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Abraham Browne

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  1. 1.  Abraham Browne was born on 17 Oct 1701 (son of Capt. Abraham Browne and Mary Hyde); died on 29 Jun 1703.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Capt. Abraham BrowneCapt. Abraham Browne was born on 26 Aug 1671 (son of Jonathan Browne and Mary Shattuck); died on 27 Nov 1729; was buried in Waltham Graveyard, Waltham, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Anecdote:
    From Family Memorials Waltham:
    He was treasurer of Waltham in 1695, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 1700 ; assessor in 1705, 6, and 8 ; selectman in 1712 and '26 ; town clerk in 1712 ; innholder 1709 to 1712. Upon the final settlement of the estate of his grandfather, Abraham Browne, in Jan. 1694 (his father being then dec'd), all the real estate, including the homestead of his grandfather, was assigned to him, by consent of the other heirs, he paying them for their portions. His Will, dated July 20, 1728, proved 8 Dec., 1729, makes his second son, Samuel, his executor. Nov. 10, 1707, Ephraim Williams, of Newton, afterwards a pioneer in the settlement of Stockbridge, and father of the founder of Williams College, chose Capt. A. Brown, for his guardian.

    Buried:
    Inscription:
    Here lyes Buried
    ye Body of Capt.
    ABRAHAM BROWN
    Who Departed this
    Life Novembr ye 27
    Anno Domni 1729 in ye
    59th Year of His Age

    Abraham married Mary Hyde about 1691. Mary (daughter of Job Hyde and Elizabeth Fuller) was born on 21 Jun 1673 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1723 in Watertown; was buried in Waltham Graveyard, Waltham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Hyde was born on 21 Jun 1673 in Watertown, Massachusetts (daughter of Job Hyde and Elizabeth Fuller); died on 29 Nov 1723 in Watertown; was buried in Waltham Graveyard, Waltham, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Browne

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Her gravestone said, "Pious in Life, [illegible] at Death."

    Children:
    1. Jonathan Browne was born in 1694; died on 25 Jul 1758.
    2. Lydia Browne was born on 30 Dec 1697; died before 15 Dec 1730.
    3. Hannah Browne was born on 5 Oct 1699.
    4. Mary Browne was born on Yes, date unknown.
    5. Patience Browne was born on Yes, date unknown.
    6. 1. Abraham Browne was born on 17 Oct 1701; died on 29 Jun 1703.
    7. John Browne was born on 19 Apr 1705; died in 1784 in Weston, Massachusetts.
    8. Grace Browne was born on 17 Aug 1707.
    9. Decon Samuel Browne was born on 21 Jul 1708; died on 17 Feb 1784 in Scochbridge, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jonathan BrowneJonathan Browne was born on 15 Oct 1635 (son of Abraham Browne and Lydia); died in Mar 1691.

    Notes:

    Anecdote:
    At the time of his death he had 6 lots of Real Estate for a total of 211 acres. It was worth £247.

    Jonathan married Mary Shattuck on 11 Feb 1661/62. Mary (daughter of William Shattuck and Susanna Hayden) was born on 25 Aug 1645 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 23 Oct 1732 in Waltham, Massachusetts; was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary ShattuckMary Shattuck was born on 25 Aug 1645 in Watertown, Massachusetts (daughter of William Shattuck and Susanna Hayden); died on 23 Oct 1732 in Waltham, Massachusetts; was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Browne

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Gravestone:
    Here lyse bured
    ye Body of Mrs Mary
    Browne, Relict of Mr
    Jonathan Browne
    Who Departed this
    Life Octobter ye 23d
    A. D. 1732, in ye 89th
    year of her age.
    Pious in life: Resigned in Death.

    It is likely that her birthdate is correct and her gravestone should read 88th year of her age.

    Children:
    1. Mary Browne was born on 5 Oct 1662.
    2. Elizabeth Browne was born on 19 Sep 1664.
    3. Johathan Browne was born on 25 Oct 1666.
    4. Patience Browne was born on 5 Mar 1668/69.
    5. 2. Capt. Abraham Browne was born on 26 Aug 1671; died on 27 Nov 1729; was buried in Waltham Graveyard, Waltham, Massachusetts.
    6. Samuel Browne was born on 21 Oct 1674.
    7. Lydia Browne was born on 31 Mar 1677.
    8. Ebenezer Browne was born on 10 Sep 1679.
    9. Benjamin Browne was born on 27 Feb 1681/82; died on 11 Mar 1753.
    10. Dea. William Browne was born on 8 Sep 1684; died on 28 Oct 1756.

