Robert Ware

- 1699

• Name	Robert Ware  [1]
  Born	England
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	According to Ware Genealogy, Robert: came from his English home to the colony of Massachusetts Bay some time before the autumn of 1642. The earliest date at which the name in any form occurs on the Dedham Records, is Nov. 25, 1642 ; when "Robert Weares is Admitted to the purchase of Thomas Eames his house lott and three acres of land." A grant of land was made to him "6. 12. 1642," (6 February, 1642-3). Various other grants were made to him of land in different parts of the town; on Dedham Island, and (in what was afterwards Needham), on Rosemary meadow brook, on the Great Plain, and near Magus Hill, etc. One lot of "three roods and twenty rod, more or lesse," was the second lot east from the N. E. corner of Webster Street and Great Plain Avenue in Needham. The localities mentioned can be found in the "Atlas of Norfolk Co., Mass.", Comstock & Cline, New York, 1876. See also Mann's Annals of Dedham. Robert Ware joined the church at the time of the baptism of his eldest child, October 2 or 11, 1646. He was made freeman May 26, 1647 ; was member of the Artillery Company in 1644. He lived and died in Dedham, though three of his sons-John, Nathaniel and Robert-removed to Wollomonopoag, set off in 1661, incorporated as Wrentham in 1673. His name stands second in point of wealth on the tax list. "Robert Ware the Aged" died in Dedham, April 19, 1699. His will, made February 25, 1698, was proved May 11, 1699. The inventory, taken May 3, was £250, 2, 10.
  Immigration	Massachusetts
  Will	25 Feb 1698/99
  	From Ware Genealogy: [CENTER:]Will of Robert Ware of Dedham.[:CENTER] In the year of our Lord one Thousand six hundred Ninety eight nine, the twenty fift day of February, I Robert Ware; of Dedham, in the County of Suffolk in his Ma:ties Collony in the Massachusetts bay in New England, being put in mind of my great chang, by age, & the infirmities thereof, according to my duty, I do hereby, in the time of my life, & in the injoymt of my understanding make, ordeyne & declare this to be my last will and Testamt, for the disposeing and setleing of those things of my Estate, which the Lord he betrusted me with, wherein first, I comit my precious soul into the hands of almighty God, in and through the Lord Jeses christ, my most blessed Redemer, & my body to the earth to be therin interred in christian buryall at the discretion of my executor* heerin heorafter named. Imprs I do heerby giue unto my Deare and well beloved wife Hannah ware the use & impronemt of the East end of my dwelling house & the north end of ray barne & halfe my orchard & one third part of my pasture land near my house & at ye north end of the Island planting feild, & one third part of my lot that I purchased of .John Keelum y' is fenced in pertickular, & halfe my broad meadow that lye betwixt the lands of John Eaton it the widdow Kingsberry. & one horse beast, and as much household stuff as she stand in need of, for her use all the tearme of her naterall life, all those things aforresd and the Twenty pounds of money, she hane receined, for her to dispose of as she se cause, & my son Samuel is to provid her wood fit for the tier at all times what she shall need, & he to be paed out of my estate what is just, also I giue unto my loveing wife ye use and improvem' of two acres of land y' is broken up wher Sanuiel have a part neer magus hill. Furthermore my mind & will is that each of my children shall have equall portions in my estate excepting my son John Ware who is to have Twenty pound mort; then a single portion, & what I have given to each of my children formerly as it is set doune in my book is to be acounted to each of them as a part of there portion, and for most of my lands I do devide them amongst my three sons in Dedham, and what they, or any of them shall have more than there equall portions they must make good paymt for the same to my executors within the space of four yeares after my & my wives decease for them to pay them that want ye makeing up of ther portions as followeth :— Item. I give unto my Son Samuel Ware & to his Heirs & Assignes forever the west end of my dwelling house and the South end of my bearn, and my new bearn, and my shop, and halfe my oarchard, & two parts of three of all my pasture land, neer my house, & Greens lot, & two thirds of all my land at the north end of ye Island planting feild, & two parts of three of ye land I purchased of John Keelum, & a quarter part of my broad meadow, & my foule meadow, & all my swamps near my house, and