John STOVER

Abt 1729 - 1730  (~ 1 years)

• Name	John STOVER
  Born	Abt 1729	York, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Died young	Y
  Cause of Death	Small pox
  Died	24 Jun 1730	York, York, Maine
  Person ID	I46761	Main
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	John STOVER,   b. 4 Aug 1709, York County, Maine ,   d. Abt 1786, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Miriam HARMON,   b. 7 Jan 1707, York, York, Maine ,   d. 1751, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine  (Age 43 years)
  Married	22 Jan 1729	York, York, Maine   [1]
  	Rev Mr Samuel Moody
  Family ID	F31256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1729 - York, York, Maine Died - 24 Jun 1730 - York, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Honoured Sir- NORTHAM [now Dover], 4, 1 month 1640. Wee the Inhabitants of Northam make bould to trouble yon with theise few lynes certifyinge you that whereas wee suppose Capt. Underhill hath informed you and the rest of you brethren of the Matchesheth bay that we are all willinge voluntarily to submit our selues to your gouernment upon fformer Articles propounded, truth it is we doe very well aprove of your Judicious wages and shal be very wyful yt please God to enlarge us that we may be free from other engagements and promises wch some of us are obliged in to the owners or patentees from whom under his Mat's Letter Pattents we enioy our free liberty: wch causeth us not for present to submit to any other goverment than that wch wee have already entered into combination to observe according to the King's Maties lawes untill such time as the owners came over to us wch we suppose wil be about three months hence, and thence our propositions considered as the Lord shall direct us wee will labour more to satisfy you-But for the proceedings of Captayne Underhill's seeking to undermyne us and contrary to his oath and fidelity as we suppose intrusted to him hath went from house to house and for his owne ende, by flattery and threatening gotten some hands to a note of their willingnes to submitt themselves under your goverment and some of those are men of other combinations, others strangers that have noe habitation, to bring his purposes to pass, wee doubt not but you are too well acquaynted with his stratagems in plotting his owne designes wch wee refer to your grave judgements-some of those that subscribed to his note have this day utterly protested against their own act for he hath raysed such a Mutinee amongst us wch if we take not course for the stopinge thereof it maye cause the effusion of blood by reason he hath by his disignes privately rent the combinations as much as in men lyeth contrary to his act, that is that we should continue in the same Goverment, except an agreement or cause shewed to the contrary in open court agreed on by the Maior part, thus much we thought good to acquaynt your worships withall beseeching your favourable construction hopinge you will weigh our cause in equity and conscience and not any way to enforce us to any act whereby we should breake promises or covenant wth the patentees or amongst ourselves wch in soe doing we should sinne greatly, we should sinne greatly. Wee heartilye desire your prayers for us and comit you to the pro- pection of the Almighty-at yor service to command. [Translation: we are willing to be governed by you but don’t take away our land, and don’t believe the rumors about us.] Thomas Larkland William Jones John Follett [i32926] Robert Thos Durstin Thos Roberts [i5309] Samuel Haines Bartholomew Smith John Dame [i477] Bartholomew X Hunt William Walden John X Tuttle [i46810] Henry Blck Thomas X Layten Edward Starbuck [i5292] William Pomfrett [current record] William Furber [i4879] William Storer John X Hall [i33065] Philip Swadden Richard Walden [i33280] Edward Colcorde Robert X Huckins [i4917] Richard Pinckum [i7411] Thomas

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 85:302; 114:49.