  3. 6.  Job Hyde was born in 1643 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (son of Samuel Hyde and Temperance); died on 28 Nov 1685 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Anecdote:
    From NEHGR (1917):
    Job Hyde (Samuel1), born at Cambridge in 1643, died there 19 Nov. 1685, aged 42. He married Elizabeth Fuller, born about 1647, died at Cambridge 28 Nov. 1685, daughter of John and Elizabeth.
    Since Job Hyde and his wife both died when their children were young, the two grandfathers, Samuel Hyde and John Fuller, cared for the children. On 6 Apr. 1686 a petition was presented for the division of the estate of Job Hyde, because if the grandfather, "Decon Hide," should die, the children would be left with nothing. The children were given as Samuel' Hide, aged 19, Elizabeth, aged 15, Mary, aged 13, Sary, aged 12, Bethia, aged 9, Hannah, aged 6, John, aged 4, and Jonathan, aged 2. (Middlesex Court Files.) On 24 Dec. 1694 Bethia, a minor in her 17th year, daughter of Job, chose her uncle, John Fuller, as guardian, Hannah, a minor in her 14th year, daughter of Job, chose her uncle. Jonathan Fuller, as guardian, Abraham Brown was appointed guardian of John, a minor in his 13th year, and Jonathan Hides waa appointed guardian of Jonathan, a minor in his 11th year. (Middlesex Probate Records, vol. 8, fo. 585.) In 1694 administration on the estate of Job Hyde was granted to John Fuller, and in Mar. 1694/5 division was made between Elizabeth, wife of William Hide, Mary, wife of Abraham Brown, Sarah, Bethia, Hannah, John, Jonathan (the youngest son), and Samuel (the eldest son), Samuel taking the 40 acres given to him by his father and paying to his brothers and sisters £64, their share. (Middlesex Probate Files, 11245.)

    Job married Elizabeth Fuller on Yes, date unknown. Elizabeth (daughter of John Fuller and Elizabeth) was born on Yes, date unknown; died on 28 Nov 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Fuller was born on Yes, date unknown (daughter of John Fuller and Elizabeth); died on 28 Nov 1685.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Hyde

