Clare Rood/Mary Dodge descendants and ancestors
Five generation tree of #24 Philander Dodge [3ggf 1814-1886]
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6ggf John Dodge (a joiner) was born 14 Jun 1724 in what was then New Roxbury, Mass. Bay Colony. In May 1749, this town was unilaterally annexed by Connecticut, assigned to Windham County and its name changed to Woodstock. His father 7ggf Amos Dodge was also a carpenter and owned a share in a mill.
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5ggf John Bullen III was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. On 13 Jul 1780, he was one of 9 men of
Hampshire County and 3,934 men of Mass. raised to reinforce the Continental Army. He was described as 5' 8" with a ruddy complexion; he was under the command of Capt. Thomas Pritchard. In 1782, he was owner of a tavern at "Bullen's Corners" on the Turnpike at Ware, Mass. In Jan and Feb 1787, John III was called to service again, this time during Shay’s Rebellion in Western Mass. He served as a Captain in the affair and was always called Captain Bullen thereafter. Shortly after this service, John III moved his family to Clinton, New York where he was one of the earliest members of the church. He died there in 1824 and his grave marker reads "Honest, industrious, temperate; The poor he sent not empty away".
Before he was 34 years old, 6ggf James Whitcomb II had 4 wives, 3 of whom were cousins to each other. James and 4th wife 6ggm Sarah (Winslow) Whitcomb, widow of Thomas Lincoln and one of the cousins, had at least 10 children, 5ggm Mary (Whitcomb) Bullen, future wife of John Bullen III (above), being the youngest.
Immigrant grandparents and great grandparents of 7ggf Amos Dodge:
1) We have already met one set of his great grandparents, Richard Dodge [10ggf ca.1602-1671] and wife Edith (Unknown) [10ggm ca.1603-1678], who arrived in Salem, Mass. from England about 1638 with 4 children, including son Lt. John Dodge [9ggf 1631-1711]. We also have met 10ggf Richard’s brother William Dodge [9ggf ca.1604-aft.1685], who arrived in Salem in 1629. Richard’s granddaughter 8ggm Jerusha Woodbury married William’s grandson 8ggf Jonathan Dodge and their line continues down to Clare through his Matilda Trow lineage. Nonnie descends from the line of 9ggf Lt. John Dodge, making Clare and Nonnie distant cousins.
2) Another set of immigrant great grandparents of Amos is Phineas Fiske [10ggf ca.1600-1673] who arrived in Salem, Mass. about 1641 from England with his wife Sarah (Francis) Fiske [10ggm
1596-1659] and children including son Thomas Fiske [9ggf 1632-1707]. In Jun 1662, 9ggf Thomas Fiske served as jury foreman in the case of Rebecca Nurse, accused of being a witch. The jury first found her not guilty, but the afflicted children raised such an outcry that Chief Justice William Stoughton asked Fiske to reconsider. The jury then found her guilty and she was hanged 19 Jul 1692 with four other women convicted of being witches. <click here> for a good recap of the trial, including Fiske’s comments on the unusual proceedings.
3) A third set of Amos’ great grandparents arrived in Salem (current Wenham) about 1638 and are also ancestors of both Clare and Nonnie- John White [9&10ggf 1602-1673], his wife Joane (West) White [9&10ggm 1606-1654], 2 sons John and Thomas and 3 daughters 9ggm Joanna (who would marry 9ggf Thomas Fiske (above), Nonnie’s ancestors), Elizabeth and 8ggm Mary (who would marry 8ggf Rev. Joseph Rowlandson, was kidnapped by Indians and ransomed). This White family was discussed in the Abigail Alden (Howes) Rood section of this project.
Immigrant grandparents and great grandparents of 7ggm Mary (Webb) Dodge, wife of Amos:
1) Christopher Webb [10ggf ca.1600-1671], his wife Humility (Wheaton) Webb [10ggm 1588-1687] and children including son Christopher Webb II [9ggf 1630-1694] arrived in New England about 1644 and the father was made a ‘freeman’ in Braintree, Mass. in May 1645.
