Hannah Pease

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• Alternate birth: 29 Nov 1770, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Hannah married Solomon Terry on 31 Aug 1788 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Solomon (son of Samuel Terry and Mary Kellogg) was born on 31 Oct 1763 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 25 May 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Terry was born on 28 Feb 1802 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 4 Dec 1864.

Hezekiah married Hannah Meacham in 1769. Hannah (daughter of Samuel Meacham and Sarah Pope) was born on 23 Jul 1738 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Israel married Sarah Booth on 6 Jan 1726 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Zechariah Booth and Mary Harmon) was born on 10 May 1703 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 18 Jul 1792 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her tombstone reads:

In Memory of
Mrs. Sarah Wife of
Mr. Israel Pease
who died 17 [illegible]
in the 90th year of her age

Behold and view as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now so you must be
Prepare for Death and follow me.

Samuel married Sarah Pope on 7 Nov 1726 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Nathaniel Pope and Prisca Chatwell) was born about 1705 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was a stepdaughter of John¹ Meacham, her husband's uncle.

Isaac married Mindwell Osborn in 1691. Mindwell died on 19 Aug 1731 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Zechariah was a large landholder, as appears by the Springfield and Enfield records. He was several times chosen representative to the General Court at Boston, and was town-clerk from 1723 to 1729." [Genealogical Records of Some of the Descendants of Robert Booth]

Zechariah married Mary Harmon on 26 May 1696 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of John Harmon and Mary Dorchester) was born on 23 Oct 1671 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Mary Root on 12 Dec 1700 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Thomas Roote and Mary Gridley) was born on 21 Oct 1673 in Northfield, Litchfield, Connecticut; died after 9 May 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 21 Oct 1673, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Nathaniel married Prisca Chatwell on 17 Dec 1703. Prisca (daughter of Nicholas Chatwell and Sarah Yonge) was born on 22 Apr 1679 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 27 Dec 1756 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her second marriage was to Lt. John Meacham (1682-1765), a brother of BJS's direct ancestor Isaac Meacham.

Notes:

A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of John Pease says that he "sickened in the midst of making preparations for building, and died 'suddenly,' July 8, 1689. His wife had died just ten days before; his daughter Abigail died one day later, July 9. This many deaths so close together suggests the possibility of a fast-moving infectious disease.

John married Ann Cummings on 8 Dec 1669 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Ann (daughter of Isaac Commin and Anne) was born before 22 Feb 1645 in Mistley, Essex, England; was christened on 22 Feb 1645 in Mistley, Essex, England; died on 29 Jun 1689 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a weaver. He fled from Saco, Maine to Salem at the time of King Philip's War. Around 1684 he removed to Enfield, Connecticut, where he served as a constable and selectman.

His birthplace is unclear. Jacobus says it might have been England, or alternately Exeter, New Hampshire.

Simeon married Rebecca Frost on 5 Jan 1664. Rebecca (daughter of Daniel Frost and (Unknown first wife of Daniel Frost)) was born about 1640; died on 25 Dec 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Dorchester on 7 Jan 1669. Mary (daughter of Anthony Dorchester and Sarah) died on 7 Feb 1712 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1644
• Alternate birth: Abt 1645

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Active in public affairs in Enfield, he was many times moderator of its town meetings, and deputy to the Massachusetts general court from 28 May to 6 Dec 1707. (Enfield later became part of Connecticut.)

Isaac married Deborah Browning on 28 Dec 1669 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of Thomas Browning and Mary) was born before 31 Jan 1647; was christened on 31 Jan 1647 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died after 1704 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Gridley. Mary died on 28 Oct 1673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She may have been a daughter of Thomas Gridley who died in Hartford in 1655. She died a week after the birth of her daughter Mary.

Joseph married Bathshua Folger before 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sometimes called Bethseda.

Nicholas married Sarah Yonge on 15 Feb 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Christopher Yonges and Priscilla Elvin) was born on 31 Dec 1639 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 14 Mar 1718 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1638
• Alternate birth: 2 Dec 1638, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

The Salem, Massachusetts record of her marriage to Nicholas Chatwell calls her "wid. Sara March." Salem VR also shows this marriage:

MARSH, John, s. John, and Sara Younge, Mar. 20, 1661

This death:

MARSH, John, at Barbadoes, Aug. --, 1668.

