Ancestors of Victoria Elizabeth Haskell

Notes

2048. William Haskell

Was represenative 1672 and several yeasr more, descendants are more numerous than of any other early settler of Gloucester (Genealogical Dictionary by James Savage)

Emigrated in 1635 aboard the "Elizabeth"

"He was a mariner, engaged in fishing, but found time to attend to much of the town's business, serving as selectman several years, and was represenative to the General Court six times in twenty years. In 1661 he was appointed lieutenantof the 'trayned band' and was later captain. He was one of the officers who refused in 1688 to assess the taxes levied by Sir Edmund Andros, and was fined by the Superior Court at Salem. The repudiated Governor, Andros, was finally driven out of New England by the indignant victims of his tyranny. In 1681 William Haskell joined with others in a petition to the King praying for the interposition of the crown to prevent the disturbance of title to Gloucester lands by Robert Mason, who made claim thereto. He was one of the first two known deacons of the first church at Gloucester." (Americana Illustrated)

2064. Thomas Bradbury

"Salisbury, an original propr. bur it is not known where he was settled before going to that town, yet prob. at Ipswich, freem. 13 May 1640, rep. 1651 and six years more, recorder for the Co. of Norfolk, when New Hampshire was part of Massachussetts, was a captain and died 16 March 1695. His wife Mary, daughter of John Perkins, after 56 years of good cohabit. was accused of witchcraft in the dark hours of 1692, but her age was not sufficient to condemn her; she was acquitted** and died 20 Dec. 1700." (Savage Vol. I)

**Note: there are varying stories anout Mary's trial, it does appear she was convicted though not executed and released from prison.

The Will of Thomas Bradbury proved March 26 1695

In the name of God, amen. The fourteenth day of February, in the year of Lord one thousand six hundred and ninety-four. I Thomas Bradbury of the town of Salisbury in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, aged, weak in body, but of a good and perfect memory, thanks be to God Almighty for the same, do make, ordain, constitute and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following: revoking and annulling by these presents, all and every testament or testaments, will or wills heretofore by me made and declared either by word or by writing, and this to be taken only for my last will and testament an none other : And being penitent for my sins, I give and commit my soul unto Almighty God my Saviour and my redeemer in whom by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe it assuredly to be saved; and my body to be buried in such place where it shall please my executors to appoint: And for the settling of my temporal estate, such goods, chattels and debts as it hath pleased God far above my deserts to bestow upon me, I do order, give and dispose the same in manner and form following, that is to say:
first, I will that all those debts and duties that I owe in right and conscience to any manner of person or persons in favor, shall be well and truly contented and paid or ordained to be paid within convenient time after my decease. So by my executor or executrixes hereafter named,
Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandchildren, Thomas Bradbury and Jacob Bradbury, all my housing and lands which I now situate, lying and being within the bounds of Salisbury aforenamed and which arable lands and meadow marsh, pasture and swamp lands, or of what sort soever they be, with all rights privileges and commonages thereunto belonging or any ways appertaining; unto them my said grandchildren and their heirs of their body lawfully begotten; the given and bequeathed and demised to be equally divided between my said grandchildren Thomas Jacob, and not to be disposed by selling, letting or any other ways improved, but each to other, and my said grandchildren shall pay unto their Aunt True fourteen pounds, each of them in good pay within one year after they come to the age of one and twenty years. As also my said grandchildren shall acquit and discharge their brother, William Bradbury from all orders of court concerning the division of their father's estate; also my will is that my said grandchildren Thomas and Jacob shall pay unto their grandmother, twenty bushels of corn yearly, such as she shall have need of during her natural life and to find her sufficient wood, winter and summer cut and fit; as also winter and summer meat for two cows, all during her natural life or widowhood: and my will is that my wife what part of my house she thinks meet to require unto the half of it, shall have during her widowhood or natural life, unto her own particular use if she thinks good to require the same.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandchildren Thomas Bradbury all my implements of husbandry and also my young colt.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Stanyon twenty shillings she having had her portion upon marriage.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane True ten pounds to be made in good pay within one year after my decease.
Item. I give to my grandchild Elizabeth Buss five pounds in good pay.
also my will is that five pounds be delivered to the selectman in good pay, then in being of said town of Salisbury by them to be disposed to such of the poor as they judge to have most need of it.
And lastly I do ordain and appoint my dearly and well beloved wife, Mary Bradbury and my dearly and well beloved daughter Judith Moody my executors or executrixes to this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above named.
Thomas Bradbury
Signed sealed and declared to be the last will and testament of Mr. Thomas Bradbury in ye presence of William Buswell, Isaac Buswell, William Buswell, jr.

