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Savage Genealogical Dictionary

Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862) v2, p 150. Internet Archive FELT , GEORGE , Charlestown 1633 , liv . on Malden side , m . Eliz . d . of wid . Prudence Wilkinson ; bef . 1663 had rem . to Casco , where his s . George sett . on lands purch . many yrs . prior by the f . was a thriving man , but after his d . the f . was oppress . by younger men and soon after 1689 , if not earlier , went back to Malden , there d . 1693 , æt . 92. By w . Eliz . wh . was adm . of the ch . 19 Jan. 1640 , had Eliz . George , and Mary , all bapt . 26 foll . and Moses , 20 Dec. 1641.

GEORGE , Falmouth , s . of the preced . m . a d . of Jane , wid . of Arthur Mackworth ( but perhaps by Samuel Andrews , her first h . ) , had George , Samuel , and Jonathan , was k . by the Ind . 23 Sept. 1676 on an isl . in the harbor . Moses , Falmouth 1689 , s . of first George , rem . to Malden , liv . there to great age . Rev.

Joseph B. Felt , the annalist of Salem , is supposed to be of this fam . but he thinks the line cannot be traced . Comp . Hubbard , Ind . Wars , 45 , Frothingham , 82 , and Willis , I. 95 , 148 , 190 .

Pope Pioneers of Massachusetts,

Page 123. HathiTrust. George Felch; Felt; Comment: mason, Charlestown, 1633, resided at Mystic Side, 1640. He deposed 20 (11) 1654, ae. about 40 years. He removed about 1640 to Casco Bay, settling at Great Cove; was one of the founders of North Yarmouth, District of Maine. He made an agreement with his son George on the day of the latter's marriage, (9) 1662, to pay him œ40. See also deed of Jane, widow of Arthur Mackworth, gent. of Falmouth, conveying to George Felt, husband of her dau. Phillippe, land bounded by that of her dau. Purchas and that of her son James Andrews. [Norf. co. rec. IV, 75.] He removed to Malden, where he petitioned Gov. Andros in 1688 for confirmation of title to land at Casco which he bought about 1670. Giving his age as about 87 years. The town aided him and his wife, 1681-1692. Wife Elizabeth, dau. of widow Prudence Wilkinson; adm. chh. Char. 19 (11) 1639. Ch. Elizabeth, (m. (9) 1655, William Leraby,) George, Mary, these three bapt. 26 (11) 1639; Mary, (m. (2) 1660, James Nichols,) Moyses, bapt. 20 (10) 1640. He d. in 1693; the widow d. in 1694. Genealogy. The son Moses, of Rumney Marsh, Boston, deposed at Salem July 6, 1722, that he lived at Casco Bay in the Province of Maine about 1658, and knew Nicholas Cole, and John Puddington who dwelt in houses of their own building at a place called Merrechancake Neck ... until driven away by the Indian enemy, said land being at Casco Bay. [Es. De. 39, 148.]

Torrey New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

Sources-Torrey FELT, George (-1693, ae 92) & Elizabeth [?WILKINSON], dau wid Prudence; ca 1633?, bef 1639; Charlestown

Notes the possible origin, baptism.

Anderson' Great Migration Begins

Sources used in the Great Migration series Citing:

  • ChTR (12, 14, 19, 20, 27, 32, 37, 42 (Land records) Inhabitant: 9, 10, 15, signed establishment of selectmen
  • ChBOP (58, 103, 104 (mentions mother in law)
  • MLR 3:154-5 (of Casco, Mason and wife)
  • YLR (3:76, 12:316-7 Grant to sons George and Moses)
  • Doc Hist ME 6: 336-7 (petition to Gov Andros re land in Caso Bay "Great Cove")
  • Pope
  • GDMNH citing Doc. Hist vi 336, YD, xii 316. Lists 214 (Account of North Yarmouth, inhabitants before 1688), 34 Land Warrants under Andros 1687-1788. See: Col Soc of Mass xxi, 292. Reference Warrant #98 p 350-1
  • ChChR 10 [wife's admission to Charlestown church) 48 (baptism of first 3 children), 50, bp of Moses)
  • Lechford 365 Petition
  • TG 3:54-56 [son George's marriage

Other Sources

Old times : a magazine devoted to the preservation and publication of documents relating to the early history of North: https://archive.org/details/oldtimesmagazine188182yarm/page/624/mode/2up?q=george+felt





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