Peter Lamson

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Peter Lamson

BIRTH 20 Jun 1706 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

DEATH 7 Jan 1777 (aged 70) Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

BURIAL Unknown

Spouse Mehitable Gould Lamson 1729–1780

Children

Jonathan Lamson 1755–1807

Priscilla Lamson Barnes 1757–1824

Thomas Lamson 1762–1830

Amos Lamson 1765–1830
Samuel Lamson 1767–1843

Mehitable Lamson Wood 1769–1831

Beulah Lamson Deming 1772–1834

Abigail Lamson Thayer 1774–1842

Full text https://archive.org/details/descendantsofwil00lams/page/n10 "Descendants of William Lamson of Ipswich, Mass 1634-1917" by Dr. William J. Lamson pp.48-52

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Peter /4 Lamson (John /3, John /2, William /1), was bom in Ipswich, Mass., June 20, 1706, and died in Brookfield, Mass., Jan. 7, 1777. Tradition ascribes to him three wives, but there is no record of the death of his first wife, nor of any marriage except as follows: — married (i) Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Thomas/3 (Nathanie /2l, William /1) Adams of Ipswich, Mass., at Hamilton, (Ipswich), Mass., April 18, 1728; she was born at Hamilton, June 22, 1707; her death is not recorded; married (2) Mehitable Gould, daughter of Samuel Gould of North Brookfield, Mass. They were published at Brookfield, Mass., March 10, 1754. She was born in 1729, and died in 1780, "the night before Thanksgiving."

Peter Lamson was a tailor, and resided in Ipswich, Mass., until about 1745, when he removed to North Brookfield, Mass., when he married Mehitable Gould. He was a soldier in North Brookfield in 1748. He is said to have had twenty-three children. The records are somewhat incomplete and confusing.* Mr. Whipple of Ipswich, who left a note book in which some of the early Ipswich records were kept, gives the following: — Peter had Thomas, b. Jan., 1729; Eunes, b. May, 1731 ; Amos, b. July, 1733; Asa, b. Nov., 1738; Bethiah, b. Feb., 1739, and "a son," b. March, 1740. A list of Baptisms in the Hamilton (Ipswich) Church, from another source, gives a different record, viz. : — Peter and Thomas, bap. June 21, 1729; Hannah, bap. June 6, 1731 ;___ , bap. July 15, 1733 ; a daughter,- bap. June, 1735 ; John, bap. June 13, 1736; Thomas, bap. Nov. 26, 1738; Bethiah, bap. 1739, and Daniel, bap. July 18, 1741.

In the Probate records, Brookfield, Feb. 17, 1778, the fol- lowing children were mentioned: — John (eldest son of the deceased), Asa, Daniel, Elizabeth Bradshaw, Martha Gilbert, Eunice, Priscilla, Ruth, Thomas, Abigail, Buler, Mehitable, Samuel, Amos, and Jonathan. In the settlement of the estate of Mehitable Lamson, widow of Peter Lamson, on April 3, 1783, the following heirs are mentioned: —

John (the eldest son), Elizabeth Bradshaw, Asa of Unity, N. H., Martha Gilbert, Daniel of Athol, Mass., Jonathan (the fourth son), Eunice Harris of Northfield, Priscilla Barnes, Ruth, Thomas of Brookfield, Samuel, Mehitable, Beulah, Abigail and Amos.

Peter Lamson died at Brookfield, on Jan. 7, 1777, and his widow, Mehitable, and oldest son John, were appointed administrators. The appraisal of his estate, made at Brookfield, Feb. 17, 1778, was as follows : —

"Estate Real comprising of 75 acres of land with a

house and barn on the same £266-13- 4

live stock comprising of 10 horn cattle, 13 sheep, i horse

and I swine 49-12- 0

out Dore husbandry Tools 7-16- 5

Indore furniture 7-13-4

Bed and Bedding is 17-15- 8

Brick Bords & shingles etc 12-12- 0

notes & cash is 12-19- 7

Wearing apparel is 9-18- 4

Barrels Dry casks and Boxes 1-15- 4

Provisions pork Beef Grain & sauce is 12-7-8

I saddle & bridle 1-2-0

I firearm 1-10- 0

Sheeting & other linen 2-1-6

Shoe leather & sheepskins 2- 1-8

I Hive of Bees 0-16-0

£406-10-10 Brookfield, February ye 17, 1778."

