Bathsheba Pease

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Bathsheba Pease formerly Merry

Born 16 Apr 1665 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Daughter of Joseph Merry and Elizabeth (Parkhurst) Merry

Sister of Timothy Hilliard [half], Martha (Merry) Rankin [half], Elizabeth (Hilliard) Mayhew [half], Joseph Merry [half], Hannah (Merry) Skiffe, Abigail (Merry) Pease and Samuel Merry

Wife of Thomas Pease — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Mother of Mary (Pease) Daggett, Hannah Pease, Martha (Pease) Bassett, Abigail (Pease) Skiff and Samuel Pease

Died 1765 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 8 Jan 2019 | Created 14 Sep 2011

Biography

Bathsheba Merry was born on 16 April 1655 in New Hampshire, the daughter of Joseph Merry and his wife Elizabeth.[1]

By 1685, she was married to Thomas Pease, the son of John Pease and his second wife, Mary.[2]

Family

Children born to Thomas and Bathsheba Pease in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay:

Hannah, b. 06 Aug 1690[3] Martha, b. 12 Jan 1696[4] New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904

Name: Bathsheba Merry Birth Date: 16 Apr 1665 Birth Place: Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Gender: Female Father's name: Joseph Merry Mother's name: Elizabeth FHL Film Number: 1001021 Name: Bathsheba Merry Father: Joseph Merry Mother: Elizabeth Parkhurst Hilliard Birth Date: 16 Jun 1665 City: Hampton County: R State: NH Country: USA

Marriage Record

Name: Bathsheba Pease Maiden Name: Merry Gender: Female Birth Year: 1665 Marriage Date: 1685 Marriage Place: New England, USA Spouse: Thomas Pease

Find A Grave Burial Record

Name Bathsheba Pease Birth Date 16 Jun 1665 Birth Place Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America Death Date 1765 Death Place Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States of America Cemetery Has Bio? Y Father John P King URL http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70962993&ref=... Bio: It has been suggested that she died in 1765. Living to 100 was not common so the unsourced date is a little suspect. However, it appears her father lived to 103 so it is a more likely possibility for Bathsheba than for most. Father Joseph Merrey (1607 - 1710) Spouse: Thomas Pease (1657 - 1748) Children: Abigail Pease Skiff (1701 - 1738) Siblings: Abigail Merry Pease (1662 - 1741) Samuel Merrey (1669 - 1727) Created by: Ed Poulin Record added: Jun 07, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 70962993

Research Notes

From http://history.vineyard.net/pease.htm:

2.7 Thomas Pease; b. about 1657; bpt. Jan 1748 in his 93rd year; d. after 1748 in Edgartown, MA; m. about 1684 in Edgartown, Bathsheba Merry; b. Jun 16, 1665 in Tisbury, MA; d. in Edgartown. She was the daughter of Joseph Merry; b. about 1607 in England; d. Apr 15, 1710 in Tisbury, according to his gravestone "103 years old." and Elizabeth Parkhurst; baptized May 18, 1628 in Ipswich, England; widow of Emanuel Hilliard. Joseph and Elizabeth were married Dec 1659. Bathsheba's sister, Abigail, married John Pease [2.1.2]. Thomas was a schoolmaster in Edgartown. Children of Thomas and Bathsheba (Merry) Pease born in Edgartown, MA:

2.7.1 Mary b. Feb 17, 1685 d. Apr 1767 Edgartown, MA 2.7.2 David b. Feb 19, 1687 d. ca. 1752 2.7.3 Hannah b. Aug 06, 1690 d. Aug 1767 Edgartown, MA 2.7.4 Bathsheba b. Dec 08, 1692 d. 2.7.5 Thomas Jr. b. Aug 25, 1694 d. Jan 1765 Edgartown, MA 2.7.6 Martha b. Jan 12, 1696 d. Nov 30, 1774 2.7.7 Sarah b. Apr 02, 1699 d. [married her cousin, James Pease] 2.7.8 Abigail b. Aug 02, 1700 d. Mar 04, 1739 2.7.9 Samuel b. 1703 d. Sep 20, 1789 Eastbury, CT 2.7.10 Jonathan b. Oct 03, 1705 d. Jan 1778 Edgartown, MA

