Clare Rood/Mary Dodge descendants and ancestors

     Immigrant grandparents of 7&8ggf Joseph Lewis:

1. The first of the Lewis line in our tree is identified as one John Lewis [9ggf poss.1630-1690], an early settler of Rhode Island. There is great confusion about "John Lewis" and his family. I have seen New England records with the listing of 20 different men by that name. I am only marginally confident in the identification of this man. However, I am more confident in the information that 7ggf Joseph, the subject of this section, and most probably the grandson of 9ggf John, had two sons who each appear in 3ggm Julia’s branch of our tree- Abel Lewis [6ggf 1730-1795] and his brother Abraham (Absolam) Lewis [7ggf 1724-1790] (see section E below). That makes Julia’s fraternal grandparents first cousins, once removed.

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     Immigrant ancestors of 7ggm Mary (Wilcox) Lewis, wife of Joseph (above):

1. The first of the Wilcox family found in New England is Mary’s great grandfather Edward Wilcox [10ggf 1604-1680]. 10ggf Edward, twice widowed in England, arrived in Rhode Island in 1638 with his young son Stephen Wilcox [9ggf 1634-1699]. About 1659, 9ggf Stephen married Hannah Hazard [9ggm 1637-1685] (see below).

2. The parents of 9ggm Hannah were Thomas Hazard [10ggf ca.1610-aft.1677], a ship carpenter, and his wife Martha (Not Found) [10ggm ca.1611-1669], who arrived in Boston about 1635. Most probably arriving with them was their son Robert Hazard [9ggf ca.1628-1710] (see next).

3. About 1657, 9ggf Robert Hazard married Mary Brownell [9ggm 1639-1739] in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Mary was born in New England, but her parents Thomas Brownell [10ggf 1608-1664] and Anne (Bourne) Brownell [10ggm 1607-1666] immigrated from England, possibly aboard the Whale in 1638. The first record here of 10ggf Thomas is in a 1640 deed in what is now Braintree, Mass. 10ggf Thomas died 24 Sep 1664 in a horse racing accident, leaving Anne widowed with nine children, ages 9 to 25. <click here> for a complete biography including the details of his tragic death.

4. Note that 7ggm Mary’s parents were first cousins- both were grandchildren of 10ggf Thomas Hazard. Edward Wilcox [8ggf 1662-1715] was the son of 9ggm Hannah (Hazard) Wilcox and Edward’s wife Mary Hazard [8ggm 1666-1698] was the daughter of 9ggf Robert Hazard, brother of Hannah and both children of Thomas Hazard.

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     Immigrant ancestors of 7ggf Capt. John Maccoone III:

1. Here we find the first of our immigrant ancestors to come from Scotland, although his arrival was less than voluntary. 7ggf Capt. John’s grandfather, John Maccoone I [9ggf ca.1631-1705] was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. On 3 Sep 1650, 9ggf John (age 19) was taken prisoner at the Battle of Dunbar, a decisive engagement in the English Civil Wars, in which English troops commanded by Oliver Cromwell defeated the Scottish army under David Leslie. Many of the captured Scots were sent to New England and sold as indentured servants for a period of 6-8 years. 9ggf John was prisoner #57 on the ironically named ship Unity, which arrived in Charlestown, Mass. in Dec 1650. There is not agreement as to the wife of 9ggf John, but she was probably Sarah (Wood) Maccoone [9ggm ca.1643-1705].

2. Little information has been able to be confirmed on the background of the wife of John Maccoone II [8ggf 1666-1733]. We know her name was Anne (Larkin) Maccoone [9ggm ca. 1668-1732] and that she was most probably born in Mass. Bay Colony. We are also missing information on the wife of Capt. John III other than that her name was Patience (Randall) Maccoone [7ggm ca.1695-1754], probably born in Connecticut.

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     No information on the immigrant ancestors of 7ggm Patience (Randall) Maccoone, wife of Capt. John III.

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     Immigrant ancestors of 7ggf Abraham (Absolam) Lewis:

1. I have already addressed the Lewis side of Abraham’s tree in section A above for his father 7&8ggf Joseph Lewis. Abraham’s mother was 7ggm Mary Wilcox, whose immigrant ancestors are discussed in detail in section B above. These intertwining branches of our tree can get confusing.

