Naomi Flanders

Other Events and Attributes:

• Natural Issue: 21 Feb 1684, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; She had a natural child with John Darling, named John Darling. John was christened on 4 June 1699 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He later married on 6 November 1708, Mary Page, the daughter of Sargent Onesiphorus and Mary (Hauxworth) Page. Sources list his surname as either Darling or Flanders.
• History: 29 Apr 1684, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; She was summoned to court to acknowledge that her child was illegitimate on 29 April 1684.
• Religion: 2 Apr 1699, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; She was allowed to join the Salisbury Church after which her illegitimate son, John Darling, was baptized.
• Married: 4 Apr 1699, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Eastman, the son of Roger and Sarah (Smith) Eastman. He was born on 12 February 1652/53 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. His birth was recorded as 12 (12) 1652. On 5 April 1673 Benjamin, at age 20, married first, Ann Pitts, at age 28, daughter of Edmund Pitts and Ann _____, in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was a tanner in Salisbury. Benjamin took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity in 1677 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He joined the church on 3 July 1687 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He became a freeman in 1690 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He and Naomi Flanders filed marriage intentions on 4 February 1698/99. On 5 October 1719 Benjamin, at age 66, married third, Sarah _____, in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He left a will on 13 August 1725 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He died on Monday 27 January 1727/28 in South Hampton, New Hampshire. His estate was probated on 4 March 1727/28 in Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Daniel Eastman (1699-____) 2. Joseph Eastman (1700-____)

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Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 15 (10) 1656.

Natural Issue:
His birth was recorded as 21 (12) 1683.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: About 1638, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; According to Flanders (2000), "He may have been a passenger on the HMS Confidence, from Southampton, England. According to an account given by William Bradford, Governor of the Massachusetts Colony, a ship arriving from England at the time Steven allegedly arrived, encountered a violent storm off the coast of New England and was nearly lost in a shipwreck, and had to put in at Portsmouth, N.H. in stead of Plymouth. The story matches the one given by Steven Flanders, I. It describes his voyage over in every detail. Having lost everything on his voyage over, including valuable documents which would have resulted in his attaining money and land, Steven Flanders, I, had to start from nothing in the New World but his name, when he was already middle aged for his times."
• Residence: Oct 1649, Gorgeana (now York), York County, Maine
• Proprietor: 1650 to 1677, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 3 Feb 1650, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was called a townsman.
• Offices Held: 18 Feb 1650, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was the Town Herdsman at the fee of one pound of butter per cow being credited as six pence in value.
• History: 8 Feb 1651, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He took the Oath of Fidelity to Cromwell's Puritan Commonwealth.
• History: 29 May 1658, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He signed a petition to the General Court dated 29 (3) 1658, stating that the religious differences at Salisbury were not sufficient to warrant the appointment of a council, particularly as the townspeople did not care to pay for the board of the council.
• Will: 4 Feb 1683/84, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his children: Steven, Mary, Philip, Sarah, Naomi, and John.
• Inventory: 19 Jun 1684; Steven's estate was inventoried and valued at £300 14/.
• Probate/Proved: 30 Sep 1684, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Inventory:
Why was his estate inventoried before his death?

Steven married Jane Sandusky about 1644 in Maine or Massachusetts. Jane was born about 1624; died on 19 Nov 1683 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Oct 1649, Gorgeana (now York), York County, Maine
• History: 16 Oct 1649; She was brought before the court for abusing her husband and neighbors.
• Complier's Note: 2000; According to Flanders (2000), "Jane Sandusky, was purported to be of Indian descent. This a tradition in the family, however there has never been a tribe of Sandusky Indians in the region of New England she was found in. However, there has not been enough evidence found to refute it either. She may have been the daughter of a French trapper, who were known to be coming down the St. Lawrence during this period. There is some belief that her name was some corruption of the French name of Saint Estr'ees; also the indications of her nervous, excitable temperament, given in the old court records, incline one to this belief. A ready tongue, together with no hesitancy to use it, were attributes that could not pass unrecorded in a community of Puritans, who tolerated nothing. That Jane possessed these attributes cannot be doubted, after reading the old court records. The offenses for which she was charged was commonplace and an everyday occurence in New England during this period. The lives of constant struggle against hardships of deprivations and the constant harshness of the Puritan code, coupled with the cultural and language differences Jane experienced, would account for much of the discord with her neighbors. Therefore, it isn't easy to judge her harshly for the misdemeanors she was charged with."

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Died:
Her death was recorded as 19 (9) 1683.