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Hyde was born on 29 Aug 1664; died on 7 Apr 1743.
    2. Samuel Hyde was born on 5 Mar 1666/67; died on 27 May 1741.
    3. Job Hyde was born on 6 May 1669.
    4. 3. Mary Hyde was born on 21 Jun 1673 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1723 in Watertown; was buried in Waltham Graveyard, Waltham, Massachusetts.
    5. Sarah Hyde was born on 6 Oct 1675; died on 2 Feb 1754.
    6. Bethia Hyde was born on 24 Feb 1677/78.
    7. Hannah Hyde was born on 20 May 1680; died in 1720.
    8. John Hyde was born on 1 Feb 1681/82; died before 1739.
    9. Jonathan Hyde was born on 2 May 1684.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Abraham Browne was born in in Swan Hall, Hawkedon, County Suffolk, England (son of Thomas Browne and Joan); died about 1650 in Waltham, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Anecdote:
    The following is from Family Memorials of Watertown:
    ABRAHAM BROWNE, a younger brother, or & nephew of the Elder, Richard Browne. [See note 7.] He was a very early settler_ perhaps one of the first of Watertown, and was admitted freeman. March 6th, 1631-2. He was a land surveyor, and, a» in manifest from the records, in the early municipal transactions of the town, he received important appointment, and trusts more numerous than were conferred upon any other person. No two men were more respected and confided in, than he and his relative, Richard Browne. The records of the town do not embrace the transactions of the first four years after the settlement. They commence in 1634, extend to Nov. 28, 1643, when there occurs a hiatus of four years, and recommence Nov. 8, 1647. He was selectman from 1636 to 1643, inclusive. In 1634, he was appointed, in conjunction with Robert Seeley, to survey all the lots that are granted; and they were also appointed conservators of timber trees—none to be cut down without their assent. In 1635, he was one of the seven freemen appointed to divide every man "his propriety" of meadow and upland, that is ploughable, and the rest to lie common. In the same year, he was appointed, with John Warren, to lay out all highways, and to see that they are repaired. Also, to survey the lots granted by the selectmen. In 1638, ordered that all lots, both of freemen and foreigners, shall be measured and bounded by Abraham Browne, who shall give & note of each survey to be enrolled in the town books. In the same year, he and Thomas Bartlett were appointed to measure and lay out the remote meadows, according to their best judgment. He was also appointed, with four others, to lay out the farms as they are ordered, and they were authorized to include any rock or swamp in any survey, not counting it in the number of acres. In 1639, the highway from Dorchester Field to the Flats, as Abraham Browne laid it out was confirmed forever. Also, the highway leading from Robert Jennison's to the river, betwixt the lands of John Barnard and Jeremiah Nororoes, together with about half an acre of land on the river, for the landing of goods, was ordered to remain forever, as laid out by Abraham Browne, Ap. 30, 1839. Also, that when Ab. Brown shall lay out any whole squadron of the great lots, they to whom the Land belongs shall make him present pay. In 1640, Abraham Browne, “ Surveyor of the Town,” was directed to survey the subdivisions of the Hither and Farther Plains; and the next year (1641), ho was directed to do the same. Also, it was ordered that he have 4d, the acre for surveying the two plains and the remote meadows. Also, he was empowered, 1643, to warn trespassers on public timber, and to have one-fourth of the fines. Oct. 7, 1641, the General Court appointed him one of the committee for laying out the 1000 acres of land granted to the Artillery Company at its first organization.
    The Court Records of Middlesex County, show that Oct. 1, 1850, his Will and Inventory were "accepted at court." And an order of court, made Oct. 6, 1691, respecting the final settlement of his estate, recites of him as “ deceased in the year 1650." These dates indicate, it is thought, satisfactorily, the year of his decease ; though there are some circumstances that favor the belief that ne died between the close of 1643 and 1648. The latest mention of his name in the Town Records, is Nov. 28, 1643, which is the latest date previous to the before-mentioned hiatus of four years. It is, therefore, unknown when his public services terminated. And his name does not occur in the Records between Nov. 8, 1647, when they recommence, and 1650, the supposed date of his decease, it is that ill health or body infirmity had compelled him to withdraw from his very large participation in public business.
    No original Will of Abraham Browne has been discovered, but in the files of the County Court for 1670, is found the following, which, by the concluding certificate, purports to be a copy of it. "The last Will and Testament of Abraham Browne, of Watertowne, dec’d being of good and perfect memory but Weake, as is witnessed by us whose names are here under written. Impr. : after the decease of his wife, he gave and bequeathed onto his two sones, Jonathan and Abraham Browne, his house and lands ; but giving liberty to his wife, that if shee had need shee might sell some parcels of it. Also, he gave and bequeathed onto his two daughters, Sarah Browne and Mary Browne, each of them one ewe sheep, having each of them one before, as was testified. The rest of his goods and estate he gave onto Lydea, his wife, making her his sole executrix to perform this, his Will and Teatament. Witnesses Richard Browne, John Whitney. Entered out of the original on file with the Register, at Cambridge, in the County of Midd., in New England, and is a true coppie, being compared and examined by Tbomas Danforth, Recorder,"
    This instrument resembles a synopsis, more than a literal copy of an original Will. It is not improbable that it was a nuncupative Will, and the above a copy of the declaration by the witnesses of its provisions.
    There was mcch delay and probably some difficulty in settling his estate, and the settlement seems to have been made finally in entire disregard of the provisions of the Will. On the 6th Oct., 1691, the Court ordered the parties concerned in the estate of Abraham Browne, of Watertown, deceased in the year 1650, be sent for, to attend the adjournment of the Court, in order to a settlement of said estate ; and they appointed a committee, consisting of John Ward, Jonathan Remington, and Thomas Greenwood, to make proposals for said settlment. The claimants were, 1. The heirs of Jonathan Browne, deceased. the eldest son. 2. George Woodward, in right of his wife, only dr. of Abraham Browne, Jr., deceased. 3. John Parkharet, son of one of the daughters of said Abraham Browne, Senr. 4. The heirs of (T) Isaac Lewis, deceased, who were children of another dr. of said Abraham Browne. 5. William Lakin, in right of his wife, youngest daughter of said Abraham Browne.
    Owing, as they said, to a change in the government of the Colony, by the coming over of a new Charter, the committee did not report until Jan. 22, 1693-4. They assigned 2/6 (a double portion) of the estate to the heirs of Jonathan, and the other 4/6 to the other four claimants. At the same time they recommended that these four claimants should sell their shares to Abraham Browne, eldest son of Jonathan, deceased, who was then ready to purchase ; and in that manner the estate was settled.
    It appears from the schedules of possessions, that, besides a pond of one acre, 11 lots of Land were granted to Abraham Browne, the town surveyor, and that previous to 1642, he bad purchased 4 other lots, amounting to 39 A , one of which, a 30 A. lot in the Great Dividends, had been granted to his kinsman, John Browne. Two of the lots granted to him were homestalls. The first, upon which he probably settled at first, contained 10 A., and was at the east of Mount Auburn. His second homestall of 28 A., to which he is supposed to have removed very early, was bounded on the E. by the way to the Little Plain (now Howard Street) ; N. by Sudbury Road (now Main Street) ; S. by the way to Beaver Plains, sometimes called the way betwixt lots (now Pleasant Street) ; W. by his own land. Two other lots granted to him, one of 10 A. and the other of 6 A., were contiguous to the homestall on the West, and in the schedule of 1642, they were deemed parts of the homestall, which was then enrolled as 40 A. He must have purchased other adjoining lands not long afterwards, as in the final settlement of his estate in 1694, his homestall contained 60 acres. The Committee, appointed by the Court to settle the estate, made an Inventory, in 1694 (of lands only), amounting to £187; viz.: homestall 60 A. £100; remote meadow,10 A., £12; salt marsh, 4 A., £20; farm land, 107 A., £15; lot on Charles River, 10 A. £10.
    This is probably the only instance (unless the grant to Deacon Simon Stone be an exception), where an original grant has remained in the possession of the direct descendants of a grantee to the present time. As above stated, this property passed by inheritance and purchase, to his grandson, Capt. Abraham Browne. Although it is stated, in the report of the committee for settling the estate, that Abraham " was ready to purchase” the shires of the other claimants, subsequent transactions render it probable that he acted in behalf of the widow and other heirs of his father, and that he never became the proprietor of the whole homestall of 60 acres. From Capt Abraham B., a part of the land belonging to him passed by Will to his son Samuel, who occupied a part of his house. After his death his son Samuel, about 1739, moved to Leicester, and not long after this, the property was mortgaged to Capt John Homans, who probably occupied it only a few years, when tho mortgage was cancelled by Jonathan eldest son of Capt Abraham. From Jonathan it passed to his son Jonathan, Jr.. Esq. From him it passed to his son Major Adam Brown, and it is now, at least a part of it, in the occupancy of his heirs. (This was written in 1855.)
    The dwelling-house, now standing, on this ancient homestall, is probably, with the exception of the ancient " Nathaniel Bright house,1' considerably older than any other in the town. The "new part,” next the road, was built and occupied by Capt. Abraham B., when be relinquished the old or south part to the use of his son Samuel. The accompanying out is a view of this house, as at present seen from the northeast. (The book includes a drawing of the house.)
    His wid., Lydia, m., Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich (proprietor of Ipswich in 1639, where his wife, Ann, d. Nov. 15, 1658). He died Dec. 1665, and his wid. Returned to Wal., where she d. Sept. 27, 1686. By wife LYDIA, he (A. B.) had 6 chil., of whom, at least one, and probably tow were b. in England. The earliest record of a birth in Wal. Was that of his dr. Lydia.


