52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 41: HENRY HASKELL OF HARVARD, MA.

My 7x great grandfather Henry Haskell was born on 2 Apr  1678, in Gloucester, Massachusetts
He married Ruth York in Harvard, Massachusetts, on 13 Jan 1703. Their first child, Ruth, was born 10 months later but lived only a week. Altogether they had seven children, all of them born in Gloucester

Ruth was born on 7Oct 1703, died  15Oct 1703  ,
Mary was born on 13Nov 1704, .
Henry was born on 6Jun 1706,
Ruth was born on 27Aug 1709,
Sarah was born on 19Aug 1713,
Samuel was born on 13Sep 1715,
Lydia was born on 28Jun 1718


Henry moved inland from Gloucester to Harvard, Ma. sometime around 1635 where he prospered  as a farmer.  He died in Harvard on 17Apr 1739 and Ruth survived him by ten years, dying in 1749.
At the time of his death he owned 145 acres of land. His estate was worth over 800 pounds according to his estate inventory.

One of the unique things in his will was that among the things Henry wanted his sons to provide his wife Ruth with was 20 pounds of tobacco. Apparently Ruth (York)Haskell was one of the colonial era women who enjoyed smoking a pipe!