Woke up this morning with a "blizzard" outside....soft fluffy snow...and several inches of it and still snowing hard. Good day to work on the computer after I go out and use the snowblower. -- This continues the "List of Freemen of Massachusetts" postings... if anyone has missed the others, go to the Massachusetts Bay Colony archives and you will find the postings start with "Freemen of Mass." or "List of Freemen" and all the dates are different for each posting. -- http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MA-BAY-COLONY http://archiver.rootsweb.com/m.html [Ma-Bay-Colony first one on list] --- http://members.aol.com/ntgen/hrtg/mass.html interesting website by Norris Taylor...he as a good synopsis on the Mass.Bay Colony which you may be interested in reading if you are new to the era/area. ---- FYI: [notes in bracketts are mine....some of the towns could be couple of towns with same letters OR in different state today for example: SAL. Could be Salisbury or Salem,Mass. Dover. could be in Mass. or NH the author left no descriptions of the abbreviations...darn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Now...the Freemen of 1644 and 1665 19 Oct 1664 (Colonial Records,Vol IV,page 458 * John Coldam, Gloucester * Robert Gibbs,Boston * Abraham Browne,Boston * Richard Price,Boston * Arthur Mason, Boston * Samuel Gallop,Boston ============================= FYI: ALL towns listed are in Massachusetts unless stated otherwise. -- 3 May 1665 Colonial Records,Vol.IV,page 562 "Several persons underwrit returned by certainly cerficates from several ministers and selectmen,were by public suffrage of both Magistrates and deputies admitted to freedom, and took their oaths accordinly" ALL of Sal. [ Salem ? or Salisbury? ] ,Massachusetts Bay Colony * Zerubbal enedcott * Eliazer Hauthorne * John Corwin * William Browne,jr * John Putnam * Joseph Porter * Richard Leech * Samuel Eburne * John Rucke * James Browne * Phillip Cromwell * Edw.Humber * Rich.Hollingsworth * Joshua Rea * Xtopher Babridge ======================================================================== ALL men of Boston * George May * Joseph Belknap * Amos Richardson * Thomas Joy * Deane Winthrop * Nathaniel Reynolds * Benjamin Thirston * John Toppan * ffrancis Bacon * Nathaniel Greene * Humphry Davy * Abijah Savage * Henry Taylor * Tho.Underwood * William Hazzey * Benjamin Muzzey * Thomas Hoole * Hen.Messenger ============================================================================ All men of Dorchester * John Minot * James Minot * Stephen Minot * Daniel Preston * David Jones * William Weekes * Edward Blake * James Blackman -------------- =============================================================================== The men following from different towns * John Lewis,Lancaster * George Colton,Springfield * Edmond Quinsey, Braintree * Isak Sternes, Watertown * john Stone, Watertown * Steven Willoues,Cambridge * John Marret,Camb. * James Trowbridge, Camb. * John Grout,Camb. * Joseph Easterbooke, Camb. * Nathaniel Saltonstal,Haverhill * Edmo.Chamberlaine,Chelmford * John Wright,Chelm. * John Stevens, Chelm. * John Martin, Chelm * Herlakenden Symons, Gloucester * Samuel Ward, Marblehead * Steven Pajne [Paine],Malden * Peter Tuffs,Malden * Richard Cutts, Port. [Portsmouth,NH?] * John gold, Ports. * Thomas Baker, Ports. * Shubal Dumer, Newbury * Thomas Steevens, Sudbury * Ri. Meade, Roxbury * Edmo. Eddenden, Rox. * Tho.Eames, Rox. ------------------------------- ============================================================================ 23 May 1665 Colonial Records,Vol.VI,page 465 * Phillip Nelson, Rowley * Tho. Nelson, Row. * John Trumble, Row. * Benjamin Scott, Row. =================================================================== 11 October 1665 Colonial Records, Vol.VI,page 557 * Thomas Merrick of Springfield ========================================================================= 23 May 1666 Colonial Records, Vol.VI,page 562 * Joseph Cooke, Cambridge * Daniel Wellow,Camb. * John Swayne, Camb. * John Addams, Camb. * Tho.Phelabrowne,Camb. * Tho.Cheney, Camb. * James Hubbard, Camb. * Robert Ayer, Haverhill * Tho. Ayer, Haverhill * Peter Ayer, Haver. * Tho.Whitter,Haver. * James Davis, Haver. * John Dow, Haver. * Tho.Lillford, Haver. * Sam. Converse, Woburn * John Benjamin, Watertown * Edward Allen, Boston * John Brackett,Boston * Joseph Davis, Bos. * Seth Perry, Bos. * Tho. ffitch, Bos. * Sam. Norden, Bos. * George Mang, Bos. * Edmo.Eddington, Bos. * Tho. Matson,jr., Bos * John Batchelor, Reading * Edw. Burns, Hingham * Ben.Bosworth, Hingham * John Cole,sr, Hadley * Joseph Baldwin, Hadley * ffranc. Bernard, Had. * Philip Russell, Had. * James Bapson,Gloucester * William Kerly, Marlboro * Edmo. Gate, Sal. * Sam Moody, Newbury * Caleb Moody, Newbury * Nicholas Rocket, Med. * Isack Butter, Med. [Medford?/Medfield?] * Ben.Gibbs, Boston * Abr.Willjams,Marlboro * Nathaniel Weare, Hampton [NH] * Henry Page, Hampton * Robert Vose, Milton * Antho. Gullifer, Milton * Nicholas George,Sr, Dorchester * Obadiah Hawes, Dorchester * John Capen,jr, Dorchester * Tho. Peirse, Dorchester * Robert Spurr,Dorch. * Timothy Tileston,Dorch. * John Gill, Dorch. * Thomas Smist,jr, Dorch. * Ezra Clap, Dorch. * William Cheney, Roxbury * John Moore, Rox. * Thomas ffoster, Rox. * William Lyon, Rox. * John Kingman, Weymouth * Sam Pratt, Weym. * Sam. White, Weym. * John Vining, Weym. * Thom. Bayley, Weym. * James Nash, Weym. * Jacob Nash, Weym. * Laurenc Hamond, Boston * Robert Coxe, Boston * Hugh Amos, Bos. * Moses ffiske, Dover [NH/Mass?] * Peter Coffyn, Dover[Mass/NH?] * Jno. Woodman, Dover [mass/nh?] * Jno.Davis, Dover [mass/nh?] * Jno.Martin, Dover[mass/nh?] * Antho.Nutter, Dover[in NH:ancestor] * Tho. Roberts, Dover [ma/nh?] * Tobias Davis, Dover [NH/Mass?] * Tho.Eaton, Haverhill * Jno. johnson,Haverhill * Jno. White, ___? * Elisha Hutchinson , __? * David Saywell, __? * Eph. Turner, ____? * Jno.Turner, ___? * Caleb Watson,____? * Jno. Crow, ___? * Jno. Browne,___? * John Samborne, Hampton [NH:ancestor] * William Martson, Hampton,NH * Henry Dow, Hampton,NH * ---------------------------- ====================================================================== If anyone knows for sure what the towns of SAL. and or DOVER, for certain names, please share with lists. --- Cynthia Admin.Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Bunnydust@attbi.com ALWAYS VERIFY your source(s) REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT'S FROM