Notes on the Founding of New England

[S608] "Notes on the Founding of New England"
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Mr. Thomas Newberry of Dorchester ... Mr. Matthew Allyn of Windsor ... all very prominent men in the colonies.
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people of consequence, who held public offices and filled important trusts, viz., Henry Woodward of Dorchester
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in the inventory of the large estate of Mr. Thomas Newberry, out of a total of 1520 pounds, 4s. 7d., only one pound and one shilling were in cash.
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The chief men in this movement [to Windsor] were ... Mr. Newberry (who died just before the main body took departure)
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1638 ... Mr. Matthew Allyn purchased it [Plymouth trading house] from Holmes, who arrived with a power-of-attorney to act in the matter for the Plymouth plantation. It is thought that Mr. Allyn built a new house, using in its construction the material taken from the Plymouth house. Stiles says the tradition that some of the material from the old house that was taken down from the 'acre on the hill' was prepared in England, refers undoubtedly to the material brought by Capt. Holmes for the construction of the Plymouth trading house and he mentions the individuals living in Windsor in 1890, who remembered the old Plymouth Allyn house. 'Its front presented two stories, the rear roof ('lean to') sloping down to cover all the eaves but one story. The front door was in the middle of the house, the stairway had 'two great stairs,' where it turned at right angles, landing the passenger in the little hall above facing the window directly over the front door. Back of the stairway, and as the same width of the front hall, was the huge chimney, with three fireplaces on the lower floor, and plastered above. There was in one of the front chamber rooms, a table too large to be taken through the doors, which had been placed there when the house was built. There is, of course, a tradition that the table came from England. It is now on the lower floor of the Conn. Hist. Society's rooms at Hartford.' (Stiles' Ancient Windsor, 1, pp. 42-3.)
The deed given to Mr. Matthew Allyn reads as follows: 'The house belonging to Plymouth aforesaid, situate within the limits of Windsor, upon said river Connecticut, with all the meadow privileges belonging to the said plantation of Plymouth in the place aforesaid is as ample and full manner as the said plantation at present enjoyeth of the same or of right ought to do. The particulars of this land now bargained and sold and expressed in agreement between the plantation of New Plymouth and the inhabitants of Windsor, under the hands of some of the inhabitants aforesaid dated the 15th of May , 1637. 'In witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3d day of May 1638. William Holmes.' (Stiles' Ancient Windsor, 1, p. 41.).
It was not until two years after this house was bought by Mr. Allyn that the Plymouth house and lot were declared to be within the jurisdiction of the orders of Windsor. (Stiles' Ancient Windsor, 1, p. 32.)
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The following members of this ancestry were among the founders or first settlers of at Windsor. The dates given are those which the respective names first appear on the records of the town, and not necessarily the date of arrival. ... Mr. Thomas Newberry, 1636; Mr. Matthew Allyn, 1638 (Stiles' Ancient Windsor, 1, pp. 149-171.) And in a list of the freemen of Windsor, dated October 11, 1669, we find the following: Mr. Matthew Allyn ... The list contained 129 names, of which eight bear the title of 'Mr.', one of them being Benjamin Newberry, son of Mr. Thomas Newberry and brother of Mrs. Henry Wolcott.
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William Whitting was one of two appointed by the General Court to erect fortification in Connecticut in 1642. Thomas Newberry was in charge of similar works for Massachussetts in 1635. His son Benjamin, besides being a distinguished military officer was one of the council for military affairs during King Philip's War.
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The Court kept this 25th June 1669, ... Capt. Neubery (son of Thomas Newberry) Commissioner
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On May 29th, Captain Benjamin Newberry wrote the following letter to his brother-in-law, Secretary Allyn of Conecticut*:

'Loueing brothr yrs from ye councile 26th jnstand whereby I understand Major Talcott jntended towards narrowgansitt. I haue could haue binne glad yf it binne othr wise. sir on Thursday morning yr was Alarum at Hadly; his man was shott at goeing to ye mill and presently after fowre men more being sent foerth as a scout to discover were also shott at by seaven or eight jndians and narrowly escaped; the Indians made sevorall shots at ye mill but thorow gods goodnes none was hurt. we being sent (for) drew all over & togethr wth sevorall of ye towne went foerth to mill; saw many tracks and also where ye jindians Lay yr Ambushments as we judged but could not finde the Indians so as to make anything of it; some sd they saw some but so kept of that we could not come atf them; we found where they had newly kild nine horses yong and olde and to be feard have driven away sevorall cattle yt could not be found. I must doubght yf some effectual course not taken much Loss of cattle If not of men will soon be in these parts. our being hear as garrison cannot presrue ye cattle neither can we pursue after to reliue them but wth great hazard. the Lord guide you in all waighty concerns before you wth humble respects to yor and service to ye Honrd deputy: Gover wth ye rest take leaue remaining
yors to serue & comand
Ben: Newbery
Northampton
May 26, 76.
ffor ye worshipf ? Captn John Allyn att Hartfrd these' (N. E. Reg., 25, p. 72.)'

