Jedidah Smith and Rev. Samuel Osborn

     Over the last 30 years or so, I have taken time to search for more information on Rev. Samuel Osborn. As yet, I can find nothing new that has come to light. What I found all those years ago is still all I have today. He was born in Northern Ireland of Scottish parents. He was educated at Dublin University for the ministry. By 1712 he was teaching in Sandwich, MA and from 1718-1737 he was the minister at Eastham MA. By 1737, a group of ministers gathered and judged Samuel Osborn not sufficiently Calvinistic and therefore he was dismissed from his position.

     He became a grantee of land in Barrington, NS but found the labor so intensive that he returned to Boston. He did not exercise his ministry while in NS. About 1770 he left the province and returned to Boston MA where he died at about the age of 90.

     It is stated by some that Rev. Osborne was married three times.  His first wife was Jedidah Smith. Together they had 6 children. There is some controversy about the Rev. Samuel having another child, an illegitimate child, with Mercy Norton. The confusion arises because Mercy Norton claimed he was the father of her son b. in 1711, named Samuel. The Rev. Samuel and his wife Jedidah also had a son named Samuel b. in 1711. Court records in Dukes County, MA, 1711, show that Samuel Osborn was convicted of  “being the father of an illegitimate child born of the body of Mercy Norton.” He was ordered to pay child support. His son, Samuel, with his wife Jedidah married Margaret Briant, while his son, Samuel, with Mercy Norton married Kezia Butler. So, although he had a child with Mercy, they were never married. His 2^nd wife was Elizabeth Scudder.

The children of Rev. Samuel Osborn and Jedidah Smith:

           i. Samuel (1711-1763) m. Margaret Briant – 1 child

          ii.  Jonathan (1714-1753) m. Anna Doane – 6 children

    4    iii. Elizabeth (1715-1798) m. in 1749 Edmond Doane (1718-1806) –                                         7 children

          iv. Mary (1718 – died young)

          v.  Sarah (1720-?)

          vi. Abigail (1724-1764) m. in 1749 John Homer (1724-1800)

Rev. Samuel Osborn with Mercy Norton:

         Samuel (1711-1753) m. Kezia Butler

    4   Elizabeth Osborn and Edmond Doane

         

Edmond Doane married Elizabeth Osborn as her third husband. She married her first husband, William Merrick (Myrick), in 1734. William was born in Harwich MA and was a Mayflower descendant of Stephen Hopkins. He was lost at sea in 1742. They had three children:                       

                              William Merrick, b. 1734

                              Gideon, who was mentioned in his grandfather's will

                              Elizabeth – no further info

Elizabeth married her second husband, William Paine, in 1744. This was his  second marriage as well. This William is also a Mayflower descendant of Stephen Hopkins. Elizabeth (Osborn, Merrick) Paine and William had one child:

                    William Paine, b. 1746, d. 1812 in NY, NY  according to Paine Family Records he was the father of John Howard Paine, actor and poet noted as the creator of     

                                        “Home Sweet Home” 

                    Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,

                    Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;

                    A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,

                    Which seek thro' the world, is ne'er met elsewhere.

                    Home! Home!

                    Sweet, sweet home!

                    There's no place like home

                    There's no place like home!

          Elizabeth married her third husband, Edmond Doane in 1749 and their family grew to include seven Doane children. It is most likely that Elizabeth's son, William Paine (Payne) was also part of this family. Nothing has been found to show he grew up in another family. In the autumn of 1761, the family sailed from Nathaniel Mayo's Landing in Orleans MA to the Cape Sable District in Nova Scotia. The winds were unfavorable and they arrived at Liverpool instead where they spent the winter. The following spring they again headed for Cape Sable and were among the earliest settlers of Barrington.  The first people of English descent to settle the coves, harbors and shores of southwestern Nova Scotia, were fishermen from Cape Cod and Nantucket. These men had been to these waters and knew the abundance of fish available. So when the lands became available in 1757/58, many New England families applied for lands to settle near Cape Sable. It took until 1761/62 for a a large group of settlers, representing some of the best families of Cape Cod and Nantucket to arrive and establish the town now known as Barrington. For the most part, the public records of the times shows these new settlers to be intelligent and educated men, some with more than the ordinary schooling. Two old account books give evidence that Edward Doane kept a store from 1762-1767. This was a general store featuring rum, flour by the pound, molasses, sugar, salt by the hogshead, medicine, dry goods, hardware, etc. It appears he received his supplies from his brother-in-law, John Homer, a merchant of Boston. In return, Edward would ship to him alewives, herring and other fish found in the waters of Nova Scotia.

          Mrs. Elizabeth Doane was a woman of considerable education, of more than ordinary personal attractions and natural ability.  Having a good knowledge of medicine, and being skilled in the use of roots and herbs, she was the only nurse and doctor to all the sick of all the township.  Her services were much sought after and appreciated.  When advanced in years or when making long trips, she was carried in a basket suspended from a pole across the shoulders of two men.  She returned several times to New England to visit her relatives and friends. In 1763 she was one of three passengers who came up from Barrington on the sloop Sherburn, Capt. Jonathan Clarke, arriving in Boston, Jul 28. Again in Sep, 1767 she came over to Boston on the sloop Dove, Capt. Joseph Chapman. It is said the old pestle, with which she pounded her roots and herbs, is still in use and in possession of her great-granddaughter, as well as Edmund's old Family Bible, on the fly leaf of which is written:  "Edmund Doane, his book, bought in New England whilst he lived there." She is buried in the old burial ground at Barrington Head.

