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John Emery (III) ★ (John II) was born about 1627 CU7, 1628 EM1, CU8, or 1629 CO1 in England to John Emery, Sr. EM1. He was baptized in Romsey, Hampshire, England on February 3, 1628/9 AN7. In a deposition given by him on November 25, 1662, he stated that he was about thirty-five years old, making his birth year 1627 DO14, and at a deposition given on March 29, 1670, his given age was forty-two, making his birth year 1628 DO15, and at another deposition on March 30, 1680, he stated that he was about fifty-two years old, indicating that he was born in 1628 CU8, but he stated that he was about forty-five at a deposition on September 28, 1675, which would place his birth in 1630, after his baptism DO17. He was fifty-four at another deposition on May 9, 1682 at the Ipswich Court DO19, and so he was probably born in about 1628. He and his father, sister, and uncle’s family departed from Romsey, Hampshire, England to Southampton, where they boarded the James of London in April 1635, arriving at Boston on June 2, 1635, and then they continued on to Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts EM1, ST8, SA9.
He was granted “four score akers of upland, bee it more or lesse, joyneing unto Merrimacke river on the north and running from the mouth of the Artichoke river unto a marked tree by a swamp on the northwest corner…” CU8 sometime on or before April 10, 1644, the date this grant was recorded CU8, CU7, EM1. Forty acres of this parcel was given to him from his father as a token of his love CU8, EM1.
John Emery, Jr. and his wife were married by October 10, 1650 when they were deposed in an Essex County court case TO13. The court record which was dated 10 : 8 : 1650 (October 10, 1650) stated “Wit : [witnesses] John Emery, jr., and his wife. John Emmary, sr., and his wife…” DO12. Clarence Torrey correctly stated that there is "no authentic record” which indicates that the marriage of John Emery, Jr. and Mary Webster occurred on October 2, 1648 TO13. Regarding the uncertainty of the surname of John Emery Jr.’s wife, Clarence Torrey directed his reader’s attention to the will of Mary (Shatswell) (Webster) Emery which was dated April 1, 1693 TO13. Because Mary (Shatswell) (Webster) Emery (who was the stepmother of John Emery, Jr.) did not mention Mary (one of her daughters with her first husband, John Webster), or any heirs of her daughter Mary in her will, Torrey believed that this likely meant that Mary Webster died as a single person without children TO13. He noted that the wife of her stepson, John Emery, Jr., who was also named Mary, was alive in 1693 TO13. Torrey believed that this indicated that John Emery, Jr. did not marry his stepsister, Mary Webster TO13. However, we do not know the reason that Mary (Shatswell) (Webster) Emery did not include her daughter, Mary Webster, in her will. She may have died prior to 1693, or (and this is an imaginative assumption) she may have been excluded from the will due to a strained mother/daughter relationship.
He was named in a list of men who were freeholders and had an interest in the common land of Newbury on March 1, 1651; he purchased his right to the commons from Daniel “Peirces” CU7. The condemnation and sentence of Robert Pike by the General Court in September 1653 inspired several citizens of Andover, Hampton, Haverhill, Newbury, and Salisbury to petition the court, requesting that his fine and his sentence be pardoned CU7. John Emery, Jr. was a signer of this petition CU7, EM1. He was admitted as a freeman at the Ipswich Court on March 28, 1654 DO12, CU7.
John Emery, Jr. of Newbury purchased a five-acre parcel of meadow or marsh in Newbury from Anthony and Abigail Somerby for the sum of four pounds on February 17, 1656 SA21. This land was described as being bounded on the northern side by land already in the possession of John Emery, Jr. SA21. The land described as being already in John Emery’s possession was probably the land which he actually purchased from Tristram and Judith Coffin on January 8, 1657 for the sum of fifty-five shillings SA21. This was half of another five-acre pacel of land that originally was granted to Henry Somerby (then deceased), and John was also permitted to take the profits of the other half of that parcel of meadow until Henry’s minor son, Daniell Somerby, turned eighteen SA21. The deeds below were transcribed by George Freeman Sanborn, Jr. and are reproduced here under a Creative Commons “Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International” license SA21:
To all Christian people to whom this present wrighting shall come: I, Anthony Somerby of Newbury, in the county of Essex, in New England, & Abigail my wife, send greeting: Know yee, that I the abovenamed Anthony Somerby and Abigail my wife, for & in consideracon of foure pound in hand payd & by me received, have given, granted, covenanted, enfeofed and fully bargayned & sold, and by these presents do give, grant, sell, enfeofe, confirme & make over unto John Emery Jun’r. of Newbury aforesaid, all that parcell of meddow or marsh land, conteining neare five acres, be it more or less, as it lyeth scituate in Newbury aforesayd, being bounded with a ditch on the west next to the oxe common, & a creeke on the east, Richard Bartlett’s land on the south, and the land of Tristram Coffin now in the possession of the abovesayd John Emery Jun’r. upon the north, with the fences, profitts & appurtenances thereunto belonging. To have & to hold all the abovesaid parcel of meadow, respectively to the proper use & behoofe of the abovenamed John Emery, his heirs, executors & assignes forever; and I the above named Anthony Somerby and Abigail my wife, for our selves, our heires, executors or assignes, do covenant, promise & agree to & with the said John Emery, his heires, executors or assignes, to warrantise the sale of the sayd parcell of marsh, and to free the sayd land from all & all manner of former sales, deeds, grants, covenants, bargains and engagements whatsoever; and that the sayd John Emery, his heires, executors & assignes, shall from tyme to tyme & at all tymes from henceforth forever have, hold, use, occupy, possess & injoye all the aforesd parcel of meadow, without any molestation or interruption of me the aforesd Anthony Sumerby or Abigail my wife, our heirs, executors or assignes, or any person or persons laying claime thereunto, in, by, from or under us, or any or either of us, our heires, executors or assignes. In wittness whereof I the abovenamed Anthony Sumerby & Abigaill my wife have sett our hands & seales, the seventeenth of February, in the yeare of our Lord, one thousand, six hundred fifty six. 1656.
