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William Witherell - was born in 1600 and died on 9 Apr 1685 in Scituate, Mass. .
William married Mary Fisher on 26 Mar 1627 in Canterbury, Kent, England.
Mary was born on 17 Apr 1604 in Boughton, Monchelsea, Kent, England.
She was the daughter of Thomas Fisher and Joan Lake.
She died before 1684 .
William -
was placed on the list of ministers who had been in that office in England by Cotton Mather, but we have not been able to trace him back to England. Family tradition says that his mother was the daughter of John Rogers, the Smithfield, martyr.
He arrived before 1634 and was employed in a grammar school in Charlestown in 1635 and in Cambridge in 1637. He moved to Duxbury in 1638 and received a grant of a considerable tract of land there in 1640, "on the north-west side of North Hill".
In 1644 affairs at Scituate had become ripened for the settlement of a minister in the Second Church. He was invited to preach, and was ordained pastor in 1645. The record of baptism for the church from 1645 to 1674 was kept in his hand.
There exist but a few printed works of this venerable man. Cotton Mather commends a certain little book of his concerning the life of John Clap of Scituate.
He left his house and orchard to his grandson, Samuel Witherell, Jr in 1684. He left wearing apparel to John and Tehophilus.
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Samuel Witherell was born on 7 Dec 1628 in Maidstone, Kent, England and died in 1683 in Scituate, MA .
Samuel -
had 3 children - Samuel, Hannah and Joshua. Isabel, his widow, married Josiah Torrey in 1684.
He accompanied his parents on the ship Hercules that sailed from England in 1634/5. res. Scituate, Plymouth Colony. March 6, 1676/7 he served on a jury to investigate the death of Joseph Ellis, who was judged to have died by drowning. Samuel was admitted as freeman of Scituate May 29, 1670 along with his father. witnessed the will of John Hewes of Scituate dated Feb 6, 1671 as found in MD 34:112 "Plymouth Colony Wills & Inventories |
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Daniel Witherell was born on 29 Nov 1630 in Maidstone, Kent, England and died on 14 Apr 1719 in New London, Hartford, Ct .
Daniel -
married Grace Brewster in 1659,had a daughter Hannah Witherell.
He came to the New World on the ship Hercules with his parents and brothers. He removed to New London, CT circa 1659, and was there a man of the chief character in town, served as Judge, 1685-1699, Capt of New London train band, (Commissioned Jul 25, 1690), Assistant 1706-1709, town clerk, (1668-69, 1685-1700, 1707-1718) and member of the council (1710-1716). F.M. Caulkins, HISTORY OF NEW LONDON, states that from 1680-1710 no man was more prominent in New London. His epitaph says "No man in the county stood higher in point of talent and integrity" He was mentioned in the Will of Uncas. |
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Thomas Witherell was born before 28 Aug 1633 in Maidstone, Kent, England and died before 1684 in Plymouth Colony .
Thomas -
Came to to Plymouth Colony with his father on the ship Hercules. On June 6, 1639 a Thomas Withereley was fined 10 pounds for his contempt and threatening the marshall. "...but upon his submission of five pounds was remitted, & hee paid in the other 5t, & was discharged." d. before 1684 since he was not mentioned in his father's will. The fine was probably not for this Thomas since he was only 6, however there are no other references to him and it can be presumed that he died young. |
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Mary Witherell was born in 1635 in Scituate, MA and died on 12 Dec 1710 in Scituate, MA .
Mary -
married Thomas Oldham of Scituate in 1656. |
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Elizabeth Witherell was born about 1637 in Plymouth, MA and died Jan 1660/1661 .
Elizabeth -
married John Bryant of Scituate in 1657. |
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Sgt. Theophilus Witherell was born about 1637 in Scituate, MA and died before 6 Jan 1701/1702 in Scituate, MA .
Sgt. Theophilus -
married Mary Parker in 1675, then had 6 children. His place of residence was on the west of Dead Swamp, and he build the first house there. He was a "Serjeant" in the "Narragansett Fight"
His name appears on the "list of the freeman of the Jurisdiction of New Plymouth, Anno Dom 1675" from Plymouth. With Thomas Clapp, Thomas King (two of his neighbors living near the north river in Scituate), Ephraim Little, and John Rogers of Marshfield, MA. he was engaged in trade with the West Indies, using Clapp's 40 ton bark, The Adventure, and this gave impetus to the shipbuilding trade which later developed on that estuary. Theophilus served as sergeant under Capt. Michael Peirce during the storming of the fort in the Narraganset Swamp fight in Rhode Island, Dec 19, 1675, and was severely wounded, and remained crippled for the rest of his life. For this he was Later allowed 60 pounds silver money on Oct 30, 1678. He later resided on the west side of Dead Swamp in Middleborough, MA where he built the first house on the property that was in 1831 owned by Lot Litchfield. He was admitted freeman of Scituate, June 1, 1689. In his will, dated Jan 2, 1702/3, he names his wife Lydia as executrix, and leaves his house and land to her and his daughters. His will was probated Jan 6, 1702/3. |
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Lieut. John Witherell was born about 1639 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA and died in 1690 in Quebec, Canada .
See #2. below.
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Sarah Witherell was born on 10 Feb 1644/1645 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA.
Sarah -
married Israel Hobart in 1676.
married Abner Dwelley in 1721. |
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Hannah Witherell was born on 20 Feb 1646/1647 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA.
Hannah married Samuel Eells on 18 Dec 1729 in Scituate, Mass..
Samuel was born on 23 Feb 1706 in Scituate, Mass..
He is the son of Nathaniel Eells and Hannah North.
See Eells family for children.
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