          Edmond, tiring of the hardships and conditions of life in Nova Scotia, sold his property to his brother-in-law, John Homer, in 1776, for £132, intending to return to New England. However a large number of townspeople signed a petition, asking for a grant of town land to be set aside for Elizabeth, Edmond's wife, in consideration of her valuable medical services. Since they had sold their property, they no longer had a place to live. The land granted to them at Johnson's Point was where they settled and spent their remaining days.

   4   Elizabeth Osborn and Edmond Doane had children all born in Eastham, MA:

                      i.  Israel (1750-?) m. (in 1772) Desire Nickerson                                                                                               – 7 children

                      ii.  Samuel O. (1752-?) m. Sarah Harding – 9 children

                      iii.  Prince (1753- Lost at sea)

                      iv.  Jedidah (1754-?) m. Ansel Crowell - 5 children

                      v.  Ruth (1756-?) m. Hemen Kenney – 11 children

                5.   vi.  Abigail (1758-1847) m. Hezekiah Smith – 15 children

                    vii.  Edmond (1759-?) m. Tamsin Hamilton – 9 children

The remaining families have been covered several times so I would refer you to the blogs on the Freemans and Ralph Smith.

Abigail Doane m. Hezekiah Smith

Steven Smith m. Elizabeth Spinney

Rachel Smith m. Samuel Scarr

Mary Ellen Scarr m. Henry Gordon Carmichael

Nora Carmichael m. Jesse Pye – my grandparents

 http://www.osborne-origins.org/linkrecs/f9782.htm

http://capecodgenes.com/web%20cards/ps15/ps15_120.html

http://thoreau.eserver.org/capecdaa.html

https://archive.org/stream/doanereunionatba00trur/doanereunionatba00trur_djvu.txt

http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/osborn_elizabeth_4E.html

Samuel Hinckley of Tentereden, Kent, England

 It is said that the number of gt. grandparents we have doubles as you go back each generation. Therefore I should have 1024 9^th gt. grandparents. I’ve already written about some of them, but today I’ll write about the Hinckleys. Samuel Hinckley and his wife, Sarah Soole, are another set of my 9^th gt. Grandparents. Yet to be proven are his ancestors, father, Robert Hinckley, grandfather, John Hynckleye, gt. Grandfather, John Hynckleye (b. 1535), 2x gt. Grandfather, another John Hynckleye and his 3x gt. Grandfather, John Henkle. This is still a work in progress. His wife's father, Thomas Soole, was the s/o John Soole and Maria Whitfield. Sarah's mother, Mary Indenden, was the d/o John Indenden and Christian Mercer. Sarah's name has also been spelled Soule, but to the best of my knowledge, does not have Mayflower descendants. This is not to say that the family may be related to George Soule's family in some way. I have not done the research on that. George Soule's descendants do have the connection to the Mayflower whereas Sarah Soole Hinckley's do not.

Samuel Hinckley was b. sometime before May 25 1589, in Tenterden, Kent, England. He married Sarah Soole in Hawkhurst, Kent, England, May 7 1617. Sarah was b. bef. Jun 8 1600 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England. In 1634, he brought his wife and four children in the Hercules to Boston where they then settled in Scituate (Sit-u-it). There was a total of 102 passengers, all from Tenterden, half of whom settled in Scituate. In 1639 he moved to Barnstable MA where he was a juror, town officer, surveyor of highways, and a Lieutenant in Thomas Dymock's Company in1643. Sarah d. Aug 18 1656 in Barnstable MA. Samuel then married Bridget Bodfish on Dec 16 1657, the widow of Robert Bodfish.

Samuel and Sarah Had 7 children, first four born in England:

          i.  Thomas (1619-1706) m. in 1641 Mary Richards (1620-1659) – 1 child

     1   ii.  Susanna (1625-?) m. in 1643 Rev. John Smith (1614-1710) -                                                                  13 children

          iii. Mary (1628-?)

          iv. Sarah (1629-1686) m. in 1649 Henry Cobb

          v.  Elizabeth (1633-?) m. in 1657 Elisha Parker

          vi.  Samuel (1638-?) m. in 1684 Mary Goodspeed

          vii. John (1644-?) m. Bethia Lothrop

For those who would like to pursue the research on Thomas and Mary Richards, you will discover a descent to George W. Bush.

In the next generation we find Susannah Hinckley married to Rev. John Smith, who was born in Dorsetshire, England, Mar 11 1614. Rev. Smith was appointed to attend the meetings of the Quakers and hear their defense. He reported in their favor which did not make others happy. He withdrew from the communion of the church for conscientious reasons and was declared not a member for this reason only. He was later restored. He preached occasionally at Barnstable and was later called to be pastor at Sandwich. He also preached in New Jersey in the early 1670’s.

