Deborah CLOSSON

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• Fact: Daughter of Nathan Clossen and Alice Hart

Deborah married Thomas WILBOR on 24 Nov 1737. Thomas (son of Samuel WILBORE and Elizabeth CARR) was born on 14 Sep 1716 in Little Compton, Rhode Island; died in 1799. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathan married Alice HART on 16 Mar 1715 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. Alice (daughter of Richard HART, Jr. and Hannah WILLIAMS) was born on 16 Oct 1694 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Richard Hart and Hannah Williams(?)

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He was a soldier in King Philip's War from Woburn, Mass. In 1681 he removed from Marshfield to Little Compton where he was a constable in 1685.

His estate consisted of 37 acres in the Southeastern part of Little Compton and very close to the Mass. line. He received land east of the Cole Brook line from Mathew Howard, land from Peter Taylor and land from Josiah Cook in 1694. william Southworth sold him land at the 19th 10 acre lot.

He had not will.

Josiah married Mary WILLIAMSON on 10 Mar 1678/9 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Timothy WILLIAMSON and Mary HOWLAND) was born on 07 Jul 1654 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died between 1720- 1726 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary was the daughter of Timothy and Mary (Howland) Williamson.

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Richard Hart, Jr., born in Portsmouth in 1667, died before June 1744, when his will was proved. residence: Little Compton near the Tiverton line.

He married first about 1693 Hannah (William?). He was married second in Little Compton 31 Oct. 1708 by Joseph Church, justice, to Amey Gibbs.

By tradition it is said his wife Amey long outlived him. there was a place on his farm with five Hart family graves and the path that led to it was called the Amey Hart Path, as she had visited theses graves so frequently that she had worn a path. It is the farm of the late Eugene A. Hart.

Richard married Hannah WILLIAMS about 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The first certain information which we have about the early life of Timothy Williamson is contained in a deposition before John Alden, Assistant, in 1668, wherein he, "timothy Williamson, aged 47 years or thereabout testifyeth" that he came "to Marshfield about 26 years ago in the suite of the Reverend Edward Bulkeley of Woodhill (now Odell) Bedfordshire England." This would show that he first appeared in Marshfield about 1642, but whence he came has not been ascertained. The parish registers of Woodhill (Oledd) contain no references to anyone named Williamson, and this patronymic is so frequently encountered throughout Great Britain as to render further search for Timothy's ancestry hopeless without some clue. On 24 June 1643 his name is given among the freemen of Marshfield, and on 24 June 1649 Luke Lillie, at a town meeting held "at Robert Wattermanes acknoledged to hae sould to Tymothie Williamson all his upland formely graunted to him by the freemen of this Township & Also the meddow granted to him ye lieth with that pt graunted to john King & Thomas Chilingeworth for and in consideration of ye sum-----. At the same time William Hales sold to timothy Williamson all his upland meadow formerly granted him by the freemen of this township in consideration of---)". At the meeting of the Court at Plymouth on 6 Feb. 1654 the signature of Timothy Williamson who had served on the jury, is given as "Timothy Williams. His mark." It seems singular that he should have been unable to write his name, as the inventory of his estate shows him to have owned books, a fact from which one would infer that he was not illiterate. On 8 June 1655 Timothy Williamson was appointed surveyor of highways for Marshfield, and 3 June 1656 he was further appointed constable, and also stood propounded to take up his freedom and was admitted. he was sworn at the Court of 3 June 1657.......

...On the outbreak of trouble with the Indians, which culminated in King Philip's War, masters of garrisons were appointed in Marshfield in 1676, "and Mr Nath. Thomas and Timothy Williamson are to deliver the ammunition to the respective masters of garrisons." And thus, when the call came to the men of Marshfield on 20 June 1676 to bear arms against the hostile red men, Timothy Williamson executed his will and made ready to go. It is not known on what day he was killed, but presumably he fell on the last day of july or on one of the first days of Augyst, perhaps in one of the skirmishes at Bridgewater. He was buried 6 Aug 1676, in what is now called the Cedar Grove Cemetery, at Marshfield, but the exact spot is unknown.

Timothy married Mary HOWLAND on 06 Jun 1653 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Arthur HOWLAND and Margaret REED) was born in 1629 in Huntingdon, England; died in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a mariner, and was a seaman on the sloop Dragon, commanded by Robert Glover. On 10 Dec. 1657 He received a grant of 8 acres of land in Portsmouth. The administration of his estate was granted to Patrick Keen, kinsman, 4 Feb. 1694/5.

Richard married Hannah KEENE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]