggf 1615-1691] arrived in New England between 1630 and 1640, settling in Charlestown, Mass. He and his wife Mary (Unknown) [9ggm unk-unk] had 7 children. Again, we have a situation where we descend from two of these children:
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Oldest daughter Mary Pratt [8ggm 1643-1704] married 8ggf Thomas Skinner, Jr. (above). They had 11 children including Richard Skinner [7ggf 1675-1758].
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Oldest son Thomas Pratt [8ggf 1646-1717] and wife Alice (Unknown) [8ggm unk-unk] had 6 children including Hannah Pratt [7ggm 1677-1772]. In 1708, 7ggm Hannah married 7ggf Richard Skinner (above), her first cousin.
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