Margaret Randolf

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• Name: Margaret Hunting
• Baptism: 15 Nov 1579, Topcroft, County Norfolk, England
• Will: 25 Oct 1628, Hoxne, County Suffolk
• Probate: 25 Jan 1648/49

Notes:

Will:
"In the name of God Amen. I Margaret Hunting of Hoxne in the County of Suffolk widow do make this my last will and testament. Imprimis Out of my money which I have in my son Samuels hands I give unto John Hunting of New England my son fyve pounds. To Mary his daughter twenty shillings. To Margaret his daughter twenty shillings. To the rest of his children to be divided three pounds. Item I give and bequeath to the children of my two other daughters there two pounds. Item 1 give three pair of sheets to my three children formerly mentioned in New England. Item I give to my son Stephen and his heirs twenty pounds to be paid by my son Samuel within six years after my decease. Item I give ten pounds to my son Robert to be paid within two years out of the moneys my son Samuel hath of mine. [Item] I give five pounds to my son Samuel. Item four pounds to my daughter Mary. Item twenty shillings to Thomas Hunting of Thrandeston all these to be paid within one year after my decease. The moveables within the house I dispose thus: I give to Mary Hunting my daughter the bed whereon she lyeth with that which belongeth to it two pair of sheets, the little kittle, one board cloth, two napkins. To my son Linnies[?] daughter and my son Stephen his daughter the box in (he parlor to be divided among them. To my son Stephen I give the mill as it standeth in the millhouse with what belongeth to it. And for my catten [i.e., cattle] I give to my daughter Linny [?] the best cow and the things given to my daughter Liney[?] to return to their children within seven years. The rest of the cattle I bequeath them to my son Samuel and Robert to be divided. The rest of all my moveables whatsoever I give to my son Samuel and Robert and my daughter Liney [?] and son Stephen to be divided among them and my daughter Liney[?] to have two parts. Out of the money which I have in my hand I give four pounds to be divided between my son Stephen's daughter and my son Linny's[?] two children and all what I have given besides to my son and daughter Liney[?] to return to their children as aforesaid. I make my son Samuel and Robert executors of this my will the 25th of October Anno domini 1648.
Witnesses: Mary Bach, Margery Bach (both by mark). Signed by mark by Margaret Hunting."

Margaret married William Hunting on 22 Sep 1599 in Topcroft, County Norfolk, England. William (son of Roger Hunting and Jane Leche) was born about 1570; died in 1638 in Hoxne, County Suffolk, England; was buried on 18 Oct 1638 in Hoxne, County Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 31 Aug 1600, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

William married Prudence Pepper in Feb 1623/24. Prudence died in 1655; was buried on 23 Apr 1655 in Thrandeston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: Massachusetts
• Baptism: 24 Jan 1601/02, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