Mehitable Lamson, widow of Peter, died in 1780, and her oldest son, John Lamson, made the following petition to the Judge of Probate : —

"Brookfield, January 9, 1782.

Sir:—

I would inform your Honour that my Honourd Mother, Mehetable Lamson, has lately deceased, and I suppose that the right of administrator belongs to me, but by reason of a very low state of health, I am utterly unable to attend the business and my own brethem by reason of the distance they live from this place, dec ine the undertaking. I would therefore recommend to your Honour, my Brother- in-law, Mr. Solomon Barnes, as a proper person to administer on said estate, and request your Honour would be pleased to grant him letters of administration.

From your humble servant,

(Signed) John Lamson. To the Honourable Levi Lincoln,

Judge of Probates."

• There is a lapse of fourteen years between the birth of his last child by Elizabeth Adams, and his marriage to Mehitable Gould. Some of his descendants say he had "ten," others "nine" children by his first wife, and "thirteen by the third wife," several dying when quite young.

From the available records, it appears that the following is a probably correct list of the children of Peter /4 and Elizabeth (Adams) Lamson: —

+ 110 Thomas /5 b. Ipswich, Mass., 1729; bap. June 22, 1729; d. (1756.)

111 Hannah /5, bap. Ipswich, Mass., June 6, 1731. (Whipple gives Eunes, b. May, 1731.)

112 "Child of Peter /5," bap. July 15, 1733. One authority gives Amos, another suggests Peter.

113 Elizabeth, bap. Ipswich, Mass., March, 1734; m. William Bradshaw, of Medford, Mass., June 5, 1761.

114 "A Daughter," bap. Ipswich, Mass., June 11, 1735.

+ 115 John, bap. Ipswich, Mass., June 13, 1736.

116 Asa, bap. Ipswich, Mass., Nov. 26, 1738. Later, "of Unity, N. H."

117 Bethiah, b. Ipswich, Mass., Feb., 1739.

118 "A Son," b. Ipswich, Mass., March, 1740.

+119 Daniel, bap. Ipswich, Mass., July 18, 1741.

Children of Peter /4 and Mehitable (Gould) Lamson, all born in North Brookfield, Mass.:

+120 Jonathan /5,^ b. Feb. 20, 1755.

121 Priscilla /5, b. April 15, 1757; m. Solomon Barnes of North Brookfield, Feb. 7, 1779.

122 Ruth /5, b. July 11, 1760; m. John Olds, Feb. 5, 1784.

+ 123 Thomas /5, b. Dec. 9, 1762.

+124 Amos /5, b. March 5, 1765.

+125 Samuel /5, b. March 22, 1767.

126 Mehitable /5, b. April 21, 1769 (did she marry Ebenezer Wood'").

127 Beulah ("Buler") /5, b. Feb. 10, 1772; m. William Damon, of Cummington, Mass., Feb. 10, 1794.

128 Abigail /5, b. Aug. 29, 1774; m. Isaac Thayer. There were also :

129 Eunice /5, b. ; m. Thomas Harris, of Northfield, Mass. (Int. of m. Sept. 8, 1780.) (Vital Records, Athol, Mass.)

130 Martha /5, b. ; m. Philip Gilbert, Jan. 11, 1770. (Vital Records, Brookfield, Mass.), (possibly the "daughter bap. June 11, 1735").

131 Abigail /5, "daughter of Peter," bap. Brookfield, June 26, 1752. (Vital Records, Brookfield.)

It is possible that there may have been others who died young, of whom there is no record.

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 21 2020, 16:02:29 UTC