Her children:

Thomas Pease 1657–1748 Mary Pease 1685–1767 David Pease 1686–1752 Hannah Pease 1690–1767 Bathsheba Pease 1692–1725 Thomas Pease 1694–1765 Martha Pease 1696–1774 Sarah Pease 1699– Abigail Pease 1700–1739 Samuel Pease 1703–1789 Jonathan Pease 1705–1778

Sources

↑ New Hampshire: Births to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. Vol. V, page 416 ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3Q-NHK : 10 February 2018), Hannah, 06 Aug 1690; citing , 2:1K79PFG; FHL microfilm 911,736. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3Q-NHB : 10 February 2018), Martha, 12 Jan 1696; citing , 2:1K79PJ3; FHL microfilm 911,736. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "New Hampshire Birth Records, early to 1900." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009. New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics. "Index to births, early to 1900." New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics, Concord, New Hampshire. "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. See: http://ancstry.me/2uelaPr. Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Bathsheba Merry, mother Elizabeth Parkhurst Hilliard. See: http://ancstry.me/2tFllpC. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. See: http://ancstry.me/2sg4NjU. Find A Grave.com, Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave memorial number 70962993. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. See: http://ancstry.me/2t6jQiN. Banks, Charles. The History of Martha's Vineyard (G.H. Dean, Boston, 1911) Vol. 2: Town Annals. Page 58

Bathsheba Merry; b. Jun 16, 1665 in Tisbury, MA; d. in Edgartown. She was the daughter of Joseph Merry; b. about 1607 in England; d. Apr 15, 1710 in Tisbury, according to his gravestone "103 years old." and Elizabeth Parkhurst; baptized May 18, 1628 in Ipswich, England; widow of Emanuel Hilliard.

She married about 1684 in Edgartown to Thomas Pease; b. about 1657; bpt. Jan 1748 in his 93rd year; d. after 1748 in Edgartown, MA; he was the son of John and Mary (Browning) Pease.

their children:

• 2.7.1 Mary b. Feb 17, 1685 d. Apr 1767 Edgartown, MA
• 2.7.2 David b. Feb 19, 1687 d. ca. 1752
• 2.7.3 Hannah b. Aug 06, 1690 d. Aug 1767 Edgartown, MA
• 2.7.4 Bathsheba b. Dec 08, 1692 d.
• 2.7.5 Thomas Jr. b. Aug 25, 1694 d. Jan 1765 Edgartown, MA
• 2.7.6 Martha b. Jan 12, 1696 d. Nov 30, 1774
• 2.7.7 Sarah b. Apr 02, 1699 d.
• 2.7.8 Abigail b. Aug 02, 1700 d. Mar 04, 1739
• 2.7.9 Samuel b. 1703 d. Sep 20, 1789 Eastbury, CT
• 2.7.10 Jonathan b. Oct 03, 1705 d. Jan 1778 Edgartown, MA

