James Ordway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: say 1632; Tradition says he came from Wales. He was the servant of Richard Waldron, and settled in Cochecho, now Dover, New Hampshire.
• Proprietor: 1633, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; In 1633 he was listed as a proprietor of Dover, New Hampshire.
• Proprietor: 1648, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; In 1648, he is listed as a proprietor of Newbury, Massachusetts.
• Tax: 1649, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; He paid a tax in 1649 in Dover, New Hampshire.
• Legal: 6 Jun 1662, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; We, James Ordway, John Woolcot, Peter Godfrey and Joshua Woodman, do acknowledge that we are justly to be blamed to come into the seats of other men contrary to the order of the selectmen and here by the presents we do engage ourselves that we will keep to our own seats and not disturb any man in their seats any more. This was stated on 6 June 1662 in Newbury, Massachusetts. The cause of their offence was an apprehension that the selectmen had, without sufficient authority from the town, built some new seats in the gallery and assigned them to some individuals. They therefore took possession of these seats, to which the selectmen had not given them any right. Hence there was a contention in the meeting-house, a summons for them to appear at court, and a settlement by their promise to behave better in time to come.
• Land/House: 10 Mar 1665; On 10 March 1665, James and Ann conveyed their land at Dover to John Heard.
• Freeman: 26 Dec 1668, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; On 26 December 1668, James was admitted as a freeman in Newbury, Massachusetts.
• Legal: 26 Feb 1668/69, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; On 26 February 1668/69 he deposed in Newbury, Massachusetts giving his age as 45 years.
• Offices Held: 23 Mar 1669/70, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Fence Viewer for Newbury on 23 March 1669/70.
• Offices Held: 6 Mar 1676/77, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; On 6 Mar 1676/77 he was appointed a Surveyor of Highways for Newbury.
• Oath: 1678, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; In 1678 he took the Oath of Allegiance.
• Offices Held: 31 Mar 1679, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; On 31 March 1679 he was appointed a Tithing Man for Newbury, Massachusetts. He was chosen again in 1680.
• Offices Held: 7 Mar 1680/81, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was chosen a Hay Warden on 7 March 1680/81.
• Offices Held: 1 Mar 1681/82, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; 1 March 1681/82 he was elected a Selectman of Newbury.
• Tax: 1688, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; IN 1688 he was taxed in Newbury.
• Land/House: 12 Jan 1692/93, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; James Ordway, Sr., conveyed to his son, James Ordway, Jr. on 12 January 1692/93, a dwelling house, barn, malt-house, shop, and four acres of land extending from the country road to the road near Merrimack River, and bounded on the southeast by Ordway's Lane.
• Last Full Review: 25 Dec 2020

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Birth:
He was 69 in 1669.

Name:

James married Ann Emery on 25 Nov 1648 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Ann (daughter of John Emery and Mary) was born on 18 Mar 1632/33 in Romsey, Hampshire, England; died on 31 Mar 1687 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried in First Parish Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]