8x great grandfather William Haskell Jr. diversified and did quite well at it. He had two mills along with his farm and quite a bunch of acres of land, most of it salt marsh. He also owned four beehives which are mentioned in the estate inventory.
Here's a short sketch from William Richard Cutter:
II) William (2) Haskell, eldest child of William (1) and Mary Haskell, was born August 26, 1644, in Gloucester, and operated grist and saw mills in that part of the town now Rockport. He died June 5, 1708, and his estate was inventoried at six hundred sixty-six pounds, most of it going to his eldest son William. He married, July 3, 1667, Mary, daughter of William and Mary Brown, known as Mary Walker, from her stepfather, Henry Walker. She was born 1649, and died November 12, 1715. Children: Mary, born April 29, 1668; William, November 6, 1670; Joseph, April 20, 1673 ; Abigail, March 2,1675 ; Henry, April 2, 1678: Andrew, July 27, 1680; Lydia, September 4, 1681 ; Sarah, February 26, 1684, died 1691 ; Elizabeth, April 5, 1686; Hannah, October 30, 1688; Jacob, mentioned below; Sarah, September 11, 1692.p442
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 Lewis Historical Publishing Company, N.Y., N.Y.1915
William died at Gloucester, Ma. sometime before 12Aug 1708 when his will was filed. I've found his Probate file at AmericanAncestors.org and it's on my long list of things to be transcribed.
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