Grace KAYE

Grace married Richard SALTONSTALL, Knt. on 2 Jul 1609 in Woodsome Hall. Richard was born in 1585/6 in Halifax, co. York; was christened on 4 Apr 1586 in St. John the Baptist, Halifax; died after 1658. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Son of Sir Richard Saltonstall and Grace Kaye

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Migrated to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, age 20, with his widowed father, siblings Rosamond, 18, Samuel 16, Robert, 13, Henry 11, and Grace 8. His father and most of his siblings (Richard and Samuel remained) returned to England in April 1631. Richard, himself, embarked for England from Nantasket on the Lyon on 23 November 1631, remaining about four and a half years. In the summer of 1635, now 25 (although listed as age 23 in the passenger lis), with his wife "Merriall', age 22, and daughter 'Merriall' aged '9 months,' he embarked at London on the 'Susan and Ellen' and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Richard traveled back and forth between England and New England multiple times over the next decades, the final return in 1688.

Maj. Richard Saltonstall, born at Woodsome 1610, matriculated as 'Mr. Fellow Commoner' in Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, 14 Dec 1627; emigrated with father in 1630, before taking a degree, admitted freeman 18 May 1631, resided Watertown, embarked for England 23 Nov 1631 and remained there four years, in April 1635 embarked at London in the 'Susan and Ellen', with wife Muriel, and daughter Muriel, settled Watertown, Massachusetts, 1630, returned to England 1631, returned with wife Muriel and young daughter to settle at Ipswich, Massachusetts, Deputy of Ipswich to the General Court 1635-7, Assistant from 1637 to 1649, in 1664 and from 1680 to 1683, visited England several times, visited Holland with son Henry in 1644, when Richard's portrait was painted, it is said, by Rembrandt, in 1672 in England (when his three daughters were living married there), and the last time in England in 1683, died at Hulme, co. Lancaster, the seat of his son-in-law Sir Edward Moseley, on 29 Apr 1694.

Richard married Muriel GURDON on 4 Jul 1633 in Allhallows, Honey Lane, London. Muriel (daughter of Brampton GURDON, Esq. and Muriel SEDLEY) was born in 1613 in England; died on 21/22 April 1688 in Hulme, Lancashire, England; was buried on 25 Apr 1688 in St. James' Church, Didsbury, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nathaniel Saltonstall, born Ipswich, Massachusetts about 1639, graduate harvard College 1659, freeman 1665, Representative 1666, Town Clerk of haverhill 1669 to 1671, Colonel of Essex Regiment 1679 to 1686, Assistant 1679 to 1686, 1689-1692, Member of Council, Judge Oyer and Terminer Court 1692, refused to serve in witchcraft trials, died 21 May 1707.

Nathaniel married Elizabeth WARD on 28 Dec 1663 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born on 1 Apr 1647 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Apr 1714 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Nathaniel Saltonstall and Elizabeth Ward

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From NEHGR 1853, Vol. 7, p. 305
"Boston, Saturday, July 9, 1726. Yesterday morning deceased here, aafter a short illness of a fever, and this evening is decently iterred, Mrs. Elizabeth Cotton, only daughter of the late Hon. Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall, Esq. of Haverhill, and sister to the late Hon. Gurdon Saltonstall, Esq., of Connecticut, Governor." She was born 15 Sept. 1668; m. 1 Rev. Mr. John Denison of Ipswich, who d. Sept. 1689, by whom she had the late Col. John Denison, Esq. of the same town; 2. Rev. Mr. Roland Cotton of Sandwich, who died in March, 1721-2. By him she left ten children, (five of whom were sones,) who followed her to the grave. On the demise of her husand, she moved to Boston, where she resided till her death. "She was known to be a person of very superior wit, knowledge and virtue, from her youth up."

Elizabeth married John DENISON about 1688. John died on 14 Sep 1689 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Rev. Rowland COTTON on 22 Sep 1692. Rowland (son of Rev John COTTON, II and Joannah ROSSITER) was born on 27 Dec 1667 in Plymouth, Pymouth County, Massachusetts; died in Mar 1721/2 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]