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notes

The Merry family of Martha's Vineyard

This prominent pioneer of Tisbury is first found as a resident of Haverhill, Mass., in 1640, where he lived with a wife named Mary until about 1654, when he removed to Hampton, N. H. There his wife died April 4, 1657, having given birth to one child of record, Joseph, b. Dec. 19, 1654. The father, Joseph, was a carpenter by trade and plied his craft in Hampton as he had done before in Haverhill. Shortly after his wife's death he bought a house and ten acres of upland in Hampton, of Thomas Coleman, Sept. 29, 1657, and at the age of 47 years found himself a widower, with possibly a child to care for in his new home. But this was not long to remain so. Emanuel Hilliard of that town was drowned shortly after this in October, 1657, leaving a widow Elizabeth, daughter of John and Phebe Parkhurst of Ipswich, England, and sister of George Parkhurst of Watertown, Mass. The young widow was then about 29 years old, and before two years had passed she entered into a marriage covenant with Joseph Merry, who was then 21 years her senior. In this agreement he gave her the house and ten acres he had recently acquired, and sometime about Dec. 13, 1659, when the covenant was dated, they set up housekeeping, and four children were born to them in rapid succession, who later spent their days on the Vineyard. This explains the curious epitaph on the gravestone of Joseph in the West Tisbury cemetery "That being verified in him Psalms 92 14 They shall bring forth fruit in old age," a reference to his second marriage after middle life and the raising of a family. Joseph Merry and his young family, consisting of Hannah, Abigail, Bathsheba and Samuel, born between 1660 and 1669 in Hampton, continued residence there till 1670, when in some way he became attracted to the Vineyard. If we are to credit the tradition that Governor Mayhew's first wife was a Parkhurst, possibly the sister of George of Watertown, it will be seen that Elizabeth Merry was related by marriage to the proprietor of Martha's Vineyard and thus the family connection is responsible for Merry's migration. However that be, almost as soon as the new township of Tisbury had been bought by Pabodie and his partners, Merry bought of Benjamin Church, on Nov. 19, 1669, the grist mill and its privileges "uppon the westermost Brook of Takemmy" with one eighth part of the propriety, or two shares, in the new settlement. The purchase price was £90 and Merry paid for it in whole or in part with his Hampton property, the homestead, an island of salt marsh and two shares in cow and ox commons in that town. The deeds finally passed Dec. 2, 1670, (Mrs. Merry and Nathaniel Batchelor acting as his attorneys by previous appointment), and from this it is presumed that Merry was already at the Vineyard attending to his new purchase and preparing the new home for his little family. The property purchased consisted, as laid out, of the mill on the New Mill river so long operated by the Looks, with land adjoining on the west side of the road, and about eighteen acres on the east side of the road, bounded by the river. This last lot is still known as "Merry's Field" after a lapse of two and a half centuries, though the property did not remain in the family beyond 1705. After operating the mill for five years, Joseph Merry sold that part of his estate to Tristram Coffin of Nantucket, and being then about three-score-and- ten years of age it is presumed that he devoted the rest of his life to his trade and tilling the soil. There is no record as to the location of his house, but in all probability it was in his "Field." His public services were few. He was constable in 1675, road surveyor in 1678 and 1687, and was chosen to divide common lands in 1689 and 1690. On March 2, 1677-8, the grand jury presented him "for contempt of authoritie in not obeying the summons in his Majesties Name to give in testimony" and for this he was mulcted in the sum of five shillings. In 1681 he sued Simon Athearn in the sum of £20 "for non payment of a frame of an house," but the two compromised on £7 and divided the costs. On July 12, 1689, being then about 82 years of age, he gave his homestead by deed of gift to his only son Samuel, then just entering his 21st year, and from that date on until 1701 his name appears but once in the records, when he gave some "information" about the ancient bounds of a town lot, being then in his 84th year. He passed the century mark in 1707 and died April 5, 1710, at the remarkable age of 103, undoubtedly the oldest person who has ever lived in the town. It is not known whether he survived his wife Elizabeth, as there is no record of her death nor a stone at her grave. If she survived she was 82 when her husband died. Of his children further evidences of longevity are noticeable. His daughter Abigail Pease died in her 80th year and Hannah Skiffe at 97 years.