(Source of Will: Chuck Hanson's Genealogy Web Page, http://www.tiac.net/users/ckhans/bradbury.htm)

2065. Mary Perkins

One of the accused Salem "Witches". Convicted, but not executed.(from Savage)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, October 2009:
Mary Bradbury
Born Mary Perkins
Hillmorton, County Warwick, England
Died December 20, 1700
Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Known for Accused Salem Witch Convicted & Later Exonerated
Spouse(s) Thomas Bradbury
Parents John Perkins, Judith Gater
Relatives Ray Bradbury

Mary Perkins Bradbury (baptized September 3, 1615 - December 20, 1700) was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. [1]

Early life
Mary Perkins was daughter of John and Judith (Gater) Perkins, baptized in 1615 at Hilmorton, County Warwick, England. Her family immigrated to America in 1630, sailing on the "Lion" from Bristol.
In 1636 she married Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts, considered one of its most distinguished citizens.

Witch trials
In the notorious witch trials of 1692, Mary Bradbury was indicted for (among other charges):
"Certaine Detestable arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries Wickedly Mallitiously and felloniously hath used practiced and Exercised At and in the Township of Andivor in the County of Essex aforesaid in upon & against one Timothy Swann of Andivor In the County aforesaid Husbandman -- by which said Wicked Acts the said Timothy Swann upon the 26th day of July Aforesaid and divers other days & times both before and after was and is Tortured Afflicted Consumed Pined Wasted and Tormented..."
Witnesses testified that she assumed animal forms; her most unusual metamorphosis was said to have been that of a blue boar.
Another allegation was that she cast spells upon ships.
Over a hundred of her neighbors and townspeople testified on her behalf, but to no avail and she was found guilty of practicing magic and sentenced to be executed.
Through the ongoing efforts of her friends, her execution was delayed. After the witch frenzy had passed, she was released. By some accounts she was allowed to escape. Others claim she bribed her jailer.
Mary Bradbury died of natural causes in her own bed in 1700.
In 1711, the governor and council of Massachusetts authorized payment of £578.12s to the claimants representing twenty-three persons condemned at Salem, and the heirs of Mary Bradbury received £20. A petition to reverse the attainder of twenty-two of the thirty-one citizens convicted and condemned as a result of the trials was passed by the Massachusetts General Court in 1711, and in 1957 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts reversed the stigma placed on all those not covered by earlier orders.

Descendants
Children of Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Bradbury were:
- Wymond Bradbury (1637-1669) m. Sarah Pike, daughter of Major Rober Pike - Judith Bradbury (1638-1700) - Thomas Bradbury (1640-1718) - Mary Bradbury (1642-1667) - Jane Bradbury (1645-1729) m. Henry True - Jacob Bradbury (1647-1669, Barbados) - William Bradbury (1649-1678) m. Rebecca Wheelwright - Elizabeth Bradbury (1651-?) - John Bradbury (1654-1678) - Ann Bradbury (1656-1659) - Jabez Bradbury (1658-1677)

Her descendants include:
* Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer.
* Bradbury Robinson (1752-1801), a great-great grandson, fought for the patriots at the Battle of Concord (1775) and testified that the British fired first.[2]
* Bradbury Robinson (1884-1949), threw American football's first legal forward pass.
* Erich Kuersten, American writer and filmmaker
* Marta Kuersten, actress

