Aaron SIMMONS

Aaron married Sarah HOLMES on 14 Jan 1749 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of John HOLMES and Sarah CHURCH) was born on 17 Sep 1722 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died after 05 Jun 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Priscilla DELANO on 07 Jul 1716/7 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Priscilla (daughter of Samuel DELANO and Elizabeth STANDISH) was born about 1686 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died between 07 Feb 1746 and 1747 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 11 Feb 1715/6, Division of Estate

John married Mercy PABODIE on 16 Nov 1669 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of William PABODIE and Elizabeth ALDEN) was born on 02 Jan 1649/50 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died between 26 Sep and 08 Nov 1728 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 28 Sep 1728, Estate of Samuel Delano Probated

Samuel married Elizabeth STANDISH about 1683 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander STANDISH and Sarah ALDEN) was born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 13 May 1707

Notes:

Name:
...Both are buried in the Old Commons cemetery. William Pabodie grew up in Duxbury with his father and then took for himself various occupations. He has been identified as yeoman (1648), boatman (1672), and planter. He was also a land surveyor and surveyed the land in Little Compton with Constant Southworth.

He acquired by purchase with others a share of land in Little Compton and moved there about 1684. He purchased most of the three quarters of a mile square in Little Compton, which was formerly laid out to 32 different purchasers. The bounds of his land were as follows: bounded east on the great main road, west on the Sakonet river, south on Col. Benjamin Church, which land now belongs to the Benjamin F. Wilbour heirs, and north on the John Wood farm which was made up of the northernmost lots from the road to the river and one lot wide, bounded on the north by Taylor's land. William Pabodie owned most of the three quarters of a mile square, formerly the reservation of Awashonks, queen of the Sogonates, expecting the lots that border on Taylor's land and the lots on the other side of the road, one lot wide. there has been much controversy as to where he lived and for a lont time it was claimed that he lived in the so called Betty Alden house, the property of the late Lizzie Gray. This was however, claimed by people who did not know that besides owning this land he also owned the Isaac C. Wilbour place and the present David Brayton place. (It is the belief of the editor that he lived in what in 1890 was the Isaac C. Wilbour house.) He also bought land in Mettapoisett and Sepecan which he later sold.

Also a school teacher, he taught in Little Compton, as well as serving as secretary and record keeper of the first proprietors of Little Compton.

On 1 Aug. 1654 he was elected to the General Court which met at Plymouth, and he served there until 1663, and again from 1668 to 1682.

His will, recorded in Taunton Probate, book 2, page 193, made 13 May 1707 and proved 27 Feb. 1708: "Executors, wife Elizabeth and son William...To wife, east end of house in Little Compton and part of the land given formerly to son William, all to be hers while widow, and also to her all household goods, cattle, bills due and money, but if she choose to claim her thirds of my land and house at Duxbury and make use of them, then my son William to have the whole of housing and lands in Little Compton and to pay Samuel Barlett 50 shillings er year during the time his mother makes use of her thirds at Duxbury. To son William after death of his mother, the part of house and land bequeathed her for life. To son William other land and all my books, tools...To three grandsons, namely Stephen Southworth, son of daughter Rebecca, deceased, and John and William Pabodie, sons of son William, land and Westquadnaug, part purchased by son-in-law William Fobes of Shubael Painter and assigned by William Fobes to my son-in-law Ichabod Wiswall...To daughters Mary, Mercy, Martha, Priscilla, Ruth, Sarah, Hannah and Lyda, each one shilling. To daughter Lydia Grinnell a set of green curtains, she having already received her part... " Inventory: 407 pounds-14 shillings. 70 acres of land at 315 pounds, dwelling house and half of barn 30 pounds. Two feather beds....

On 17 June 1717, the Boston Newsletter printed the following account of the death of Elizabeth Alden Paybodie: "Little Compton May 31. This morning died here Mrs. Elizabeth Paybody, late wife of Mr. William Paybody in the 93rd year of her age. She was the daughter of John Alden Esq. and Priscilla his wife, daughter of Mr. William Mullins. This John Alden and Priscilla Mullins were married at Plymouth in New England, where their daughter Elizabeth was born. She was exemplary, virtuous and pious, and her memory is blessed. Her grand-daughter Bradford is a grandmother."