    Will:
    No original Will of Abraham Browne has been discovered, but in the files of the County Court for 1670, is found the following, which, by the concluding certificate, purports to be a copy of it. "The last Will and Testament of Abraham Browne, of Watertowne, dec’d being of good and perfect memory but Weake, as is witnessed by us whose names are here under written. Impr. : after the decease of his wife, he gave and bequeathed onto his two sones, Jonathan and Abraham Browne, his house and lands ; but giving liberty to his wife, that if shee had need shee might sell some parcels of it. Also, he gave and bequeathed onto his two daughters, Sarah Browne and Mary Browne, each of them one ewe sheep, having each of them one before, as was testified. The rest of his goods and estate he gave onto Lydea, his wife, making her his sole executrix to perform this, his Will and Teatament. Witnesses Richard Browne, John Whitney. Entered out of the original on file with the Register, at Cambridge, in the County of Midd., in New England, and is a true coppie, being compared and examined by Tbomas Danforth, Recorder,"
    This instrument resembles a synopsis, more than a literal copy of an original Will. It is not improbable that it was a nuncupative Will, and the above a copy of the declaration by the witnesses of its provisions.

    Abraham married Lydia on Yes, date unknown. Lydia was born in in England; died on 27 Sep 1686 in Waltham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lydia was born in in England; died on 27 Sep 1686 in Waltham, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: Massachusetts
    • Name: Lydia Browne

    Children:
    1. Lydia Browne was born on 22 Mar 1632/33 in Wailtham, Massachusetts.
    2. 4. Jonathan Browne was born on 15 Oct 1635; died in Mar 1691.
    3. Mary Browne
    4. Sarah Browne was born in in England.
    5. Hannah Browne was born in Mar 1638/39; died in Mar 1638/39; was buried on 15 Mar 1638/39.
    6. Abraham Browne was born on 5 Mar 1639/40; died in 1667.

  3. 10.  William ShattuckWilliam Shattuck was born about 1621 in England; died on 14 Aug 1672 in Watertown, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Place, Watertown, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: Massachusetts
    • Will: 3 Aug 1672, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • Probate: 23 Aug 1672

    Notes:

    Anecdote:
    From "Descendants of William Shattuck":
    William Shattuck was the most remote ancestor with whom we have been able to connect ourselves, in our history, upon satisfactory evidence ; and we begin with his, in our classification, as the first, or earliest generation. He was born in England in 1621 or 1622, and died in Watertown, Massachusetts, August 14, 1672, aged 50 years. His exact origin and early history are involved in obscurity. Neither the place of his birth, nor the year in which he came to this country, nor the names of his parents, are certainly known. There is no doubt, however, that his immediate ancestors and connections were residents of England. It has been conjectured that his father might have died on his passage or soon after his arrival ; and also that he may have been the son of widow Damaris Shattuck, who was b. c. 1597 ; she was admitted to the church of Salem, in 1641. She died Nov. 28, 1674.

    Massachusetts was first colonized by the English Puritan emigrants, in Boston and it's vicinity, in 1630. Watertown was settled in the same year, ten years later than the founding of Plymouth. This town is in Middlesex County, from four to seven miles westerly of Boston, and has Cambridge, easterly, intervening between the two places. It originally included the present city of Waltham, incorporated separately in 1737. It is thus one of the most ancient, and it was early one of the most important, towns in the Province. The General Court and the Provincial Congress held several sessions in this town. Mr. Shattuck's name appears in an old list of the proprietors of Watertown, made about 1642, twelve years after its first settlement, although he was then only twenty years of age. The first lot of land granted to him is described upon the records as follows:

    William Shattuck
    1. An Homstall of one acre, by estimation, bounded souwest with commonland, ye east wth John Clough and ye west wth William Perry in his possesion.
    2. Three acres of upland , by estimation, bounded the north wth Joseph Morse, the south wth William Perry, the east wth John Clough & ye west wth commonland in his possession.

    To this estate he made large additions by subsequent grants and purchases. Among other parcels of land the records state that on the 4th July, 1654, he bought of his neighbor John Clough, his house, garden, and thirty acres of land, situated on Common Hill, near his own estate, bounded east by William Payne and E. Goffe, west by the highway, north by Joseph Morse and "south by the highway to the pond;" probably lying in the corner easterly and northerly of the intersection of the two roads, now called Common street and Washington street. Also twenty acres of upland ; three acres of swamp land ; and one part of twelve acres of meadow land. He also bought a farm at Stony Brook , near the present bounds of Weston, and four acres of meadow in Pond Meadow , which he bequeathed at his death, in equal shares, to his sons, Philip and William. He also bought a dwelling-house and a large farm of Edward Sanderson ; but a question having arisen as to his title to some parts of it, the town voted, December 27, 1664; that "William Shattuck shall enjoy the land he bought of Sanders; provided he pay to Sanders twenty bushels of good merchantable Indian corn to spend in his house."

