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David Shapley,
Jr. (David) was born circa 1677 or 1678 BE5 and married Hepsibah French on November
13, 1704 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts VI10, BE5, DA12. David “Shaplin” and “Hepsibae”, his wife,
“Received ye sum of fifteen pounds in Moveable estate”
from the settlement of John French’s estate on August 25, 1707 AM1. On February 26, 1710/11, David sold sixteen
acres of meadow and upland in the towns of Rowley and Boxford, which had been
given to him by his father, to John Hovey of Rowley for the sum of twenty-one
pounds BE5. He and his family then relocated to
Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut BE5.
Captain John Chandler sold land LA16, BE5 on the French River to David on January 21, 1714/5 BE5. The Shapley house that was originally
built on that land in 1715 was moved in 1935 to a new location on Shapley Road,
which was then called Decatur Street, in Gloucester, Massachusetts BE5.
David Shapley was admitted as a member of the Putnam
Congregational Church (formerly called North Killingly) in Windham County, Connecticut
on October 17, 1717 CO29, LA17, and
he was part of the original group of people who created a new church in
Thompson, Connecticut BA44. On
January 28, 1730, the Second Church of Killingly was incorporated, and the
Reverends John Fisk, Ebenezer Williams, and Amos Throop held services during
the morning and afternoon BA44. On
March 16, 1735, David donated a parcel of land near the French River, which was
to become a cemetery BE5.
He died at age sixty
on October 5, 1737 in West Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut and was buried
in West Thompson Cemetery BE5. His
will was written on August 11, 1737 and was “Extracted out of The original and
Recorded” on May 11, 1739 by John Crery, Clerk of Probate; this may explain why
David’s name was incorrectly written as “Daniel” in the first line CO9. The other instances of David’s name in
his will and probate record were written properly. David’s will was proved on
January 10, 1737/8 before Temathy Peirce, Esquire, the Judge of the Probate
Court in Plainfield, but earlier, on November 24, 1737, the witnesses to his
will appeared before Joseph Cady, the Justice of the Peace in Killingly, and
swore that they saw David Shapley sign his last will and testament CO9. A transcription of his will, as well as
the inventory of his estate, which was conducted on December 4, 1737 by
Benjamen Bigsbe and Thomas Corvers (or Conners), follows CO9, CO31:
In The
Name of God amen ye 11th Day
of august A.D. 1737 I Daniel Shapley of Killingsly In ye County of wendham In ye
Coloney of Connecticut In new england husbandman being Weak of body but of
perfict mind and memory Thanks be Given unto God Theirefor Caling to mind ye Mortality of my body and Knowing that It is appointed for all men
once to Dye do make and ordain this my last Will and Testement that Is to say
Princeapaly and first of all I Give and Recomend my soul Into ye hands of God Who Gave It and my body I Recomend to ye Earth to be buried In Decent Christian burial at ye Discretion of my Executors nothing Doubting but at ye General Resurection I Shall Receve ye same again by ye
mighty powr of God: and as touching such Worldly Estate Where with It hath
pleased God to bles me In this life I Give Demis and Dispose of ye same In ye
following maner and form
Imprimas:
I Give to my Well beloved Wife Hephizibah Shapley ye use and Improvement of on cellar and ye lowar Roome In ye west
End of my now dwelling hows so long as she shal Remain my Widow Togather With
so much of ye Income of my Estate as she
shall Requiar for her Comfort and support both In sicknes and health also my
Will Is that after my Decease my beloved Wife shall have all my moveable Estate
Within Doars to Dispose of among hur Children as she Shall secause [see cause]
or use for hur Comfort douring hur Widowhod and farther my Will Is that In Case
my beloved wife shall mary again after my Deceas She Shall have of moveable
Estate to Cary away with hur ye sum
of Thirty 30 pounds to be paide hur by my son John Shapley
Item I
Give to my Well beloved son David Shapley besids What he Hath already had and
to his heirs for Ever all ye
upland and meadow belonging To my homsted lying on ye East side of stoney River so called Excepting ye Reservations heare after to be mentioned he paying Eighty pounds
unto His sisters viz twenty pounds to sarah Shapley twenty pounds to Phebe
Shapley twenty pounds to mary Shapley and twenty pound to Lydia Shapley
Item I
Give to my Wel beloved son John Shapley all my home lott on ye West Side ye River
Caled Stoney River together with all my Buldings and moveable Estate Without
Doars Whatsoever and farther my Will is that my sons William and Thomas Shapley
shall Work with my son John untill thay arive to ye age of Twenty one years and my Will Is that sume time before they
shall arive to sd age my son John Shall break
up and fence on Williams farm and on Thomases farm three acres of land for Each
of Them In Convenant Places and shall provide for Each of them when They Come