Anthony Sumerby with a seale.
Abigaill Sumerby with a seale.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us,
Tristram Coffin.
John Allen.
To all Christian people to whome this present wrighting shall come: I, Tristram Coffin of Newbury, in the county of Essex, in New England & Judith my wife, send greeting: Know yee, that I the abovesayd Tristram Coffin for & in considderation of fifty five shillings in hand paid & by me received; have given, granted, enfeofed, covenanted & fully bargained & sould, & by these presents doe give, grant, sell, enfeofe, confirme & make over unto John Emery Jun’r. of the abovesayd towne & county, the one halfe of that parcell of land formerly granted by the towne unto Henry Somerby deceased, conteining about five acres, be it more or less, as it lyeth in Newbury aforesaid, being bounded with the land of the abovesaid John Emery on ye South & north, the oxe common on the west, and a creeke on the east, with all & Singuler the profitts, fences & apurtenances thereunto belonging. To have & to hold the one halfe of the abovesayd meadow land, to the proper use & behoofe of the abovesayd John Emery, his heires and assignes forever, as alsoe the profits of the other halfe of the sayd parcel of meadow land, untill Daniell Somerby the sonn of the abovesaid Henry Somerby, deceased, shall be of the age of eighteene yeares; and I the sayd Tristram Coffin & Judith my wife, for ourselves, our heirs, executors or assignes, do covenant, promise & agree to & with the abovesd John Emery, his heirs, executors or assignes, to warrantize the sale of the abovesayd one halfe of the parcell of meddow land, and to free the above mentioned premisses from all former deeds, sales, covenants, bargains & engagements whatsoeever, & that the sayd John Emery, his heirs, executors or assignes, shall from time to time & at all tymes from henceforth forever, use, occupie, possess and enjoy all the abovesayd one halfe of the said five acres above specified, and alsoe the other halfe of it, untill the sayd Daniell Somerby shall be of the age above mentioned, without any molestation or interruption of me the abovesayd Tristram Coffin and Judith my wife, our heirs, executors or assignes, or any other person or persons whatsoeever laying claime thereunto, in, by, from or under us, or any or either of us, either any of our heires, executors or assignes, and doe hereby acknowledge to have given possession unto the sayd John Emery of abovesayd premisses. In witness whereof the abovesaid Tristram Coffin and Judith my wife have hereunto sett my hand & seale, the eight daye of January, in the yeare of oure Lord one thousand, six hundred, fifty seaven.
Tristram Coffin with a seale.
Judith Coffin with a marke & a seale.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us,
Anthony Somerby.
John Allen.