*Captain Newberry was the brother of Sarah Newberry, wife of Henry Wolcott, and a son of Thomas Newberry. Secretary Allyn was a brother of Captain Thomas Allyn and a son of Matthew Allyn, whose daughter Captain Newberry married.
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Mr. Thomas Newberry m. Jane Dabinott. ch. Sarah Newberry.
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Henry Woodward of Dorchester and Northampton, Mass. bap. at Childwell Parish, March 22, 1607; son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Tynen) Woodward of North Woolton, about five miles south of Liverpool. m. Elizabeth. d. April 7, 1685. Reg. of Deaths at Northampton. (N. E. Reg., 3, p. 399.) According to Clapp, he came in the 'James,' in the summer of 1635, with Richard Mather, and is said by him to have been a physician. He was of Dorchester; husbandman, member of the church as early as 1639; Freeman, May 10, 1643 and Proprietor of Dorchester. He removed to Northampton, where he became one of the 'seven pillars' of the church. He signed the church convenant there, June 18, 1661 with John Ingersoll and John Lyman. He was Commissioner, Townsman, 1667 with John Lyman, Quartermaster of the Hampshire Troops in 1663; member of the first board of Tithingmen. In 1665, the county authorities arranged with him to entertain the Court, in consequence of which he was granted leave to sell liquor and keep an ordinary. He built a grist mill where he was killed by accident in 1685, being struck by the mill wheel, according to Clapp. He was a man of force and character and much in the public service. Although an excellent business man, he was perhaps illiterate for he signed his name with a cross. His coming to Northampton was regarded as a great acquisition for the town. March 26, 1661, he with John Lyman served on the jury, Mr. John Webster being one of the four Magistrates. His three daughters married prominent men.
Worcester Co. Mass. Gens., I. p. 181; Pomeroy Family History, pp. 140-1; The Woodward Family, Chamberlin MS, in N.Y. Pub. Lib.; Savage, 4, p. 644; History of Dorchester, Clapp, p. 141. Trumbull thought he came to Northampton early in 1659 and says he had here at that time 12 acres in his home lot and 46 acres of meadow land. (Hist. of Northampton, vol. 1., p. 80), but in a deed dated Nov. 10, 1659, he is still called of Dorchester, 'husbandman.' N. E. Reg., 9, p. 301.
Elizabeth, wife of Henry Woodward. d. Aug. 30, 1690. (Register of Deaths in Northampton. See N. E. Hist. Reg., 3, p. 400.) Their children all born in Dorchester.
Experience, m. Medad Pomeroy.
Freedom, bap. July 1642; d. May 17, 1681; m. Nov. 18, 1662, Jedediah Strong of Northampton.
Thankfull, m. Dec. 18, 1662, Capt. John Taylor of Northampton.
John, m. May 18, 1671, Anna, dau. of Thomas Dewey of Windsor, Conn. and settled in Northampton; removed to Lebanon, Conn.
Mrs. Woodward in her will says of John: 'He has been a dutiful and well carriaged son to me all of my life.'
Savage, 4, p. 644.
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Mr. Matthew Allyn of Hartford and Windsor Conn. bap. April 17, 1605; son of Richard and Margaret (Wyott) Allyn of Braunton, Devon, England. m. Feby 2, 1626-7, Margaret Wyott. d. Feby 7, 1670-1. He emigrated with the original Braintree company in 1632 to Cambridge, Mass. where he had given him the next year, 45 rods of the 'Comon Pales.' (Gov. Haynes had 70 and John Benjamin 50 rods, granted them.) In 1635, he owned five houses on the town plot of Cambridge. In May, 1638, he was lodged with Roger Williams at Providence. (Mass. Hist. Coll., fourth series, 6, pp. 244, 247.) He was made Freemen, March 4, 1634-5 and Representative, March 1635-6. It is thought he removed to Hartford in 1637, - at any rate he was an original proprietor there and owned the first mill in Hartford. His house lot was on the road