Susannah and Rev. John Smith had 13 children:

          i.  Samuel (1644-1719 Woodbridge NJ) m1. in 1680 Esther Dunham (alias                                                                                 Singletary) – 3 children

                                                                  m2. in 1692 Elizabeth Pierce –                                                                               3 children

          ii.  Sarah (1645-?)

          iii.  Ebenezer (1646-1646)

          iv.  Mary (1647-?) m. in 1679 John Dunham

          v.  Dorcas (1650-1714 in NJ) m. in 1671 Ephraim Andrews

          vi.  John (1652-1652)

          vii.  Shubael (1653-1734 in Chilmark, MA)

          viii. John (1656-1736 in Woodbridge NJ) m. Mehitable Unknown

2        ix. Benjamin ((1658-1720 in Edgartown MA) m. in 1684 Jedidah Mayhew

          x.  Ichabod (1661-1722) in Woodbridge NJ) m. Hannah Andrrews

          xi.  Elizabeth (1663-?)

          xii.  Thomas ( (1665-?) m. Abigail Skiff

          xiii. Joseph (1667-?) m. Anne Fuller

For those who would like to pursue the research on Samuel Smith and his 2^nd marriage to Elizabeth Pierce, you will find a descent to Barack Obama.

Benjamin Smith and Jedidah Mayhew had 8 children:

          i.  Jane (c. 1685-?)

          ii.  Dorcas (1686-1730) m. John Worth

3        iii. Jedidah (1689-1742) m. in 1711 Samuel Osborne - 2 children

          iv. Benjamin (1691-1737) m. in 1716 Mary Basssett

          v. Mary (1693-1781) m. in 1717 Timothy Daggett

          vi. Thomas (1797-1765) in 1721 Elizabeth Bassett

          vii. Abiah (1698-?) m. Thomas Claghorn

          viii. Ebenezer (1700-1771) m. Thankful Claghorn

I have not done any research on the lateral lines to show how many children they had. Hopefully, someone more directly connected to those families will pursue those ancestors.

The next installment will cover Jedidah Smith and Samuel Osborne.

Happy Blogging, all.

  

Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts" op cit; p. 421

Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families...

 By Mary Elizabeth Sinnott

http://history.vineyard.net/cemetery/th/th21.htm

Conclusion of the Freeman line

My conclusion of the Freeman family

A recap of the previous blogs:

Edmund Honington Freman m. Alice Coles and remained in England

1. Edmund Freeman m. Bennett Hodsall
2. John Freeman m. Mercy Prence
3. Edmund Freeman m. Sarah Mayo
4. Ruth Freeman m. Israel Doane
5. Edmund Doane m. Elizabeth Osborn

Edmond Doane and Elizabeth Osborn had children all born in Eastham, MA:

     i. Israel (1750-?) m. (in 1772) Desire Nickerson – 7 children

    ii. Samuel O. (1752-?) m. Sarah Harding – 9 children

   iii. Prince (1753- Lost at sea)

   iv. Jedidah (1754-?) m. Ansel Crowell - 5 children

    v. Ruth (1756-?) m. Hemen Kenney – 11 children

6. vi. Abigail (1758-1847) m. Hezekiah Smith – 15 children

   vii. Edmond (1759-?) m. Tamsin Hamilton – 9 children

  6    Abigail (1758-1847) m. Hezekiah Smith – 15 children
     i. Hezekiah (1775-) m. in 1800 Mercy Crowell – 4 children

    ii. John Osborne (1777-1823) m. in 1801 Elizabeth Nickerson (1782-) - 8 children

   iii. William (1780-1817) m. 1799 Mary Nickerson – 9 children

   iv. James (1782-1742) m. in 1805 Jane McLaren - 7 children

    v. Stephen (1784-1785)

7. vi. Stephen (1786-1870) m. in 1809 Elizabeth Spinney (1789-1874) – 9 children

   vii. Hannah (1788-?) m. in 1813 John Cunningham – 7 children

  viii. Israel (1790-?) m. Maria Brooks

   ix. Abigail ((1792-?) m. William Atkinson

    x. Edward (1794-?) m. Susanna Gardner - 6 children

   xi. Elizabeth (1795-1814)

  xii. Mehitable (1797-1798)

 xiii. Keziah (1799-?) m. Duncan McCallum Cunningham – 3 children

 xiv. Charles (1802-?)

  xv. Susannah (1803-1816)

7.    Stephen Smith, b. Oct 6 1786, Barrington, NS, m. Dec 1809, in Barrington, NS, Elizabeth Spinney, b. Dec 15 1789, Barrington, NS. She was the d/o John and Susannah (Snow) Spinney. Stephen d. Mar 28 1870 in Shelburne, NS and Elizabeth d. Apr 1874. In this marriage, Stephen Smith is a descendant of Stephen Hopkins through the Smith lines and his wife, Elizabeth Spinney, is a Hopkins descendant through her mother Susannah Snow with lines going back to Constance Hopkins, wife of Nicholas Snow.

7. Stephen and Elizabeth had 9 children:

     i. Abigail (1813-1899) m. Eleazer Crowell

    ii. Reliance (1815-1892) m. Oldham Brown

   iii. Stephen (1817-1885) m. Hannah Williams (1822-1884) – 5 children

   iv. Elias (1819-?) m. Harriet Lewis

    v. Nathaniel (1821-?) m. Eliza Unknown

8 vi. Rachel (1823-1881) m1. In 1846 John Swansburg (1789-1850) – 3 children

                                           m2. In 1855 Samuel Scarr – 2 children

  vii. Mary (1825-?)

viii.Susannah (1827-1870) m. Alexander Phillips

  ix. Osborne Doane (1828-?) m. Lucinda Nickerson (1835-?) - 5 children

8   Rachel Smith, b. Aug 14 1823, Cape Sable Island, NS, m. Oct 1846 in NS (1) John Conrad Swansburg, b. Nov 1789, Shelburne, NS. He d. Nov 8 1850, Shelburne, NS. John Swansburg was m1. to Harriet Graham who d. in 1846. They had 8 children. Rachel m. (2) Samuel Scarr, Jan 15 1855 in Shelburne, NS.

