Ancestors of Russell Edward Spooner II
Notes
2638.
Miles Thompson
Miles Thompson, carpenter, was living on the first lot north of Thompson's Brook in South Berwick, Maine in 1655 and had a grant of land there, July 15, 1656.
His wife, Ann,was born in 1635 as a deposition shows. He was living in 1702 and she in 1717.
Miles served in the military beginning 7 Apr 1659 at Kittery. He was fined for absenting himself and his wife from public meetings. Civic duties were performed under difficulties. See references Old Families of Kittery, Maine: Piscataqua Pioneers.
2656.
Henry Bleasdell
Born about 1632 in England before the family's migration to New England, we have a glimpse him as a little boy in York, in his own words: "I Henry Blaisdell many years agoe liveing at Agumenticus now called York at which time Mr. Wm. Hook lived at ye same place and Mr. Hook hired me to keep goats for him upon his Land called Cape Nedock Neck." Thus he recorded this memory of his childhood---he was only a small child when he emigrated to the colonies in 1635 on the ship Angel Gabriel. The ships passenger list gave their destination as York, Maine.
He became a settler in that part of Salisbury which was called Salisbury Newton and which became the town of Amesbury, of which he was an original proprietor, living on the twenty acres which his father bought of Thomas Bradbury in 1643. His house was a garrison, to protect against attacking Indians as Amesbury was situated on the frontier. He had a grant of thirty acres in Salisbury Newtown in 1658, selling it to Isaac Colby on April 17, 1663 (Norfolk Deeds, I:164).
He served on two trial juries in 1664. records showing he took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity on December 20, 1677. He and his sons Ebenezer and Henry signed a petition to the General Court, dated December 3, 1680, asking for a military officer to instruct the men of Amesbury, and he became cornet of this local train-band. He took the Freeman's Oath on December 24, 1690 as Henry Blazdell senr. The last record of Henry Blaisdell is a deed by which he conveyed one-half of his homestead to his son Jonathan, in April, 1703.
1686/7, 20 Jan: Will of Jarrett (Jared, Garret or Gerhard) Haddon of Salisbury, Massachusetts, probated 20 Mar 1689/90, bequeaths to son-in-law Henry Blaisdell and grandsons Ebenezer, Henry and Ralph Blaisdell.
Henry Blaisdell, son of the original Ralph, was six or seven years old when he came to this country with his parents. He spent his life in Salisbury and Amesbury after his father left Maine. His name often occurs in Merrill's History of Amesbury. He died in the latter place between 1705 and 1709.
2662.
Hugh Gunnison
Tradition says Hugh Gunnison was born about 1610 in Sweden. He was in Boston in 1634, a vinter, servant to Richard Bellingham.
Hugh was made freeman 25 May 1636. Land granted 9 Jan 1637 for Hugh, wife and child. In 1642 he opened an ordinary with a cooke's shop. In 1646 he was a member of the artillery company. He was deputy to General Court and Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
In 1651 he sold his his inn and brewhouse "King's Arms" which was located on State & Exchange Streets, for 600 pounds. He removed to Kittery, Maine and was licensed for an ordinary. In 1656 with others he petitioned Oliver Cromwell for relief from Royal Exactions.
November 4, 1718, Richard, son of Lewis Tucker, took out letters of Administration, filed bond and inventory on the estate of Hugh Gunnison, late of Kittery, deceased, his grandfather.
2764.
William Drew
William Drew died in April 1669. His widow Elizabeth born 1628, daughter of Francis and Thomasine (Channon) Matthews married, 20 July 1671, William Follett. The inventory of Drew's estate shows a house, one cannon, two fishing boats and fishing tackle. His brother Thomas Drew, born 1632, received the farm at Drew's Point in 1680 from William Follett and wife, Elizabeth and he was killed by Indians, 18 July 1694. His widow, Mary, who married Richard Elliot of Portsmouth quitclaimed the estate in favor of John, son of William Drew, who conveyed it to Stephen Jenkins in 1712, and he deeded it to James Langley in 1714. (SOURCE: History of Durham, New Hampshire by E.S. Stackpole, p.136, part 2.)
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