    We have found it difficult to ascertain the exact place where Mr. Shattuck resided. It was, however, undoubtedly on Common Hill, near "King's Common" so called the Common land reserved and owned by the town. This locality was northerly of the celebrated residence of J.P. Cushing, Esq. ; southerly of the Wellington Hill Station on the Fitchburg Railroad ; and easterly of Common street, leading from that station southerly to Watertown village. Permission was frequently given by the town to make bricks "at the clay pits near William Shattucks" This bed of clay was then considered a rarity ; and it was reserved by the town as a public place for brick making. It was on the hill northerly and near Washington street, then an ancient highway leading from Common street to Fresh Pond, and in vicinity westerly of the residences of Mr. Chenery and Mr. Stone, as laid down on Shield's Map of Boston and Vicinty, published in 1852. And Mr. Shattuck's dwelling-house was on the hill, somewhere on the north side of this highway. The Watertown records, in describing a piece of common land sold by the town, in 1743, to Ebenezer Chenery, " lying above the clay pitts," say the bounds run " on a line to a rock at said Chenery's fence, above or west of a spring [commonly called Shattuck's Spring.]" The residences on this hill command a fine view of Fresh Pond, near by, and of Boston and its vicinity in the distance ; and are among the most delightful in Watertown. Successors bearing the name Shattuck occupied the estate for about one hundred years, but has since been in the possession of others.

    Mr. Shattuck is sometimes denominated a weaver ; a humble but honorable handicraft of considerable importance in his day, when all articles of clothing were the product of household manufacture. And it is not improbable that he combined his mechanical with other occupations, and wrought in his loom as well as on his farm ; for at his death he actually bequeathed his " loom and its appurtenances" to his son William. Agriculture seems, however, to have been his principal enjoyment, as it has been that of the larger part of his posterity. His example of uniting the labors of the farmer and mechanic in one person has been followed by many of his descendants. He resided in Watertown about thirty years. He appears, so far as can be ascertained from contemporary records, to have sustained the character of a sagacious, energetic, and successful business man ; of an honest, upright, and worthy citizen ; and of a good and peacable neighbor. He held a respectable social position among his fellow townsmen ; and his family and the families to whom they were allied by marriage were highly respected, and among the most wealthy and influential in Watertown.

    William Shattuck was married about 1642, when he was twenty years of age. The name of his wife was Susanna Hayden, it is believed she was born in Watertown in 1621. In his will Mr. Shattuck mentions "his ten younger children," as if he had others, but it does appear that he had more than that number. The births of the Second, third, and tenth only are entered upon the Watertown records. The remainder are ascertained from authentic evidence.

    William Shattuck died on August 14, 1672. He was interred in the ancient burying-ground situated on the old road leading from Cambridge to Watertown, a short distance westerly of Mount Auburn.

    Susanna Shattuck remained a widow for about fifteen months after his death, and married, Nov. 18, 1673, Mr. Richard Norcross. She died in Watertown, Dec. 11, 1686, fourteen years after the death of her first husband William Shattuck. A petition, dated June 19, 1683, purporting to be from Philip Shattuck, is on court files of Middlesex County , in which it said, "Our two youngest brothers , Benjamin and Samuel, were left to the care and government of our honored mother, unto whom our honored father did bequeath the most considerable part of his estate ; but after our mother did marry again, she thought it would be beneficial for our youngest brothers to have trades ; and she accordingly put them out, Benjamin to my brother William, and Samuel to myself. But before Benjamin came of age, God was pleased to visit him with a long and lingering sickness, of which he died, being in his 20th year ; and by reason of the long sickness, the charges of the doctor, his attendance, and the funeral charges, were considerable." And he prays that they may be paid out of the estate that was bequeathed to him, which was probable done.

    Will:
    The will of William Shattuck, executed while he was on a sick bed, is dated August 3d, eleven days before his death, and was proved in court August 29th, fifteen days afterwards. This will and the inventory of his estate were deposited in the office of the Middlesex Probate Court. These documents will undoubtedley interest the family, and faithful copies of the original are given below.

    The Last Will and Testament of William Shathock, aged 50 years
    Watertown Aug: 3d :1672

    I, William Shathock, being under the afflicting hand of God, sick and weak but in perfect memory, not knowing how soone I may end the days of my weary pilgrimage, do constitute this my last will and testament, for ye disposal of what I shall leave behind me, as followeth:

    Item. I give my ten younger children thirty pound in money to be equally divided amongst them ; to them that are married, I will their parts should be payd a month after my disease ; that which belongs to the unmarried my will is it shall be in their mothers hand to be kept for them till they come to age capable.

    Item. I give to my son Sam: Church six pound in money, to be payd a month after my disease.

    Item. I give to my son, Philip Shathock, the one half of my farm and two acres of meadow in pond meadow, to him and his heyers forever.