Little is known about Samuel other than he had been married before and he was a mariner. There seems to be no recorded death date for him. He may have been lost at sea. Rachel was listed as a widow in the 1881 Canadian census for NS.

Rachel and John Swansburg had 3 children:

     i. Nathaniel (1847-1880) m. Catherine Lewis

    ii. Elizabeth (1849-1861)

   iii. Harriet (1892-1853)

Rachel and Samuel Scarr had 2 children:

 9 iv. Mary Ellen (1854-1923) m. in 1873 Henry Gordon Carmichael (1850-1910) - 8 children

    v. Samuel (died young)

9    Mary Ellen Scarr b. Sep 4 1854, Shelburne, NS, marr. Oct 12 1873 in Shelburne NS, Henry Gordon Carmichael, b. Jun 9 1850 in Fisher’s Grant,, Pictou, NS. Henry was a ship’s chandler. Mary Ellen d. Apr 30 1923, Newton, MA and Henry d. Apr 19 1910 in Everett, MA.

Mary Ellen and Henry had 8 children:

     i. Percy (1874-1874)

10 ii. Nora (1875-1921) m. in 1893 Jesse Pye – 15 children

    iii. *Ethel (Edith) (1877-?) m. Edward (Ted) Ball – 3 children

    iv. Minnie (1881-1902)

    v. Reginald (1884-?) m. Dorothy O'Donnell – 1 child

   vi. Elizabeth (Bessie) (1885-1959 )m. Frank Johnson – 2 children

  vii. Grayce (1889-?) m. Frank Mooney – 2 children

viii. Ruby (1894-1950) m. Phillip Wood – 2 children

*This person was always known in the family as Edith Gertrude. However, the census reports show her name as Ethel. It is believed this is a clerical error.

Nora Edith Carmichael and Jesse Pye are my grandparents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archelaus_Smith

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx

From Freeman to Doane

 To pick up the thread of the Freeman family, I will begin with a brief recap of John Freeman. He married Mercy Prence, the daughter of Gov. Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster, who was the daughter of Mayflower passenger William Brewster. John and Mercy had 10 children and at least 79 grandchildren. They are my 8^th gt. Grandparents. I continue with with son, Edmond, and his wife Sarah Mayo.

John and Mercy had children:

      i. John (1651-1721) m. (in 1672) Sarah Merrick – 8 child

      ii. Thomas (1653-1715) m. (in 1673) Rebecca Sparrow (1655-1739) – 10 children                    3.   iii. Edmond (1657-1717)⁴ m1. (in 1677) Ruth Merrick                                                                                                                    m2. (c. 1681) Sarah Mayo (1660-1746) – 12 children                           iv. Mercy (1659-1744) m. (in 1679) Samuel Knowles (1651-1737) – 11 children

      v. William (1663-1687) m. Lydia Sparrow (1660-?) - 2 children

      vi. Patience (1664-1745) m. (in 1682) Samuel Paine (1652-1712) – 9 children

      vii. Hannah (1664-1743) m. (in 1681) John Mayo (1656-1727) - 8 children

      viii. Prince (1665-1665)

      ix. Nathaniel (1669-1760) m. Mary Howland (1664-1743) – 6 children

      x. Bennett (1671-1716) m. (in 1689) John Paine (1661-1731) – 13 children.

3. Edmond married Ruth Merrick, also spelled Myrick, in 1677. She died before 1681, probably in childbirth, which was so often the case in colonial times. In 1681 Edmond married Sarah Mayo. She was the daughter of Samuel Mayo and his wife Thomasine Lumpkin. Edmond and Sarah lived in that part of Eastham called Tonsett, as shown by his father's will which gave Edmond the land he occupied. Edmond's uncle, also called Edmond lived in Sandwich, MA and had a son named Edmond. There has been some confusion, over the years, as to what information belongs to which Edmond. Since Edmond lived in Eastham, it pretty solid that he is the one who was a selectman for Eastham for seven years and was called Lieutenant.

                   i. Sarah (1682-1742) m. (in 1701) Benjamin Higgins – 14 children

              4. ii. Ruth (1684-1728) m. (in 1700 Israel Doane (1672-1740) – 6 children

                 iii. Mary (1685-1734) m. Samuel Hinckley – 2 children

                 iv. Isaac (1687-1732) m. (in 1714) Bethia Sturges – 7 children                                                          v. Experience (1689-1720) m. (in 1709) Thomas Gross (1678-1728) - 4 children

                vi. Ebenezer (1689-1760) m. (in 1710) Abigail Young – 4 children

               vii. Thankful (1693-1764) m. (in 1718) Jonathan Snow (1692-1764) – 8 children

              viii. Mercy (1693-1759) m. (in 1717) Thomas Cobb – 9 children

                ix. Elizabeth (1695-?) m. Isaac Pepper – unknown children

                x. Hannah (1698-1751) m. (in 1717) Christian Remick – 9 children

                xi. Edmond (1702-1782) m1. (in 1725) Lois Paine (1705-1725) - 1 child

                                                          m2. (in 1729) Sarah Sparrow – 2 children                                                   xii. Rachel (1704-?) m. (in 1729) Thomas Gray – 8 children                                               

Edmond and Sarah Mayo Freeman had at least 74 grandchildren. However, there could be more. I was unable to find any reliable information concerning Elizabeth Freeman and Isaac Pepper. Also to be noted, both Isaac Pepper and Christian Remick had mother's who were named Freeman. I haven't taken the time to properly investigate this, but it appears that they are from a different family of Freemans. They may have been related back in England, in some way, through a common ancestor, but I didn't pursue that line.

