John Watson (1644 - bef. 1685)

Born 1644 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 28 Sep 1685 before age 41 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

March 22, 1666 -- John Watson was admitted to the Rowley Church. ^[1]

February 10, 1670 -- a farm of 50 acres was granted and laid out to John Watson at that portion of Rowley then called Merrimack Village, later Bradford. ^[2]

"Merrimack:10th:12m:1670... Laid out to John Watson in right of Thomas Abbot, fiftie Acres of land bounded by John and Robert Hazeltine on the west, by the widdow Mighill on the east, by Rowley land south, by Merrimack river on the North, his northeast corner is a birch, from thence it runs one hundred fortie and thre pole to a white oake, from thence the line turns a littell westward, and runs four hundred forty and four pole to a heape of stones which is the Southeast corner, the Northwest corner is a white oake, by Merricmack river, from thence it runs one hundred fortie and thre pole, to a red oake, from thence the line turns a littell westward, and runs four hundred and thirtie pole to a great white oake marked with: W: H: which is the southwest corner, it is twenty two pole wide at the south end, and aleaven pole wide at the North end, and thirtiene pole wide at the elbowe in the runinge lines."^[3]

"At a Leagall Towne Meeting Held the 16th of January 1671 for the year ensueing... Pinders for the northeast feild John Watson Timothy Pallmer John Wood..."^[4]

In the will of James Barker of Rowley: "I will & Give unto my daughter Unice Watson my Fifty Acres of Land be it more or Less at Bradford: being my part of the Right of Nehemiah Abbots Lott I give it to her & her Eldest son after his fathers & mothers decease provided he live to Heir it : And If that child die I give it to the Rest of their children as she shal see good to dispose of it at her death : Also I will & give unto her the Best Cours Blanket : & Two Twild Cotton Blankets : & one flockbed & bolster belonging to it & a pillow : And one Quarter of the Comon Land that belongs to mee in the Three Thousand Acers above the Cow Commons in this Towne when it shall be divided : or the use and Emprovement til it bee... Also my wearing Apparrell I will that it be devided by my Overseers half to Burzillai : & the other half between my son Nathaniel & my son in Law John Watson... Third day of the seaventh moneth... one thousand six hundred & Seaventy Eight."^[5]

John was one of the eighteen original members of the Bradford church 27 Dec. 1682.

Bradfford ye 28th of September 1685

An Inventory of ye Estat of John wattson taken as followeth

Impr: to wearing apparill.................................04-00-00
It to [ ]...............................................................01-00-00
It to Books.........................................................01-00-00
It to Beads and beading..................................12-00-00
It peuter brass and iron in ye house.............02-10-00
It wooden ware & tubs spinning whels chests [ ]
dishes chaires cradle.......................................02-00-00
It sheps wool and yarne..................................00-10-00
It 4 cows............................................................14-00-00
It 2 steres 7£, 2 heiffers: 4£-10s.....................11-10-00
It 1 yerling 2 calves...........................................03-10-00
It 1 horse bridel saddle & pillion....................06-00-00
It Swine 4£: 3 lambs 15s..................................04-15-00
It Uttencils for husbandry...............................04-10-00
It about five acres and a halfe of Indian Corne on ye
ground Estemed at on hundred bush...........15-00-00
It wheat about 28 [ ] estemed at 28 bush....07-00-00
It ry in yebarne estemed at 5 bush................01-00-00
It ffodder for cattel estemed at 6£.................06-00-00
It about fifty six acres of Land within fences and
without with ye buildings and fences..........100-00-00

This estat wase Inventord ye day above by us.196:15 :0
[ ] walker
Samuell hasaltin

Debts due from ye estate
Impr to ye revrd mr zach [ ] of Bradford:....02: 12: 8
To mr fra wainwright of Ips............................30: 03: 5
To mr John wainwright of Ips.........................02: 19: 7
To Thom haile senr of Newbery...................05: 00: 00
To Henry Ryle of rowly....................................04: 00: 0
To Rich hall of Bradford.................................00: 08: 01
To John Simmons of Bradford......................00: 06: 00
To Samuell Mosses of Ips..............................00: 05: 00
To John baly of rowly......................................00: 12: 00
To John personsent? of rowly.......................00: 11: 04
To Ezek mighill of rowly..................................00: 09-00
To Ezek [ ] of rowly..........................................00-07-06
To William Peabody of ye villiage..................01: 05-00
To John [ ] of rowly senr.................................00-05-05
To Danil wicom of rowly..................................01-00-00
To Ann mighil of rowly.....................................02-10-00
To Rich. Kimball of Bradford...........................00-05-00
To Joseph hardy of Bradford..........................00-18-00
To ensign Samuell [ ] of Bradford..................00-15-00
To ye reverd mr micall for phisik [ ]...............03:04:01
To to mr Jn hill of malden [ ].........................03-02-04
...........................................................................60-19-05

To Joseph Jewit and Sammull [ ] of rouliy........1- 1- 0
[ ] of rouliy.......................................................... 2- 7- 9
Abell [ ] of rouliy..................................................0-15-0
Weddou lumberd of rouly...................................0- 5- 0
[ ] Pyllip Fuler of Ipswach....................................1- 7- 0
Debts due to ye Estate as faloweth....................5-15-9

It from Joseph peasly of Haverhill for part of a bill
yt wase asignd to said peasly.........................03-00-00
It from Ensign Haseltine of Bradford............00-12-00
...........................................................................03-12-00" ^[6]

Sources

• Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp.723-4
• George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 401. Also available at: [1]
• Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7122234&pid=851

Footnotes

1. ↑ Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, page 401
2. ↑ Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, page 401
3. ↑ The Early Records of the Town of Rowley-Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, (ND)- Vol.1, pp. 209-10
4. ↑ The Early Records of the Town of Rowley-Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, (ND)- Vol.1, p. 221
5. ↑ "The Probate Records of Essex County"- Vol. III, pp.247-8
6. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 29018

Acknowledgements

July 4, 2011 17:52: imported the data for John Watson-1689 from Durrell Family Tree.ged

April 8, 2014 11:53: Robert Bailey created John Watson-7192