Cornelius Canterbury (abt. 1625 - 1683)

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Died 21 Oct 1683 at about age 58 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Several genealogies list Cornelius as being a son or brother of William of Salem, however, other than for sharing the same name I can’t find any link between the two.

On 3 May 1649 Cornelius sold his house with two acres of adjoining land to Samuel Lincoln, mariner, bounded by the swamp and the highway. Cornelius lived at first on Town (North) St. near Thaxter’s Bridge and later lived in the middle ward. He was constable in 1672.^[1]

"Cooper."^[1]

Here followeth more of the Names of the owners of the fence of the Division belonging to the Plain Neck… Lot 22 Cornelius Cantlebury… 04 Rods, 11 feet, 00 half… these two divisions of the Neck fence were made and ordered on the 4th day of May, 1667 by the Select Men of Hingham…

Lots of the Sixth Division- The Names of the Original Grantees the number of ye lots drawn for each is as followeth… 35 Cornelius Canterbury 6 ½ shares- 20 acres- 11 rods. ^[2]

"Here followeth more of the Names of the Proprietors with the number of their Lots for the Second Division of Conahasset Uplands... Cornelius Cantlebury 8 1/2 shares, 24 acres, 2 roods, 7 rods. The 36 Lot belong to Cornelius Cantlebury and the widow Hilliard his mother in Law."^[3]

Constable in 1672.

Late in life he resided in the middle ward, Hingham.^[1]

From service in King Philip’s war either he, or his son’s, heirs were entitled to land in Narraganset No. 5, now Bedford, NH.^[4]

A Jan. 1711 estate settlement for Cornelius Cantlebury late of Hingham deceased mentions grandson John Barnes and “his five daughters namely… Mary the wife of Francis Horswell… Elizabeth Cantlebury… Sarah the wife of Samuel Mayo… Hannah the wife of Stephen Stodder… Hesther the wife of John Tower.” (Suffolk Mass. Probate Vol.17;Pg.412-414)

CHILDREN

1. John- b. 17 July 1652 Hingham, d. 13 Jan. 1678/9 Hingham
2. Anna- bpt. 8 May 1653 Hingham, m. July 1679 Peter Barnes (b. 6 June 1652 Hingham, d. 17 May 1742 Hingham), d. 20 Dec. 1729 Hingham
3. Mary- b. 8 Oct. 1654 Hingham, d. 25 May 1711 Cohasset^{[citation needed]}
4. Elizabeth- b. 8 Oct. 1654 Hingham, d.s.p. 22 Apr. 1738 Hingham
5. Cornelius- bpt. 11 Jan. 1656/7 Hingham, d. 15 Jan. 1678/9 Hingham “John Canterbery dyed of the small pox” ^[6]
6. Sarah- b. 19 Dec. 1660 Hingham [unsourced in several on-line genealogies- not in Hingham records], m.c.1683 Samuel Mayo (b. 2 Apr. 1658 Eastham, d. before 1 May 1732), d. 31 Dec. 1750 Eastham
7. Martha- b. 7 Oct. 1665 Hingham, d. 10 Dec. 1672 Hingham
8. Hannah- b. 29 June 1669 Hingham, m. 1 Apr. 1700 Hingham, Steven Stodder (b. 18 Sept. 1674 Hingham, d. July 1753 Hingham), d. 31 Dec. 1726 Hingham
9. Hester- b. 19 Nov. 1671 Hingham, m. 15 Jan. 1695/6, John Tower (b. 21 Mar. 1673 Hingham, d. 9 Dec. 1711 Hingham), d. 25 Dec. 1729 Hingham

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p. 117
2. ↑ Hingham Town Records- pp. 61, 77
3. ↑ Hingham Town Records- p. 176
4. ↑ Soldiers in King Philip’s War- George Bodge- Boston, 1906 p. 433
5. ↑ Inventory quoted in: A Narrative History of the Town of Cohasset, Massachusetts- Edwin Victor Bigelow- pp. 163-4
6. ↑ The Hobart Journal- Edward Egan, Jr., NEHGR- Vol. 121, p. 202 (July 1967)

Also see:

• The Hobart Journal- Edward Egan, Jr., NEHGR- Vol. 121, pp. 213 (July 1967)