Ancestors of Russell Edward Spooner II
Notes
622.
Philip Nelson Captain
Philip Nelson, the eldest son of Thomas, came to America with his father in 1638. He graduated from Harvard in 1654, and was admitted freeman in 1667. He caused some trouble in the church at Rowley by pretending to cure a deaf and dumb boy in imitation of our Saviour, by saying Ephphatha. The ministers of the neighbouring churches were called together, and the boy was brought before them to see whether he could speak or not. He was interrogated, but "there he stood," say the records, "like a deaf and dumb boy as he was." They could not make him hear, nor could he speak. Coffin, MS Letter. Philip died 20 Aug. 1691.
624.
Comfort Starr
Comfort inherited 500 acres of land near Concord, and lands near Deerfield, Walpole, Medway, Massachusetts and in Windham County, Connecticut from his aunt, Mary (Bunker) Lusher.
626.
Isaac Perley
Isaac Perley was married about 1704, settled in Boxford and died 22 Nov., 1711. His wife's name was Frances; she was baptised in the First Church 3 March, 1705-6; she died 17 June, 1710, fifteen days after child-birth. They became members of that church in 1706. He was a fence viewer in 1705; a surveyor of highways in 1709; a tithing man in 1710. They bid adieu to a promising future and journeyed to the spirit land in the summer of life, leaving three little ones to the tutelage of friends.
He made his will 20 Nov., 1711. The will was never proved, the witnesses, Samson and Alice How-25, being in Killingly, Connecticut. His brother Jeremiah-10 was, 31 Dec., 1712, appointed administrator of his estate, which was inventoried at œ207 2s, which included credits to the amount of œ92 11s.
640.
John Quinby
According to Rev. S.E. Quinby John was born September 7, 1665. page 3 of book
SOURCE: New Hampshire Provincial Deeds 1702-1792, p. 96. "Mudget, Nicklas [sic] of Brentwood, husbandman, to John Quimbey, Jr. of Brentwood, laborer, Land in Brentwood, on road leading from Nicholas Smith to John Thing. Bounded by "Gilman's Land", land of Darbey Kelley ("that he sold to his son Marshel"). Dated 22 April 1767. Witnesses: William Moor, Job Judkins. Ackn. Brentwood, 27 May 1767, Elisha Sanborn, J.P., at which time Mary, wife of Nicholas Mudget, surrenders dower's rights. Received 27 July 1767, "unpaid". [No 480]."
656.
Daniel Furbush
In 1722, the house of Daniel Furbush Sr., is one of a persons who was allowed to remain in Kittery, Maine by the selectmen, he having embraced the Quarker Faith, to which, about that time, there was great opposition.
The first meeting house set up by friends or Quakers, was built in that portion of Kittery, afterwards incorporated as Eliot, in 1730.
By report on 4 Oct 1692: "The Indians took Daniel's young wife and baby, and his wife's sister, captive." [Noyes, pg. 565]
In 1696, Daniel Ffarbish was fined 5 shillings for fishing on Sunday, in the river at Kittery Maine. The fine and 1 shilling for fees was given to the poor.
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Benjamin Webber
In the York County, Province of Maine Court of General Sessions on 3 January 1715, "Wee present Benjamin Webber & Mehittable Allen now his wife both of york for fornication....they owing the fact. Its Considered by the Court that they recieve Seven Stripes apiece on their naked backs at the post & pay fees of Court 7 Shillings or pay a fine of Thirty Shillings apiece to his Majesty & fees of Court as aforesd & Stand Committed" (Province and Court Records of Maine, volume 5, p. 173). It is not known whether they took the seven lashes or paid the thirty shillings.
"Young married persons, whose courtship had been carried on under the convenient and comfortable New England `bundling' device, and had anticipated events unwisely, found themselves in the hands of the law, when their first child appeared in advance of the physiological period of gestation. After labor was safely over both of them were haled into Court and ordered to the whipping post to receive a dozen stripes each at the hands of the public executioner. It is probable that many cases of premature delivery were unjustly punished" (Charles Edward Banks. History of York, Maine, Volume II, page 239).
From an article "The Truth about Bundling," Yankee Magazine, September 1991, page 12: "Bundling, an old custom permitting unmarried men and women to court, fully clothed, in bed. What is the use of sitting up all night and burning out fire and lights, when you could just as well get under cover and keep warm. It was respectable enough in the early history of New England when religion was an all-powerful influence on behavior. But in succeeding generations, the innocent practice was corrupted producing an amazing number of sturdy brats. About 1785, unmarried women blushed to read lines like these:
She'll sometimes say when she lies down,
She can't be cumbered with a gown,
And that the weather is so warm,
To take it off can be no harm...
The result was such a general storm of banter and ridicule that no girl had the courage to stand against it and as the ministers continued to thunder against bundling, the practice finally was killed off.
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