Francis Wyman Jr. (bef. 1620 - 1699)

Born before 24 Feb 1620 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Judith (Pierce) Wyman — married 30 Jan 1644 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Abigail (Reed) Wyman — married 2 Oct 1650 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1699 after age 79 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Francis, "ye son of Francis Wyman," was baptised at West Mill, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire, on 24 February 1619.^[1] (New Style date would be 1620.) His parents were Francis Wyman and Elizabeth Richardson.

Francis Wyman was of Charlestown Massachusetts. 1640; Moved to Woburn Massachusetts. Judith Pierce was his first wife. His children were all by the second wife.

Frances Wyman was deposed in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1684 and gave his age as 64 years. ^[2]

Family

Francis married twice.

• He married 30 January 1645 to Judith Peirce (b. Norwich); baptized (as adult, obviously) 26 Sep 1652
• He married 2 October 1650 to Abigail Read.

Children, all of Francis and Abigail:^{[citation needed]}

1. Judith 29 Sep 1652 - 22 Dec 1652
2. Francis ca. 1654 - d.s.p. 26 Apr 1676
3. William ca. 1656 - 1705. Married Prudence Putnam
4. Abigail ca. 1660 - 17 Sep 1720. Married 2 Jan 1675 Stephen Richardson
5. Timothy 15 Sept 1661 - 1709. Married Hannah
6. Joseph 9 Nov 1663 - d.s.p. 24 Jul 1714
7. Nathaniel 25 Nov 1665 - 8 Dec 1717. Married 28 June 1691 or 1692 Mary Winn (Married 30 Nov 1720 John Locke)
8. Samuel 29 Nov. 1667 - 17 May 1725. Married 1692 Rebecca Johnson
9. Thomas 1 Apr 1671 - 4 Sep 1731. Married 5 May 1696 Mary Richardson (Married 17 Aug 1733 Josiah Winn)
10. Benjamin 25 Aug 1674 - 19 Dec 1735. Married 20 Jan 1702 Elizabeth Hancock (Married 22 Aug 1739 Jonathan Bacon)
11. Stephen 2 June 1676 - 19 Aug 1676
12. Judith born 15 Jan 1679 still alive 1715. Married Nathaniel Bacon

Woburn

Francis and his brother, John, were some of the first settlers at Woburn in 1641.^[3] Francis was made a freeman 6 May 1657 and was a selectman from Woburn in 1674-5.

Francis built his house about 1666 on the outskirts of Woburn, now part of Burlington, still standing in the 20th century. He was a tanner and farmer.

Francis and his brother John were tanners on Wymans Lane and were first mentioned as being of Charlestown 18 Dec. 1640 when they were signers of the "town orders" at the time of their settlement in Woburn.

In 1640 500 acres of land in Woburn (now Burlington) was granted to Mr. Thomas Coytmore and was subsequently sold by Joseph Rock to Francis and John for £50 in Oct. 1667. They also owned a large farm in West Woburn extending into Billerica adjoining the Coytmore grant.

"Billerica, 19.9m.1661. At a Towne Meeting, The towne do grant to ffrances Wyman & John Wyman that parcell of land that lyeth betweene Woburne line & the former that they purchased of Mr. Dunster, which is by estimation four score acres, more or less and is bounded on the South or South East with Captaine Gookins farme line."

"Whereas John Wright, Isaac Cole, ffrancis Wiman, John Wiman, ffrancis Kendall, Robert Peirce, Matthew Smith & Joseph Wright, members in full communion with the Church of Christ at Woburne, were presented by the Grand Jury of the County of Middlesex in New England at the Court in October last (1671) for refuseing communion with the Church of Woburne in the Lord's Supper, and rejecting the counsell of neighboring churches, and all other measures for healing the disorder and scandall thereby occasioned: This Court having heard their severall answers, wherein they pretend and alledge that the grounds of their withdrawing are sundry scruples in poynt of conscience, not daring to partake with the church for fear of defilement by sin, giving some reasons of their dissatisfaction, which not being satisfactory to the Court, who are sensible of the scandall thereby redounding to our profession, and considering the directions given by the word of God and laws of this Colony, requiring the attendance of all due meanes for preserving the peace and order of the churches in the wayes of godliness and honesty, that so all God's ordinances may have passage unto edification, according to the rules of Christ.

This Court do therfore, upon serious consideration of the whole case, order that the respective churches of Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Redding & Billerica be moved and requested from the Court, according to God's ordinance of communion of churches, to send their elders and messengers unto the church of Woburn the ( ) day of March next, where the brethren that were presented as above said are ordered and required to give a meeting together with the church there, and shall have liberty humbly and inoffensively to declare their grievances, and the church also to declare the whole case for the hearing of their proceedings: And after the case is fully heard by the said councill, they are to endeavor the healing of their spirits, and making of peace among them, for the issuing of matters according to the word of God, and to make returne of what they shall do herein to the next county Court to be held at Cambridge: And the Recorder of this Court is ordered seasonably to signify the Court's mind herein to the several churches above named. It is ordered that the Court's final determination in the above named case be respited, untill they receive the councill's return, and the above named persons that were presented by the Grand Jury are ordered to attend at the next court at Cambridge."