Now to continue on with Ruth Freeman and Israel Doane, my 6^th gt. Grandparents. Their children, all born in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA, were:

                   i. Israel (1701-?) no further info

                  ii. Prence (1704-1751 in Saybrook CT) m. (in 1726) Elizabeth Godfrey – 8 children

                 iii. Abigail (1706-?) m. (in 1731) Thomas Snow – 4 children

                 iv. Elnathan (1709-? in Doansburg, Putnam Co. NY) m. Martha Paddock

                 v. Daniel (1714-?) m. no further info                                                                                                 5. vi. Edmond (1718-1806 in Barrington NS Canada) m. (in 1749) Elizabeth Osborn                                                           (Merrick, Paine)

Edmond Osborn married Elizabeth Osborn as her third husband. She married her first husband, William Merrick (Myrick), in 1734. William was born in Harwich MA and was a Mayflower descendant of Stephen Hopkins. He was lost at sea in 1742. They had three children:

William Merrick, b. 1734

Gideon, who was mentioned in his grandfather's will

Elizabeth – no further info

Elizabeth married her second husband, William Paine, in 1744 and he died in 1746. This was his was his second marriage as well. This William is also a Mayflower descendant of Stephen Hopkins. Elizabeth (Osborn, Merrick) Paine and William had one child:

William Paine, b. 1746, d. 1812 in NY, NY according to Paine Family Records he was the father of John Howard Paine, actor and poet noted as the creator of:

 “Home Sweet Home”

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,                                                                        Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;                                                                          A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,                                                                  Which seek thro' the world, is ne'er met elsewhere.                                                                Home! Home! Sweet, sweet home!                                                                                         There's no place like home                                                                                                       There's no place like home!

Elizabeth married her third husband, Edmond Doane in 1749 and their family grew to include seven Doane children. It is most likely that Elizabeth's son, William Paine (Payne) was also part of this family. Nothing has been found to show he grew up in another family. In the autumn of 1761, the family sailed from Nathaniel Mayo's Landing in Orleans MA to the Cape Sable District in Nova Scotia. The winds were unfavorable and they arrived at Liverpool instead where they spent the winter. The following spring they again headed for Cape Sable and were among the earliest settlers of Barrington. The first people of English descent to settle the coves, harbors and shores of southwestern Nova Scotia, were fishermen from Cape Cod and Nantucket. These men had been to these waters and knew the abundance of fish available. So when the lands became available in 1757/58, many New England families applied for lands to settle near Cape Sable. It took until 1761/62 for a a large group of settlers, representing some of the best families of Cape Cod and Nantucket to arrive and establish the town now known as Barrington. For the most part, the public records of the times shows these new settlers to be intelligent and educated men, some with more than the ordinary schooling. Two old account books give evidence that Edward Doane kept a store from 1762-1767. This was a general store featuring rum, flour by the pound, molasses, sugar, salt by the hogshead, medicine, dry goods, hardware, etc. It appears he received his supplies from his brother-in-law, John Homer, a merchant of Boston. In return, Edward would ship to him alewives, herring and other fish found in the waters of Nova Scotia.

Tiring of the hardships and conditions of life in Nova Scotia, he sold his property to his brother-in-law, John Homer, in 1776, for £132, intending to return to New England. However a large number of townspeople signed a petition, asking for a grant of town land to be set aside for Elizabeth, Edmond's wife, in consideration of her valuable medical services. Since they had sold their property, they no longer had a place to live. The land granted to them at Johnson's Point was where they settled and spent their remaining days. 

5. vi. Edmond Doane and Elizabeth Osborn had children all born in Eastham, MA:

                      i.. Israel (1750-?) m. (in 1772) Desire Nickerson – 7 children

                     ii. Samuel O. (1752-?) m. Sarah Harding – 9 children

                    iii. Prince (1753- Lost at sea)

                    iv. Jedidah (1754-?) m. Ansel Crowell - 5 children

                     v. Ruth (1756-?) m. Hemen Kenney – 11 children

                6. vi. Abigail (1758-1847) m. Hezekiah Smith – 15 children

                   vii. Edmond (1759-?) m. Tamsin Hamilton – 9 children

                                         Photos are of Cape Light on Cape Sable Island                                         

For those interested, there was a Doane Family Reunion in 2012. The day's activities, a memorial service and many other interesting items are presented on-line in an e-book. The URL was impossibly long to include here, but you should be able to find the site by doing a Google on Edward Doane and Elizabeth Osborn. It can be converted to a PDF file for easier reading.

The Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol. 6

http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/osborn_elizabeth_4E.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Payne

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_022.html

The Great Migration Begins

Edmond Honington Freeman c 1574- c 1624

    Edmond Honington Freeman and his wife Alice are my 10x great grandparents. They were apparently fairly well established in England and it appears that at least some of their offspring were educated.

