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Esther FRIEND

Esther FRIEND

Female 1678 - Bef 1718  (< 39 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Esther FRIEND was born on 23 Oct 1678 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Deacon James FRIEND and Mary MOULTON); died before 1718.

    Family/Spouse: Jonathan DODGE. Jonathan was born on 3 Jul 1679; died in 1756 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Deacon James FRIEND was born on 30 Jan 1635 in Great Mongeham, Dover, Kent, England (son of John FRIEND and Joane MNU); died on 10 Feb 1717 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Fairfield Burying Ground, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Selectman, Constable, various town duties
    • Religion: Congregational
    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Confirmed Ancestor?: Y
    • Verified Birth: Y
    • Verified Death: Y
    • Verified Marriage: Y
    • Migration: Abt 1633
    • Baptism: 31 Jan 1635, Great Mongeham, Dover, Kent, England
    • Freeman: 30 May 1690, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    James FRIEND moved from Manchester, Mass. to Wenham, Mass. where he and his family lived and where he and his wife were members of the Congregational church, he being a deacon of the church.
    They had 2 sons and 3 daughters.
    ——
    He move to Wenham where he was a deacon of the church from Jan 8, 1703 until his death (Wenham First Church Records).
    In 1691 he was granted permission to dam a brook in the common in order to set up a sawmill there.

    Migration:
    with his parents

    James married Mary MOULTON on 12 Dec 1662 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of James MOULTON and Mary MNU) was born in 1644 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jul 1703 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary MOULTON was born in 1644 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of James MOULTON and Mary MNU); died on 25 Jul 1703 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Congregational
    • Confirmed Ancestor?: Y

    Children:
    1. Mary FRIEND was born on 6 May 1666 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 26 Oct 1741 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Deacon John FRIEND was born on 11 Oct 1668 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 14 Jun 1718 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in 1718 in Fairfield Burying Ground, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. James FRIEND was born in 1674 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died in ?.
    4. Sarah Moulton FRIEND was born on 20 May 1676 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1760 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. 1. Esther FRIEND was born on 23 Oct 1678 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died before 1718.
    6. Elizabeth FRIEND was born in in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died before 1718.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John FRIEND was born in 1601 in Bristol, Bristol, England (son of John FRIEND); died before 27 Jan 1656 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Carpenter
    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Migration: 1633, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Freeman: 1640, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
    • Will Written: 4 Nov 1655, Essex County, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    There is a family tradition (as well as noted in Savage, Dictionary, ibid.) that he lived for a time in Saybrook, Ct., a carpenter on the Fort there, along with John Winthrop, Jr. He was also possibly a carpenter on the Whitfield House in Guilford, Ct., which stands to this day as a museum. On August 9, 1637 John Friend was “allowed an inhabitant” of Salem and granted “10 Acres for planting ground” (Records of Salem [Essex Institute, Salem, 1868], I: 58, 59; hereafter “SR”). At the Town Meeting of July 16, 1638 he requested 200 more acres of land (SR, I:71) and was granted 100 acres on February 4, 1638 (SR, I:98).

    Died:
    when will was proved

    John married Joane MNU. Joane died before 1655. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Joane MNU died before 1655.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y

    Notes:

    His wife was NOT Mary DEXTER of Lynn, MA. That Mary DEXTER had no children.

    Children:
    1. Samuel FRIEND was born about 1631 in England; died before 5 Nov 1694 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Bethiah FRIEND was born about 1633 in England; died before 1680 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. 2. Deacon James FRIEND was born on 30 Jan 1635 in Great Mongeham, Dover, Kent, England; died on 10 Feb 1717 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Fairfield Burying Ground, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. Elizabeth FRIEND was born about 1637 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died before 1669 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. Hester FRIEND was born about 1639 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died before 1694 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  James MOULTON was born in 1603 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England (son of Robert MOULTON and Mary SMYTH); died on 30 Mar 1680 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Migration: 20 Jun 1637, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Residence: 7 Aug 1637, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

    James married Mary MNU in 1637 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1623; died in Mar 1680 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary MNU was born in 1623; died in Mar 1680 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Migration: 20 Jun 1637, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Last name not proven

    Children:
    1. James MOULTON was born on 7 Jan 1638 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1696 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Samuel MOULTON was born about 1641 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died in ?.
    3. 3. Mary MOULTON was born in 1644 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jul 1703 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John FRIEND was born in 1575 in Bristol, Bristol, England; died in 1656 in Bristol, Bristol, England.

    Other Events:

    • Married?: Y

    Children:
    1. 4. John FRIEND was born in 1601 in Bristol, Bristol, England; died before 27 Jan 1656 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

  2. 12.  Robert MOULTON was born about 1565 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England (son of Thomas C. MOULTON and Joane GREENE); died on 8 Oct 1633 in Scratby, Norfolk, England; was buried on 11 Oct 1633 in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Hemsby, Norfolk, England.

    Robert married Mary SMYTH on 15 May 1595 in Hemsby, Norfolk, England. Mary was born on 23 Mar 1569 in Hemsby, Norfolk, England; died in Apr 1636 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England; was buried on 27 Apr 1636 in St Margaret Churchyard, Ormesby, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 13.  Mary SMYTH was born on 23 Mar 1569 in Hemsby, Norfolk, England; died in Apr 1636 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England; was buried on 27 Apr 1636 in St Margaret Churchyard, Ormesby, Norfolk, England.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: SMYTHE, SMITH
    • Will Written: 29 Mar 1636, Ormesby, Norfolk, England

    Notes:

    d/o Henry SMYTH & Brydgett

    Children, b Ormesby & Scratby:
    Samuel (~1595)
    John (~1599)
    Bridget (~1601—bef 1633)
    James (~1603
    Henry (~1604—24 Sep 1652)
    Mary (twin) (1608) m. NUDD
    Thomas (twin) (1608–bef 1703, York, ME) m. Martha ___
    Elizabeth (1610–bef 1633)
    Miriam (~1614)
    Ruth (~1617)

    Children:
    1. Robert MOULTON was born in 1587 in Southwark, London, England; died on 26 Jun 1655 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. John MOULTON was born about 1596 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England; died in Oct 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
    3. 6. James MOULTON was born in 1603 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England; died on 30 Mar 1680 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. Thomas MOULTON was born on 14 Jul 1608 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England; died in 1703 in York, York, Maine; was buried in Old York Cemetery, York, York, Maine.
    5. William MOULTON was born in 1617 in Ormesby, Norfolk, England; died on 18 Apr 1664 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023