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Anecdote:
John brought his family over from England and was the first ruling elder of the Dedham church.
According to Anderson:
John and Hester first lived in Hoxne, where their children Mary and Margaret were baptized. The family next appears in the neighboring parish of Oakley, with baptisms of children in 1631, 1634, and 1636. (Although Hoxne and Oakley are adjacent parishes, they are divided by several jurisdictional boundaries; Hoxne fell within Hoxne Hundred and the archdeaconry of Suffolk, Oakley within Hartismere Hundred and the archdeaconry of Sudbury. The northern boundary of each of these parishes was also the border between Suffolk and Norfolk.)
The dominant family in Hartismere Hundred was the Comwallises, staunch Catholics and ancestors of Lord Cornwallis of Yorktown. At Oakley, this family held the advowson (the right to recommend appointments to the pulpit); and in 1628 or 1629, despite their Catholic leanings, they nominated a vigorous Puritan, William Greenhill. The Reverend Greenhill served this living for almost a decade, until silenced in 1638. Perhaps John Hunting was attracted by the preaching of Greenhill, moved from Hoxne to Oakley to benefit from his teaching, and then in 1638—being deprived of this religious nurturing—decided to join the migration to New England.
Upon his arrival in the colonies, Hunting wasted little time in settling at Dedham. On 28 August 1638, the town agreed that he could be "enterteyned to purchase John Coolidge his Lott." According to his contemporary, Reverend John Allin:
Towards the end of summer we having some experience of Jo. Hunting who came unto us that summer from England & some of us knowing him before & having very good testimony of him from others we agreed to make trial whether he might not be found meet for this work & be willing thereto; in both which we found that incouragement that he also came in amongst us into society.
Thus, John Hunting became one of the eight "pillars" of the church at Dedham, admitted before the congregation formally organized.
The Dedham church entered into covenant on 8 November 1638 and soon grew beyond those eight pillars. Its eighteenth member was "the wife of John Hunting who notwithstanding some scruples a while sticking in some of the church yet at length gave good satisfaction & was received.'" Shortly after this, the church proceeded to the selection of a ruling elder, the principal assistant to the minister. Four candidates were proposed; after lengthy consideration, John Hunting was chosen for the position and held it for the rest of his life. He also served Dedham in its secular affairs—being a feoffee (trustee) of the first free school in New England and a selectman on several occasions.
Hester Hunting died at Dedham on 4 May 1676, having made a will on 4 January 1675/76 with the consent of her husband. In this document, which was not actually proved until 12 February 1684/85, Hester noted that £45 had been given her in the will of her brother Francis, but that it had not yet been received from England. She bequeathed £20 of this to her son John Hunting and £10 to her son Samuel Hunting, "liveing in Charlestown" [Massachusetts]. To Hannah, the wife of her son Samuel, she gave a pair of sheets and her best tablecloth; to her grandchild Samuel Hunting, the eldest son of son Samuel, she left six napkins. Hester then requested that the £15 remaining from her brother's bequest be divided into four equal parts and distributed as follows: one-fourth part (along with a coat) to her daughter Mary Buckner of Boston; one-fourth part to be divided equally among the children of her deceased "daughter Ware"; one-fourth part (and her best gown) to her daughter Hesther Fisher of Dedham; and one-fourth part (and other clothing) to Hesther Peck, the daughter of her son-in-law John Peck of Rehoboth. Finally, Hester made bequests of clothing to her maidservant Mary Wood and to Elizabeth Hunting, wife of her oldest son John. She then named sons John and Samuel as executors.
John Hunting, Senior, of Dedham made his will on 15 December 1684; he was nearly eighty-three years old but had more than four years yet to live. John began by confirming the bequests made by his wife Hester. He then gave 20s. to his son Samuel, living in Charlestown; this, added to the sum already given Samuel, was to make up that son's full portion. The remainder of John's estate was to be divided into six parts. Two parts (a double portion) were to go to his eldest son, John of Dedham. One part was assigned to his widowed daughter Mary Buckner of Boston and her daughter Mary White; the mother was to have two thirds of their share, the daughter one. Another part was to go to a Dedham son-in-law, Robert Ware, Senior, in right of Robert's wife (Hunting's daughter) Margaret. A fifth part was bequeathed to Hunting's daughter Heasther Fisher of Dedham. The final part was left to his son-in-law John Peck of Rehoboth and Peck's eldest daughter Hesther (in right of Peck's first wife Elizabeth, Hunting's daughter); the Peck share was to be divided equally between Peck and the young Hesther. Executors were to be his Dedham friends, Sergeant Richard Ellis and Thomas Battelle, and his son John, Junior.
Although Hunting died on 12 April 1689 and the inventory was taken on 11 June of that year, the will was not proved until 26 March 1691. This delay in probate may have been a reflection of the political upheaval consequent upon the 1689 overthrow of the administration of Sir Edmund Andros, governor-general of New England. In any event, John's estate was appraised at £153 3s. 11d., which £129 10s. represented eight different parcels of land.
Of the three generations for which records have been found, the senior male representatives of the Hunting family of Palgrave, county Suffolk, had successfully maintained and improved their economic status. The father, grandfather, and great-grandfather of the immigrant had each left a substantial estate to the next generation; and each successor to the family property had added more lands. The father of the immigrant John Hunting had already provided for his eldest son and was, at death, building a second fortune. John, by his decision to sail for New England, had foregone a landed inheritance in England that would have made him one of the wealthiest men in his community; yet, by the time he died in Dedham in 1689, his estate was probably greater than those of any of the brothers he had left behind.

John married Esther (Hester) Seaborn on 28 Jun 1624 in Wramplingham, County Norfolk, England. Esther (daughter of Wiliam Sabume and Mary) was born in in England; died about 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 18 Sep 1603, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

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Anecdote:
She was still unmarried as late as 1648.

