My Puritan Great Migration ancestors

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Contents 1 Bullard family 2 Chauncy 3 Crosswell and Upham 4 Dana

Bullard family

From Barnham, Suffolk. Lack of English sources - perhaps no records because they were non-conformists.

• Robert Bullard (abt.1598-1639)
• Ann (Martyn) Thorpe (1604-1660)
• Ann (Bullard) Dana (abt.1625-1711) said to have been born Barnham, Suffolk but no source. Married Richard Dana 1648 Cambridge, Massachusetts

Chauncy

• Charles Chauncey (bef.1592-1672)

In 1638 Charles moved to Massachusetts, where he ministered initially at Plymouth. Difficulties over his Puritan attitude to baptism (he argued that full immersion was required) led to him moving to Scituate.

• Catherine (Eyre) Chauncey (abt.1604-1667)

She was the mother of nine children. All six of her sons became minsters. She immigrated with her husband to America in 1637.

• Ichabod Chauncy (1635-1691)

Ichabod was brought to Massachusetts in 1638, when he was about three years old.

Crosswell and Upham

• Thomas Crosswell (abt.1639-1708)
• Priscilla (Upham) Crosswell (1642-1717) born Massachusetts
• John Upham (abt.1599-1681) migrated from Bickford, Devon

John Upham, son of RIchard Upham of Bicton, Devon England was born c 1599. In a deposition given on November 6, 1679, he stated his age as 79 Years.

In his father Richard Upham of Bicton, Devon will, he left small bequests to his children in New England, including son John 'if he come for it."

He married Elizabeth Slade at Bicton, Devon on November 1, 1626.

John aged 35, his wife Elizabeth aged 32, sons John Jr. aged 7 and Nathaniel aged 5, daughter Elizabeth aged 3 and his sister Sarah Upham aged 26, were passengers for New England on the ship Marygould out of Weymouth, Dorset, England on March 20, 1635. His family was part of a group of twenty one families, followers of by Reverend Joseph Hull, previously rector at Northleigh in Devon, who assembled the group to set sail for New England.

1635: Arrived in New England and settled at Weymouth.

1635: July 8: Governor Winthrop granted Mr. Hull, minister, and the 21 families with him, the plantation at Wessaguscus (renamed Weymouth).

1635: Admission to the church at Weymouth by September.

1635: September 2: Named on the list of Weymouth Freemen.

1636: June 12: John was granted a 30 acre 'great lot' at Weymouth.

1636 (May): 1637 (May): 1637 (September); 1638: (May): 1638/9: (March): 1639 (September): Deputy to the Massachusetts Bay General Court, representing Weymouth. [1]

1639: November 5: Chosen Commissioner to end small causes.

1642: April 26: The Indians who claimed possession of Wessaguscus sold the land by deed to the town of Weymouth, freeing the land for the planters, including John Upham's land.

1643: His land holdings at Weymouth including his 30 acre great lot, 4 acres in the 'King Okehill', 2 acres in 'Harrises Range' and 2 acres of salt marsh.

1643: 45: 46: 47: Chosen Selectman.

1650/1: Removed to Malden, Massachusetts.

1651: 53: 55: 57: 59: Selectman at Malden.

1657 (April): 1662 (April): 1662 (October): Served on the Middlesex Grand Jury.

1657 (April): 1659 (April): 1662 (June): 1665/6 (March): 1666/7 (February): Chosen Commissioner to end small causes at Malden.

1658: June: Deacon of the church at Malden.

1662: July 2: John deeded the 'mansion where I dwell' with barns, outhouse, and several parcels of land to his daughter-in-law Elizabeth, wife of son Nathaniel deceased, reserving the right of myself and my wife Elizabeth until our decease.

1664: October 13: He deeded his son Phineas his 12 acre homelot, with house, outhouse, yard, gardens and fruit orchard, reserving one half the fruit, and reserving his and his wife Elizabeth's rights until death. In addition, Phineas was deeded two 4 acres lots of salt marsh, one being in Charlestown.

1664: November 20: John Upham of Malden purchased 3 acres of Seth Switsher of Charlestown.

1670/1: February 2: John deeded the 'mansion in which I now dwell' with 11 acres, and 3 other lots to son Phineas, reserving his and his wife Elizabeth's rights, and the right's of Elizabeth Thomson, widow of son Nathaniel, until their deaths. His wife Elizabeth died soon after February 2, 1670/1.

John married second Katherine (Richards) Hollard, widow of Angell Hollard. The marriage took place soon after August 14, 1671, when John Upham Sr. of Malden declared his intention to marry the widow and proclaimed he would not take any goods, estates etc. belonging to Katherine or her former husband Angell Hollard. The Hollard's had been passengers on the ship Marygould with the Upham family.

John died at Malden on February 25, 1681/2. His gravestone is in the Old Burying Ground at Malden, where his inscription reads: Here Lyes the Body of John Upham, Aged 84, died February 25, 1681.

Dana

• Richard Dana (bef.1617-1690)