to ye age of twenty one years two suts of appariel one for lords Days
and one for Working Days
Item I
Give unto my Wel beloved son William Shapley all my first Division of land In
Killingsly lying at oake plain so Caled he paying to his sister mary Shapley
three years after he Shall arive to ye age
of Twenty one years ye sume
of twenty pounds
It: I
Give unto my Wel beloved son Thos
Shapley all my second Division of land lying ajoyning to my aforesd first Division of land at oake Plain so Caled he paying unto his
sister lydia Shapley three years after he shall arive to ye age of twenty one years ye sume
of twenty Pounds
Item I
Give unto my Well beloved Daughter sarah Shapley ye sume of fourty pounds to be paid hur out of my Estate by my two
sons David and John Shapley Each of them to pay hur twenty pounds at her
mariage or as She may otharwise stand In need of It
Item I
Give unto my Well beloved Daughter Hephzibah Shapley The sume of fourty pounds
to be paide hur out of my Estate by my son John Shapley upon ye Day of her mariage and my Will Is that In Case my sd Daughter should not mary that shee shall have ye lebarty of Dwelling In my hows with hur sd brother John and he shall provide for hur ye nesesaries of life and after hur Deceas hur portion shall Remain
In ye hands of hur sd
brother John and his heirs for Ever
Item I
Give unto my Welbeloved Daughter Phebe Shapley Fourty pounds to be paide hur
out of my Estate by my two sons David and John Shapley thay pay ing twenty
pounds Each at ye time of hur mariage or as she
shall otharwise stand In need
Item I
give unto my Well beloved Daughter Mary Shapley fourty pounds to [be] Paide hur
out of my Estate by sons David and William Shapley my son David to pay hur
twenty pounds at her mariage or as she shall othar wise stand In need ye othar twenty pounds to be paide hur by my son William When she
shall arive to ye age of twenty four years
Item I
Give unto my Welbeloved Daughter lydia Shapley fourty pounds To be paide hur
out of my Estate by my sons David and Thomas Shapley my son David to pay hur
twenty pounds at hur mariage or as she shall othar ways stand In need and ye othar twenty pounds to be paide hur by my son Thomas Shapley When
he [sic] shall arive to ye age of twenty four years
Item I
Give to ye Parish of Thomson a Convenant highway as ye Path Is now Trod from land of Samson Hows over ye hors bridg on Stoney River and so up Stream by ye River side till It Coms to my East bounds also a Convenant
highway from ye southwest Corner of Edward
Corvers-s land by ye south
west side of ye beuring place untill It coms
to ye oald Road leading to Thomson meating hows Togather with land for
a Convenant Buring place on ye plain
Where persons have already began to beury their Dead sd land To be for ye use
of ye parish for a Road and buring place forEver and my Will Is that my
son John Shapley shall pay all my Debts and Funaral Charges and Shall Receve
all Debts Dow to my Estate Fartharmore I Constitute and ordain my Dearly
beloved Wife Hephzibath Shapley and my beloved son John Shapley my sole
Executors of this my last Will and Testement and I Do heareby Disalow Revoak
and Disanull all and Every othar and formar Testements Wills legasies and
bequests and Executors by me In any Wise before named Will and bequeathd Ratifieing Confirming this and no othar to be my last Will and
Testement In Witnes Whereaf I have heare unto set my hand & seal ye day and year above Writen
Signed
Sealed Published pronounced and Declared By ye sd David Shapley as his last
Will and Testement In ye
Presents of us ye subscribars
Isaac
Jewitt junr
Temethey
Cooper
Perley
Howe
One
payr of oxen… five Cows… 3 hefers 3 year oald… 4 yearlings… one bull & two
Calves… 17 Shep… 2 horses… two swine… Grain… Cart and wheals… two ploughs…
Chains & othar Iron ware wch
belongs to husbandry [squeezed after the word “husbandry” but before the
appraised value was the letter “a” and above this was a word which may have
been “broad”, but it was written in an extremely cramped hand]… a leme and
Tacklin [loom and tackling]… a Grind stone… armour… Waring Cloaths… Beds and
furniture to them with ye
living [the preceding word is questionable] belonging to ye hows… a Care to ye
Estate by a bond Ches [the preceding words “Care” and the word which appeared
to read “Ches” are questionable]… Brass and Iron In ye hows… Puter and Earthan Ware and Wooden Dishes… Wooden lumbar and
Chains… spinning Wheals… a sadle and furniture… books
Information
about the Shapley residence was gleaned from the Fall 2005 edition of The
Thompson Historical Society Newsletter, with permission granted to
reproduce the text TH29:
Strange as it may seem, one of Connecticut’s
oldest houses is now situated in Massachusetts. The building shown in the
sketch [not included here], and which dates back 218 years, was moved last year
to Decatur Street, Bass Rock, from Thompson, Ct. It is owned by Edward Ingraham
of 7 Lowell street, Cambridge. When the house was built, the town of Thompson
was known as Killingly, Ct. It was first owned by David Shapley, a weaver.
