I'm starting off the 2018 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge with my 8x great grandfather Francis Dane Jr.. Charlotte Helen Abbott wrote about the Danes n Early Records of the Dane Family. on the Memorial Hall Library of Andover, Ma. website. You'll notice several familiar family names of those people the children married:
Francis (3) Dane's first farm was on the old stage road from Andover
Centre to Lowell, past South Church and between Hartwell Abbott's and the
place where Ora Baker lives-past Indian Ridge Reservation to E. Holt and
so on across land to the Jameson place.
His second home was built on the Stratton place- the house long since
gone. The one built by Franklin Heald stands near the site. Philemon (6) lived
there last before Straaton took it up. Capt. Franklin bought the land
from Dane and sold to Stratton.
Francis (3) Dane (Francis (2) John (1) ) and wife Hannah Poore, had:
Francis (4), b. April 22, 1683; d. Oct. 27.
Abel (4), b. Sept. 27. 1684; d. y.
Hannah (4),b.Oct. 6, 1687; m. Samuel Phelps, June 30, 1708; called Sgt.; d.Apr.
26, 1745; she d. May 26, 1746.
Francis (4) 2nd., b. ; d. Dec.9, 1689
Francis (4) 3rd.; b. Aug.19, 1690; d. Dec. 15, 1716; m. Hannah Turner, March 18,
1714; she m. 2nd., Ebenezer Abbott, April 5, 1720. She was dau. of
James Turner of Charlestown and w.Hannah Dalzell, who, as a widow, m.
Sgt. Wm. Johnson of Andover , neighbor of the Dane family, 1707. Ch.-
Francis (5), b. March 31, 1715; d. Dec 15, 1716.
John (4), b. Sept. 18, 1692; d. Jan.10, 1763; m. Sarah (4) Chandler, Nov.15, 1713,
b. March 13, 1693, dau. Wm. Chandler and w. Sarah Buckmaster; she d.
June 17, 1747; he m. 2nd., Sarah Cromby, Aug. 1, 1749, widow of
Thos. Hurd of Billerica and widow of Eph. Abbott of Andover; she d.
Aug. 5, 1780 at home of her dau. Eliz. Abbott, wife of Asa Abbott,
The Abbott family kept her papers and the annuity paid annually on
her acct. by her Dane stepson was charged up to Hurd on back of the dowry
claim or will. This she had,- up to 1773. A descendent of James Dane, old
Elizabeth Dane, said that the second wife lived outside with other
children for a while but came back to the homestead and died there.
Joseph (4), b. April 5. 1696; d. Dec. 27, 1721 of small pox. He m. 1st, Feb. 4.
1718, Lydia Johnson, dau. of John Johnson and . Elinor Ballard; she d.
Nov. 16, 1718; he m. 2nd., July 14, 1720, Mary Harndon; she m. 2nd. Joshua
Frye (4) July 14, 1724. She d. 1729, age 31.
David (4), b. April 24, 1698.
Mary (4), b. April 22, 1699; m. Dec 29, 1721, Jeremiah Ballard, son of Joseph
Ballard and w. Rebecca Orne, b. March 29, 1697. Jeremiah and Mary sold
the Ballard estate on the site of Memorial Hall Library to Capt.
Gibson and left for Lunenberg, by Church letter, Nov. 23, 1736; d. there.
-pp6-7
Early Records of the Dane Family.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Monday, December 25, 2017
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 51: REV. FRANCIS DANE OF ANDOVER, MA. PT 2
The following story about my 9x great grandfather Rev. Francis Dane from Sarah Loring Bailey's Historical Sketches of Andover is the only piece of writing we have from him, and it is a touching one:
There is no trace of the minister's grave, nor any sermon or memorial of his ministry, except a manuscript record book, and an autograph letter or petition regarding the witchcraft.
The record book contains a rhymed account of his difficulties and perplexities in search of a second wife : —
". . . . Long have I looked about
But could not I ye Matron yet find out
But some objections crosst my purpose so
As yet I sayd I know not vvt to doe ....
I sometimes heere and sometimes there have sought
To see if I the thing could bring about
That might best suite mee in my pilgrimage,
And match to one who's sober, chaste, and sage,
That's Loving, meeke, no Tatler, not unruly
That loveth goodness & yt hath a mind
To Conjugal subjection inclined;
In such a blessing may I have a share
For other things I need not much a whit to care.
A vertuous wife's her husband's crowne & shee
I crowned )
With immortality shall I cloathed J bee.
