James Wyman (1702 - 1766)

Born 16 Mar 1702 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Bethiah (Millett) Wyman — married 23 May 1728 in Gloucester MA

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1766 at age 64 in Pownalborough, Lincoln, Maine

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Biography

Many of the first group of Proprietors of Falmouth had to leave about 1690 due to the problems with the Indians and went to Gloucester. The second group of Falmouth Proprietors left Gloucester about 1729 and returned to Falmouth, James being one of these people.(1) James was taxed in Woburn in 1723.(2)

James Wiman was a private in Capt. Peter Oliver’s company from 14 June- 28 Nov. 1725.

In 1729 James was granted 90 acres on Squittergussett Creek in New Casco (Falmouth). James' land was on the east side of the river. He also witnessed two deeds from John Owen of Falmouth to John Powell of Boston in Nov. 1729.(11)

Nathaniel Jones, Gent., Charles Johnson, mariner, Samuel Bucknam, yeoman of Falmouth gave to James Wyman of Falmouth, husbandman, as a gift a small gore of land on Mackworth's Neck 15 Feb. 1730/1: "We Nathll Jones of Falmouth... Gent: Charles Johnson... Marriner Samll Bucknam... Yeoman for and in Consideration of the Love good will & Affection which we have and do bear unto our friend James Wyman of Falmo... Husbandman... Do... grant unto the said James Wyman... a small Gore of Land lying... on the Neck of Land formerly called Mackworths Neck... the 15th Day of Febry... 1730/31- Nathl Jones, Charles Johnson, Samuel Bucknam... in Presence of Benja Wright, Edmund Mountfort".(3)

James offered to donate land for a church and parsonage at New Casco, however, he withdrew his offer when the petitioners from that community were denied in favor of the settlers at Cape Elizabeth. Finally, in 1753, their petition for their own church was granted. Shubal Gorham, Esq. of Barnstable, MA sold to James Wyman of Falmouth, yeoman for £10 lot No.67 in Gorham granted to Gorham by the general court to the Narroganset soldiers in York Co., 23 May 1739.(4)

James and his son James Jr. signed a petition in Falmouth to be set off as a separate town 11 Sept. 1753.(5)

James and Bethiah sold to Rev. John Wiswall of Falmouth 29 1/4 acres on Squttergusset Creek next to James' 90 acre grant for £121/13/14 on 15 March 1757.(6)

On 24 March 1757 James and Bethiah sold to Samuel Cobb Jr. of Falmouth, Gent. and Benjamin Lunt of Falmouth, shipwright for £480: "the farm I now live on... bounded by 20 1/4 acres that I lately sold to the Revd. Mr. John Wiswall on Presumpscott River & Squittergusset Creek with houses Barn Fences out houses & my Right in the school house..." The deed was witnessed by Enoch Freeman & Daniell Rolfe.(7)

James obtained a 100 acre grant from the Kennebec Proprietors on the Eastern River at Frankfort Plantation (Dresden) which was deeded to him on 8 May 1760. James signed a petition in Wiscasset for the division of the town 28 Jan. 1766.(8)

On Oct 1758 he bought from Capt. James Whidden 50 acres and 1/2 the tidal 'flats' at the south tip of Swan Island overlooking Merrymeeting Bay. On 22 May 1761 he bought 70 acres on Swan Island from Timothy Whidden and 30 Dec 1761 he sold lot 2 'with priviledges and appurtanences' to John Andrew for 40 pds. The last purchase James made was on 4 Dec 1764; he and his son William bought from Agreen Crabtree 40 acres at Bowdoinham, Maine on the Abagadassett River. James died on Swan Island and may be buried there but no record of his gravesite exists. Bethia survived him but her date and place of death are not know. She may have died at Fairfield, Maine at the home of her son Daniel.(9)

"In the Name of God Amen the fourth day of April AD. 1766 I James Wyman of Pownalborough, in the County of Lincoln, yeoman... do make this my last Will and Testament and dispose of my worldly Estate in manner following, that is to say;-

Impr. I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Bethiah one Cow and all my houshold Stuff and furniture besides her dower in my real Estate-

Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth McCausland the Sum of five Shillings to be paid within a year and an half after my decease by my Son William which with what I heretofore gave her at Marriage or Since is in full of her Portion of my Estate-

Item, I give to my daughter Bethiah Small the Sum of five Shillings to be paid her in a year & an half after my decease by my Son William, which with what I heretofore gave her at Marriage and since is in full of her Portion of my Estate-

Item I give to my daughter Abagail Bickford the Sum of five Shillings to be paid her by my Son William, in a year and an half after my decease which with what I heretofore gave her at Marriage & Since in in full of her Portion of my Estate-

Item. I give to my daugther Prudence Goodwin the Sum of forty Shillings to be paid her in a year and an half after my decease by my Son William, which with what I gave her at Marriage & since is in full of her Portion of my Estate-

Item. I give to my daughter Deliverance Call the Sum of two Pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence to be paid her by my Son William in a year and an half after my decease, which what I gave her at Marriage & since is in full of her Portion of my Estate-

Item, I give to my daughter Olive Goodwin the Sum of Six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four pence to be paid her in a year and an half after my decease by my Son William, which with what I gave her at Marriage & since is in full of her Portion of my Estate-

Item, I give to my daughter Molly the Sum of Twenty Pounds to be paid her when she arrives at the age of eighteen years by my Son Daniel-

Item, I give to my Grand Daughter Hannah Daughter of my Son James deceased the Sum of five Shillings to be paid her be my Son William in a year & an half after my decease-

Item, I give and devise my Son Daniel his heirs and assigns for ever my half of the Land and real Estate at Bowdoinham in said County of Lincoln which was conveyed to me and my Son William by Deed by agreen Crabtree the whole being about forty acres; also Twenty acres of Land on the northerly part of my Land on Swan Island, in said Pownalborough, at the West End of the Eighty acres of Land Lazarus Noble lived upon, he the said Daniel paying the said Legacy of Twenty Pounds to my daughtehr Molly as aforementioned.

