Abigail EMERY

Abigail married Abiel FRYE between 10 Feb 1730 and 1731. Abiel was born on 05 Jul 1703 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 22 Mar 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Elizabeth MERRILL on 02 Oct 1693 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham MERRILL and Abigail WEBSTER) was born on 26 Apr 1669 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1675; Jury of trials
• Occupation: Between 1675 and 1676; Selectman
• Military Service: 1675; Sergeant of Militia at Great Swamp Fight
• Occupation: 1679; Way-warden
• Will: 03 Aug 1693

Notes:

John came with his father to Newbury in 1635. Selectman, 1670-1673; jury of trials 1675-1676; chosen to carry votes to Salem, 1675-1676; chosen to serve on jury of trials at Ipswich; tything man 1679; way warden 1679. In 1642 he had laid out to him fourscore acres over the Artichoke or Rasberry River. Forty Acres of this land was grant of the town of Newbury to John Emery, sen., and by him given to his son in consideration of love and affection. The remaining forty acres were both of Archelaus Woodman for thirty pounds, being a town grant to him. This tract of land has been in possession of the name since it was laid out to John Emery, jun., an now included in the farm of the late Eliphalet Emery, Esq., of West Newbury, is owned by his daughter, Mrs. Mary Hale Emery. John Emery, jun., was a signer of the petition in the Case of Lieut. Robert Pike, and a member of the Woodman party in the church difficulties. He is styled Sergeant on the records. He was admonished in 1694 for opposing their ordained minister. He was made freeman May 30, 1690; made his will August 3, 1693.

John married Mary WEBSTER on 02 Oct 1648 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John WEBSTER and Mary SHATSWELL) was born about 1630 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 03 Feb 1709 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1674; Member Newbury Church
• Fact: 1678, Oath of Allegiance

Notes:

Excerpt from "A Merrill Memorial Vol. 1": Abraham Merrill was a weaver, and lilved in the north part of the town, (now West Nowbury), near the mouth of Artichoke River. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church in Newbury, and ws active in the party opposing Rev. Thomas Parker, being one of the founders of the Episcopal Church. He married (1) 18 Jan. 1660/1, Abigail Webster, daughter of John and Mary (Shatswell) Webster, of Ipswich, who died 12 Agu. 1712, aged 70, and (2) in September 1713, Sarah Bond of Salisbury (widow), daughter of Robert Clements of Haverhill.

Abraham married Abigail WEBSTER on 01 Jan 1660 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of John WEBSTER and Mary SHATSWELL) was born about 1641; died on 12 Aug 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1674; Member Newbury Church

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1635, Removed to Newbury, Mass.
• Occupation: 1661; Selectman
• Occupation: 1666; Fence Viewer
• Residence: 1678, Oath of Allegiance
• Will: May 1680
• Will Proved: 27 Nov 1683

Notes:

John sailed from Southampton April 3, 1635,with his brother Anthony in the ship James of London, William Cooper, Captain, their wives and one or two children each probably with them; he landed in Boston June 3, 1635, and came soon after to Newbury where Jon, sen., had a town grant of half an acre for a house lot. John Emery was fined December 22, 1637, by the town, twenty shillings for inclosing ground not laid out or owned by the town, contrary to a town order, and on February 1, 1638, the town granted him that part of ground which was already inclosed. He was made freeman June 2, 1641, and recorded as one of the ninety-one freeholders of the town December 2, 1642; in the same year he was appointed with tree others to make a valuation of all the property in the town, for the purpose of proportioning each man's share in the new division. On March 16, 1663, John Emery was presented to the Court at Ipswich by Henry Jaques, Constable of Newbury, for entertain of travelers and quakers. May 5, 1663, his presentment for entertaining quakers was referred unto next Court. The next Court fined him four pounds, costs and fees for entertaining strangers. The evidence given in the case was 'yt two men quakers wr entertained very kindly to bed and table & John Emmerie shok ym by ye hand and bid ym welcome." Also "that the witness heard John Emery and his wife say that he had entertained quakers and that he would not put them from his house and used argument for the lawfulness of it.: John Emery in May, 1663, petitioned the General Court for the remission of his fine. His petition was signed by the selectment of the town and fifty of the citizens. The fine was not remitted. He was also prominent in the case of Lieut. Robert Pike, refusing to recognize the authority of the Court to deprive him and his neighbors of the right of petition. In the famous ecclesiastical difficulties John Emery was a member of the Woodman party. April 10, 1644, he had a grand from the town of twenty-two acres and five rods being his own and Henry Palmer's portion of Divident land in the great field beyond the new town. He was selectman, 1661; fence viewer, 1666; grand juryman in the same year; jury of tryals in 1672; appointed to carry votes to Salem in 1676. He made his will May 1, 1680, proved November 27, 1683, in which he mentions his age as eighty-three years. The inventory of his estate was taken the same day, amounting to 263 pounds, 11 shillings.

John married MARY. died in Apr 1649 in Newbury, Mass.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1635, Free.
• Death: Abt 1642, Ipswich, Suffolk, Mass.

Notes:

Webster Genealogy: John Webster came from Ipswich, England, and was admitted a freeman at Boston, Massachusettts, March 4, 1634. He then went to Ipswich, Massachusettts, and possessed a lot of land which was granted a Mr. Rogers in 1642. He was admitted a commoner by vote of the town February 23, 1644. His occupation was that of a baker. His wife's maiden name was Mary Shatswell, and her home was on the lot adjoining John Webster's. The family subsequently moved to Newbury, Massachusetts.
He died before November 4, 1646, as that was the date when the court made his widow the adminisratrix of his estate.

John married Mary SHATSWELL on 04 Nov 1636 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Mary (daughter of John SHATSWELL and JUDITH) was born in 1606 in Ipswich, England; died on 28 Apr 1694 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: Between 08 Mar 1654 and 1655

Notes:

Excerpt from "A Merrill Memorial vol. 1": Nathaniel Merrill was one of the earliest settlers of Newbury, Mass., in 1635. He was the ancestor of a vast majority of those who now bear the Merrill name in this country: it is believed, indeed, that less than one percent of the Merrills in America cantrace their pedigree to any other emigrant ancestor.
Nathaniel Merrill and his older brother John were born in England. The registers of Wherstead, a parish lying three miles south of Ipswich, in Suffolk County, England, contain the following entries:

1599, Aug. 16 John Merrell son of Nath??Merrell & Mary his wife was baptised.
1601, May 4, Nathanaell Merrell son of Nath?? Merrell & Mary his wife was baptised.

Nathaniel Merrill and his brother John settled in Newbury in the Spring of 1635, having passed a year or two at Ipswich, Mass., (then called Agawam) with most of the Newbury settlers. In 1638 Nathaniel became one of the "proprietors" of Newbury

Nathaniel married Susanna JORDON. Susanna died between 15 Jan 1672 and 1673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1674; Member Newbury Church