Naomi
Silvester
formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Silvester I
— married
1632 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Lydia (Sylvester) Wright, John Silvester, Joseph Sylvester, Dinah Sylvester, Elizabeth (Sylvester) Lowell, Israel Sylvester, Naomi Sylvester and Hester Sylvester
Died
at about age 49
in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
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| Naomi (Unknown) Silvester migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
Dispute: The LNAB of RIchard Sylvester's wife Naomi has been speculated as Torrey., and she has been linked as a child to Phillip and Alice (Richards) Torrey, Most recent research show Philip and Alice had no daughter named Naomi. See: NEHGR: 163: 2009: 280. See the bulletin board discussion and links. See also: Frederic C. Torrey, The Torrey Families and Their Children in America, 1.342-44; he gives her husband as John Lowell (see 1.35) and argues that Savage is mistaken. Recent research
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Biography
Naomi (___) was the wife of Richard Sylvester. Her maiden name and origins are unknown.
Marriage and Children
- Married: Richard Silvester by 1633 (date based on birth of 1st child)
- Children of Richard Silvester and Naomi Unknown:
- I. Lydia- b. 8 Dec. 1633 Weymouth, m.1. 4 Sept. 1652 Scituate, Nathaniel Rawlins (d. 23 Dec. 1662 Scituate), 2. 25 May 1664 Scituate, Edward Wright
- II. John- b. 14 Mar. 1634/5 Weymouth, m. before 1660 Sarah ______ (living 4 Aug. 1706), will 4 Aug.- 12 Sept. 1706 Marshfield
- III. Peter- b.c.1637, bur. 13 Aug. 1642 Weymouth. Died from an accidental shooting.
- IV. Joseph- b. 12 Apr. 1638 Weymouth, m. by 1664 Mary Barstow (b. 28 Dec. 1641 Dedham, d. 16 Nov. 1708 Scituate), d.c.1715 Scituate
- V. Israel- b.c.1640, m. before 1674 Martha _____ (d. after 1726), d. 25 Mar. 1727 Norwell
- VI. Dinah- b. 2 Apr. 1642 Weymouth, living 8 Dec. 1673
- VII. Elizabeth- b. 23 Jan. 1643/4 Weymouth, m. 24 Jan. 1658/9 Scituate, John Lovell. John and Elizabeth lived in Boston, Rehoboth, Lynn, Dunstable, and Sudbury.
- VIII. Charity- b.c.1646, d. after 1 Sept. 1671
- IX. Naomi- bpt. 14 Apr. 1650 Scituate, living 31 Oct. 1666
- X. Richard- b.c.1650, d.s.p. July 1678 Hull
- XI. Hester- bpt. 26 Mar. 1654 Scituate, living 29 Oct. 1670
- XII. Benjamin- bpt. 17 May 1657 Scituate, m. before 1688 Mary Standlake (b. 24 Mar. 1665 Scituate), d. after 1733
Death
- Died: Before 26 November 1668
- Date of inventory taken.
