John Solart (abt. 1656 - aft. 1679)

Born about 1656 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died after 1679 after about age 23 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Savage wrote that this John Solart of Wenham had married a Sarah ( some say Sarah Cockes),she is named in his will that was made Sep.26,1672. And lead one to believe she was still in England when he made the will. He states this was certain. He went back to England to get her in 1676, was back at Wenham in 1679. He states Joseph of Ipswich was his brother. And a Robert of Essex, had died before 1663 when and inventory of Roberts will had been done.

About wife Sarah

England: his estate left by his father to him and 41i. due from Mr. Richard Oliver of Munhegen, he left to his wife Sarah, now in England; in case there was a child born to her, she was to have one-third and the child, two-thirds; Walter Fairefield, of Wenham, executor, and Nehemiah Jewett and Roger Darbie, overseers; if his wife died, his brother Joseph Solart was to have the estate. Wit: Robert Lord, jr., and Phillip Fowler. Copy made by Robert Lord,* recorder.

William Clare, t Rector of the parish, certified that Isaac Hull and Sarah Solart were married in the parish church of Clist St. George, on Sept. 1, 1675, by him.

Isaac Hull was the new husband of Sarah Solart, Walter Fairfield was the executor of the will of John Solart Jr. deceased. Fairfield refused to deliver the estate. So it went into the hands of Thomas Fisk and Charles Gott with 61I for rent,John Hare and Ezekiell Woodard are surities.

Peter Cocke, aged about fifteen years, son of Roger Cock and brother to Sarah, wife of Isaac Hull, all of Topsam in Devonshire, deposed that he knew John Solart of New England and that his sister was the wife of said Solart about one year. After Solart's death, his sister lived with Isaac Hull, as his wife, about five years, deponent being very familiar with the house, and she had two children by Hull. Sworn, Nov. 5, 1680, before John Walley,* commissioner.

Inventory given in to Ipswich court, Mar. 27, 1677, by Walter Fairefield, executor of the estate of John Solart, jr., amounting to 841i., together with a colt appraised at 40s., by Richard Hutton and John Killam; also what Solart received from his mother, 51i. in silver and 49s. in goods, and 22s. more in silver. Copy from the record of wills and inventories, book 4, page 84, by Robert Lord,t recorder.

Copy of will of John Solart, dated 26 : 7 : 1672, proved. Mar. 28, 1676, in Ipswich court, he "being bound to sea and for old .

Thomas Fiske, aged about fifty years, and Charles Gott, aged about forty-one years, deposed that they set off to John Soolart eighteen acres from his father's estate, southward from the house and joins upon the country road, it being part of the old John Soolart's homestead. They had heard Walter Fairefield say several times that he had let this land to Ezekiel Woodward for 31i. per year. Sworn in court.

Nehemiah Jewett* and Roger Derby* certified, on Nov. 4, 1680, that Sarah, wife of Isaac Hull, was the right heir to Solart's estate and that it should be delivered to said Hull, etc. Sworn in court. Walter Fairefeild owned that he let the land staked out for John Solart, jr., to Ezekiell Woodward, from day to day. ( All of the above,about Sarah is from the same source added below.)^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/recordsandfiles01dowgoog/recordsandfiles01dowgoog_djvu.txt

• https://www.noblenet.org/salem/reference/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Genealogical-Dictionary-Vol.-4-Savage.pdf
• Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, 1921) Vol. 8, Page 25-6. Will dated 26:7:1672 proved 28 Mar 1676 Ipswich court.