to the 'Neck,' now Windsor Street and he owned over 180 acres in that and nine other lots. He was excommunicated by the Church in Hartford and June 3, 1644, he appealed to the General Court for redress. The records do not show how the affair was settled, but it may have been the cause for his removal to Windsor. Nevertheless, few men in the Colony had more influence or received more honors than he. He was Deputy from Windsor May, 1648 to March, 1652 inclusive, excepting the sessions of May 21, 1650, Feb. 5, 1651, and Oct. 6, 1651, and from Sept. 1654 to March, 1657-8, excepting the session of May 21, 1657. Assistant from May, 1658 to October, 1667 inclusive; Commissioner for the United Colonies 1660 and 1664, and frequently appointed upon important committees by the General Court. He was named in the Charter of 1662. 'He was eminently a man of affairs and an active and public spirited citizen.' but the Court Records indicate that he was of a litigious spirit. In May, 1660, 'Mr. Matthew Allyn is chosen moderator to supply the place of ye Governor and Dep: in case of their occasional absenc from ye Gen: Court.' He also served as Moderator at the sessions of August 28, 1661, May 15, 1662 and July 22, 1662. Col. Rec. of Conn., I, p. 348; Lechford's Note Book, p. 416; Savage, I, p. 43; N. E. Reg., 51, p. 214.
Margaret Wyott, wife of Matthew Allyn. dau. of John and Frances (Chichester) Wyott of Braunton, Devon, England. m. Feby, 2, 1626-7. (Braunton Parish Reg.) d. Sept. 12, 1675 (?); 'ould msts Allyn dyed. septemr, 12. 1675.' (B. M. and D. Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, p. 28.) Does this entry refer to Matthew Allyn's widow? Their children:
John, bap. Feb 24, 1630; d. Nov. 6, 1696. ... m. Nov. 19, 1651, Ann, dau. of Henry Smith and grandau. of Hon. William Pynchon. ...
Thomas, (Capt.) m. Abigail Warham.
Mary, d. July 29, 1689; m. June 11, 1646, Benjamin, son of Thomas and Jane Newberry of Dorchester, Mass.
J. L.Vivian's Visitation of the County of Devon, p. 823; N. E. Reg., 20, p. 505; Ibid., 51, p. 4; Hinman's MS., Boston.
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Jane (Dabinott?), second wife of Rev. John Warham. perhaps dau. of John and Johane Dabinott of Chardstock, Dorset, Eng. m. about 1637. d. April 23, 1655 at Norwalk, Conn., at the house of her daughter, Hannah Newberry.
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Mr. Thomas Newberry of Dorchester, Mass. bap. Nov 10, 1594; son of Richard and Grace (Matthew) Newberry of Yarcombe, Devon, England, Gent. m. about 1619, Joane Dabinott. d. probably in Dec. 1636. Inventory, 1520 pounds, 4s. 7d. He was one of the richest men among the colonists and a merchant; he had an excellent education and was engaged in legal study in London during several terms of the Court of Chancery. (Chancery Proceedings, series 2, 342-65.) In 1626, he occupied an estate called 'Coweleyes' in Marshwood, co. Dorset. He turned Puritan when a young man and sailed to New England in April, 1634. His first appearance on the records of New England is as a grantee of the lands in Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 1, 1634; he subsequently received several other large grants of land there. His name invariably appears on the records with the prefix 'Mr.' for he was of the highest social standing. He joined the church of Dorchester soon after his arrival and on Sept. 3, 1634, was admitted a Freeman of Mass., and immediately became prominent in public affairs, being chosen Selectman Oct. 28, 1634, when it was 'agreed that their shall be Tenn men chosen to order all the affayres of the Plantation, to continue for one yeare & to meete monethly according to the order Oct: 8, 1633.' On Mar. 4, 1634-5 and May 6, 1635, he was Deputy for Dorchester to the General Court. On May 6, he was 'chosen overseer of the worke att Castle Ileland, in