Benjamin Pope

The children of Samuel Shattuck (died 1689), born in Salem, were:

3. Damaris, b. Nov. 11, 1653; m. Benjamin Pope of Salem. His estate was appraised May 6, 1702, at ?408. 12. 10, and divided between the widow and 4 sons:

• Benjamin,
• Samuel,
• Ebenezer, and
• Jerome

notes

[Samuel Shattuck] left a will, dated April 6, 1689, which. appoints his wife HANNAH executrix, and directs that his sons Samuel and Retire should each have a double portion of his estate; and that the remainder should be divided equally between his six daughters. His estate was not settled and distributed until Nov. 1, 1701. His son Retire, and his daughters Return and Patience, died after their father and before the distribution. They left no issue, and are not mentioned in the settlement. The husbands of Hannah, Damaris, and Priscilla had also died, and they are then described as widows. Samuel, the only surviving son, received a double portion, and the four daughters received each ?37. 7. 4. (Essex Records, Vol. VII., pp. 111-114.) 

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From pages 361 to 366 of the Memorials of The Descendants of William Shattuck; Lemuel Shattuck; Dutton and Wentworth, Boston, 1855.