Later it came into the possession of John Hichols [sic] of Kansas City,
who sold it to the present owner. It was carried to its present site in 12
truckloads, the moving being done under the supervision of Harold F. Conant.
The distance was 104 miles. The front door of the house was not a part of the
original Connecticut dwelling. It came from the Ballou house in Cumberland,
R.I., which adjoined the birthplace of President Garfield’s mother. Before the
door is a stone eight feet square and weighing two and one-half tons.
Hepsibah French (John, Phoebe) was also known as “Epsaba”,
“Hepzibah”, and “Hephzibah”, and was born on February 2, 1678/9 in Topsfield,
Essex County, Massachusetts DA12, BE5.
The Topsfield birth record of the daughter born to John French on that date
indicated that her name was “Phebea” MA20, VI10,
but this name does seem somewhat unlikely, as John and Phoebe already had a
daughter named Phebe, who was still alive at that time, for she married John
Gould on November 10, 1684 DA12. Hepsibae and David Shaplin were named in the division of the
estate of her father, John French, on August 25, 1707 AM1. Hepzibah Shapley, the wife of David, became a member of the Putnam
Congregational Church (formerly called North Killingly), located at Putnam
Heights in Windham County, Connecticut on October 13, 1717 CO29, which was five months after her daughter, Mary, was baptized in
that church, and four days before her husband was baptized or became a church
member LA17. She was the mother of David, Richard,
Hepzibah, John, Sarah, Phebe,
Mary, William, Lydia, Olive, and Thomas BE5.
David Shepley, the son of David, was baptized at
Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts on August 26, 1705 VI10; a birth record from Rowley, Essex
County, Massachusetts stated “David Shapley, the son of David and Epsaba, born:
24 day of Agust in the year 1705” MA26. David was mentioned in the will of his father, dated August
11, 1737 CO31. David Shapley described himself as a
husbandman from Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut when he wrote his will
on April 13, 1757, in which he mentioned his wife, Jean, and his non-biological
daughter, “mary Kilburn (that I have brought up from a Child)” CO31. His will was witnessed by Danel
Russells, James Leavens, and Jacob Dresser, and was proved on June 25, 1757;
five days later, the inventory of his estate was conducted by Jacob Dresser and
James Leavens CO31.
Richard
Shapley, the son of David, was baptized at Topsfield, Essex County,
Massachusetts on April 6, 1707 VI10. Richard
Shaply died at age twenty-one years on March 23, 1730 and was buried in the
West Thompson Cemetery in West Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut CO30.
Hepzibah
Shapley was mentioned
as an unmarried woman in the will of her father, dated August 11, 1737 CO31:
Item
I Give unto my Well beloved Daughter Hephzibah Shapley The sume of fourty
pounds to be paide hur out of my Estate by my son John Shapley upon ye Day of her mariage and my Will Is that In Case my sd Daughter should not mary that shee shall have ye lebarty of Dwelling In my hows with hur sd brother John and he shall provide for hur ye nesesaries of life and after hur Deceas hur portion shall
Remain In ye hands of hur sd
brother John and his heirs for Ever
Hepzibah was said
to have been born about 1708 and died at about age ninety in February 1794
within the Shaker Society community in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York BE5.
John
Shapley was born about 1710 BE5 and
married Abigail Johnson on November 10, 1735 at the Congregational Church of
Thompson in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut BA45. John was mentioned in the will of his father, dated August 11,
1737 CO31. John Shapley was the father of nine children whose baptisms
were recorded in the Thompson Congregational Church in Thompson, Windham
County, Connecticut CO29.
