George Way

Despite mentions on online trees, there is no evidence of a son George for Henry "the Puritan" Way

Thomas and Phillip were his Brothers. Henry Way was George’s cousin. Henry (the puritan) Way had a sister named Thamsy Way and a brother Thomas Way .

There is a discussion on Henry Way, George Way in Great Migrations within the NEHGS online site. Still awaiting the URL for this discussion to verify that Henry Way should be disconnected from George Way.

Birth: Mar. 2, 1614, England Death: unknown Rhode Island, USA

George Way was born in Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England, the son of Thomas Way. Siblings were Johan born 5 May 1609, John and Thomas, born or christened 25 Dec 1611, all born in Ottery St. Mary, Devon; then Thomas of Powerstock, Dorset had children Joane born 16 Jan 1616, and Ann and Christopher born or christened 27 Nov 1618.

Thomas Way was born 10 March 1583 at Powerstock, Dorset, son of George and Agnes Symes Way.

George Way, according to Winthrop's journal..."a Mr. Way with five sons were passengers on the ship Lyon, Captain Pierce master, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony." The ship arrived at Boston on 8 February 1631. During the voyage one son was lost overboard from the rigging during a hurricane. Roger Williams was also a passenger on the Lyon.

George Way married Elizabeth Smith in 1650. She was the daughter of Joanna Smith and the stepdaughter of John Smith. Elizabeth was born about 1630 and died 20 April 1713 at New London, Connecticut.

George died between 1684 and 1689 at Providence, Rhode Island. It is not known exactly where he is buried.

Children included Elizabeth, born 18 March 1651 in Boston, Massachusetts, Joanna 1653, George 1655, Alice 1658, Agnes 1660, Thomas 1666 and Mehitable born 1679, the later all born in Rhode Island. Mehitable died in 1670.

George was a fisherman along the coast of Maine for many years, moving eastward as the Mass. Bay Colony came into control. He was at the Isle of Shoals in 1649, moving to Cape Neddock and Winter Harbor in 1560 and then to Pemaquid in 1653 with a Thomas Way. A William Way was buried at Pemaquid.

George moved from Pemaquid to Providence. On 19 Feb 1645, George Way, Thomas Wallen, John Steere, and John Browne were among twenty seven men given "a free Grante of twenty five akers of land a peece with Right of Commoning." They did not have the right to vote in town affairs until they were "received, as Free-Men of the Towne of Providence".

In February 1654 at Providence, George Way asked the town meeting "to grant me comodation to bee a inhabytant with you". At a town meeting 18 February 1661, "It hath this day been declared by sufficient witnesses in this court that John Steere and George Way were received into the town after the manner that John Browne was; town hath manifested themselves satisfied therewith".

References were made to his "home share" as early as 1658. His house was at the north end of Main Street, just north of the present Olney Street close to the junction of the West and Moshosick River. In 1663, he was allowed a small parcel between the two rivers.

George was in Providence about 30 years. He was Town Sergant for twelve years. He also did a lot of land trading.

King Phillip and his warriers attached Providence on March 29 and 30 in 1676, burning about 100 buildings at the north of town, probably including George's house.

In a deposition of one of John Smith's wills, mention was made that his wife (Elizabeth Way's mother) had been very ernest with him to make one of her daughter's children his heir, but he declined because his wife's daughter was a Quaker and he could not abide the Quakers.

Elizabeth Smith Way and some of her children moved to New London to care for her mother who was blind. In 1682, George obtained a court order to have his wife return to live with him.

Links

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Parents:

 Thomas Way (1583 - ____)

Spouse:

 Elizabeth Smith Way (1630 - 1713)

Children:

 Thomas Way (1666 - 1726)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Barbara Ferdinand Record added: Jul 21, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 39714684

George Way was born in Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England, the son of Thomas Way. Siblings were Johan born 5 May 1609, John and Thomas, born or christened 25 Dec 1611, all born in Ottery St. Mary, Devon; then Thomas of Powerstock, Dorset had children Joane born 16 Jan 1616, and Ann and Christopher born or christened 27 Nov 1618.

Thomas Way was born 10 March 1583 at Powerstock, Dorset, son of George and Agnes Symes Way.

George Way, according to Winthrop's journal..."a Mr. Way with five sons were passengers on the ship Lyon, Captain Pierce master, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony." The ship arrived at Boston on 8 February 1631. During the voyage one son was lost overboard from the rigging during a hurricane. Roger Williams was also a passenger on the Lyon.

George Way married Elizabeth Smith in 1650. She was the daughter of Joanna Smith and the stepdaughter of John Smith. Elizabeth was born about 1630 and died 20 April 1713 at New London, Connecticut.

George died between 1684 and 1689 at Providence, Rhode Island. It is not known exactly where he is buried.

Children included Elizabeth, born 18 March 1651 in Boston, Massachusetts, Joanna 1653, George 1655, Alice 1658, Agnes 1660, Thomas 1666 and Mehitable born 1679, the later all born in Rhode Island. Mehitable died in 1670.