 

     Immigrant ancestors of 7ggm Rebecca (Chesebrough) Lewis, wife of Abraham (above):

1. Our Chesebrough line begins with William Chesebrough [11ggf ca.1595-1667], a blacksmith. 11ggf William and his wife Anne (Stephenson) Chesebrough [11ggm ca.1598-1673] are first found in New England when in the fall of 1630 they were admitted to the Boston church as members #44 and #45. Their son Samuel Chesebrough [10ggf bef.1627-1673] was born in England and would have immigrated with his parents as a youth. 11ggp William and Anne lived in Braintree, Mass. Bay Colony, Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony (1643) and finally in Stonington, Conn. Colony, where five generations of the Chesebrough family lived.

2. Another of Rebecca’s 2 great grandfathers was Thomas Minor [11ggf 1608-1690]. 11ggf Thomas arrived (a single man) sometime prior to 2 Nov 1632 when he was admitted as a founding member of the Charlestown, Mass. church. On 23 Apr 1634, he married Grace Palmer [11ggm 1612-1690] (see next).

3. 11ggm Grace Palmer arrived in Salem, Mass. in Jun 1629 aboard the Four Sisters from Gravesend, England with her father Walter Palmer [8ggf ca.1585-1661]. We first met 8ggf Walter and his family in the 3ggf George Palmer Fish branch of Clare’s tree. To refresh your memory, see the “Hannah Palmer” section of the George Fish page in the 3ggf section <click here>. 8ggf Walter was good friends with 11ggf William Chesebrough (above) who testified on behalf of Palmer, who although accused of manslaughter, was acquitted.

4. Christopher Avery [12ggf ca.1590-1679] was a ‘kersey weaver’- a type of rough woolen cloth. According to the Avery Memorial Association of Groton, Conn., 12ggf Christopher and his only son James Avery [11ggf 1620-1700] came from England to Gloucester, MA before 1642. The wife of 12ggf Christopher (and mother of 11ggf James) was Margery (Stephens) Avery [12ggm ca.1590-unk] who, for unknown reasons, stayed behind in England. In fact, on 27 Oct 1642 the first of several cases over several years were brought against 12ggf Christopher where he was charged with "living absent from his wife". Finally in 1654, his fines for this offence were forgiven, since he was "very poore and aged, having nothing to pay...". On 10 Nov 1643, 11ggf James Avery married Joanna Greenslade [11ggm 1622-1693] in Boston. There is conflicting info on 11ggm Joanna, but she was most probably born in England and may have come to America with an older cousin.

5. The first immigrant ancestor in 7ggm Rebecca’s maternal line is Thomas Harris [11ggf ca.1590-bef.1634]. Thomas arrived in New England about 1630 with his wife Elizabeth (Unknown) [11ggm 1577-1670] and their son Daniel Harris [10ggf ca.1626-1701]. Some claim aboard the Lyon, but no passenger list has been found. Regardless, they were most probably part of the Winthrop Fleet. They first settled in Winnissimmett (later Chelsea), Mass. Bay Colony where 11ggf Thomas was granted exclusive rights to operate a ferry from this location to Charlestown (for 3 pence per person) and Boston (for 4 pence per person). Thomas ran it until his death and his widow remarried his replacement in running the ferry. The son 10ggf Daniel was a wheelwright in Rowley, Mass. (1643) and later (1660) owned an inn in Middletown, Conn. He also owned a negro Mengo, whom he left to his son John along with his homestead and all appurtenances.

6. Captain Joseph Weld [11ggf ca.1599–1646], the youngest of three Weld brothers, arrived in New England about 1635. He arrived with wife Elizabeth (Wise) Weld [11ggm ca.1600-1646] and children, including daughter Mary Weld [10ggm 1627-1711] who married 10ggf Daniel Harris (above) in 1648. As an award for his participation in the Pequot War of 1637 and subsequent negotiations, the colonial legislature granted 11ggf Joseph 278 acres in the town of Roxbury, Mass. Captain Weld's land is now much of present-day Jamaica Plain and Roslindale. With the wealth generated from this grant, Joseph Weld became one of the first donors to Harvard and a founder of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. There is a connection between 11ggf Joseph Weld and the Denison family in the George Palmer Fish branch of our tree. Joseph’s oldest daughter  Elizabeth [1626-1716] (sister of 10ggf Mary) married (1641) Captain Edward Denison, son of 9ggf William Denison and brother of 8ggf George Denison.

