In 1674 the
town had increased to such an extent that there were then one
hundred and fourteen householders, whose names, with their
commonage, are recorded in the records. At a town meeting held
during this year it was voted that "all these fifteen or
sixteen houses built in Marblehead before ye year 1660, shall be
allowed one cows common and a halfe."
1. The names
are as follows: John Deverix, James Smith, Richard Rowland, John
Waldern, John Gatchell, William Woods, Thomas Rose, David Thomas,
John Legg, William Nick, Erasmus James, Thomas Bourne, John Stacey,
Senior, John Codnar, John Northey, Nicholas Marriatt, Thomas Pitman,
Elias Henly, Roger & Lott Conant, Air. Christopher Latimore,
Francis Johnson, Mr. Samuel Cheever, Moses Maverick, Mr. Walton,
Henry Stacey, Wm. Chichester, Sam. Carwithey, Thomas Smith, Rich'd
Norman, David Cartwithey, John Peach, Jr., Widow Bartoll, Joseph
Dollaber, Robert Knight, Widow Bennett, Mark Pitman, Samuel Ward,
Ambrose Gale, Richard Knott, Samuel Curdy, Matthew Clarke, Thos.
Cowley, Wm. Waters, John Roads, Henry Trevett, William Beal, S.
Griggs, Thomas Dixie, Benj. Parmeter, Edw'd Read, Saml. Morgan, Wm.
Browne, Capt. Corwinge, Thadeus Redden, Wm. Bartholemew, Wm. Pitt,
.John Legg, Jr., Rich'd Read, Thos. Read, John Brimblecome, Rich'd
Hemeford, Henry Russell, Thos. Sanden, Dinson Stilson, Thomas Trevy,
Rich'd Reith, Saml. Reed, Thomas Tainors, Edw'd Roman, Thos. Ellis,
Edw'd Damon, Nicholas Fox, Thos. Pousland, Thos. White, Thos. Dodd,
Robert Houper, John Houper, John Pedricke, Sr., John Pedricke, Jr.,
Elias Fortune, John Martin, Francis Godler, John Tribby, George
Picke, Roger Russell, Andrew Tucker, Robt. Bartlett, Saml. Sarding,
Rich'd Crocker, George Bradfield, Wm. Pow, John Harris, George
Godfry, Samuel GatcheIl, Jeremiah Gatchell, John Hoyle, Alexander
Gilligan, John Williams, Saml. Nicholson, John Bartlett, William
Post, George Darling, Josiah Codnar, John Roads, Jr., James Watts,
Wm. Lightfoot, Philip Harding, Widow Boatson, Robt. Johnson, Saml.
Walton, Josiah Gatchell, Wm. Brown, John Marriatt, Widow Stacie.
SOURCE :
History and Traditions of Marblehead, Samuel Roads, Jr., 1880
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BIOGRAPHIES
John
PEACH: born 1612, lived in Salem or Marblehead, MA from 1648-1679
Moses
MAVERICKE : Brother of Elias Mavericke. Was a freeman in Salem, MA
in 1634, living on the Marblehead side.
Anthony
THATCHER : Born in England in 1587, came from Salisbury, Wiltshire,
Eng in 1635 to New England. Was a tax payer in Marblehead, MA in
1637. Was a clergyman. Removed to Yarmouth, ME before 1643. Died
Aug. 22, 1667.
John
WAKEFIELD : Born in Hertfordshire, England. Came to New England in
1632 and lived in Salem, was in Marblehead by 1638. Later settled in
Wells, ME in 1648. Died in 1660.
SOURCE
: Directory of the Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700, Frank
R. Holmes, NY, 1923.
If
you have additional, short biographies of first settlers of
Marblehead, and will cite sources, please submit them to me. If you
have more information on the biographies listed above, please email
me.
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SETTLERS
ON MARBLEHEAD NECK
Marblehead
Neck, as we now call it, used to be a heavily wooded island about
one mile in length, with approximately 300 acres and connected to
the mainland by an isthmus which was awash at high tide.
In
April, 1670, there were eight families, by grants from Salem, owned
a total of thirty-seven acres of land on the Neck:
John Goyle (John Coitt) ; 8 acres
Will Kenner and Nicholas Lison; 5 acres
John Wakefield; 4 acres
John and Samuell Gatchell; 6 acres
the Widow Blencher (widow Blanchard) ; 6 acres
Rafe Woren (Ralph Warren); 2 acres
George Chiine; 3 acres
Thomas James; 3 acres
The
remaining land of the Neck was not laid out until 1706, "by
Homans Marsh, by the fish fences, down to Pedricks house."
The
following are those listed on the "Records of proprietors
of Marblehead Neck, Being the Division of the same by the committee
appointed therefore by the proprietors thereof" dated December
4, 1724.
Capt.
Richard Trevett
Mr.
Richard Skinner
Capt.
Benjamin James
Jeremiah
Gatchell
Col.
John Leggs
Col.
Nathaniel Norden
Mr.
Francis Bowden
William
Hinds
Mr.
Richard Ruth
William
Peach successors
Rev.
Mr. Cheever's successors
John
Reed
Mr.
Ebenr Hawks
Mr.
Samuel Russel
Mr.
John Connant
Mr.
Robert Devereux
Elezier
Ingalls successors
John
Stacey's successors
Mr.
John Waldrens
Mr.
John Edehams successors
Mr.
Samuel Reeds successors
Philips
Tucker
Mr.
John Roads
Christopher
Boobers successors
John
Pedricks successors
SOURCE:
Taken from Marblehead Great Neck, Searle, 1937. See book for more
details of land grants to each individual.