    Item. I give to my sonne, William Shathock, the other half of the sd farm and two acres of meadow in pond meadow, to him & his heyers for ever ; as also a young horse with all his trooping furniture ; also the loom and its appertinances.

    Item. I give to my four small children my mare with all her increase. All the rest of my moveable goods I give to my dear wife, Susanna, for her owne maintenance & bringing up my younger children ; and also the use of my hous and land which I now dwell upon with that I bought of Edward Sanderson, til my two younger sons , Benniman & Samuel, arrive to twenty on years of age . If my sd wife marry, my will is that she receive four pound per year out of my said house & lands ; if she marry not, I give them to her during her life.

    Item. I give to my sd Benniman & Sanuel my house and land I now dwell upon, with that I bought of Ed Sanderson, and my half dividend, to them and their heyers forever.

    Item. I give to my grand children living at my disease forty pound, to be equally divided and payd after ye death of my wife by my sd sons, Benniman & Samuel, within the space of ten years, four pound per year, beginning with the children of my eldest children ; always provided, that if any my legitees dy before marriage my will is that what I have given divided amongst ye rest. I do father constitute my deare wife, Susanna Shathock, sole exectutor of this my will ; requesting my loving friends, John Coolidge, ioner, and Sam Livermore, assistant my said wife, and to be payd for their pains.

    Signed, sealed & delivered Witness my hand,
    In presence of us, William Shattuck
    John Coolidge
    John Livermore


    Probate:
    From "Descendants of William Shattuck":
    No description of ours could give a better idea of the domestic arrangements, the household economy, and the interior life, of William Shattuck than is afforded by a careful examination of this inventory of his estate. It will aid us in paying an imaginary visit to his "parler,"his "ceichen," his "shope," his "dairy," and his farm generally, to ascertain their extent and the various implements in use in his daily life.

    " An Inventory of the estate of Wilyam Shathauk, late of Watertown, who deceased August the 14th, in ye yeare 1672, made and taken by us whose names are under written, August the 23"

    £ s. d.
    005 00 00 Imprimis. In the Parler, his wearinge cloathes, shirts, hate, boughts & shoes,
    103 17 05½ It. In money,
    002 00 00 It. A bedstead, curtanes, a table, 2 chests, a great char, and basket, and some small things,
    003 00 00 It, eight napkeens, 3 pilowbers, 2 table clothes, & 3 pair of sheets,
    002 00 00 It, forten yds of coaten and woollen clooth
    000 04 00 It, a cuple of tobacko boxes, and a pair of silver buttons,
    003 00 00 It the ceichen [kitchen] one great ketle, 2 old ketles, & 2 scillets,
    001 00 00 It, two iron pots, & a friing pane, tramell, firepane & tongs, rost iron,
    001 02 00 It, six puter[pewter]platers, a basson, 2 puter poats, 3 poringers, seaven spoons, a chamber pot,
    001 10 00 It 3 pailes, 3 tubes, and a churne, 3 wooden dishes and boule,2 botles, a duzen trenchers, and some earthen ware, & 2 pair of cards,
    001 05 00 It, a table and forme, an other small table, 2 buffit stooles, 6 chairs, and other small things,
    001 10 00 It. the shope, a loome, warping bar and wheal, and all things belonging to it,
    000 12 00 It, In the dairy, five tubes, 3 keelers, 2 seives,
    001 00 00 It, 3 bush. Of moult, a bush. Of wheat meall, half a bushell of ry meall, halfe a duszen pound of hops, and other lumber,
    000 06 00 It, 3 sackes,
    001 00 00 It. the ould seeler, a poat of butter, some pork, 2 tubs, a form and earthen poat,
    002 10 00 It, In the lodging roome, two bedsteads, 2 barrells, one forme, a heir bage and cheese, 2 wheels,
    000 10 00 It. In the new seller, 4 barils, a small vessell & beer stool,
    004 00 00 It. In the first chamber, 3 guns, 2 pistools, and a cutlash,
    000 06 00 It, his geilding tools and horne,
    000 10 00 It. A mate, a fane, 3 pease scepe, a wheel, 3 ould sciths,
    002 00 00 It, one crow of iron, a crose cut saw, one hand saw, 3 axis, 2 sikles, 3 ougers, a plan, chaine, cap, ringle and sople, a bill hook, a sped, a shovel, weges and betle, and hammer, a pair storke cards, a pair of sheers,
    006 19 00 It. In the corn chamber, fifty bushels of indein corn, a bushell and a hafe of ry,
    001 00 00 It, in sheeps wool,
    005 00 00 It, 2 fether beds, a boulster, 4 pillows,
    002 15 00 It, 2 ruges, 2 blankets,
    003 00 00 It, one flock bed and bedsted and bed corde, a pair of blankets, 2 boulsters, and 2 pillers, and a ruge,
    002 10 00 It, a carte, a yoake, an ould plow, a pair of haners, grind stone and sithe and 400 bords
    000 06 00 It, 2 pair of iron filers, and a pair of glaxes,
    000 15 00 It, a carte roupe, an ould tumbrell, two horse coalers and traise, a dung fork, and 2 pitching forks, 2 rakes, & a hoe,
    006 00 00 It, pease, wheat, barley, and ry,
    006 00 00 It, the hay in the barne and abrood and in the meddow,
    006 00 00 It. five acres of Indian corn,
    020 00 00 It. a farm near stony brooke
    004 00 00 It. four acres of meadow, at pond meddow,
    007 00 00 It, a said mare, and an ould horse,
    007 00 00 It, an ould mare, and a young horse,
    009 00 00 It, a pair of oxen,
    012 00 00 It, four cows,
    004 00 00 It, a bull, and 2 calves,
    006 00 00 It, ten sheep and 9 lambs
    004 00 00 It, 6 hoggs, 8 piges
    180 00 00 It, one dwelling house and barne, and also the land belonging to it, homestall and meddow, with the land bought of Edward Sanderson, and halfe a divident,
    002 02 00 It. in debts,
    434 19 11½