the roome of Roger Ludlow, Esq.' etc. At the session of July 8, he was appointed one of a committee of two 'to sett out the bounds betwixte Wessaguseus & Barecove.' He was an active leader in the project for settling of Windsor but died before its accomplishment; he had, however, visited the site of the new town and his widow and children went there after his death. He had married a second wife named Jane. After his death, this wife Jane (by whom he had Rebecca, who m. Rev. John Russell as his second wife; Hannah, who m. Rev. Thomas Hanford, and a dau. b. about 1635, who d. y.), became the wife of Rev. John Warham.
Newberry Gen., by J. G. Bartlett, pp. 35-48.
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Joane Dabinott, wife of Thomas Newberry. b. about 1600; dau. of Christopher Dabinott of Yarcombe, Devon, England. m. about 1619. (P. C. C., 112 Goare. Chancery Proceedings, Six Clerks Series, Collins, 546-48.) d. about 1629, leaving a very large estate; estimates from 2000 pounds to 6000 pounds. Their children:
Joseph, about 1620; d. prob. before 1686; returned to England.
Sarah, about 1622; m. Hanry Wolcott.
Benjamin, about 1624; a famous Captain in the Indian Wars; d. Sept. 11, 1689; m. June 11, 1646, Mary, dau. of Matthew and Margaret (Wyott) Allyn.
Mary, bap. at Whitechurch Canonicorum, co. Dorset, Oct. 22, 1626; d. Aug. 29, 1688; m. June 13, 1644, Capt. Daniel Clarke ...
John, bap. at Whitechurch Canonicorum, co. Dorset, Feb. 19, 1628-9, d. Dec. 1647, unm.
After the death of Mrs. Newberry, her husband m. (2), about 1630, Jane, who was perhaps Jane Dabinott of Chardstock, dau. of John Dabinott and a cousin of his first wife. Thomas Newberry was her guardian. Her father had left her over 150 pounds when married with the consent of her mother and overseers, Christopher Dabinott and Thomas Newberry; perhaps the latter 'consented' she should marry himself. Jane, his second wife went to New England with him in 1634 and after his death married Rev. John Warham.
The Newberry Gen., by J. G. Bartlett, p. 43.
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Dabinott. The parents of Joane Dabinott, wife of Thomas Newberry, were Christopher Dabinott and his wife, whose name is not known, who died before him. Christopher Dabinott or Dabinett, as he spelled it, was a man of force and ability who acquired and extensive estate consisting of lands in Upway, Marshwood, Whitechurch Canonicorum, Chardstock, etc., all in county Dorset*. He was baptized at Yarcombe, county Devon, Feb. 3, 1563-4. In a chancery suit in which he was concerned, it was variously claimed that he was worth from 2000 to 6000 pounds. Even the lesser sum was a very large estate for a yoeman of that period. In 1625, he bought a lease of an estate calle 'Coweleyes' in Marshwood, to run for 99 years, or during his life and the life of his grandsons, Joseph and Benjamin Newberry, apparently as a marriage portion for his daughter Joane, wife of Thomas Newberry, who occupied the estate nearly nine years until his removal to New England. Christopher Dabinott died in July, 1637. His children were: (1) Anne, b. about 1595, who married Anthony Gibbs of Marshwood, co. Dorset; (2) Rawlin, b. about 1597; m. about 1615, Morgan Hayne; and (3) Joane , who m. Thomas Newberry.
The parents of Chistopher Dabinott were Thomas and Rawlin ( ) Dabinott. Thomas Dabinot was born about 1520. He was a substantial yoeman of Yarcombe, county Devon, whence he removed about 1565 to the neighboring parish of Chardstock, county Dorset, where he died before 1593. Their children were: (1) Joane, bap. June 3, 1645, m. _____ Smith; (2) Thomas, bap. Feb. 4, 1547-8, living in 1607; (3) John, bap. Jan. 29, 1553-4, was a yoeman of Chardstock, where he was buried in 1624; (4) Rawlin, bap. Dec. 11, 1557, m. _____ Ford; (5) Bridget, bap. Mar. 31, 1560, d. y. and (6) Christopher.