In a deposition of one of John Smith's wills, mention was made that his wife (Elizabeth Way's mother) had been very ernest with him to make one of her daughter's children his heir, but he declined because his wife's daughter was a Quaker and he could not abide the Quakers.

Elizabeth Smith Way and some of her children moved to New London to care for her mother who was blind. In 1682, George obtained a court order to have his wife return to live with him.

History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. (2017). Google Books. Retrieved 11 March 2017, from page 91

Henry Way arrived from Bristol in company with Roger Williams, February 8, 1631, in the Lyon, Capt. Pierce. He lost a son overboard on the passage. Was named with the first recorded grantees of land in Dorchester, 1633. His three sons bom in England, George, Richard and Aaron, lived in Dorchester. By the church record it appears he lived where "Capt. Breck's cyder mills" afterwards stood. He died in 1667, aged 84 years. His wife Elizabeth died 23 (4) 1665, aged 84.

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"A" List

Our "A" List of those who were CERTAIN or HIGHLY PROBABLE passengers aboard the ship the Mary and John 1630. However, we have attempted to compile a new list of possible passengers and then rate them as follows:

WAY, HENRY a. 47 Bridport, Dorset

• Elizabeth Batchelar, second wife a. 43 Bridport, Dorset
• Henry Way Jr., son 19 Bridport, Dorset
• Aaron Way, son 16 Bridport, Dorset
• George Way, son a. 15 Bridport, Dorset
• Hanna Way, daughter 15 Bridport, Dorset
• Susanna Way, daughter 9 Bridport, Dorset
• Richard Way, son 5 Bridport, Dorset

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GEDCOM Note

Category:17th Century American Immigration Category:Puritan Great Migration

Biography

George was born about 1614. He came to America in about 1633 from England, Devonshire it is believed. He lived in Boston until at least 1655when he married Elizabeth Smith. Between 1655 and 1690, he removed toSaybrook. He passed away about 1690. H. Way, in his 1989 The Connecticut Way Family, claims that Georgearrived in Boston in 1631 on the Lyon, settling initially in Maine, that he married Elizabeth Smith in 1650, removing first to Providence, Rhode Island, then to New London, Connecticut. The author also claims that George was a Quaker.<ref>Book review, Connecticut Nutmegger, 38(2004):426</ref> Others say he came on the Mary and John, which sailed March 20, 1630.<ref>Possibly: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: George Way Year: 1633 Place: Boston, Massachusetts Source Publication Code: 6111.8 Primary Immigrant: Way, GeorgeAnnotation: Date and place of arrival. Place of origin, ship name, intended destination, and other genealogical data are provided for some.Source Bibliography: "NEW ENGLAND SHIP AND PASSENGER LISTS." In Boulder Genealogical Society Quarterly (Boulder, CO). Vol. 4:4 (Nov. 1972), pp. 36-39 (1633-1634). Page: 37Source Citation: Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1633; Page Number: 37. Source Information:Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.</ref> He is not profiled by Anderson's Great Migration project, suggesting that he did not emigrate until after 1635.

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GEDCOM Note

Emigrated to America with father and brothers on the ship Lyon, Captain Pierce, to Mass. Bay Colony, in 1631. One brother lost overboard from the rigging during a hurricane. Roger Williams was also a passenger on the Lyon. Fisherman off coast of Maine George was a fisherman along the coast of Maine for many years, moving eastward as the Mass. Bay Colony came into control. He was at the Isle of Shoals in 1649, moving to Cape Neddock and Winter Harbor in 1560 and then to Pemaquid in 1653 with a Thomas Way. Eventually settled in Providence, R.I. Given “a free Grante of twenty five akers of land a peece with Right of Commoning.” They did not have the right to vote in town affairs until they were “received, as Free-Men of the Towne of Providence.” In February 1654 at Providence, George Way asked the town meeting "”to grant me comodation to bee a inhabytant with you.” At a town meeting 18 February 1661, “It hath this day been declared by sufficient witnesses in this court that John Steere and George Way were received into the town after the manner that John Browne was; town hath manifested themselves satisfied therewith.” References were made to his “home share” as early as 1658. His house was at the north end of Main Street, just north of the present Olney Street close to the junction of the West and Moshosick River. In 1663, he was allowed a small parcel between the two rivers. George was in Providence about 30 years. He was Town Sergeant for twelve years. He also did a lot of land trading. King Phillip and his warriors attached Providence on March 29 and 30 in 1676, burning about 100 buildings at the north of town, probably including George’s house. In a deposition of one of John Smith’s wills, mention was made that his wife (Elizabeth Way’s mother) had been very earnest with him to make one of her daughter’s children his heir, but he declined because his wife’s daughter was a Quaker and he could not abide the Quakers. Elizabeth Smith Way and some of her children moved to New London to care for her mother who was blind. In 1682, George obtained a court order to have his wife return to live with him.