- Burial: Second Church Cemetery, Norwell, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Inventory: "An inventory of the estate of the widdow Silvester lately taken and appraised by us whose names are underwritten the 26th of November 1668…
- Impr in neat Cattle...........................................21 19 00
- Item in a mare and Coult of two years old....06 00 00
- Item in Swine....................................................01 08 00
- Item in hay.........................................................08 10 00
- Item Rye in the barne......................................03 15 00
- Item Rye on the ground...................................01 08 00
- Item Indian Corne............................................03 00 00
- Item Beding and that which belongeth to it.10 00 00
- Item 6 paire of sheets and other linnine.......04 00 00
- Item Chistes & 1 bedstead 1 cubbord...........01 19 00
- Item in pewter...................................................01 11 00
- Item 1 copper Kettle.........................................01 00 00
- Item 1 warming pan and other brasse..........00 15 00
- Item 3 Iron potts & pothooks & Iron kettle...02 00 00
- Item 1 Spitt 1 frying pan and an Iron Trammell.00 11 06
- Item 1 pestell & morter 2 Smoothing Irons..00 08 00
- Item 700 and halfe of nailes............................00 07 06
- Item for meat in the house.............................03 14 00
- Item hemp and flax and flaxen yearn............02 05 00
- Item cotton woole and cotton yearne...........00 10 04
- Item tooles 4 axes 3 Iron wedges 1 hand saw.00 12 10
- Item 1 mattock 1 dungfork 1 hoe 2 Beetlerings.00 08 00
- Item 3 Chaines one Coler & one pair of hookes 2
pitchforkes........................................................00 05 00
- Item 8 Iron hoopes...........................................01 00 00
- Item 1 plow and Irons to it Irons of a yoke...00 08 00
- Item 1 grandstone and Crank.........................00 04 00
- Item 1 Collor & tracyes and a cartrope..........00 14 00
- Item 1 tubb 1 peck 3 pailes 2 keelers 1 Table.00 16 00
- Item 1 hetchell..................................................00 05 00
- Item Spinning wheels & Cards........................00 11 00
- Item baggs.........................................................00 12 00
- Item bees and beehives...................................01 05 00
- Item boards.......................................................00 07 00
- Item Lumber.....................................................01 17 00
- Item debts due to the estate..........................01 18 06
- Item 3 Chaines and one paire of hookes......00 19 06
- Total: ..................................................................87 04 02
- Impr in neat Cattle...........................................21 19 00
- Item Cushen, Robert Stetson[1]
Research Notes
Claimed parents/baptism: FindAGrave, Geni.com, FamilySearch, without providing a source claims that Naomi was Naomi Torrey, bp 10 March 1615, Keysham, Somerset, the daughter of Phillip and Alice (Richards) Torrey. Searches for the baptism record on FamilySearch, Ancestry, and FreeRegUK, returned no results (As of 8.6.2023). There was a Naomi (Torrey) Lowell (1641-1694), the granddaughter of Phillip. Additional evidence would be needed to connect Naomi, wife of Richard Silvester with this data.
Sources
- ↑ "Plymouth Colony Probate Records- Vol. II, pt. 2, fol. 51, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V351?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-F29%3A338083801 : 8 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 258 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
- The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620 to 1633- article on Richard Silvester- Vol. I-III- pp. 1677-81- database at NEHGS
- Barry, John Stetson. A Historical Sketch of The Town of Hanover, Mass., with Family Genealogies (S.G. Drake, Boston, 1853) P. 400.
- Memorial: "Find a Grave", database, Find A Grave: Memorial #33897584 (accessed 22 April 2023), Memorial page for Naomi Torrey Silvester (10 Mar 1614-26 Nov 1663), citing Second Church Graveyard, Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Star Rhodes (contributor 46878998). Buried in Second Church Graveyard, Norwell, Plymouth, Mass. Spouse is Richard Silvester. Many children and siblings are listed. Record lists disputed parents; no sources
- FamilySearch Person: MNNL-RWV.(has disputed family tree and unrelated sources included for child perhaps?; accessed 4/22/2023)
- Geni Naomi Silvester (Torrey), born 10mar1614 in Combe, St Nicholas, Somerset, England. Died 26Nov1668 in Scituate, Mass. Buried in Norfolk, Plymouth, Mass. Daughter of Philip Torrey Sr. and Alice Richards. Wife of Richard Sylvester. Mother of 12 listed children.
- "No mention of a daughter named Naomi in the will of Philip and Alice."
- "However, other sources have her as the Philip's daughter.
- Pane-Joyce Genealogy, David Pane-Joyce. (does not appear to have any references to Naomi ~4/22/23)
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Categories: Second Church Graveyard, Norwell, Massachusetts | Estimated Birth Date | Puritan Great Migration
Children of Philip and Alice Torrey - no Naomi.
The History of Scituate says he married 'a sister of William Torrey no first name, and that his widow at death was Naomi. https://books.google.com/books?id=DL0OAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA348&dq=richard+sylvester:naomi+torrey&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlmfHVy73dAhXOVN8KHTAWCF84ChDoAQhJMAc#v=onepage&q=Sylvester&f=false
Appparently - sister of William came from Savage's Gen Dict - All of which is discussed in NEHGR: 85: 1931: p. 250. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?volumeId=11698&pageName=250&rId=236564584
more research needs to be made before removing Torrey as her surname. This source also refers to Naomi Torrey to be Richard's wife "First Settlement to 1831, Samuel Deane, (Boston: James Loring)"