These people of Woburn were prosecuted before the Middlesex County Court Dec. 1671 for contempt for the ordinance of Infant Baptism as administered in the church of Woburn and for withdrawing from that church and attending the assemblies of the Anabaptists which was not allowed by law. John Wyman seemed to have been convinced of the "error" of his ways and was admitted back to the church in Woburn and took an active part in the settlement of Rev. Jabez Fox as a colleague of Rev. Thomas Carter in 1697. In his will 10 March 1683/4 he gave them 40/ each calling them his "Reverend Pastors". Francis however always retained his partiality for the Baptists for in his will 5 Sept. 1698 he gave to two elders of the Baptist Church in Boston, Mr. Isaac Hull and Mr. John Emblen 20/ each. Francis did however remain in communion with the church in Woburn.

Death and Legacy

Death and Burial:Francis was buried in the First Burial Ground at Woburn, where his gravestone reads, "Here lyes ye body of Francis Wyman, aged about 82 years, died November 28th, 1699".^[4]

Last Will and Testament Francis's will dated 5 September 1688, proved 11 December 1699:

I Frances Wyman in ye Town of Woobourne… Tanner… doe… make… my last will and testament…

Imprims my will is and I doe hereby Give unto my well beloved wife abigaill the free use and full improvement of ye East End of my house that is to say that half of my house next Jaccob diymans with ye yuse of so much of my seller roome as shee shall have ocation for, for her convenience, and like wise shee shall have the yuse of my new barne or att least so much of it as shee shall have ocation for and further my will is that my wife shall have and I doe hereby give unto my wife one thirde parte of ye produce of ye Corne of what sort so Ever: and of ye grace [?graze] and hay and of ye hopps, hemp and flax &c that is Raized and produced by ye Improvement of my homested and ye place I bought of dunham & with all my other lands, which I shall give to my son Benjmen and my will is that this third parts of ye produce as above sd shall all be geathered in and fitted for my wifs yuse and in good order: further: my will is that my wife shall have Constantly and att all times good and Conveniant firewood provided for her and brought to such place neare ye hous as shee shall appoint and so much as shee shall have ocation for her own yuse all this dureing ye Time of her natturall life and further my will is that my wife shall have two of my [ ] for her yuse dureing ye Time of her natural life and I further give unto my wife my sorill mare to her and her Heirs for ever, my will is and I do hereby give unto my wife my negro girl named Jebyna,, with on quarter parte of my house hould goods to her: and her Hears for Ever and I further give my wife ye yuse of one quartor part more of my houshould goods dureing ye term of her life that is to say such of my houshould stuffe as shee shall have most ocation for: for her yuse: so far as a quartor part goes.

Item: my will is that when my Sone William hath performed to all items such obligations as hee stands obliged to me by in Consideration of what I formerly posest him of then I do by these presents confirm all that I posest him of by deed of Gift: to him and his heirs for Ever, and I doe further give my son William five shillings more as a token of my Love:

Item- my will is and I doe here by Conferm unto my Son Timothy all that I have formerly posest him of by deed of gift to him and his Heirs for Ever: and in Case my Son Benjmen die with out an Heir that then my son Timothy shall Inheritt what I shall in this my will give unto my Son Benjmen and I further give unto my Son Timothy five shillings more as a token of my Love…

Item- my will is that my Son Joseph shall have all my Land in my further field in mount platinum? Excepting three acres Next Jonathan wymans Land, and allso half my Right and property in Mount platinum hill, and allso twelve acres of my further lott in woodhill which is only [ ] I allso give unto my son Joseph twelve accres of Swamp bottom, which I have a Right to take up according to Town Grant, and allso a piece of medow att spring medow being by Estemation two acres and allso a piece of Land adjoining to ye Land of Robert James att boggy medow it being by Estemation five acres and allso on acre of medow neare Hue brige adjoining to ye land of decon hennery Baldwin, and all so two acres of medow att ye southwest Corner of my homsted and is Called wett acre, all these formentioned parcels of Land and medow &c I give unto my son Joseph and his Heirs for Ever:

Item- I Give unto my Son Nathaniell wyman a full Confeirmation of all ye Lands I formerly Confeirmed to him by deed of gift and Give him five shillings more as a token of my Love

Item- to my Son Samll I Confeirm what I formerly Confeirmed to him by deed of gift and further give him five shilling more as a token of my Love

Itum- I Give unto my Thoms a full Conformation of all ye Lands I formerly Confeirmed to him by deed of gift and further give him five shillings more as a token of my Love

Itum I give unto my daughter abigaill, besides what I Gave her upon Marrieage & otherwise, & all my Right in ye medow Called Luberbrook medow which is by Estemation seven acres, which I aprize att twelve pounds and tenn shillings, I allso give her twelve acres of land neare Lubers brook which I had by dunhams Right, and on small Lott neare maple medow being on acre and half all these parcels of land in this article I give unto my daughter abigaill and her Heirs for Ever:

Itum my will is that my dafter Judith shall have forty pounds payd her out of my Estate within three years after my deseace: by my son Benjmen, or have fouer score acres of Land which I purchased of Capt. Prentice and is in billereca bounds & which my son benjmen sees cause, butt if my son Benjmen doth not pay my dafter Judtih forthy pounds as above sd then I give ye above pese of Land to my dafter Judath and her Heirs for Ever

Itum- my will is and I do hereby give unto my son benjmen my homested Consisting of housing out housing lands and medow with ye place that was formerly dunhams, and all my land in my heither field in mount platinum and thre acres of land in my further field in mount plaintum adjoining to ye land I gave my son Joseph on ye one side and Jonathan wymans Land on ye other side, and allso on half of my Right and propriety in mount platinum hill as allso all my other lands what soever and where so ever nott otherwise disposed of by deed of gift nor in this my will, he performing ye conditions hereafter mentioned and first he shall make a fiathfull and good Improvement of ye premises above mentioned for ye Raizeing of all sorts of grain yuseall amongst [ ] and frute and shall Render unto his Naturall Mother on third part of all that is Raized, that is on theird parte of all ye graine redy geathered in and threshed and on third part of all ye hopps well pickt and dryd and on third part of ye flax that is raized upon ye premises with one third part of ye aples redy geatherd and so many of them as shee shall appoint to make into syder and to keep and maintain ye East End of my now dwelling house in good Repaire for his mother to live in and ye new barne to keep in Repair for his mothers yuse, and shall allso provide suteable and sizeable firewood for his mother and bring it whom Convenient for her yuse att all times these Conditions being faithfully performed by my son Benjmen or his heirs to my wife dureing ye Terms of her natural Life and ye severall Leggesys payd as is in this my will Exprest I doe give my homsted and dunhams place so Called and all ye other parcels of land above Exprest in this article to my son benjmen and his Heirs for Ever; and I further give unto my son Benjmen all my moveable estate boath within dores and without of what kind or sort so ever: only excepting what I have give to my wife, all ye rest of my Estate boath Reall and personll I give unto my son Benjmen and his Heirs for Ever as is before Exprest

[written along the side] Benjmen shall allso bring on third parte of ye hay Raized on ye premises redy fitted in to ye barne for his mothers yuse

Itum- I Give unto ye two elders of ye Baptiz Church in Boston Namly mr Emlen and mr Hull twenty shillings a piece to be payd by my son Benjmen on of my Executors

Finaly I nominate apppoynt my well beloved wif abigaill and my son Benjmen executors of this my Last will and testament

I desire allso my Trusty frinds Frances kendall and James Towle to be overseers of this my will… this 5th day of September… sixteen hundred ninety Eaight…
In ye presents of us Francis Wyman
Zachariah Snow
Samuel Carter
James Towle^[5]

Slaves

• Jebnah, mentioned in Francis' will TBD
• Joanna, mentioned in birth of Hannnah.
• Hannah born in Woburn to "Joanna, negro servant to Francis Wyman, Nov 1, 1785".

Two of the slaves that Francis owned are mentioned in the Vital Records of Woburn. Joanna gave birth to Hannah or "Habinah" on Nov 1, 1785. Servants of Francis Wyman. ^[6] Possibly Habinah is also Jebnah, mentioned in Francis's will.

Additionally, in Dec 1685 Joanna "negro servant of Francis Wyman" made a complaint against Samson, servant to John Carter. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Wyman, Morrill. "Contributions to Wyman Genealogy," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 50 (1896), pages 45-46.
2. ↑ Holman, Mary Lovering. "Notes: Ages from Depositions in Middlesex County, Mass., 1675-1695." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 85 (1931), page 455.
3. ↑ Vinton, John Adams, The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity... (Pages 189, ) Portland, ME: B. Thurston & Co., 1876, Archive.org accessed February 4, 2015
4. ↑ Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919). Part II. Epitaphs, First Burial-Ground. Page 11*. Citing: "(23.) Francis Wyman."
5. ↑ Middlesex County Registry of Probate - Docket No. 25876. image: AmericanAncestors.org
6. ↑ Woburn records of births, deaths and marriages, Part 1 Births Published 1890-1919, Andrews, Cutler & Co, Woburn, Mass. (P. 285)
7. ↑ Middlesex County Court Records, Vol III, Page 200 referenced in Woburn records of births, deaths and marriages, Part 3 Marriages Published 1890-1919, Andrews, Cutler & Co, Woburn, Mass. (P. 314)

See also:

• "Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Pope, p 519
• "History of Woburn, Massachusetts", p 653
• Hartford Times Answer
• Find A Grave: Memorial #7849471

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Wyman-566 created through the import of complete.ged on Oct 7, 2012 by Billie Walsh.
• WikiTree profile Wyman-452 created through the import of Winn.ged on Dec 20, 2011 by Elizabeth S.