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The Merry family of Martha's Vineyard
This prominent pioneer of Tisbury is first found as a resident of Haverhill, Mass., in 1640, where he lived with a wife named Mary until about 1654, when he removed to Hampton, N. H. There his wife died April 4, 1657, having given birth to one child of record, Joseph, b. Dec. 19, 1654. The father, Joseph, was a carpenter by trade and plied his craft in Hampton as he had done before in Haverhill. Shortly after his wife's death he bought a house and ten acres of upland in Hampton, of Thomas Coleman, Sept. 29, 1657, and at the age of 47 years found himself a widower, with possibly a child to care for in his new home. But this was not long to remain so. Emanuel Hilliard of that town was drowned shortly after this in October, 1657, leaving a widow Elizabeth, daughter of John and Phebe Parkhurst of Ipswich, England, and sister of George Parkhurst of Watertown, Mass. The young widow was then about 29 years old, and before two years had passed she entered into a marriage covenant with Joseph Merry, who was then 21 years her senior. In this agreement he gave her the house and ten acres he had recently acquired, and sometime about Dec. 13, 1659, when the covenant was dated, they set up housekeeping, and four children were born to them in rapid succession, who later spent their days on the Vineyard. This explains the curious epitaph on the gravestone of Joseph in the West Tisbury cemetery "That being verified in him Psalms 92 14 They shall bring forth fruit in old age," a reference to his second marriage after middle life and the raising of a family. Joseph Merry and his young family, consisting of Hannah, Abigail, Bathsheba and Samuel, born between 1660 and 1669 in Hampton, continued residence there till 1670, when in some way he became attracted to the Vineyard. If we are to credit the tradition that Governor Mayhew's first wife was a Parkhurst, possibly the sister of George of Watertown, it will be seen that Elizabeth Merry was related by marriage to the proprietor of Martha's Vineyard and thus the family connection is responsible for Merry's migration. However that be, almost as soon as the new township of Tisbury had been bought by Pabodie and his partners, Merry bought of Benjamin Church, on Nov. 19, 1669, the grist mill and its privileges "uppon the westermost Brook of Takemmy" with one eighth part of the propriety, or two shares, in the new settlement. The purchase price was £90 and Merry paid for it in whole or in part with his Hampton property, the homestead, an island of salt marsh and two shares in cow and ox commons in that town. The deeds finally passed Dec. 2, 1670, (Mrs. Merry and Nathaniel Batchelor acting as his attorneys by previous appointment), and from this it is presumed that Merry was already at the Vineyard attending to his new purchase and preparing the new home for his little family. The property purchased consisted, as laid out, of the mill on the New Mill river so long operated by the Looks, with land adjoining on the west side of the road, and about eighteen acres on the east side of the road, bounded by the river. This last lot is still known as "Merry's Field" after a lapse of two and a half centuries, though the property did not remain in the family beyond 1705. After operating the mill for five years, Joseph Merry sold that part of his estate to Tristram Coffin of Nantucket, and being then about three-score-and- ten years of age it is presumed that he devoted the rest of his life to his trade and tilling the soil. There is no record as to the location of his house, but in all probability it was in his "Field." His public services were few. He was constable in 1675, road surveyor in 1678 and 1687, and was chosen to divide common lands in 1689 and 1690. On March 2, 1677-8, the grand jury presented him "for contempt of authoritie in not obeying the summons in his Majesties Name to give in testimony" and for this he was mulcted in the sum of five shillings. In 1681 he sued Simon Athearn in the sum of £20 "for non payment of a frame of an house," but the two compromised on £7 and divided the costs. On July 12, 1689, being then about 82 years of age, he gave his homestead by deed of gift to his only son Samuel, then just entering his 21st year, and from that date on until 1701 his name appears but once in the records, when he gave some "information" about the ancient bounds of a town lot, being then in his 84th year. He passed the century mark in 1707 and died April 5, 1710, at the remarkable age of 103, undoubtedly the oldest person who has ever lived in the town. It is not known whether he survived his wife Elizabeth, as there is no record of her death nor a stone at her grave. If she survived she was 82 when her husband died. Of his children further evidences of longevity are noticeable. His daughter Abigail Pease died in her 80th year and Hannah Skiffe at 97 years.

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Married Thomas (John) Pease March, 1684 in Hampton, MA

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