2) Benjamin Scott [10ggf ca.1612-bef.1647] and wife Hannah (Unknown) Scott [10ggm unk-1677] arrived from England date and place unknown. Their daughter Hannah Scott [9ggm 1635-1718] married 9ggf Christopher Webb II (above), but it has not been determined if she was born in England or Braintree, Mass.
3) Henry Adams [10ggf 1583-1646], his wife Edith (Squire) Adams [10ggm 1587-1672] and 7 or 8 children, including son Samuel Adams [9ggf ca.1617-1689] probably arrived in 1640, despite claims of earlier arrival. Henry is first found in New England when on 24 Feb 1641 he received a land grant of 10 acres in Braintree, Mass. Henry was a maltster and, presumably, a husbandman like his father and grandfather before him. He is popularly known as "The Founder of New England", probably because of the extraordinary number (89) of his grandchildren. Henry is best known as the immigrant great great-grandfather of 2nd US president John Adams, and great great-great grandfather of 6th US president John Quincy Adams, descended through his son Joseph's line. Henry is also 9 great grandfather of 30th US President John Calvin Coolidge.
4) Rear Admiral Thomas Graves [10ggf 1605-1653] arrived in Charlestown, Mass. on 29 Jun 1629 as a mate aboard the Talbot. Also aboard was another man named Thomas Graves (unrelated), called "The Engineer" to differentiate the two. The second man laid out the town of Charlestown. Our Thomas’ wife Katherine (Gray) Graves [10ggm 1605-1681] and children including Rebecca Graves [9ggm 1630-1664] followed separately several years later. In 1652, 9ggm Rebecca married 9ggf Samuel Adams (above). 10ggf Thomas Graves was "Master" of ships transporting immigrants from London to Boston: 1632 the Whale; 1633 Elizabeth Bonadventure; 1635 the
James and 1643 Trial. Thomas Graves built this last ship in Boston; John Winthrop and Nehemiah Bourne were among the investors. In May 1652, Thomas returned to England to participate in the First Anglo/Dutch War and was given command of a ship of war, the President in the Royal Navy; in 1653 he was appointed rear admiral of the White. Thomas died 31 Jul 1653 at sea aboard the St. Andrew, (which had 360 men and 56 guns) in the naval Battle of Scheveningen, final naval battle of that war. Sadly, he was burned to death along with several of his crew. At right is a contemporary painting by Dutch artist Willem van de Velde the younger of the burning of the St. Andrew.
Immigrant grandparents, great grandparents and older of 7ggf John Morse:
1) Anthony Morse II [10ggf 1606-1686] (shoemaker) arrived in New England on the ship James in 1635 with his unmarried younger brother William (also a shoemaker) and settled in Newbury, Mass. The James was almost wrecked off the coast of Hampton, NH during a storm, but finally made it to Boston harbor. Anthony II’s wife Ann (Cox) Morse [10ggm 1607-1679], who was pregnant at that time, followed later with their five children, including son Anthony Morse III [9ggf 1632-1678]. Although his father, also named Anthony, had already died in England (1620/1), most sources say Christian Elizabeth (Follet) Morse [11ggm 1579-1668], mother of Anthony II and William, died later in Newbury or Haverhill, Mass., so perhaps she traveled over with Anthony II’s wife Ann. Brother William (not a direct ancestor) married Elizabeth Titcomb and settled in Newbury. Elizabeth was tried, convicted, and imprisoned for witchcraft in about 1679, but she was finally released. She was known as the Witch of Newbury.
2) Thomas Barnard [10ggf 1612-1677] arrived in New England about 1639 and settled in Salisbury, Mass., near the present New Hampshire border. The arrival date of his wife Eleanor (Unknown) [10ggm unk.-1694] is not known, but they married in Salisbury about 1640 (oldest child born May 1641). Thomas died 7 Jul 1677; it is said he was “killed by Indians”. In 1669, daughter Mary Barnard [9ggm 1645-1712] married 9ggf Anthony Morse III (above).