Edmond Honington Freeman was b. c. 1572 in Pulborough, co. Sussex, England. He was the s/o John Freeman and Tryphona Isham.¹ {Pronounced Eye-sham} She was from Northamptonshire, probably from a place called Isham. This name is a habitational name taking the Celtic word for the River Ise and combining it with the Old English word Ham, meaning 'homestead.' ² She may have been related to Sir John Isham, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.³ Edmond married Alice Coles, b. c. 1574- 1652 and they lived their entire lives in England. Edmond died when he was 52. Alice spent her later years with her daughter Alice and her son-in-law John de Beauchamp (Beecham). He was also a contributor to the Plymouth Colony but he never removed to there.

They married in Pulborough and had 6 children:

1. i. Edmond (1596-1682) m1. (in 1617) Bennett Hodsall (1597-1630) – 6 children                                                           m2. (in c. 1635) Elizabeth Unknown – 1 child

2. William (1600-1666) m. Christian Hodsall (1600-1638)
3. Alice (1601-?) m. John de Beauchamp
4. Eleanor (1603-1618)
5. John (1606-1629)
6. Elizabeth (1609-?)

1.   Edmond Freeman, b. in Billinghurst, co. Sussex and Bennett Hodsall, b. in Pulborough, co.         Sussex were married on Oct 12 1617 in Gravely, England. Bennett died in Pulborough on           Apr 12 1630 at the age of 32. He married his second wife, Elizabeth (it has been                        suggested her name was Gurney), in England and in 1635 departed on the ship Abigail with       his wife, 2 sons and 2 daughters. It is said he was a man of “much consideration in England       and brought with him much valuable plate.” He first settled in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay                 Colony, but after receiving permission from the Plymouth Colony for a grant of land, he                 moved to Sandwich around 1637. Edmond's family may have had connections with families       of the aristocracy. His sister's marriage to John de Beauchamp indicates her social                     position. The de Beauchamp family had roots in Normandy and one branch of the family             had been Earls of Warwick. Over 200-300 years the family had long time relationships with         many of the notable noble families of England. Bennett Hodsall's parents were John Hodsall       and Faith Gratwick. There is much confusion concerning this couple's dates of birth and             marriage. There doesn't seem to be any reliable sources to turn to, so I will merely present         them as the parents of Bennett Hodsall. (N.B. - the name is also spelled Hodsoll and                   sometimes with only one 'l'.)

Edmond and Bennett had children:

               i. Alice (1619-1651) m. (in 1639) William Paddy

              ii. Edmond (1620-1673) m. (in 1646) Rebecca Prence

             iii. Bennett (1621-1633)

              iv. Elizabeth (1624-1692) m. (in 1644) John Ellis

          2. v. John (1626-1719) m. (in 1649/50) Mercy Prence (1631-1711) – 10 children

             vi. Nathaniel (1629-1629)

 2.   John married Mercy Prence, d/o Gov. Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster and sister of         Rebecca who married John's brother Edmond. Mercy was b. bef. Sep 28 1631 in                         Plymouth Colony and she died in 1711 in Eastham, MA. John was prominent in public                 affairs as a deputy, selectman and as an assistant to the Gov. He was a deacon in the                 church and a Major in the military. He was a large land holder in the Orleans part of                       Eastham throughout his life. He was an early settler of Eastham along with Gov. Thomas             Prence and has often been considered one of its Founding Fathers. On his death, his will           gave his two slaves their freedom and conditions to ensure their well being, as well as                 providing bequests to his children.

John and Mercy had children:

              i.. John (1651-1721) m. (in 1672) Sarah Merrick – 8 child

             ii. Thomas (1653-1715) m. (in 1673) Rebecca Sparrow (1655-1739) – 10 children             3.     iii. Edmond (1657-1717)⁴ m1. (in 1677) Ruth Merrick

                                                         m2. (c. 1681) Sarah Mayo (1660-1746) – 12 children

            iv. Mercy (1659-1744) m. (in 1679) Samuel Knowles (1651-1737) – 11 children

             v. William (1663-1687) m. Lydia Sparrow (1660-?) - 2 children

            vi. Patience (1664-1745) m. (in 1682) Samuel Paine (1652-1712) – 9 children

           vii. Hannah (1664-1743) m. (in 1681) John Mayo (1656-1727) - 8 children

          viii. Prince (1665-1665)

            ix. Nathaniel (1669-1760) m. Mary Howland (1664-1743) – 6 children

             x. Bennett (1671-1716) m. (in 1689) John Paine (1661-1731) – 13 children.

       All descendants of John and Mercy Prence Freeman are Mayflower Descendants of                     William Brewster. The husbands of Patience and Bennett were brothers and Mayflower               Descendants of Stephen Hopkins. Edmund's wife and Hannah's husband were brother an         sister. With the children I have been able to find, John and Mercy were the grandparents of         at least 79 grandchildren.

                                               John Freeman

Mercy Freeman

                                                                 The burial site

The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols. I-III

Find a Grave

1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~havens5/p31588.htm
2. http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=isham
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Isham
4. Barnstable County Probate Records

William Nickerson (1604-1689) Chatham, Cape Cod, MA 2nd line of descent

With this post, I will show the second line of descent from William Nickerson, through his daughter ii. Sarah.

