Benjamin Flanders

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• Married: 7 Nov 1734, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Mariah Brown, the daughter of Ephraim and Lydia (Eastman) Brown. She was born on 27 September 1715 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died about 1775 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. William Flanders (1735-____) 2. Abigail Flanders (1737-____) 3. Benjamin Flanders (1741-____) 4. Rhoda Flanders (1744-____) 5. Thomas Flanders (1747-after 1790) 6. Miriam Flanders (1750-____) 7. John Flanders (1752-1784) 8. Jacob Adams Flanders (1756-1841) 9. Samuel Flanders (1758-____)

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Married:
Prescott (1873) lists the date as 4 November 1734.

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• Military: 25 Nov 1702, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was impressed during Queen Anne's War to "scout in ye woods according to the orders given to him; and to continue till farther order."
• Inventory: 2 Nov 1741; His estate was valued at £700 13/.
• Probate/Proved: 2 Aug 1742, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Died:
He died intestate.

Thomas married Catherine Hackett on 8 Mar 1710/11 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Catherine (daughter of Capt. William Hackett and Sarah Barnard) was born about 1681 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; was christened on 9 Sep 1705 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 6 Nov 1720, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; She joined the church.; : West Parish, Second Church
• Living: 1747, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Married:
They were married by "ye Rev. Mr. Calib Cushing, minister of ye Gospell."

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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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• Immigration: say 1666; He immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony but the date is unknown.
• Land/House: 1667, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; In 1667, he received rights to use the Common.
• Legal: 1671, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Capt. William Hackett commanded the sloop Indeavour of Salsbury, in the county of Norfolk, in New England,'" in 1671, and in May of that year acted a conspicuous part in the first recorded jury trial in New Jersey. Gov. Carteret had insisted that payment of duties at the custom-house in New York, by vessels entering Sandy Hook, gave no right to trade in the province of New Jersey, but that license therefor should be taken out at the custom-house in Elizabeth Town. Capt. Hackett, not entertaining that view of provincial sovereignty, undertook to trade on the Jersey side, after having paid die duties only at New York. The governor seized his vessel and summoned a jury to try the offender upon a charge of illegal trading. The captain conducted the defense himself, and is said to have presented with much ability fourteen grounds for acquittal, enough, one would conceive, to bewilder an ordinary jury.. That body, "after a 2d and 3d going forth," came in and declared that " the matter Committed to them is of too great waight for them," and were discharged. A second jury suited the governor's purpose better. They promptly found Capt. Hackett guilty, and his sloop was declared forfeited.Capt. William Hackett commanded the sloop Indeavour of Salsbury, in the county of Norfolk, in New England,'" in 1671, and in May of that year acted a conspicuous part in the first recorded jury trial in New Jersey. Gov. Carteret had insisted that payment of duties at the custom-house in New York, by vessels entering Sandy Hook, gave no right to trade in the province of New Jersey, but that license therefor should be taken out at the custom-house in Elizabeth Town. Capt. Hackett, not entertaining that view of provincial sovereignty, undertook to trade on the Jersey side, after having paid die duties only at New York. The governor seized his vessel and summoned a jury to try the offender upon a charge of illegal trading. The captain conducted the defense himself, and is said to have presented with much ability fourteen grounds for acquittal, enough, one would conceive, to bewilder an ordinary jury.. That body, "after a 2d and 3d going forth," came in and declared that " the matter Committed to them is of too great waight for them," and were discharged. A second jury suited the governor's purpose better. They promptly found Capt. Hackett guilty, and his sloop was declared forfeited.
• Petition: 1680, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He signed the Norfolk County Petition in 1680.
• Will: 4 Dec 1712, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He made his will mentioning his son, William on 4 December 1712.
• Probate/Proved: 6 Apr 1713; On 6 April 1713 his will was proved.
• Last Full Review: 3 Jul 2020

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William married Sarah Barnard on 31 Jan 1666/67 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Barnard and Eleanor or Helen) was born on 28 Sep 1647 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Sep 1717 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

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History:
In 1692, she signed the Bradbury petition.

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Marriage Date: Their marriage date was recorded as 31 (11) 1666.

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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.

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• 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: 1656 to say 1659, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire
• History: 1660 to 1666, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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History:
He was a mariner.

In 1656, he received a land grant from the town.

In 1657, he was taxed in Dover.

He sold his land, and moved to Exeter, New Hampshire.

History:
In 1677, he signed the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity at Exeter.

William married Amey Cowman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Land/House: 1640, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was granted land in Salisbury.

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Thomas married Eleanor or Helen. Eleanor died on 27 Nov 1694 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 19 Jul 1681, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; George Little. George was a tailor from Unicorn Street, London. He settled in Newbury where he was a proprietor in 1638. George was one of the early members of the Baptist Church in Newbury. George, married first, Alice Poor. He was living on 25 October 1682 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when he wrote to Thomas Osbourne. He died about 1694 in Newbury, Massachusetts.