The STOCKBRIDGE Family of Scituate and Boston

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JOHN STOCKBRIDGE (abt 1608 - 1657) of Scituate and Boston m. Ann Unknown (b. abat 1614)
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ELIZABETH STOCKBRIDGE m. Thomas Hyland


First Generation

JOHN STOCKBRIDGE (abt 1608 - 1657) of Scituate and Boston

Parents:

John Stockbridge was born about 1608. He died on 13 (8) 1657 in Boston. [Ref] He married Ann Unknown. Ann was born about 1614.

John Stockbridge, age 27, Ann Stockbridge, age 21, and Charles Stockbridge, age 1, are on a 1635 [?] list of passengers to be transported to New England on the Blessing. [Ref]

Goodman Stockbridge "ye wheeler" had a house in Scituate in 1636. [Ref] Goodwife Stockbridge joined the church at Scituate on 16 Jul 1637. [Ref]

John Stockbridge is in the Scituate section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref]

John Stockbridge, a wheelright of Boston, wrote his will on 4 (7) 1657; it was deposed on 3 (2) 1658. [Ref]

Children of John Stockbridge

  1. Charles Stockbridge was born about 1634. Charles Stockbridge died on 28 Dec 1683 in Scituate. [Ref] Barclay [Ref, 38;186] argues that he married Abigail Eames, the daughter of Capt. Anthony Eames of Marshfield. She died in Mar 1709/10 in Scituate. [Ref] Abigail married second Nathaniel Turner. [Ref, entry for Humphrey Turner][Ref, 38;186]
    Charles's father refers to Charles as his eldest son in his will and left him his water mill at Scituate. [Ref]
    some descendants of Charles Stockbridge
  2. Hannah Stockbridge was baptised on 24 Sep 1637 in Scituate. [Ref][Ref: daughter of "Sister Stockbridge"] She married William Tickner on 29 (8) 1656 in Boston. [Ref] Her father refers to Hannah as Hannah Tickner in his will. [Ref]
  3. John Stockbridge was born after 1635. He is refered to as the youngest son in his father's will. [Ref] John Stockbridge took the oath of allegiance on "Novem. 28, [16]" 1677 in Haverhill. [Ref]
  4. Elizabeth Stockbridge was born after 1635. Her father says that she is under 21 in his will. She married Thomas Hyland on 1 Jan 1661 in Scituate.
  5. Sarah Stockbridge was baptised on 15 Mar 1645 in Scituate. [Ref] Her father says that she is under 21 in his will. [Ref] She married Joseph Woodward on 6 Jan 1669 in Scituate. [Ref]
  6. Esther Stockbridge was baptised on 11 Jul 1647 in Scituate. [Ref] She is mentioned in her father's will. [Ref]
  7. Mary Stockbridge was baptised on 29 Apr 1655 in Scituate. [Ref] She is mentioned in her father's will. [Ref]

A "Goodman Stockbridge" was buried on 10 Mar 1637 in Scituate. [Ref]

Second Generation

ELIZABETH STOCKBRIDGE

Parents: John Stockbridge and Ann Unknown

Elizabeth was born after 1635. Her father says that she is under 21 in his will. [Ref] She married Thomas Hilland on 1 Jan 1661 in Scituate. [Ref][Ref][Ref]

References

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. 1-3, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.

Barclay, Mrs. John, "The Family of John Stockbridge of Scituate," The American Genealogist 38, 1963, 184-189.

Editors, "Founders of New England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 14, 1860, 297 - 346.

French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, various issues.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Otis, Amos, trans., "Scituate and Barnstable Church Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9, 1855, 279-287; 10,1856, 37-43, 345-351.

Pulsifer, David, trans., "Records of Boston," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, various issues.

Quint, Alonzo H., "Oaths of Freemen, Allegiance, &c. in Old Norfolk County, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 201-204.

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., "List of Those Able to Bear Arms in the Colony of New Plymouth 1643," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 4, 1850, 255-259.

Trask, William, "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, various issues.

W. H. W., "Early Marriages and Births in Scituate, Mass. Prior to 1700," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 18, 1864, 285-287.; 19, 1865, 219-221.

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