* On p. 42 of vol. 45 of N. E. Reg., is the following: - Jan. 15, 1638-9, Henry Ayshford, Dept. Lt. of Devon and Col. of a regiment in the eastern division of that country, reported to the Council that Edward Saffyn and Chris. Dabbinett of Cullompton refactory at musters, have conformed and paid messagers' fees. Coll. of State Papers, Domestic. Cullompton was near Yarcombe and not far from Dorsetshire.
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Newberry.

1. Richard Newberye, Gent. of Yarcombe, co. Devon, was father of Thomas Newberry. Being a younger son he inherited no lands. He m. June 15, 1580-1, his kinswoman, Grace, dau. of John Matthew. Their children were: (1) John, bap. Mar. 2, 1581-2; (2) William, bap. Apr. 18, 1584; (3) Alice, bap. Dec. 31, 1586; (4) Fides, bap. Oct. 1, 1589; (5) Robert, bap. Apr. 1, 1592; bur. Apr. 28, 1596; (6) Thomas; (7) Dorothy, bap. Sept. 16, 1597; bur. Aug. 6, 1609; (8) Robert, bap. Apr. 23, 1600; (9) Henry, bap. July 8, 1603.

2. Richard Newberowe or Newburgh, Gent. of Othe Francis, co. Dorset, father of Richard, was only son and heir of his father, and succeeded him to the manor of Othe Francis in Netherbury, Kingston, and Bryans Puddle, co. Dorset and other lands in that county. (Hutchin's History of Dorset, vol. 1, p. 429.) His will is dated Dec. 3, 1568, and Jan. 30, 1568-9 a commission was issued to his widow to administer his estate. He m. about 1552, Elizabeth, dau. of William Horsey, gent., of Binghaus in the Parish of Netherbury. She m (2), Woodshaw. Their children were: (1) Elizabeth, b. abt. 1553; (2) Walter, b. abt. 1555; (3) Richard, b. abt. 1557; (4) Katherine, b. abt. 1559; (5) William, b. abt. 1561.

3. Walter Newborough or Newburgh, Gent., father of Richard was b. abt. 1487. He was a legatee and executor, in 1514, of his cousin Sir Roger Newborough, Knt., the last head of the ancient and knightly main line of the Newburghs of Winfrith, Lullworth and Bindon. He (Walter) m. about 1512 Elizabeth Birport. There children were: (1) Susan b. abt. 1512; (2) Anne; (3) Dorothy; (4) Richard, b. 1517.

4. Thomas Newborough or Newburgh, Esq., father of Walter, b. about 1445 was the youngest son of his father, but he succeeded to the estate of his mother; he also held the estates of Warmwell and others in the co. of Dorset. A monumental inscription placed in Berkeley Church in 1751 states that he was the first of the family who settled at Berkeley. He m. abt. 1484, Alice _____ who survived him. Their children were: (1) John, b. abt. 1485, heir; d. Mar. 18, 1554-5; m. abt. 1509, Edith; (2) Walter, b. abt. 1487; (3) Christopher; (4) Thomas; (5) Rachel; and (6) Jane.

5. John Newbeurgh, Esq., b. 1400, father of Thomas is enrolled with his father in the list of the Dorset gentry in 1433 and on his father's death, about ten years later, he succeeded to the Newburgh ancestral estates in Dorsetshire which he largely augumented by marriage. He died April 1, 1484. He m. (1), Edith, dau. of Robert and Joane Attemore, by whom he had no issue; m. (2), abt. 1435; Alice, dau. of William Carent of Toomer, co. Somerset and widow of John Westbury; she brought her husband the manor of Berkeley, etc., co. Somerset, and she had also a like estate in lands in Wiltshire. Their children were: (1) William, b. abt. 1435; (2) John, b. abt. 1440; d. abt. Mar. 1496-7; m. Isabell no issue; (3) Thomas, b. abt. 1445; (4) Joane, m. _____ Ligh; (5) Anastasia, m. James Frampton; (5) Isabel, m. _____ Strope; (7) Margaret, m. after 1468, as his second wife, Henry Longe of Weaxhall, co. Wilts.
For a more complete account of this family see the 'Newberry Genealogy' by J. Gardiner Bartlett where the line will be found continued back through 14 more generations to Torf, Seigneur de Torville, a great Norman Feudal Baron, b. abt. 920, in a certain and unbroken line.
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Newberry.

Captain Benjamin Newberry took a prominent part in the political and military affairs of the colony. His father, Thomas Newberry, was one of the earliest setlers at Dorchester, Mass., and one of the largest landed propritors; He died in 1636 on the eve of his departure with his family for Connecticut, leaving a widow and her two sons Benjamin and Thomas, and two daughters, Mary who married Daniel clarke, and Sarah who married Henry Wolcott. He married Mary, daughter of Matthew Allyn and sister of Col. John Allyn, for thirty years the honored Secretary of the colony. In 1662, he was chosen Deputy from Windsor to the General Court, and served at nearly every session until 1685, when he was chosen an Assistant, to which office he had been often nominated, first in 1663. He was frequestly a Commissioner from Windsor. June 26, 1672, he was made second military officer for the County of Hartford under Captain John Talcott; Aug. 7, 1673, on the breaking out of the troubles with the Dutch, he was appointed one of the 'Grand Committee,' afterwards known as the 'Council of War' to whom, during the time intervening between the sessions of the General Assembley, was delegated nearly all the authority vested in that body; Aug. 6, 1675, was made Captain of one hundred dragoons, ordered to be raised in the county of Hartford. During King Philip's War he rendered good service to the colony at Northampton, Hadley, and elsewhere. At a meeting of the Council of War on the 20th of May 1676, on receiving intelligence of the 'Falls Fight,' which occured near Deerfield on the previous morning, Captain Newbery was order to march to Northampton at the head of eighty men 'upon Monday next,' which was the 22nd day of the month; and a letter from Northampton, dated the 24th, gives an account of his movements up to the time of writing. He received from Andros a commission as Justice of the Peace, and died soon afterwards, Sept. 11, 1689. (N. E. Reg., 25, p. 73.)

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