Sources
* Captain Thomas Bradbury and His Wife Mary Perkins; by John V. Beck
* The Salem Witchcraft Papers
* Bradbury, John Merrill, Bradbury Memorial: Records of Some of the Descendants of Thomas Bradbury of Adamenticus, York, 1634 also of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1638, 1890
* Perkins Family History (hand-written documents, written at various dates from 1600s-present- Des Plaines, IL)

References
1. ^ "The Salem Witch Trials 1692". http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/Salem%20Witches/salem_witch_trials.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
2. ^ Tomlinson, Abraham, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes, 2007

2068. Reverend John Cotton

"He was placed at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his degree of A. B., January, 1602-03, and of A. M. in 1606. From Trinity he removed to Emmanuel College, where he took his degree of Bachelor of Divinity and became Fellow and Dean. In 1612 he was inducted Vicar of the Church of St. Botolph, in Boston, Lincolnshire. He gradually became attached to the reforming position of the Church of England, and at last letters were issued against him from the High Commission Court. His friends were unable to protect him, and by their advice he decided to seek shelter in New England. He arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, September 3, 1633, in company with Rev. Thomas Hooker and Rev. Samuel Stone, and about two hundred passengers. On the tenth of October he was ordained teacher of the First Church, of which John Wilson was pastor, and he held this office until his death. During this period he was one of the most important factors in the history of the Colony. His published books are numerous." (Americana)

2185. Hannah Manning

of Cambridge, Mass. (Savage)

2188. Christopher Grant

a glazier of Watertown
in Watertown, 1634
"Employed in setting the glass in the first edificeerected for Harvard College" (Savage)

2189. Sarah

"it is observable, thatBond takes note of only one wife." (Savage)

2304. Richard Pinkham

In Dover, New Hampshire by 1640, probably sooner (Sinnett)

"Beat the drum for service and swept the meeting-house in 1648. He lived about a mile north on Dover Neck. Freeman 1653."
"In 1660 he was in court for threatening to beat his wife if she came home by day or night"
"In June 1671, with no mention of wife, he deeded for support to son John, who also agreed to support brother Matthew; John sold father's land in 1688"
"One son and John Barton, William Ellingham's apprentices, ran away in 1659 and were not brought back"
(Noyes, Libby, Davis)

2305. Julia

"She was Gylian in 1663 when she sat an hour in the stocks as he(husband Richard) refused to pay her fine for absence from meeting; he was absent himself in 1669." (Noyes, Libby, Davis)

2306. Richard Otis

of Glastonbury, England (Sinnett)

"blacksmith, inhab. of Boston May 1655, but settled at Dover where he had a grant of land before that year was out. Not in sympathy with the established chusrch and often in court for absence. Administered estate of William Lemon 1662 and of James Heard 1677. He admitted the Masonian claims and agreed to pay rent for his lands in 1683" (Noyes, Libby, Davis)

"On the night of 28 June 1689 his garrison was attacked by Indians, admitted by treachery, and he was murdered. Some of his family shared his fate, but his wife, daughters and at least three grandchildren were taken captive. Three older daughters were retaken within a few days, but Grizzel Otis and the little children were carried to Canadawhere she embraced the Catholic faith, was baptized Marie Madeleine and married 15 Oct 1693 Philippe Robitaille of Monteral by whom she had five children" (Noyes, Libby, Davis)

2307. Rose Stoughton

"sent to New England by her father, with Captain Stoughton, in 1643" (Sinnett)

"daughter of Anthony, a strong puritan, who had come to Boston with her kinsman Israel Stoughton" (Noyes, Libby, Davis)

2308. Thomas Leighton

Came in Ship Elizabeth 15 April 1635 to Lynn, Mass (Ancestral Record of ... Worcester)

"Dover 1640,where he signed the combination; his land in 1642 list. Selectman 1647-8, 1658. Grand jury 1646, 1651, 1655, 1663-64, 1669. Constable. Before 1664 he deeded a 20 acre lot to apprentice John Wingate."
will dated 21 Sep 1671... "Names as executor son Thomas and present wife Joanna, who was apparently mother of Thomas, if not of all the children"(Noyes, Libby, Davis)

2310. Hatevil Nutter

Elder in Church