    John Coollege
    John Livermore
    Thomas Hastings

    Some questions arose to the proper interpretation of the will of Mr.Shattuck, after the marriage of his widow ; and the following bond or order, dated April 8, 1674, was passed by the court at Cambridge, and entered upon its record. This document is given in connection with another, relating to the final settlement of the dowry, to illustrate the manner in which these matters were managed at that early day. It does not appear to be the result of a law suit that had been commenced, but a mutual agreement to avoid any occasion of one.

    " For the finishing of all controversy that has or may arise concerning the estate of William Shattuck's widow brought to her with her present husband, Richard Norcross, this court with the mutual consent of all concerned therein, doe order that the said Richard Norcross shall have the use of the whole part of the estate that was left to her during the time of the younger children's minority, to wit, two boys twenty-one years, and the girl eighteen, or else at marriage, which of either shall first happen. And in case that he decease before his wife, that she shall have ye same fully made good to her again besides what he shall have out of his owne good will or the law will give unto him. And in case she decease before him, that then, unless by will she shall bequeath any part thereof to him, the said Richard Norcross, He shall then pay, or cause to be paid, forty-five pound , which is the sum ye inventory of her goods came to his hand, and the same he shall pay in full value to the children of his new wife, which shall then be living, as his said wife shall pay in full value to the children of his new wife, which shall then be living, as his said wife shall appoint, by her last will or otherwise. To the performance whereof the said Richard Norcross acknowledges himself, executors, administrators, to stand fully bound in a bond of ninety pound sterling, to be paid to the treasury of the county.
    " And the court do further order that ye aforesaid Richard Norcross, performing according to the above said request, all other obligations by him made , in reference to person or estate, shall be null and void, to all intents and purposesin the law ; and the said Richard is to bring up the three younger children as his own untill they come to age to chose guardians or be put to apprentices.

    Sworn to the court Richard Norcross"

    " This writing , bearing date this 29th March, 1687, testifieth, that we, Philip Shattuck, William
    Shattuck, Samuel Shattuck, Jonathon Brown, John Fay, and Abigail Morse, all children, natural or by marriage, of Mrs Norcross, late widow and relict of William Shattuck, deceasesd , do owne and acknowledge ourselves to be fully satisfied with what we have now received of our father inlaw, Mr. Richard Norcross, being fully of what he was to pay to us of what he received of our father Shattuck's estate, and agreed by bond, given into County Court, at Cambridge, the eighth of April, in the year of our lord 1674. We say we have each and every of us received our proportion in full, according unto that bond. As witnessed our hands , the day and year above written.

    Witnessed by us,
    Joseph Sherman
    William Shattuck,
    Nathaniel Bright
    Philip Shattuck,
    Samuel Shattuck,
    Jonathon Brown,
    John Fay,
    John Mors, in ye behalf of
    Abigail Mors, late widow."
    Produced in Court, June 5, 1688
    Recorded In Register of Deeds,
    Vol. X., p.105.

    It will be perceived that neither the heirs of John Shattuck nor Rebecca [Shattuck] Church, were represented in this last agreement. It is probable that the Latter were dead at the date of its execution, but the former were then living in Groton. Why they were omitted does not appear. Perhaps their portion of the estate bequeathed to their father, might have been paid to their mother, at another time, either before or after their removal to Groton.


    Buried:
    Inscriptoin:
    o perpetuate the memory of
    WILLIAM SHATTUCK
    who died in Watertown
    Aug. 14, 1672, aged 50.
    The progenitor of thr race
    that have borne his name
    in America,

    And his son
    JOHN SHATTUCK
    who was drowned
    in Charlestown Ferry
    Sept. 14, 1675, aged 28.

    This simple memorial
    was erected in 1853 by
    LEMEUL SHATTUCK
    who holds in grateful veneration
    the character of
    the puritan fathers of
    New England.

    William married Susanna Hayden about 1642. Susanna was born about 1621; died on 11 Dec 1686 in Watertown; was buried in Old Burying Place, Watertown, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Susanna Hayden was born about 1621; died on 11 Dec 1686 in Watertown; was buried in Old Burying Place, Watertown, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Susanna Norcross
    • Name: Susanna Shattuck

    Notes:

    Birth:
    She may have been born in Watertown, Massachusetts.

