Edward Weymouth

Edward Weymouth was born in England or maybe aboard ship. Age given as 40 in 1679. (Many Weymouths were mariners and fishermen and owned their own ship in the English records.) Living 1719. Married Dec. 25, 1663 by Capt. Walden at Dover, NH, to Esther Hodsdon (witness deed Mar. 19, 1723), dau. of Nicholas & Esther (Wines) Hodsdon who moved to Kittery (now Eliot) Maine c. 1655 and had a grant of 200 acres. Edward taxed in Dover 1662-63, first record in Kittery 1665. In courst for being absent from church meetings, swearing, etc. Kittery grant 1671. House burned by Indians during King Phillips war in 1677. Where Edward lived was known as the Middle Parish of Kittery, incorporated as the town of Eliot Mar. 1, 1810. Deeded property to son Timothy Mar. 1704-05 effective after he and Esther should die.

After King Charles II gave freedom of worship to all except Quakers, advised that a sharp law be made against them in 1662. The following was issued:

"You, and every one of you, are required ion the King's Majesty's name, to take these vagabond Quakers Anna Coleman, Mary Tomkins and Alice Ambrose, and make them fast to the carts tail, and drawing the cart through your several towns, to whip them upon their naked backs not exceeding ten stripes a piece on each of them in each town; and so to convey them from Constable to Constable till they are out of the jurisdiction, as you will answer it at your peril; and this shall be your warrant. Per me — Richard Walderne"

This same year the above Quakers came to Dover, they were treated very bad, dragged throu snow and mud and water. Edward Waymouth was the wicked one. (It has been presumed that Edward may have been the Constable in Dover at the time.)

Edward was a tailor and owned at least 50 acres of improved land. Historians have listed only three logical children, but Ichabod a witness 1699, Benj. and Nicholas in Indian Wars 1675, were either sons or brothers.

Notes for Edward WEYMOUTH

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Esther Hodson married in Dover, N.H., Dec. 25, 1663, Edward Weymouth (perhaps son of Robert of Kittery, who came from Dartmouth, Co. Devon, England, as early, says Farmer, as 1652). He had a grant in Kittery, Me. in 1671 and bought land in what is now the northern part of Eliot, Me. in 1672. Their house was burned by Indians in 1677, he was a tailor by trade, and they were living in 1710.

"Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Surnames" by Sybil Noyes, Charles T. Libby, Walter G. Davis : Baltimore:1996.

WEYMOUTH, Edward, tailor, b. ±1639, 40 in 1679, was taxed Dover 1662, 63, m. 25 Dec. 1663 Esther Hodsdon and lived at Kit. Abs. from meeting, 1668, swearing 1669, offences that brot him into ct. several times, Wm. Furbish bondsm. in 1671. Kit. gr. 1671, 1694; liv. next neighbor to Jona. Nason who succ. sued him for slander and defama. in 1675. His ho. was burned by Ind. in 1677*. Gr.j. 1688. He and w. abs. from meet. in 1696, but said they sometimes went to Dover. Ch. In Mar. 1704-5 he deeded homestead to s. Timothy, effective aft. he and Esther should die. She wit. a Hodsdon deed 11 Mar. 1723-4. Deeds prove 2 ch: Timothy, Mehitabel. Edw. and Esther are also the logical parents of Bridget. One Edw. is named several times as if liv. in suit, Emery v. Nason, 1730. [ref 22]

• this home, burned by a converted Indian named Symon, and his companions, was at Sturgeon Creek

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Edward Weymouth (abt. 1635 - aft. 1705)

Edward Weymouth

Born about 1635 in England

Son of Robert Weymouth [uncertain] and Rebecca (Emery) Weymouth [uncertain]

Brother of William Weymouth

Husband of Esther (Hodsdon) Weymouth — married 25 Dec 1663 in Dover, New Hampshire

Father of Timothy Weymouth, Mehitable Weymouth, Bridget Weymouth, Mehitable (Weymouth) Stacy, Benjamin Weymouth and Timothy Weymouth

Died after 1705 after about age 70 [location unknown]

Profile last modified 25 Feb 2023 | Created 26 Aug 2015

Biography

EDWARD WEYMOUTH

b.c.1639
m. 25 Dec. 1663 Dover, NH, ESTHER HODSDON (bpt. 20 Sept. 1640 Hingham, Massachusetts, living in 1724)

"Edward Weymouth (perhaps son of Robert of Kittery, who came from Dartmouth, Co. Devon, England, as early, says Farmer, as 1652). He had a grant in Kittery, Me. in 1671 and bought land in what is now the northern part of Eliot, Me. in 1672... He was a tailor by trade, and they were living in 1710."[1]

“Edward Waymouth married to Hester Hodsdon, 25th Dec’r, 1663 by Capt. Waldern” [2]

Edward was absent from meeting in 1668 and in court for swearing in 1669. He had grants in Kittery of 50 acres in 1671 and 10 acres in 1694.[3] In 1675 his neighbor Jonathan Nason sued him successfully for slander and defamation. The family’s home was burned by the Indians in 1677. He was on the grand jury in 1688. [4]