3) Three generations of our Carpenter ancestors arrived at Boston Harbor aboard the Bevis in July 1638- the 62 year old widowed father William Carpenter [12ggf ca.1576-1640], his 33 year old only son William Carpenter II [11ggf ca.1605-1659], William II’s 32 year old wife Abigail (Briant) Carpenter [11ggm 1604-1687] and their four children age 10 or under, including William Carpenter III [10ggf 1631-1703], age 6. The family first settled in Weymouth, Mass. and then moved to Rehoboth in 1644. All 3 Williams were subsistence farmers and carpenters, as was William III’s son John Carpenter [9ggf 1652-unk], whose father left him a "long Cross cutt saw" and other carpentry tools. William III also served as Rehoboth town clerk 35 years. His records are notable due to his exceptional handwriting and general literacy. He also owned a small library of mostly theological books.
4) James Redway [10ggf ca.1616-1676], although most probably born in Devon, England, he became an indentured servant on 23 Jun 1637 in Dublin, Ireland to William Bladen a "Stationer" (seller of books, paper and writing implements) for a period of three years. Late in the summer of 1637, James arrived in Hingham, Mass. with former Dublin merchant Ralph Woodward, with whom Bladen and John Fisher, a tailor of that city, had formed a partnership. James married following the end of his servitude and moved to Rehoboth. Three of his daughters married Carpenter family (above) members: oldest daughter Sarah married (1660) Samuel, son of 11ggp William II and Abigail; daughter Mary married (bef. 1667) Abiah, son of 11ggp William II and Abigail and daughter Rebecca married (bef. 1667) John, son of 10ggf William III and Priscilla.
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Immigrant great grandparents of 7ggm Sarah (Peake) Morse, wife of John:
1) Christopher Peake [10ggf ca.1607-1666] (a tanner) arrived in Roxbury, Mass. in 1634, a single man. His future wife had arrived a year earlier- Dorcas French [10ggm 1614-1697] arrived in 1633 with her sister Susan. One of those two sisters (uncertain which) MAY have briefly been a nursemaid to the John Winthrop the Younger family, he being the son of then Mass. Gov. John Winthrop. Dorcas and Susan’s brother Thomas and sister Allice arrived by 1632; and their parents Thomas French [11ggf 1584-1639] (a tailor) and Susan (Riddledale) French [11ggm 1584-1658] arrived by Jul 1638 with their remaining children and settled in Ipswich.
2) William French [10&11ggf ca.1605-1681] (a tailor, age 30) arrived in Boston Harbor aboard the Defense on 8 Oct 1635 with his wife 10&11ggm Elizabeth (age 30), and 4 children aged 10 and under. He was listed as a servant to Mr. Harlakenden, "no doubt for purposes of deception" as migration at that time was not an unrestricted right. They settled in Newtowne (later renamed Cambridge) and moved to Billerica, Mass. around 1652. I have not found any relationship to Thomas French (above), despite both men being tailors about the same age and arriving about the same time. In 1660, 10ggf William’s daughter Sarah French [9ggm 1638-1694] married Jonathan Peake [9ggf 1637-1700], son of 10ggf Christopher Peake and grandson of 11ggf Thomas French. Another of 10ggf William's daughters was 10ggm Elizabeth French, one of the 4 children to arrive with her parents. You will see her and her parents again in the future section on 3ggf Sanford Shumway- she married 10ggf Richard Ellis.
3) John Leavens [10ggf ca.1582-1647] arrived in Boston Harbor aboard the William and Francis on 5 Jun 1632 with his invalid wife Elizabeth (Unknown); they settled in Roxbury, Mass. Following the 1638 death of Elizabeth, John remarried to Rachel Write [10ggm ca.1619-aft.1648]. 10ggm Rachel had arrived in Roxbury as a maid servant and was admitted to the Roxbury church in 1637.
4) John Woods [10ggf 1610-1678] (“pinmaker”- one who makes small, metal pins) and wife Mary (Parmenter) Woods [10ggm 1610-1690] arrived in New England about 1635 (some say aboard the Hopewell, but that is unconfirmed) and settled in Roxbury. Their daughter Hannah (Woods) Leavens [9ggm 1638-1666], wife of John Leavens, Jr. [9ggm 1640-1696] (son of John and Rachel, above), died 24 Oct 1666 (age 28), 7 days after giving birth to her only child 8ggm Hannah (Leavens) Peake.