about Greens lot, & my swamp neer south Playne, & my laud at the clapbord trees, more, fine acres of woodland near to meadfeild way, as it abut on Joseph Wights lot, more, I give unto him halfe of that land I bought of Mr Dwight near to magus hill abuteth on ye Lands of widdow Metcalfe west & Jno Eaton east, more, one third part of my land at ye stamping place, & one third part of my land at chesnut hill, & halfe my land at magus hill within fence, & halfe my land on the north side of my fenced land & after ye decease of my deare wife, Samuel my Son is to have all my houssing & all my oarchards, & all the land near my house, uplands & swamps, Greens lot, & all my swamps about it, & all my lands at ye northerly end of planting feild, meadow & upland as it abutteth on the east on charles river & ye pond north. And all my meadow and upland ye is fenced in with Eleazer Kingsberys lands near Vine Rock & halfe my broad meadow, and four cow comon Rights. Item. I give unto my son Epherim & to his Heirs & assignes forever, that land I purchased of Mr Dwight ye abut on his house lot east, & halfe my land near magus hill within fence, and halfe my land one the north side of my land fenced in, & all my Small parcels of meadow near it, & one third part of my land at the stamping ground, and one third part of my land at chesnut hill & three cow comon Rights & one fourth part of broad meadow & after the decease of my wife, one third part, & all my children shall have equall share in my lot at the great ceader swamp. Item. I give unto my son Ebenezer Ware & to his Heirs and assignes forever all my Land as it lyeth abutting upon Daniels swamp meadow east, Samuel Parker north, more, one parcell of land a little distant from his house lot towards the east, by Jno Woodcocks land more one third part of my land at the stamping ground, more a third part of my land at chesnut hill, & after my wives decease a third part of my broad meadow, & three cow comon Rights. Item. I give unto my children at Wrentham onwards there portions to be equally devided betwixt them all my moveables, cattell & household stuf what my wife can spare, & my clothes & all debts due to me & eight acres of Land I purchased of Henery Brock & Lambert Ginery as it lyeth in the Island planting feild, more, three acres of land I purchased of Thomas Eames abutting on Jno Woodcocks, after the decease of my wife the household stuff she have to use, to be equally devided amongst them. It is my mind and will is that my houses and lands near home may be low prised, & the lands in planting feild, being poor lands & require much fenceing, I do apoint & impower my well beloved sons John Ware, Robert Ware & Samuel Ware to be the executors of this my last will and Testamt & I request and impower my loveing friends Deacon Thomas Metcalfe, Deacon William Avery, & Deacon Joseph Wight to be ye overseers or supervisers to determin any differences that may arise from or betwixt any persons concearned in this my last will, & what they or two of them if any dye ye surviveing determin shall be of full force at any & all times & care must be taken for to recompence ye executers & overseers. To confirme this my last will and testament I haue hereunto set to my hand & seale ye date aforesd. Robert Ware In presence of us Thomas Battelle hannah Alderidge Thomas Fuller [CENTER:]Notes on the Will of Robert Ware.[:CENTER] Island planting field.—Dedham Island, just north of Dedham village, formed by a bend in Charles River and the " Long Ditch" which unites the upper and the lower parts of the stream. It is about a mile and three quarters from north to south, and three quarters of a mile from east to west, and contains about 1200 acres. The "Planting field plain" is in the northern part of the Island. The " Long Ditch," about half a mile long, part of which is now the boundary between Dedham and Needham, was cut through the Broad Meadows in 1653. The "Great Causeway" is a narrow strip of land about quarter of a mile long, along the river on the S. W. of Broad Meadows ; on this a road was laid out in 1644. " Ware's Causeway " is a small part of the road leading from the Great Causeway to Cart Bridge, on the western side of the Island. Magus Hill is in the northern part of Needham (now Wellesley), just east of the Wellesley Hills station on the B. & A. R. R. The reservoir is on the summit. In 1681, John Magus and Sarah Magus. Indians, gave to the town of Dedham a deed of a tract of land lying within Dedham bounds, bounded N. by Watertown and Natick (now Weston), W. and S. W. by a line running from the mouth of Rosemary Meadow Brook on the N. E. to the mouth of Natick Brook on the S. W. Natick Brook runs through the two ponds in the western part of Wellesley, south into Charles River. It joins Dewing Brook near its mouth. The rest of what is now Needham. S. E. of this tract, had been deeded to Dedham the previous year by William Nahaton (Nehoiden) and his brothers. Foule Meadow.