Robert Terry migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 7, p. 9) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm
Biography
Robert Terry immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Flushing, Province of New York.
Robert Terry was born in England about 1610 (aged 25 on 13 July 1635). He came from London to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the James[1]
on 13 July 1635, "Robert Terry," aged 25, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the James.
Robert Terry was almost certainly a brother of Richard Terry {1635, Lynn} and THOMAS TERRY {1635, Lynn}.
He first settled in Saugus, Massachusetts Bay Colony which later was renamed to "Lynn." By 1640 he had moved to Southampton, Long Island where he was a witness for the Indian deed for Southampton on December 13, 1640. It is recorded on December 5, 1646 that he was delinquent in paying his taxes at Southampton.
Robert moved to Flushing, Long Island, New Netherland by 1651.
He was not a signer of the Flushing Remonstrance in 1657.
He was on the New York petit jury in 1665, 1670, and 1671.
On September 17, 1666 he was on a committee regarding the dispute between Grravesend and Flatbusy about a highway.
He was a Flushing magistrate in 1652
He was on a committee to "procure redress against encroachments by the town of Hempstead" on January 26, 1657.
As "Robard Tery" he agreed to a land grant to William Lawrence at Flushing on February 15, 1670.
In the Will of Edward Farrington, dated 1673, he was mentioned as the owner of a lot bordering on a parcel that Farrington bequeathed to his son Matthew. No mention was made of a relationship between them. This may suggest that Robert Terry was still living at that time.[2]
He married by about 1654 (probably earlier) to Sarah Farrington. Her father, Edmund Farrington included in his will of August 12, 1667 a bequest to "my son Roberd Terry". They probably had one son:
John Terry who was born by 1654 and was residing in Flushing in 1675, 1683, and 1688 whose name appears in the valuations of estates at Flushing in 1675, 1683, and 1688; so he was an adult by 1675.
Robert Terry's death occurred after 14 February 1670/1 (when he witnessed a will) and before 1675 (when his name was not on the list of estates at Flushing but his presumed son's name was).
Robert was born in 1610.
Sources
↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. p. 9. Sketch of Robert Terry.subscription
↑ Collections of the New-York Historical Society: 1893.Vol 26, p. 412. Will
This profile is based on Robert Charles Anderson's "The Great Migration" unless otherwise cited.
Bowne House: Profiles of the Flushing Charter Signers. Farrington
History of Queen's County. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co.; 1882.
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