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Immigrant great grandparents and older of 7ggf Joshua Warren, Jr.:
1) John Warren [10ggf 1585-1667] arrived in Mass. Bay Colony about 1635 as part of the large Winthrop Fleet. With him were his wife Margaret (Unknown) Warren [10ggm unk-1662] and children including son Daniel Warren [9ggf 1627-conflict info]. They settled in Watertown. I have not found a relationship with the Richard Warren family discussed below.
2) Ellis Barron [10ggf ca.1605-1676] arrived in New England about 1640 with wife Grace (Unknown) Barron [10ggm unk.-before 1643] and children including daughter Mary (Barron) Warren [9ggm ca.1631-1716]. They also settled in Watertown and in 1650 9ggm Mary would marry 9ggf Daniel Warren (above).
3) Richard Warren [10&11ggf ca.1578-1628] arrived in Plymouth Colony in 1620 aboard the Mayflower; he was the 12th signer of the Mayflower Compact. His wife Elizabeth (Walker) Warren [10&11ggm 1583-1673] and 5 daughters including Elizabeth (Warren) Church [10ggm ca.1615-1670] followed 3 years later aboard the Anne. We have previously met Mayflower passenger Richard Warren in Clare’s tree- in the 3ggf William Warner section. There we descend from Richard and Elizabeth’s son 9ggf Joseph. Here Nonnie descends from their daughter 10ggm Elizabeth who married 10ggf Richard Church (below), once again making Clare and Nonnie distant cousins.
4) Richard Church [10ggf ca.1608-1668] (single, a carpenter) arrived in Mass. Bay Colony in 1630. He married 10ggm Elizabeth Warren (above) in 1636. Their son Caleb Church [9ggf ca.1646-1722] (a miller and millwright) married (1667) 9ggm Joanna (Sprague) Church, who died 11 Jul 1678 (age 32), 14 days after giving birth to twins- daughter 8ggm Rebecca (Church) Warren and son Isaac, her 7th and 8th (or some say 9th and 10th) children.
5) Anthony Eames [11ggf ca.1592-1686] arrived in Mass. Bay Colony in 1633 aboard the Recovery out of Weymouth, Devon, England with his wife Margery (Unknown) [11ggm ca.1595-1662] and children including daughter Millicent Eames [10ggm ca.1615-1696].
6) William Sprague [10ggf 1609-1675] arrived in Mass. Bay Colony in 1629 with his brothers Ralph and Richard. William first settled in Charlestown and moved to Hingham 1636 following his marriage to 10ggm Millicent Eames (above).
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Immigrant grandparents and great grandparents of 7ggm Elizabeth (Harris) Warren, wife of Joshua:
1) Robert Harris [9ggf ca.1615-ca.1701] and his future wife Elizabeth Boughey [9ggm ca.1621-unk.] arrived separately from England sometime before their 24 Jan 1643 marriage in Roxbury, Mass.
2) Daniel Brewer [10ggf ca.1600-1646], his wife Joanna (Unknown) Brewer [10ggm ca.1602-1689] and three children arrived 16 Sep 1632 in Boston Harbor aboard the Lyon which carried 123 passengers including 50 children. The Brewers settled in Roxbury.
3) Robert Rand [10ggf ca.1601-bef.1650], his wife Alice (Unknown) Rand [10ggm ca.1604-1691] and children arrived in 1635, settling in Charlestown, Mass.
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Immigrant grandfather and great grandparents of 7ggf John Bullen:
1) Samuel Bullen [9ggf ca.1618-1691] arrived in Mass. Bay Colony about 1636, married 9ggm Mary Morse (below) in 1641 at Dedham, Mass. and they moved to Medford by 1646.