On March 29, 1662, he made two land purchases from two different grantors, James and Ann Ordway of Newbury and Archelaus and Elizabeth Woodman of Newbury SA21. He bought two acres of marsh or meadow adjacent to Artichoke River for the sum of thirty-five shillings from James and Ann Ordway; this land was originally part of an eight-acre grant from the town of Newbury to his father, John Emery, Sr. SA21. He also bought forty acres of upland along Artichoke (also called Raspberry) River and another ten acres of meadow for the sum of thirty pounds (in addition to twelve acres of dividend land in the dividend field) from Archelaus and Elizabeth Woodman SA21. The deeds below were transcribed by George Freeman Sanborn, Jr. and are reproduced here under a Creative Commons “Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International” license SA21:
To all Christian people to whom this pr’sent wrighting shall come: I, James Ordway of Newbury, in the county of Essex, in New England, and Ann my wife, send greeting: Know yee, that I the abovesd James Ordway and Ann my wife, for & in considderation of thirty five shillings in hand paid and by me received: have given, granted, covenanted, enfeofed and fully bargained and sould & by these presents doe give, grant, enfeofe, covenant, confirme and make over unto Jno. Emery Jun’r. of the towne and county aforesaid, all that parcell of fresh marsh or meddow, conteining about two acres, be it more or less, lying and being in Newbury aforesaid, over Artichoke river, being bounded with the upland common round, and is part of the eight acre grant from the towne unto John Emerry Sen’r. with all and singuler the proffits and appurtenances thereunto belonging; To have and to hould from the day of the first possession of it, all the abovesaid premisses respectively, to the proper use and behoofe of the abovesayd John Emery, his heires, executors, administrators and assignes forever; and I the abovesaid James Ordway and Ann my wife, for ourselves, heires, executors or assignes, doe covenant promise and agree to & with the abovesayd John Emery, his heirs, executors or assignes, to warrantise the sale of the abovesaid premisses, that he the sayd John Emery, his heires, executors or assignes, shall from time to time & at all times have, hould, use, occupy, possess and enjoye from henceforth forever; all the abovesaid premisses without any lett, hinderance, molestation or incumbrance of me the above sayd James Ordway, and Ann my wife, our heires, executors or assignes, or any other person or persons lawfully claiming in, by, from or under us or any or either of us, or any of our heires, executors or assignes. In witness whereof I the abovesaid James Ordway and Ann my wife have sett our hands and seales the twenty ninth of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, six hundred and sixty two.
James Ordway and a marke and seale.
Ann Ordway& a marke & seale.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us,
Anthony Somerby.
Abiell Somerby.
To all Christian people to whom this pr’sent wrighting shall come: I, Archelaus Woodman of Newbury, in the county of Essex, in New England, and Elizabeth my wife, send greeting: Know yee, that I, Archelaus Woodman above mentioned, and Elizabeth my wife, for and in considderation of thirty pounds of good marchantable pay, as alsoe in considderation of twelve acres of divident, be it more or less, lying in the divident feild yeilded to my use, in hand payd and by me received in possession: have given, granted, covenanted, aliened, enfeofed & fully bargained and sold, and by these pr’sents doe give, grant, covenant, aliene, enfeofe, sell and fully confirme & make over unto John Emery Jun’r. of the abovesaid towne & county, all my right, title & interest in and to forty acres of upland, which was granted by the towne of Newbury unto me, over Artechoke, or Rasberry river, as it is lately layd out by the lott layers, and by me the sd Archelaus Woodman given into the possession of the abovesayd John Emery, and alsoe recorded in the towne booke in the name of John Emery, scituate, lying and being in Newbury aforesaid, with ten acres of fresh meddow, more or less, beyond Artechoke river four of which was purchased of Henry Lunt, bounded with the land of the said John Emery on the west, with marked trees on each side of the upland, with AW and IE, the upland being common on the south, southeast, and northwest, with all and singuler the profitts, wood, timber and appurtenances thereunto belonging. To have & to hould all the abovesayd premisses and every part and parcell thereof, respectively to the proper use and behoofe of the abovesaid John Emery, his heires, executors and assignes forever; and I the abovesayd Archelaus Woodman and Elizabeth my wife, for ourselves, our heirs, executors and assignes, doe covenant, prmise & agree to and with the sd John Emery, his heires, executors or assignes, to warrantise the sale of all and every part and parcell of the abovesayd premisses, that the said John Emory, his heirs, executors or assignes, from time to time & at all times henceforth forever, have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoye all the abovesaid premisses, without any lett, hinderance, molestation or interruption of me the abovesaid Archelaus Woodman and Elizabeth my wife, our heires, executors or assignes, or any other person or persons whatsoeever, lawfully claiming in, by, from or under us, or any or either of us, either any or either of our heires, executors &c. and do hereby acknowledge to have given the sd premisses into the possession of the sayd John Emery. In wittnes whereof I the abovesaid Archelaus Woodman & Elizabeth my wife have sett our hands and seales, March: 29th: 1662.
Archelaus Woodman and a seale.
Elizabeth Woodman and a marke and seale.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us,
Anthony Somerby.
Abiell Somerby.
On May 3, 1669, the selectmen voted to send John Emery, Jr. and Francis Browne to Rowley Mill, and there they and men from Rowley would “run the lyne between our bounds & Rowley” CU7. On March 6, 1670/1, and again on March 2, 1673/4 he and four other men were selectmen who were chosen “to attend to the prudential affairs of the town” CU7. As a selectman, he was obliged to abide by the guidelines and regulations which were stipulated by the townspeople of Newbury on May 21, 1669 CU7:
1. The
Selectmen shall have power to call the town together.
2. To
order the business for the herds and to make Mr
Parkers Rate of £80 pr ann.
3. They
shall prohibit of all felling of the Towns timber for transport.
