Edna Northend

Edna Northend (nee Halstead) (born 1626) died on 3 February 1704/5 at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Biography

Extracted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Halsted-10

It has in the past been said (without corroboration) that Edna Halsted may have been born at Halifax Parish, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.[1] However, she was in fact recorded as Edith Halsted, christened on 1 Oct. 1626, in Bradford Parish, Yorkshire, England, the place her parents were married and resided.

Her parents were Nathan Halsted (also spelled as Halstead) and Isabel Denton, who migrated to New England with their children William, Henry and Edith, now known as Edna. (Presumably Edith & Edna are the same person). While there is no surviving record of the date of their crossing, it is known conclusively that the family was "of Concord" by 1640/41. Her father was made freeman of Massachusetts Bay on 2 June 1641.

Edna was a sister of Henry Halstead. In a letter from her brother Henry Halstead: " Your ant marvelled at you that you can have such a good heart to marry againe soe sonne being in a strange country."[1] Henry is the brother who had returned to England, being where the above letter was written. This letter was written in 1650 (transcribed in full on Page 22 of Ransome's genealogy), and is referring to Edna's second marriage, happening as it did just 9 months after Richard Bailey's death.

Edna married twice.

First, to Richard Bailey.[1]. No marriage record has survived. The "about 1645" date is a guess based on their only son's birth in 1646.

She married on 1 Dec 1648 at Rowley, MA, as her 2nd, to Ezekiel Northend.[1][2]

Edna and Richard Bailey had only one child:[1]

1. Joseph Bailey, b c. 1646; m. Abigail Trumbull

Children of Edna and Ezekiel Northend:[1]

• Edna Northend, b 1 Jul 1649; m 1) Thomas Lambert, 2) Andrew Stickney
• Elizabeth Northend, b 17 Sep 1651
• Elizabeth Northend, b 19 Oct 1656;m Humphrey Hobson, 2) Ezekiel Mighill, 3) Thomas Gage
• John Northend, b 18 Jan 1658, d young
• Sarah Northend, b 3 Jan 1661; m Thomas Hale
• Ezekiel Northend, b 8 Nov 1666; m Dorothy Sewall
• Mary Northend, bpt 25 Nov 1669

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References

1. Ransome, Jeanne Bailey, (1991) The Bailey family: a history and genealogy ... Ann Arbor, MI: J. B. Ransom, Available at FamilySearch.org (Pages 1-16).
2. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849" (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31)| Page 356
3. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849" (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31)| Page 498 See also:
4. Bartley, Scott Andrew. “Letters to Ezekial and Edna (Halstead) (Bailey) Northend of Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1650 and 1652", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2019) Vol. 173, WN 690, Pages 147-154.
5. Blodgett, George. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts (Amos Everett Jewett, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1933) Pages 256 - 257.
6. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
7. Find A Grave memorial #58576410
8. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joansovel...
9. LDS IGI Record
10. "Descendants of Ezekial Northend of Rowley", Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XII, No. 1., 1874, page 5.
11. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496782.
12. The Chandler family, the descendants of William and Annis Chandler who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Page 591
13. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Bailey-Bayley Family Association, 1900| Edna Halsted, Pages 21-24
14. The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents (1900). Page 40. < Archive.Org >, (document attached); page 209 < Archive.Org >. (document attached) BAYLEY, BAILEY, BAILY, BAYLY, Richard, ae. 15, came in the Bevis in May, 1635; was an apprentice of Christopher Stanley, tailor, and by him assigned to Isaac Cullimore, carpenter, 8 (6) 1639. [L.] Was of Lynn, a witness in court, in 1647. Settled at Newbury. Rem. to Rowley. He was bur. Feb. 16, 1647. Will prob. 28 (1) 1648; wife Edna had a legacie from her bro. Wm. Halsteed; son Joseph, bro. James B., nephew John B. The widow m. 2, Ezekiel Northend, whom the Court made guardian of Joseph 2 May, 1649. Page 331. < Archive.Org >, (document attached). NORTHEND, NORDEN, Ezekiel, Rowley, propr. before 1648; corporal, town officer. He deposed in 1662, ae. 40 years, and in 1692, ae. about 64 years; worked in the building of mills by Thomas Nelson in 1640, etc. He m. Dec. 1, 1648, Edna, widow of Richard Bayley; ch. Edna b. July 1, 1649, (m. 1, Thomas Lambert, m. 2, Andrew Stickney,) Elizabeth b. Sept. 17, 1651, Elizabeth b. Oct. 19, 1656, (m. 1, Humphrey Hobson, m. 2, Thomas Gage,) John b. Jan. 18, 1658, Sarah b. Jan. 3, 1661, (m. Thomas Hale,) Ezekiel b. Nov. 8, 1666. He d. Sept. 7, 1698. Will dated Feb. 8, 1697-8, prob. in 1678, 'beq. to wife Edna', son Ezekiel, daus. Edna Stickney, Elizabeth Gage, and Sarah Hale.
15. Ancestry of Nathan Dane Dodge and of his wife Sarah (Shepherd) Dodge, with notes (1896). Page 49. < Archive.Org >; (document attached). NORTHEND. From Early Settlers in Rowley, mainly. Ezekiel1 came from Rowley in the East Riding (corrupted from thirding, Yorkshire being divided into three parts, besides a small portion called Ainsty) of Yorkshire, born 1622 ; died Sept. 7, 1698; married Dec. 1, 1648, at Rowley, Edna, widow of Richard Bailey, maiden name Halstead ; she was born probably in Halifax Parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; she died Feb. 3, 1706. In 1677, he owned four freeholds and in 1691 paid the highest tax in Rowley, £10, at which time he was styled corporal ; was a prominent man ; on many committees ; selectman in 1662,1669, 1691, probably other years. Gave to each of his daughters from 100 to 150 acres of land upon their marriage. Edna2 (Ezekiel1), born July 1, 1649; married Nov. 4, 1669,Thomas Lambert ; he died and she married Andrew Stickney. Ezekiel Northend gave portions to his three daughters by will of whom "Edna Sticknee" (mother of Jane Lambert) was one. "I have before paid to each of them £200, and £60 in Currant pay or 40 pounds to be paid within six years" after the death of his wife.
16. http://www.angelfire.com/mo/BaileyInfo/bacertinfo.html
17. http://www.packrat-pro.com/stevens/ha.htm#Edna Halstead
18. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~halstead/d1.html Edna Halstead in Rowley, Ma, October 1, 1648. Edna was abt 1625 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England . She married 1st Richard Bailey who had died before 29 Jan 1650by a letter her brother replied to
19. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1264.htm...
20. Unknown author, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey., p. 539.

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