2) Samuel Morse [10ggf ca.1586-1654] arrived 1635 aboard the Increase with wife Elizabeth (Jasper) Morse [10ggm 1580-1655] and some children probably including daughter Mary Morse [9ggm 1620-1692] who married 9ggf Samuel Bullen (above). 10ggp Samuel and Elizabeth are another couple that have already appeared in Clare’s side of our tree- their son Daniel Morse [9ggf ca.1610-1688] arrived separately from but about the same time as his parents and is discussed (along with his parents) in more detail in the section on 3ggf Josiah Foster Rood.
3) Jonathan Fairbank [10ggf ca.1594-1668] arrived in Boston about 1633 with his wife Grace (Smith) Fairbank [10ggm ca.1600-1673] and children including son Jonas Fairbank [9ggf 1625-1676] (see next). They moved to Dedham after about 3 years and Jonathan became the 31st signor of the Dedham Covenant on 23 Mar 1636/37. The house that Jonathan built about 1641 is still standing and run as a historic house museum (The Fairbanks House) in Dedham by the Fairbank Family in America non-profit organization. It is the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing.
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a) 9ggf Jonas Fairbank- before Jonas, I had not heard of the “sumptuary laws” of the Puritans. These laws were meant to delineate hierarchies within a society, to enforce morals, and to indicate who could receive privileges of the upper class. In Nov 1652, the Essex County court fined Jonas for wearing "great boots" before he was worth £200. <click here> for an excellent story on Jonas, his boots and sumptuary laws in general. On 10 Feb 1676, Jonas was one of several residents killed by Indians in the Lancaster Raid as part of King Philips War. His 15 year old son Joshua was also killed. This is the same raid as when 8ggm Mary (White) Rowlandson was kidnapped (see her story in the Abigail Alden Howes section). Jonas’ daughter Grace (Fairbank) Bullen [8ggm 1663-1689] is yet another of our ancestors to die of complications of childbirth. She died 11 Aug 1689, 4 days after giving birth to her 4th child, Grace, who lived 13 days.
4) John Prescott [10ggf ca,1605-1681] arrived in Mass. Bay Colony with wife Mary (Platts) Prescott [10ggm unk.-1676] shortly before 26 Jun 1637 when he received a distribution of land in Watertown. Sources saying Barbados in 1638 are incorrect. In 1643, he was part of a group that purchased from Indians a tract of land (10 miles by 8) that would later become Lancaster, Mass. There he opened a corn mill, ran a sawmill and did blacksmithing.
Immigrant grandparents and great grandmother of 7ggm Sarah (Underwood) Bullen, wife of John:
1) Joseph Underwood [9ggf ca.1614-1677] arrived in Hingham, Mass. about 1637, apparently a single man, and moved to Watertown about 1644. It was there that he married 9ggm Mary Wilder (next).
2) Martha (Higgs) Wilder [10ggm ca.1585-1652], a widow, arrived in Boston Harbor in 1638 aboard the Confidence and settled in Hingham, Mass. She traveled with her daughter Mary Wilder [9ggm ca.1623-1658] who would marry 9ggf Joseph Underwood about 1644 in Watertown. Martha’s son Edward had arrived previously.
Immigrant grandparents of 7ggf James Whitcomb:
1) John Whitcomb [9ggf 1588-1662] arrived about 1633 in Dorchester, Mass. with his wife Frances (Coggan) Whitcomb [9ggm 1605-1671] and children including son Robert Whitcomb [8ggf 1629-ca.1695]. In 1659, 8ggf Robert and Mary Cudworth [8ggm 1637-bef.1681] (daughter of James and Mary, below) eloped to Quebec and were married in a Quaker ceremony. On 9 Mar 1660/1 they were charged in Plymouth Court “for disorderly coming together without consent of parents and lawful marriage, [and were] sentenced to pay ten pounds fine and imprisoned during the pleasure of the Court”. However, in order to avoid prison, they were married that same day by a Puritan preacher at Littleton, Mass.