4. They
shall make Rates for the necessary expenses of the Towne & also to make the
County & Country Rates.
5. To
repair the meeting house, pound & stocks.
6. To looke that all strangers that come into the Towne, that they may have warning to depart in due season and to serve it according to
law in & about the Towne.
7. They
shall do nothing else without calling the Towne together to have their
approval.
8. They
are to give up their accounts at the [end of the year] to the Towne.
John Emery, Jr. of Newbury took possession of a stray mare that had a brand “R.C.” which was appraised by Ensign Greenliefe and John Bartletts at forty-five shillings, which was recorded on August 20, 1674 SA21. This horse was described as being “dunish” (this may refer to a dun horse) in front and a brown bay color toward her rear, and the term “damage feasant” used in this record SA21 indicated that this horse was probably found on John Emery’s property, perhaps eating his crops. He was employed to remove and burn the underbrush of the forest and areas in which it encroached upon the pasture and meadows of the town on March 10, 1674/5 in a record which stated “John Emery Junr undertakes the burning of the woods & making the dry herd hedg sufficient” CU7. John served as a juror on trials in 1675 and 1676, and he was selected to transport votes to Salem in those same years EM1. The list of jurors who served at Ipswich on September 28, 1675, included “John Emry” DO17, but this may have referred to his father. John and dozens of other Newbury men signed a petition to reduce the fines of three youths on April 23, 1677 DO17.
He was fifty-one in 1678, when he took the oath of allegiance in Newbury DO18, CU7. At the Ipswich Quarterly Court on March 26, 1678, John Miller, Sr. made a complaint that John Emery and John Bayly were “keeping his children from him”, and during that court session, John Emery, Jr. agreed to take on Andrew Miller as an apprentice until Andrew was twenty-one years old DO17. This contract included the stipulation that John “Emry” would teach Andrew to read and write DO17. He was granted twelve acres of land on the western bank of the Artichoke River, adjacent to his own lot, by the town of Newbury on November 22, 1678 CU7, CU8 (or March 3, 1679 EM1), with the condition that he must construct and assume responsibility for the maintenance of a corn mill; he was given a year and a half to complete this endeavor CU8, CU7, EM1. A road to reach Sergeant John Emery’s mill was constructed sometime after December 1686 CU7, CU8. The mill was later known as “Curzons Mills” EM1.
He, rather than his father, was probably the John Emery who was appointed as a highway surveyor on March 24, 1679/80 CU7, EM1; his father was still alive, but would have been quite aged for this type of task. He was one of many tithing men who were appointed by the selectmen of Newbury on March 31, 1679 CU7, EM1, and he served in that position again on March 24, 1679/80, April 25, 1681, and in the year 1684 CU7. In 1679, he was appointed to serve as a juror in Ipswich EM1, and he was probably the John Emery who was selected to serve on the Grand Jury at the Ipswich Court on September 25, 1683 RE3, but again, this may have been his father, although John Emery, Sr. died just over one month later MA26. He served on the Ipswich Grand Jury on March 25, 1684 RE3. John Emery, Jr. and Benjamin Moore were elected as fence viewers for “the upper end of the new town” on April 6, 1685 CU7. “Sergt John Emery”, Henry Jaques, and Corporal Abraham Adams were elected as way wardens on October 26, 1686 CU7.
Sergeant John Emery, Jr. was a member of a committee of seventeen men who were mostly military officials or deacons, who on May 5, 1686 were assembled to determine the most effective way of dividing the upper common land CU7. After their consultation and later their report to the town, the townsmen voted on October 20, 1686 to divide the six thousand acres of upper common land in two different halves CU7. One half would be subdivided into equal portions “to every free holder a like share”, but the other half would be divided in proportion to what each townsmen and to what each freeholder (who had paid rates for the previous two years) paid to the Minister’s Rate of 1685 CU7. The following day, the town appointed Captain Daniel Pearce (Pierce), Lieutenant Stephen Greenleaf, Lieutenant Tristram Coffin, Ensign Nathaniel Clark, Joseph Pike, Henry Short, and Sergeant John Emery to “laye out ye above sd six thousand Acres to ye freeholders and inhabitants of Newbury” CU7. They were also given the assignment of laying out a highway through this land to Bradford CU7. After one mistaken attempt at laying out the lots, on September 26, 1687, the town chose Tristram Coffin, Joseph Pike, Captain Thomas Noyes, and John Emery to record the bounds of each lot, and the name of the freeholder to whom each lot was assigned CU7. On March 2, 1687/8, the lot committee reported that they had laid out one hundred eleven lots CU7. The first lot was thirty rods wide at Bradford Road, and was CU7:
Laid out to the original right of Samuel Scullards freehold drawn or claimed by ensign Nathaniel Clark Bounded by Serj Emerys land easterly, Bradford Rode southerly, by the Second lott westerly, by the highway of four rods broad next Merrimack River northerly.