And this birth:

YONGE, Sarah, d. Christopher and Prisca, last of 10m: 1639

Notes:

"Who came in the Francis from Ipswich in 1634, aged 27, and whose name appears among the inhabitants of Salem in 1637." [Frederick S. Pease, "The Pease Family," citation details below.]

He arrived on the same ship as his brother John Pease.

Robert married Lydia before 1631. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1601, Mistley, Essex, England

Notes:

Later Isaac Cummings. He and his wife probably arrived in Massachusetts around 1636. Constable in Topsfield.

Later called Isaac Cummings.

Isaac married Anne before 1628 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"[F]irst of Exeter, New Hampshire, a land measurer there in 1644. He removed to Wells, Cape Porpus and finally to Saco, where in 1654 he was on a commission to build a prison for Saco, Cape Porpus, Wells, and York."

Robert married (Unknown first wife of Robert Booth). (Unknown died before 21 Jul 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 23 Feb 1682, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Daniel married (Unknown first wife of Daniel Frost). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Came to Springfield, Mass. about 1644 probably from Maine. His home lot was the next one south of Henry Burt's. The three older Harmon brothers were all found early in Suffield history. The Harmon's had endeavored to procure a grant for a new town. They were great hunters and trappers, as the number of beaver skins and other furs sold to Major Pynchon indicate, and were probably more familiar with the topography of the town, which was a dense wilderness, than any other white men. The three Harmon brothers Samuel, Joseph, & Nathaniel revived the first land grants in Suffield in 1670." [Suffield Historical Society, "Early Suffield Families."]

John married Elizabeth about 1640. Elizabeth died on 16 May 1699 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anthony married Sarah. Sarah died on 8 Nov 1649 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Between 12 Apr 1694 and 18 Nov 1695, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

He was a weaver. First seen in Salem, then Southhold, Long Island, then in East Hampton by 1653, where he was constable in 1661. Moved back to Salem, Massachusetts in 1667 or 1668.

Possibly a son of Ambrose Meacham of Crewkerne, Somerset, whose 1613 will names a son "Jere:" who is unmentioned in any subsequent records.

Jeremiah married Margaret. Margaret died after 16 Apr 1679 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Feb 1671, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Thomas married Mary. Mary died after 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Kilbourn before 1639. Mary (daughter of Thomas Kilbourne and Frances Moody) was born about 1619 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England; died in 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 10 Sep 1666, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
• Alternate death: Abt 1667

Notes:

Emigrated in 1634 on the Mary & John. In 1658 he was punished for attending a Quaker meeting.

Joseph married Gertrude before 1644. Gertrude died after 24 Mar 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Aug 1617, Norwich, Norfolk, England
• Alternate death: Apr 1690, Nantucket, New York

Notes:

Maternal grandfather of Benjamin Franklin; also an ancestor of J. A. Folger (1835-1889), founder of the Folgers coffee company.

From the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:

Folger, Peter (1617–1690), interpreter and public official in America, was born in Norwich, the son of John Folger and Meriba Gibbs. Little is known of Folger until 1635, when he and his widower* father moved to Massachusetts. During the voyage Folger met Mary Morrill, an indentured servant, and apparently fell in love for he spent the next nine years of his life working as a weaver, miller, surveyor, and shoemaker to raise the £20 to buy out her contract and marry her in 1644. The couple had nine children that survived infancy. During the 1640s the family moved to Martha's Vineyard, an island settlement that was effectively ruled by the senior and junior Thomas Mayhew. There Folger began a long and prosperous career as an interpreter and cultural intermediary with the American Indian population. At the Mayhews' puritan mission he evangelized the native inhabitants and mastered Algonquian, a major Amerindian language family that would have enabled communication with the vast majority of American Indians in New England. About 1648 the younger Thomas Mayhew extended the mission to nearby Nantucket Island, part of the Mayhew proprietorship, which was home to several thousand American Indians. In 1659 Folger, who was by then familiar with the island through his missionary work, aided a group of white settlers who had purchased the island from the younger Thomas Mayhew in surveying Nantucket. That same year Folger also publicly declared himself a Baptist at a Martha's Vineyard town meeting, which undoubtedly agitated the puritan Mayhews and prompted Folger to move to the more tolerant colony of Rhode Island.