Who doth her find hath gret cause to confesse
The Ld's free favour & his name to bless.
Let every Xhian ply ye throne of Grace
That with a meete help hee may run his Race.
I bow my knee & humbly do implore
God's tenderness towards mee therefore."
-p424
Historical Sketches of Andover: (comprising the Present Towns of North Andover and Andover)
Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, Ma. 1880 -
Francis' first wife, had died in June 1676. Considering he had children of various ages, and he had a limited income as a minister (more on that in a future post), he must have thought his prospects for finding a second wife were dim. But he did wed a second wife, a Mary Thomas, sometime in 1677.
And when she died in 1689. he wed for a third time, this time to widow Hannah (Chandler) Abbott, my 9x great grandmother through her marriage to my ancestor George Abbott Jr. This last marriage lasted until Francis' death in 1697.
There is no trace of the minister's grave, nor any sermon or memorial of his ministry, except a manuscript record book, and an autograph letter or petition regarding the witchcraft.
The record book contains a rhymed account of his difficulties and perplexities in search of a second wife : —
". . . . Long have I looked about
But could not I ye Matron yet find out
But some objections crosst my purpose so
As yet I sayd I know not vvt to doe ....
I sometimes heere and sometimes there have sought
To see if I the thing could bring about
That might best suite mee in my pilgrimage,
And match to one who's sober, chaste, and sage,
That's Loving, meeke, no Tatler, not unruly
That loveth goodness & yt hath a mind
To Conjugal subjection inclined;
In such a blessing may I have a share
For other things I need not much a whit to care.
A vertuous wife's her husband's crowne & shee
I crowned )
With immortality shall I cloathed J bee.
Who doth her find hath gret cause to confesse
The Ld's free favour & his name to bless.
Let every Xhian ply ye throne of Grace
That with a meete help hee may run his Race.
I bow my knee & humbly do implore
God's tenderness towards mee therefore."
-p424
Historical Sketches of Andover: (comprising the Present Towns of North Andover and Andover)
Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, Ma. 1880 -
Francis' first wife, had died in June 1676. Considering he had children of various ages, and he had a limited income as a minister (more on that in a future post), he must have thought his prospects for finding a second wife were dim. But he did wed a second wife, a Mary Thomas, sometime in 1677.
And when she died in 1689. he wed for a third time, this time to widow Hannah (Chandler) Abbott, my 9x great grandmother through her marriage to my ancestor George Abbott Jr. This last marriage lasted until Francis' death in 1697.
Saturday, December 23, 2017
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 51: REV. FRANCIS DANE OF ANDOVER, MA. PT1
There's a lot of information about my 9x great grandfather Rev. Francis Dane, most of it centering around the Salem Witch Trials. I hope to write a lot in 2018 about those in the coming year. So for this post I'll use this from Sarah Loring Bailey's History of Andover:
The Rev. Franc1s Dane, the second minister of Andover, is also named by Cotton Mather among the young men who finished their studies in the colony before the college conferred degrees. His name is found among the early residents of Ipswich, 1641. "He removed to Andover, 1648," says Felt's "History of Ipswich." He was son of John Dane, settler in Ipswich and Roxbury. No contemporary biography of him has been found. His name does not occur in Sprague's "Annals of the American Pulpit," although he had an important part in the colonial history. He was pastor at Andover over forty-eight years (1649 to 1697). No church records of his ministry are preserved. The history of his pastorate is chiefly gathered from the town, county, and colony records, and, therefore, pertains rather to his secular than to his spiritual influence and interests, but his notebook recently brought to light has some fragments of interest, among them a creed evidently of his own composition, or rather compilation. It is, though moderate in doctrine, in substantial agreement with the creeds accepted in New England. One clause is as follows : —
"I believe y' y* Catholic or universall church consists of all those throughout the world that doe profess ye trew Religion, together with their children, and in ye Kingdom of yc Lord Jesus, and ye house and family of God, out of which there is no ordinary possibility of obtaining Salvation."
