Kay: Why Essex Co ? none of the towns are in Essex Co. I have posted to the following: Mass Bay Colony , Middlesex, MaHampden , lists . You may want to post to Suffolk County (Mass.) - DIRECTORY OF THE HEADS OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, 1620-1700; Frank R.Holmes, NY,1923 Lamb, Edward: resident of Watertown, 1633 Lamb, Thomas: merchant, came to New England,1630, settled at Roxbury Lawson,Henry: ...not listed in this book Rawlins, Thomas: brother of Jasper; resident of Roxbury,1630; removed Winthrop,Mass,1639; then Scituate,Mass and later Boston,Mass Woods, William: author of "New England's Prospect", b. Eng.1582, came from Matlock,Derbyshire,Eng.to Salem,Mass,1629; returned to England 1633; settled at Concord,Mass,1638 where he died in 1671. ====================================================== BONDS GENEALOGIES AND HISTORY OF WATERTOWN; 2d edition, Boston, 1860 page 329 The name could be spelled Lamb or Lam Edward Lamb, was an early proprietor of Watertown, probably in 1630. By wife Margaret, he had: i. Hannah, b. Dec.27,1633 ii. Mary, buried Nov. 10,1635, aged 2 months iii. Samuel, b. Ap.3,1637 iv. Mary, b. Ap. 30,1639 v./vi. John and Increase (twins)buried Feb. 20,1639-40 March 14,1647/8 he sold to Charles Stearns, a house and 8 acres; also 25 acres of divided land; also 4 acres in the hither plain, and 7-1/2 acres in lien of township. He probably moved from Watertown about that time. ========================================================== THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS; Immigrants to New England,1620-1633, Vol.II; Robert Charles Anderson, N.E.H.G.S.,1995 page: 1151 - (will give only BASIC info here due to copyrite laws; you can find this book in major libraries) - EDWARD LAMB Origins: unknown migration: 1633 First Residence: Watertown Removes: Boston by 1648 Birth: about 1608 death: prob. Boston, between 27 June 1648(bapt. of dau. Elizabeth) and 1650 (widow remarried, Samuel Allen of Braintree) marriage: by 1633, Margaret_____(birth of first child in 1633) children: i. Hannah, Watertown, 27 Dec.1633... no further record ii. Mary, bur.Wa.,10 Nov 1635, aged 2 months iii. Samuel, b. Wa., 3 April 1637 .no further record iv. Mary, b. Wa. 30 April 1639...no further record v. John (twin) bur. Wa. 20 Feb. 1639/40...7 days old vi. Increase (twin) bur. Wa., 20 Feb 1639/40....7 days old vii. (probably) John, b. about 1642; m. (1) Mary (French) Poole. (2) Lydia.... viii. (poss.) Sarah, about 1644; mar. Braintree, 27 July 1664, Stephen Scott ix. Elizabeth, b. about 16 June., bapt. Boston 27 June 1648........ ---------------------------------------------------- same book, page 1153: THOMAS LAMB Origins: possibly Barnardiston, Suffolk (The orgins of Thomas Lamb are not conclusive.........) Migration: 1630 ffirst resident: Roxbury occupation: yeoman, possibly slater church membership: yes Freeman: 19 Oct 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631 estate: .......too much to list birth: about 1599 death: Roxbury, 28 March 1646 marriage: (1) Elizabeth______ 1624 (2) Dorothy Harbitle, 16 July 1640 (remarried - Thomas Hawley, 1651/2) children: i. Thomas...(poss).born in Eng., bapt. 1624, raised in Charlestown,Mass. ii. (?) Susan, b. in Eng, bapt 1626; if child of Thomas, may have died before 1630 iii. John, poss. Eng 1628; married Joanna_____; lived in Springfield (2/w: Lydia (Wright) (Bliss)Norton. iv. Samuel, b. Roxbury, abt OCt 1630 and bapt at church in Dorchester v. Abel, b. about Aug 1633; bur. in Cambridge vi. Decline, b. April 1637(called 1st dau), mar. Stephen Smith,1633 in Charlestown vii. Benjamin b.and d. same day, Oct 1639; b bur. 28 Nov.1639 (wife died with child) auth.thinks records in error ------------- 2d wife: viii. Caleb, b. 9 Apr. 1641; m. Roxbury, 30 June 1669, Mary Wise ix. Joshua, b. 27 Nov 1642; mar. Mary Alcock, dau of John. x. Mary, bp. 29 Sept. 1644; mar. by 1665 Thomas Swan; (2) John Bayley after July 1697. xi. Abiel: b 15 Aug. 1646; m. by 28 Feb. 1674, Elizabeth (Clark) Buckminster. ============================================================================= THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS; Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633; Vol.III; Robert C. Anderson, N.E.H.G.S., 1995 page: 1557 THOMAS RAWLINS: Origins: unknown Migration: 1630 first res. Roxbury removes: Dorchester by 1634; Scituate 1638; Boston 1652 occupation: planter, carpenter, housewright church: Roxbury Ch. member #7 freeman: requested 19 Oct 1630; admitted 18 May 1631 education: signed name to deeds as did first wife,Sarah offices: several estate....spelled Raulins of Scituate......Rawelines at Dorchester........more info birth: abt 1593 death: Boston, 15 March 1659/60 marriage: by 1632,(but by 1618 IF she was mother of all children), Mary________; churchmember #47 (2) after 1639________ (3) Boston, 2 May 1656 Sarah Madocks of Roxbury, a widow children: i. Thomas, about 1618; died much after Dec. 12,1681 ii. Mary, about 1620; m. Scituate, April 1639, William Parker iii. Joanna, about 1624; married Scituate, 28 Jan 1645/46, Ephriam Kenton iv. Nathaniel, b.about 1626; m. Scituate, 4 Sept. 1652, Lydia Sylvester, dau of Richard. v. John, about 1628; came with father to New England according to Eliot, no further record associations: Savage suggests that Thomas was brother of Jasper, but no records of Thomas are found in Ingatestone,Jasper's English home. comments: Thomas raised his sister, Joanna Kempton 's children as Joanna and Ephriam died young. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- same book: No William Wood of Boston ==================================================================== No mention of the N.Carolina in the books........... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Lamb" <kathleenlamb1@comcast.net> To: <MAESSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 12:07 PM Subject: [MAESSEX] Lamb, Rawlins, Lawson, Woods > Does anyone have any further information on the following people who came in > the Winthrop fleet? > > Edward LAMB of Watertown > > Thomas LAMB of Roxbury > > Henry LAWSON > > Thomas RAWLINS of Roxbury > > William WOODS of Boston > > Our Henry Lamb family, who came into North Carolina by 1715, look like they > came from the Mass. Lamb family. They were Quakers. They connect to all > those with last names as shown above. The Lamb's also look like they > connect to a man named Nicholas Paige of Mass. in 1600's. who bought Roanoke > Island from Joshua Lamb of Boston and NC. The Lamb's settled in NC very > near there. > > Kay Lamb > > >