John Lamb

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• Baptism: 20 Apr 1628, Barnardiston

John married Joanna before 1653. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lydia Wright on 26 Jan 1687/88 in Springfield, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: Abt 1629, Massachusetts

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Biography:
From "The Great Migration Begins":
ORIGIN: Possibly Barnardiston, Suffolk
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury
OCCUPATION: Yeoman. Possibly a slater. On 2 July 1633 "There is demised to Tho: Lambe, of slate in Slate Island, 10 pole towards the water side, & 5 pole into the land, for three years, paying the yearly rent of 2s. 6d."[MBCR 1:106].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Thomas Lambe, he came into this land in the year 1630; he brought his wife & 2 children, Thomas & John" [RChR 73].
FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:80, 366],
ESTATE: In the 1652 inventory of Roxbury lands, the heirs of Thomas Lamb held six parcels which had been granted to him, and a seventh parcel which he had apparently purchased [RBOP 23].
The inventory of his estate, taken "this last of the month 1646 [sic]," referred to various crops on the land, but did not list or value the land itself; the inventory, consisting of movables, totalled £112 8s. 8d. [SPR 2:48]. On 14 October 1651 the General Court ratified the sale by Dorothy Lamb of a parcel of three-quarters of an acre, and on 31 May 1652 granted a petition by "Thomas Hawley & Dorothy, his wife, together with Thomas Lambe & John Lambe, sons of Thomas Lambe deceased" for the sale of fifteen acres to William Parke [MBCR 2:255, 277]. On 26 February 1661 Thomas Hawley and Dorothy his wife sold one of the parcels that had been granted to Thomas Lamb; this was endorsed in 1704 by some of the heirs of Thomas Lamb [SLR 6:42]-
On 3 March 1697/8 letters of administration were granted to "Abiel Lambe, son of Thomas Lambe sometime of Roxbury ... yeoman, deceased intestate, James Bayley and Mary his wife, daughter of the said Thomas Lamb, and Joshua Lamb his grandson" [SPR 8:106]. Subsequent to this grant of administration a large number of documents were gathered in an attempt to determine what had happened to the estate of Thomas Lamb after it had passed into the hand of Thomas's second wife Dorothy and her second husband, Thomas Hawley [SJC Case #3762], Among these papers were a number of receipts that had been drawn up in 1652, shortly after Dorothy had married Hawley. On 12 April 1652 "Thomas Lamb of Charlstown, son of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased," receipted to "Thomas Hawley of Roxbury my father-in-law." On 27 May 1652 "John Lamb of Springfield, wheelwright, son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury deceased," acknowledged receipt of his share of his father's estate from "Thomas Halley of Roxbury my father-in-law." Other receipts were acknowledged at a later date. On 23 July 1677 "Abiall Lamb son of Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury" stated that he had received his £24 from Thomas Hawly. On 6 October 1686 "Joshuah Lamb son to Thomas Lamb late of Roxbury" acknowledged that he had had his share of the estate from "my mother Dorothy Hawley administratrix to the estate of Thomas Hawley late of Roxbury and formerly the wife and widow of Thomas Lamb." On 2 July 1697 "Thomas Swan and Mary Swan formerly Mary Lamb daughter of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury deceased" stated that he had received £24 from "Thomas Hawley of the same place who married Dorothy the widow and relict of Thomas Lamb."
BIRTH: By about 1599 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Roxbury 28 March 1646 "Bro. Lambe died of a calenture, by a great cold" [RChR 173].
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1624 Elizabeth (if she was the mother of all his elder children, and if the Barnardiston origin is correct); "Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Lamb" was buried at Roxbury 28 November 1639 [NEHGR 6:183].
(2) "He afterwards married Dorothy Harbitle, a godly maid, a sister of our church" [RChR 74]. As Dorothy Harbectle, she was admitted to Roxbury church in 1638 or 1639 [RChR 84]; the marriage took place at Roxbury 16 July 1640. She married (2) Roxbury 2 February 1651/2 Thomas Hawley.

Thomas married Elizabeth before 1624. Elizabeth died in Oct 1639. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Lamb