-pp 420-421
Historical Sketches of Andover: (comprising the Present Towns of North Andover and Andover)
Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, Ma. 1880 -
Ms. Loring gives this information about his family:
Mr. Dane died February 17, 1697, aged eighty-one years. He was married three times: to Elizabeth Ingals, before 1645, who died 1676; to Mary Thomas, 1677,J who died 1689; to Hannah Abbot, widow of George Abbot, 1690; she died 1711. He had two sons, Nathaniel and Francis, and four daughters, Elizabeth (Johnson), Hannah (Goodhue), Phebe (Robinson), Abigail (Faulkner). He willed his house to his son Nathaniel, and also gave him a silver cup. His son, Lieut. Francis Dane, was one of the original members of the South Church. He died 1738, aged eighty-two. -pp423-424
There's more about Francis Dane's ministry and the witchcraft controvery which I will discuss at another time. But is something else that gives an insight into his life, and I'll post about that next.
To be continued.
The Rev. Franc1s Dane, the second minister of Andover, is also named by Cotton Mather among the young men who finished their studies in the colony before the college conferred degrees. His name is found among the early residents of Ipswich, 1641. "He removed to Andover, 1648," says Felt's "History of Ipswich." He was son of John Dane, settler in Ipswich and Roxbury. No contemporary biography of him has been found. His name does not occur in Sprague's "Annals of the American Pulpit," although he had an important part in the colonial history. He was pastor at Andover over forty-eight years (1649 to 1697). No church records of his ministry are preserved. The history of his pastorate is chiefly gathered from the town, county, and colony records, and, therefore, pertains rather to his secular than to his spiritual influence and interests, but his notebook recently brought to light has some fragments of interest, among them a creed evidently of his own composition, or rather compilation. It is, though moderate in doctrine, in substantial agreement with the creeds accepted in New England. One clause is as follows : —
"I believe y' y* Catholic or universall church consists of all those throughout the world that doe profess ye trew Religion, together with their children, and in ye Kingdom of yc Lord Jesus, and ye house and family of God, out of which there is no ordinary possibility of obtaining Salvation."
-pp 420-421
Historical Sketches of Andover: (comprising the Present Towns of North Andover and Andover)
Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, Ma. 1880 -
Ms. Loring gives this information about his family:
Mr. Dane died February 17, 1697, aged eighty-one years. He was married three times: to Elizabeth Ingals, before 1645, who died 1676; to Mary Thomas, 1677,J who died 1689; to Hannah Abbot, widow of George Abbot, 1690; she died 1711. He had two sons, Nathaniel and Francis, and four daughters, Elizabeth (Johnson), Hannah (Goodhue), Phebe (Robinson), Abigail (Faulkner). He willed his house to his son Nathaniel, and also gave him a silver cup. His son, Lieut. Francis Dane, was one of the original members of the South Church. He died 1738, aged eighty-two. -pp423-424
There's more about Francis Dane's ministry and the witchcraft controvery which I will discuss at another time. But is something else that gives an insight into his life, and I'll post about that next.
To be continued.
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 50: JOHN DANE OF IPSWICH AND ROXBURY, MA. PT2
As I mentioned in my last post, I found the Probate File for my 10x great grandfather John Dane. The images were over at AmericanAncestors.org. Here's the will:
As you can see the writing is a bit difficult to read, but luckily I found an abstract on Googlebooks:
John Dane.—[On file in his own handwriting.] Vpon the sevth day of the seventh month in 1658.—To son John Dane, ten pounds out of my now dwelling house, which will appear in deed, dated 2d. feberi in fift one [1651.]—To son Francis my wood lot, about two & twentie ackers, mor or les, as it doth appear in Town-book.—To dafter Elizabeth How, a black cow now att Andiver in the hand of Georg Abet [Abbot] to be deliuered to her after my deseas emediatly.—To Son John Dane, on feather bede &, on feather boster &, two fether pillows &. a yellow rugg, & also a pewter platter.—To son Francis, on great ketle, also on flaxen sheet & a saver. —To dafter Elizabeth How, a litl kittle, &, on pewter candlestick.—To Son Frances, my old black cow, now at Roxburie, 6s my bible.—To louing wiff Anic, whom I mak sooll exseekitrix all my movable goods that is not expressed
In witnes heer vnto I hav set my hand this
seventh day of the seventh month 58 By me John Dane
Isaac Heath,
John Johnson, Isack Morrell.
At a county court held at Boston 16 Oct. 1658, Mr John Johnson deposed that he saw Jn° Dane sign & publish it as his last will, &c.
-p37
the new england historical and genealogical register for the year 1855 Volume IX, Samuel G. Drake,Publisher, Boston, Ma. 1855
Two points of my family history interest in the will. First, John Dane's second wife Anic/Annis, is my 10x great grandmother through her first marriage to my ancestor William Chandler,
And the George Abbot mentioned in the will as having the black cow is my 9x great grandfather.