The inventory of Newbury in August 1688 reported that John Emery, Jr. owned one house, ten acres of ploughland, six acres of meadow, twenty acres of pasture, two horses, two oxen, five cows, three of which were two years old, and one of which was a yearling, six sheep, and three hogs CU7. Abraham Adams, John Emery, Moses Gerrish, Joseph Knight, and Joseph Pike were chosen as selectmen in 1689, and in that year, selectmen were to receive “only twenty shillings a piece for this years service”, and they were to immediately set about procuring eight bushels of wheat, which was to be “made into biskit… to such souldiers as shall go out against ye Indians or for ye use of the Towne otherwise, if yr be not occasion for ye end aforsd” CU7. He was a highway surveyor for the “new Towne”, or Newburyport, on April 22, 1690 CU7.
John and his son, John Emery, Jr., along with thirteen additional men, tendered two proposals to Newbury on March 11, 1689/90, on behalf of those who resided at the western part of the town CU7. The first proposal asked if the town would agree to a tax which could support two ministers, rather than one, so that the townsfolk at the western end “at the new Towne” could attend church at the West Meeting House CU7. Their second suggestion, should the first proposal meet rejection, asked if they could establish a new ministry which they would fund entirely, and further asked if the town would agree to the creation of a dividing line between the two districts, so that they could be aware of the families which belonged to the West Meeting House CU7.
The town of Newbury did not agree to either of these proposals, and they objected when the townspeople of the west end later invited Mr. Edward Thompson to minister to them, going so far as to vote against these measures on July 14, 1691 CU7. After the General Court intervened in this matter, the town voted again, and on May 10, 1693, the majority of the voters chose Mr. John Clarke to assist Mr. John Richardson in the ministry, specifically to minister to those of the western part of Newbury, but this did not reflect the wishes of those who actually lived at the west end CU7. The selectmen of Newbury petitioned the General Court on May 31, 1693, complaining that Mr. John Clarke had accepted this position as minister, but several west end townspeople “refused to receive him, claiming that they were bound by their agreement to aid and support Mr. Edward Tompson, who was then engaged in the work of the ministry among them” CU7.
John Emery and his son, John Emery Jr., along with Abraham Morrill and John Ordway, spoke for the west-enders to the General Court, and stated that they had tried to establish a ministry closer to them for over five years, as “many of them lived four, and some of them six or seven, miles from the old meeting-house” CU7. This was quite a difficult journey for elderly or ill parishioners, and they requested the ability to hire their own minister, chosen by them, and they also wished to be relieved of paying taxes for any other preacher whose ministrations were of no benefit to them CU7. Finally, they asked for a dividing line to create two distinct precincts in Newbury CU7. The General Court did not act on this petition, or its response by the west-enders, and on July 5, 1693, the town again voted on this issue, and “Mr John Clarke was then chosen & not one voted against him” CU7.
John and his son, Stephen, agreed on April 18, 1693, that Stephen would attend to the mill “or provide one that hath skill to doe it, & to be att half the charges to maintain and keep in good repair all the running geers & Iron work of the said mill” CU8. A contract dated May 19, 1693 stated that Stephen would receive half of the mill’s income, and he would inherit the mill after John’s death CU8.
John wrote his will on August 3, 1693 ES3, EM1, which was witnessed by Tristram Coffin, Ruth Emery, and Ledia Emery, and was proved before Bartholomew Gedney, Esquire ES3 on September 26, 1693 ES3, CU8. The inventory was conducted on August 28, 1693, which indicated that the total valuation of his estate was 435 pounds and nine shillings ES3. Because John’s will was written on August 3, and his estate was inventoried on August 28, John died sometime in August 1693. A reference to his decease was mentioned on January 31, 1694/5, when Daniel “Peirce”, Tristram Coffin, and Richard Bartlet made a statement regarding a proposed road through the land of John Emery, Sr., from the common land to the mouth of the Artichoke River, and amidst their description of “the most convenient way” this road should take, they stated “… down to the dwelling house where John Emery Senr did live…” CU7. A transcription of his will and the inventory of his estate follows ES3:
The Last will & Testament of John Emery Senr decde [deceased]
