John Seabury (abt. 1610 - bef. 1650)

Born about 1610 in England

Husband of Grace (Fellows) Lane — married 1638 in St. Albans Parish, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died before Feb 1650 before about age 40 in Barbados

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John Seabury migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 300) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

John Seabury immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Barbados

The estimated birth is 1610 in England.

John Seaberry, a planter^[1] and seaman, had migrated from England to New England and become an inhabitant of Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony on November 25, 1639 when it was recorded that he "bought Water Merrye's house and half an acr under it in the Mylne feild..."^[2] According to the footnotes in "Lechford's Notebook" page 433, the purchase was entered into the "Book of Possessions" as about half an acre, next to Merry's own house and near Merry's Point. In 1641 "John Seberry" laid a claim against Walter Merry for "15t weh he over valued the house I bought of him for 170t by the valuation of John Button & Thomas Joy witnesses Thomas Marshall and Benjamin Gilham." According to footnotes, Thomas Marshall was a ferry-man and Benjamin Gilhim a ship-carpenter.^[3]

John Seaberry's wife's name was Grace. She became a church member on May 15, 1642.^[1] Together they had a son named Samuel on October 10, 1640.^[4] Samuel was baptized "being about a yeare and half old" on the "22th Day of the 3d Moneth 1642" the "sonne of our Sister Sarah Seaberry the wife of John Seaberry."^[5] The couple had additional children according to Fenno-Gendrot in "The Ancestry and Allied Families of Nathan Blake..." They were:^[1]

1. John, whose birth and death are unknown, but he "removed to Barbadoes."
2. Samuel, whose birth is unknown. He married Patience Kemp on November 9, 1660; died August 5, 1681.
3. some daughters.

At some point in time, John Seaberry moved to Barbados and his wife later joined him. After Seaberry's death, but before February 1650, his wife Grace married Anthonie Lane at Barbados. On October 14, 1651 she approved the sale of the Seaberry house by John Milam.^[1]

Research Notes

Disputed parents: John Seaberry's parents and origins are unknown. He was previously connected as a son of Samuel Seabury, but this was removed due to lack of source. Additionally, the following unsourced information was on this profile prior to 25 April 2013: "The name was originally Sedborough. John Seabury was from Porlake Devonshire England. Went to Barbados 1738..."

• This profile previously had unsourced place of birth: Porlock, Minehead, Somerset, England.
• More information on John Seabury can be found here.
• A source under copyright, so not online. "Little Compton Families" or another name "Little Compton Rhode Island" by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour. Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton, Rhode Island. p. 538.familysearch (no access to book)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Almira Torrey Fenno-Gendrot. "The Ancestry and Allied Families of Nathan Blake 3rd and Susan (Torrey) Blake..." Boston 1916. p. 154.see at Internet Archive
2. ↑ Appleton, McGlenen, Watkins & Whitmore. "Records Relating to the Early History of Boston ..." or "Boston Records" Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Boston. (1876-19__ ) p. 43.see at archive.org
3. ↑ Edward Everett Hale. "Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, esq., lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641." J. Wilson & son, Cambridge. (1885). pp 432, 433.see at archive.org
4. ↑ "Records of Boston" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, October 1848, Vol. 2, p. 401.American Ancestors
5. ↑ Walter Muir Whitehill, editor. "The Records of the First Church in Boston 1630-1868" Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Vol. 39, p. 289.link

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101808525/john-seabury: accessed 04 February 2024), memorial page for John Seabury (1600–1649), Find A Grave: Memorial #101808525; Burial Details Unknown, Burial site unknown; Maintained by suziesheree (contributor 48231707). (Burial details unknown.)
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; R
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;