I wish I could decipher the crossed out part. It looks to be something John had left his wife's daughters from her first marriage and then he changed his mind.
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| Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017
Suffolk Cases 1-1999
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As you can see the writing is a bit difficult to read, but luckily I found an abstract on Googlebooks:
John Dane.—[On file in his own handwriting.] Vpon the sevth day of the seventh month in 1658.—To son John Dane, ten pounds out of my now dwelling house, which will appear in deed, dated 2d. feberi in fift one [1651.]—To son Francis my wood lot, about two & twentie ackers, mor or les, as it doth appear in Town-book.—To dafter Elizabeth How, a black cow now att Andiver in the hand of Georg Abet [Abbot] to be deliuered to her after my deseas emediatly.—To Son John Dane, on feather bede &, on feather boster &, two fether pillows &. a yellow rugg, & also a pewter platter.—To son Francis, on great ketle, also on flaxen sheet & a saver. —To dafter Elizabeth How, a litl kittle, &, on pewter candlestick.—To Son Frances, my old black cow, now at Roxburie, 6s my bible.—To louing wiff Anic, whom I mak sooll exseekitrix all my movable goods that is not expressed
In witnes heer vnto I hav set my hand this
seventh day of the seventh month 58 By me John Dane
Isaac Heath,
John Johnson, Isack Morrell.
At a county court held at Boston 16 Oct. 1658, Mr John Johnson deposed that he saw Jn° Dane sign & publish it as his last will, &c.
-p37
the new england historical and genealogical register for the year 1855 Volume IX, Samuel G. Drake,Publisher, Boston, Ma. 1855
Two points of my family history interest in the will. First, John Dane's second wife Anic/Annis, is my 10x great grandmother through her first marriage to my ancestor William Chandler,
And the George Abbot mentioned in the will as having the black cow is my 9x great grandfather.
I wish I could decipher the crossed out part. It looks to be something John had left his wife's daughters from her first marriage and then he changed his mind.
Monday, December 18, 2017
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 50: JOHN DANE OF IPSWICH AND ROXBURY, MA.
My ancestress Hannah (Dane) Phelps was descended from my immigrant
ancestor(and 10 ggf) John Dane. While his family would play a prominent
part of Andover, Ma., John spent most of his life in Ipswich and then
Roxbury, Ma.
Here's his entry in one of William Richard Cutter's books:
John Dane (1), of Berkhamsted. Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, England, and of Ipswich and Roxbury, Massachusetts, died at Roxbury, September 14, 1658, married first, ———-: married second, July 2, 1643, Agnes Chandler, widow of \Villiam Chandler, of Roxbury; she married third, August 9, 1660. John Parminter. of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Children: 1. John, see forward. 2. Elizabeth, died at Ipswich, Massachusetts, January 21, 1693. married James How, who died at Ipswich, May 17, 1702. 3. Francis, minister at Andover, Massachusetts, died there February 17, 1696-7; married first, Elizabeth Ingalls, who died at Andover, June 9, 1676; married second, September 21, 1677, Mrs. Mary Thomas, who died February 18, 1688-9; married third, 1690, Mrs. Hannah (Chandler) Abbot. who died June 2, 1711.-p29
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 1, Lewis historicak Publishing Company, New York, New York 1908
I've found his Probate File and will discuss that next.
Here's his entry in one of William Richard Cutter's books:
John Dane (1), of Berkhamsted. Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, England, and of Ipswich and Roxbury, Massachusetts, died at Roxbury, September 14, 1658, married first, ———-: married second, July 2, 1643, Agnes Chandler, widow of \Villiam Chandler, of Roxbury; she married third, August 9, 1660. John Parminter. of Sudbury, Massachusetts. Children: 1. John, see forward. 2. Elizabeth, died at Ipswich, Massachusetts, January 21, 1693. married James How, who died at Ipswich, May 17, 1702. 3. Francis, minister at Andover, Massachusetts, died there February 17, 1696-7; married first, Elizabeth Ingalls, who died at Andover, June 9, 1676; married second, September 21, 1677, Mrs. Mary Thomas, who died February 18, 1688-9; married third, 1690, Mrs. Hannah (Chandler) Abbot. who died June 2, 1711.-p29
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 1, Lewis historicak Publishing Company, New York, New York 1908
I've found his Probate File and will discuss that next.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
THE QUESTION OF LYDIA PHELPS' PARENTS PT4: CONCLUSIONS
I haven't been able to find any a marriage record as yet for Jonathan Phelps and
Beulah Parker, but I am convinced that Jonathan was the son of Samuel Phelps and
Elizabeth Andrews and that Beulah Parker was the daughter of John Parker and
Joanna Ames.