In the name of God Amen I John Emry Senr of the Towne of Newberry in the County of Essex Massa[c]chusett province in New England Being Sensable of my owne Mortallity & at this time of a Rationally understand & Willing to set my house in order I doe Comit my Soule to god in & Thorou [through] Jesus Christ my body to the duste in hopes of a glorious Resurection & as for my worldly goods I dispose of them as foloweth
Item I give to my Son John Emery apeice of Salt marsh it Being about two acres lying in the great meadow adjoyning to his owne meadow & also I doe Confirme to him all Lands formerly given to him as may appear by deed that I gave him 2ly [Secondly] I give to my Son Stephen Emery five shillings & also I doe Confirme to him & his Heires & assignes all houseing & lands & mill & stream according to the deeds which I have given him under my hand & seale
3ly [Thirdly] I give to my son Joseph Emery five shillings: & also I doe Confirme to him his Heires & assignes all the lands in Haurhill [Haverhill] the which I have given him a deed of under my hand and seal 4ly I give to my son Samuel Emery fifty pounds to be paid to him in good Country pay within seven years after my deceace to be paid by my Executors 5ly I give to my Daughter Mary Sawyear Five pound to be paid by my Execurs in good Country pay to be paid within Seaven years after my deceace 6ly I give to my Daughter Han[n]ah Bartlit Thirty Seaven pound in good Country pay to be paid by my Executors within four years after my Decease besides that I gave her in my life time 7ly I give to my Daughter Sarah Boyle [the handwritten copy of this will clearly states “Boyle”, but this was perhaps a mis-reading of the surname “Bayle”, which itself may have been a different spelling of the surname “Baily”] Twenty two pound to be paid to her in good Country pay within seven years after my decease: besides what I gave her in my Life time 8ly I give my Daughter Bethiah Bodwill five shillings besides the land I gave her within the Township of Haverhill it being about a hundred acres the which I confirm to her by this my will 9ly I give to my Daughter Abigail Ingalls Sixteen pound & ten shillings to be paid by my Executors in good Country pay to be paid in three years after my deceace and four pound more, Twenty in all & 10ly I give to my Daughter Judeth Hews Eighteen pound & ten shillings to be paid by my Executors with in seaven years after my deceace in good Country pay: Besides what I have given her all Ready 11ly I give to my Daughter Ledia Emery fifty pound to be paid by my Executors with in five years the one half of it & the other half of it at the day of her marriage to be paid in good Country pay 12ly I give to my Daugh Elizabeth Emery fifty pound to be paid by my Executors the one half of it when she shall be of the age of Eighteen years & the other half of it when she is twenty three years of age to be paid in good Country pay 13ly My will is & I doe give my dear & Loving wife Mary Emery all my stock of Cattle & Swine & Corne & houshold goods & all my Utensells of all sorts & all my debts due to me by bond Bills or Book or other wise with all the Rest of my personall Estate her to pay my debts with all & to pay all the Legacies given by this my will and what Remaines I give to my wife for her own use & To be wholly at her dispose: & my will is & I doe by this my will order & appoint my Louing wife Mary Emery & my son Samuel Emery to be the Executors of this my will to pay & Receive according to this my will & do Renounce all former wills by me made & do declare this to be my last will & testament: In Witness hearof & for Confirmacon of all & Every thing hear in this my will Contained I John Emery Sen have hereunto set Too my hand & seale This third day of August one Thousand six hundred & Ninety and three: & in the fifth year of the Reigne of our Souerains King William & Queen Mary of England &c:
An Inventory of the Estate of John Emery Senr Late of Newberry decd taken August 28 1693 by us the Subscribers… 4 oxen 5 cows & a calf 3 mares & a colt… 30 sheep & lambs 20 hogs & pigs… English & Indian corne in the Barne and field… wearing apparel woolen linen & Books… a Halberd & 3 swords 4 guns & amunition… 2 beds & beding & sheats & Curtaines & bedsteds… a Cubbord & Tables & chaires & stooles forme & chests… yarn… cloth… 3 wheles… barels & tubbs… pewter & brase & Iron in the house… several utensils… Carpenters tools old Iron… chaines & yokes… Cart & wheles & ploughs… wedges & Rings… sithes & sheep shears saws & horse tackling sadle & pillio[n]… wool & feathers bags & Earthen ware… Table linin… pr Cards an Iron bar & sledge… a debt due from steph Emery by bill… a debt due from Joseph Emery by bill… a debt due from Henry Bodwell by bill… 22li or there abouts due from Jonathan Emery… a peice of salt marsh… a peece of Leather a Cops & pin… a debt due from Stephen Webster by bill
Mary may have been born in England, before her parents immigrated to Massachusetts. She was the mother of thirteen children who were Mary, Hannah, John, Bethia, Sarah, Joseph, Stephen, Abigail, Samuel, Judith, Lydia, Elisabeth, and Josiah MA26.
Mary Emery was born on June 24, 1652 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26.