    Children:
    1. Susanna Shattuck was born in 1643 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died in in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
    2. 5. Mary Shattuck was born on 25 Aug 1645 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 23 Oct 1732 in Waltham, Massachusetts; was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts.
    3. John Shattuck was born on 11 Feb 1647 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 14 Sep 1675.
    4. Dr. Philip Shattuck was born in 1648 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 26 Jun 1732 in Waltham, Massachusetts; was buried in Walham burying-ground, Waltham.
    5. Joanna Shattuck was born in in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 4 Apr 1673.
    6. William Shattuck was born in 1653 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 19 Oct 1732 in Watertown; was buried in Ancient Burying-ground, Watertown.
    7. Rebecca Shattuck was born in 1655 in Watertown, Massachusetts.
    8. Abigail Shattuck was born in 1657 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died in 1694 in Groton, Massachusetts.
    9. Benjamin Shattuck was born in in Watertown, Massachusetts.
    10. Samuel Shattuck was born on 28 Feb 1666 in Watertown, Massachusetts.

  5. 12.  Samuel Hyde was born about 1610 in England; died on 12 Sep 1689 in Newton, Massachusetts; was buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: 1639, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Anecdote:
    From NEHGR (1917):
    Two brothers, Samuel and Jonathan Hyde, were among the early settlers in that part of Cambridge, Mass., which was known as Cambridge Village and which in 1691 became the town of Newton. In studying the history of these brothers and their descendants the compiler of this article found many errors in printed statements, these errors arising chiefly from the fact that many Hydes with the same Christian name lived in the same neighborhood at about the same time. In some cases wives and children had been incorrectly assigned to husbands and fathers, and the numerous Hyde intermarriages made the family history still more complicated and increased the chances for mistakes. It seems desirable, therefore, to publish a correct genealogy of the descendants of these two brothers for four generations. The present article gives the family of the elder brother, Samuel Hyde, and a longer article, which will appear in one or more future numbers of the register, will treat of the family of the younger brother, Jonathan Hyde.
    1. Dea. Samuel Hyde was born, probably in England, about 1610, and died at Cambridge Village (now Newton), Mass., 12 Sept. 1689, aged 79. He embarked in the ship Jonathan, from London for Boston, in Apr. 1639, and settled at Cambridge Village about 1640. He married Temperance -----, who probably came to New England in the same ship with him.
    With his younger brother, Jonathan, who also came over in the same ship with him, Samuel Hyde bought 40 acres of land in 1647 from Thomas Danforth and 200 acres in 1652 from the heirs of Nathaniel Sparhawk. This land was held in common by the two brothers until 3 May 1661, when it was divided between them. (Middlesex Deeds, vol. 3, fo. 321.) Samuel Hyde was admitted as freeman 2 May 1649. As one of the proprietors of Billerica he had 80 acres there in the division of 1652, and Middlesex records show that Samuel Hides of Cambridge conveyed seven pieces of land to various parties between 1659 and 1682.
    According to his will, dated 10 June 1689 and proved 1 Oct. 1689, his grandson Samuel was to take the homestead and provide for the widow, Temperance. After her death his farm at Watertown, of 124 acres, was to be divided among three of the children of his son Job, via., Samuel, John, and Sarah. The testator confirmed previous gifts to his son Samuel and his son-in-law Thomas Woolson, and made his wife Temperance sole executor and his brother Jonathan and Thomas Woolson overseers. (Middlesex Probate files, 11279.)

    Samuel married Temperance on Yes, date unknown. Temperance was born in in England; died after 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Temperance was born in in England; died after 1689.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: Massachusetts
    • Name: Temperance Hyde

    Notes:

    Died:
    She survived her husband by several years.

    Children:
    1. Jashua Hyde was born on 12 Mar 1641/42; died on 21 Apr 1656.
    2. 6. Job Hyde was born in 1643 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; died on 28 Nov 1685 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    3. Sarah Hyde was born on 19 May 1644.
    4. Samuel Hyde was born on Yes, date unknown; died in 1725.
    5. Elizabeth Hyde was born on Yes, date unknown; died on 13 Mar 1723.

  7. 14.  John FullerJohn Fuller was born about 1611 in England; died on 7 Feb 1698/99 in Newton, Massachusetts; was buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: 1644, Newton (then part of Cambridge), Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Biography:
    From Newton Museum:
    John Fuller (d.1699) arrived in Newton (then part of Cambridge) with his wife Elizabeth in 1644 from England. John purchased 750 acres of land in what would become West Newton. He signed the petition to the General Court requesting independence from Cambridge and when it was granted served on the committee to negotiate the terms of separation.

    John married Elizabeth in Massachusetts. Elizabeth died on 13 Apr 1700 in Newton, Massachusetts; was buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Elizabeth died on 13 Apr 1700 in Newton, Massachusetts; was buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Fuller
    • Immigration: 1644, Newton (then part of Cambridge), Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Fuller was born on Yes, date unknown; died on 28 Nov 1685.
    2. John Fuller was born in 1649.
    3. Jonathan Fuller was born on Yes, date unknown; died on 12 Aug 1722.
    4. Joseph Fuller was born in 1652; died on 5 Jan 1739/40.
    5. Joshua Fuller was born in 1654; died in 1752.
    6. Jeremiah Fuller was born in 1658.
    7. Bethia Fuller was born on 23 Nov 1661.
    8. Isaac Fuller was born on 2 Dec 1665; died on 6 Oct 1691.