2) James Cudworth [9ggf 1612-1681] married wife Mary (Parker) Cudworth [9ggm ca.1606-1681] on 1 Feb 1634 in Northam, Devon, England. They sailed for New England shortly thereafter and joined the Scituate, Plymouth Colony church 18 Jan 1635. James was a salter, soldier, colonist and held many important colony offices. <click here> for an excellent recap of his life. On 7 Mar 1656, James and his friend Timothy Hatherly were appointed as supervisors of the last will and testament of 9ggf Capt. Myles Standish of Duxbury, Mass.; Cudworth was also a witness to this will. In Sep 1681, in his capacity as Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony, James returned to London. He was on a mission to obtain a new charter, by which the colony was to incorporate part of Narragansett territory. Shortly after his arrival, he contracted smallpox and died before presenting their case to the King.
Immigrant grandfather and great grandparents of 7ggm Mary (Parker) Whitcomb, wife of James:
1) William Parker [8ggf ca.1614-1684] is first found in New England on 1 Feb 1638 when he took the Oath of Allegiance in Scituate, Mass. On 13 Nov 1651, William married Mary Turner [8ggm 1634-1702], daughter of 9ggp Humphrey and Lydia Turner (below), as his second wife; they had seven children.
2) Humphrey Turner [9ggf ca.1595-ca.1673], a tanner, and wife Lydia (prob. Gaymer) Turner [9ggm 1602-ca.1699] arrived 1632 in Plymouth Colony and moved to Scituate, Mass. in 1634.
Immigrant grandparents and great grandfather of 7ggf Edward Winslow:
1) Kenelm Winslow [9ggf 1599-1672] arrived, a single man, in 1631 aboard the White Angel from Bristol, England with his brother Josiah Winslow; Kenelm settled in Plymouth. They were following several older brothers: brother Edward Winslow and family and another brother Gilbert Winslow, single, age 20, both were passengers on the 1620 arrival of the Mayflower. A third brother John Winslow came aboard the Fortune in 1621. In case you lost count, that makes five Winslow brothers who came from England to Plymouth. Kenelm was a “joiner”- an artisan and tradesperson who builds things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter, more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter, including furniture and the "fittings" of a house. Kenelm was also the official coffin maker of the Colony. In Jun 1634, Kenelm married 9ggm Elenor or Ellen (Newton) Adams in Plymouth (see next).
2) Elenor or Ellen (Newton) Adams [9ggm 1598-1681] arrived in Plymouth on 10 Jul 1623 aboard the Anne, possibly a young widow; her ancestry and first husband are unknown. It is believed she may have been related to one or more of the Anne passengers as young women did not travel alone in those days. <click here> for a lengthy discussion as to her identity. This is the second time that 9ggm Elenor appears in our tree. In 1625, she married 9ggf John Adams and Clare descends from them through their son John Adams II [8ggf 1630-1704]- see the discussion in the Mary Garwood section of the 3+ great Grandparents part of this project. Following John’s 1633 death, Elenor remarried to 9ggf Kenelm Winslow (above) and Nonnie descends from them through their son Kenelm Winslow, Jr. [8ggf 1635-1715].
3) Peter Worden [10&12ggf ca.1576-1639] before emigrating from Preston, Lancashire, England, he was a textile merchant. In 1625 he was an inspector of cloth (an alnager) for the county and in 1631 he bought and sold a large quantity of wine. Peter arrived in Lynn, Mass. about 1638 (a widower, age 62) with his son Peter Worden II [9&11ggf ca.1609-1681] and John Lewis, his illegitimate grandson (son of daughter Elizabeth and John Lewis, a married priest who was defrocked and debarred over the affair). Before 7 Jan 1639, they moved to Yarmouth, Mass. on Cape Cod and Peter, Sr. died there shortly thereafter. Nonnie’s tree descends from two different children of Peter II:
a) His daughter Mercy Worden [8ggm ca.1641-1688] married Kenelm Winslow, Jr. [8ggf 1635-1715] on 23 Sep 1667 in Yarmouth. They had 11 children including 7ggf Edward Winslow (“N” in tree above) and that tree descends to Nonnie’s grandfather Henry Judson Dodge.
b) His son Samuel Worden [10ggf 1645-1716] will appear later in Nonnie’s tree in the 3ggm Julia Matilda (Lewis) Shumway branch and descends to Henry Judson Dodge’s wife Mary Shumway, making Nonnie’s grandparents distant cousins.