These were Hannah, baptized on October 24, 1736, Mary, baptized on February 12,
1738, Hepzibah, baptized on April 15, 1739, Abigail, baptized on October 5,
1740, David, baptized on May 9, 1742, Mary, baptized on January 1, 1744, John,
baptized on March 2, 1746, Olive, baptized on December 27, 1747, and Lydia,
baptized on January 28, 1750 CO29. John
Shapley of Somers, Hartford County (now Tolland County), Connecticut wrote his
will on February 28, 1767, which mentioned his wife, Abigail, and children,
David Shapley, Han[n]ah Pease, Hepsibah Shapley, Abigail Shapley, Mary
Stebbins, Olive Shapley, Lydia Shapley, and John Shapley CO31. His will was witnessed by James Wood, Martha Raynolds, and Samll Raynolds was proved in court on May 11, 1767 CO31. The inventory of his estate was conducted on April 22, 1767
and was appraised with a value of over ₤125 by Josiah Hall and Emery
Pease CO31.
Sarah Shapley married Jonathan Knapp on April 21,
1741 at the Congregational Church of Thompson in Thompson, Windham County,
Connecticut BA45. Sarah was mentioned in the will of her
father, dated August 11, 1737 CO31.
Phebe
Shapley, the daughter of David, was baptized on the 12th day of an unknown month in 1715 at the Putnam
Congregational Church (formerly called North Killingly) in Windham County,
Connecticut by “Mr. Dwight” CO29. Phebe was mentioned in the will of her father, dated August 11,
1737 CO31. The records of Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts state
that Phebee Shapley and Ebenezer Coburn declared their intent to marry on
December 31, 1737 MA26; Phebe
Shapley married Ebenezer Coburn of Dudley on January 18, 1738 at the
Congregational Church of Thompson in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut BA45. Phebe and Ebenezer Coburn were the parents of six children
whose births were recorded in Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts MA26. These were Phebe, born on March 20, 1741, Richard, born on March
1, 1743, Bathsheba, born on January 15, 1745, Ebenezer, born on September 18,
1747, Clement, born on September 19, 1749, and Moses, born on September 6, 1751
MA26. Ebenezer and Clement also had baptismal records with dates
that did not match; Ebenezer was said to have been baptized on September 29,
1746 and Clement was said to have been baptized on September 25, 1748 MA26.
Mary
Shapley, the daughter of David, was baptized on May 19, 1717 at
the Putnam Congregational Church (formerly called North Killingly) in Windham
County, Connecticut by Reverend J. Fisk CO29, LA17. Mary
was mentioned in the will of her father, dated August 11, 1737 CO31. The records of Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts state
that Mary Shappley and Ebenezer Scott declared their intent to marry on October
18, 1742 MA26; Mary Shapley married Ebenezer Scott on November 11, 1741 at
the Congregational Church of Thompson in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut BA45. Ebenezer Scott may have been the father of six children whose
baptisms were recorded in Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts; the records
distinguished between Ebenezer Scott and Ebenezer Scott of Oxford MA26, so there may have been two men named Ebenezer Scott in Dudley
who fathered children. The baptismal records of children born to Ebenezer Scott
included Mary, who was baptized on December 2, 1744, Rebecka (whose father was
of Oxford), who was baptized on March 30, 1747, Ebenezer, who was baptized on
September 25, 1748, Hannah (whose father was of Oxford), who was baptized on
November 25, 1750, Sibil, who was baptized on March 17, 1754, and Abel, who was
baptized perhaps on August 1, 1762 MA26.
William
Shapley, the son of David, was baptized on April 19, 1719 at
the Putnam Congregational Church (formerly called North Killingly) in Windham
County, Connecticut by Reverend J. Fisk CO29, LA17. William
was mentioned in the will of his father, dated August 11, 1737 CO31. William Shapley “of Killingsly” married Martha Pengree on
December 11, 1744 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts VI9.
Lydea
Shapley, the daughter of David, was baptized on June 17, 1722 at
the Putnam Congregational Church (formerly called North Killingly) in Windham
County, Connecticut by Reverend J. Fisk CO29, LA17.
Lydia was mentioned in the will of her father, dated August 11, 1737 CO31. The records of Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts state
that Lydia Shapley married Phinehus Mixer on January 1, 1744/5 MA26. Lydia and Phinehus Mixer were the parents of two children
whose births were recorded in Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts MA26. These were Mary, born on April 23, 1752 and Phinehus, born on
August 18, 1758 MA26.
David
and Hepsibah were probably the parents of Olive Shaply, who died at age
ten years on November 19, 1730; she was buried in the West Thompson Cemetery in
West Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut CO30.
Thomas Shapley, the son of David, was baptized on May 3,
1724 at the Putnam
Congregational Church (formerly called North Killingly) in Windham County,
Connecticut by Reverend J. Fisk CO29, LA17.
Hepsibah Shapley died
sometime after August 11, 1737, the date of her husband’s will CO9, BE5.