Biography

Miriam Moulton, daughter of Robert Moulton and Mary Smith, was born about 1614 in Scratby, Norfolk, England.^[1]Church records that would have provided a more exact date do not exist for the year in which James Moulton’s baptism probably would have been recorded. Evidence of the location of the family's residence at the time of James' birth was found in a 1606 deposition made by his father, Robert. In the deposition:

Listed as a husbandman, he [Robert] stated at that time he was 41 years old, that he had lived in Scratby for approximately ten years and prior to that in Ormesby where he was born. ^[2]

Miriam (presumably unmarried at the time) was listed in her father's will of 8 October 1633:

Item I give and bequeath unto Miriam my daughter fforty pounds of Lawfull money of England to be paid by my Executers three yeares next after my decease Vizt, one halfe at the feast of John Baptist and the other halfe at the feast of the nativity of our lord Christ whiche shall happen three yeares after my decease, as aforesaid.^[3]

Sometime around 1633, Elizabeth married Henry Skerry and had one son in England. On April 11, 1637, the family of seven were examined in preparation for their journey to New England and the following details were recorded:

"The examination of JOHN MOULTON, of Ormsby, in Norfolk, husbandman,

aged 38 years, and ANNE, his wife, aged 38 years, with 5 children - HENRY, MARCY, ANNE, JANE, AND BRIDGETT, and 2 servants, ADAM GOODENS, aged 20 years, and ALLIS EDEN, aged 18 years, are all desirous to pass to New England, there to inhabitt and abide." ^[4][5][6].

The family sailed on the ship "Rose" of Yarmouth or on the "John and Dorethey" of Ipswich which traveled together. Also traveling on one of those ships were John's brother (Thomas), John's sisters (Miriam & Ruth), John's sister's family (Henry & Elizabeth Skerry) and John's 2nd cousin once removed (William Moulton).^[4] They arrived in Boston on June 8, 1637..//^[4][7][8].

The family sailed on the ship "Rose" of Yarmouth or on the "John and Dorethey" of Ipswich since the ships traveled together. Also traveling on one of those ships were Elizabeth's brother, John Moulton and his family and Elizabeth's sisters Miriam and Ruth.^[4] They arrived in Boston on June 8, 1637. Elizabeth's brothers, James (and his family) and Thomas, are presumed to also have been on one of these ships or a third ship that left Yarmouth around the same time.

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"’The following named passengers sailed in these two ships from Ipswich (England), and arrived June 8 (1637) at Boston.(Winthrop: Journal, 1, 222.) It is not possible to allocate them to either ship...’ (Public Record Office MSS)

‘John and Dorothy’ of Ipswich, William Andrews, Master

‘Rose’ of Yarmouth, William Andrews, Jr., Master

John Moulton age 38 husbandman of Ormsby, Norfolk, England. Removed to Newbury, then Hampton, NH

Mrs. Anne Moulton age 38

Henry Moulton

Mercy Moulton

Anne Moulton

Jane Moulton

Bridget Moulton

Adam Goodens age 20 servant

Alice Eden age 18

Mrs. Mary Moulton 30 widow

Miriam Moulton age 23

Ruth Moulton age 20

John Marston age 20 servant

Thomas Moulton age 31 husbandman of Ornsby, Norfolk, England. Removed to Hampton, NH and York, Maine.”^[10]

Miriam married Thomas King about 1640 in Exeter, New Hampshire. "by 1641"

From the Essex Antiquarian Vol 4: age 90 1642

Robt Cocker betrothed himself too securely to one maiden, and then contracted with another woman. To be severely whipped and to pay to Thomas King, who subsequently married the first maiden five pounds.^[11]

Robert Coaker of Newbury and Miriam King" of Hampton were presented for fornication in december 1641 at the Ipswich Court (EQC 1:39), but we have to wait a year to get more of the story. It seems that Robert had betrothed himself too securely to one maiden, and then contracted with another woman." He was sentenced to be severely whipped and to pay Thomas King, who subsequently married the first maiden L5. Thomas King married Miriam Moulton the "one maiden" in the above account.

Thomas King of Exeter made is Will, 11 Mar. 1666-67, proved 0 Apr 1667. He gave to beloved wife Miriam King for life or re-marriage, property in Exeter, and after her death to Jonathan Thing of Exeter "& my cossen Henery Moulton of Hampton for the use & benefitt of his second son thatt shall live & Arive unto ye Age of twenty one years" each to have one-half - To "Cosen Christian Dolhorth" twenty acres of Land in Exeter - to "william willy my servant" fifty acres of land promised him and his time. To wife all cattle household goods, etc., for life or marriage, if she married then she to have one third but John Moulton to have L10 towards his building a house and to Christian Dolhorth ten pounds when he shall settle and build. After wife's decease, one third part of estate to "Coson Henery Moulton& one third partt to Jonathan Thinge and one third partt to my Cousin Christian Dolhorth if the sd Jonathan and Henery shall see thatt he settle him selfe In some provable way of Good husbandry and the sd third partt together with twenty Acres of land formerly mentioned to be & Remain unto the first Child which hee the sd Christian shall have by my Cosson Rachel his prsentt wife." He appointed "his loveing Cossen Henry Moulton & my Neighbor & Countrey Man Jonathan Thing to be executors.^[12] On October 11, 1671, after Thomas King's death, Nathaniel Boulter, Miriam King's attorney, sued Henry Moulton and Jonathan Thing "for not making good certain articles of agreement made with the said Miriam concerning her maintenance and for detaining certain estate given her by her husband." She lost the case to Moulton and Thing and the Court said, "that the widow King ought not to assign her yearly maintenance to any one man but ought to take the advice of her husband's executors, because she and they had made a covenant and she had no power to assign it."^[12]== Sources ==

1. ↑ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register]] (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.) Vol. 141, Page 327
2. ↑ Moulton, Joy Wade. "Some doubts about the English Background of the Moulton Family." New England Historical and Genologial Register. 144: 260 AmAncestors($)
3. ↑ Church of England, Archdeaconry of Norwich Court, Wills and Administrations, 1469-1857. Regd. copy wills, v. 44, 1632-1634. Robert's Will.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality page 291
5. ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Annotation: From documents in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Public Record Office, London. Passengers to New England on the John and Dorothy and the Rose, pp. 21-23; passengers to New England on the Marey Anne, pp. 29-30; passengers to Holland not indexed. Full
6. ↑ Jewson, Charles Boardman. Transcript of Three Registers of Passengers from Great Yarmouth to Holland and New England, 1637-1639. (Norfolk Record Society Publications, 25.) Norwich: Norfolk Record Society, 1954. 98p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1964.
7. ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Annotation: From documents in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Public Record Office, London. Passengers to New England on the John and Dorothy and the Rose, pp. 21-23; passengers to New England on the Marey Anne, pp. 29-30; passengers to Holland not indexed. Full
8. ↑ Jewson, Charles Boardman. Transcript of Three Registers of Passengers from Great Yarmouth to Holland and New England, 1637-1639. (Norfolk Record Society Publications, 25.) Norwich: Norfolk Record Society, 1954. 98p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1964.
9. ↑ “Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012)
10. ↑ BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. The Planters of the Commonwealth; a Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: To Which Are Added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships which Brought Them; Their English Homes, and the Places of Their Settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. 231p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1961. Repr. 1984. Page:185
11. ↑ Essex Court
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Mary Lovering Holman. "Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury & John Sargent Pillsbury." Rumford Press, Concord, NH. (1938).see at archive.org

See Also:

• Noyse, Libby, Thornton. "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire" Vol. 4, p. 499.see at FamilySearch.org