Elias Maverick (abt. 1604 - 1684)

Born about 1604 in Devon, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1684 at about age 80 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Great Migrations, Volume 2, Page 1242: Elias' father was bp. in Awliscombe, Devon, England on 28 Dec 1578. There is no record of where his sons Samuel and Elias were born or baptized. Mary [first], Aaron, Mary [second], Moses, and Abigail were all baptized in South Huish, Devon, England. There is no record of birth or bp. for Antipas or John.

ELIAS, b. about 1604 (d. 8 September 1684 aged eighty years [NEHGR 96:239]); m. by 1635 Anna Harris, daughter of THOMAS HARRIS (first child b. Charlestown 3 February 1635/6 [ChVR 1:5]) . (Great Migration Begins)

He took freeman oath in 1633 and the same year m. Ann Harris. Elias lived in Winissimett, near brother Samuel, He was in Chelsesa, Mass. in 1630 and Charlestown in 1632. In 1654 he was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Estate: 820 pounds. (Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John 1630)

Conclusive proof of the paternal ancestry of Elias Maverick as furnished by the record of the suit brought in 1612 by his grandfather, Peter Mavericke, clerk, against William Champneys (vide supra, p. 150). Further evidence is provided by the will of James Parker, proved in 1652 in Barbados, who was married to Elias' sister Mary. He named Mary (Maverick) as the executor of his estate while naming his “brothers” Elias and “Moyses” Maverick as executors of his affairs. As it was common in legal documents in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries to refer to in-laws as brothers, sons, etc., this provides strong support of the connection of Elias to his parents, as both his siblings Mary and Moses appear in the baptismal records of South Huish parish as children of John and Mary (Gye) Maverick.^[1]

He was at Winnissimet (now Chelsea), Mass., in 1630; was admitted to the church at Charlestown 9 Feb 1632/3; was made freeman 11 June 1633; and lived at Winnissimet, near his brother Samuel's house, on the westerly part of the Maverick estate (now belonging to the U.S. Governmant). In 1654 he was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He deposed 15 June 1680, aged 75. His will dated 13 Oct 1681, was proved 6 Nov 1684, his estate being appraised at 820 pounds, 15 shillings. (English Origins of New England Families)

Elias, adm. church 9 (12) 1632-3; m. Anna Harris, who was adm. church 7 (8) 1639. ESTATE--WILL; Oct. 19, 1681, pro. Nov. 6, 1684, devised to wife; to father-in-law Deacon William Stetson (Stitson); sons Elias, Peter, Paul; gr.-son Jotham; daus. Abigail Clark, Sarah Walton, Mary Way, Ruth Smith, Rebecca Thomas; to Ruth Johnson, living with him, dau. of Elizabeth Johnson. With regards to son Paul he mentions a father-in-law John Smith whose daughter Jemima, Paul married. (Charlestown Genealogies and Estates) Suffolk Probate Records, Vol 5-7, 1666-1674. ^[2]

Note: son Paul Maverick 1657-1709 m. abt. 1680 in Charleston or Boston MA to Jemima Smith and she married 2nd to a Henry Richmond / Richman. ^[3]

Immigration

1630 Elias Maverick aged 26 on the "Mary & John" with parents and siblings.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Will of James Parker - "Notes," in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-, Vol. 68, pp. 202-3, citing Suffolk Probate Records 241 and Barbados Probate Records. NEHGR Link
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9069/007703071_00609?pid=1099511627769
3. ↑ Marriages Before 1700 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0514/59323
4. ↑ https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/maryjohn1.htm

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