7. Deacon Edward Collins [11ggf 1603-1689], merchant, of Bramford, Suffolk, England arrived in New England about 1638 with his wife Martha (Baylie) Collins [11ggm 1609-1699] and children including young son Samuel Collins [10ggf 1636-1695]. 10ggf Samuel married Marye Marvin [10ggm 1636-1713] (next) in 1663 in Cambridge, Mass.

8. 10ggm Marye (Marvin) Collins arrived also about 1638 as a young girl with her parents Reinold Marvin [11ggf 1594-bef.1662] and Mary (Clark) Marvin [11ggm 1594-1661]; the family settled in Conn. Colony. Interestingly, the cause of death for 11ggm Mary was attributed to ‘witchcraft’. Nicholas Jennings and his wife Margaret of Saybrook were indicted in the case, but a unanimous guilty verdict was not reached (although a “majority found them guilty, and the rest found strong ground for suspicion").

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     Immigrant ancestors of 7ggf Belgium (Bell) York:

1. Many records have James York [10ggf ca.1614-1683] (age 21) aboard the Phillip, which sailed from Gravesend, England on 20 Jun 1635 bound for Virginia. If so, he didn't stay in Virginia long, as his oldest child, Abigail, was born 1638 in New London Co., Conn. Colony. Little is known of the family or immigration of his wife Joanna (poss. Elliot) [10ggm ca.1618-1685], but she would have been born in England.

2. Another great grandfather of 7ggf Bell York was Thomas Bell [10ggf ca.1610-1655] who arrived in New England about 1637 and settled in Boston. In 1669, his daughter Deborah Bell [9ggm 1650-1719] first marriage was to James York II [9ggf 1648-1676], son of 10ggf James York (above).

3. There is some confusion over Thomas Brown [10ggf 1626-1693]. Besides his son Thomas Brown, Jr. [9ggf 1654-1723], there were at least two other men named "Thomas Brown" in the area at the same time. This Thomas appears to be the only one who lived in Lynn, Mass. He was a "dish-turner"- operate a lathe to make dishes and bowls; his son 9ggf Thomas, Jr. was a "joiner"- an artisan who built things by joining pieces of wood.

4. About 1651, 10ggf Thomas Brown married Mary Newhall [10ggm 1637-1694]. 10ggm Mary was born in Lynn, Mass., but her parents Thomas Newhall [11ggf 1594-1674] and Mary (Uncertain) Newhall [11ggm 1600-1695] arrived in Salem, Mass. about 1630 and settled in Lynn.

5. Henry Collins [11ggf 1606-1687], a “starchmaker” from Stepney, Middlesex, England enrolled 30 Jun 1635 (age 29) with a certificate of conformity from the minister of Stepney for passage to New England on the Abigail which carried about 220 passengers plus livestock. With him were his wife Ann (not found) Collins [11ggm ca.1605-1691] (age 30) and three children including oldest son Henry Collins II [10ggf 1629-1722] (age 5). The family arrived in Boston harbor in Oct 1635 and settled in Lynn, Mass.

6. About 1651, 10ggf Henry Collins II married Mary Tolman [10ggm 1632-1723]. 10ggm Mary arrived in the mid-1630s with her parents Thomas Tolman [11ggf ca.1608-1690] and Sarah (not found) Tolman [11ggm ca.1610-1677] plus other siblings. The family settled in Dorchester, Mass. Bay Colony.

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     Immigrant ancestors of 7ggm Ruth (Main) York, wife of Belgium (above):

1. Ezekiel Main [10ggf ca.1641-1714]. The first record of him is on 9 March 1660 (age 19) when, in Plymouth Colony court, he was fined 20 shillings for 'disorderly conduct' (aiding an elopement). "Ezekiel Mayn for accompanying and countenancing [Robert Whitcomb and Mary Cudworth] in their extravagant course for the acccomplishing of their eregrelar purpose [coming together without consent of parents and lawful marriage]". The courts were not big on spelling. The next mention of him was on 20 Oct 1668 (age 27) when he was exempted from military duties: "...there doth appear a willingness in the Military Company of Scituate, [Mass.] that in regard that he hath but one eye, it is difficult and in some respect dangerous for him to be in arms and training as formerly". He moved to Connecticut Colony about that same time and that is where the next four generations of our Main family lived.