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• Baptism: 13 Jan 1604/05, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

Samuel married Mary on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 29 Mar 1607, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

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• Baptism: 6 Aug 1609, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

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Anecdote:
She never married.

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• Name: Susanna Richards
• Baptism: 9 Dec 1611, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

Susanna married Edward Richards on 10 Sep 1638 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Edward died in 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Phillips
• Baptism: 2 Jan 1613/14, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

Anna married Henry Phillips on 1 May 1641 in Dedham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 1 Jan 1615/16, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

Stephen married Susan on Yes, date unknown. Susan died in 1684; was buried on 5 Apr 1684 in Hoxne, County Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Linney(?)
• Baptism: 7 Apr 1618, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

Elizabeth married Linney(?) between 1640 and 1648. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 29 Nov 1620, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

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• Immigration: Massachusetts
• Name: Margaret Ware
• Baptism: 21 Sep 1628, Hoxne

Margaret married Robert Ware on 24 Mar 1644/45 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Robert was born in in England; died between 19 Apr 1699 and 1699 in Dedham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Buckner
• Name: Mary Jay
• Baptism: 26 Feb 1625/26, Hoxne

Notes:

Anecdote:
She was admitted to the church in Dedham on 30 April 1643.

Mary married William Jay in 1653 in Boston, Massachusetts. William died before 1668. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Charles Buckner before 1668. Charles died on 25 Aug 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Esther Fisher
• Baptism: 4 Sep 1631, Oakley, County Suffolk, England

Notes:

Anecdote:
It is possible that she is the Esther Fisher who married Timothy Dwight in Dedham on 31 July 1690 and died on 30 January 1690/1. If so, the marriage would have been 14 years after the death of her first husband.

Esther married Nathaniel Fisher on 26 Dec 1649 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Nathaniel died on 23 May 1676 in Dedham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Peck
• Baptism: 4 May 1634, Oakley, County Suffolk, England

Elizabeth married John Peck before 1657. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Oct 1636, Oakley, County Suffolk, England

John married Elizabeth Paine on 18 Apr 1671 in Dedham. Elizabeth was born on 6 Mar 1647/48 in Dedham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Aug 1640, Dedham

Samuel married Hannah Hagburne on 24 Dec 1662 in Dedham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 24 Dec 1643, Dedham

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Anecdote:
The following is from Ware Genealogy:
One of the settlers, 1671, of Wollonionopoag, incorporated as Wrentham 1673. In March, 1675-6, the town was deserted by the settlers, who took refuge from the Indians in Dedham and elsewhere, and did not return till 1680. " 1676—March Ye 30th Ye lnhabitance ware drawn of by rason of ye Endien Worre." " 1680—August Ye 21st. The Revd Mr Man returned to Wrentham again and divers Inhabnts (John, Nathaniel and Robert Ware among the number.) He is said to have built upon the "Bean Place " as early as 1668. He was one of the first selectmen of Wrentham, 1686. Lieutenant and captain of the first military company.
John Ware's commission as Lieut, of the Foot Company of Militia in the town of Wrentham, signed by Gov. Stoughton, Aug. 5, 1606, is still extant. He seems to have served as lieutenant from 1689 to 1704, and as captain till 1715. The journal of the company was kept in a small book, six by four inches, written in a crabbed, almost indecipherable hand, and was filled with notices of musters, with the names and amount of fines of the absent and "defective " ; the names of those " presst for Canada " or elsewhere, including those who '"' ran away," and the precautions taken against the Indians. At the end of the book are the following: lines :—
[CENTER:]" He that is wise will Learn to prise
an art that is most skillfull
but as for fools theyel Spoyl all Town
and Live not wise but willfull.”[:CENTER]
John Ware headed a band of men in an attack against the Indians at Indian Rock during King Philip's war.—History of Norfolk County, p. 632. Indian Rock is near Jordan St. in the eastern part of Franklin.

John married Mary Metcalf on 10 Dec 1668 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 15 Aug 1646; died on 22 Mar 1676/77 in Dedham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Joanna Gay on 24 Mar 1678/79. Joanna was born on 23 Mar 1644/45; died on 26 Oct 1708 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Dorothy on 21 Dec 1709. Dorothy died on 10 Dec 1728 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anecdote:
He was one of the settlers of Wrentham in 1671.