Hannah Emery was born on April 26, 1654 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Hannah Emery married Richard Bartlet on November 18, 1673 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Hanah Bartlet was the likely the mother of ten children who were born in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, but her name was not recorded on half of their birth records. Richard Bartlet, Jr. was named as the father of Hannah, born on November 8, 1674 VI28. This Hannah, the daughter of Richard Bartlet, Jr., died on June 17 or 27, 1676 VI6. Richard Bartlett was named as the father of Richard, born on October 20, 1676 VI28. Rich[ard] Bartlett, Jr. was named as the father of John, born on September 23, 1678 VI28. Richard Bartlet, Jr. was named as the father of Samuell, born on July 8, 1680 VI28; this Samuell may have died as a child because Hannah and Richard later had another son named Samuel. Richard Bartlet was named as the father of Daniel, born on August 8, 1682 VI28. Hanah and Rich[ar]d Bartlet were named as the parents of Joseph, born on November 18, 1686 VI28. Hanah and Richard Bartlet were named as the parents of Samuel, born on May 2, 1689 and Stephen, born on April 21, 1691 VI28. Hanah and Richard Bartlet, Jr. were named as the parents of Thomas, born on July 14, 1695 and of Mary, born on September 15, 1697 VI28. Hannah Bartlett, the wife of Richard, died at age 50 on May 1, 1705 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.
John Emery was born on September 12, 1656 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. John Emery married Mary Sawyer on June 13, 1683 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. John Emery next married Abigel Bartlet on May 27, 1700 in Newbury, and third married Mrs. Mary March on January 2, 1723/4 (intentions of that marriage were posted on December 7, 1723) MA26. John Emery, Jr. and Mary were the parents of Mary, born on December 29, 1684, John, born on September 29, 1686, Josiah, born on December 19, 1688, Daniel, born on June 15, 1693, Lydia, born on April 29, 1698, and Samuel, born on October 25, 1699, all born in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. They may have also been the parents of Hannah and Ruth EM1. John Emery died at age 74 on July 14, 1730 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.
Bethia Emery was born on October 15, 1658 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Bithia Emery married Henry Bodwell on May 4, 1681 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Henry Bodwell was named as the father of Bithia, who was born in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts on June 2, 1682 VI28. Bethia and Henry Bodwell’s next eleven children were born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts VI2. Bethiah and Henry were named as the parents of Henery and Josiah, who were twins born on January 27, 1685/6 VI2. Both of these twins died; Henery died on January 29 and Josiah died on January 30, 1685 VI3. Bethia and Henery were named as the parents of Abigall, born on January 15, 1686/7 VI2. Bethiah and Henry were named as the parents of Henry, born on November 6, 1688 and of James, born on January 10, 1690/1 VI2. Bethia and Henry were named as the parents of Daniell, born on February 14, 1692/3 VI2. In what may have been an error in the records, Bethia and Samuel Bodwell were named as the parents of Sarah, born on December 1, 1694 VI2. There was no other indication that a married couple with the names Samuel and Bethia Bodwell were in Andover during this period of time. Bethia and Henry were named as the parents of Hannah, born on September 1, 1696 VI2. Bethiah and Henry were named as the parents of Judith, born on April 4, 1698 and of Ruth, born on December 2, 1699 VI2. An unidentified child was also born to Bethia and [Hen]ry Bodwell on July 10, 1701 VI2.
Sarah Emery was born on February 26, 1660/1 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Sarah Emery married Isaac Baily on June 13, 1683 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Isaac Baily was named as the father of Isaac, born in Newbury on December 30, 1683 VI28. Sarah and Isaac Bayley were named as the parents of four additional children who were born in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, who were Joshua, born on October 30, 1685, David, born on December 12, 1687, Judeth, born on February 11, 1689/90, and Sarah, born on February 11, 1691/2 VI28. Sarah Bayley, the wife of Isaac, died in Newbury on April 1, 1694 VI6.
Joseph Emery was born on March 23, 1663/4 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Joseph Emery married Elizabeth Merrill on October 2, 1693 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Joseph and Elizabeth Emery were named as the parents of four children who were born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts VI2. These were Joseph, born on April 19, 1696, Elizabeth, born on September 28, 1698 (“7br. 28, 1698”), Abigail, born sometime in or about 1705, and an unidentified child who was born on December 10, 1710 VI2. They may have also been the parents of Sarah and Hannah EM1. Joseph Emery was said to haven been fifty-nine years old when he died in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts on September 22, 1721 VI3.
Stephen Emery was born on September 6, 1666 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Stephen Emery married Ruth Jaques on November 29, 1692 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Ensign Stephen Emery and Ruth were the parents of eleven children born in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Anne, born on October 10, 1693, Sarah, born on January 1, 1695/6, Ruth, born on June 26, 1698, Mary, born on December 15, 1700, Judith, born on February 25, 1702/3, Abigael, born on May 4, 1705, Elizabeth, born on February 2, 1707, Stephen, born on July 16, 1710, Hannah, born on April 23, 1712, Merriam, born on November 22, 1714, and Lydia, born on July 29, 1717 VI28. Ensign Stephen Emery, the son of John and Mary, died at age eighty years, four months, and twenty-seven days on February 3, 1747 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.
