Capt. William Shurtleff, Jr

Capt William Shurtleff BIRTH 1657 Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 4 Feb 1730 (aged 72–73) Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Burial Hill Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map PLOT B97 MEMORIAL ID 30842168 · View Source

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First Captain of the Plympton Military Company. Known as "William the surveyor,"

William Shurtleff is listed as a Leftant in "A List of Captain Warrens Company" by Thomas Morton, which compiles the men in the South Military Company in Plymouth under the command of Captain James Warren in 1699, copied from the original roll in the possession of C. H. Warren in 1858.

He was a very wealthy man for the time in which he lived, was a distinguished surveyor, owned land all over the colony, built the first wharf in Plymouth, erected the first warehouse and settled the dispute between Sandwich and Plymouth. His home was near the place where "Esquire Francis Shurtleff" died, although the site is now unknown, but is in the neighborhood called Quittacus on the farm of the late Jacob Holmes. Here his wife died and he buried her at North Carver (then Plympton) in the old graveyard formerly known by the name of Lakenham. The land for this burying-ground was given by Benoni Shaw.

William was the son of pilgrims William Shurtleff and Elizabeth Lettice, both originally from England.

William was the husband of Susana Lothrop, the daughter of Barnabas Lothrop and Susannah Clarke, ancestor of the Reverend Lothrop. They were married 20 Oct 1683 in Barnstable and had the following children:

• Capt Jabez 1684-1761
• Thomas 1687–1730
• Rev William 1689-1747
• Susanna, Mrs Josiah Cushman 1691-1763
• John 1693-1764
• Barnabas 1695-1759
• Ichabod 1697-1782/3
• Elizabeth b 1699, died very young
• Mary b 1700, died very young
• Sarah, Mrs Ignatius Loring 1702-1746
• Samuel abt 1703-1757
• Abigail, Mrs Lazarus Sampson 1705-aft 1774
• Nathaniel 1707-aft 1762
• Daughter, drowned very young)

Parents William Shurtleff, 1624–1666 Elizabeth Lettice Cole, 1636–1693

Spouse Susannah Lothrop Shurtleff, 1664–1726 (m. 1683)

Siblings Abial Shurtlif, 1666–1732

Half Siblings Sarah Cooke Bartlett, 1671–1745

Children Jabez Shurtleff,1684–1761 William Shurtleff, 1689–1747 Susanna Shurtleff Cushman, 1691–1763 John Shurtleff, 1693–1757 Barnabas Shurtleff, 1695–1759 Sarah Shurtleff Loring, 1702–1746 Samuel Shurtleff, 1703–1757

Inscription

Here lyes ye body of Captn William Shurtliff who Decd Febry the 4th 1729-30 In the 72nd year of his age

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