Eleanor Flanders

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• Married: 20 May 1726, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Jonathan Watson, the son of John and Ruth (Griffin) Watson. He was born on 12 October 1696 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts and he was christened on 2 November 1707 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Nichedamas Watson (1727-____) 2. Jonathan Watson (1728-____) 3. Palletiah Watson (1730-____) 4. Zebediah Watson (1732-____) 5. Daniel Watson (1735-1823) 6. Palletiah Watson (1737-____) 7. Parmenas Watson (1739-____) 8. Ithamar Watson (1743-____) 9. John Watson (1745-____)

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• Military: Mar 1697/98; Daniel was pressed into service against the Indians during King William's War by Benjamin Eastman.
• Occupation: say 1701, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was a carpenter.
• Probate/Proved: 4 Apr 1735, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Inventory: 15 Apr 1735, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Died:
The date is calculated as on 1 April 1735, his widow refused to accept the division of his estate, and at that time all estates were to be administered within 30 days of death.

Daniel married Sarah Jane Colby on 1 May 1700 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: 1720; When husband, Daniel, signed a receipt for his wife" in that year.
• Complier's Note: 1995; Is Sarah Osgood her mother? You indicate also that Sarah Jane Colby might have been the child of John?s second wife, Sarah Osgood who married John sometime before 1700. If Sarah Eldridge had a child with John as late as 1692, then Sarah Jane Colby (who is the person here I am ultimately interested in, must have been born no earlier than 1692 or 1693. The problem is that Sarah Jane Colby married Daniel Flanders in May of 1701 and had a child the following January. I think this must mean that Sarah Jane Colby must have been born around 1680 and must have been the child of Sarah Eldridge. There is one line of thought that the two Sarahs are the same person and perhaps someone wrote down Eldridge or something like it instead of Osgood n the birth register. I wondered if you had any light to shed on this matter given your attribution of Sarah Jane Colby to Sarah Osgood rather than Sarah Eldridge. While Dunbar gives her mother as Sarah Osgood, the dates just do not match, unless she was married at two and had children at three. That the two Sarah's are one person is a possibility.

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• History: 28 Jun 1679, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was admonished, along with his brothers, by the court and fined 10 shillings for stealing 1100 red oak hogshead staves from the pasture of Nathaniel Ware.
• Probate/Proved: 29 May 1689, Essex County, Massachusetts; The probate record was recorded as 29 (3) 1689.
• Inventory: 26 Sep 1689, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; His estate was valued at £220 13/6d.

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Birth:
His birth was recorded in Salisbury, Massachusetts as 8 (1) 1646, but he was probably born elsewhere, maybe Portsmouth, New Hampshire or York, Maine.

Died:
He died intestate.

Steven married Abigail Carter on 28 Dec 1670 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Thomas Carter and Mary) was born in Jan 1652/53 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: 1747, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1 Apr 2019; There are two separate Carter lines

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Birth:
Her birth was recorded as (11) 1652. Little (1909), Prescott (1873), and Taylor (1932) list her birth date as 11 February 1652/53.

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Married:
Their marriage was recorded as 28 (10) 1670.

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• Land/House: 1659; John received 'children's land' in 1659 and a 'township' in 1660.
• Military: 1676; He was a soldier in King Phillips War in the Falls Fight under Capt. Turner. Later, in 1680, he was a member of the training band.
• History: 1677; He took the oath of fidelity.
• Estate Admin: 21 Apr 1719

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Birth:
His birth was recorded as 19 (9) 1656.

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John married Sarah Eldridge on 1 Dec 1675 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of William Eldridge and Anne Lumpkin) was born on 10 Oct 1650 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 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]

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• 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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1635; He came over on the Planter. He was the servant of George Giddings.
• Freeman: 2 May 1638, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Religion: 2 May 1638, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; Thomas Carter was admitted to the church in Ipswich.
• Proprietor: 1639, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Will: 30 Oct 1676, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Mary, and his children: John, Samuel, Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, Abigail, and Sarah
• Inventory: 13 Nov 1676; Thomas' estate was inventoried and valued at £245.
• Probate/Proved: 14 Nov 1676, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1 Apr 2019; There are two separate Carter lines

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Thomas married Mary before 1641. Mary was christened on 28 Aug 1614 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died on 28 Mar 1687/88 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 1654; He was one of the original commoners of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
• Will: 22 Jan 1674
• Probate/Proved: 24 Apr 1674, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Died:
His death was recorded as 6 (12) 1673.

Davis (1995) and Nelson (1975) give his death date as 11 February 1673/74.

John married Frances Hoyt on 14 Jan 1655/56 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Frances (daughter of Sgt. John Hoyt and Frances) was born about 1636 in England; died on 2 Jan 1720/21 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
She was 85 years old when she died.

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• Will: 23 Jul 1668

William married Anne Lumpkin about 1645. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Hoyt (1897) states that Anne is the probable wife of William.