Tenn Men of Saugust

Date: 3 Apr 1637 [unknown]
Location: Plymouth Colony

Contents 1 WikiTree Pages of Interest 2 Historical Significance 3 The Record 4 Bibliographic Notes 5 Research Notes 6 Sources

WikiTree Pages of Interest

• Edmond Freeman--Edmund Freeman (1596-bef.1682)
• Henry Feake--Henry Feake (abt.1590-1657)
• Thomas Dexter--Thomas Dexter (abt.1588-bef.1677)
• Edward Dillingham--Edward Dillingham (abt.1595-bef.1667)
• William Wood--__________; not William Wood (abt.1582-1671)
• John Carman--John Kirman (bef.1612-abt.1640)
• Richard Chadwell--Richard Chadwell (abt.1615-1681)
• Willm Almey--William Almy (1601-bef.1677),
• Thomas Tupper--Thomas Tupper Sr (1578-1676)
• George Knott--George Knott (1593-abt.1648)

Historical Significance

In 1637, these "tenn men of Saugust" became the original grantees of the town of Sandwich.

A plaque memorializing these men hangs in the Sandwich Town Hall. A blog post about the plaque includes interesting history about the settlement. See Sandwich Historical Commission, "Ten Men of Saugus Plaque ...," blog of 13 June 2016; web content, SandwichHistory.org, crediting Kathy Coggeshall, photographer.

See also "Saugus, Massachusetts"; web content, Wikipedia.

The Record

At a Court of Assistant[s] held the third of Aprill, 1687, in the xiijth Yeare of the Raigne of our Souraigne Lord, Charles, by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France, & Ireland Kinge, Defendor, &c. ...^[1]

It is also agreed by the Court that those tenn men of Saugust, viz, Edmond Freeman, Henry Feake, TJiomas Dexter, Edward Dilhngham, William Wood, John Carman, Richard Chadwell, Wilim Almey, Thomas Tupper, & George Knott shall haue liberty to view a place to sitt downe & haue sufficient lands for three score famylies, vpon the condi[ci]ons ppounded to them by the Gounor and Mr Winslowe.

Bibliographic Notes

Plymouth Colony Records Nathaniel B. Shurleff, ed. (v. 1-8) and David Pulsifer, ed. (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. in 10 (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-1861), 1 (1633-1640):57 (3 April 1637); digital images, HathiTrust.

Anderson, et al.

• Edmond Freeman. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), 576-582 (Edmond Freeman); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
• Henry Feake. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated continuously (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 654-656 (Henry Feake); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
• Thomas Dexter. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated continuously (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 540-545 (Thomas Dexter); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
• Edward Dillingham.
• William Wood. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated continuously, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2052-2054 (William Wood); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
• John Carman. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated continuously, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1133-1135 (John Kirman); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
• Richard Chadwell. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640: A Concise Compendium (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 59.
• Willm Almey. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), 42-47 (William Almy); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors
• Thomas Tupper.
• George Knott.

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurleff, ed. (v. 1-8) and David Pulsifer, ed. (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. in 10 (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-1861), 1 (1633-1640):57 (3 April 1637); digital images, HathiTrust.

• "Lynn, Massachusetts"; web content, Wikipedia, "The area today encompassing Lynn was originally incorporated in 1629 as Saugus, the Massachusett name for the area. Three years after the settlement in Salem, five families moved onto Naumkeag lands in the interior of Lynn, then known as Saugus ..."