In 1663 Folger returned to Nantucket at the request of the island's proprietors in order to soothe worsening tensions with the native population that had arisen mainly from the interference of the white settlement's cattle with Amerindian crops. As an enticement he was awarded a half share in the proprietorship (full shares were reserved for families of original white settlers). Nantucket was something of an anomaly in the puritan New England context in that established religion did not gain a substantial foothold among the whites until the eighteenth century. The only churches on the island in Folger's time, therefore, were found among the American Indians. In such tolerance Folger comfortably settled his family, acted as an intermediary with the American Indians, and continued his highly successful evangelizing efforts. He also worked as a teacher, surveyor, miller, and farmer, and even served as the clerk of courts.

Folger's greatest triumph as chief diplomat to the American Indians came in 1665, when Metacom ‘King Philip’, arrived with a number of his warriors in pursuit of John Gibbs. Gibbs, an Amerindian from Nantucket who had recently finished his studies at Harvard, had insulted the powerful Pokanoket sachem by publicly speaking his father's name, Massasoit, which was an offence punishable by death. Gibbs was most likely a close friend of Folger, who had baptized the American Indian and given him the Christian name John Gibbs, which was the name of Folger's maternal grandfather. Neither the Amerindian nor the white population (about 100 people) was in a position to thwart Metacom through force, but Folger intervened to save Gibbs, offering his pursuer a ransom in exchange for Gibbs's life. Metacom agreed, but the people of Nantucket were only able to raise £11—significantly less than he wanted. An angry Metacom threatened to destroy the settlement, but the islanders called his bluff, threatening to attack him unless he departed, which he promptly did. A decade later Metacom led a coalition of Amerindians against New England in what became known as King Philip's War. The brutal fighting saw extensive slaughter and murder on both sides, but did not touch Nantucket.

Folger died on Nantucket Island in 1690. He was survived by a substantial family that would produce a number of prominent American scientists, merchants, and politicians, the most famous of whom was Benjamin Franklin, Folger's grandson.

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* Editorial footnote: The Oxford DNB notwithstanding, John Folger was not a widower in 1635; he married Merrable Gibbs in England no later than 25 Jan 1609 and she outlived him on Martha's Vineyard by at least four years. For further particulars see the note on the marriage of John Folger to Merrable Gibbs.

Peter married Mary Morrill in 1644 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Mary died in 1704 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Moby-Dick, chapter 24:

But if, in the face of all this, you still declare that whaling has no aesthetically noble associations connected with it, then am I ready to shiver fifty lances with you there, and unhorse you with a split helmet every time.

The whale has no famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler, you will say.

The whale no famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler? Who wrote the first account of our Leviathan? Who but mighty Job! And who composed the first narrative of a whaling-voyage? Who, but no less a prince than Alfred the Great, who, with his own royal pen, took down the words from Other, the Norwegian whale-hunter of those times! And who pronounced our glowing eulogy in Parliament? Who, but Edmund Burke!

True enough, but then whalemen themselves are poor devils; they have no good blood in their veins.

No good blood in their veins? They have something better than royal blood there. The grandmother of Benjamin Franklin was Mary Morrel; afterwards, by marriage, Mary Folger, one of the old settlers of Nantucket, and the ancestress to a long line of Folgers and harpooneers--all kith and kin to noble Benjamin--this day darting the barbed iron from one side of the world to the other.

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• Alternate death: Jun 1647, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

First at Salem; removed to Wenham about 1644. "Christopher Yongs and his wife, Priscilla, probably came from England in 1635, in the ship Love, of which his brother Joseph was master. He was a weaver, and brought looms, gearing, and cloth to this country, but had to supplement the product of his looms by fishing during its season." [Youngs Family, citation details below.]

Christopher married Priscilla Elvin before 1638. Priscilla (daughter of Richard Elvin) was born in of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died about 1646 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]