2. Although 10ggf Ezekiel Main’s wife Mary Hatch [10ggm 1652-1723] was born in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, her father William Hatch [11ggf 1621-ca.1702] arrived Jul 1638 in Charlestown, Mass. as a young man with his parents Thomas Hatch [12ggf ca.1596-1643] and Lydia (Gyles) Hatch [12ggm 1600-1665] plus 4 siblings and their uncle William Hatch. The family sailed aboard the Castle of London and settled in Scituate.

3. On 13 May 1652, 11ggf William Hatch married Susannah Annable [11ggm 1630-1685] in Scituate. The parents of 11ggm Susannah, Anthony Annable [12ggf ca.1595-1674] and Jane (Moumford) Annable [12ggm 1600-1643], arrived in Plymouth Colony with their two oldest daughters on 10 Jul 1623 aboard the Anne, third ship of the Pilgrims, after a 3 month voyage from London. In 1626, 12ggf Anthony was one of the 58 “Purchasers” who bought out the original investors (“Adventurers”) in Plymouth Colony. Give or take a year later, a smaller group of twelve persons--referred to as the "Undertakers"--replaced the interests of the Purchasers.

4. Abel Huse [10ggf ca.1602-1690] and his first wife Eleanor Bird [1603-1663] arrived 1642 in Newbury, Mass. They had no children together and after Eleanor’s death, 10ggf Abel remarried to the widow Mary (Hilton) Sears [10ggm ca.1635-1699], who brought two daughters from her first marriage to the family. Their daughter Ruth Huse [9ggm 1664-1739] was born in Newbury and on 11 Oct 1699, as the “Widow Brown”, married Jeremiah Main [9ggf 1678-1727], son of 10ggf Ezekiel Main (tab 1. above).

5. On the mother’s side of 7ggm Ruth, we find Peter Worden [10ggf ca.1576-1639] who was previously discussed in section “N” of the 3ggf Philander Dodge tree. Philander descended from 10ggf Peter’s granddaughter Mercy (Worden) Winslow [8ggm ca.1641-1688]. Here Julia descends from his grandson Samuel Worden [8ggf 1645-1716].

6. Richard Butler [11ggf 1610-1684] arrived in New England in 1633 with his first wife and two children; they first settled in Cambridge, Mass. 11ggf Richard and family moved to Hartford, Conn. about 1636, probably in the original party with Rev. Thomas Hooker. Butler is considered another one of the founders of Hartford and served as Deacon in Rev. Hooker’s church. Following his first wife’s death, 11ggf Richard remarried about 1639 to Elizabeth (Unknown) [11ggm ca.1616-1691]. 11ggm Elizabeth was born in England, but it is not known when she arrived in New England.11ggp Richard and Elizabeth had six children, including son Daniel Butler [10ggf 1650-1692].

7. Also considered founders of Hartford, Conn. were ancestor immigrants James Olmsted [12ggf 1580-1640] and his son Nicholas Olmsted [11ggf 1612-1684]. They arrived together in Boston harbor on 16 Sep 1632 among the 123 passengers aboard the Lyon. James was 51, a widower; Nicholas, single, was 20; they first settled in Cambridge, Mass. In Oct 1635, James was among the so-called “Adventurers Party” of 25 men who set out to explore the area that would become Hartford, and the following spring both father and son moved there. Other Adventurers found elsewhere in our tree include: Stephen Hart [11ggf ca.1599-1683] in section G 6 of 3ggf Thirza (Eastman) Dodge and Timothy Stanley [10ggf 1604-1648] in the Capt. Elijah Warner section of 3ggf William B. Warner.

8. On 28 Sep 1640, 11ggf Nicholas Olmsted (above) married Sarah Loomis [11ggm 1617-1667]. Sarah is the second (and oldest) of three daughters of Joseph Loomis to appear in our tree. Joseph and his youngest daughter 10ggm Mary (Loomis) Skinner were discussed in section F 3 of 3ggm Thirza (Eastman) Dodge and middle daughter 9ggm Elizabeth (Loomis) Hull will appear in the 3ggf John Gile section later in this project.