His son, Nicholas Jr. and Elizabeth(Jane) Owsley arrived in the Massachusetts colony on the “DEFENDER” in 1636, with two sons, John and James. They settled in Salem in 1637. Nicholas was a member of First Church, Salem. Nicholas was prominent in church and town affairs and is reputed to be one of the founders of Beverly, MA. Nicholas Patch Jr. had a grant of land of 10 acres in 1638 and 40 acres in 1639. Nicholas gave land on which the first church in Beverly was established and may have endowed the church to some extent. The church was established in 1667.
Records show that a William Patch was buried at South Petherton, Co. Somerset, England, 15 June 1575, and that Richard Patch, Nicholas Patch, and Edmund Patch, who perhaps were brothers and perhaps also were sons of William, had children baptised at South Petherton in the last quarter of the sixteenth and early years of the seventeenth century. Nicholas buried[1]
Nicholas Patch was churchwarden at South Petherton Co., Someset England in 1600, [2] and was perhaps the son of William Patch who was buried 15 Je, 1575 at South Petherton, England.[3]
Nicholas Patch, Sr Gender: Male Birth: Circa 1555 - South Petherton, Somerset, England
Marriage: Spouse: Jane Owsley - Circa 1579 - South Petherton, Somerset, England
Death: Dec26 1637 - South Petherton, Somerset, England
Burial: Dec 26 1637 - South Petherton, Somerset, England
Father: William Patch. Mother: Unknown Patch
Wife: Jane Owsley. Children: Nicholas Patch, Mary Patch, Frances Patch, Edmund Patch, John Patch, Elizabeth Patch, Nicholas Patch, II, Fortune Patch, Joan Patch, Richard Patch
Siblings: Richard Patche (born Patch), Edmund Patch (born Patche)
Marriage: 1590. Death: Dec 26 1637 - South Petherton, Somerset, England
Father: William Patch. Wife: Jane Owsley
Child: Nicholas Patch
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Unless there are objections, I will update this profile to incorporate information from article by David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William^1 Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175 (2021):207-222. Note: The Summer 2021 issue is available for download by subscription at AmericanAncestors.
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