—" Fowle meadows " lie on the Neponset River in the eastern part of Dedham and in Canton. South Playne borders on the edge of the swamp southward of Ridge Hill in the southern part of Dedham. Claphord trees is in the S. W. part of Dedham east of Buckmaster pond ; it originally included the eminence where the West Dedham Church stands, with the land adjoining on the north and east. Stamping place is supposed to be a herding place for cattle, and to have been situated approximately in the space now enclosed within Linden and Washington Streets at Wellesley Hills. Before the division of the common lands, the feeding grounds for cattle were called " Herd Walks." One of these was on Dedham Island ; one on East Street, and the third on South Plain. Chestnut Hill is about half way between Magus Hill and North Hill, Needham. Lands at the north end of planting field abutting on the pond north. The pond is Cow Island Pond, formed by Charles River, just east of the northern end of Long Ditch. Vine Rock is on the eastern side of Dedham Island, on the; western bank of the river, half way between Cow Island Pond and the entrance to Mother Brook. The bridge just north of it, over which the road passes from Dedham to West Roxbury is Vine Rock Bridge. The Great Cedar Swamp was in the part of Dedham now Walpole, between the Plain and South Walpole. History of Norfolk County, page 709, in the will of Eleazer Ware, 1750, is mentioned "a piece of Cedar Swamp lying in the Dedham Cedar swamp so called." Robert Ware's sons in Wrentham, John, Nathaniel and Robert, seem to have received their land as a part of portion during their father's lifetime. The house of Ephraim, essentially the same as formerly, is in Wellesley, on Oakland Street, opposite the end of Brookside Road. Photographs of this house (Nos. 445, 44G) may be obtained of Holmes Bros., 19 Main St., Charlestown, Mass. The Indian Magus very probably lived near the spring which is just south of the house. The house of Ebenezer was probably at the corner of Rosemary and Highland Streets, Needham. [C. W. Morton, on map.] Deacon Reuel lived and died in this house. The house of Josiah (Nathaniel), and later of his son Joseph, the journalist, stood, until 1886, on the north corner of Russell Place, just north of Ridge Hill in Needham (opposite "J. Cartwright ").
  Died	Between 19 Apr 1699 and 1699	Dedham, Massachusetts
  Probate	11 May 1699
  	The inventory, taken May 3, was £250, 2, 10.
  Person ID	I2091	Our Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2016

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Hunting,   b. Abt 1628, Hoxne, County Suffolk, England ,   d. 26 Aug 1670, Dedham, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	24 Mar 1644/45	Dedham, Massachusetts
  Children	1. John Ware,   b. 6 Oct 1646, Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Apr 1718, Wrentham, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)   2. Nathaniel Ware,   b. 7 Oct 1648, Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. 10 Jul 1724, Wrentham, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years)   3. Margaret Ware,   b. 14 Feb 1650/51, Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Jul 1664  (Age 13 years)   4. Robert Ware,   b. 1 Aug 1653, Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Sep 1724, Wrentham, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)   5. Samuel Ware,   b. 30 Sep 1657, Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. Mar 1730/31, Dedham  (Age 73 years)   6. Ephram Ware,   b. 5 Nov 1659, Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Mar 1753, Needham, Massachusetts  (Age 93 years)   7. Elizabeth Ware,   b. 19 Nov 1661   8. Joseph Ware,   b. 8 Sep 1663, Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Sep 1663  (Age 0 years)   9. Ebenezer Ware,   b. 28 Oct 1667, Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. Jan 1765, Needham, Massachusetts  (Age 97 years)   10. Esther Ware,   b. Dedham, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Sep 1734, Wrentham, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Jones,   b. 28 Mar 1636,   d. 20 Apr 1721  (Age 85 years)
  Married	3 May 1676
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S290] Ware Genealogy.