Barbara (Davis) Brimblecom

John Brimblecome of Modbury, Devon, England had by first wife Richard a daughter Richard and a son John. His first wife Richard died 1655. He came to Boston. On 14 Nov 1655 in Boston, Sufolk, Massachusetts Suffolk he executed Deed 2:298 John Brimblecomb married "Barbary" widow of George Davis, blacksmith of Boston and sells his land to John Baker, blacksmith of Boston. He mentions two children of George Davis. Boston records show the birth in Boston of Samuel Davis 1651 and John Davis 1652. In this deed John Brimblecomb states that he is imminently leaving on a voyage at sea. John Brumblecomb returned permanently to England where he died 1658. His widow "Barbary" married third to Thomas Chadwell in 1658 and died probably in Boston 1665 when Thomas Chadwell married his third wife. Soon after John Brimblecomb leaves Boston his son John bp 2 MAR 1623 Modbury, Devon, England in 1661 owned a home lot in Marblehead, MA. John's other daughter Richard bp 3 Aug 1621 Modbury, Devon, England married 24 Sep 1658 in Modbury, Devon, England Christopher Crispin and had dau Margaret who married Robert Leight.

John ( -1656+) & Barbara ( ) Davis, w of George, m3 Thomas Chadwell; m. 14 Jan 1655 Lynn/Boston. [DCD] "Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages prior to 1700" by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991, pg.24.

See also Pope's Pioneers p 132 DAVIS, George, blacksmith, Boston, adm. chh. 20 (6) 1644; frm. May 1645. Wife barbara, adm. chh. 22 (6) 1647. Ch. Samuel b. 17 Oct., 1651, John b. 3 June, 1652.Widow Barbary See Will 5:306 p 56; Will prob. April 25, 1655; to wife Barbara, sons Samuel and John. [ Reg. V, 306, and IX, 35. ] The widow m 14 (11) 1655, John Brimblecombe, who gave bonds for the payment of the children's portions July 26, 1656.

Pope's Pioneers 91: Richard Chadwell, Shipwright, Saugus, 1636. [ Col. Rec.] Witness, Salem court, 1637. Law suit in 1641. [ L. ] see Sampson, John. Remove to Sandwich. Propr. 3 April, 1637 John Sampson; Marblehead. He was appr. with Richard Chadwell, shipwwright, June, 1635, by Francis Toby of Rotherhith, Surrey, England. He m. July 22, 1649, katharine Presberry of S. He died Nov. 27, 1661. Will dated (9), prob. 27 (10) 1681, beq. to son-in-law Lodewick Hawkse and his cosen Thomas, son of Moses Chadwell.

Thomas Chadwell, brother of Richard, Shipwright, Salem, 1636; of Lynn. propr. 1638. Remove to Sandwich before 1645. Res. at Charlestown in 1670; ret. to Lynn. [ see George Davis. ] He died 27, Feb. 1683. Will dated 25 Feb., inv. taken June 18, 1684, beq. to son Moses; to M.'s wife Sarah and son Thomas; to dau. Ruth Needham.

Thomas Chadwell, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 1:351.:

Thomas (Chadwell), Lynn 1630, had w. Margaret, wh. d. 29 Sept. 1658, had Moses, b. 10 Apr. 1637; Benjamin and Thomas. He rem. to Boston, m. Barbara, wid. of John Brimblecom, wh. had been wid. of George Davis, and, after unit. with ch. of Charlestown, was made freem. 1670. The sec. w. d. 1665, and he d. Feb. 1683.

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