1ST GENERATION

i. William Nickerson and Anne Busby had children:

Nicholas (1628 Norwich, Eng - 1683 Yarmouth, MA, m. Mary Darby – 1 child

ia. Elizabeth (1629 Norwich, Eng – 1706 Monomoit, MA m. Robert Eldredge – 9                               children 

Robert (1631 Norwich, Eng – 1710) m. Rebecca Cole

Thomas (1633-1633 Norwich, Eng)

Anne (1631 Norwich, Eng – 1681) m. Tristram Hedges

Samuel (1638 Yarmouth, MA – c. 1719 Harwich, MA) m. Mary Bell

John (1640 Yarmouth, MA – 1714) m. Sarah Williams

iib. Sarah (1644 Yarmouth, MA – c. 1716 Yarmouth MA) m. Nathaniel Covel – 6                               children

iiic. William (1646 Yarmouth, MA – 1719 Chatham, MA) m. Mercy Williams - 7                                                           children

Joseph (1647- Yarmouth, MA – c. 1730 Harwich, MA) m. Ruhumah Jones – 2                                                              children

iib. Sarah Nickerson must have been an able administrator as she was engaged in several land transactions after her father’s death. William had arranged for the management of his entire domain to be handled by Sarah, which she did competently. Nathaniel Covel came to Boston on Aug 26, 1653, at the age of 9, to be the indentured servant of Edward Winslow. Nathaniel’s father had arranged for this as he lay dying. For part of the 7 years, Mr. Winslow assigned Nathaniel to Peregrine White, his son-in-law. When his indenture was over, Nathaniel moved to Yarmouth where he met and married Sarah Nickerson. Note that the name is spelled both Covel and Covell. To be consistent I’ve chosen the former.

iib. Sarah Nickerson and Nathaniel Covel had 6 children:

Elizabeth (1666-bef. 1747) m. (in 1688) Jehosaphat Eldredge (1658-1732) – 7                                                           children

Sarah (1669-1713) m. (in 1688) Benjamin Phillips (1668-1747)

Nathaniel (1670-?) m. (in 1697) Judith Nickerson (?- c. 1746)

William (1673-1760) m. Sarah Unknown

iiib. Joseph (1675-1741) m. (in 1704) Hannah Bassett (1669-1741) – 7 children

Ephraim (1677-1748) m. Mercy Brown – 1 child

iiib. Joseph Covel was married first to Lydia Stewart, who died before 1703. There was one child from this marriage but there is no further information, leading one to think the child and mother may have died together. He married Hannah Bassett in 1704 and had 7 children.

  

iiib. Joseph Covel and Hannah Bassett had 7 children:

ivb. Sarah (1705-1790) m. (in 1723) William Nickerson* (1701-1763) – 12                                         children

Constant (1706-1772) m. Ebenezer Nickerson* (c. 1697-?) – 7 children

James (c. 1709-?) m. Mehitable Nickerson*

Joseph (1710-?)

Nathaniel (?-?) m. Mary Chase

Dorcas (1714-1803) m. James Nickerson* (1704-1757) 1 – child

Hannah (1714-?)

 (*An interesting note on the above marriages to Nickersons. None of these Nickersons were siblings.)

ivb. Sarah Covel married in 1723 William Nickerson:

This William Nickerson was b. in Chatham, MA, May 15 1701 and died Feb 1763 in Chatham, MA, at age 61.  He married ivb. Sarah Covel in 1723.  It is written of William's death that he "drowned in a creek out of a canoe last week and is not found yet". His estate was proved 3 May 1763 and lists books, guns, a sword, spinning wheels and yarn, a mare, oxen, 2 heifers, 11 sheep, 10 lambs, his land at Monomessett Neck (now Nickerson Neck) with all the buildings thereon. In the division of his estate, 24 Jul 1772, Sarah received a woodlot in Harwich near Great Long Pond and a part of Monomesset Neck - "the west end with the buildings thereon - land runs into the Bay (Pleasant Bay) and near Salt Pond". William was thought to be somewhat of a religious fanatic and joined the new movement of "Separatists" or "New Lights". This sect, which first appeared in Connecticut and grew rapidly, had broken away from the established Church. They entertained more liberal views, believing, among other things, that a true preacher need not have a formal education and that the mode of performing the baptismal rite should be a matter of personal choice. They objected strenuously to being taxed for the support of the ministers of the Standing Order and submitted many fruitless petitions requesting to be relieved from this tax. On refusal to pay the tax some highly respectable men were imprisoned in Barnstable jail. In the 1740's, Joshua, William and Samuel Nickerson of Harwich were active in this movement. For a reason, that has not been discovered, he was known as William "Red Stockings". "Chatham Records April ye 18, 1739. I ye widow bassit of Chatham do oblige my self to you William Nickerson red stocking of said town if I can't find or make more by any means by your wife or find it my self I do forfit two coverleds of like sort said witness our hands - Nathan bassit, Nathaniel Bassit. Mary Bassit  X her mark."

ivb. Sarah Covel and William Nickerson had 12 children:

Nicholas

Absalom (1724-?) m. Sarah Unknown – 1 child

Deliverance (1726-1780) m. (in 1742) Ebenezer Eldredge (1709-1797) – 12                                          children

Stephen (1726-1801) m.1 (c. 1750) Dorcas Nickerson (1727-1787) – 5 children                                                    divorced c. 1769

                                 m.2  (in 1782) Martha Adams Hallett (1760-1830)                                                               – 4 children