Nathaniel married Mary Wheelak on 12 Oct 1696 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Sarah Metcalf on 4 Jun 1677 in Dedham. Sarah was born on 8 Dec 1648 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died on 13 Apr 1718 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elizabeth Holbrook on 26 Feb 1719/20. Elizabeth died on 28 Jul 1723 in Wrentham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Elizabeth Rice on 21 Jul 1690 in Dedham. Elizabeth died on 18 Nov 1719. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sarah Fuller on Yes, date unknown. Sarah was born on 8 May 1659 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died on 31 Mar 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ephram married Hannah Herring on 13 May 1685 in Dedham. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Herring and Mary Pierce) was born in in Dedham, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jul 1738 in Heedham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 17 Dec 1754, Needham

Notes:

Anecdote:
According to the Ware Genealogy he was said to have had five wives, one son and six daughters. They were only able to identify four of the wives.

Will:
[CENTER:]Will of Ebenezer Ware, Senior, of Needham,[:CENTER]
In the Name of God Amen, the seventeenth Day of September Ano Demi one thousand seven hundred and Fifty four in the Twenty eight year of the Reign of or Souerain Lord King George the second over Great Britain &c I Ebenezer Ware Senr of Nedham in the County of Suffolk and Prouence of Masachusets bay in New England Husbandman being in usual helth of body but aduenceed in years but of sound mind and memory, Blesed be almity God therefor and calling to mind the Frailty of Life and Certainty of Death Do therefore make and ordain this my last Will and Testement in maner and Form folowing that is to say : First and Principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almity God my creator hoping to Reciue ye pardon and Remission of all my sins and saluation through the alone merit of Jesus Christ my Redemer and my body to the Eaiah to be deacently Buried acording to the discresion of excecutrex herein Named and Executer hereinafter Named and as Touching such Worldly Estate the Lord hath lent me my mind and will is the same shall be disposed of acording as is hereinafter expresed hereby Reuoaking and Renounceing and making Null and Voaid all Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made declering and apoynting this to be my last Will and Testement Wherein is contained the same. Imprs, I will that all my just Debts and Funarall Expences be Well and Truly payed in conuenient Time next after my Deceas by my Executrex hereinafter named.
Itm. I do giue and Becpieth to my only son Nathaniel Ware Senr the Sume of Fine Shillings lawful money.
Itm. I do giue and Bequeth to my Daughter Mary's Children Namly William mills and John Mills and Benjamin mills to each of them one Shilling Lawfull money.
Itm. I do giue and Bequeth my Daughter Martha Smith one Shilling Lawful money.
Itm. I do giue to my Daughter Elizabeth children Namly Abial and Elizabeth and Meribath to each of them one Shilling Lawful money.
Itm. I do giue and Bequeth to my Daughter Jemima Kingsbery one Shilling Lawful money.
Itm. I do giue and Bequeth to my Dauuliter Sarah Dcuenport one Shilling Lawful money ; the above said sumcs with what they haue had shall be and is their Full Shear.
Itm. I do hereby (under and subject to the Terms under Writen) Giue and Bequeth to my Loueing Wife Anna Ware all my Moneable Estate whatsoener and whersoener it may be found shee paying all my just Debts and Funaral Kxpence and the aboue Legaceas giuen to my Children and Grandchildren.
Itm. I do hereby constitute and apoynt my Loueing Wife Anna Ware Executrex and my son Nathaniel Ware Sen"" Executer to this my last will and Testement.
In Testimony whereof I the said Ebenezer Ware Senr haue hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first aboue written.
Ebenezer Ware
Signed, sealed, Published and Decleared by the said Ebenezer Ware Senr as and for his last Will and Testement.
In presence of us
Aaron Smith
Josah Newell junr
Joseph Gibbs.

Ebenezer married Martha Herring on 19 Mar 1689/90 in Dedham. Martha (daughter of Thomas Herring and Mary Pierce) was born on 11 Jul 1668 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died on 30 Jan 1709/10. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Elizabeth on Yes, date unknown. Elizabeth died on 8 Mar 1733/34 in Needham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Mehetabel on Yes, date unknown. Mehetabel died on 2 Nov 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Ann Harrison on 13 Jun 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Esther Man
• Baptism: 28 Sep 1655

Esther married Rev. Samuel Man on 13 May 1647. Samuel was born on 6 Jul 1647; died on 22 May 1719. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]