Samuel Weed (1652 - bef. 1730)

Born 15 Feb 1652 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Bethiah (Morgan) Weed — married about 12 Mar 1676 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 1 Oct 1730 before age 78 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Weed, son of John and Deborah (Winsley) Weed of Amesbury, married Bethiah Morgan on March 12, 1676/6. Bethiah, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Norman) Morgan was baptized at Salem, Massachusetts on May 29, 1653. ^{[1] [2]}

Samuel Weed of Amesbury wrote his will on September 5, 1717/8, proved, October 1, 1730. In it he names: ^[3]

• sons Daniel and Samuel, my personal goods and estate in Amesbury to be enjoyed between them, if either should die, then the survivor to pay to:

my daughter Elizabeth, L30, besides what she was already given

my daughter Deborah, 20s, besides what she already has received

my daughter Bethiah, 20s, besides what she already has received

my daughter Margaret, 20s, besides what she already has received

my daughter Hannah, 20s, besides what she already has received

my daughter Lydia, 20s, besides what she already has received

• my two sons to be my executors

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1918, p. 84
2. ↑ Davis, Walter Goodwin & Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1996
3. ↑ Case 29219: p. 1-3: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)

• James Savage Title: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ;
• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 transcription NEHGS
• Title: Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts Publication: Name: Topsfield Historical Society; Location: Topsfield, Massachusetts; Date: 1915;
• Massachusetts Marriages 1695-1910 Repository: #R3

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Weed-223 created through the import of perry and plumb tree.ged on Aug 18, 2012 by Merry Kennedy.

• This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.