William married Elizabeth ALDEN on 26 Dec 1644 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John ALDEN and Priscilla MULLINS) was born about 1624/5 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 31 May 1717 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From "Mayflower Increasings": eath NOtice in the Boston News-Letter, issue of 17 June 1717: "Little Compton, May 31. This morning died here Mrs. Elizabeth Paybody late wife of Mr. william Paybody in the 93rd year of her age. She was the daughter of John Alden, Esq: and Priscilla his Wife Daughter of Mr. William Mullins. This John Alden and Priscilla Mullins were Married at Plymouth in New-England where their Daughter Elizabeth was born. She was Exemplarily Vertuous and Pious and her Memory is blessed: Has left a very numerous Posterity: Her Granddaughter Bradford is a Grand-mother."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Philip Delano
• Birth: 26 Sep 1602, Leyden, Holland
• Baptism: 1603, Leyden, Holland
• Baptism: 06 Nov 1603, Walloon Church of Leiden, Holland
• Fact: 01 Jan 1632/3, Admitted a Freeman
• Death: Abt 1681, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
• Fact: 22 Aug 1681, Memorandum serving as his will
• Fact: 04 Mar 1681/2, Inventory

Notes:

Excerpt from "Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories: New England Families, Vol. IV Genealogies and Memorials":

The Delano family is of ancient origin and of royal descent. They were of pure Orman and Flemish blood,in France, and did not intermingle with the French. The family has several royal lines, as is the case with those of royal blood, because of intermarriages, and among their ancestors are: Ruolf, first Duke of the Normans, a Viking, 860: Richard the Fearless; Richard the Good; Robert the Devil; William the Conqueror, King of England and Duke of Normandy; Henry II., King of England; Henry VI, marries Agnes, a descendant of Alfred the Great; Emperor Charlemagne, and many others.

The Delano family went to Leyden to escape persecution in France where the Catholic party was in power and te Inquistion active; they were French Protestants or Huguenots. Philip grew up under the teachings of the separatists of the Established Church of England, and it is thought that he started with the first company of Pilgrims for this country, in the "Speedwell", which had to put into Dartmouth because of a leak. He remained in England until the "Fortune" sailed, the next summer, in 1621, then aged nineteen years, and in 1624 he had a grant of land at Plymouth. This grant he gave up, as he settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

He was often surveyor and frequently a member of the grand jury. He was a volunteer in the Pequot War, June 7, 1637.

Excerpt from "Philip Delano of the Fortune 1621": Philip Delano served on the Plymouth Grand and Petit juries, on the committee to view "the hay grounds", as a surveyor, and volunteered to serve n the Pequot War. In 1633, he was in the first list of Plymouth Colony Freemen.
There is no probate record for Philip Delano. An inventory taken and exhibited to the Court on 4 March 1681/2 on the "oath of his son Samuel" mentions only the personal estate with no real estate involved.

Philip married Mary PONTUS in 1657 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of William PONTUS and Wybra HANSON) was born about 1625; died after 05 Jul 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: AFN:52L5-HF
• Birth: 1624, England
• Death: 03 Feb 1690, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: Between 21 Feb 1701 and 1702
• Fact: 05 Jul 1702, Codicil to will
• Will Proved: 10 Aug 1702

Notes:

Excerpt from "Mayflower Increasings":

Will of Alexander Standish:

....21 Feb. 1701/2, ment. unnamed wf and follow. chil., viz: Miles Standish (eldest son), Thomas Standish, Ichabod Standish, Desire Standish, Ebenezer Standish, Lorah Samson wf of Aabraham, Lidia Samson wf of Isaac, Mercy Samson wf of Caleb, Elizabeth Delano wf of Samuel, Sarah Soul wf of Benjamin; brother David Alden;..."Whatsoever Estate Either in New England or in old which I have committed into ye hands of Robert orchard to Recover in England by letters of Attorney...Thus taking my leave of all my near & dear Relations my christian friends in church Covenant & all my loving neighbours I bed you all farwell till we meet in Heaven..." Codicil, 5 July 1702, ment. wf, son Miles & his wf, chil. Thomas, Ichabod & Desire. Wit. sworn 29 July 1702. (On 10 Aug. 1702 the will was contested by Abraham Samson, Isaac Samson, Caleb Samson & Benjamin Soule (& later by Samuel Delano), the husbands of the daughters. The caveat contains a goldmine of information. "He had by his first wife who was daughter to ye Whorshipfull Mr. John Alden a good and a prudent woman two sons and 5 daughters and after her decease he lived a widdower many years untill all his sd 5 daughters or 4 of them were marryed...about 16 years before he dyed he marryed a second wife...by her he had two sons and one daughter." It also states Alexander was about 76 when he made his will, his eldest son married the daughter of the 2nd wife, son Myles was by 1st wife, son Ebenezer was the 2nd son by the 1st wife and his 5 daughters by his 1st wife were all married with children.)

Alexander married Sarah ALDEN after 07 Mar 1655. Sarah (daughter of John ALDEN and Priscilla MULLINS) was born about 1629; died before 13 Jun 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]