Item, All the rest and Residue of my Estate real and personal upon said Swan Island, in said Pownalborough & at Falmouth in the County of Cumberland or wheresoever else lying, situate or being of what name or Nature soever, I give & devise to my Son William his heirs and assigns for ever he the said William paying all my debts and funeral Charges & all the Legacies herein severally given to my daughters except said Twenty Pounds Legacy, he also upon demand making, executing & delivering to my Son Daniel and his heirs a good and sufficient Deed in the Law of all the Estate Right title & Interest which he the said William shall then have in & to the said half of said forty acres of Land at said Bowdoinham herein devised to the said Daniel.

Lastly I appoint my Son William Execr. of this my Will. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal the day first aforewritten... James Wyman... in presence of Wm Cushing, Abiel Lovejoy, Samuel Reed."(10)

Sources

• (1) Clayton R. Adams- Brunswick, ME
• (2) History of Woburn- Samuel Sewall, p. 654
• (3) York Co. Registry of Deeds- Vol. 18, fol. 159
• (4) Ibid- Vol.19, fol.306
• (5) Mass. Archives- Vol.116, p.442
• (6) York Co. Registry of Deeds- Vol. 33, p. 37
• (7) Ibid- Vol. 35, p. 146
• (8) Mass. Archives- Vol. 118, p. 170
• (9) Wyman Family Association- http://www.wyman.org
• (10) Lincoln Co. Registry of Probate- Vol. 1, p. 154
• (11) York Deeds- Vol. XV, fol. 13-14
• Vital Records of Falmouth, ME & Gloucester, MA

*Records of Falmouth, Maine- NEHGR- Vol. 14, p. 148 (Apr. 1860)

• Marriages in Gloucester- NEHGR- Vol. 48, p. 420 (Oct. 1894)
• Baptisms of the First Church in Falmouth- Marquis F. King, p.109
• Genealogy of the Wyman Family from its First Settlement in America- T.B. Wyman Jr., Charlestown, 1880- p.4

• Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part I - Births (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book. Available at archive.org)

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/a/h/John-B-Kaherl/GENE19-0015.html

Notes for JAMES WYMAN: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mecoakla/documents/records.html: B-2-5-12 James-4 WYMAN, b Woburn MA 16 Mar 1702, d after 23 Apr 1766, Lincoln Co ME; mar Gloucester MA 23 May 1728 Bethiah MILLETT, b and chr Gloucester MA 18 Jul 1709, d about 1769, d/o Andrew and Bethia (DAY) MILLETT. LDS Ancestral File v4.12 shows two Elizabeths d/o James and Bethia. Are they the same person? Children, from 2 on bpt First Church, Falmouth: 1 WYMAN, Elizabeth, b Ireland 10 Mar 1729; mar Falmouth Henry MCCAUSLAND, b 3 Jul 1749 recorded Gardiner; children included Henry, Andrew, Polly, Gardiner, Ann, Robert, Catharine, Sally(1), Sally(2), Jane and Henry. 2 WYMAN, Elizabeth, b Falmouth, 6 Jul 1729, bpt First Church, Falmouth. 3 WYMAN, James, b 27 Sep 1730, bpt First Church Falmouth Nov 1731. 4 WYMAN, William, b 1732/33, of whom further. 5 WYMAN, Bethiah, bpt 1734; mar Falmouth _____ SMALL. 6 WYMAN, Abigail, bpt 1736; mar _____ BICKFORD. 7 WYMAN, Prudence, bpt 1738; mar _____ GOODWIN. 8 WYMAN, Deliverance, bpt 1738; mar _____ CALL. 9 WYMAN, Olive, bpt 1741; mar _____ GOODWIN. 10 WYMAN, Daniel, bpt 1745. 11 WYMAN, Molly, bpt 1750. SOURCE: Bonnie R WYNNE, 127 Fairview Ave, Westwood NJ 07675-2223; LDS Ancestral File v4.12.

The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760-1800, Maine Genealogical Society, compiled by Wm. D. Watson, 1895 (reprinted 1999 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore) FTM CD523, pages 35 and 36: (micro copy on CD523 in my possession) Written: 4-4-1766 Probated: 4-23-1766 [Lincoln Co. Probate I, 154.]

More About JAMES WYMAN: Source 1: May 12, 2003, rootsweb.com/~mecoakla/documents/records.html Source 2: 1997, ME Fam in 1790, MGS, V1, pg 198 Source 3: 1997, ME Fam in 1790, MGS, V2, pg 256 Source 4: June 1, 2003, John H. Wyman - wyman.org Source 5: August 22, 2000, Lincoln Co. Probate, FTM CD523, pg 35-36 Source 6: 1849, Wyman Fam. by T. B. Wyman, NEHGR 3:36 Will: April 4, 1766, dated, probated - April 23, 1766