The reasons I've come to this conclusion:
Discrepancies in "Aunt Betsey"(Ames)Putnam's story about her parents.
1. Her statement that when Lydia Phelps met and married John Ames it
was his second marriage. There is quite a bit of information on John Ames
but there is no mention of a first marriage in any of it.
2.Her story that Lydia's parents were of Scottish descent: I mentioned in my
last post that I recognized the names of Beulah's mother Joanna Ames in what
William Richard Cutter had written about the family. This is because I already had
Joanna Ames in my database. She was the daughter of my 8x great grandparents
John Ames and Priscilla Kimball, and she married John Parker. The Parker, Ames,
and Kimball families had been living in Massachusetts for over a century by the
time of Lydia Phelps' birth.
The probate file and Phelps genealogy information :
The match of the names of the children of Jonathan and Beulah in the probate file
with the names in Charlotte Helen Abbott's genealogy of the Phelps family.
This gives credence to me of her identification of Jonathan as the son of
John Phelps and Elizabeth Andrews, members of two more long established
colonial Massachusetts families. I've used her genealogy of the Barker family as
a reference while working on my grandmother's family and found her to be
very reliable as I've been able to find records to verify her Barker genealogy.
Name Patterns:
Once again, the names of the children of Jonathan Phelps and Beulah Parker were:
Joanna
Lydia
Jonathan
Francis.
Joanna is also the name of Beulah Parker's grandmother in Cutter's genealogy of
the family.
Lydia is the name of Jonathan Phelps' sister in Abbott's Phelps family genealogy.
Jonathan could be named for his father or a number of other men with that name in the
Phelps and Ames families.
Francis was a Phelps family name because of the marriage of Rev Francis Dane's daughter Hannah to Samuel Phelps in 1684. (Ironic considering the events of the Salem Witch trials between the two families.) They are my 7x great grandparents through my Abbott line.
I still need to find a marriage record for Jonathan Phelps and Beulah Parker,
but for the reasons I've given here, I believe they are my 6x great grandparents.
Beulah Parker, but I am convinced that Jonathan was the son of Samuel Phelps and
Elizabeth Andrews and that Beulah Parker was the daughter of John Parker and
Joanna Ames.
The reasons I've come to this conclusion:
Discrepancies in "Aunt Betsey"(Ames)Putnam's story about her parents.
1. Her statement that when Lydia Phelps met and married John Ames it
was his second marriage. There is quite a bit of information on John Ames
but there is no mention of a first marriage in any of it.
2.Her story that Lydia's parents were of Scottish descent: I mentioned in my
last post that I recognized the names of Beulah's mother Joanna Ames in what
William Richard Cutter had written about the family. This is because I already had
Joanna Ames in my database. She was the daughter of my 8x great grandparents
John Ames and Priscilla Kimball, and she married John Parker. The Parker, Ames,
and Kimball families had been living in Massachusetts for over a century by the
time of Lydia Phelps' birth.
The probate file and Phelps genealogy information :
The match of the names of the children of Jonathan and Beulah in the probate file
with the names in Charlotte Helen Abbott's genealogy of the Phelps family.
This gives credence to me of her identification of Jonathan as the son of
John Phelps and Elizabeth Andrews, members of two more long established
colonial Massachusetts families. I've used her genealogy of the Barker family as
a reference while working on my grandmother's family and found her to be
very reliable as I've been able to find records to verify her Barker genealogy.
Name Patterns:
Once again, the names of the children of Jonathan Phelps and Beulah Parker were:
Joanna
Lydia
Jonathan
Francis.
Joanna is also the name of Beulah Parker's grandmother in Cutter's genealogy of
the family.
Lydia is the name of Jonathan Phelps' sister in Abbott's Phelps family genealogy.
Jonathan could be named for his father or a number of other men with that name in the
Phelps and Ames families.
Francis was a Phelps family name because of the marriage of Rev Francis Dane's daughter Hannah to Samuel Phelps in 1684. (Ironic considering the events of the Salem Witch trials between the two families.) They are my 7x great grandparents through my Abbott line.
I still need to find a marriage record for Jonathan Phelps and Beulah Parker,
but for the reasons I've given here, I believe they are my 6x great grandparents.
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