I James Emery Senr of Barwick… with ye consent of Elizabeth my wife… in consideration of fourteen pounds… doe… confirm unto Edward Waymouth… All that lot of land lying at ye head of a Creek commonly called by ye name of Mast creeke near ye River of Piscataqua & bounded by ye land of Mr Thomas Broughton… containing… thirty Acres… this twenty sixth day of May one thousand six hundred and Eighty Six…
James Emery
The mark of X
Elizabeth Emery
In ye presents of us
John Emerson
Daniel Emery [5]

He and Esther were absent from meeting in 1696, but said that they sometimes went to the Dover church:

At his Majesties Court of Quarter Sessions held at York July ye 7th 1696… Edward Waymouth & his wife presented for not frequenting ye public worship of God, producing Evidence that they have been sometimes at Dover Meeting are acquitted, paying ffees of Court: 4s a piece.[6]

Nice that they were acquitted and still had to pay a fine!

I Edward Waymouth of ye Town of Kittery… in consideration of ye Naturall love and affection I bear to my son Timothy Waymouth Have freely and Absolutely given… ten Acres… beginning at a bridge called Nasons bridge lying over a brook that runs into Mast cove… to ye North side of my house lot… bounded with James Treworgies land and… by a brook of water running into Mast Cove and is partly upland and partly swamp… only I reserve to my self firewood or fencen for my own use my life and my wife Esters life time… this seventeenth day of ffebruary… one thousand seven hundred and one…
Edward Waymouth
his N mark
Ester Waymouth
her E mark
In presence of us
William Rogers
His W mark
Jemima ffost
Her X mark
Daniel Emery [7]

This… agreemt made this third day of August… one thousand seven hundred and two Between Thomas Greely… tanner And Timothy Waymouth on behalf of his father and himself… inasmuch as the lands of the sd Greely (formerly James Treworgies) and of sd Waymouth are adjoining… and by reason of some uncertainty of the true line of devision between them certain controversies have arose… confirm and settle… a Divideing line between their lands… from… Thomas Greelys fence… near to the brook that runs into Mast cove… strait over to William Earles land… near Mastcove highway…
Thomas Greely
his X mark
Timothy Waymouth
In presence of us
John Gowen
Jos Hamond Junr [8]

In Mar. 1704/5 they deeded the homestead to their son Timothy:

I Edward Waymouth of Kittery… Taylor with the consent of Esther my wife in consideration of ye love and affection I bear to my beloved Son Timothy Waymouth Doe… Give… all that homestall whereon I now dwell and possess houses barnes orchards trees woods underwood water Courses… bounded… by a brook of water running out of Mr. Thomas Broughtens Swamp… ye head of Mast Creek… with Etherintons Land… with ye abovesd Timothy Waymouths land and is partly improved land and is partly woodland… thirty Acres… Shall be and remaine to all my use and the use of my now wife Esther during the Naturall Life of us both… one thousand seven hundred and four five, March the twelfth…
Edward Waymouth
his W Mark
In the presents of us
James Emery
Daniel Emery
John Spinney. [9]

Esther witnessed a Hodsdon deed 11 Mar. 1723/4.[10]

CHILDREN

• I. Timothy- m.1. Rachel ______, 2. Patience Stone
• II. Mehitable- m. William Stacy
• III. ?Bridget- b.c.1667, m. John Nason
• IV. Benjamin- m.c.1693 Mary ______

Sources

↑ Andrew Jackson Hodgdon, Genealogy of the descendants of Nicholas Hodsdon-Hodgdon of Hingham, Mass., and Kittery, Maine. 1635-1904 (1904), p. 14.
↑ Early Records of New Hampshire Families- NEHGR- Vol. 7, p. 129 (Apr. 1853)
↑ York Deeds- Vol. VIII, fol. 105
↑ Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & NH- p. 741
↑ York Deeds- Vol. VI, fol. 84
↑ York Deeds- Vol. V, fol. 84
↑ York Deeds- fol. 170
↑ York Deeds- fol. 170
↑ York Deeds- Vol. VII, fol. 29
↑ Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & NH- p. 741

"Weymouth Family History: The Descendants of Edward Weymouth & Esther Hodsden of Kittery, Maine By Ruth Ella Weymouth ·Published by J. G. Stevenson 1978.

References

1. Genealogy of Patty Rose < link > cites
   1. 22. "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Surnames" by Sybil Noyes, Charles T. Libby, Walter G. Davis : Baltimore:1996.
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Weymouth-162 cites
   1. Andrew Jackson Hodgdon, Genealogy of the descendants of Nicholas Hodsdon-Hodgdon of Hingham, Mass., and Kittery, Maine. 1635-1904 (1904), p. 14.
   2. Early Records of New Hampshire Families- NEHGR- Vol. 7, p. 129 (Apr. 1853)
   3. York Deeds- Vol. VIII, fol. 105
   4. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & NH- p. 741
   5. York Deeds- Vol. VI, fol. 84
   6. York Deeds- Vol. V, fol. 84
   7. York Deeds- fol. 170
   8. York Deeds- fol. 170
   9. York Deeds- Vol. VII, fol. 29
   10. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & NH- p. 741