Abigail Emery was born on January 16, 1668/9 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Abigal Emery married Henry Ingolls on June 6, 1688 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts VI3. Henry and Abigail (or Abigall) Ingalls were the parents of five children who were born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts VI2. These were Henry, born on April 2, 1689, Mary, born on February 25, 1690/1, Abigail, born on January 15, 1692/3, Francis, born on December 20, 1694, and Joseph, born on April 17, 1697 VI2. Abigail Ingals died in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts on July 12, 1756; the record stated “The Widow Abigal Ingals Died on the 12th of July 1756 and in the 89th year of her age” MA26.
Samuel Emery was born on December 20, 1670 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. He was said to have married Tabitha Littlefield, the daughter Francis Littlefield, Jr. of Wells, York County, Maine EM1. He was allegedly the father of seven children born in Wells, Maine, who were Samuel, born on August 14, 1698, Hannah, born on February 10, 1701, Sarah, born on December 29, 1702, Tabitha, born on March 23, 1704, Stephen, born on August 3, 1707, Irene, born on March 4, 1710, and John, born on March 2, 1715 EM1. Reverend Stephen Emery documented the baptisms in the records of the First Church of Christ in Wells, Maine by indicating the parents of each individual who was baptized, but he failed to indicate the parents of specific individuals EM3. These were likely his own children. Hannah Emery received baptism on November 2, 1701, Sarah Emery received baptism on January 3, 1702/3, and Stephen Emery received baptism on August 10, 1707 EM3. In 1710 he documented the baptism of Tabitha on October 15, 1710: “Tabitha Emery recognizing her baptismal covent: received to communion” EM3. Irene Emery received baptism on March 11, 1710/11 and John Emery received baptism on March 27, 1715 EM3. A birth record for John Emery indicated that he was the son of Samuel and Tabitha Emery and was born on March 22, 1714/5 WE17. Reverend Samuel Emery, a minister of Wells, Maine, died in Arundell “while there for the purpose of preaching” and was buried at Wells, York County, Maine on December 28, 1724 CO20.
Judith Emery was born on February 5, 1672/3 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. She was said to have married Abel Huse EM1. Abel and Judeth Huse were the parents of seven children who were born in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; their first child was John, born on October 31, 1694 VI28. Abell and Judith Huse were the parents of Abell, born on November 18, 1696 or Abel, born on November 18, 1697 VI28. Abell and Judith Huse were the parents of Stephen, born on November 16, 1702 VI28. Abel and Judith Huse were the parents of Samuel, born on March 30, 1705 VI28. Abel and Judeth Huse were the parents of Judeth, born on February 13, 1708 and Sarah, born on January 29, 1711 VI28. Abil and Judeth Huse were the parents of Mary, born on March 16, 1715 VI28. Judith Huse, the wife of Abel, died at age eighty-two on April 24, 1753 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.
Lydia Emery was born on February 19, 1674/5 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Lydia Emery, the “daughter of Serj John Emery late of Newbury deceased”, married Joseph Browne in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts on May 23, 1696 MA26. Lydia and Joseph Browne were the parents of Lydia, born on May 16, 1697, Joseph, born on November 1, 1699, and Francis, born on June 22 or 23, 1702 VI28. Lydia and Joseph Brown were the parents of Josiah, born on September 13, 1708, Mary, born on May 26, 1710, Samuel, born on September 1, 1713, and Elisabeth, born on June 8, 1716 VI28.
Elisabeth Emery was born on February 3, 1679/80 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Elizabeth Emery, the “Daughter of Serj Jno Emery of Newbury deceased”, married John Kelly, Jr. in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts on October 27, 1696 or in November 1696 MA26. Elisabeth and John Kelly, Jr. were the parents of John, born on October 9, 1697 VI28. Elizabeth and John Kelley, Jr. were the parents of Richard, born on March 8, 1704 and Stephen, born on July 9, 1706 VI28. Elizabeth and John Kelley were the parents of Mary, born on December 31, 1708 and Hannah, born on March 2, 1711 VI28. Elisabeth and John Kelley, Jr. were the parents of a child named Lydia who was also called their son; this child was born on May 31, 1713 MA26. Elisabeth and John Kelly, Jr. were the parents of Daniel, born on May 9, 1716 VI28. Elizabeth and John Kelly were the parents of Sarah, born on October 6, 1718 VI28. Elisabeth and John Kelly were the parents of Moses, born on July 26, 1721 VI28.
Josiah Emery was born on February 28, 1680/1 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts MA26. Josiah Emery and Abigail Moody, who were both of Newbury, married in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts on November 25, 1714 in a ceremony probably performed by Reverend John Tufts MA26. Josiah Emery died at age 39 on March 16, 1718 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusettts VI6.
The record of Mary’s death in Newbury stated “Mary the widow of Serj. John Emery dyed Feb 3d 1709/10” MA26.