James (1730-1781) m. (in 1749) Mehitable Covel

Mercy (1732-1805) m. (in 1752) Hemen Kenney (1732-1775)

vb. Elizabeth (1735-1826) m. (in 1752) Archelaus Smith (1734-1821)

William (1736-?) m. Martha Ellis (1737-1785)

Lumbart (1739-?) m. Eunice Rider

Susannah (1741-?) m. (in 1762) Isaac Howes

Joshua (1743-?) m. (in 1763) Deborah Rider

Gideon (1746-1811) m. (in 1764) Sarah Bearse (1748-1815) – 12 children

Their daughter vb. Elizabeth Nickerson m. Archelaus Smith, a descendant of Ralph Smith of Eastham, MA.  {See my blog on Ralph Smith for more information on this family.}

vb. Elizabeth Nickerson was b. in Chatham, MA, May 15 1735.  Elizabeth died Apr 2 1828 in Cape Sable Is., at age 92.  She was married to Archelaus Smith, Jul 16 1752 in Chatham, MA, by Rev. Stephen Emery.  Archelaus went to Barrington, N.S. in the summer of 1758. The following account is given:

          "Archelous Smith had sent for his family to come from Cape Cod to Barrington, but owing to evil reports about the Indians sent a message to the contrary. When, however, he was departing through West Passage, his wife and four children were coming in the East Passage in Capt. Eldad Nickerson's vessel. Some fishermen, making fish at the Head, helped Mrs. Smith and made a log house for her and left her what provisions they could when they went away. He was storm-stayed and unable to get back that winter with food and his house frame. The Indians helped her at times and she fought off the bears with fire brands". Elizabeth Smith at her death left five children, 56 grandchildren, 297 great-grandchildren, 64 of the fifth, and one of the sixth generation living, exclusive of a daughter in the United States, who had a large family and of several grandchildren who had removed from Barrington. 

                                                                                            Archelaus Smith Museum

     She:    

          " Enjoyed the power before she died,   

          Of saying what's to most denied,

            Rise daughter, to thy daughter run,

            Thy daughter's daughter has a son."

She was described as a tall, masculine woman with an energetic temperament.

vb. Elizabeth Nickerson and Archelaus Smith had 8 children:

Susannah (1753-1738) m. (in 1767) Joseph Atwood (1749-?) – 17 children

vib. Hezekiah (1754-1834) m. (in 1774) Abigail Doane (1758-1847) – 15 children

Mercy (1759-1845) m. (c. 1787) John Cunningham (1755-1845) – 8 children Eunice (1760-?) m. (in 1776) Henry Newell – 4 children

James (1762-1843) m. (in1784) Sarah Wilson – 6 children             

Stephen (1764-1826) m. (in 1785) Sarah Hinckley               

Archelaus, Jr . (1766-1836) m. (in 1785) Patience Hamilton – 2 children

Hannah (1768-?) m. (in 1785) Daniel Vincent

(nb. I have only included the numbers of children that I could find. They don’t add up to 56, so there are several missing.)

vib. Hezekiah Smith m. Abigail Doane. They had 15 children:

Hezekiah, Jr. (1775-?) m. (in 1774) Mercy Crowell – 1 child

John Osborne (1777-1823 m. Elizabeth Nickerson (1782-?)

William (1780-1817) m.  (in 1799) Mary Nickerson

James (1782-1842) m. (in 1805) Jane McLaren

Stephen (1784-1785)

viib. Stephen (1786-1870) m. in 1809) Elizabeth Spinney (1789-1874) – 9                              children

Hannah (1788-?) m. (in 1813) John Cunningham (1788-1871) – 7 children

Israel (1790-?) m. Maria Brooks

Abigail (1792-?) m. William Atkinson

Edward (1794-?) m. Susanna Gardner

Elizabeth (1795-1814)

Mehetabel (1797-1798)

Keziah (1799-?) m. Duncan McCallum Cunningham -3 children

Charles (1802-?)

Susannah (1803-1818)

viib. Stephen Smith and Elizabeth Spinney had 9 children:

Abigail (1813-1899) m. Eleazer Crowell

Reliance (1815-?) m.1 Oldham Brown

                            m.2 Benjamin Smith -3 children

Stephen (1817-?) m. Hannah Williams (1822-1884)

Elias (1819-?) m. Harriet Lewis (1816-?)

Nathaniel (1821-?) m. Eliza Unknown

viiib. Rachel (1823-1881) m.1 John Conrad Swansburg (1789-1850) – 3 children

                                                                                    m.2 Samuel Scarr (c. 1814-?) – 2 children

Mary (1825-?)

Susannah (1827-1870) m. Alexander Phillips

Osborne Doane (1829-?) m. Lucinda Unknown

Bartlet Covel (1833-?) m. Susan Unknown

Nehmiah Melvin (1833-1920) m. Jedidah Kimball Hopkins (1830-?) – 3 children

viiib. Rachel Smith Swansburg and Samuel Scarr

ix. Mary Ellen Scarr and Henry Gordon Carmichael

x. Nora Edith Carmichael and Jesse Pye – my grandparents

http://mccurdyfamilylineage.com/ancestry/p1184.htm

http://www.sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I120553&tree=SpragueProject

http://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/familygroup.php?familyID=F00148&tree=1A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archelaus_Smith

Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, 1604-1870, Edwin Crowell, M.A., D.D., 1923